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National Past Time: The Von Erichs Over America Tour

National Past Time: The Von Erichs Over America Tour

Brian Damage At one point in time in the early 1980’s, World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) was the hottest wrestling promotion in the entire country. It was reportedly generating over 11 million dollars a year and was shown in syndication in over 63 countries worldwide. In the United States, WCCW’s weekly program was ranked number 2 in syndication only behind Soul Train. The WCCW roster…

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Behind The Iron Claw: The Von Erich Story Part 2

TW: Death , Drug Use , Drowning, Electric Shock, Suicide , Automobile Accident, Mental Health, Illness

Hey Everyone! Here is Part 2 of the true story of the Von Erich family. This article is going to focus on the Second Generation of the Von Erich family. If you haven’t read part 1 about Fritz Von Erich , please check it out !

Jack Barton Adkisson Jr - Jack was the eldest child of Fritz and Doris Adkisson ( Von Erich ). He was born on September 21 , 1952. He would never live a full life. He passed away from drowning after being electrocuted by a trailer tongue on March 7,1959 at the age of 6. Fritz would stop traveling the East Coast to wrestle and it would affect Doris to the brink of where she tried to protect her other sons.

Kevin Ross Adkisson ( Kevin Von Erich ) - Kevin is the second eldest son of Doris and Fritz Adkisson. He was born on May 15,1957. He is the only surviving Von Erich brother . Kevin began his career in 1976 with his first opponent being Playboy Buddy Rose. He was a naturally gifted athlete, playing football. However , he didn’t want to be a wrestler at first , he wanted to play in the NFL. Kevin would spend the majority of his career in his family’s promotion , WCCW ( World Class Championship Wrestling), the Dallas territory of the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA). Kevin began wrestling barefoot in 1982. He is a multi time tag team champion alongside brothers David and Kerry being his main partners, and father, Fritz. He is also a 1x WCCW TV Champion , 2x WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion, 1x WCWA World Heavyweight Champion, 1x NWA North American Champion.

David Alan Adkisson ( David Von Erich ) - David is the third child of Fritz and Doris. He was born on July 22,1958. David made his wrestling debut in 1977, the year after his brother , Kevin , debuted. David was also a gifted athlete, playing football and basketball. He would be the breakout star of the family due to his explosive temper. He would be known for his two out of three falls match with Harley Race due to wrestling him to a 30 minute draw. This match happened on August 15,1977. He would also wrestle in WCCW being a multi tag team champion alongside his brothers Kevin and Kerry, and Dory Funk Jr. David would join Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1981 being a 1x NWA Florida TV Champion, North American Tag Team Champion with Dory Funk Jr., and a 1x NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion ( Florida). He would also have several NWA World Heavyweight Championship reigns. He would have a rivalry with ‘ The Nature Boy ’ Ric Flair. David would have personal struggles , losing his daughter , Natosha, to SIDS ( Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ) , and a divorce from his first wife , Candy. David would pass away at the age of 25 on February 10,1984 while on a tour in Japan. His cause of death was listed as Enteritis, a condition in which the small intestine is inflamed. There are many theories surrounding David’s death. David was known as ‘ The Yellow Rose of Texas ’.

Kerry Gene Adkisson ( Kerry Von Erich ) - Kerry is the fourth child of Fritz and Doris. He was born on February 3,1960. Like his brothers, Kevin and David, Kerry was also a gifted athlete. He was a track and field star. He was training for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow until President Jimmy Carter asked athletes to boycott the games. Kerry debuted in WCCW in 1978. He was multi time tag team champion with his brothers , David, Kevin , and Mike being his main partners. He was a 1x NWA World Heavyweight Champion ( defeating Ric Flair in 1984 in memory of David), 3x NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion, 4x WCWA World Heavyweight Champion all before being signed to Vince McMahon’s WWF in 1990. He would make his WWF debut in June 1990 against Playboy Buddy Rose. He would be known as the ‘ Texas Tornado’. He is a 1x WWF Intercontinental Champion. Kerry would be involved in motorcycle accident on June 4,1986. He would suffer a severely injured right leg and a dislocated hip. Kerry would have his right foot amputated. He wrestled with a prosthetic foot and kept it as a secret from wrestling fans. He would also face his own personal demons with addictions to painkillers and other substances. He would also go through a divorce from his wife , Cathy, and two arrests. One of the arrests would lead to him being jailed due to violating his probation from the first one. Kerry took his own life on February 18,1993 at the age of 33. His cause of death was a self inflicted gunshot wound to the heart. Bret Hart has stated that he tried to help Kerry with his mental health and tried to convince him to stay for his daughters.

Michael ‘ Mike ’ Brett Adkisson ( Mike Von Erich ) - Mike is the fifth child of Fritz and Doris. He was born on March 2,1964. Mike never wanted to be an in ring competitor. He wanted to work as a cameraman for WCCW. He also loved music, playing the guitar and having a dream of becoming a guitarist. Mike made his debut in 1983 at WCCW: Wrestling Star Wars against Skandor Akbar. He would also be involved with his brothers in a feud with The Fabulous Freebirds. He would be a 4x WCWA 6 Man Tag Team Champion with Kevin and Kerry , and faux Von Erich family member , Lance. He would also be a 1x WCCW Middle Eastern Champion, and a 1x NWA American Heavyweight Champion. He would also have a run in NJPW ( New Japan Pro Wrestling) in 1987. In 1985, Mike would develop Toxic Shock Syndrome ( TSS) due to shoulder surgery after suffering an injury on a tour in Israel. He would lose a large amount of weight and suffer brain damage due to being sick. In 1986, he would also suffer head injuries after being involved in a car accident. He also felt like he had to be like his brother , David , after his death according to Kevin. Mike would pass away from an overdose on April 12,1987 at the age of 23. Before his death, he would be arrested for Possession of Marijuana and a DUI.

Christopher ‘ Chris ’ Barton Adkisson ( Chris Von Erich )- Chris was the sixth and the youngest child of Fritz and Doris. He was born on September 30,1969. Chris would look up to his father and older brothers and wanted to be a wrestler just like them. However , he would never find success as a wrestler like they did. He would face health problems such as Asthma and brittle bones. He was also the smallest of the Von Erich brothers. Therefore , he would work at WCCW by working the cameras and doing other jobs for the promotion. Chris would be involved in angles helping his brothers fight off The Fabulous Freebirds. He did this by running into the ring. He would also be in the ring in 1984 when Kerry defeated Ric Flair to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He would also assist his brothers by preventing Gino Hernandez from escaping from the Von Erichs who were going to shave his head after losing a tag team match to them and hitting Buddy Roberts in the back with a steel chair at the 1985 Cotton Bowl. He would become a full time wrestler in 1990 after Kerry left WCCW for the WWF. He would have a rivalry with Percy Pringle ( Paul Bearer ) in the United States Wrestling Association ( USWA). He would team with Kevin and family friend , Chris Adams against Steve Austin and Percy Pringle. Chris would be supported by fans during his matches with the chant , ‘ Go Chris Go!’. He would suffer a five day headache after being attacked by Matt Borne ( Doink The Clown ) and Percy Pringle during their tag team match against Kerry and Kevin. Chris would be their manager. His last match would come in March 1991. Nevertheless, he would begin to struggle with substance abuse and Depression. This would come from his grief over Mike Von Erich’s death and stress due to not being able to be as successful as his brothers in the ring . Chris would pass away on September 12,1991 at the age of 21. His cause of death was a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He would be found by Doris and Kevin. He passed away at the hospital. Kevin tried to save him by telling him not to hurt himself.

The Von Erich family would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 by Michael PS Hayes of The Fabulous Freebirds. They would also be featured in the popular VICE TV show, ‘ Dark Side of The Ring’. The episode about them is Season 1, Episode 4: The Last of The Von Erichs. They would also have a movie about their lives, ‘ The Iron Claw ’, which came out in 2023.

My Final Thoughts:

The Von Erich family tragedy is one of the darkest and saddest stories in pro wrestling. I was in tears the entire time writing this article. I wanted to write this article to celebrate their contributions to wrestling and tell their stories. Chris really stood out to me because I feel like his story was forgotten in ‘ The Iron Claw ’ and I don’t like how he was omitted from the film. I wish that he knew how he would make an impact in wrestling just by his small contributions. His strength is what made fans love him and how inspiring it was. I also wasn’t a fan of how his story was combined with Mike’s. I also wanted to pay tribute to Jack Jr as well as he never got to live a full life. If you or anyone you know is struggling with anything , please know that help is out there! I am a message away if you need help as well! I’ll do anything I can!

As Always , I Love You All

- Kay

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What wrestling title replicas would you want to own someday?

The Smackdown Women’s Championship

Intercontinental Championship (white strap)

Big Gold Belt

United States Championship (first version)

AEW World Championship

Bray Wyatt Fiend Title

WCWA World Heavyweight Championship

WWE Undisputed Championship

WWE Championship (Winged Eagle)

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The Fantastic Four Vs. Frankenstein's Monster: Matchmaking #110

The march to Halloween is here at Matchmaking so time to get our spooky on.

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The Mist

Wonderful colours that hurt

The mist originates from Japan, dating back to 1892. Great warriors would conjure up this mysterious poison from the pit of their stomach and spray at their opponents’ face, causing great damage to the eyes.

If you believe that, then you’re a mark!

The reality is, the mist originated from wrestling manager, Gary Hart’s kitchen in America when his wife accidently knocked a bottle of food colouring as she was baking cookies. This sparked the idea for Hart, “I took a little mouthwash, mixed in some green food coloring, poured it into a condom and tied it off really tight.” Wrestling is truly magic!

At the time, Hart was managing The Great Kabuki for World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) and the idea was for Kabuki to use the green liquid as an illegal tactic. The mist would first target Fritz Von Eric during a promo segment that led to Von Eric losing sight in his eye.

The visual combined with its devastating effect would become a popular tatic associated with a small number of wrestlers from around the world.

While green in the common colour, the mist has had a few different variations on the colour spectrum and meanings.

The green mist obscures the opponents’ eyes. This was the colour I was introduced to by Tajiri.

Red would burn the eyes. Imagine rubbing a ghost pepper between your eye lids. Recently, Shinsuke Nakamura used this colour on Seth Rollins which sent him off a ladder through an announce table.

Black mists temporality blinds the opponent. Malikai Black and Julia Hart have both been using the black mist as a way to bring out the darker side of people. This is an interesting way to use the mist as a plot device.

The blue mist is meant to send you to sleep, but I’ve never seen blue mist used, neither with yellow and its paralyzing effect.

Roxxi Laveaux use the purple missed to cause memory loss. I can’t find any images or video of this in use.

Other wrestlers have used the deadly mist - most notably - The Great Muta. I won't get into his work today, but check out Askua marking out at the ending of his WWE Hall of Fame speech.

I think we should celebrate the mist once a year by popping a condom into our mouths and spraying the liquid into people’s faces.

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Why can’t women age(?)

This topic recently sparked my interest. Social media is obsessed with looks and offers cremes for every problem. I find this a very toxic environment and would like to dive deeper into this. After women reach a certain age they aren’t seen as individuals anymore, why do this ageism and genderism still exist?

I want to archive this topic by finding as much information from different perspectives. Online and offline. Journal my way through this research and also create my own work/visuals that would translate my issues regarding my topic.

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Helen Maroulis Accepts Beat The Streets, Final X Berth, Will Compete for U.S. World Team Spot

2016 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Helen Maroulis (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) has officially accepted her 57 kg berth in Final X. She will battle for the 57kg spot on the 2023 U.S. World Team in women’s freestyle wrestling in Final X, presented by Tezos, on Saturday, June 10 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Final X will determine the 2023 U.S. Senior World Teams in all three Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. There will be 30 weight classes contested, 10 in each Olympic discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight class will compete in a best-of-three series in Final X to determine who will wrestle at the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Maroulis made history at the 2016 Olympic Games, becoming the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling with her victory at 53 kg over three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida. She later became the first U.S. women’s wrestler to win two Olympic medals with her bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Maroulis has won three World gold medals (2015, 2017, 2021) and boasts six Senior World medals. Maroulis also won three Junior World medals. She was a four-time WCWA college national champion, winning three titles for Simon Fraser and one for Missouri Baptist.

It is the second straight year Final X will serve as the Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit. This year’s event will be the 13th BTSNY Annual Benefit. These unique and electrifying annual events help BTSNY raise more than $1 million each year to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after party will follow the conclusion of Final X.

Maroulis, a native of Rockville, Md., has a perfect 8-0 record in previous BTSNY events. She is the subject of a new movie, “Helen | Believe,” which follows her astonishing comeback to the sport after suffering a career-ending injury that forced her into retirement.

There are a variety of options for Final X wrestling-only event tickets, with prices starting at $40 on Ticketmaster.

Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages (wrestling event plus exclusive after-party celebration access) that also provide the best wrestling-event seats are available at give.btsny.org/beatthestreetsbenefit2023. For more information on ticket packages, email Katrin Pokalyukhin at katrin@btsny.org.

The team selection procedures for the U.S. World Teams in each style allows for 2022 Senior World medalists to advance directly to Final X at a specified weight class. Maroulis has met this requirement and accepted her qualification.

The Final X opponent for Maroulis will be determined at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nev., April 26-30. The champion in women’s freestyle at 57 kg at the U.S. Open will qualify to face Maroulis in Final X.

FloWrestling will serve as the host broadcasting partner for Final X, presented by Tezos.

*Please note if Prudential Center's tenant, New Jersey Devils, hosts a Stanley Cup Final game on June 10 the contingency date for Final X would be Friday, June 9.

Final X, presented by Tezos At Prudential Center, Newark, N.J., Saturday, June 10

Declared Qualifiers to date Women’s Freestyle 57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) Men’s Freestyle 79 kg – Jordan Burroughs (Philadelphia, Pa./Sunkist Kids/Pennsylvania RTC)

HELEN MAROULIS Residence: Tempe, Ariz. Club: Sunkist Kids College: Simon Fraser Univ., Missouri Baptist High School: Marquette, Mich., Rockville, Md. (Colonel Zadock Magruder) Born: Sept. 19, 1991 • 2016 Olympic champion (first U.S. woman to win an Olympic wrestling gold medal) • 2020 Olympic bronze medalist (first U.S. woman to win two Olympic wrestling medals) • Three-time World champion (2015, 2017, 2021) • 2012 and 2022 World silver medalist • 2014 World bronze medalist • Three-time Junior World medalist (2008, 2010, 2011) • 2011 Pan American Games champion • Four-time WCWA women’s college national champion (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)

Maroulis Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit History (8-0 record) 2012: Ashley Hudson (USA), WIN 4-0, 2-1 2014: Marcia Andrades (Venezuela), WIN Fall 2015: Yamilka del Valle Alvarez (Cuba), WIN tech fall 10-0 2016: Samantha Stewart (Canada), WIN Fall 2017: Yuzuru Kumano (Japan) WIN 7-4 2018: Odunayo Adekuoroye (Nigeria), WIN 4-1 2022: Alex Hedrick (USA), match one, WIN, tech fall, 10-0 2022: Alex Hedrick (USA), match two, WIN, tech fall, 10-0

cover image: Helen Maroulis (credit: Tony Rotundo/Wrestlers are Warriors

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Small Package: The Sad Saga of Chris Von Erich

Small Package: The Sad Saga of Chris Von Erich

Brian Damage Most fans are already well versed on the many tragedies of the Von Erich family throughout the years. The combination of their rock star lifestyles and the insane amount of pressure to live up to the Von Erich name certainly caught up to them. Whether it was drugs, alcohol or the desire to make their father Fritz proud…each of the Von Erich tragedies have there own story. The one…

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World Class Bios - Mike Von Erich

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the lone star champion and modern day warrior, kerry von erich. pictured with the WCWA texas heavyweight championship, which he won three times: first from the punisher (mark calaway, 1989), then from jerry lawler (1990), and, finally, from matt borne (1990). kerry's combined reign accounts for 235 days.

the belt has also been called the NWA-, WCCW-, USWA-, GWF-, and CWA texas heavyweight championship.

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UFC continues to miss the boat by not sponsoring the WCWA. They need women to fill out 125lbs+ and there’s a whole bunch of them who are extremely talented wrestlers with nothing to do after college is over because there’s only a handful of spots on the international team. You want someone to challenge Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko? That’s probably where they’re going to come from.

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