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It's hard to fathom how the so-called "Von Erich Curse" can be viewed as nothing more than a mythologized idea by ardent wrestling fans and even nonexistent by the family's lone living relative.
David Von Erich, known as “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” was the third son of Fritz Von Erich and Adkisson. David Von Erich died suddenly from enteritis, an intestinal infection, in a Tokyo hotel ...
Picture of the Von Erichs. From left to right: Kerry, Fritz, Chris (front), Kevin, Mike and David. The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member working in wrestling has used the ring name "Von Erich" after family patriarch Fritz Von Erich (real name Jack Adkisson).
Along the way, the family faces hardships and multiple deaths that are blamed on the “Von Erich curse.” A younger brother, Chris Von Erich, was entirely left out of the film.
The A24 drama The Iron Claw follows four brothers in the Von Erich wrestling dynasty—Kerry, Kevin, David and Mike—as they gain huge success in the '70s and '80s, while outside the ring their ...
The Von Erich curse is the popular term for a string of tragedies that befell the family starting in the 1980s (although one could argue that their bad luck began earlier).
New film from writer-director Sean Durkin is based on real-life wrestlers the Von Erich family The Iron Claw: The tragic story behind Zac Efron-fronted wrestling drama Skip to main content
The family’s sports legacy began with their tough father Fritz Von Erich, as all good sports stories go. Fritz fathered six sons and buried five of them before he died of cancer in 1997 at the ...