Marshall and Ross Von Erich Bring Their Loaded Family Name to MLW

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Source: si.com

The Von Erich legacy is ready to rise from the ashes.

Ross and Marshall Von Erich have signed with Major League Wrestling, and will make their debut at the June 1 television taping in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

The sons of Kevin Von Erich and grandsons of the late family patriarch Fritz Von Erich, the pair is ready to bring an electric style of tag team wrestling to MLW.

“Signing with MLW is a big deal for us,” said Ross. “They are the promotion that has allowed us to be with our dad, help out around the ranch, and still wrestle.”

“We’re able to continue the legacy,” added Marshall. “It’s humbling, we’re honored, and it’s the perfect timing—we’ve never been this ready for this big a stage before.”

The Von Erich name was synonymous with wrestling in Texas in the 1980s but later became associated primarily with tragedy. Five of Fritz’s six sons died tragic, premature deaths, three by suicide. Only Kevin, Ross and Michael’s father, survives.

“The Von Erich name is not a burden,” said Ross, who is the elder brother at 30. “We are grateful for our name, it’s a blessing to be a Von Erich. God gave us the right equipment, and we’re going to go out there and do our best.”

The two passed up a WWE tryout, instead signing with MLW, primarily because the opportunity with MLW allows the chance to be home far more often.

“WWE encouraged us to come to Florida and try out, and are extremely grateful for the offer, but we want to be as close to our dad as possible,” said Marshall, 26. “For us, MLW is the right home.”

The Von Erichs are oozing with charisma and untapped potential.

With wrestling DNA that’s equal parts Rob Van Dam and a young “Stunning” Steve Austin, the two are already extremely solid at brawling, high spots, and technical finesse. They have been wrestling for eight years, building a solid portfolio from their time in Israel, England, Australia and, more recently, Texas and Oklahoma.

The blonde-haired Marshall is a physical specimen at 6'4" and 250 pounds, while Ross, who is a former walk-on for the University of North Texas football team, is a force of his own at 6'0"and 200 pounds.

MLW CEO Court Bauer has been pursuing a deal with the Von Erichs since January, and revealed that they have committed to a multi-year deal.

“It’s poetic,” said Bauer, who noted that the contract still allows Ross and Marshall the opportunity to work in Israel and for Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. “They’re fighting for their family name and their future. They represent a new hope and a new chapter in the family’s fabled story.”

The legendary Gary Hart helped build the Von Erich family into mega stars, and Bauer was the protégé of Hart. Now a new era emerges, with Bauer looking to rebuild the Von Erichs.

“It gives me such hope and excitement to see that story,” said Bauer. “It’s a very personal and exciting journey for all of us, especially Ross and Marshall.”

The family is best known in wrestling for its legendary run in Fritz Von Erich’s World Class Championship Wrestling, a powerhouse promotion that peaked in the early 1980s. But, incredibly, that was not the first name Fritz had in mind for his promotion.

“World Class Championship Wrestling, our grandpa’s promotion, was originally supposed to be called Major League Wrestling,” said Ross. “We’ve never told anyone that, but our uncles and dad thought it sounded too much like Major League Baseball. So this is a dream come true for us. We couldn’t be happier.”

Ross and Marshall broke into the business in 2011 at a Harley Race wrestling camp in Missouri.

“People kept telling us we looked like Von Erichs, that we reminded them of Fritz Von Erich,” said Marshall. “Their eyes opened when we said we were Kevin’s sons.”

They stood out to the point that they were sent to Japan to learn the inner-workings of the business from Pro Wrestling Noah’s Naomichi Marifuji.

“Then we got the fundamentals pounded into us in Japan,” said Marshall. “That’s our goal, enhance the family legacy and build off the good.”

It is surreal that their career started in Japan, where their uncle David Von Erich’s life ended.



The Von Erich legacy was just featured on last week’s episode of the Viceland “Dark Side of the Ring” series, detailing the family’s move from Texas to Hawaii. Both Ross and Marshall still have Texas blood running through their veins, but the move to Kaui, Hawaii in 2007 allowed the entire family to distance themselves from ghosts of wrestling past.

The Von Erichs now have a chance to rewrite the family legacy, an opportunity they do not hold lightly.

“That lights a fire under us,” said Ross. “We know the job set before us. It’s the reason we push ourselves the way we do. We’re going to do our best with this opportunity and prove MLW right.”

MLW provides the Von Erichs with the right infrastructure, regularity in the ring with advanced talents, and the chance to learn from minds like Bauer, Konnan, and Jim Cornette.

[Big Red Machine]

Does anyone really care about the Von Erichs at this point? If Ross and Marshall were any good, someone would already be using them.

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Does anyone really care about the Von Erichs at this point? If Ross and Marshall were any good, someone would already be using them.

I don't think they've really had the opportunity to sink or swim on a national level though, outside of a few TV appearances, so I'm excited to see what they can do, if anything

[Big Red Machine]

Does anyone really care about the Von Erichs at this point? If Ross and Marshall were any good, someone would already be using them.

I don't think they've really had the opportunity to sink or swim on a national level though, outside of a few TV appearances, so I'm excited to see what they can do, if anything

Cagematch says they barely worked since 2017. They've been around for a good long while now. If they had the talent, it would have been picked up by their local indy, to a mid-level, etc. to the point where we would have seen them get a shot in ROH or EVOLVE or by now. That hasn't happened. NOAH stopped using them in 2013. And these are people with a last name that probably would have gotten them more chances than other people.

[KILLdozer]

*Lacey Von Erich.

I know she was a cup of coffee that wasn't great at all...but wow lol.

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Cagematch says they barely worked since 2017. They've been around for a good long while now. If they had the talent, it would have been picked up by their local indy, to a mid-level, etc. to the point where we would have seen them get a shot in ROH or EVOLVE or by now. That hasn't happened. NOAH stopped using them in 2013. And these are people with a last name that probably would have gotten them more chances than other people.

You assume they care about working and living like a generic indie wrestler. If they're anything like their father, these guys couldn't give a single shit about money or working for a promotion that will parade their name around.

If they were greedy or attention whores, their name alone would have gotten them contracts many years ago. God knows they can't be worse than Lacey, or Snuka's kids, or Dibiase's kids, or fucking Dominic. Marshall is better than all of those I mentioned.

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Cagematch says they barely worked since 2017. They've been around for a good long while now. If they had the talent, it would have been picked up by their local indy, to a mid-level, etc. to the point where we would have seen them get a shot in ROH or EVOLVE or by now. That hasn't happened. NOAH stopped using them in 2013. And these are people with a last name that probably would have gotten them more chances than other people.

You assume they care about working and living like a generic indie wrestler. If they're anything like their father, these guys couldn't give a single shit about money or working for a promotion that will parade their name around.

If they were greedy or attention whores, their name alone would have gotten them contracts many years ago. God knows they can't be worse than Lacey, or Snuka's kids, or Dibiase's kids, or fucking Dominic. Marshall is better than all of those I mentioned.

They've worked, like, five matches in the past two years, and I don't ever remember anyone talking them up as being anything better than passable. I doubt they're particularly good.

Dominic is still green, and the one of Dibiase's kids that had all of the problems was supposedly seen as a future megastar while he was in developmental. But you've set a particularly low bar here.

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They've worked, like, five matches in the past two years, and I don't ever remember anyone talking them up as being anything better than passable. I doubt they're particularly good.

Dominic is still green, and the one of Dibiase's kids that had all of the problems was supposedly seen as a future megastar while he was in developmental. But you've set a particularly low bar here.

maybe they're bad, maybe they're good, we'll see when they start working MLW, but the point is that just because they don't do a lot of matches doesn't mean they're bad.

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VON ERICHS JOIN LAWLOR IN TORNADO TAG VS CONTRA ON JUNE 1

UPDATE: https://mlw.com/2019/05/14/von-erichs-j ... on-june-1/

How do you counter three hostile outsiders possessing a 300 pound Samoan, a megalomaniac and a sinister scientific grappler? “Filthy” Tom Lawlor’s answer to CONTRA Unit is simple: call Ross and Marshall Von Erich. (buy tickets)

Major League Wrestling today confirmed the 6-Man Tornado Tag Team Match: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor and The Von Erichs vs. CONTRA Unit for MLW: Fury Road 2019 at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, WI on Saturday night June 1st.

Tickets start at just $10 at http://www.MLWTickets.com.

For weeks there’s been speculation as to who Lawlor would recruit to go into war against three of the most unpredictable, dangerous and dominant force MLW has possibly ever scene.

What wrestlers would be brave enough and tough enough to rise up against the self-proclaimed “global dealers in violence”?

Calling the Von Erich ranch on Kauai, Hawaii, Lawlor got a quick “yes” from the newly signed brothers. Lawlor notes banding together with Ross and Marshall Von Erich enables the World Champion to have his own wild card going into a guaranteed wild encounter.

While newcomers to Major League Wrestling, Ross and Marshall Von Erich are no strangers to Japan having toured with Pro Wrestling NOAH. The brothers have also dominated the competition in Israel as well as winning gold on the Texas and Hawaiian circuits respectively.

Recruiting a 6’4″ 250 pound cowboy that can hit a moonsault and his muscular master strategist brother gives Lawlor an impressive counter to the chaos that CONTRA is known to conjure.

Now the six wrestlers will enter the battlefield on June 1st in a tornado tag team match where the combatants are allowed to be in the ring at the same time and anyone can go down to defeat at any given time.

Will Lawlor and the debuting Von Erichs be the first to bring the fight to CONTRA Unit? Will CONTRA Unit continue to disrupt and destroy? Find out LIVE on June 1st in Waukesha in the greater Milwaukee area. (buy tickets)

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I have this inexplicable urge to buy tickets...

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I have this inexplicable urge to buy tickets...

lol, they were links on the page, but here they do look like subliminal messages