Kevin Von Erich
Real name: Kevin Ross Adkisson
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of birth: May 15, 1957
Born: Belleville, IL
Pro debut: 1976
Trained by: Fritz Von Erich
Finishing move: Iron Claw
Biography
– On September 13, 1977, Fritz & Kevin Von Erich defeated Big John Studd & Gary Hart
– On December 25, 1978, Kevin Von Erich defeated Bruiser Brody to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On April 1, 1979, The Spoiler defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On November 23, 1979, Kevin Von Erich defeated Dick Murdoch to win the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
– On January 5, 1980, Kevin Von Erich fought Dick Murdoch to a no contest to retain the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
– On January 12, 1980, Kevin Von Erich defeated Ox Baker to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On January 21, 1980, Kevin Von Erich defeated Johnny Rodz
– On March 7, 1980, Kevin Von Erich defeated Ed Wiskoski to retain the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
– On April 11, 1980, Kevin Von Erich defeated King Kong Brody by DQ to retain the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
– On April 20, 1980, Toru Tanaka defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On April 25, 1980, Ken Patera defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
– On April 28, 1980, Kevin Von Erich defeated Toru Tanaka to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On May 25, 1980, Gino Hernandez defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On August 8, 1980, Dick The Bruiser, Kevin Von Erich, Pat O’Connor & Rufus R Jones defeated Dick Murdoch, Karl Kox, Roger Kirby & Takachio
– On May 23, 1981, David & Kevin Von Erich defeated The Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles
– On June 11, 1981, Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato defeated Kevin & David Von Erich to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles
– On September 5, 1982, Kevin Von Erich defeated King Kong Bundy to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On January 21, 1983, Terry Gordy defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On March 4, 1983, Kevin Von Erich defeated Terry Gordy to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
– On June 17, 1983, Harley Race defeated Kevin Von Erich by DQ to retain the NWA World Title
– On July 4, 1983, David, Kerry & Kevin Von Erich defeated The Freebirds (Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) to win the World Class Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On September 5, 1983, The Freebirds (Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) defeated Kerry, Kevin & David Von Erich to win the World Class Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On December 25, 1983, Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy in a No-DQ Loser Leaves Town Match
– On January 8, 1984, Bob Orton Jr & Don Kernodle defeated David & Kevin Von Erich in the NWA Tag Team Title Tournament
– On May 6, 1984, Fritz, Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated The Freebirds (Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) to win the World Class Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On June 23, 1984, Ric Flair defeated Kevin Von Erich in the World Class Heavyweight Title Tournament
– On July 4, 1984, The Freebirds (Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) defeated Kerry, Kevin & Mike Von Erich in a Badstreet Match to win the vacant WCCW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On November 22, 1984, Chris Adams defeated Kevin Von Erich in a No-DQ Match
– On May 5, 1985, Ric Flair fought Kevin Von Erich to a double countout to retain the NWA World Title
– On August 7, 1985, Kevin Von Erich defeated Gino Hernandez to win the vacant WCCW Heavyweight Title
– On September 2, 1985, Brian Adias, Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich defeated Jack Victory, Mark Lewin & One Man Gang to win the WCCW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On October 6, 1985, Kerry & Kevin Von Erich defeated Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez in a No-DQ Hair vs Hair Match to retain the NWA American Tag Team Titles
– On November 28, 1985, Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich in a Cage Match with Brian Adias & Terry Gordy as special guest referees to win the NWA American Tag Team Titles
– On December 25, 1985, Kerry & Kevin Von Erich defeated NWA American Tag Team Champions Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez by DQ
– On February 5, 1986, Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On July 4, 1986, Kevin, Lance & Mike Von Erich defeated Butch Reed, Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne to retain the WCCW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On October 12, 1986, Kevin Von Erich defeated Black Bart to win the World Class Heavyweight Title
– On December 25, 1986, Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated WCCW Tag Team Champions Al Madril & Brian Adias by DQ
– On August 21, 1987, Al Perez defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the World Class Heavyweight Title
– On December 25, 1987, Chris Adams, Kevin Von Erich & Steve Simpson defeated Buddy Roberts, Iceman King Parsons & Terry Gordy to win the vacant World Class Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On March 6, 1988, Kevin Von Erich defeated Al Perez to win the World Class Heavyweight Title
– On December 1, 1988, Masa Saito & Riki Choshu defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On January 7, 1995, Kevin Von Erich defeated Greg Valentine by DQ to retain the NWA North American Heavyweight Title
– On January 14, 1995, John Hawk defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Title
– On April 4, 2009, Kevin (along with the rest of the Von Erich family) was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
– At Slammiversary ’14, Kevin accompanied his sons, Ross & Marshall, to the ring for their match against The BroMans (Robbie E & Jessie Godderz). Kevin fended off Zema Ion after the match using the Iron Claw
