Gino! now that is a name I didnt expect to find on your list.

I completely get your love for Terry Funk considering his run as Chainsaw charlie!

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

That old WCCW show from the Sportatorium was insane. There was a riot every week involving the Freebirds, Von Erichs, Chris Adams, Gino, Abdullah, Missing Link, etc. What a great time for wrestling.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I remember watching the Von Erichs on some weird UHF channel back in the day.

Pre-Google you would hear some horrible stories that, because it was wrestling, you didn’t know if you should believe them. But, sadly, true.

Kerry Von Erich could have been and should have been one of the biggest stars in the history of professional wrestling.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Let's not get crazy. Kerry was really good and had a great look, but he was not even the best of the Von Erich boys.

A million dollar look, athletic, brought in female fans, the other Von Erich boys were regional or maybe Southern stars, but Kerry was the one Vince wanted to bring up, and would have if his issues with addiction.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

David was the one who had it all. He was set to be a NWA champ, so he was way more than a regional/southern star.

No dissing Kerry at all and he did win the NWA title for a short time, but he only did so because David died but they all knew Kerry was not one who could carry that belt. Vince no doubt loved Kerry and wanted him, but that was more about expanding into new markets.

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

The Ultimate Warrior gimmick would have been perfect for Kerry, he was a better athlete, better worker, understood the business better, but Vince went with a roided up and somewhat undependable Jimmy Helwig over a drugged up and totally undependable Kerry Von Erich.

Still find it hard to believe that he later was able to pull off the Texas Tornado thing after half of his foot had been amputated.

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

It is often said that David would have been NWA World Champion at some point in his career. In fact, I would say you're hard pressed to find someone who was in the business during that era who would disagree that David Von Erich was World Championship material. Just prior to his death, David was involved in a feud with Ric Flair over the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship. This may sound like a small, regional title but it's history reads like a "Who's Who" of former World Champions, being held by such people as the aforementioned Flair, Terry Funk, Gene Kiniski, Dory Funk Jr., Bob Backlund, Jack Brisco and Harley Race. Given it's lineage, it is often thought that holding this title, and the subsequent feud with Flair, were the NWA's way of grooming David for a future World Title reign. Further seeds were sewn when David wrestled Flair in December 1983 for the NWA World Title (which Flair had regained at the inaugural Starrcade event) at Reunion Arena. Despite losing this match, in January 1984 the NWA were believed to have voted in favour of David becoming Champion by defeating Flair in March or April of that year.

Unfortunately these plans never came to fruition. David's death in February would shock the wrestling world. In his home state of Texas, the Dallas Morning News reported that anything from 3,000 to 7,000 mourners were expected at his funeral. Not being able to fulfil his potential and become World Heavyweight Champion, his brother Kerry took his place in a match against Ric Flair for the NWA Title at the annual "Parade Of Champions" event. Approximately 50,000 people were in attendance to see Kerry beat Flair via a Backslide in little over 11 minutes.

Considering how the future of WCCW panned out, I think it would be difficult to say where David's career would have gone should he had not passed away. The ill-fated merger with the AWA and CWA the formation of "Pro Wrestling USA" followed by the sale of WCCW to CWA's Jerry Jarrett and the beginnings of the USWA have been well documented. Kerry would of course go on to limited success in the WWE and stayed loyal to WCCW until the promotions demise. If David had become World Champion he would have appeared for other territories as the Champion, giving him much more exposure however the loyalty demonstrated by his brothers in the years after his death may have also been a trait of his, therefore limiting his chances in the wider world of wrestling. However it would be impossible to say what the future of WCCW would have been should David had survived. I think it's also important to mention that given his size (6'7" and 240lbs), there is no doubt that he fitted perfectly in to the WWE mould. Considering he was only 25 when he died, he would have been hitting his prime in the mid to late 90's and would no doubt have featured prominently in either the WWE or WCW.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

As I remember it, Kerry Von Erich was still that dude even when David was alive. Kerry was always the one that received the biggest push.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

Here is some good stuff on that era. David was going to be a future star.

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Speaking of the Von Erichs, I met 'cousin' Lance once in Mexico about 15 years ago. Dude was in his early to mid 50's at the time and was huge - bodybuilder type. He said he had a book (which I wasn't about to go pick up) that talked about his time with WCCW but said it was fun but it also sucked since he was never truly accepted by the guys or the fans. Said everything you heard about Ric Flair was true.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

The Von Erich era was fascinating and would make a great movie.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

The Von Erich era was fascinating and would make a great movie. The kids all must have been under incredible pressure to preform, the entire family depended on them to keep the family business afloat, must be the reason so many of them ended up killing themselves.

Have heard Michael Hayes interviewed where he talks about how the Freebirds were supposed to be the bad boy party guys, but they were nowhere near as wild and crazy as the Von Erich boys, and that Fritz would tell him that he actually understood the business better than his boys did and wished he was his son.

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

WCCW was eminently fascinating to me as a child. It just always seemed as if there were a lot of guys that did a lot of drugs who were a part of that particular federation. Moreso probably than any other Federation that I can remember.

Seems that in the territory days the wresters lived a very similar life to musicians, ride all day to a gig, take uppers to get yourself hyped up to perform, drink yourself into oblivion that night, and stagger into the car for the long ride to the next gig the next morning, the exception being that the wrestlers were also injecting themselves with massive amounts of steroids.

This has presented quite a bit of antidotal data about the negative impact of long time steroid abuse on the human circulatory system as these guys drop dead due to cardiac disease in their late 40's to early 50's.

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

It's being made. Zac Efron is playing Kevin I think

There was steroids use for sure but there always seems to be a ton of guys who came out of there that had coke addictions too. More than probably any other federation that I can remember. Hard to think of it now in retrospect, but back then the Von Erichs were actually viewed as a family of "All American Boys".

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Yeah the Dark Side stuff is really good.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

Tales from the Territories starts tonight...the Rock's production company is involved I think with the Dark Side guys. They're covering Memphis Wrestling tonight and Lawler vs Kauffman next week.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Yeah the Dark Side stuff is really good.