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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).
The Von Erich brothers spent the majority of their careers in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), where they won multiple individual and tag team titles. The family was inducted into the ...
The youngest brother, Chris Von Erich, died by suicide in September 1991 at the age of 21. Per the Baltimore Sun, his mother and a brother found him at the family’s 500-acre East Texas ranch. He ...
Kerry was born on February 3, 1960, the son of wrestler and wrestling promoter Fritz Von Erich. [2] [1] His brothers, David, Kevin, Mike, and Chris, were also wrestlers.. Kerry was also a standout in high school track and field and possessed a record-breaking discus
David was named after his mother Doris' brother David (real name Eugene David Smith), who at 14 had died of a brain tumor only months before David Von Erich was born in 1958. David, along with brothers Kevin and Kerry, loved to hunt and fish with their father; Fritz. Hunting on the Von Erich ranch was quite an event.
Holt McCallany also stars as the brothers’ father Fritz Von Erich. The Von Erich family are a real-life wrestling dynasty from Texas, who enjoyed enormous success throughout the Eighties.
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]
The movie follows the real-life story of Von Erich family who took the wrestling world by storm in the early 1980s before tragedy struck. ... His brother, Kevin Von Erich, waves as he leaves the ...