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Part One: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster

Behind the Bastards

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Fritz Von Eric's Wrestling Dynasty

Nicholas Helm: Fritz Von Eric's dream was to create a wrestling dynasty and imitation of stew heart. By the time Kevin David and Kerry, his three large adult sons, entered their teens, they were put into grueling workout sessions by their father. After a 1984 match in Japan, David Von Eric is found dead in his hotel room at age 25. We don't entirely know what happened because Bruiser Brody claimed once that they flushed a bunch of drugs down the toilet after finding his body.

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