There’s something beautifully American about the Von Erich family name. Appropriated by a Texas wrestler named Jack Adkisson in the 1950s in order to enrage the sensitivities of post-World World II crowds, the surname would soon inspire those same fans when it was passed on to Jack’s handsome sons. The stars of Fritz’s Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling, Kevin, Kerry, David, Mike and Chris Von Erich were all-American boys who took a name meant to conjure up images of unspeakable evil and turned it into a symbol of Texas pride. Beloved in The Lone Star State for their unforgettable rivalry with the underhanded Freebirds, the Von Erich boys are known today for the tragic end four of them would meet, but they’re best remembered as they lived — wild, carefree and unmistakably Texan.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
#4 The Von Erichs
There’s something beautifully American about the Von Erich family name. Appropriated by a Texas wrestler named Jack Adkisson in the 1950s in order to enrage the sensitivities of post-World World II crowds, the surname would soon inspire those same fans when it was passed on to Jack’s handsome sons. The stars of Fritz’s Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling, Kevin, Kerry, David, Mike and Chris Von Erich were all-American boys who took a name meant to conjure up images of unspeakable evil and turned it into a symbol of Texas pride. Beloved in The Lone Star State for their unforgettable rivalry with the underhanded Freebirds, the Von Erich boys are known today for the tragic end four of them would meet, but they’re best remembered as they lived — wild, carefree and unmistakably Texan.
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