Kerry Von Erich

Between the Flair matches, the Jumbo match, various tags & singles against Freebirds and Gino & Adams, and the Lawler series, I feel more than comfortable calling Kerry a great wrestler with a lot of great matches. He's on my Mt Rushmore of Flair Opponents with Steamboat, Funk & Ricky Morton. Really Ric Flair vs Challenger Kerry Von Erich works for me on an archetypal level in the way RnR's vs Midnights does. If you say "think of an US Tag Team Rivalry" my brain immediately goes to RnR's vs Midnights. If you say "think of an NWA Title Rivalry" I tend to think Flair vs Kerry first. Flair's skill level, confidence & character at the time matched up against Kerry's look, character, & charisma all combined with THAT crowd all make it my idealized NWA Champ vs Hometown Hero Feud.

Love Kerry. Even with one foot he had great matches.