For whatever reason, there was no advance word of what was coming this week...but the clips were uploaded a short time ago, and we're talking some SERIOUS rarities this time around, folks!
First up is what appears to be most of the 2/28/77 Texas Death Match pitting Fritz Von Erich against The Original Sheik in Fort Worth! Naturally, since The Sheik was a member of Gary Hart's stable, there's plenty of attempted interference by the "Playboy" -- which is countered by several babyfaces on Fritz's behalf, including a 17-year-old Kerry Von Erich!
Next is a complete episode of Texas Championship Wrestling, a series which was taped at the Sportatorium for syndication in the Texas Panhandle. Closing this show (which was recorded on October 28, 1980) is an eight-man elimination tag match with Fritz, Kevin and David Von Erich and Bruiser Brody taking on Gary Hart's stable, consisting of Stan Stasiak, Gino Hernandez, Gary Young and Pak Song. No finish is shown as TV time runs out a few minutes into the bout. Sadly, this appears to have been the last North Texas appearance of Song, whose health was failing due to Marfan syndrome.
Finally, we have Bruiser Brody vs. The Great Kabuki in a 6/7/81 "Texas Death cage match" at Reunion Arena (actually, it's the standard first-man-to-exit-the-cage-wins type; for some reason, cage bouts were sometimes erroneously hyped as Texas Death Matches in those days). In an additional stipluation, a win for Brody earns Fritz Von Erich five minutes in the cage with Gary Hart!
As always, we recommend WWE Network News for the latest info on WCCW and any other new footage being added to the service. Enjoy!
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