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The Tornado Sweeps The Gold : How The Texas Tornado Became Intercontinental Champion

Hey Everyone! Today is the anniversary of one of my all time favorite Intercontinental Championship matches! The one I’m talking about is Texas Tornado ( Kerry Von Erich ) vs Mr. Perfect ( Curt Henning ) w/Bobby ‘ The Brain ’ Heenan.

Kerry Von Erich was signed to the WWF in the Summer of 1990 after having years of success in World Class Championship Wrestling ( WCCW ) , the promotion ran by his father , Fritz Von Erich. He went under the name of The Texas Tornado and quickly became popular amongst the WWF fans. His debut for the company was on July 28, 1990 on Saturday Night’s Main Event against Buddy Rose. Buddy Rose was the same opponent his elder brother , Kevin , faced when he made his debut in 1976. Tornado would defeat Rose and soon find himself in one of his biggest matches at one of the biggest shows WWF had ever, Summerslam. He would be going on to get a chance to fight for the Intercontinental Championship. However , he wasn’t the original opponent for Mr.Perfect.

This match would be a battle between two Second Generation Wrestlers. The Texas Tornado’s father was Fritz Von Erich and Mr.Perfect’s father was Larry ‘ The Axe ’ Hennig.

For Summerslam 1990, The Texas Tornado was a replacement opponent for Mr.Perfect. Nevertheless, Mr.Perfect’s original opponent for the Intercontinental Championship match was Brutus ‘ The Barber ’ Beefcake . Beefcake was out of an action due to an injury during this time. The Texas Tornado made his Summerslam debut as the replacement for Beefcake.

The Intercontinental Championship match was the third match of the show after a dark match with Shane Douglas vs Buddy Rose and a tag team match with The Rockers vs Power & Glory. The Texas Tornado made his way to the ring with fans backing him as Mr. Perfect did the same but surrounded by boos from the crowd and his manager , Bobby ‘ The Brain ’ Heenan, by his side. Tornado took advantage of the match early by using power moves on Perfect. However , Mr.Perfect fought back by using a Sleeper Hold and a Neckbreaker to try and wear out Tornado. Therefore , Mr. Perfect decided to taunt the crowd before Tornado got off the mat and attacked him. He used The Iron Claw, the move made famous by his father , on Perfect and finishing him off with his signature Discus Punch to become the new WWF Intercontinental Champion.

The Texas Tornado passed away in 1993 at the age of 33 and Mr. Perfect passed away in 2003 at the age of 44. Kerry Von Erich was portrayed by ‘ Shameless ’ and ‘ The Bear ’ actor , Jeremy Allen White , in the 2023 movie , ‘ The Iron Claw ’.

My Final Thoughts/Review :

Like I said in the intro to the article ,this is one of my all time favorite Intercontinental Championship matches . It showcases the stamina and power of both The Texas Tornado and Mr.Perfect. Both wrestlers on my list of the best Intercontinental Champions of all time. This is one of those matches that I could watch over and over. Also, if I wanted to introduce someone to Kerry Von Erich , I would have them watch this one as well.

Love You All,

- Kay

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated : APRIL 1996

close-up: THE KID

Part 2

Transcript Below!!!

At 6’2” and 212 pounds, The Kid hardly looks like the typical professional wrestler … But he isn’t typical: the six year veteran is a high-flying, high-risk, aerial artist who has scored several shocking upsets simply because he’s willing to take chances … Spent most of his early years competing for Minneapolis-based Pro Wrestling America … As The Lightning Kid, he won the PWA light heavyweight title in both 1990 and 1991 … He also held the PWA tag team title (with Jerry Lynn) and the PWA TV title … Moved to texas and won the Global Wrestling Federation junior heavyweight title twice in the second half of ‘91 … Later accepted an offer to wrestle in Japan and battled such superstars as Jushin Liger, El Samurai, Ultimo Dragon, and The Great Muta … Lost most of those matches, but gained valuable experience … arrived in the WWF in April 1993 hardly made a splash … Lost his debut match to Louie Spicolli … Also lost to mid-carders such as Doink the Clown and Mr. Hughes, The Kid scored one of the biggest WWF upsets ever by pinning Razor Ramon on May 17 WWF Monday Night Raw … Kid seemed as shocked as everyone in the building … From that point on, fans called him the 1-2-3 Kid … Also pinned Terry Taylor and Ted DiBiase on several occasions … Just as impressive were two victories over former AWA World Champion Rick Martel … Jerry Lawler started poking fun at him on segments of “King’s Court” … Moved up as high as fourth in the WWF ratings in 1993 … Was pinned by Irwin R. Schyster at SummerSlam ‘93 … Lost by countout to Marty Jannetty in a thrilling match on August 31, 1993, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kid was injured when he misfired on a daring dive and hit a steel railing. Jannetty helped him back to the dressing room … Went in a slump after suffering a series of embarrassing losses to Doink … Also lost to Bastion Booger because of interference by Johnny Polo … Polo pushed Kid off the top rope, leading to the pin … Helped protect Ramon from an attack by Schyster, Diesel, Adam Bomb, and Martel after Ramon won his first Intercontinental title, on September 17, 1993 … At the 93’ Survivor Series, he teamed with Jannetty, Ramon, and Randy Savage to defeat IRS, Diesel, Martel, and Bomb … Wrestled well, but made one mistake too many and lost a crucial RAW against Shawn Michaels … Michaels twice power-bombed Kid before Ramon came to his rescue … Won his first major title on January 10, 1994, when he and Jannetty teamed to beat The Quebecers for the WWF World tag team title; Kid pinned Jacques following a flying bodypress from the top rope … Lost the belts back to The Quebecers one week later … Kid stunned Jeff Jarrett in the quater-finals of the 1994 King of the Ring tournament, but was piledrived by “Double-J” three times afterward … There was no doubt as to whether Kid would be ready for the semifinals later that evening, but after a bried delay, he came out and lost a tough match to Owen Hart … Owen went on to win King of the Ring … Had a thrilling match with WWF World champion Bret Hart on July 1, 1994. Kid kicked out of several pin attempts, shocked Bret with a spinning savate kick, but erred by trying a dropkick from the top rope. Bret moved out of the way and Kid landed on his back. Bret won by submission to the “sharpshooter” … In a battle of aerial artists on August 15, 1994, Kid won by disqualification over Owen Hart after Jim Neidhart interfered. Owen then locked Kid in a “sharpshooter” for several minutes … Teamed with Ramon, Fatu, Davey Boy Smith, and Sionne to beat Jarrett, Diesel, Neidhart, Owen Hart, and Michaels at the 94’ Survivor Series. The Kid, however, was one of the first wrestlers eliminated … Teamed with newcomer “Man O’ War” Aldo Montoya in matches against The Heavenly Bodies and others … Teamed with Bob “Spark Plugg” Holly to beat Bam Bam Bigekow and Tatanka in a tournament final for the vacant WWF World tag team title at the 95’ Royal Rumble … But glory didn’t last long. One night later in Palmetto, Florida,The Smokin’ Gunns beat The Kid and Holly for the belts …

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WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004

Don "The Rock" Muraco started his wrestling career in 1970 and started to wrestle in various territories like Portland, Vancouver, Florida and Los Angeles. Muraco went to wrestle for the AWA until 1973 where he left and went to wrestle in San Francisco

Muraco went to wrestle in Championship in Florida (CWF) in 1974 and got a match with the late hall of famer, Jack Brisco. Muraco returned to wrestle in California territories after a short stint in Texas and Georgia territory in 1975

Muraco went back and fro from different territories from 1977 to 1981 before going to the WWF.

Muraco debuted for the WWF in 1981 and won his first WWF Intercontinental Championship on June 20th, 1981 and lost it to the late hall of famer, Pedro Morales in Nov. During his first reigns as IC champion, he got to wrestle hall of famer, Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship,

After losing the IC title, Muraco went to wrestle in JCP, NJPW and Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1982 before returning back to WWF roster

Muraco became the first ever two time IC champion on Jan 22, 1983 and started a legendary feud with the late hall of famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka which led to the infamous steel cage match in MSG where Muraco won. Muraco lost the IC title to hall of famer Tito Santana on Aug 1984 and went to have a short run in Japan and Polynesian after losing the IC title.

Muraco made his return to active WWF roster in 1985 and missed the first wrestlemania which led to Muraco facing hall of famer Hulk Hogan for three house show in MSG. Muraco became the first ever WWF King of the Ring after winning the tournament in July 8th, 1985.

Muraco and his manager, the later hall of famer Mr Fuji, debuted a show title Fuji Vice. Muraco wrestle a tag team match at Wrestlemania 3 and in Nov 1987, his nickname was changed to 'The Rock' from 'Magnificent Murco' and Muraco participated in the first Royal Rumble match and first Summerslam in 1988 before leaving leaving in Oct after being fired.

Muraco went to wrestle for Stampede Wrestling, AJPW, AWA and UWF after leaving the WWF

Muraco went to wrestle in AJPW in 1989 and worked UWF in 1990.

Muraco went to wrestle for Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 before the promotion became Extreme Championship Wrestling and Muraco won the ECW World title on Sept 30th, 1992

Muraco made an appearance for WCW on May 23th 1993 while being the reigning ECW Champion and wrestle on the 1993 Slamboree PPV. Muraco lost the ECW title to Tito Santana on Oct 1993.

After his ECW run is over, Muraco worked Japan and indies until 1995 where he retired.

Don Muraco was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.

Accolades:

2x WWF Intercontinental Champion

2x ECW World Heavyweight Champion

1x NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion

1x NWA Florida TV Champion

1985 WWF King of the Ring winner

WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004

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Vince McMahon has always had this mentality by treating wrestlers like circus animals.

In my case, um, the demands that I made and the things that I won over from a contract standpoint, were all demands that put the power back into the wrestlers hands somewhat. Maybe that’s what they want to do. Maybe I was becoming too powerful and now it’s time for Vince McMahon the promoter to tear this guy down. Maybe it’s just something he wanted to prove to himself that he can still do...I’ll never know, but I know that he was wrong.

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Rowdy Roddy Piper x Fem Reader- "I Have The Weirdest Boner Right Now"

During the early 1990's, the end of 1991 to be exact, the World Wrestling Federation was becoming surprisingly a bit more edgier.

And this was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before the Attitude era, way before.

There were moments like the Mountie giving the middle finger at Summerslam and hinting he might get raped in jail, Jake "The Snake" Roberts slapping Miss Elizabeth, the Berzerker threatening to kill and stab the Undertaker with his sword in the ring, Papa Shango making Bobby Heenan's head bleed, Shawn Michaels throwing Marty Jannetty through a barber shop window, Sgt. Slaughter burning the American flag and other moments.

It's been said that Vince McMahon wanted to start an edgier WWF era during the early 1990's, even Mick Foley acknowledged this in one of his books, but the World Wrestling Federation's steroid scandal of the early 90's ruined the chance of the WWF going into an edgier direction, and so the World Wrestling Federation became really childish by making wrestlers play garbage men, racecar drivers, plumbers, cowboys, teachers, hockey players, baseball players, ninjas, etc. and having little to no edgy content.  

Does that sound familiar?

It's crazy how much wrestling history repeats itself.

Now, the World Wrestling Federation was pretty childish before the steroid scandal, what with the Berzerker playing a Viking, the Mountie playing a literal Canadian mountie, Tugboat being a fat guy in a sailor hat, but after the steroid scandal they really got childish.

The WWF going edgier in the early 1990's would've been rather perfect for that era, considering in the early 90's Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison were popular, controversial comedians infamous for lewd comedy that was shocking and controversial even back then, 2 Live Crew were a popular and controversial hip hop group infamous for their obscene, pornographic shock value lyrics and imagery, gangsta rap was on the rise, "Married With Children" was a popular and raunchy sitcom with a lot of oversexualized women and sex jokes, grunge rock was becoming popular, Madonna was at her most oversexualized (and arguably most shocking) in the early 1990's, hair metal bands were objectifying women---some hair metal bands even were the bad boys of rock 'n' roll causing controversy like Guns N Roses and Motley Crue, and Geraldo Rivera and Morton Downey Jr. had infamous talk shows that were predecessors to "The Jerry Springer Show".

In early 1992, Rowdy Roddy Piper was about to have a match with someone, and this match as well as this moment was filmed and broadcast on television.

Before the match began, you were standing outside of the ring whereas Rowdy was standing in the ring wearing his signature kilt and T-shirt.

Rowdy's hair was long and he didn't have bangs dangling over his forehead, his bangs were swept on the side of his head.

Rowdy looks so good when he doesn't have bangs covering his forehead and you wanted him to look good during this particular moment.

You were the valet for his opponent, and before Rowdy could take his kilt off, he was standing and looking at you wearing a rather provocative outfit that showed quite a bit of cleavage.

You weren't even distracting him before the match, but you did look up at him.

You were a beautiful woman, and Rowdy was walking up to you to get a closer look.

As Rowdy gazed at you, especially your cleavage, he was getting rather hard underneath his kilt and trunks.

So much so, the camera zoomed in on the crotch area of his kilt to see if he had an erection poking through his kilt.

Erections don't point forward while they're hiding inside of kilts, but rather they're slung sideways.

Although, you really wanted a moment where Rowdy's boner was protruding outwards in his kilt, basically his erection is clearly visible and everyone can see it pointing and sticking out despite that it's covered by his kilt, like that massive erection scene in "Anchorman" where Will Ferrell/Ron Burgundy is looking at Christina Applegate.

Rowdy's erection was pointing and sticking out a bit under his kilt.

Many people in the audience were laughing, giggling and pointing to Rowdy's erection, some parents were even covering their kids eyes.

"Uh oh!" Jesse Ventura exclaimed. "Looks like his roddy's gettin' a little rowdy!"

Some people in the audience laughed at that, whereas others rolled their eyes.

"The match hasn't even started and she's already turnin' him on!" Gorilla Monsoon stated.

There's a reason why Rowdy kept his kilt on before he shed it off, for this boner gag.

After the bell rung, Rowdy was attacked by his opponent before he could even remove his kilt, although Rowdy eventually stripped his kilt off during the match.

His erection also faded away during the match due to not looking at you and being distracted over you.

Before the match began, you could've easily raised and lifted up Rowdy Roddy Piper's kilt and showed off his erection bulging under his trunks.

During the late 1990's, Scott Hall wore kilts in WCW sometimes.

While WCW was a rather kid friendly company, it did have some adult-like moments in it, and you would've loved to have given Scott Hall an erection in the ring before he takes his kilt off and his boner is sticking out through his kilt.

No doubt he would love that too.

Even though the WWF was getting a little edgier in 1991, during 1991, Rowdy Roddy Piper had this shaggy hair with bangs that he didn't look too good with it.

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the worst movie tie-ins in the history of wrestling

Wrestling is stupid, and will show its ass at the mere mention of cross-promotion, especially when it comes to movies, which is it's cooler older brother that can get away with a lot more. Hell, the 2nd ever SummerSlam's main event, in 1989, was Hulk Hogan facing the main villain, Tiny Lister as Zeus (RIP), from the film they were both in, No Holds Barred. So wrestling's always wanted a piece of that. So... - Army of the Dead Let's just get this one out of the way. Here's the thing; I thought the WrestleMania Backlash's card was fucking perfect...except for this weird business. WMB MIGHT've been the best show of the pandemic (hot take) were it not for making sure we sell Big Dave's big zombie heist movie. If they had just kept some of the guys in zombie makeup on the Thunderdome's webcam footage, that would have been borderline charming. But instead, the Miz (who was WWE champion 3 months ago, don't forget) and Damien Priest (who they're making WWE's pop-culture liaison so far on the main roster, for some reason) had to sell for zombies in a lumberjack match. If this was the first ever wrestling show you watched with a loved one who had never watched wrestling or hadn't since like, the end of the Attitude Era, would you for a second want them to stick around after Miz and Morrison get, for all intents and purposes, kayfabe killed and eaten, and then watch Damien Priest shoot the logo at the ceiling? My money's on "no." - Shaft Speaking of the Attitude Era, anytime someone tells you that wrestling was cooler in that 3-year time frame, point them to the June 15th of 2000 episode of SmackDown, where a storyline that ran throughout the show followed Patterson and Briscoe through New York City to find Crash Holly and his Hardcore Title. Now, I admit parts of this are kinda funny, like Briscoe just wanting to give up and find a "gen-yoo-WINE New York hot dawg!" That's fun! And who does Crash Holly run into but none other than Shaft, and his woman, the only one who understands this complicated man, John Shaft. So, we have real Samuel L. Jackson, playing fake John Shaft, talking to real/fictional Crash Holly, and man is it weird. Anyway, Shaft agrees to be Crash's bodyguard for the night, and he slaps around Patterson and Briscoe in a nightclub. After all, what better way to get across how cool and badass a character is than having him knock around the fucking Stooges? - The Wrestler Well, this is complicated. The Wrestler, starring ancient wooden lion Mickey Rourke, is a somber tale about an industry that, in its heyday, left people physically spent, washed-up and addicted to adrenaline at best, and dead at worst. It famously moved Roddy Piper to tears because he recognized what destruction and brokenness the industry once left in its wake. Which is why it's super-weird that WWE jumped at the chance to promote maybe the bleakest possible look at their world in 2009, and did so by having Chris Jericho smack the shit out of three old wrestlers at WrestleMania 25, including Roddy Piper. And then have Rourke jump into the ring, wearing his "do you want to take peyote in the desert?" starter kit and bring out his amateur boxing chops. Tonally, it's just really bleak. Like if the creator of Super Size Me screened the premiere at the world's biggest McDonald's. - Bride of Chucky Poor Rick Steiner. You didn't deserve this. You're the sane Steiner. They shouldn't have made you talk to the puppet. So, WCW was heading into Halloween Havoc 1998, and after years of stomping all over the WWF in the ratings, the wheels had come off, and dramatically. Like, all at once. Like the car in the Blues Brothers. To boost PPV buys, they spent a fortune bringing in the Ultimate Warrior to rekindle a feud with Hulk Hogan, mostly by hiding in his fucking mirror. And the Steiner Brothers, one of the best teams of the early 90s, had been feuding with one another since Scott turned on his at SuperBrawl. What was the best way to build hype around this match at Halloween Havoc? Why, to have Rick get into a war of words - and lose - to Chucky. Yes.

Serial killer doll voiced by Brad Dourif, and it's so sad. Chucky cusses Rick out while Rick challenges the fucking doll to a fight, which is promptly ignored (Chucky's video segment is pre-recorded, and you can tell because he starts talking about 3 times in 3 minutes while Rick's mid-promo and missing his cues to stop) and then is made fun of. And all the while, people were probably wondering "what's going on on Vince's show?" and the answer is...that was the episode of Raw where Austin fills Vince's Corvette with cement, which is slightly more badass than being teased by a puppet. - The Goods Here's the thing: Raw is, right now, a bad show. It is bad TV. It's been bad for a while now. And as bad as it is right now, it's still not as fuck-awful as it was in 2009, aka the Age of the Guest Hosts (which, in kayfabe, was given to us by Donald J. Trump, so blame that ambulatory Nazi scrotum for one more thing, he's certainly earned it). For those of you fortunate enough to not be watching what was objectively unwatchable at the time - and hell, I sure as shit wasn't checking in very often - from mid-2009 to around mid-2010, a celebrity would be the special guest host of Monday Night Raw, often to promote a TV show or movie, and it was nearly all horribly-written, cheesy wank. Imagine if every week was the week of the zombie attack at Backlash. That's what it was like. Bob Barker was funny. The Muppets were good. And THAT'S the end of the list. MacGruber coming out to blow up R-Truth made me want to fall on a knife. The A-Team coming out to beat up Virgil was fucking awful. Go straight to fucking HELL, the Three Stooges, Dennis Miller, the reverend Al Sharpton, the 2010 Pittsburgh Steelers, Don Johnson and Jon Heder, the poor entire cast of Hot Tub Time Machine...and then there's Piven. Jeremy Piven. He showed up with Ken Jeong to promote a movie no one remembers...called the Goods. He stunk up several segments, infamously called SummerSlam "the Summer Fest" and then got roughed up by John Cena. Wrestling's the worst. Stop watching. And many did. For a looooooong time. - Robocop 2 This one's infamous, so I'll keep it brief. Robocop 2 came out in 1990, and goddamn, I don't know how much money the producers threw at WCW, but it was enough for them to rebrand an entire PPV "Capitol Combat: the Return of Robocop" and marketed the entire thing around the fancy metallic gentleman. The branding really made it seem like Robert Cop was old friends with the promotion, and indeed, old friends with Sting. Makes sense; two big, heroic idiots running on BASIC. He had been feuding with the Four Horsemen, who locked him in a cage at ringside. Out comes Robocop, called completely straight by Jim Ross, who rips the cage door off his hinges, and then leaves. An accumulated 85 seconds of screen time. Totally worth being the centerpiece of this PPV! But a little context as to why WCW fans hated it so much: 1989, the year before, was regarded by WCW fans as one of the best in company history. The era that gave us stuff like Chi-Town Rumble and the still-very-much-lauded peak of the Steamboat/Flair feud. To go from that to Robocop was seen as a bit of a slap in the face, because WCW was always seen as the more traditional "wrasslin'" company and was never into cheesy pop-culture crossovers, which is why the last one...is all the funnier.

- Ready To Rumble First of all, those dumbasses at Turner had to give Michael Buffer - who they still had on retainer - around $350,000 just to use that title, because he owns the trademark to that phrase. Strike 127 million, capitalism, that a guy gets to own a phrase and gets paid an obscene amount when he or anyone else uses it. Secondly, I initially wasn't going to do movies where the promotion itself is producing the movie, or oh holy HELL would See No Evil and the infamous May 19 shit be on here. But unlike See No Evil, this had a hand in killing a decades-old wrestling promotion, so it feels weird to not include it. On April 7th, 2000, bad movie Ready To Rumble was released, a film about two hapless dorks trying to help Oilver Platt, aka the lawyer from the West Wing, become WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Two weeks later, to promote the movie, they made David Arquette, the lead actor in the movie, the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He pinned Eric Bischoff, who wasn't the champion, of course, in a match where he was teamed with Diamond Dallas Page, his best pal and the company's top babyface at the time, but who is also one of the villains in the film to make it extra confusing for the mainstream casual audience the movie was made to attract. And, to be fair, Arquette didn't want to do it, NO ONE really wanted to do it, and it tanked viewership for WCW once and for all. At the very least, David took his payday from the wrestling appearances and the film and gave it to the families of Owen Hart, Brian Pillman and to Darren Drozdov, who had been paralyzed from the neck down in a wrestling match the previous year.

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Kerry Von Erich’s Best Kept Secret

As part of a wrestling dynasty, Kerry Von Erich witnessed both the ups and downs of performing as a professional wrestler in the 1980’s. To winning championships and seeing the world, to seeing family members lose their life before their time, the Von Erich story really is both a tragic and fascinating one. By the time that he committed suicide on February 18th, 1993, he had already been keeping a secret that shocked the wrestling world when it became public knowledge years later.

Kerry Von Erich was born in Niagara Falls, New York on February 3rd, 1960. His father Fritz Von Erich (Jack Barton Adkisson) was a wrestler/promoter who was known best for his time spent an evil German tag team along with Waldo Von Erich. Kerry was the 4th of 6 brothers. His oldest brother Jack Barton jr died aged 6 years in 1959 after an accidental electrocution and drowning, but the Von Erich family wasn’t to know that this would be the start of bad times for the family.

For Kerry, he made his debut on May 7th, 1978 aged 18 in a contest against Buddy Rose. He wrestled in his father’s promotion Big Time Wrestling which was a territory for NWA Texas during the time. Kerry gained a lot of success and within the first 2 years of his career, he picked up several Texas and American Tag Team titles before Fritz changed the name of the company to WCCW.

By 1980, Kerry was regularly featuring for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). Though still associated by the family name, he would be given the nickname ‘The Modern-Day Warrior’, which was taken from his entrance music ‘Tom Sawyer’ by Rush. He continued to grow as a performer and was soon given an opportunity to challenge for a singles title. On Dec 28th, 1980 he won his first NWA American heavyweight title against Gino Hernandez after the title had been vacated. He held this title 9 times during his career with WCCW with his final reign being in 1988.

Kerry’s biggest career highlight came on May 6th, 1984 when he defeated Ric Flair to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion. This moment, although defining for Kerry, was also bittersweet as the event was a memorial held at Texas Stadium for his brother David who had passed away while on tour in Japan aged 25. 45,000 people attended the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. He lost the belt back to Flair just 18 days later at a show in Yokosuka, Japan.

In the media, The Von Erichs were treated like royalty, especially in their native Texas where they were worshipped by thousands of adoring fans. However, the truth was that many of the brothers were caught up in scandals involving petty crimes and drugs on a regular basis but were dealt with swiftly as not to cause disruption to the Von Erich name or WCCW.

On June 4th, 1986 Kerry Von Erich was involved in a motorcycle accident which nearly ended his life. He sustained a dislocated shoulder and severe damage to his right leg. Though there are many versions of what happened, it is believed that Kerry tried to prematurely walk on the foot so shortly after surgery that the doctors were forced to amputate. It was been speculated that the reason Kerry tried to walk on the foot was because he was dosed up on painkillers and not realising the severity of the damage to his foot, got up to walk across the room for a cheeseburger. This story has been debunked several times but still shows itself whenever Kerry Von Erich is talked about.

After months of rehabilitation, Kerry returned to wrestling with the use of a prosthesis, keeping a secret not only from his fans but also to his fellow wrestlers. He would go as far as to shower with his boots on to maintain the illusion but with all the recovery and deception, Kerry also became addicted to painkillers which led onto other drug related issues.

These issues would lead Kerry into lots of trouble with Police, of his notable charges he was given probation for the first crime, but the second was likely to involve jail time for the Texan however, the day before the proceedings he took his own life with a single gunshot to the heart.

What is fascinating about the period of time from when he became an amputee, he went on to sign for the then WWF in 1990, just 2 years after losing his right leg. He was repackaged as The Texas Tornado and won the Intercontinental Championship against Mr. Perfect in 1990’s Summerslam before losing it back to him a few months later.

He was only with WWF for roughly 2 years, renewing a feud with the recently joined Ric Flair but then becoming less utilised as time progressed. This time also tied into the breakdown of his marriage and resulting divorce. Though he performed for the WWF a few more months during 1992, his time with the company ended in August 1992.

After leaving the WWF, Von Erich returned back to Texas and continued to turn out for promotions within the territory, holding the USWF Texas Heavyweight championship as his last title. His last match was February 12th, 1993.

Back in the 80’s when Kerry lost his foot, I could imagine that there would have been a large amount of stigma about an athlete performing at the highest level but with a disability. I believe that if that was today, knowing how much the curtain of professional wrestling has been pulled back over the last 20 years, Von Erich would be a role model for people living with disabilities, but back then with the Kayfabe lifestyle that the wrestlers would have to adopt to maintain the credibility of the industry, I could see how such an admission would have not only damaged the industry but also the legitimacy of the wrestlers in the pre-internet age.

[dykevie]

i’m watching summerslam 1990 and just saw rick rude’s bare ass i love wrestling

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Funny Facts about WWE the Undertaker

It’s finally official. The Undertaker announced that he will indeed participate in WrestleMania 29 against former WWE champion CM Punk.

WWE the Undertaker has become a living legend in the WWE, wrestling well into his 40s and only appearing once or twice a year. Over the last few years Taker has made himself available just for WrestleMania, giving fans little time to really think much about the character and, more importantly, the man behind the character.

Here are seven fun facts about WWE the Undertaker.

1. He Hasn’t Always Been the Phenom

Most professional wrestlers go through a few different ring names throughout their career. Undertaker has gone through eight. EIGHT.

When he first entered the business he was known simply as “The Master of Pain.” He then became Texas Red, The Punisher, Punisher Dice Morgan, Commando, Mean Mark Callous and, my personal favorite, Kane The Undertaker. Yes, you read that correctly, Kane The Undertaker.

As seen on this WWF Update, before WWE the Undertaker became…well, The Undertaker, he was Kane The Undertaker. He was given the first name to make it easier on announcers who just didn’t really use it for his first few matches.

The WWF then dropped Kane from his name and would eventually give it to Undertaker’s “brother.”

2. Once Beat Himself at SummerSlam

Undertaker has had some epic matches against incredible opponents. At WrestleMania alone he’s beaten the likes of Jimmy Snuka, Jake Roberts, Ric Flair, Triple H, HBK and Edge, among others. Taker has also beaten some impressive opponents at SummerSlam, included on that list: himself?

In the early 1990s Undertaker was dealing with some back injuries which led to a new Undertaker being introduced to the WWE audience by Ted DiBiase after WrestleMania X. The fake Undertaker, Brian Lee, was referred to by the WWE Universe as the “Underfaker” during Taker’s absence.

Eventually the real Undertaker would come back to feud with himself which led to the SummerSlam match seen above.

Not many men have beaten themselves in a match…pretty solid.

3. He’s Wasn’t Always a Wrestler

WWE the Undertaker isn’t just a talented professional wrestler, oh no, he’s a solid all-around athlete. After high school Taker took his talents to Texas Wesleyan University.

Taker was a talented basketball player and spent a couple of years playing at a two-year college in Texas before heading to Texas Wesleyan for the 1985-86 basketball season with the Rams of TWU.

Unfortunately for TWU Rams fans he found professional wrestling shortly after coming to school and from there, it was all history.

Imagine if he made it to the NBA. Mark Calaway going up against David Robinson or Hakeem Olajuwan.

4. He’s Likes a Good Fight

Taker’s basketball skills aren’t his only extracurricular sports interests. It’s also well-known that Taker likes to get away from the world of fake fighting with a night of real brawls.

Taker is a huge fan of boxing and even carried the US flag for Manny Pacquiao’s team before Pac’s 2005 fight against Velazquez. Taker also attended the 2002 battle between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson.

The Phenom’s love for fighting doesn’t end there. He was also part of an infamous encounter with recently-renewed WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 after one of Lesnar’s fights. Taker says in the interview that he’s a huge fan of UFC and MMA overall.

5. He Beat a Legend for His First Championship

Most WWE Superstars have won a title at some point in their career. Maybe in the lower organizations, maybe they’ve even found WWE gold, but few WWE Superstars win their first professional title against a living legend.

WWE the Undertaker did just that. During his time as the “Master of Pain” in the USWA Taker won the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship against none other than Jerry “The King” Lawler.

King may just be a WWE announcer now, but he was one of the most important people in the history of professional wrestling in the south. He has done just about everything in the business and on that fateful day in 1989 he put over a young man who would go on to have one of the most impressive streaks in WWE history.

6. He Can Thank Hogan for His WWF Career

This one brings a little speculation with it, but the story is too awesome to pass up.

Everyone remember Hulk Hogan’s cinematic masterpiece “Suburban Commando?”

You don’t? It’s cool, it probably just took you too long to think through Hogan’s endless list of amazing films.

Well, Suburban Commando was a winner. Hogan is a space commando. After an epic space battle, Hogan’s ship has to stop on Earth. As he waits for his ship to recharge he finds himself getting into all sorts of wacky hijinx and hilarious situations.

Hogan wasn’t the only professional wrestler in the film, however.

WWE the Undertaker was signed on for the illustrious role of Hutch, a super-strong bad guy bent on destroying Hogan.

The story goes that Hogan started to become close to Taker and found out he was a professional wrestler. After seeing his impressive acting skills (because the Hulkster knows so much about acting) Hogan called up Vince McMahon who gave Taker a shot.

Can you imagine what the WWE would be like if Vince didn’t take a shot on the youngster in the video above? Could you really blame him if he didn’t?

7. One of His WrestleMania Victories Was Due to DQ

This was the most surprising piece of info I found while digging through the deep and dark catacombs of Undertaker’s long career. One of Taker’s Mania victories was won on a technicality.

During WrestleMania IX Taker took on the man with the most unsettling attire in the WWE, Giant Gonzalez. During the match Gonzalez acquired a cloth with chloroform and knocked Taker out, giving The Phenom his third consecutive WrestleMania victory.

It’s the only one of Taker’s Mania matches that was decided by disqualification and is an outcome that isn’t talked about often when WWE historians discuss Taker’s impressive 20-0 streak.

To be fair, he did return and clear Gonzalez from the ring.

[kayfabejake]

WWF SummerSlam 1996 PPV Review

Here we are with my second PPV review in as many days! Hog Wild and SummerSlam were very very close together so I’ve been feasting on a cornucopia of 90s wrestling goodness...or, in the case of these two particular PPVs, okayness. Let’s get munching already!

WWF SummerSlam 1996

Date: August 18th, 1996 / Arena: Gund Arena - Cleveland, OH / Attendance: 17000 / Tagline: “Opposites Attack!”

Commentary Team Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart pins Savio Vega in (13:23)

Why does Owen Hart’s theme sound like the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun instrumental?

Why DQ Owen for using his cast? If he can’t use the cast for safety reasons, definitely don’t let him wrestle for safety reasons lmao

JR (I think) says “the finest of all the Hart wrestlers is Owen!” um, I doubt it.

Owen using the cast was directly in the ref’s line of sight because Vega didn’t bump him...smh c’mon guys

Solid fucking match right here tbh. Good psychology, entertaining wrestling, fun heel work by Hart

My Rating [3*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [2.5*]

Fatal Four-Way Elimination Tag Match for the WWF Tag Team Titles Billy Gunn & Bart Gunn “The Smoking Gunns” [c] def. Marty Janetty & Leif Cassidy “The New Rockers”, Henry Godwinn & Phineas Godwinn “The Godwinns”, and Skip & Zip “The Body Donnas” in (12:18)

This match’s rules make no sense and it’s so boring. 

Apparently like...you can tag in other teams? Somehow? So Billy Gunn is required to wrestle Bart Gunn at one point? The fuck?

I don’t really get the Body Donnas’ gimmick either, as their bodies are not in amazing shape

You know things are bad when you say the sentence ”the most talented wrestler out of the eight in the match was Marty Janetty”

Apparently Leif Cassidy is actually Al Snow! huh! doesn’t make this match any fucking better

Way better than this piece of shit match is the ad afterwards for Cleveland public transit where the Godwinns race the Gunns to the arena--except, the Godwinns take the bus and the Gunns take a horse and carriage. Sunny cutting a promo on the Godwinns for cheating by riding the bus is hilarious.

My Rating [0*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [DUD]

 Sycho Sid pins The British Bulldog in (6:24)

Sid has a fun insanity gimmick but quite frankly he’s just outshined by Mankind in that department. Sort of like a Walmart / Chanel situation there

A lot of movement and impressive slams

Sick vertical suplex from Bulldog

The commentators can’t stop putting over Cleveland. Why? You’re speaking to the PPV audience. The arena can’t hear you.

A shot of Cornette in the locker room with Vader. Dear god, I adore Jim Cornette so much. Such a lovable grump.

Distraction from Corny leads to a win for Sid!

Sid absolutely fucks up Bulldog on the final powerbomb without even looking strained

My Rating [2.75*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [1*]

Goldust w/ Marlena pins “The Wildman” Marc Mero w/ Sable in (11:01)

So apparently Goldust is thirsting after Sable, which leaves us with two possible conclusions: either Goldust is a bisexual icon or the sexual politics of mid-1990s WWF are murky and regressive. I wonder which one it could possibly be 🤔

A very creepy Goldust cosplayer is watching quietly in the front row

I love Goldust’s rope bounce--he gets lower than most wrestlers and sort of sinks into the ropes, leaning back a good bit. It gives the way he slings back more credibility

My Rating [2.75*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [2.25*]

Jerry “The King” Lawler pins Jake “The Snake” Roberts in (4:07)

Any justice that I feel seeing Jerry get caressed by the snake is cancelled out by how awful this whole storyline is. Vince creating this storyline, exploiting Jake’s alcoholism, and then acting on commentary like it’s awful how Jerry is acting really breaks my ability to buy into the kayfabe because it is so reprehensible

And Jake has to lose and be humiliated just so Mark Henry can show up in a storyline? This is fucking awful.

My Rating [.5*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [DUD]

Boiler Room Brawl Mankind def. The Undertaker in (26:40)

Love both these guys, and I love the Boiler Room Brawl stipulation. It’s just so weird and unnatural and savage. Incredibly entertaining.

It might run a litttttle bit too long though, to be honest

I do not like the lack of commentary either, i dunno why they just stopped talking

lmao you can hear the sound guys dialing the crowd noise back in specifically for the nutshot on Taker

Foley elbow drops onto the concrete floor we stan a bump king

Holy shit and the bump onto the tarp and ladders? Jesus

okay, it is WAY too long

the wrestlers cheering them on is so cute

HOT COFFEE SPOT HOLY SHIT

somebody screamed “he’s dead!” after mankind took the bump onto the concrete

NO PAUL DONT SCREW THE DEADMAN

Undertaker being taken out of the arena by druids is fucking amazing

My Rating [3.25*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [NONE]

Wow, Meltzer is a stern daddy. No fun, no fun.

World Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title Match Shawn Michaels [c] pins Vader in (28:59)

God, I love me some Jim Cornette!

things we know about Shawn Michaels going into this match

he thinks he’s cute

he knows he’s sexy

he’s got the looks that drive the girls wild

he’s got the moves that really move ‘em

he sends chills up and down their spines

god shawn michaels’ hurricanrana over the ropes and then backflipping back over the ropes...the man exudes big dick energy

Vader wins via countout, so no title

MEANING JIM CORNETTE MIC TIME HELL YES

Shawn Michaels is going another round okay!

And another one after another DQ finish!

More Cornette talking which is dope

Ugh fuck the McMahon commentary era, you CANNOT expect me to believe that a dude named Gorilla Monsoon was ever president of the WWF

SWEET CHIN MUSIC AND A KICKOUT!

Vader moonsaulting never fails to impress me. wow.

Shawn hits a moonsault and pins to retain!

My Rating [3.75*] / Daddy Meltzer’s Rating [4*]

Overall PPV Grade [C+]

A few dope ass matches, and a few real fucking bores and bummers. A great main event, fun spooky shit for my goth side in that Boiler Room Brawl, and a healthy dose of Cornette makes sure I have a soft spot for this PPV--but personal preference aside it’s nothing special and underwhelming for a SummerSlam, to be sure.

-11/14/18

[shitloadsofwrestling]

The Power Of Pain (w/ Paul Jones) [1987]

Some teams are formed out of a mutual respect that’s formed when the two powers realize each other’s strengths. Such was the case for The Powers Of Pain. In 1986, The Warlord joined the NWA Central States territory while managed by Baby Doll and began a feud with The Barbarian, who was managed by Paul Jones. When Baby Doll stopped managing The Warlord, the feud ended and Jones began managing Warlord as well as Barbarian, which borned the team known as The Powers Of Pain. 

As a duo, The Powers Of Pain feuded with The Road Warriors for Jim Crockett Promotions, memorably slamming Animal's head into a stack of weights and injuring his eye socket. Teaming with Ivan Koloff, The Powers Of Pain won the World Six-Man Tag Team Championships from The Road Warrios and Dusty Rhodes before leaving the NWA after being stripped of the titles. In June of 1988, The Powers Of Pain came to the WWF and defeated Demolition via countout on their first night with the company. The team, managed by Tito Santana, feuded with Demolition. For a short time, Baron Von Raschke was the team's manager, leading them to victory over The Bolsheviks at SummerSlam.

At Survivor Series, Demolition turned face when Mr. Fuji attacked the group and aligned himself with The Powers Of Pain. The team would spend the rest of 1989 feuding with Demolition, and would go into feuds with The Hart Foundation, The Bushwhackers, and The Rockers. In March of 1990, the team split with Mr. Fuji selling The Barbarian's contract to Bobby Heenan and The Warlord's contract to Slick.

[hitmanhartiswaseverwillbe]

Summerslam 1992