Kevin Von Erich
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Oct 8, 2026
Tony RichardsGUEST
Uh, August the 9th, 1976, there would be a debut.
Tony RichardsGUEST
Kevin Von Erich would have his first match, and that was the beginning of the succession.
Tony RichardsGUEST
David would then follow, and then Kerry.
Tony RichardsGUEST
And what Fritz had created was not just another wrestling territory, he was creating a family business where the next generation would eventually become the principal attraction.
KelsPANELIST
[laughs]
NealHOST
[laughs] Question 10, Zac Efron, Kevin Von Erich-
ArthurHOST
Oh
NealHOST
... wrestling.
Karl SternHOST
Good for him.
Karl SternHOST
December 15th at Fort Worth, Yurkov was to wrestle Kevin Von Erich for the world title.
Karl SternHOST
Earlier, Al Madrill ripped up a painting a fan had made to the Von Erich family, including David.
Karl SternHOST
They have no shame here.
Johnny TancrediHOST
The Fabulous Freebirds.
Johnny TancrediHOST
Kevin Von Erich.
Johnny TancrediHOST
Pat Tanaka, Paul Diamond, Kelly Kelly, Georgia Smith, Diana Hart, Seamus, Matt Hughes from UFC, Al Snow, Jamie Noble, TJ Wilson, Mr. Anderson, and Brittany Brooks.
Johnny TancrediHOST
Yep.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
His father was the wrestler and wrestling promoter Fritz Von Erich.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
His brothers, Mike, David, Kerry, and Kevin all had success as wrestlers.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Another brother, Jan Adkisson Jr., died 10 years before Chris's birth.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Chris grew up with his brothers on a 500-acre ranch.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Chris appeared at ringside when brother Kerry won the NWA World Championship in May 1984.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Chris also smashed Buddy Roberts, one of the Freebirds, across the back with a chair, and tackled Gino Hernandez at the Cotton Bowl in 1985 while he was trying to escape from having his head shaved after a tag team loss at the hands of the Von Erichs.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
Chris became a full-fledged wrestler in 1990, feuding with Percy Pringle in the USWA and teaming with both his brother Kevin and longtime ally Chris Adams in several tag team matches against Pringle and Steve Austin.
Pryce RobertsonHOST
However, he would face only Pringle whenever he was in the ring, and allow his more experienced partner, Kevin or Adams, to battle Austin.
Tony RichardsGUEST
Uh, Joe Blanchard and Frank Brown in San Antonio, they leave and they stop booking talent from there and start booking their own talent in, uh, September of 1966.
Tony RichardsGUEST
Uh, in Dallas, Ed McLemore and Fritz Von Erich start running.
Tony RichardsGUEST
So the thing is, Morris Siegel own points in the Dallas office, so the office cards at the Sportatorium were booked by Houston, and he got a cut, Morris Siegel got a cut of that.
Tony RichardsGUEST
So, uh, Von Erich and, and McLemore start running cards at the Bronco Bowl, and they run them under their own company away from the Houston company.
Tony RichardsGUEST
So they're in competition with themselves here for a little bit at the end of 1966.
Gerald BriscoHOST
So they're double-dipping on, on the, on the crowd then.
Tony RichardsGUEST
He had television.
Tony RichardsGUEST
He had the building.
Ken Zimmerman Jr.HOST
My two favorite professionals when I started watching were David Von Erich and Ted DiBiase.
Ken Zimmerman Jr.HOST
And then I became a fan of Kerry and Jerry Oates and Kevin Von Erich.
Ken Zimmerman Jr.HOST
But those two were my favorites when I first started watching.
Ken Zimmerman Jr.HOST
Dave Meltzer takes a lot of stick.
Amy VaughnHOST
I ever tell
Palmwater DaveHOST
you Gene Kaninsky got Kevin Von Erich laid in Las Vegas? No.
Palmwater DaveHOST
Yeah, he was 16 years old at the NWA
Amy VaughnHOST
convention.
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Palmwater DaveHOST
know who those guys were.
Palmwater DaveHOST
Right.
Palmwater DaveHOST
And Then when I went a few months later to see Kevin Von Erich in his rematch against Ric Flair, we got to the building, and Harley had won the championship.
Palmwater DaveHOST
So he had taken over Flair's schedule.
Steve ZaffHOST
Now, now are we looking at something where we're seeing, hell, you wanna talk about an athletic match.
Steve ZaffHOST
If, if we're talking about this conglomerate, do we maybe get Randy Savage versus Kevin Von Erich? Like-
Howard MorganHOST
Yeah
Steve ZaffHOST
... like I would love to see that match.
Steve ZaffHOST
That's, that has, that has everything for doing something makeshift but also being the most structured match of all time and just super athletic.
Steve ZaffHOST
You got Kevin who is-
Howard MorganHOST
But can you, can, can-- Go ahead
Steve ZaffHOST
... who, who did all that high-flying stuff for the Von Erichs, and then you got Randy who is just a freak.
Vinny BerryHOST
So I was doing a story.
Vinny BerryHOST
Well, when I was working on the Lance Von Erich book, he talks about a match he had up there with...
Vinny BerryHOST
Steve Simpson in some little town.
Vinny BerryHOST
I can't remember exactly what town it was, but anyway, the ring broke and they were at a high school gym and the people were getting ruly because there was no wrestling going on.
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