Author Topic: Could "The Von Erich curse" have been prevented?  (Read 2209 times)

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Re: Could "The Von Erich curse" have been prevented?
« on: June 28, 2009, 11:36:23 pm »
Its a tricky one because as you said for a lot of us it is before our time, I have read about it though in the past and with hindsight its easy to say these things could of been prevented, but considering how many deaths there have been since, a bigger question would be why this family tragedy didn't manage to transform the business.  (In a positive manner)  I think you highlighting how it was in the mainstream "WWF" is probably why it didn't have a profound effect like the Benoit incident has.

Aside from reading about them the only one I EVER saw wrestling was Kerry Von Erich in the WWF as Texas Tornado, I always enjoyed watching his matches on old VHS tapes his theme music was a winner to, he clearly had a wealth of potential, I think the match that I remember most is his IC Title win over Mr. Perfect, and cool as it was to see him win I remember it being surprisingly a bit meh. (Wikipedia'd it, it only went 5 minutes, that explains it).