Wat if the Von Erichs didnt...............

Wat if you actually spelled Wat "WHAT"?

Wat if you used spell check?

Ok enough of that.

First off Chris was NEVER going to be the next Kerry. That's why he killed himself. He was never going to have that body or that talent. He had huge shoes to fill and his feet were far too small to do it.

David was already going to win the NWA World Title before he died. That was stated numerous times. David would have been a huge star. He had the total package when it came to wrestling.

Kerry if he didn't have his demons could have been huge in the WWF. I would say he could have had a run with the world title. I would have seen him go to WCW and then back to WWF kinda like Jeff Jarrett.

Mike would have been nothing because he didn't have much talent either.

Kevin would have been a solid mid-carder but wouldn't fit in with either WCW or WWE. I'd see him more so in Japan or something.

so yeah all that and please. Spell check!!!!!

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If they all could have/ would have stayed clean I think Kerry would have been the only one to REALLY make it. David would have gotten a run with the NWA title but probably not much more. Maybe picked up a few NWA tag titles with Kevin. While David was a great talent he was built much like Barry Windham but I think Windham had him beat just barely in talent department. It took Windham forever to be a world champion and main event guy. I can see David around a Windham level.

Kevin I really doubt would have done much. Outside of Tag titles or 6 man title reigns he probably would have gotten any higher then maybe the TV title. Like David, I doubt that he would jump ship to the much larger WWF but would probably have floated around JCP and WCW.

Kerry was the guy that really had the look. He would have gotten his run as the top dog in the NWA but much longer then what it actually was for. I feel if he was clean he would be one of the big babyfaces to take place after Magnum's car wreck. Kerry liked the celebrity style too so he would have def jumped ship to the WWF and spent time up there. I could only assume that he would have been an upper midcarder most of the time but had a much better run sober then he really did.

Chris and Mike would have never made it. They might have been hired and used for help around the studio but they wouldnt have been anything big. Those two boys just didnt have it.

Unlike what many people would say, if the Von Erich family would have lived I really dont think we would be watching WCCW right now. Dallas was big for them and much like JCP I think if they started going to unusual places it would have caused doom for them. If WCCW would have stayed in Texas and JCP in the south who know what could have happened

That's not really fair. He replied earnestly, he just asked for you to spellcheck. That's not like asking you to take English classes.


Anyways, from what I've seen from David, and its only a few matches, I'll agree with the above Barry Windham comparison. He was bound to be a star, but he was never going to be a Dusty Rhodes.

Kerry, on the other, remains one of my favorites. Luckily, I haven't seen too much of him ed up. One of the best looks wrestling has ever seen, and when he was sober, he was godly in the ring. Shame he couldn't control himself more, he would've easily been a multi-time World Champion.

The rest of the brothers have never been main event potential, although Kevin wasn't a slouch by any means in the ring. He had a great dropkick, and he wrestled barefoot!

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While I don't agree with the comparison as far as predicting a limited title run for David, I don't think that the comparison with Windham is that far off. Windham was an amazing worker with a lot of appeal. I think two things limited his career as far as a title run: first, I think his heel turn hurt him because he just didn't have the same charisma as a heel; and second, his title push kept being held up by factors like the WCW people wanting to book Luger as the champ. Even if you give David the edge in charisma, Windham had a better 80's face look, and for the purposes of comparison, we'll call their ring work even. I think you're unfairly underrating Windham the way you're accusing others of underrating David Von Erich.

I don't know what would've happened if the Von Erich family hadn't had so many tragedies. Certainly NWA title runs for David and Kerry (though, with his no-shows and personal problems, Kerry's run may have ended up the same). If WCCW was still going strong and the family was all together, I don't know if any of them would have jumped to the WWF.

I really liked Kevin as well. I don't think he would've fit in the cartoon world of the WWF, but he would've been a hell of an addition to the NWA/WCW.

As for the survival of WCCW, it really depends on smart business management. I don't think national vs. local is the crucial question, but how you spend the money that you're making. You can stay in a single territory and still overspend, or misspend, your money. I don't know if the territorial companies were prepared when wrestling became big business.

I don't see how anyone can say they're offended by David being compared to Windham. Barry was by far one of the top young draws in wrestling in the 80s. Windham was a name in the WWF, Florida and in Charlotte/Atlanta. He had above average mic work, amazing ring skills and like Magnum said above, he had the 80s babyface look. The key factor why people don't think the Von Erichs, mainly David and Kerry, would not be big draws is because outside of their hometown....they didn't draw. The Von Erichs never packed Greensboro Coliseum, they didn't load the Kiel Center. They didn't put a crowd in the Super Dome for a big event. WCCW and the Von Erichs HAD to stay in the Dallas area because that's where they drew. They were territorial names. Almost everyone out of WCCW went somewhere else and drew. Garvin, Freebirds, Warrior, Jack....they all went out and drew elsewhere.

Nobody can take away the fact that David was a great athlete, a terrific wrestler but he wasnt going to be the all amazing wrestler that some blindly assume he would be. None of the Von Erichs had the draw or charisma of Flair. None of them were going to take his place throughout the 80s as the NWAs top guy. Flair, Dusty, Barry and Magnum outshined the Von Erichs on every level. Not only that, they did it around the united states if not the globe. The Von Erichs shined in Texas.

Show me where its written somewhere, any online site or video clip that it shows the Von Erichs selling out a large arena or building outside of Texas. Texas Stadium is a huge draw, but it was in their back yard. Show me where one of them were at the top of the card and they put butts in the seats of a stadium like Tokyo Dome, Greensboro, Orange Bowl, or MSG. Its one thing to be centered in a central location (North, South, East, West) but to basically never leave the city keeps them territorial to me. Its been said that WCCW was being broadcast throughout the united states on television, they why didnt it work? JCP was on TBS, WWF was on TV they both went over with the television audience.

Ill never take away from their talent and Ill never say David wasnt a future world champion but if David had lived and still had his "run" that papa Fritz wanted he still wouldnt have been a top 10 name in the 80s