The 25 Days of Von Erichs – Day Seven

For 19 days until Iron Claw is released, I present to you genuine moments in World Class Championship Wrestling history in chronological order.

Today, we look at February 26, 1983 from the Sportatorium:

King Kong Bundy defeated Magic Dragon.

“Iceman” King Parsons beat Arman Hussein.

“Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin requested the TV cameras be turned off and demolished Al Madril.

Match 4 (six-man/lumberjack/non-title): WCCW World Six-Man champions the Fabulous Freebirds versus David, Kevin, & Kerry Von Erich

Highlights:

• If you wanted to hear the loudest “go home, Freebirds” chant, the Dallas faithful electrified the Sportatorium here.
• Gordy delivered a knee to Kerry’s midsection and tagged in Hayes.
• As Kerry blocked a hip toss, he fed Hayes one of his own.
• Gordy and Roberts stormed in, and each received his own hip toss.
• When Kerry slammed Hayes, David and Kevin double-teamed Gordy.
• Hayes tried to escape, but Bundy immediately tossed him back into the ring.
• After tags were exchanged on both sides, David reversed an Irish whip but got punted.
• Gordy charged him, but David got the heck outta Dodge.
• As Kevin tagged in, he consecutively dropkicked all three Freebirds.
• With Gordy’s assistance, Roberts tagged in and put a knee into Kevin’s back.
• He slammed Kevin for 2.
• When Gordy guillotined Kevin with the top rope, a tiny bit of chaos erupted.
• The dust cleared, Hayes tagged in, and he put a knee into Kevin’s back.
• After he slammed Kevin, Hayes hit a knee drop for 2.
• Gordy tagged in and hooked a bearhug on Kevin.
• As he gave Kevin a cross corner whip, Gordy came up empty on his follow-through.
• Hot tag Kerry.
• When he backdropped Gordy, Kerry followed with a knee drop.
• Roberts tagged in and delivered a forearm shiver.
• While the Dallas faithful chanted “go Kerry, go,” Hayes tagged in and hit a brainbuster on their hero.
• He executed a backbreaker for 2.
• After Gordy tagged in, he viciously tossed Kerry down to the floor.
• Again, Bundy took the opportunity to toss a wrestler back into the ring.
• Roberts tagged in, but a mid-ring collision occurred.
• As Hayes assisted Roberts in tagging out, Kerry tagged in David.
• Upon applying a sleeper to Gordy, David received a knee to the back from Hayes.
• With all six wrestlers in the ring, Kerry applied a sleeper to Roberts.
• Momentum took them over the top rope to the floor.
• When David put an Iron claw on Gordy, Hayes mounted the second turnbuckle and delivered a double axe handle to him. How dastardly!
• During all the chaos, referee David Manning took a trip over the top rope to the floor.
• Gordy attempted a piledriver on David, but Kevin mounted the second turnbuckle and hit his own double axe handle.
• After Kevin placed David atop Gordy, Manning counted the pin.
• As expected, the Dallas faithful went APESHIT!

Rating: ***½

Summary: Absolutely NUCLEAR heat for this feud. Since the Von Erichs won, they earned a title shot against the Freebirds.

After the match, Kerry lands a discus punch on Hayes while the Freebirds get booed out of the building.

Stay tuned for more WCCW goodness tomorrow!