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Tragedy, as much as stardom, has followed the family as far back as the 1950s, when Jack Adkisson started wrestling under the ring moniker Fritz Von Erich.It was during that same decade when Fritz ...
Picture of the Von Erichs. From left to right: Kerry, Fritz, Chris (front), Kevin, Mike and David. The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member working in wrestling has used the ring name "Von Erich" after family patriarch Fritz Von Erich (real name Jack Adkisson).
Tragedy is at the forefront of the Von Erich family’s ... Fritz Von Erich and wife Doris’ oldest son, Jack Barton Jr., died at the age of 7 after he was accidentally electrocuted by a live ...
David Von Erich, known as “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” was the third son of Fritz Von Erich and Adkisson. David Von Erich died suddenly from enteritis, an intestinal infection, in a Tokyo hotel ...
The Meteoric Rise of the Von Erich Family in Pro Wrestling A24 As the President of WCCW, Fritz had an inside track on growing and promoting talent to compete for the show.
The true story of the Von Erich family. Fritz Von Erich was born Jack Adkisson on 16 August 1929, in Jewett, Texas. As a young man, he trained with the influential wrestling coach Stu Hart, who ...
The Von Erich family was wrestling royalty in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s until tragedy struck. By the time Fritz Von Erich died in 1997, five of his six sons preceded him in death.
Jack Barton Adkisson Sr. (August 16, 1929 – September 10, 1997), better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich, was an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was a 3-time world champion and a 6-time NWA United States Champion. He was the owner of World Class Championship Wrestling. [4]