Tag: the von erichs
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JNPO: Holt McCallany on becoming Fritz Von Erich in ‘The Iron Claw’
A24 In an extended interview, actor Holt McCallany joined Josh Nason’s Punch-Out to talk about his upcoming new film “The Iron Claw” in which he plays the role of Fritz Von Erich, patriarch of the famed Texas wrestling clan. Holt talked about his preparation and research for the role, which included training with WWE Hall…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The death of David Von Erich
The story of David Von Erich is a powerful one. He was young and destined for greatness, perhaps even the heir apparent to the NWA World title. But then an ill-fated trip to Japan for a tour with All-Japan Pro Wrestling ended his story. On this week’s DragonKingKarl, I will examine his last few months…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: CM Punk, Vince McMahon biography
Pat Laprade joins Garrett Gonzales and Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave Meltzer and I are back for a brand new Wrestling Observer Radio. Author Pat Laprade joined us on the show. We went through a cornucopia of topics, including the following: The latest on CM Punk per Dave’s lead story in the latest…
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DragonKing Dark: The dark side of World Class Championship Wrestling
Karl Stern looks at the dark days of WCCW. My 100 darkest moments in pop culture history rolls on as this week, we return to the world of professional wrestling with, arguably, the first place many people think of when it comes to a lot of young deaths in wrestling: the Dallas, Texas-based World Class…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Punk buyout, NXT countering ROH
Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back to talk about all of the news in professional wrestling including the rumors of CM Punk being bought out of his AEW deal, NXT infringing on ROH, Billy Gunn not allowed to appear on Raw, and so much more!