David Von Erich

That one kind of stung because he was, I think, the first one that I loved as a kid that died.

Yeah, for me, it was David Von Erich.

Yeah, I'm sure the different Von Erich things probably hit you along the way.

David hit me hard.

Bill because he was there.

Now, we spoke of David Von Erich, of course, and being the tremendous talent he was and very much represented Texas, I know.

Now, he had a theme song, or better yet, I think he had two theme songs that he came to the ring with, one of which I say he came to more to the ring with.

Mike says the other song.

And I'm the one that had to.

And he's huge.

He's he's like David Von Erich size.

And I'm the one that had to run back and yell at him and get him back in there.

He was a main eventer in the Central States area.

And he was one of the people, along with Ted DiBiase, David Von Erich, later Kerry Von Erich, that I was really a big fan of.

Because one, he looked like an athlete.

Back when I started watching professional wrestling, people that were in really good shape stood out because a lot of the wrestlers at the time, they were kind of built like Harley.

When you're comparing matches from today to matches from the 90s and the 80s, they're completely different styles, time frames.

I don't think you can compare matches from the 50s and the 60s to matches from the 80s and the 90s.

When Harley Race used to do the diving headbutt on David Von Erich, And David Von Erich would catch him in the Iron Claw on Harley's way down.

And we thought, oh, this is it.

You know, it's like, by 1976, Fritz von Erich was still active, but Kevin had gotten into the business.

David would get in the business in 1977, and Kerry would get in in 1978.

So clearly, you know, Don Owens, he's not a wrestler.

His kids aren't wrestlers.

But eventually it became a six and seven foot chain.

So, but he did not use the leather strap.

I remember watching world-class and seeing David Von Erich.

I'm pretty sure it was against Terry Gordy in one of those matches.

She's already at 57.4, so that's pretty solid, uh, assuming to, to stay at the very least.

We have the Von Erichs, Kevin, Kerry, and David Von Erich, 53.4%.

Then we have the British Bulldogs at 45.1, Sputnik Monroe, 41, Wild Bull Curry, 37, Cowboy Bob Ellis, 37, Ole Anderson, 27, Black Gordman and Great Goliath, 26, The Hart Foundation of Bret Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, 23%, the tag team of Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood, 22%, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson with JJ Dillon, 22%, Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon, 21%, The Iron Sheik, 19%, The Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika, 19%, Bob Armstrong, 12%, Archie "The Mongolian Stomper" Gouldie, uh, 12% as well, Sweet Daddy Siki, 11%, and Pompero Firpo at 10% on the dot.

Uh, I feel like it's safe to say that Firpo might not last too much longer on this list.

Anyway, so that is my...

Oh, and while we're going into the history of these belts, we're talking about guys like Dick Murdoch, Terry Funk, Tim Woods, Mark Lewin, Dusty Rhodes, Bill Watts, Jerry Briscoe, Harley Race, Billy Robinson, Jimmy Garvin, David Von Erich.

In the AWA, we've got Jerry Lawler holding this belt like probably fucking 500 times.

I have the actual

It was like when

David Von Erich died for me.

Yeah.

And wrestling died.

David

Von Erich.

Oh,

Christina! My brain is fired up.