Kevin Von Erich Denies Claims His Father Forced Him To Wrestle

Fritz Von Erich, the patriarch of the Von Erich wrestling family, was a good, honorable man as far as his son Kevin is concerned.

Fritz and his family will be the subject of the much-anticipated ‘The Iron Claw’ biopic, with Holt McCallany playing the man himself.

In an interview with “PW Insider Elite,” Kevin Von Erich discussed the portrayal of his father and the perception by some of Fritz. He said,

“When the character came in that was playing my dad, I don’t think anybody on Earth can play Fritz Von Erich. To me, he was the greatest man to ever live. Everyone respected him. It was like he was the President of the NWA. He was the man. He was fair and honest and had the respect of the world.

“This movie’s coming out, and I just can’t tolerate what people say. The kind of stuff that I hear on YouTube, people just, they don’t filter it at all. They just say it. The stuff they say about my dad and Kerry just infuriates me. 

“Now Kerry did have some bad moments because of the drug, but that was a small part of the end of his life. And my dad, to talk about how greedy he was and things like [that], that’s not the truth at all. He loved us so much.

“They talk about [how] he made us wrestle and it was all about the bottom line. No, never. He didn’t even want us to wrestle. I just want people to know my dad was a good, honorable man who I admire. I’d never say anything about him, and I won’t tolerate anybody doing it around me, either.”

The Iron Claw is being produced by A24 Films and is expected to release in 2023.

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