The Von Erich Curse Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Tragedy

DAVE KNOWS that the Von Erich Family, from the WWE to the NWA, is one of the biggest families in all of wrestling. Khan went on to highlight the unique connection between two legendary wrestling families. “To take the legacy of the Rhodes family and the Von ... ET looks back at the Von Erich's 'curse' and how 'The Iron Claw' portrays the professional wrestling family's infamous backstory, ... A24's new movie, starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, and more, tells the tragic tale of the Von Erich wrestling family. Fritz and Doris Von Erich had six children, five of whom predeceased them. Find out what happened to the Von Erich parents and what you ... 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. On February 18, 1993, Kerry Von Erich committed suicide at the age of 33. He was reportedly addicted to painkillers and hardly caught a break when it came to ... The Iron Claw as a title refers not just to the Von Erich signature move but the hold Fritz had on his family. From the 1950s to the early 1990s the Von Erich family—a father and five of his sons—were a dominant presence in Texas's regional wrestling ... The Von Erich family was a professional wrestling family. Their actual birth names are "Adkisson", but every member of the family who went into the ...