A vacant lot just south of downtown Dallas is all that’s left of one of the most influential regional professional wrestling companies in America—the arguable birthplace of mainstream wrestling as we know it today. That lot once housed the iconic Sportatorium arena, long-since demolished. There, starting in the 1960s, wrestler and promoter Fritz Von Erich led what would become World Class Championship Wrestling and launched one of the sport’s most memorable dynasties, with five of his sons serving as the stars. The eldest of the group, Kevin Adkisson, aka World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer Kevin Von Erich, spent week after week tossing people around the ring alongside his brothers. Kevin is the only Von Erich to outlive his father.
The North Texas wrestling family and its tragic story recently received the Hollywood treatment in , released
