The Legendary Von Erich Family A Wrestling Saga of Tragedy and Triumph

As for their deaths, it went: Jack Jr. (1959), David (1984), Mike (1987), Chris (1991), and Kerry (1993). Fritz died in 1997. Doris died in 2015 ... The Von Erichs (Marshall and Ross Von Erich) currently hold the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with Dustin Rhodes. Marshall had been ... Fritz Von Erich actually had a total of six sons in real life, the additional two being Jack Jr., the eldest, and Chris, the youngest. drowned in a freak accident in 1959, David died from enteritis in 1984 at age 25, and Mike, Chris, and Kerry all died by suicide, respectively in 1987 at age 23 ... It means a lot for the Von Erich family and, not to kiss Tony [Khan's] butt, but he kind of single-handedly is keeping the Von Erich name and ... The Von Erich family is a legendary and well-known wrestling dynasty in the professional wrestling world. The Von Erich brothers were a ... A tale of a cursed family that rose to wrestling fame in the heyday of the sport, only to be destroyed by substance abuse, injuries and depression. The family's real surname is Adkisson, but they used “Von Erich” as their ring name, which became iconic. Fritz Von Erich was the family's ... In Sean Durkin's A24 biopic "The Iron Claw," Zac Efron plays the real-life Kevin Von Erich, one brother in a family who took professional ... A father and his sons. The father becomes an accomplished and renowned Superstar. Five of his six sons follow in their dad's footsteps to compete inside the ...