Greensborohill
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Post by Greensborohill on Jul 8, 2007 20:18:30 GMT -5
Just watched "Heroes of World Class" a documentry on WCCW and more specifically the Von Erich's. It's an A++++
Man, Kevin carries such a heavy burden on his shoulders, it's rather upsetting.
I recommend you get this (it's $13 tops on amazon) and watch it b4 WWE comes out w/ their version, it'd be good to see the contrast.
It's funny to see how Kerry is seen as the top Von Erich, and rightfully so, but David was the total package according to the documentary. I knew this b4 but for those who didn't, David was gonna be the NWA Champion and beat Ric Flair but unfortunately he passed away from intestinal problems. One can only wonder how today's wrestling would be different if David had gotten that treated for it and had not put it off. I'm sure the rest of the brothers would not have killed themselves.
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Post by pdolly2873 on Jul 8, 2007 21:11:57 GMT -5
I agree 100%, if David had lived I think all the Von Erich brothers would still be around in one way or another. It is a shame, they pretty much lost it after his death, and I also agree that video was a great look into there lives and the life of WCCW, I was a big fan, was only able to watch it on ESPN back in '85, but I enjoyed the VE as well as Iceman Parsons, C. Adams, B. Adias, G. Hernandez, and all the great wrestlers from Dallas Texas. I think if David had won the NWA title, wrestling as we know it would be alot different, maybe Vince would have still have cornered the market, maybe the NWA would still be today what it was in the 80's. Again it was a shame that Mike in '86, Chris in '91 and Kerry in '93, thankfully Kevin didn't have the demons that haunted his brothers and he left wrestling to settle down and raise a family of his own. He did say that after David, his dad pointed a rifle at him and he ran like hell thinking he was going to die, Fritz was a hard ass but he did it to make them better men, sadly only Kevin seemed to realize that!
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Greensborohill
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Post by Greensborohill on Jul 8, 2007 21:18:26 GMT -5
I agree 100%, if David had lived I think all the Von Erich brothers would still be around in one way or another. It is a shame, they pretty much lost it after his death, and I also agree that video was a great look into there lives and the life of WCCW, I was a big fan, was only able to watch it on ESPN back in '85, but I enjoyed the VE as well as Iceman Parsons, C. Adams, B. Adias, G. Hernandez, and all the great wrestlers from Dallas Texas. I think if David had won the NWA title, wrestling as we know it would be alot different, maybe Vince would have still have cornered the market, maybe the NWA would still be today what it was in the 80's. Again it was a shame that Mike in '86, Chris in '91 and Kerry in '93, thankfully Kevin didn't have the demons that haunted his brothers and he left wrestling to settle down and raise a family of his own. He did say that after David, his dad pointed a rifle at him and he ran like hell thinking he was going to die, Fritz was a hard ass but he did it to make them better men, sadly only Kevin seemed to realize that! QUAGMIREKevin now lives on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii, obviously I don't know why he moved, but I wouldn't fault anyone who moved away from a home full of tragedy. I think on the strength of the NWA World Title, the WCCW would have grown to be very large. I mean, they had a lot of run in them back then, they hadn't even touched on brother versus brother fueds. What about David, Kevin, Kerry, & Mike versus Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Ole Anderson in a interpromotional program? I guess we'll never know.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2007 1:42:37 GMT -5
Heros > Anything WWE Can Do
Period??
End of..
Whatever you kids say today
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Post by sincityhero on Jul 9, 2007 2:02:32 GMT -5
YEP great DVD. Its crazy to find out that Kerry wrestled with a fake foot.
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The Maestro
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Post by The Maestro on Jul 9, 2007 2:18:48 GMT -5
I bought and watched this several months ago and thought it was absolutely phenomenal. I'm so looking forward to meeting Skandor Akbar after seeing him on this DVD at the NWA Fanfest in Charlotte. I can't believe he's going on 73... he doesn't look a day over 55/60 on the DVD. Gary Hart was great as well and will be at Fanfest.
If anyone is interested, I wound up with an extra copy, and would sell it at cost. PM me if you want it.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jul 9, 2007 3:09:15 GMT -5
Best $18 I ever spent.
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Post by szatowski420 on Jul 9, 2007 18:31:46 GMT -5
I bought and watched this several months ago and thought it was absolutely phenomenal. I'm so looking forward to meeting Skandor Akbar after seeing him on this DVD at the NWA Fanfest in Charlotte. I can't believe he's going on 73... he doesn't look a day over 55/60 on the DVD. Gary Hart was great as well and will be at Fanfest. If anyone is interested, I wound up with an extra copy, and would sell it at cost. PM me if you want it. Damn, you must really love meeting legends if you are willing to go from NY to Charlotte to meet them! As for the dvd, yeah it's great! The one wwe will put out won't be as good. Although the wwe one will probably put on matches as extras and that would be the only reason I'm considering getting it.
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