Kerry Von Erich

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Championships and accomplishments

• NWA Big Time Wrestling / World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling Association
  • NWA American Heavyweight Championship (5 times)[11][59]
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Bruiser Brody (3), Kevin Von Erich (2), and Al Madril (1)[14][60]
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[61][41]
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Bruiser Brody (1), Skip Young (1), and Tiger Conway, Jr. (1)[62][63]
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
  • NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (6 times) – with David and Kevin Von Erich (2), Kevin and Mike Von Erich (3), Kevin Von Erich and Brian Adias (1), Lance and Kevin Von Erich (1), Kevin Von Erich and Michael Hayes (1)[21]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (3 times) – with Al Madril (1) and Terry Orndorff (2)[64]
  • WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[8][65]
  • WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kevin Von Erich and Lance Von Erich (1), Kevin Von Erich and Michael Hayes (1)[21]
  • WCWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Kevin Von Erich (3) and Jeff Jarrett (1)[40]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Match of the Year (1984) vs. Ric Flair at Parade of Champions 1 on May 6
  • PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (1984)
  • PWI ranked him #40 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991[66]
  • PWI ranked him #24 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[67]
  • PWI ranked him #23 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with David, Mike, and Kevin Von Erich in 2003[67]
• St. Louis Wrestling Club
  • NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[38][68]
• St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2016
• Texas Wrestling Federation
  • TWF Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[69]
• United States Wrestling Federation
  • USWF Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[69]
• World Wide Wrestling Alliance
• WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[69]
• World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[9]
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2009)

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[Swamps]

This guy had a lot of potential to be one of the biggest stars ever. Two things really messed him up. His brother's death in Japan and his accident. I remember watching him and HBK wrestle on the Monday Night show before it became RAW, and seeing him beat jobbers here and there on Superstars. I think the last match I saw of him was when he was squashed by The Undertaker on Superstars. If I remember correctly, someone else (Not Warrior because he had been fired at this point) was supposed to get squashed instead but refused and quit. Kerry took the spot because he knew business and that WWF was getting The Undertaker ready to win The Big One. Even though he had his demons, the man knew the business and how to do business, leaving his ego at the door.

Would have rather seen him go to WCW instead of the WWF, because I felt he could have been better received since he was more known in the Southern States. Remember this hadn't been long since the territories were a thing.

 

[Necro]

This guy had a lot of potential to be one of the biggest stars ever. Two things really messed him up. His brother's death in Japan and his accident. I remember watching him and HBK wrestle on the Monday Night show before it became RAW, and seeing him beat jobbers here and there on Superstars. I think the last match I saw of him was when he was squashed by The Undertaker on Superstars. If I remember correctly, someone else (Not Warrior because he had been fired at this point) was supposed to get squashed instead but refused and quit. Kerry took the spot because he knew business and that WWF was getting The Undertaker ready to win The Big One. Even though he had his demons, the man knew the business and how to do business, leaving his ego at the door.

Would have rather seen him go to WCW instead of the WWF, because I felt he could have been better received since he was more known in the Southern States. Remember this hadn't been long since the territories were a thing.

The fact he could still wrestle after the accident shows how incredible he was as an athlete, and also I would think that would be painful as hell.

 

[Swamps]

The fact he could still wrestle after the accident shows how incredible he was as an athlete, and also I would think that would be painful as hell.

Oh absolutely. The man was tough as nails. From the shoot interviews from his peers, it is said he ws also very insecure about the prosthetic foot. They even said he would wer his boots when at the swimming pool. The injury played a huge role in his pain killer addiction too. I remember reading about his death in a pro wrestling magazine (I wanna say it was PWI) back into the 90s, and it shocked me. I was maybe 8 or 9, and hadn't heard anything on television about the death. I'm not saying it wasn't mentioned by either WWF, GWF, or WCW, I just didn't catch it if it had been. Family was doing a lot of moving around back in those days.

 

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[Chris]

That Harley race knee drop was something else. I wish more footage of him in the 70s existed

 

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[Chris]