I was 6 years old the first timew I went to the Sportatorium in Dallas to watch WCCW and that night David Von Erich become a idol for me. I have met all the VonEricht Bruiser Brody, Skandar Akbar and many others bur David is why I got into the wrestling. Was a sad time when he passed, I believe his death was something the WCCW and the Adkinnson family never recovered from.
I started training in 1995 and I have wrestled all over Texas and Oklohoma for 20 plus years. Without Davis, Kevin, Kerry, Mike, Chris and Fritz there would have been no WCCW and I most likely wouldn't have taken a keap of faith and become a wretler.
I have met many in this buisiness thanks to the Von Erichs.
RIP David
David Alan Adkisson (July 22, 1958 – February 10, 1984) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name David Von Erich. A member of the Von Erich Family, Von Erich is best known for his appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling, the Dallas, Texas-based professional wrestling promotion owned by his father, Fritz Von Erich.[2] Von Erich was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
Von Erich died during a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling on February 10, 1984, before he was going to, among other matches, defend the United National championship belt he had won in Texas seven days earlier. One theory of his death is that it was a painkiller overdose, perhaps hydrocodone.[2] Ric Flair mentions in his autobiography that Bruiser Brody (Von Erich's long-time friend) removed the evidence. The Von Erichs, however, claimed it was caused by ruptured intestines resulting from acute enteritis,[5] which is the documented cause of death listed on the Consular Report of Death provided by the U.S. embassy in Japan.[6] In the documentary Heroes of World Class: The Story of the Von Erichs and The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling, Kevin Von Erich and former referee David Manning both attested to a heart attack theory. According to friend and former promoter Wild Bill Irwin, David is believed to have suffered from bulimia, which Irwin alludes to in a 2017 Wrestling Shoot Podcast on the "Booking The Territory" YouTube channel.