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00:00:12Each of these boys are going to be world heavyweight champions.

00:00:16I'm dedicating my life to them.

00:00:19The most famous family in the history of professional wrestling, the Von Erich boys.

00:00:23Kevin, David, Kerry, and Mike Von Erich.

00:00:26There's two things that were big in Texas, football and the Von Erichs.

00:00:30Today it's Texas, tomorrow the world, baby.

00:00:33We don't grow up in Texas without hearing about the Von Erichs.

00:00:36Wherever the Von Erichs go, a crowd always follows.

00:00:40Everything was fun. Everybody was our friend.

00:00:44Everybody thought it was going to last forever.

00:00:47It couldn't work that way.

00:00:49David Von Erich died Friday. He was 25 years old.

00:00:53It was a shock. Texas was in mourning.

00:00:57We're just overwhelmed. All of these people surrendered for the last experience I was ever going to make.

00:01:02Kerry didn't have time to grieve.

00:01:04It's tough, but we know it's a responsibility that we have to do.

00:01:08He goes from David's dead, you're the main event.

00:01:12Harry Von Erich is the new world heavyweight champion.

00:01:17There's an image he had to hold up.

00:01:18There's pressure to keep that name alive.

00:01:32For a lot of people, they need different things, but for me, I need this.

00:01:37Life throws a lot at you, but if I can get out and into nature with my family, it's just

00:01:46the best in the world.

00:01:47When I'm out here with my kids, and then with my grandkids, it's almost like I'm getting a chance to

00:01:53be their dad again.

00:01:55And in every one of my grandkids, I see Dave.

00:01:58I see Kerry.

00:01:59I see Michael.

00:02:00I even see Chris.

00:02:03Taking a grain of salt because I'm a guy that lost family.

00:02:06But to me, family is everything.

00:02:09Everything.

00:02:11Everything.

00:02:26Well, we have a lot of pictures.

00:02:31You know, pictures are great.

00:02:33It can be painful, too.

00:02:35But my dad documented everything.

00:02:38Okay, I remember the exact moment we did this.

00:02:41There weren't any birds there, but we were imagining it, and we saw Dad's face.

00:02:45He was looking.

00:02:46So we got serious, too.

00:02:48All right.

00:02:48See, whatever he did, I did.

00:02:50And look at Dave.

00:02:52He's fierce.

00:02:55Kerry cracked a joke, and everyone's laughing.

00:02:58And it's like I got two pictures of Dave laughing, horse laughing.

00:03:04Mike, too.

00:03:07It's so cool how you all got to wrestle together.

00:03:10Well, just imagine you inside, you know, just playing outside.

00:03:14But there's thousands of people watching.

00:03:16So that's what's going to happen when they start playing with their brother in front of a bunch of people.

00:03:21I want to show you something.

00:03:26This is a pizza commercial we did.

00:03:30And it was like all night long we took it to do that.

00:03:34Kerry kept cracking everybody up, you know.

00:03:37And Kerry was always playing tricks.

00:03:39Outlight was a great day, though.

00:03:41Happy, Mike?

00:03:42Okay.

00:03:44Okay.

00:03:45Here we go.

00:03:46Ready?

00:03:47And walk, guys.

00:03:49Action.

00:03:49My brothers taught me about wrestling, but I taught them about eating.

00:03:53So he brought us to Pizza Inn's All-You-Can-E-E-Buffet.

00:03:57Okay, gentlemen.

00:03:58Lots of energy.

00:04:00Pizza, Mike.

00:04:01Pizza.

00:04:01But I taught them about pizza.

00:04:06I'm hungry again now.

00:04:08Pour pizza out, it's Pizza Inn.

00:04:13That was ridiculous.

00:04:15You got my words, man.

00:04:17We got my words.

00:04:21I can't say that I was ripped off because my brother has died too young.

00:04:26And there's our four babies all together.

00:04:30Because the truth is we had a hell of a lot of fun.

00:04:34A lot of fun.

00:04:35We did everything.

00:04:39The Von Eriks have won the hearts of wrestling fans with their style and flair.

00:04:44They're the most popular wrestling family in the world.

00:04:47As a sports anchor, I had a chance to cover the Von Eriks.

00:04:50A remarkable family from Father Fritz right down to sons Kerry, Kevin, and Mike.

00:04:54Well, they were constantly in the media.

00:04:56So the Von Eriks are going to be watching this?

00:04:59Had a knock on the door one night and the policeman come and got me and said, hey, there's a

00:05:02big guy at the door.

00:05:03And I went, I'm looking up at this guy.

00:05:05He literally reached out, took hands, and he said, my name is Carl Malone.

00:05:09I'm trying out for the Mavericks.

00:05:11You think I could meet the Von Eriks?

00:05:14Von Eriks.

00:05:16That was our splurge every six months to go see these guys.

00:05:22And I remember how nice they were, every one of them.

00:05:26They're just good boys.

00:05:27The world just needs heroes today.

00:05:29That's all.

00:05:29I'm just a regular guy, you know.

00:05:31The Lord has given us all this popularity, and we're lucky to have it.

00:05:35If you're watching the Von Eriks like I was on cable, there's something very authentic about them.

00:05:41They're just like the family down the road.

00:05:43Come see me and the boss at this pretty good store that does have it all.

00:05:46In a sense, the Von Eriks family just like wrapped its arms around all of Texas.

00:05:50Kevin Von Eriks recently visited the Donald Society for Crippled Children.

00:05:54They were making a difference in this world with those that needed a helping hand.

00:05:56The Von Eriks donated their time, their energy, and their money so that youngsters may learn to walk in this

00:06:02world of ours.

00:06:03Being a part of the community was super important.

00:06:06Their faith was, when you tithe, then you will receive.

00:06:10And a part of their tithing was giving of themselves.

00:06:14And they did take the responsibility of the image that they had very seriously.

00:06:23You've got to be on all the time in front of your fans.

00:06:28And so, for Carrie, the use of drugs got a little stronger, even more stronger.

00:06:38I can't imagine what that was like for all of them.

00:06:42I was so young coming in, out of high school and getting into it, and everybody recognizing you, you know,

00:06:48wherever you go.

00:06:49It's hard.

00:06:49My Uncle Chris really idolized Uncle Mike and Uncle Kerry.

00:06:55I think it was really hard for Uncle Chris when Uncle Mike left home to go wrestle, because he was

00:07:02just home with Mimi and Grandad.

00:07:04Being home alone, watching them be successful.

00:07:07Mike, Kerry, and Kevin Von Eriks!

00:07:11The reach of the Von Eriks, and of world class more broadly, was pretty incredible.

00:07:17They were hugely popular in Israel, of all places.

00:07:22Well, we were wrestling in Israel, and we had a lot of shows there.

00:07:26And Mike dislocated his shoulder, and Mike just popped out.

00:07:34So we flew him back to America to have surgery.

00:07:39A few days after that, his wife, Shani, called me, and she said,

00:07:45Kev, Mike is acting really funny.

00:07:49Hold us over there.

00:07:51And sure enough, his fever was so high.

00:07:55So I just picked him up and put him over my shoulder.

00:07:59I couldn't wait in traffic, so I'm driving in the median.

00:08:02And a cop sees me, recognizes me, pulls in front of us,

00:08:07and we drove down the median all the way to that little hospital.

00:08:11And we got Mike there.

00:08:13I thought he was going to die.

00:08:16Start things off a little on the downside tonight, as far as sports goes.

00:08:20I got a call about 20 minutes ago from Fitzbrunn-Erik,

00:08:22and he said a lot of people are a little concerned about the younger boy, Mike,

00:08:25who has not been wrestling for the last four or five weeks.

00:08:28He had some shoulder surgery done.

00:08:30Apparently, he suffered some type of toxic poisoning.

00:08:33Mike was in a bad way.

00:08:36The incision in the shoulder, evidently that got infected.

00:08:41Doctors say the wrestler has toxic shock syndrome,

00:08:44type of staph infection which sends potent toxins circulating through the bloodstream.

00:08:48It causes damage to major organs and even death.

00:09:01Luckily, they got Dr. Bill Sutker, who made the diagnosis.

00:09:04He was the head infectious disease doctor really anywhere in the country.

00:09:08It's just this one particular kind of bacteria that can be so virulent.

00:09:12I practiced for 40 years.

00:09:15Mike is one of the sickest patients I saw in my entire career.

00:09:19One of the Dallas area's most celebrated wrestlers is now fighting for his life at Baylor University Medical Center.

00:09:25The youngest, Ron Eric, suffered kidney failure and temperatures in excess of 106 degrees.

00:09:30You can't sustain a temperature of over 105 or 106 very long.

00:09:36And we would ice him down when his fever would go up to try and help bring the temperature down.

00:09:42He developed kidney failure as well as other multi-organ failure.

00:09:46Baylor Medical Center.

00:09:47The Baylor Hospital switchboard is receiving 100 calls an hour from Von Erich fans.

00:09:52We're having to transfer Von Erich calls to public relations.

00:09:55One moment, please.

00:09:56During that whole week that Mike was in the hospital, people were calling, offering to donate organs.

00:10:01In fact, several people have called several times so they can donate their organs.

00:10:06What does he need?

00:10:07I'm here.

00:10:08Take my number.

00:10:09More than 100 fans gathered in the parking lot of the sportatorium to hear news of Mike.

00:10:14It's a sad situation.

00:10:15I look at him like I would my own kids.

00:10:17I just prayed that he would pull out of it.

00:10:20Kevin and Kerry Von Erich say they'll wrestle Monday night and dedicate the match to their brother.

00:10:25It's a family business out there and somebody had to mind the shot.

00:10:30Everybody in Chicago wishing the very best for your brother, Michael.

00:10:38We're not sure when this battle will end, but I guarantee we're all champions.

00:10:42We're all winners, and Mike's the winner, and we'll come out of it as winners.

00:10:49My son said to me, if Mike Von Erich dies, the whole world is going to hate you.

00:10:57Doctors say they can't predict when Von Erich will be out of danger, but they say that someone physically weaker

00:11:02would be dead.

00:11:04Mike's whole situation, you know, zooming out.

00:11:08It's like the word curse feels like wholly inadequate, and also it captures the ominous unknowableness in a way that

00:11:18we don't really have another word for.

00:11:20It's impossible to wrap your head around what one family had to go through.

00:11:26There was quite a while where he didn't seem to be responding, and I was not optimistic that he was

00:11:32going to be able to make it through the illness.

00:11:34But I had gone down to tell them there was a good chance he wasn't going to survive.

00:11:41He said, we've done all we can do.

00:11:43He said, Kevin says, Doctor, how long?

00:11:46He said, Kevin, maybe 20 minutes.

00:11:49The doctor gave us the bad news, but we all got down with all our good friends and prayed.

00:11:55The Lord would work through their hands.

00:11:58We said, we're not going to say goodbye.

00:12:00So we all formed a circle and held hands, and our preacher started these prayers.

00:12:08Gary Holder was there, the evangelist.

00:12:11Gary Holder took that Bible, and he said, he said, God, here's your word.

00:12:15In it you say, if we believe, if we pray, you will deliver.

00:12:21And then he slammed it down on the table.

00:12:26He said, there's your word, deliver.

00:12:30And it wasn't 30 seconds till the door swung open.

00:12:34It was just Bill Sudger.

00:12:36And he came out, and he said, well, I don't know what's happened, but his vitals are back to normal.

00:12:42Last night was really scary.

00:12:43I mean, scary to the point where it was almost hopeless.

00:12:46Folks, let me tell you, a miracle took place last night, just that we have Mike with us today.

00:12:52Well, professional wrestler Mike Von Erich remains in critical but stable condition at Baylor University Medical Center.

00:12:58The best sign of all is that Von Erich's temperature has fallen from a high of 107 to normal.

00:13:03We'll update you on his condition again tomorrow.

00:13:07Things started to plateau, and then eventually started to improve.

00:13:17Yeah, that's what he did.

00:13:20I can't wait till the convo show on and be there.

00:13:25He's still very, very sick.

00:13:27There's no question about that.

00:13:28But that boy is going to be fine, thanks be to the Almighty himself.

00:13:34I think he was in the hospital about a month.

00:13:36I think the fact that he was a professional athlete and that his body was in such good shape was

00:13:42the reason that he was able to survive.

00:13:45The main thing that I'm looking forward to is getting back in the ring again.

00:13:50Whenever I get home, you know, I have to start slow.

00:13:52But whenever they say it's okay to start working out, boy, I'm going to be in there working hard.

00:13:58You go from deathbed to literally six weeks, seven weeks, whatever it was before we brought him out for Cotton

00:14:04Bowl.

00:14:05I'm pleased to present to you a living miracle.

00:14:08Welcome to the Cotton Bowl, Mike Von Erich!

00:14:15They brought him out in the car for all the fans to cheer.

00:14:20The crowd was just crazy.

00:14:23I'd like to thank everybody here for being here today.

00:14:27I would like to thank all the doctors and nurses for helping me.

00:14:31And I'd like to thank all of you for the prayers and your support.

00:14:36Thank you for coming and thank you very much.

00:14:38It's great to be back.

00:14:41When Mike Von Erich got sick, they were down a Von Erich, right?

00:14:46So Fritz brought in a fake Von Erich, Lance Von Erich, who was billed as a cousin of the Von

00:14:51Erich family.

00:14:52Lance, welcome to World Class.

00:14:54Great to have you with us.

00:14:55It's great to be here.

00:14:56I feel right at home here.

00:14:59My dad figured that he needed extra help.

00:15:03Man, I hated that idea.

00:15:05He's the closest you can get to a brother.

00:15:08And hey, we need a brother right now.

00:15:09And I'm sure he's going to surprise a lot of people.

00:15:12World Class was doing everything he could to compete.

00:15:14They were still very successful.

00:15:15But in the background, the script is totally flipped for World Class, right?

00:15:20It's like they were so recently like the biggest promotion in the country.

00:15:24But now WWE had this national TV deal with NBC.

00:15:30They had the Rock and Roll Connection on MTV, Saturday Morning Cartoon.

00:15:35They were finding whole new plateaus of success.

00:15:39Fritz did what he thought was best to sort of band-aid the whole thing together.

00:15:45Life was still good.

00:15:46We were still drawing.

00:15:47And then phone rang, and I picked it up.

00:15:50It was Fritz.

00:15:51And he said, Kerry's been in an accident.

00:15:54And I'm like, how bad?

00:15:56He said, his leg looks like an alligator chewed on it.

00:16:07You know, before I even say anything, everybody back then, you drank and you smoked weed and stuff like that.

00:16:14A lot of times, even if he did get pulled over, unless you were doing something really bad, Yvonne Erickson

00:16:20were so popular, the cops would let him go.

00:16:26That day, Kerry was out.

00:16:29At Lake Dallas, he had a boat.

00:16:31I guess he had been drinking.

00:16:35And he had on flip-flops and a tank top and shorts.

00:16:39And he's on his motorcycle.

00:16:48He ran into a cop car that was sitting at a red light, hit it from behind, going like 50

00:16:53miles an hour, and went over the top of it.

00:16:57I was pregnant with Lacey.

00:17:00When I got the call, I knew.

00:17:02I was like, our world is crumbling.

00:17:04He's really, really getting bad.

00:17:08The fractured ankle is fairly serious.

00:17:11It's an open wound to the ankle.

00:17:13And that's the reason for necessitating surgery tonight.

00:17:18I actually saw him in the emergency room.

00:17:21The yellow paint from the paint on the stripes was right here on top of his foot, where his foot

00:17:28had grinded that and had some yellow paint on his bone.

00:17:32Lucky it didn't kill him.

00:17:35That was a miracle, no doubt about it.

00:17:37That was his only injuries.

00:17:39He had no other injuries at all.

00:17:42His foot was in really pretty pathetic shape when he came in.

00:17:47And we were all worried that he really had a very good chance of losing his foot.

00:17:52However, with a surgical team, they have saved Gary's foot.

00:17:58Thank you for all your support.

00:18:00Thank you for your prayers.

00:18:01A lot of big things have happened since I've came into the hospital.

00:18:05One of the greatest things, again, thanks to Dr. Seifker, Mike, my brother.

00:18:10We'll be back July 4th.

00:18:19There was a lot of Greek mythology built into pro wrestling.

00:18:23It's the tragedy and the triumph and overcoming the odds.

00:18:26I think that's the real power of the Von Erich story.

00:18:29It's not just the tragic part.

00:18:31Their ability to triumph over it at times.

00:18:34Von Erich will the triumph and return to the ring.

00:18:37There was a big push for him to get back in the ring.

00:18:39And the people were like, come on, Mike, you can do it.

00:18:42When the fans really love you, you love them too, you know.

00:18:45And you feel a responsibility.

00:18:47You feel like you owe it to them to be what they expect you to be.

00:18:51You know, and he's just doing what he's got to do.

00:18:54Fritz's opinion was, when he's ready, he'll know he's ready.

00:18:58But he wasn't pushed to come back.

00:19:00Mike wanted to get back.

00:19:03Mike was never the same after he came back from the toxic shop.

00:19:07He had a look in his eyes where he was just like, he was way out in la-la land.

00:19:13I'll tell you what, Brian, it is.

00:19:15I want you to know, I want a country whipping match with you.

00:19:19Country whipping match is what it's called.

00:19:22I don't think he was ever ready.

00:19:25I give Kevin credit.

00:19:27Gosh, he stepped up.

00:19:29Kevin Von Erich, listen to the fans cheer.

00:19:33It's a family business.

00:19:35It wasn't fun.

00:19:36It was work.

00:19:38And it was hard work.

00:19:40We were still trying to run three towns a day.

00:19:42But the people were not showing up to watch Mike.

00:19:45Kerry's in bed.

00:19:46He's got his foot cut off.

00:19:47So I've got to try to keep it going.

00:19:49And it was just, God, I'd do anything for a little bit of relief.

00:19:53You're pressured to be on all of the time.

00:19:58An image that they all want to uphold, to make each other proud, and to not let each other down,

00:20:04that is pressure.

00:20:06We want you to be somebody that we can idolize.

00:20:10And the crowd picks it up for Kevin.

00:20:13It was some really tough days.

00:20:16It was real hard days.

00:20:17I was working two or three times a day.

00:20:20If one of us were hurt, people would want their money back.

00:20:252,000, 3,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, however many people, they bought a ticket.

00:20:30They're expecting to see them on earth.

00:20:33And they want to see you, whether you're grieving or hurt a lot, we carry.

00:20:38I've been out now for four or five months.

00:20:41And I miss the people, and I miss wrestling more than anything I've ever missed in my whole life.

00:20:47Kerry felt a big responsibility in that he took care of his fans.

00:20:52I had, you know, doubts.

00:20:54It was a bad wreck.

00:20:55Thank the Lord I'm still alive.

00:20:57It was really hard.

00:20:59All those months that he was down, I had to keep a smile through all of it and tell him

00:21:05it'll be all right.

00:21:08Even though Kerry's ankle was crippled, almost to the point of amputation, he refused to believe that he was through.

00:21:14For Kerry Von Erich, he could either give up or go to the gym.

00:21:18He worked really hard, and he had that work ethic just to make sure that he maintained the proper image.

00:21:26Life deals your lemons.

00:21:27You make lemonade.

00:21:28You keep on training.

00:21:29And you never give up.

00:21:33Supposedly, if he had followed up on the therapy and rehabilitation, it would have come back, and he would have

00:21:39been fine.

00:21:40But he wanted to get back.

00:21:42He wanted to get in front of the fans.

00:21:44He wanted to get back to being Kerry Von Erich.

00:21:47He came back, but the leg wasn't ready.

00:21:51He went too early, and it cost him.

00:21:56The biggest thing I remember about Kerry's motorcycle wreck was he was working hard in the gym.

00:22:02He wanted to come back, but he just wasn't ready.

00:22:08Because he came back, and the leg wasn't getting good blood circulation.

00:22:14And we had these steps at the fortitorium where you could go up and watch the matches.

00:22:18He was coming down those steps, and it broke.

00:22:21It was crazy.

00:22:23They had tried to save his foot.

00:22:25They did several operations, but it just wouldn't take.

00:22:29It was damaged so badly that they couldn't get the blood supply to it.

00:22:34It just wasn't healing like they hoped.

00:22:39They decided they needed to amputate the foot, which was really hard on Kerry emotionally.

00:22:51But he didn't want anybody to know about it, and he was fitted with a prosthesis he could wear under

00:22:56his boot.

00:22:56And so, for years, nobody actually knew that he didn't have a foot.

00:23:03Why hide it?

00:23:05The image, the Von Erich image.

00:23:11Was that Kerry's decision?

00:23:13No, it was his dad's decision.

00:23:16But Kerry did agree to that.

00:23:21To me, it would have been better to let the family talk about that, instead of just trying to keep

00:23:27it a secret.

00:23:28Like, no, he's still strong.

00:23:31No, but look how strong he is in his disability.

00:23:35Like, people could have learned from that, I think.

00:23:40Why'd you hide it, Fritz?

00:23:41Why didn't you just come out and say, yeah, he lost his foot?

00:23:44He didn't, because he didn't want to lose his company, because Kerry was his biggest star.

00:23:50He needed Kerry whole.

00:23:52People aren't going to come out and see a one-legged guy wrestle.

00:23:56You know what the worst thing about the leg was?

00:23:59Through all the pain and stuff, guess what?

00:24:01They're giving him drip.

00:24:02So they're feeding him the addiction he has.

00:24:06I had now two very young babies and a husband who needed rehabilitation, and he was in a lot of

00:24:14pain.

00:24:15And then the pain meds led to other horrible drugs, like cocaine.

00:24:21I asked Mr. Adkisson for help with him, and we did a family intervention, and he went to kind of

00:24:28a rehab.

00:24:29But then I got a phone call from Mr. Adkisson about three or four days into it, and it's like,

00:24:34the press is going to get a hold of this.

00:24:36I'm going to have to take him out.

00:24:38And my world crashed.

00:24:45Granddad, he loved his boys so much that he almost enabled them.

00:24:49Granddad bailed Uncle Kerry out of jail multiple times.

00:24:53And if anybody came to Granddad and said, I'm really worried about Kerry, or I'm really worried about Mike,

00:24:58Granddad's response was like, he's okay.

00:25:00I talked to him.

00:25:01He's okay.

00:25:01He loved them so much that he didn't want them to suffer.

00:25:06And if that meant going to rehab or going to jail, he wouldn't let that happen.

00:25:10He wouldn't have let any of his sons suffer.

00:25:15I'm sure it was a struggle for Mr. Adkisson in so many ways, running a company as well as taking

00:25:21care of your boys.

00:25:23World class is just doing all they can to tread water.

00:25:27And at the same time, the WWE is staging Wrestlemania 3, breaking the attendance record that Fritz and world class

00:25:35had previously held.

00:25:38And Fritz is trying to sort of balance these two things, the business and his family.

00:25:44It became whisperings of the domineering influence that Fritz had.

00:25:52All the boys looked up to their dad, but to Mike, he felt like he was going to be a

00:25:58failure by not becoming a really great Vaughn Eric.

00:26:04I tell you, I watched Mike last week.

00:26:05His timing's been a little bit off.

00:26:07You know, you can just see determination in Mike's eyes.

00:26:12I saw a lot of depression in him because of that.

00:26:18Mike was in a bad way.

00:26:21He was going through these things of rage.

00:26:25He got out of his car and attacked his traffic light.

00:26:33And when you told him about it, he was so embarrassed.

00:26:36He hated that.

00:26:37He was not that way.

00:26:39The brain is so complicated.

00:26:41Now it dealt with heat.

00:26:44Where's the mom at?

00:26:45She's in the house.

00:26:46Where else?

00:26:47In here?

00:26:48Yeah.

00:26:49I guess not in this car.

00:26:51He had gone through so much to get where he was and was making improvements as time went on.

00:26:57I don't know if he ever realized how sick he really was, even though all of us told him that.

00:27:04I don't know that he saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

00:27:10He was doing some of the pharmaceutical stuff and had a deal where he wrecked several cars in a row.

00:27:21And Fred said, I actually told him, she said, look, it's bad on our business.

00:27:26It's bad on our name.

00:27:28Don't come back to me with this anymore.

00:27:31He said, you're a grown man.

00:27:36We had decided to start a company called Vineyard Bright Incorporated.

00:27:41We're going to have sponsors on world tours.

00:27:45Things were looking really good.

00:27:48But that was when Mike got caught with that joint.

00:27:53And in Mike's mind, he has just ruined my whole deal.

00:27:57He thought that he just, he loved me so much.

00:28:00But he thought he'd really let me down.

00:28:04Felt so bad.

00:28:05He, uh...

00:28:08He had shamed us.

00:28:15Dozens of searchers had been scouring Lake Louisville by ground and air since Wednesday night.

00:28:20After finding Von Erick's abandoned car yesterday in the same park.

00:28:24A family attorney had reported the wrestler missing on Monday.

00:28:27Two days after Von Erick's arrest on drunk driving and drug charges.

00:28:32Inside the car, investigators found an unsigned handwritten note.

00:28:36It said, Mom and Dad, I'm in a better place.

00:28:39I'll be watching.

00:28:45I remember all that just like it was yesterday.

00:28:48They found him over on the other side of the lake at a...

00:28:52It's called Pilot Knoll Park.

00:28:54He just wrote a note, took a bunch of Placidils, and zipped himself up in a sleeping bag.

00:29:02Von Erick's mother, Doris Atkison, was at the park this morning when her 23-year-old son was found.

00:29:08Older brothers, Kevin and Carrie, arrived a short time later.

00:29:12It's really tough, and so...

00:29:14We're going to be fine.

00:29:15Our family's...

00:29:16Our family has...

00:29:18Had tough times before, and we're going to be all right.

00:29:22Man, he was such a good guy, but I mean, he just...

00:29:31I guess drugs.

00:29:33I didn't know Mike was really into drugs, but I guess he was.

00:29:37So it had to be that, because he had such good sense.

00:29:41He was too smart to kill himself.

00:29:44There's just...

00:29:45That's not Mike.

00:29:47Medication was by prescription, by the way, and he just took too much of it at one time,

00:29:53and apparently it was delivered.

00:29:57But just so no one misunderstands about that, Mike was sick.

00:30:00He'd never recovered in Toski's shock.

00:30:04It was just a big shock to me.

00:30:08I was devastated.

00:30:09You know, again, after an illness like this, I don't know that he fully recovered, you know, psychologically.

00:30:17Mike loved people.

00:30:19He was so considerate, loving, polite.

00:30:23He was for real.

00:30:24He was...

00:30:25I just can't believe he was gone.

00:30:29My dad, he was strong, and he kept the family together,

00:30:33even though my mother, my mother had started to fall apart by then.

00:30:38She loved so deep and so hard that it took something out of her.

00:30:48It crushed her.

00:30:50Mimi and Granddad were going through a lot.

00:30:53They both had their ways of dealing with the grief, my Mimi and my Granddad,

00:30:57and she really wanted to stay in control.

00:31:02Mike and I had been together since third grade,

00:31:06and, you know, I loved him like a brother.

00:31:09Another devastating moment for Kerry,

00:31:12where you just see it getting deeper and deeper and darker for him.

00:31:17But Kerry pushed through anything that was difficult,

00:31:21keeping up with the image that was so important to the Von Erichs.

00:31:27Because we have Jesus Christ, it makes us strong,

00:31:29and it makes us able to withstand things that people who aren't Christians

00:31:32can normally not take.

00:31:35They don't know where to turn.

00:31:36We know where to turn,

00:31:37and we know it's in the Lord's plan for these things to happen,

00:31:39and the Von Erichs are strong.

00:31:43Uncle Mike was very generous.

00:31:47After Uncle Mike died, multiple people reached out and said,

00:31:53I'm so sorry for your loss, but by the way, Mike had been paying my rent.

00:31:57Like, do you think you guys can still help with that?

00:32:00He loved people.

00:32:04Good guys hurt worse.

00:32:09And Mike was disappointed with himself.

00:32:13There was a bond between Chris and Mike that was just undeniable.

00:32:18And with Mike taking his life, I saw Chris just going downhill.

00:32:30Those who followed Von Erich in the ring say his death at age 23 is a shock,

00:32:35but it's said his death reminds fans that even heroes are human.

00:32:39Right after Uncle Mike passed away,

00:32:42just literally two months after he passed away,

00:32:46we had our own traumatic event.

00:33:07Right after Uncle Mike passed away,

00:33:10I was six, my sister was two,

00:33:13and my dad was coming back from a show.

00:33:21We said, can we go say hi to daddy?

00:33:23And we ran outside.

00:33:29My dad pulled into the garage.

00:33:31I was holding Jill's hand,

00:33:33and I remember her pulling her hand right out of mine

00:33:38and walking behind the car.

00:33:41She wanted to get to the driver's door and see my dad first.

00:33:46And in the instant that she got behind the car,

00:33:49my dad backed up just two or three feet.

00:33:54As I backed out,

00:33:56Jill had come around behind the car,

00:33:58and that Lincoln Continella went right up on her little liver.

00:34:05And Kristen said,

00:34:07Daddy, you've run over Jill.

00:34:10And I put her in gear and pissed the grass

00:34:13and spun out on her.

00:34:18And he said, oh, Jesus, oh, Jesus.

00:34:21And he pulled forward,

00:34:23picked her up,

00:34:23and there was this tire track on her nightgown

00:34:26that I just, like, burned into my memory,

00:34:29like literally a black tire mark across her nightgown.

00:34:32And I remember him trying to stand her on the counter,

00:34:36saying, you're okay, baby.

00:34:37You're okay.

00:34:38You're okay.

00:34:40And she looked gray,

00:34:42that gray look Dave had.

00:34:44And I, like, apologized to Pam.

00:34:46I said, she's okay.

00:34:48She's gonna live.

00:34:48She's okay.

00:34:50And Pam said,

00:34:51she put her hand on me,

00:34:52and said,

00:34:53she's gonna be all right.

00:34:56And I said, no, she's not.

00:35:02Jill's liver was ruptured,

00:35:05but the lining that holds it intact

00:35:07was the only thing holding an entire act.

00:35:11There was no long-term damage other than that,

00:35:15which is just unbelievable.

00:35:16And I genuinely believe that was prayer,

00:35:20you know, in that instant,

00:35:22because it was just my mom

00:35:24praying her whole heart out,

00:35:26and my dad just,

00:35:28his prayers are just so real.

00:35:33I do remember bits and pieces of that.

00:35:37I remember the hospital visits.

00:35:41My dad just not eating at all,

00:35:43never leaving my side,

00:35:44and I just can't imagine

00:35:47him going through that

00:35:48after everything that he's been through.

00:35:52It's hard to look at him now.

00:35:53Like, how much can one man handle?

00:35:57You can only imagine

00:35:59how that sort of could wreck a person, right?

00:36:01How that could, like, change the way

00:36:02that somebody thinks about life.

00:36:05I lost 35 pounds that month.

00:36:09It was hard for me,

00:36:10but I was so grateful that,

00:36:12you know, my kids were healthy,

00:36:14that I was, um,

00:36:18said, God, thank you for all this.

00:36:22I hate the devil.

00:36:23Let me fight him.

00:36:25All that grief,

00:36:27all that stress,

00:36:29groaning and being miserable.

00:36:32Let me fight the devil.

00:36:34I want to fight him.

00:36:35And I said,

00:36:36I hate you, devil.

00:36:37I want to fight you.

00:36:40Inside, I thought that

00:36:41I shouldn't have said that, you know.

00:36:43And then I thought,

00:36:44well, what's going to happen?

00:36:48The very next day,

00:36:49I was washing my dog down at the lake.

00:36:51I smelled blood and gunpowder.

00:36:56I felt weird inside.

00:36:58I felt like I was being watched.

00:37:01And I saw movement up on the shoreline.

00:37:04I saw these black things coming toward me.

00:37:08And Pam didn't see them.

00:37:10I said, get in the car, get in the car.

00:37:12And so I bent down

00:37:14and got into a crouching position.

00:37:16And I was ready to fight.

00:37:18And the next thing I know,

00:37:22I'm waking up from a seizure.

00:37:27And there's blood all over my feet

00:37:29where I've been kicking and fighting.

00:37:32It's terrible.

00:37:33And I know that I went way too far.

00:37:35I'm a man.

00:37:36But these demons,

00:37:37Satan is so much smarter than we are,

00:37:39can trick us,

00:37:40can make fools of us.

00:37:42So my relationship with God

00:37:44is just one of intense,

00:37:47super gratitude.

00:37:50The Von Erick story is really

00:37:52just a sort of mythological tragedy.

00:37:53It's not just the tragic part, I guess,

00:37:56but also their ability to triumph over it.

00:37:59Kevin's daughter probably should have died

00:38:00when she was really young.

00:38:01Mike probably should have died

00:38:03when he was diagnosed with toxic shock.

00:38:05Then Carrie probably should have died

00:38:06when he got into the wreck.

00:38:07Like, you know,

00:38:08was God testing them in those moments?

00:38:12Maybe those are actually moments of good fortune

00:38:15that they, like, didn't die in those moments

00:38:18after all this family had been through

00:38:19that they got lucky in a weird way.

00:38:22Carrie had this catastrophic injury

00:38:25and somehow tightened up his boots

00:38:27and got back into the ring.

00:38:33This is Thursday night,

00:38:34September the 10th, 1997.

00:38:37That's the old Carrie.

00:38:38Wonderful.

00:38:38It really is, son.

00:38:40That's great.

00:38:42That's the first day, too.

00:38:47Yeah, I wish you wouldn't get too carried away

00:38:48this first time, son.

00:38:50Hold your hands up, Chris.

00:38:54No, son, come on.

00:38:55Don't overdo this.

00:38:56Nothing's different.

00:38:57It's a miracle already.

00:39:00Don't expect a bigger miracle

00:39:01when you've already started.

00:39:05Folks, I feel great.

00:39:06It's been a long time,

00:39:07a year and a half.

00:39:08You know, my dad and I were just talking.

00:39:10Way back about a year ago,

00:39:11he told me not to go on that ring.

00:39:13Well, I guess we all go through times

00:39:14when we don't listen to Mommy and Daddy.

00:39:16And I didn't listen to my dad that night

00:39:18and I went to the ring

00:39:19and sure, it set us back.

00:39:21You set him way back.

00:39:22You already did, folks.

00:39:23Now he's listening.

00:39:24And I'll tell you, folks,

00:39:25I've been, I guess,

00:39:26pushing my dad harder than anyone.

00:39:27I think this time,

00:39:28even my dad feels that I'm ready.

00:39:30The greatest comeback

00:39:31in athletic history.

00:39:33For tonight,

00:39:34we've got the return

00:39:35of the modern-day warrior,

00:39:38Henry Starry.

00:39:41His first night back

00:39:43was Thanksgiving in 1987.

00:39:45And he and I wrestled

00:39:46at Reunion Arena.

00:39:47And it was packed.

00:39:48People were ready to see him again.

00:39:50Fans have come

00:39:51from all over this great nation

00:39:53to witness this historic event.

00:39:56Caramon Eric looking as good as new.

00:39:59Caramon Eric with a win!

00:40:01He came back.

00:40:02He started wrestling.

00:40:03I don't know how he did that.

00:40:06I wrestled with him.

00:40:08You couldn't tell

00:40:09that he didn't have half a foot.

00:40:11We did the same old f*** we did.

00:40:13And it worked.

00:40:15Caramon Eric wants to use

00:40:17that hard clock!

00:40:19I'd rather die

00:40:19than let you folks down.

00:40:25I think deep down,

00:40:27Fritz would have loved

00:40:28to have all his boys

00:40:29in a power position.

00:40:32Taking over

00:40:33was always the plan.

00:40:36But

00:40:36it already had

00:40:38David's gone,

00:40:39Mike's gone,

00:40:41the glory days.

00:40:42They were over

00:40:42by that time.

00:40:44Fritz was weaning off of it.

00:40:47When I lost Mike

00:40:49in 87,

00:40:51it was my third son to lose.

00:40:54Something died with Mike that year

00:40:56and I went out of wrestling.

00:40:57Not that I blame wrestling for it,

00:40:59but

00:41:00I just wanted to lose.

00:41:02And by the end of 87,

00:41:04I was out.

00:41:05Sold everything I had.

00:41:07It was super devastating

00:41:10to Cary

00:41:11when his dad sold

00:41:12and then they didn't get to

00:41:14have a part of that

00:41:15because they helped

00:41:17build

00:41:18the dynasty.

00:41:20It's just so hard

00:41:21to believe

00:41:21that

00:41:22family and so much control

00:41:23of their destiny

00:41:25and of this company

00:41:26that had greatness

00:41:27right

00:41:28at the apex

00:41:29would go the opposite way

00:41:30completely.

00:41:31I hated to see

00:41:33what we'd built

00:41:33all just

00:41:34passed over

00:41:35and passed up

00:41:36and sold,

00:41:37but

00:41:37I mean,

00:41:38God bless our fans.

00:41:39They'd suffered so much,

00:41:41but

00:41:42the Monarchs were kind of

00:41:43got to be a sad story.

00:41:47We're entertainers,

00:41:48you know?

00:41:49We don't want to

00:41:49bum you out.

00:41:52And so

00:41:52what's the end?

00:41:54World class,

00:41:55it was over

00:41:55as we knew it.

00:42:08This is

00:42:09quality family time.

00:42:10Yeah,

00:42:11just family time.

00:42:12It's like the,

00:42:13that makes the best memory

00:42:14for the kids

00:42:15and we used to do this

00:42:16when we were little

00:42:17with Mimi and Granddad

00:42:18and all of our uncles

00:42:19and cousins

00:42:20and it's a great memory.

00:42:25We're now getting

00:42:26pictures from

00:42:26a fine-eyed

00:42:27and more.

00:42:37It was just

00:42:38a really happy

00:42:40family

00:42:41and it was just

00:42:41such a fun way

00:42:43to grow up.

00:42:50When I was

00:42:51small,

00:42:52wrestling

00:42:52had really

00:42:53taken off

00:42:54and my dad

00:42:55was having

00:42:56a lot of success.

00:42:57My uncles

00:42:57were having

00:42:57a lot of success.

00:43:00We built

00:43:01a beautiful home

00:43:02and we just

00:43:03had a really

00:43:03comfortable life.

00:43:05Some trees

00:43:06that Kevin planted.

00:43:07He planted

00:43:08this pine tree,

00:43:09peach tree.

00:43:12And that's

00:43:13a swing

00:43:13that Kevin built

00:43:13for Christian

00:43:14that's how neat.

00:43:16We had

00:43:17sort of idyllic,

00:43:19you know,

00:43:20upper-class childhood.

00:43:23But then

00:43:24as his brother

00:43:26started to

00:43:27pass away,

00:43:29world-class

00:43:30wasn't

00:43:31as successful.

00:43:33With the deaths,

00:43:35world-class was,

00:43:37you know,

00:43:38going down fast.

00:43:41I think the fans

00:43:42got tired

00:43:44of being sad.

00:43:46Our attendance

00:43:47really started

00:43:48dropping off

00:43:48big.

00:43:51Wrestling

00:43:51sort of

00:43:52lost favor

00:43:53with its audience.

00:43:55plants.

00:43:57It became

00:43:57really apparent

00:43:58in our home life.

00:44:01Our water

00:44:02had been cut off

00:44:03because we couldn't

00:44:03pay the bill.

00:44:05There was a Christmas

00:44:06that we were on

00:44:07the angel tree,

00:44:08my siblings and I.

00:44:09So people had to,

00:44:11you know,

00:44:11pick our names

00:44:11off of a tree

00:44:12and buy it.

00:44:13I think I got a coat

00:44:14and a set of jacks

00:44:15and a bike

00:44:17from Mimi and Granddad.

00:44:23At that point,

00:44:24we had our house

00:44:26foreclosed on

00:44:27and Uncle Kerry

00:44:28lived two doors down

00:44:29and their house

00:44:30was being foreclosed

00:44:31on as well.

00:44:33And we had to move

00:44:35back to my

00:44:35grandparents' property

00:44:36and we're living

00:44:37in their little

00:44:38guest house trailer

00:44:39on the property.

00:44:41When we moved there,

00:44:43Uncle Chris

00:44:43had to move out.

00:44:44He had to move back

00:44:46into my grandparents' house,

00:44:47which was also

00:44:47on the property.

00:44:49So I feel like

00:44:50that was really

00:44:50humbling for him

00:44:52and he was kind of

00:44:54upset deeply about that.

00:44:59But when we were

00:45:00all together,

00:45:01you'd never think

00:45:02that he wasn't happy.

00:45:04Get my Uncle Chris

00:45:05to show you real quick.

00:45:06My Uncle Chris

00:45:07was like a big kid,

00:45:09you know,

00:45:09because he was so young.

00:45:11He was always

00:45:13working out with Daddy.

00:45:15They worked out

00:45:15a lot together

00:45:16in the barn

00:45:17and he wanted

00:45:18to be just like my dad.

00:45:19He wanted to be

00:45:20a wrestler

00:45:21just like Daddy.

00:45:23I just remember

00:45:23him being really

00:45:24protective of us kids.

00:45:27Hello, Ollie.

00:45:30Our family

00:45:30is very close

00:45:32and we look

00:45:33after each other

00:45:34and we take care

00:45:35of each other.

00:45:36Hey, Gracie,

00:45:37wait for the camera.

00:45:38Look at me.

00:45:40Around that time,

00:45:41my brother Ross

00:45:42was born.

00:45:43Here's the camera

00:45:44spots for all of us.

00:45:46We were struggling,

00:45:48so I can't imagine

00:45:48having another child

00:45:49whenever you were

00:45:51going through

00:45:52something like that.

00:45:57My dad's still

00:45:58signing autographs

00:45:59for people.

00:45:59People still know

00:46:00who he is.

00:46:01People still recognize him.

00:46:03But fame doesn't

00:46:04put food on the table.

00:46:13I could go

00:46:14other places,

00:46:15but I've had

00:46:16injuries too.

00:46:17I've had a lot of

00:46:17injuries and I was

00:46:18waking up

00:46:19so sore in the

00:46:20mornings and

00:46:22I couldn't get in

00:46:23the ring and just

00:46:23keep doing it.

00:46:24I'm groaning all

00:46:25the time

00:46:26and I'm not

00:46:27going to do

00:46:27that with the

00:46:28pain pills.

00:46:29So I had to

00:46:31quit.

00:46:32I kind of

00:46:33scrambled,

00:46:33you know,

00:46:34to just

00:46:35make it all

00:46:36happen.

00:46:38Sold real estate.

00:46:40I've also

00:46:41sold insurance

00:46:42and a lot

00:46:44of prayer.

00:46:45Dear Lord,

00:46:46thank you for

00:46:46all of us being

00:46:47together.

00:46:48It helps us to

00:46:48be a little bit

00:46:49more worthy.

00:46:50In Jesus' name

00:46:51we pray.

00:46:51Amen.

00:46:52Amen.

00:46:53There's a lot

00:46:54of worry out

00:46:55there,

00:46:55you know,

00:46:56and a lot

00:46:56of times I've

00:46:58looked down and

00:46:58seen my woman

00:46:59asleep and my

00:47:01children asleep

00:47:01in my bed and

00:47:02you look at her

00:47:03little face and

00:47:03thinks she has

00:47:05all the faith in

00:47:06the world that

00:47:06I'm going to

00:47:07pull this out.

00:47:08She knows I'm

00:47:09going to do it.

00:47:10She knows I'm

00:47:11going to save

00:47:11them, even

00:47:13though I know

00:47:14how the heck

00:47:14am I going to

00:47:15do that.

00:47:18We went

00:47:18through hard

00:47:19times, but

00:47:21maybe I'm

00:47:21oblivious, but

00:47:23I only remember

00:47:23good things, and

00:47:24my dad was

00:47:25just very

00:47:26consistent, so

00:47:27if we were

00:47:28going through

00:47:29anything like

00:47:30that, I

00:47:31never experienced

00:47:32it.

00:47:33Hi, everybody.

00:47:35We sure have

00:47:35a good time

00:47:36out here in

00:47:361989.

00:47:38We sure are

00:47:38back here in

00:47:39the past with

00:47:39us.

00:47:42Dinner on

00:47:42the table

00:47:43every night,

00:47:44school the

00:47:45next day, we

00:47:45had everything

00:47:46we needed.

00:47:47We never

00:47:47went without.

00:47:49We were

00:47:50always taken

00:47:50care of.

00:47:53That's the

00:47:53motive right

00:47:54there.

00:47:55They love

00:47:56you.

00:47:56They need

00:47:57you.

00:47:57And so you

00:47:58keep making

00:47:59it happen.

00:47:59You don't

00:48:00give up.

00:48:03That kept

00:48:03me going.

00:48:07That was

00:48:09really hard on

00:48:10my dad.

00:48:13I can't

00:48:14imagine the

00:48:14pressure that

00:48:15they felt as

00:48:15dads with

00:48:17kids, my

00:48:17dad and

00:48:18Uncle

00:48:18Kerry especially.

00:48:24It was

00:48:25hard and

00:48:25he did

00:48:25want the

00:48:26best for

00:48:26our family.

00:48:31He always

00:48:32took time

00:48:33for Lacey

00:48:34and I

00:48:34to play

00:48:35with us.

00:48:43He loved

00:48:44being outside.

00:48:44He loved

00:48:45riding horses.

00:48:46He loved

00:48:47photography.

00:48:51Well, I guess

00:48:51my weakness

00:48:52is this camera

00:48:53right here.

00:48:54I take

00:48:54pictures of

00:48:55everything.

00:48:56Everything they

00:48:57did, I was

00:48:57kind of like

00:48:58a camera buff.

00:49:01He could have

00:49:01done so many

00:49:02other things,

00:49:02but he was

00:49:03so great

00:49:03wrestling.

00:49:06Gary knows

00:49:07this crowd

00:49:08is behind

00:49:08him.

00:49:10It was a

00:49:11lot of fun

00:49:12seeing daddy.

00:49:13We were at

00:49:14the matches

00:49:14a ton.

00:49:16Get to

00:49:16play in

00:49:16the ring.

00:49:17I mean,

00:49:18a little girl

00:49:18should not

00:49:19have been up

00:49:19that late.

00:49:20But that

00:49:21was my

00:49:21special time

00:49:21with my

00:49:22dad.

00:49:23And who

00:49:23is this

00:49:23gorgeous

00:49:24young lady

00:49:24you got

00:49:24with you?

00:49:25Well,

00:49:25this is my

00:49:25little girl

00:49:25Holly,

00:49:26but you

00:49:26know,

00:49:26I have

00:49:27such high

00:49:27expectations.

00:49:28I think

00:49:28he loved

00:49:29wrestling.

00:49:30I just

00:49:30think it

00:49:30got to a

00:49:31point with

00:49:32all of

00:49:32the other

00:49:32things with

00:49:33losing your

00:49:33brothers that

00:49:34it became

00:49:35less of

00:49:35something he

00:49:36probably loved

00:49:36and more of

00:49:37like a job

00:49:38maybe.

00:49:40And that's

00:49:41basically,

00:49:41I believe,

00:49:42when Kerry

00:49:42started to

00:49:43make the

00:49:43transition over

00:49:44to WWE,

00:49:47which was

00:49:47really hard

00:49:48for him

00:49:49because,

00:49:50you know,

00:49:51he wanted

00:49:51to be with

00:49:52the family,

00:49:53but it

00:49:54was more

00:49:54money.

00:49:55Right now,

00:49:56here he comes

00:49:56in his

00:49:57debut,

00:49:58his very

00:49:59first appearance

00:50:00in the

00:50:00World Wrestling

00:50:01Federation.

00:50:01They call

00:50:02him the

00:50:03Texas Tornado.

00:50:04Kerry Von

00:50:05Eric.

00:50:07When he

00:50:08came to

00:50:08the WWE,

00:50:10the name

00:50:11along with

00:50:11the look,

00:50:12the girls

00:50:13loved him.

00:50:14He had a

00:50:15great fan

00:50:16following.

00:50:18The kids

00:50:19loved him,

00:50:19you know,

00:50:19and he had

00:50:20that little

00:50:20spin and

00:50:21the punch.

00:50:28And he

00:50:28was a good

00:50:29worker in

00:50:29the ring.

00:50:30His potential

00:50:31was unlimited.

00:50:34You know,

00:50:34if he could

00:50:34have walked

00:50:34straight and

00:50:35narrow,

00:50:35I think he

00:50:36would have

00:50:36been a great

00:50:37champion for

00:50:37the WWE.

00:50:39He was

00:50:40great for a

00:50:41few months,

00:50:42but again,

00:50:43something just

00:50:44grabs him

00:50:45that took him

00:50:46back down

00:50:47another rabbit

00:50:48hole.

00:50:54There's

00:50:54a totem pole.

00:50:58Come on out,

00:50:58Chris,

00:50:58do a little,

00:50:59maybe a little

00:50:59rain dance.

00:51:00We sure need

00:51:00some rain.

00:51:01I'll come out

00:51:01flex for you.

00:51:02That'll be good.

00:51:04My place.

00:51:06It hurts.

00:51:07This is

00:51:08Chris's hill.

00:51:11And he and

00:51:12Mike build

00:51:13most of this

00:51:13stuff up here.

00:51:15My uncle

00:51:16Chris had

00:51:16a hill.

00:51:18It was such

00:51:19a special place

00:51:19to him.

00:51:20He was up

00:51:21there all

00:51:21the time.

00:51:22That was

00:51:22his space.

00:51:23It was a

00:51:23very sacred

00:51:24place to

00:51:25him.

00:51:26Yeah,

00:51:27he was so

00:51:27loving,

00:51:28and he did

00:51:28love nature.

00:51:29He always

00:51:29had a pet.

00:51:31A little

00:51:31baby rabbit's

00:51:32been born

00:51:32inside the

00:51:33teepee.

00:51:34Yeah,

00:51:34opened their

00:51:34eyes about

00:51:35two days

00:51:35ago.

00:51:36Just opened

00:51:37their eyes.

00:51:38Here they are

00:51:39down in here.

00:51:40There's one

00:51:41little male.

00:51:43Oh, you

00:51:43know whether

00:51:44they're girls

00:51:44or boys yet

00:51:45already, huh?

00:51:45Yes,

00:51:45there's two

00:51:46males.

00:51:47He was

00:51:48secluded a

00:51:49lot.

00:51:50He seemed

00:51:51sad.

00:51:53He was just

00:51:54kind of

00:51:54disappointed

00:51:55in life

00:51:56in general.

00:51:59I always

00:52:00had a

00:52:01sympathy

00:52:02for Uncle

00:52:03Chris because

00:52:03he just

00:52:04was obviously

00:52:06not like

00:52:07my other

00:52:08uncles,

00:52:09and he

00:52:09definitely

00:52:10felt it.

00:52:12but he

00:52:12was determined

00:52:13to be as

00:52:15much like

00:52:15his big

00:52:16brothers as

00:52:16possible.

00:52:34Chris was

00:52:35very sick

00:52:36with asthma

00:52:37and

00:52:37unfortunately

00:52:38what

00:52:38prednisone did

00:52:39to Chris

00:52:40was stunned

00:52:41at his

00:52:41growth.

00:52:42And so

00:52:43in that

00:52:44he was

00:52:45never going

00:52:45to be

00:52:46the size

00:52:46of his

00:52:47brothers.

00:52:48There were

00:52:49times when

00:52:50his dad

00:52:50would explain

00:52:52that to

00:52:52him.

00:52:53You know,

00:52:54son,

00:52:54you're just

00:52:54not built

00:52:55the way

00:52:55you need

00:52:56to be built

00:52:56to be in

00:52:57the ring,

00:52:57but if you

00:52:59want to

00:52:59try,

00:52:59you can

00:52:59try.

00:53:01He worked

00:53:01hard.

00:53:02He worked

00:53:02as hard

00:53:02as Kerry

00:53:03did,

00:53:03but Kerry

00:53:05got the

00:53:05results and

00:53:05Chris didn't.

00:53:07And I'll

00:53:08tell you,

00:53:08too,

00:53:09being his

00:53:09big brother

00:53:10was hard

00:53:11for me

00:53:11because I'm

00:53:11telling him

00:53:12all this

00:53:12time,

00:53:13Chris,

00:53:13if you put

00:53:14your whole

00:53:14heart into

00:53:15it,

00:53:15you'll get

00:53:16as big

00:53:16as Kerry,

00:53:17but it

00:53:18just didn't

00:53:19seem like

00:53:20it was a

00:53:20fair game

00:53:21to Chris.

00:53:21Get a

00:53:22pose for

00:53:22me.

00:53:24He'd been

00:53:25taking this

00:53:26medicine since

00:53:27he was 12

00:53:28years old.

00:53:29But it really

00:53:30changed whenever

00:53:31he had to

00:53:32take the

00:53:33higher dose

00:53:33of prednisone.

00:53:34It changed

00:53:35his moods,

00:53:37and he

00:53:37definitely

00:53:38became more

00:53:39withdrawn and

00:53:40more self-focused.

00:53:44The younger

00:53:45brother wanted

00:53:45to wrestle,

00:53:46and I think

00:53:47he was

00:53:47fixated.

00:53:48That was

00:53:49everything to

00:53:49him.

00:53:53The best

00:53:53gimmick I

00:53:54have is my

00:53:55brothers being

00:53:55who they are.

00:53:56I mean,

00:53:56I'm just

00:53:57following behind.

00:53:58I'll just

00:53:58have this.

00:53:59I'll probably

00:53:59all get a

00:53:59little bit of

00:54:00what Kev

00:54:00has in him,

00:54:01a little bit

00:54:01of what Kerry

00:54:02has in him,

00:54:03a little bit

00:54:03of what Mike

00:54:04has in him,

00:54:04a little bit

00:54:05of what Dave

00:54:05has in him,

00:54:06and just mix

00:54:06it all together

00:54:07and see what

00:54:07we got.

00:54:09I think

00:54:10he tried

00:54:10really hard

00:54:11to be a

00:54:12wrestler.

00:54:12Chris

00:54:13Von Allen

00:54:13into the

00:54:14ring.

00:54:16He

00:54:16draws

00:54:17Chrissy

00:54:17and

00:54:18nails

00:54:18him.

00:54:20Listen,

00:54:20my brother

00:54:21gave you

00:54:21a shot.

00:54:22He gave

00:54:22you the

00:54:23world.

00:54:23He gave

00:54:23you the

00:54:23Texas

00:54:24title,

00:54:24gave

00:54:24you a

00:54:25shot

00:54:25at the

00:54:25world

00:54:25title,

00:54:25and I

00:54:26might

00:54:26add,

00:54:27you

00:54:27were

00:54:27beaten

00:54:27in

00:54:28record.

00:54:28Hey!

00:54:29Hey,

00:54:29Matt,

00:54:29please!

00:54:30Wait a

00:54:31minute!

00:54:32His body

00:54:33wasn't made

00:54:33for it.

00:54:34His bones

00:54:35were brittle,

00:54:36and they

00:54:36break

00:54:37easy.

00:54:39This is

00:54:41not made

00:54:41for people

00:54:42with brittle

00:54:42bones.

00:54:43Chris

00:54:44worked so

00:54:44hard,

00:54:46then he

00:54:47breaks his

00:54:47arm,

00:54:48and it's

00:54:49almost like

00:54:50start over.

00:54:51He

00:54:51couldn't

00:54:52deal with

00:54:52it.

00:54:53You

00:54:54could

00:54:54really

00:54:55see a

00:54:56difference

00:54:56in,

00:54:57you know,

00:54:58his zeal

00:54:58for life

00:54:59after that.

00:55:00I mean,

00:55:01even as a

00:55:0110-year-old,

00:55:02I was so

00:55:03hyper-aware

00:55:04of depression

00:55:05and of

00:55:06just

00:55:07I

00:55:08didn't

00:55:08want

00:55:08the

00:55:08grown-ups

00:55:09around

00:55:09me

00:55:09to

00:55:09ever

00:55:10get

00:55:10too

00:55:10sad.

00:55:11I

00:55:11just

00:55:11felt

00:55:12like

00:55:12if

00:55:13they

00:55:13get

00:55:14really

00:55:14sad,

00:55:15they're

00:55:15going

00:55:15to

00:55:15commit

00:55:16suicide.

00:55:16It was

00:55:17just

00:55:17constantly

00:55:18on my

00:55:18mind.

00:55:18It felt

00:55:19like such

00:55:19a

00:55:19realistic

00:55:20possibility,

00:55:21especially

00:55:21with Uncle

00:55:22Chris,

00:55:22because I

00:55:23knew how

00:55:24he felt

00:55:25like he

00:55:25had been

00:55:25treated

00:55:26by the

00:55:26world.

00:55:31The

00:55:31doctor told

00:55:32him he

00:55:32just

00:55:32might

00:55:33never

00:55:33be

00:55:33able

00:55:33to

00:55:33go

00:55:33back

00:55:34and

00:55:34arrest

00:55:34him.

00:55:34He

00:55:35just

00:55:35destroyed

00:55:35Chris.

00:55:40Chris went

00:55:41into the

00:55:41woods

00:55:42behind

00:55:42his

00:55:42family

00:55:43ranch

00:55:43and

00:55:43just

00:55:44like

00:55:44his

00:55:44brother

00:55:44Mike,

00:55:45he took

00:55:46his

00:55:46life.

00:55:49Went

00:55:49up

00:55:49there

00:55:49and

00:55:51he

00:55:51had

00:55:51just

00:55:52done

00:55:52it.

00:55:53It

00:55:53just

00:55:54happened.

00:55:55And so

00:55:56when I

00:55:56get there,

00:55:57he's

00:55:57laying on

00:55:58the ground

00:55:58like this

00:55:59and he's

00:55:59going

00:55:59up,

00:56:00up,

00:56:01up.

00:56:02So I

00:56:02thought

00:56:04maybe he's

00:56:04choking

00:56:05on some

00:56:05pills or

00:56:06something.

00:56:07So I

00:56:07put my

00:56:09arm around

00:56:09his arm

00:56:10and this

00:56:11hand under

00:56:12his head

00:56:12to lean

00:56:12him up,

00:56:13sit up

00:56:13with me

00:56:14and my

00:56:16thumb

00:56:16went in

00:56:16the spot.

00:56:17That

00:56:18hot blood

00:56:19told me

00:56:19right off

00:56:20it was.

00:56:21I told

00:56:22mom he

00:56:22sucked

00:56:22himself.

00:56:26I

00:56:27think to

00:56:27myself,

00:56:28like,

00:56:28why does

00:56:29this keep

00:56:29happening

00:56:30to this

00:56:31family?

00:56:32Was it

00:56:33the pressure

00:56:33of the

00:56:34wrestling

00:56:34business,

00:56:35the pressure

00:56:35of family,

00:56:36the pressure

00:56:36of the

00:56:37fans?

00:56:38Was it

00:56:39just like

00:56:41an issue

00:56:41of mental

00:56:42health

00:56:42struggles?

00:56:43Or was

00:56:44it just

00:56:44as simple

00:56:44as sometimes

00:56:45bad things

00:56:46happen to

00:56:47otherwise

00:56:48good people?

00:56:51That hit

00:56:52her so

00:56:53hard that

00:56:54my mother

00:56:55kind of

00:56:55changed.

00:56:56She loved

00:56:57so deep

00:56:58and so

00:56:58hard that

00:57:00it took

00:57:02something out

00:57:02of her.

00:57:03It crushed

00:57:04her.

00:57:06Her priorities

00:57:07changed.

00:57:09I walked

00:57:10over to my

00:57:11grandparents'

00:57:11house and

00:57:13Mimi was

00:57:13outside

00:57:14leaning

00:57:15against

00:57:15the

00:57:15column

00:57:16and

00:57:16she

00:57:17just

00:57:17put

00:57:17her

00:57:17arm

00:57:18out

00:57:18and

00:57:19she

00:57:20said,

00:57:21I'm

00:57:21going to

00:57:21divorce

00:57:22your

00:57:22granddad.

00:57:24I'm going

00:57:25to go find

00:57:25happiness for

00:57:26myself.

00:57:27You know,

00:57:28I'm sick

00:57:29of all this

00:57:30grief and

00:57:31trauma and

00:57:32I'm going to

00:57:34go be happy.

00:57:34get your shot

00:57:38here.

00:57:39My mom

00:57:40flat out

00:57:40blamed him.

00:57:41I mean,

00:57:41right out.

00:57:42You did it,

00:57:43you know,

00:57:44with your

00:57:47pressure on

00:57:48football,

00:57:48pressure.

00:57:49Each of these

00:57:50boys

00:57:50and this

00:57:53women

00:57:53are going

00:57:54to be

00:57:54world heavyweight

00:57:55champions.

00:57:56My dad

00:57:56never pushed

00:57:57us into

00:57:58anything

00:57:58really like

00:57:59that,

00:57:59but my

00:58:01mother blamed

00:58:01him and

00:58:02blamed him

00:58:03for not being

00:58:04home.

00:58:05It's always

00:58:05on the road.

00:58:08But my dad

00:58:09knew that

00:58:09she was

00:58:10not herself

00:58:11and dad

00:58:12would just

00:58:12take it.

00:58:13He just

00:58:13let her

00:58:14say anything

00:58:16and

00:58:16it shouldn't

00:58:22have been

00:58:22like that,

00:58:23but

00:58:25she

00:58:25hated him.

00:58:29All she

00:58:29could think

00:58:30is getting

00:58:30us back.

00:58:31All she

00:58:31could think

00:58:32is this

00:58:33world hates

00:58:33me and

00:58:34I hate

00:58:34it.

00:58:36It was

00:58:36just like

00:58:39so unbecoming

00:58:40of what

00:58:40she really

00:58:41was.

00:58:44And I've

00:58:45never told

00:58:46the soul

00:58:46this story.

00:58:47In the Bible

00:58:48it says

00:58:48honor our

00:58:49father and

00:58:49mother.

00:58:51So I

00:58:51sure don't

00:58:52like telling

00:58:52that,

00:58:53but I want

00:58:54you to know

00:58:54that my dad

00:58:56was a good

00:58:57man and

00:58:57don't blame

00:58:58blame him

00:58:59for this

00:58:59stuff.

00:59:00I'm almost

00:59:01weak.

00:59:04God bless

00:59:05her.

00:59:10from one

00:59:11of the

00:59:11greatest

00:59:11wrestling

00:59:12families in

00:59:13the history

00:59:13of wrestling,

00:59:14Kerry Von

00:59:14Eric.

00:59:15He looked

00:59:15like he

00:59:16was cut

00:59:16out of

00:59:17granite and

00:59:17looked like

00:59:18he was a

00:59:18superhero.

00:59:19He was the

00:59:20quintessential

00:59:20athlete for

00:59:22that era in

00:59:23WWE.

00:59:24Tremendous

00:59:25physique,

00:59:26tremendous

00:59:27agility,

00:59:28tremendous

00:59:29ability.

00:59:31He was

00:59:31making more

00:59:32money up

00:59:33there than

00:59:34he had ever

00:59:34made in his

00:59:36popularity.

00:59:37I mean,

00:59:37they used him

00:59:37real well.

00:59:38He was

00:59:38Intercontinental

00:59:39Champion.

00:59:40Oh,

00:59:40wow!

00:59:41What a

00:59:42punch!

00:59:42One,

00:59:43two,

00:59:44three,

00:59:44we have a

00:59:45new champion!

00:59:51I love

00:59:52seeing that

00:59:52in the TV.

00:59:53I loved it.

00:59:54When I got

00:59:54to go with

00:59:55him, it was

00:59:55thrilling.

00:59:58We have so

00:59:58much fun

00:59:59together,

00:59:59like on

01:00:00the airplanes.

01:00:00He always

01:00:01had a

01:00:01Walkman.

01:00:02Daddy loved

01:00:03music and

01:00:03like we'd

01:00:04share it and

01:00:04listen to

01:00:05songs together.

01:00:07There was a

01:00:08song called

01:00:08Skyline Pigeon

01:00:09by Elton John

01:00:10and it was

01:00:12about this

01:00:13caged bird

01:00:17and oh,

01:00:18gosh,

01:00:19sorry.

01:00:19I shouldn't

01:00:20have mentioned

01:00:20that one.

01:00:22Sorry.

01:00:23I shouldn't

01:00:23have talked

01:00:24to it.

01:00:25Sorry.

01:00:29There's a

01:00:29bird that

01:00:30just longs

01:00:30to be free.

01:00:31So to

01:00:32me,

01:00:33I feel

01:00:33like daddy

01:00:34may have

01:00:35felt caged

01:00:36at that

01:00:37time to

01:00:38his,

01:00:39maybe his

01:00:39career or

01:00:41maybe to

01:00:41his addiction.

01:00:42Maybe he

01:00:42just, you

01:00:43know, wanted

01:00:43to be free

01:00:44of this

01:00:46thing that

01:00:47held him

01:00:47captive.

01:00:49And then

01:00:50to also be

01:00:50separated from

01:00:51your kids and

01:00:52your wife

01:00:52being on the

01:00:53road doing

01:00:53your job.

01:00:59These are

01:01:00my most

01:01:01prized

01:01:01possession.

01:01:03My notes

01:01:03and my

01:01:04postcards

01:01:04from my

01:01:04dad.

01:01:05There's

01:01:05lots of

01:01:06little bits

01:01:07of advice

01:01:07in here.

01:01:09Like this

01:01:09one says,

01:01:10hey,

01:01:10Hall, I

01:01:11know things

01:01:11are tough

01:01:11sometimes,

01:01:12but sometimes

01:01:13life ain't

01:01:13easy.

01:01:14And for

01:01:14things in

01:01:15life to

01:01:15be easy,

01:01:15something's

01:01:16got to be

01:01:16hard.

01:01:17But one

01:01:17thing's for

01:01:18sure, your

01:01:18mom and

01:01:18dad will

01:01:19always love

01:01:19you more

01:01:19than

01:01:20anything.

01:01:22Remember,

01:01:23I'll be

01:01:23home soon.

01:01:24This show

01:01:25biz stuff

01:01:25is for

01:01:26the birds.

01:01:26And I

01:01:27feel like

01:01:28one cheap

01:01:28cheap.

01:01:29I sure

01:01:29do miss

01:01:30you.

01:01:30I'm still

01:01:30fighting to

01:01:33get home

01:01:33to you.

01:01:35He had

01:01:36to be

01:01:36on the

01:01:36road.

01:01:37You

01:01:37have to

01:01:38provide.

01:01:40There's

01:01:40an image

01:01:41he had

01:01:41to hold

01:01:41up,

01:01:42and then

01:01:42there's

01:01:43pressure

01:01:43to keep

01:01:44that

01:01:44name

01:01:44alive.

01:01:47Daddy

01:01:48was kind

01:01:48of alone

01:01:49at WWE.

01:01:52Grief

01:01:52works

01:01:52when

01:01:53you're

01:01:53alone.

01:01:55But when

01:01:55you're all

01:01:55together,

01:01:56it's easy

01:01:56to be

01:01:56happy and

01:01:57jovial.

01:01:58And Kerry

01:01:59was all

01:01:59about fun

01:02:00and loving

01:02:00each other

01:02:01and cracking

01:02:01you up.

01:02:02All he

01:02:02wanted to

01:02:03do is

01:02:03make you

01:02:04laugh.

01:02:06I know

01:02:06that it

01:02:07hurt so

01:02:07bad when

01:02:08he stepped

01:02:08on his

01:02:09bad leg.

01:02:10He said

01:02:11it was

01:02:11like a

01:02:12flash of

01:02:13light.

01:02:15Kerry

01:02:16was in a

01:02:16lot of

01:02:16pain.

01:02:17I mean,

01:02:17a lot of

01:02:18pain.

01:02:18And he

01:02:19would go

01:02:20out there

01:02:20and wrestle

01:02:20for however

01:02:21long you

01:02:22wanted him

01:02:22to.

01:02:23I mean,

01:02:23talk about

01:02:23an athlete.

01:02:24I mean,

01:02:24he's a

01:02:25peg-legged

01:02:25guy out

01:02:26there.

01:02:27Look out!

01:02:28The whirling

01:02:29dermis

01:02:30spinning

01:02:30tornado!

01:02:31It's all

01:02:32over!

01:02:33Made it

01:02:33look easy!

01:02:34He continued

01:02:35to go out

01:02:36there and

01:02:37perform the

01:02:37way that he

01:02:38did.

01:02:38It's nothing

01:02:39short of

01:02:39amazing.

01:02:40That was

01:02:41crazy what

01:02:42he was

01:02:42doing.

01:02:42But Kerry

01:02:43was in a

01:02:43lot of

01:02:43pain.

01:02:45He was

01:02:46hurt not

01:02:46only

01:02:47physically

01:02:48but

01:02:50emotionally

01:02:50as well.

01:02:53Kerry

01:02:53was

01:02:55very

01:02:55particular

01:02:56in

01:02:57hiding it

01:02:57and protecting

01:02:58it.

01:02:58Kerry

01:02:59dressed

01:02:59separately

01:03:00from

01:03:00everybody

01:03:00else.

01:03:02And if

01:03:03you didn't

01:03:03know,

01:03:04you didn't

01:03:04know.

01:03:06Vince

01:03:06wanted to

01:03:06see it.

01:03:08And in

01:03:09seeing it

01:03:10and seeing

01:03:10how well

01:03:11he moved

01:03:12and everything

01:03:12that he

01:03:12did,

01:03:13it was

01:03:13like,

01:03:13my God,

01:03:15you're a

01:03:15miracle.

01:03:17Let's

01:03:18tell this

01:03:18story.

01:03:20And

01:03:22Kerry,

01:03:23I believe,

01:03:23was originally

01:03:24on board

01:03:25with that

01:03:26and his

01:03:27father did

01:03:28not want

01:03:28that to

01:03:28happen.

01:03:33Kerry's

01:03:33come to

01:03:34his father's

01:03:34wishes and

01:03:35kept it

01:03:36a secret.

01:03:40We went

01:03:41to Japan

01:03:41a lot

01:03:42together.

01:03:42We were

01:03:42coming back

01:03:42from Japan.

01:03:43We decided

01:03:44to stop in

01:03:44Hawaii for

01:03:45a couple

01:03:45days.

01:03:46He wanted

01:03:47to go

01:03:47diving

01:03:47with me.

01:03:48So we

01:03:49got with

01:03:50the company

01:03:50and we

01:03:50went out

01:03:51and rented

01:03:51all the

01:03:52gear we

01:03:52needed.

01:03:53Get ready

01:03:53to go

01:03:54in.

01:03:54He had

01:03:54his jeans

01:03:55on.

01:03:55You can't

01:03:56go diving

01:03:56with a pair

01:03:57of jeans

01:03:57on and

01:03:58your boots

01:03:59on.

01:03:59You need

01:04:00flippers

01:04:00to move

01:04:01around.

01:04:01and I

01:04:02don't

01:04:03take my

01:04:03jeans

01:04:03off.

01:04:04I'm

01:04:04embarrassed.

01:04:06Having

01:04:07that

01:04:07great

01:04:07of a

01:04:08body

01:04:08to

01:04:08be

01:04:08imperfect

01:04:09from

01:04:10his

01:04:10mind,

01:04:11not

01:04:11having

01:04:11that

01:04:12foot,

01:04:12not

01:04:12being

01:04:12a

01:04:12whole

01:04:13person

01:04:14again,

01:04:15it can

01:04:16weigh on

01:04:17you mentally.

01:04:18He saw

01:04:19it as a

01:04:19sign of

01:04:20weakness.

01:04:21So I

01:04:22think to

01:04:23avoid the

01:04:24scariness of

01:04:25all of

01:04:25that,

01:04:26he would

01:04:28take some

01:04:28pills to

01:04:29try and

01:04:30help him

01:04:30feel better

01:04:31through it.

01:04:32You talk

01:04:33yourself into

01:04:34so much

01:04:34stuff when

01:04:35you're making

01:04:36excuses of

01:04:36why you're

01:04:37getting high

01:04:37and why

01:04:38you're

01:04:38getting drunk,

01:04:39and they

01:04:40all work.

01:04:42I have to

01:04:42take this

01:04:43or I can't

01:04:43perform.

01:04:44If I can't

01:04:45perform,

01:04:45I don't

01:04:46get paid.

01:04:46If I don't

01:04:47get paid,

01:04:47we don't

01:04:48pay our

01:04:48bills.

01:04:48We don't

01:04:49have a

01:04:49house.

01:04:49We don't

01:04:50have a

01:04:50car.

01:04:51How's

01:04:51the kids

01:04:51going to

01:04:51get this

01:04:52or that?

01:04:55Unfortunately,

01:04:55I do remember

01:04:56times where

01:04:57he wasn't

01:04:58exactly

01:04:59sober.

01:05:00Like,

01:05:01my mom,

01:05:02we were

01:05:02late to

01:05:03pick her

01:05:03up for

01:05:03the hairdresser,

01:05:04so we

01:05:04drove on

01:05:04the sidewalk

01:05:05all the way

01:05:05there because

01:05:06there was

01:05:06traffic,

01:05:07so we'd

01:05:07just go

01:05:07on the

01:05:07sidewalk.

01:05:08Things

01:05:09like that

01:05:09that were

01:05:09very

01:05:09dangerous

01:05:10let us

01:05:10drive in

01:05:12his lap

01:05:12on a

01:05:12highway

01:05:13going over

01:05:13100 miles

01:05:14an hour.

01:05:15I remember

01:05:16when I was

01:05:17an adult

01:05:17just looking

01:05:18back like,

01:05:19oh,

01:05:20yeah,

01:05:21you weren't

01:05:21sober.

01:05:22Got it.

01:05:25Daddy was

01:05:26visiting a

01:05:27friend that

01:05:27was a

01:05:27wrestler,

01:05:28and the

01:05:29police came

01:05:30and raided

01:05:30his car

01:05:31and then

01:05:32took him

01:05:32to jail

01:05:33and then

01:05:34put me and

01:05:34Lacey in a

01:05:35different police

01:05:35car.

01:05:36That was

01:05:37pretty terrible.

01:05:40At one point,

01:05:42he was digging

01:05:42in his arms

01:05:43looking for

01:05:44spiders and

01:05:45be like,

01:05:45baby girl,

01:05:45do you see

01:05:46it moving?

01:05:47And of

01:05:48course,

01:05:48I'd play

01:05:48into it and

01:05:49be like,

01:05:49yeah,

01:05:49daddy,

01:05:49you see it.

01:05:50you know.

01:05:52Yeah.

01:05:58As a mom,

01:05:59when she comes

01:05:59home and

01:05:59tells me that,

01:06:00I'm like,

01:06:01you were where

01:06:02in a hotel room

01:06:02with your daddy

01:06:03and he thought

01:06:03he had spiders?

01:06:06They were so

01:06:07young,

01:06:07they didn't know

01:06:08that that's

01:06:09really not a

01:06:10good place

01:06:10for your

01:06:10children to be.

01:06:12Carrie threatened

01:06:13me with things

01:06:14like,

01:06:15I'm going

01:06:15to plant

01:06:16drugs on you

01:06:17and make you

01:06:17look like an

01:06:17unfit mom if

01:06:18you try to

01:06:19divorce me.

01:06:20So there was

01:06:20that fear of

01:06:21I'm going to

01:06:23look like the

01:06:23bad guy and

01:06:24be the bad

01:06:25mom because

01:06:26he's a

01:06:26Bon Eric.

01:06:27So even the

01:06:28police would

01:06:29side with him

01:06:30if there was

01:06:31a domestic

01:06:32dispute.

01:06:33It's actually

01:06:34the first time

01:06:35I've ever

01:06:35spoken about

01:06:36my relationship

01:06:37with Carrie

01:06:38on camera.

01:06:39So it's

01:06:42very hard.

01:06:45I did try

01:06:46to get him

01:06:47back into

01:06:47rehab again.

01:06:48I had talking

01:06:49to Kevin

01:06:50and we did

01:06:51another intervention

01:06:52but it just

01:06:54wasn't going

01:06:55to happen again

01:06:56in our time

01:06:57together.

01:06:59I had to

01:07:00leave the

01:07:00marriage and

01:07:01not because

01:07:01I didn't love

01:07:02him.

01:07:02It was hard

01:07:03for me to

01:07:03leave the

01:07:04marriage because

01:07:04of my faith

01:07:05as well.

01:07:07Of all the

01:07:07things I could

01:07:08handle,

01:07:09adultery was

01:07:10not one of

01:07:11them.

01:07:12And

01:07:14that was

01:07:14super hard

01:07:15on me.

01:07:16And I know

01:07:17he loved

01:07:18me.

01:07:18I know

01:07:18he did.

01:07:19He just

01:07:20wanted to

01:07:20have both

01:07:20lives.

01:07:23When he

01:07:23was working

01:07:24as Texas

01:07:25Tornado

01:07:26with WWE,

01:07:27I know

01:07:28they wanted

01:07:28him to

01:07:29go to

01:07:29Betty Ford

01:07:30and he

01:07:30did.

01:07:31He went.

01:07:33I could

01:07:33see the

01:07:34struggle

01:07:34with Carrie

01:07:35really trying

01:07:37to come

01:07:38out of what

01:07:39he's already

01:07:39done to

01:07:40himself and

01:07:42come back

01:07:44to Carrie

01:07:45Atkison.

01:07:47But it

01:07:48was just

01:07:48so far

01:07:49gone.

01:07:55People

01:07:56wanted to

01:07:56help

01:07:56Carrie.

01:07:58Everybody

01:07:59liked him

01:08:00so much.

01:08:01He was

01:08:01one of the

01:08:02most

01:08:02lovable.

01:08:03Just,

01:08:04God,

01:08:04man,

01:08:05the soul

01:08:06of Carrie

01:08:07Von

01:08:07Airt

01:08:08was just

01:08:09pure.

01:08:10So you

01:08:11wanted to

01:08:11help him

01:08:12and it

01:08:13just became

01:08:13a problem.

01:08:16But that

01:08:16was ultimately

01:08:17what led

01:08:18to his

01:08:19demise was

01:08:20the substance

01:08:20abuse.

01:08:22So WWE

01:08:24let Carrie

01:08:25go.

01:08:30When I

01:08:30talk about

01:08:31Carrie's

01:08:31life,

01:08:32he's a 32

01:08:33year old

01:08:33and he's

01:08:3430 of

01:08:34those years

01:08:35she was

01:08:35a great

01:08:37guy.

01:08:38Just drugs

01:08:39did that

01:08:39to him.

01:08:41I thought

01:08:42if I could

01:08:42get him

01:08:43away from

01:08:43the drugs

01:08:44we'd go

01:08:45up to

01:08:45the Northwest

01:08:46Territory

01:08:47up near

01:08:47Alaska.

01:08:48There's no

01:08:49drug dealers

01:08:50up there

01:08:50and we're

01:08:52going to

01:08:52go bear

01:08:52hunting.

01:08:56We didn't

01:08:57ever make

01:08:57it.

01:08:59As a matter

01:09:00of fact,

01:09:01Carrie

01:09:01had another

01:09:02arrest.

01:09:03I was

01:09:04going to

01:09:04go to

01:09:04prison

01:09:04this

01:09:05time.

01:09:07He's

01:09:08already

01:09:08on

01:09:08felony

01:09:08probation

01:09:09when that

01:09:10happened,

01:09:11when he

01:09:11got busted

01:09:12for the

01:09:12cocaine

01:09:12there.

01:09:13I think

01:09:14it started

01:09:14going

01:09:14through

01:09:15his

01:09:15head.

01:09:15He's

01:09:15like,

01:09:17man,

01:09:17I'm

01:09:17going to

01:09:17go to

01:09:17prison

01:09:18and I'm

01:09:19going to

01:09:19have

01:09:20half my

01:09:20foot

01:09:21and

01:09:21everything.

01:09:24He

01:09:24asked

01:09:25me to

01:09:26go to

01:09:26lunch

01:09:27with

01:09:27him.

01:09:29He

01:09:29looked

01:09:30so broken

01:09:30when I

01:09:31saw him.

01:09:32I could

01:09:32tell

01:09:33he'd

01:09:33been

01:09:34on a

01:09:34binge

01:09:34because

01:09:35he

01:09:35just

01:09:35had

01:09:36that

01:09:36look.

01:09:37He asked

01:09:38me to

01:09:38put our

01:09:39family back

01:09:39together that

01:09:40day.

01:09:41We were

01:09:42already

01:09:43divorced.

01:09:44Ultimately,

01:09:45I reminded

01:09:46him of

01:09:47everything that

01:09:47we had

01:09:48been through

01:09:48and his

01:09:50reaction

01:09:50was,

01:09:53today I

01:09:54will walk

01:09:54with my

01:09:56brothers in

01:09:57heaven.

01:10:01I've

01:10:01heard him

01:10:02say little

01:10:03things like

01:10:04that before

01:10:06and I

01:10:06reminded him

01:10:07of our

01:10:07girls and

01:10:08I said,

01:10:09you know,

01:10:09they need

01:10:10you.

01:10:10And the

01:10:11last thing

01:10:12he said

01:10:12to me

01:10:12was,

01:10:14they're

01:10:14going to

01:10:14be better

01:10:15off without

01:10:15me.

01:10:17And I

01:10:18got up

01:10:19and went

01:10:20back to

01:10:20work and

01:10:21within an

01:10:22hour I

01:10:23got a call

01:10:23from Mr.

01:10:24Atkinson

01:10:25that he had

01:10:26done it,

01:10:27that he had

01:10:28taken his

01:10:28life.

01:10:38news of

01:10:38Kerry's death

01:10:39seemed more

01:10:40than family

01:10:40members could

01:10:41take.

01:10:42Those close

01:10:42to him knew

01:10:43he had been

01:10:43despondent.

01:10:44He's had

01:10:45some more

01:10:45problems,

01:10:46which is

01:10:47no secret.

01:10:48And they

01:10:49just piled up

01:10:50to the point

01:10:50where he

01:10:50couldn't take

01:10:51it anymore.

01:10:53And he

01:10:54came out

01:10:54here about

01:10:541.30 this

01:10:55afternoon and

01:10:58said,

01:10:58Dad,

01:10:58I'd like

01:10:58to take

01:10:59the jeep

01:10:59and just

01:11:04go back

01:11:04to a quiet

01:11:05spot for

01:11:05a while and

01:11:06I should

01:11:06have realized

01:11:06then what

01:11:08he had

01:11:08in mind.

01:11:13Showing

01:11:13himself in

01:11:14the heart

01:11:14with that

01:11:15.44 Magnum.

01:11:16In the

01:11:17heart.

01:11:20It's just

01:11:21in the

01:11:22family

01:11:23dynamic.

01:11:24It's almost

01:11:24like if

01:11:25one commits

01:11:26suicide,

01:11:28it's almost

01:11:28like giving

01:11:29permission for

01:11:29the next

01:11:30one and

01:11:30the next

01:11:31one.

01:11:32It was just

01:11:33almost like,

01:11:35I don't want

01:11:35to say a

01:11:36need, but

01:11:36like, well,

01:11:38my brother did

01:11:38it, so can I

01:11:41or so should

01:11:42I, I don't

01:11:42know.

01:11:43It was just,

01:11:44it was really

01:11:45hard.

01:11:47You see all

01:11:48the tragicness

01:11:49around their

01:11:50lives, and

01:11:51your heart

01:11:51hurts.

01:11:52and people

01:11:53started pointing

01:11:54fingers.

01:11:55Only those

01:11:56who know

01:11:56will ever

01:11:56know.

01:11:57But when

01:11:59you add it

01:11:59all up and

01:12:00you look at

01:12:00it as a

01:12:00whole, you

01:12:01start to

01:12:02think,

01:12:02could they

01:12:03have done

01:12:03something

01:12:03different?

01:12:06Just a lot

01:12:07of heartache,

01:12:07and my mom

01:12:08was really

01:12:09close to my

01:12:10Uncle Kerry,

01:12:11too.

01:12:11I was like

01:12:11her best

01:12:12friend.

01:12:17Everybody

01:12:17loved him,

01:12:18and he

01:12:18was so

01:12:19good inside,

01:12:21but

01:12:23weak mind,

01:12:24drugs,

01:12:25and

01:12:25around

01:12:28that time,

01:12:29my brother

01:12:29Marshall was

01:12:30born.

01:12:32That was

01:12:33the hardest

01:12:33time that

01:12:34I saw in

01:12:35our lives,

01:12:35was when

01:12:37my Uncle

01:12:38Kerry died.

01:12:40He had a

01:12:41deep

01:12:43love.

01:12:44I'm going

01:12:45to say it's

01:12:45selfless,

01:12:46and it was,

01:12:47and I'm

01:12:49telling you

01:12:50this right now

01:12:50because I

01:12:51know when I

01:12:51say Daddy

01:12:52had a

01:12:52selfless love

01:12:53for us,

01:12:53then you

01:12:54think,

01:12:54well,

01:12:54then why

01:12:54did he

01:12:55kill himself

01:12:55and take

01:12:56himself away

01:12:57from you?

01:12:57That was

01:12:58the drugs

01:12:59and the

01:12:59mental health

01:13:00disease,

01:13:00but I

01:13:02always knew

01:13:02his heart

01:13:03and that

01:13:04he loved

01:13:05us deeply.

01:13:06It's like

01:13:07you guys

01:13:07were having

01:13:08so much

01:13:08fun.

01:13:09I'll never

01:13:10find another

01:13:10one like

01:13:11her.

01:13:12That's so

01:13:12cute.

01:13:13He loved

01:13:14you so

01:13:14much.

01:13:15Look how

01:13:16pretty

01:13:16y'all are.

01:13:18You're

01:13:19like,

01:13:19let me

01:13:19stare off

01:13:20into the

01:13:20distance

01:13:20for this

01:13:21one.

01:13:22They're

01:13:22both so

01:13:23photogenic.

01:13:24I know.

01:13:25What a

01:13:25pretty couple.

01:13:26I like

01:13:27this one.

01:13:28Ain't

01:13:28we sweet?

01:13:30How do

01:13:31you feel

01:13:31looking back

01:13:32on this?

01:13:32I feel

01:13:33good about

01:13:33it.

01:13:34This was

01:13:34the sweet

01:13:35Daddy time.

01:13:36Look how

01:13:37sweet he is.

01:13:38Oh,

01:13:38I know.

01:13:38I remember

01:13:39those hands

01:13:40and how

01:13:41gentle they

01:13:41were.

01:13:41Yeah.

01:13:44I was in

01:13:44denial for

01:13:45so long.

01:13:46It was

01:13:47a really

01:13:47hard thing

01:13:48to deal

01:13:48with when

01:13:48you're so

01:13:49little and

01:13:49you love

01:13:49your dad

01:13:50so much.

01:13:51I couldn't

01:13:52hear his

01:13:53name.

01:13:53I couldn't

01:13:53smell his

01:13:54cologne.

01:13:55But then I

01:13:57became the

01:13:57pro wrestler

01:13:57when I got

01:13:58older.

01:14:01She was

01:14:01six when

01:14:02her daddy

01:14:02passed and

01:14:03she really

01:14:04wanted to

01:14:04understand his

01:14:06world and

01:14:07no better way

01:14:08to understand

01:14:09the world than

01:14:10to get in

01:14:11it.

01:14:11And she

01:14:12didn't stay

01:14:12with it long.

01:14:14I got the

01:14:15healing and

01:14:16closure that I

01:14:17needed.

01:14:18But at the

01:14:19time I went to

01:14:20Uncle Kevin

01:14:20and Aunt Pam's

01:14:21house for

01:14:21that.

01:14:22My cousins,

01:14:23Kristen and

01:14:24Ross and

01:14:24Marshall and

01:14:25Jill were our

01:14:26best friends.

01:14:27And they were

01:14:28the only ones

01:14:28that understood

01:14:29the life that

01:14:30we lived.

01:14:33We were like

01:14:34sisters.

01:14:36And I just

01:14:38remember beautiful

01:14:39memories together

01:14:40with my cousins.

01:14:41And we had

01:14:42really good

01:14:43memories with

01:14:44my granddad.

01:14:45And then,

01:14:45you know,

01:14:46his health

01:14:46started to

01:14:47decline.

01:14:51They told

01:14:52him that

01:14:52he had

01:14:52really

01:14:53aggressive

01:14:53lung cancer

01:14:55that had

01:14:55spread and

01:14:56become brain

01:14:57cancer.

01:14:57And he had

01:14:59a very short

01:14:59time to live.

01:15:14Ready?

01:15:15Ready?

01:15:16Okay.

01:15:18The tree!

01:15:20Be careful.

01:15:25I saved you.

01:15:27This is our

01:15:28childhood to a

01:15:29tee.

01:15:33Just thinking about

01:15:34some of my favorite

01:15:35memories of daddy

01:15:35and actually

01:15:37whenever I went

01:15:38to buy this

01:15:39lake house

01:15:40and I walked

01:15:41out here

01:15:41and, like,

01:15:43the sound of it

01:15:43and the smell

01:15:44of it reminded

01:15:45me of, like,

01:15:46being at

01:15:47meeting and

01:15:47granddad's.

01:15:48Aw.

01:15:48Like, all those

01:15:49great memories

01:15:49of our cousins.

01:15:52Well, that's

01:15:53great.

01:15:54I have a lot

01:15:54of good memories

01:15:55of granddad.

01:15:56Look at me.

01:15:58Look at me.

01:15:59I'm a witch.

01:16:00I think that

01:16:01having us

01:16:02was like having

01:16:03his kids back

01:16:04and I think

01:16:05it was his

01:16:06happy place

01:16:06if the grandkids

01:16:08were around.

01:16:08Let's see.

01:16:09Look at your

01:16:09granddaddy.

01:16:13He was like

01:16:13my best friend.

01:16:14I mean,

01:16:15I could not

01:16:15spend enough

01:16:16time with him.

01:16:17All right,

01:16:18look up,

01:16:18everybody.

01:16:19Okay,

01:16:19hold my hand.

01:16:21We had

01:16:22really good

01:16:22memories

01:16:23with my granddad.

01:16:24Oh, my goodness.

01:16:25And then,

01:16:26you know,

01:16:26his health

01:16:27started to decline.

01:16:30When I was 17,

01:16:34granddad started

01:16:35kind of losing

01:16:36his words.

01:16:37He would go out

01:16:38on the tractor

01:16:39for hours

01:16:40and just dig

01:16:41holes for no

01:16:42reason.

01:16:42And when he

01:16:43went to the

01:16:44doctor,

01:16:45they told him

01:16:46that he had

01:16:46really aggressive

01:16:47lung cancer

01:16:49that had spread

01:16:50and become

01:16:50brain cancer

01:16:51and he had

01:16:53a very short

01:16:53time to live.

01:16:59When my

01:16:59granddad passed,

01:17:00that was hard

01:17:01for all of us

01:17:02because that

01:17:03was just,

01:17:05that was the

01:17:06last really,

01:17:06really hard hit.

01:17:10I loved him

01:17:11so much.

01:17:12I really did.

01:17:14But I got to

01:17:15tell you,

01:17:15when he died,

01:17:16that day he died,

01:17:16I was glad.

01:17:17I was glad it

01:17:19was over,

01:17:19his suffering.

01:17:21Go to Jesus

01:17:22where the reward

01:17:23is.

01:17:24I just know

01:17:26the horns

01:17:27are honking

01:17:28and people

01:17:28are cheering

01:17:29when he got

01:17:29to heaven

01:17:29because I'm

01:17:31telling you,

01:17:31he was a good

01:17:32man.

01:17:32He really was.

01:17:37After my

01:17:38granddad died

01:17:39though,

01:17:40my dad,

01:17:42he was okay.

01:17:43You know,

01:17:44he had grieved

01:17:44but he had

01:17:45Ross and Marshall.

01:17:53there was

01:17:54nothing like

01:17:54being a dad

01:17:55to two sons,

01:17:56especially

01:17:57what these

01:17:57boys were

01:17:58on.

01:17:59They wanted

01:18:00to play football

01:18:01and so for my

01:18:02dad I was like,

01:18:02I'm good,

01:18:03I got my

01:18:03brothers back.

01:18:08It's just like

01:18:09my life

01:18:10recycled itself,

01:18:11you know.

01:18:11Now I've got

01:18:12all I have.

01:18:16And anything

01:18:17I do with

01:18:17these boys

01:18:18is just,

01:18:19whether we're

01:18:19fishing or

01:18:20hunting,

01:18:22it's just

01:18:22great.

01:18:25And we were

01:18:27all a big

01:18:27reason for

01:18:28my dad

01:18:28to keep

01:18:28going.

01:18:32But being

01:18:33in Texas

01:18:34was really

01:18:36hard and

01:18:37he did it

01:18:38as long

01:18:38as he

01:18:38could.

01:18:41It was

01:18:41everywhere

01:18:42I went,

01:18:43everything

01:18:43I saw,

01:18:45even the

01:18:46fields and

01:18:47the church

01:18:48bills and

01:18:49school bills,

01:18:50reminding

01:18:50my brothers,

01:18:51you know,

01:18:52everything.

01:18:54And,

01:18:55you know,

01:18:56loved it,

01:18:56but Texas

01:18:59had gotten

01:19:00to be quite

01:19:00a bit of

01:19:01a tight

01:19:02spot.

01:19:03It was a

01:19:04constant,

01:19:05constant

01:19:05reminder of

01:19:06what he

01:19:07didn't have

01:19:07anymore.

01:19:08And Mimi

01:19:09too.

01:19:09Mimi was

01:19:10still alive

01:19:10at the time

01:19:11and just

01:19:12so sad

01:19:14inside.

01:19:16We decided

01:19:17to move

01:19:17to Hawaii.

01:19:19We all

01:19:20felt like

01:19:21she just

01:19:21deserved

01:19:22this

01:19:22beautiful,

01:19:24peaceful

01:19:24place

01:19:25to live

01:19:26out her

01:19:26days.

01:19:28For the

01:19:29time,

01:19:29it was

01:19:29perfect for

01:19:30me.

01:19:31He always

01:19:32talked about

01:19:32moving to

01:19:33Hawaii.

01:19:34He's always

01:19:35loved the

01:19:35ocean.

01:19:36And it was

01:19:37like slow

01:19:38paced.

01:19:39So that

01:19:40was like

01:19:40a perfect

01:19:41place for

01:19:42him.

01:19:44It was a

01:19:44fresh start

01:19:45in a lot

01:19:46of ways.

01:19:46We got

01:19:46to start

01:19:48over

01:19:48without

01:19:49that

01:19:49cloud

01:19:50of pity

01:19:51that people

01:19:52sort of

01:19:52look at

01:19:53you with.

01:19:54We were

01:19:55there 20

01:19:55years and

01:19:56we came

01:19:57back to

01:19:57Texas.

01:19:59What I

01:19:59needed

01:20:00from Hawaii

01:20:00I got.

01:20:02This was

01:20:03kind of

01:20:03the end

01:20:04of the

01:20:04dream.

01:20:04I wanted

01:20:05a rock

01:20:07house by

01:20:07a river

01:20:08and I

01:20:09figured I

01:20:09could have

01:20:09that.

01:20:10I earned

01:20:11that

01:20:12and now

01:20:13here is

01:20:13where I

01:20:14need to

01:20:14be

01:20:14Texas

01:20:15and my

01:20:16Guadalupe

01:20:17River.

01:20:18I could

01:20:18not be

01:20:19happier.

01:20:21Boom.

01:20:22Anybody

01:20:22ready for

01:20:23a good

01:20:23skip?

01:20:25Hey,

01:20:25granddad.

01:20:26Yeah?

01:20:26Watch this.

01:20:31Here go,

01:20:32Colt.

01:20:36Oh,

01:20:36my gosh.

01:20:38Here I can

01:20:38skip.

01:20:38He'll do it

01:20:39on straight

01:20:39out like

01:20:40this where

01:20:40you go.

01:20:43straight

01:20:43on.

01:20:45That a

01:20:45boy.

01:20:46Look,

01:20:46you did

01:20:47it.

01:20:48Ready,

01:20:48guys?

01:20:49Let's

01:20:50launch.

01:20:51One,

01:20:51two,

01:20:52three,

01:20:52go.

01:20:55Watch

01:20:55this one,

01:20:56y'all.

01:20:57Come on,

01:20:57watch this

01:20:57run.

01:21:00Oh,

01:21:00wow.

01:21:01Oh,

01:21:01wait,

01:21:02wait.

01:21:05A lot

01:21:06of people

01:21:06feel sorry

01:21:06for me.

01:21:07I like

01:21:07them to

01:21:07know

01:21:07how happy

01:21:08I am.

01:21:09Ah,

01:21:10good one.

01:21:10I like

01:21:11that one.

01:21:14Especially

01:21:14after watching

01:21:15that movie.

01:21:17Ever since

01:21:17I was a

01:21:18child,

01:21:18people said

01:21:18my family

01:21:19was cursed.

01:21:20Bad things

01:21:21kept happening.

01:21:26it was a big

01:21:26surprise when

01:21:28the movie

01:21:28came out.

01:21:32You say

01:21:32it's based

01:21:33on a true

01:21:33story about

01:21:34the Von

01:21:34Eriks,

01:21:34then people

01:21:35are going to

01:21:35think that's

01:21:36the story,

01:21:37and that's

01:21:37where I had

01:21:37a problem

01:21:38with it.

01:21:39Because

01:21:39my dad's

01:21:40character and

01:21:41granddad,

01:21:42my goodness,

01:21:42were just

01:21:43not the

01:21:44people I

01:21:44knew.

01:21:45you got

01:21:46to take

01:21:46it and

01:21:47get up.

01:21:48It was

01:21:48a really

01:21:49well done

01:21:50movie.

01:21:50I think

01:21:50it was

01:21:50a beautiful

01:21:51movie.

01:21:52Well,

01:21:52that doesn't

01:21:53mean that

01:21:53it was

01:21:54accurate.

01:21:55And

01:21:56my dad

01:21:57had a

01:21:57good point.

01:21:58He just

01:21:58said,

01:22:00maybe

01:22:00someone will

01:22:01see this

01:22:02movie and

01:22:02become

01:22:03curious and

01:22:04look us

01:22:05up.

01:22:05And

01:22:06they'll

01:22:06see that

01:22:07really what

01:22:08got me

01:22:08through is

01:22:09my

01:22:09faith.

01:22:12thanks for

01:22:12your prayers

01:22:13because I

01:22:13think they

01:22:14did hold

01:22:14me up.

01:22:15I know

01:22:16a lot of

01:22:16my fans

01:22:16prayed and

01:22:17I thank

01:22:17all of you

01:22:18for it

01:22:18because

01:22:19here I am.

01:22:21I know

01:22:21I wouldn't

01:22:21have been

01:22:22there without

01:22:22his hand.

01:22:23So,

01:22:24thank you.

01:22:26Okay,

01:22:26the last

01:22:26question.

01:22:27What has

01:22:28this interview

01:22:28been like

01:22:29for you?

01:22:31Oh,

01:22:31okay.

01:22:34Well,

01:22:37it's like

01:22:38I want to

01:22:38be,

01:22:38um,

01:22:40open when

01:22:41I talk,

01:22:43but,

01:22:43uh,

01:22:45it's been

01:22:45a long

01:22:45time and

01:22:46I think

01:22:46down inside

01:22:47some parts

01:22:49of my

01:22:49story I

01:22:50built little

01:22:50walls around,

01:22:51you know.

01:22:52I'm kind

01:22:53of feel

01:22:53safe like

01:22:54this and

01:22:54that.

01:22:55I don't

01:22:55know.

01:22:56Probably

01:22:57a survival

01:22:57instinct,

01:22:58I don't

01:22:58know.

01:22:59I'm not

01:23:00so tough

01:23:00that I'll

01:23:01figure that.

01:23:01If it

01:23:02was a weak

01:23:02way,

01:23:03I'd have

01:23:03probably

01:23:03taken it.

01:23:04I just

01:23:04didn't

01:23:05find it.

01:23:07So,

01:23:08but here

01:23:08I am,

01:23:08and I

01:23:09did

01:23:09struggle

01:23:09and I

01:23:10suffered,

01:23:11but I'm

01:23:11not the

01:23:11only one.

01:23:12We've all

01:23:12been like

01:23:13that.

01:23:15But I'll

01:23:15say this,

01:23:16though,

01:23:16life is

01:23:16good,

01:23:17and I

01:23:17don't want

01:23:17anyone to

01:23:18feel sorry

01:23:18for me

01:23:19because I'm

01:23:19as happy

01:23:19as I

01:23:20could be.

01:23:22It's just

01:23:22a great

01:23:23life,

01:23:24you know.

01:23:26there's

01:23:26something

01:23:26magic with

01:23:27Kevin and I

01:23:27in that

01:23:27ring

01:23:28together.

01:23:28It was

01:23:28a family

01:23:29of

01:23:29superheroes.

01:23:31The roof

01:23:32is being

01:23:32blown off

01:23:33as part of

01:23:34Troy and

01:23:34by this

01:23:35crowd.

01:23:36I grew up

01:23:37idolizing those

01:23:37guys.

01:23:38I got to

01:23:38become friends

01:23:39with those

01:23:39guys.

01:23:40These are

01:23:40some of the

01:23:40best guys

01:23:41I've ever

01:23:41been around

01:23:42with in my

01:23:42life.

01:23:43Everybody

01:23:43was behind

01:23:44us.

01:23:44It's not

01:23:45just our

01:23:45win,

01:23:45it's all

01:23:46of our

01:23:46win.

01:23:48They just

01:23:49always like

01:23:49to have

01:23:50fun.

01:23:50This stuff

01:23:51right here,

01:23:51I think I

01:23:52got it down.

01:23:52The boys

01:23:53had a

01:23:53really

01:23:53close

01:23:54bond

01:23:54together

01:23:55and it

01:23:56was

01:23:57infectious.

01:24:00Carrie,

01:24:01are you

01:24:01good

01:24:02to your

01:24:02kids?

01:24:05Starting

01:24:06all over.

01:24:06The one

01:24:06thing I'd

01:24:07like to

01:24:07do is

01:24:08raise

01:24:08those

01:24:08kids

01:24:09again.

01:24:10Most

01:24:10fun

01:24:10ever

01:24:10had

01:24:11in

01:24:11my

01:24:11life.

01:24:13My

01:24:13granddad

01:24:14was so

01:24:15joyful in

01:24:16those

01:24:17moments and

01:24:18to see my

01:24:18dad get

01:24:19to have

01:24:19that now

01:24:20is so

01:24:21fulfilling.

01:24:23Now we

01:24:23have this

01:24:24ranch here

01:24:25and Holly

01:24:26brings her

01:24:26kids and

01:24:27Lacey

01:24:27brings her

01:24:28kids and

01:24:28Jill brings

01:24:29her kids

01:24:29and everybody

01:24:30can play

01:24:31and they

01:24:31can have

01:24:32a similar

01:24:33childhood

01:24:33experience to

01:24:34what we

01:24:35had with

01:24:35each other.

01:24:38I just

01:24:39love my

01:24:39family and

01:24:40I think

01:24:40that we're

01:24:40all still

01:24:41a very

01:24:41strong unit.

01:24:43I think

01:24:44whenever

01:24:44tragedy hits

01:24:45the family

01:24:46and the

01:24:46people that

01:24:46are still

01:24:47in the

01:24:47family

01:24:48even get

01:24:48closer.

01:24:50She's

01:24:50surrounded by

01:24:51love.

01:24:53Instead of

01:24:54it making

01:24:55him bitter

01:24:55for what

01:24:56he went

01:24:57through,

01:24:57it made

01:24:58him gentle

01:24:59and

01:24:59compassionate

01:25:01and he

01:25:02values

01:25:03family

01:25:04more than

01:25:04anybody I've

01:25:05ever met

01:25:05because he's

01:25:06had it and

01:25:06he's lost

01:25:07it.

01:25:09And then

01:25:09to have

01:25:10it all

01:25:11again with

01:25:11all of

01:25:12his grandkids

01:25:13is such

01:25:14a blessing.

01:25:15The only

01:25:16thing will

01:25:16last

01:25:18is love

01:25:19your family

01:25:19and almighty

01:25:20God.

01:25:22I'm just

01:25:23so grateful.

01:25:25I'm just

01:25:39so grateful.

Biography WWE Legends - Season 5 Episode 02 The Curse of the Von Erichs Part 2

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