Welcome Ross Von Erich!

[Harry]

Want to give a shout out to a new GMG site member, Ross Von Erich. Ross is the son of Kevin Von Erich, who played football at North Texas. I follow Kevin on twitter @KevinVonErich and I know he remains a very loyal Mean Green supporter and fan. He now lives in a paradise in Hawaii and puts some amazing pictures and stories up from his adventures and time spent there.

As many know, the Von Erich family is known as the first family of Texas wrestling and many of us grew up watching them on TV.

Here's an article from Kevin's return to the area back in June that ran in the Dallas Morning News from Robert Wilonsky: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/kevin-von-erich-to-make-rare-return-to-north-texas-to-introduce-his-sons-to-a-national-audience.html/

Thanks to Ross for joining with us on here and we look forward to following your career. Go Mean Green!

Ross Von Erich GMG Profile

[Marty]

Welcome aboard Ross. Both Kevin and his late brother David played for the Mean Green.

[H-towngreen]

Welcome. Glad to have a member of such legacy on here

[cogido]

^{The "Iron Claw" lives on ! What a wild , great bunch of guys. Thanks for all the rowdiness and good days. STAY MEAN, STAY GREEN.}

Edited August 1, 2014 by cogido

[JRock]

Welcome Ross. Great to have you on the board.

[Stan R]

w h o a. awesome!

[greenjoe]

My Dad was a friend of "Fritz' ". He gave my Dad a Zippo lighter that has engraved on one side, "Taken by force from Fritz Von Erich"

Welcome to the board Ross.

Beat Texsa

GO MEAN GREEN

[letsgiveacheer]

Hmmm... if Baron Von Raschke joins our forum, there may be trouble.

[Stan R]

None of us would be Grown Ass Men without the early days of the WWF.

[shutter]

Welcome aboard. Grandpa Fritz would come through the drive through at chick quick on Eagle drive and order with the "Iron Claw". It never got old. He would even say "Do you know who I am?".

[RVE]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! My family's roots run pretty deep in mean green athletics. Very excited to be here. #GMG #BeatTexas #ironClaw

[Tyler Maryak]

Welcome!

[LongJim]

#IronCaw?

[Andrew]

I have his fathers wrestling figure (Mattel elite) somewhere in my collection.

[RVE]

Funny, North Texas and my grandfather Fritz almost worked out some kind of claw/caw relationship back when my dad and uncle were playing ball. Would've been pretty neat had it panned out anyways.

My dad loved playing for Coach Fry. He did some big things during his time as coach. Had the privilege of meeting him a few times myself.

Anyway, just a big fan of the football program and coach Mac. Looking forward to this upcoming season! Thanks again for the warm welcome, guys. GMG!

[All About UNT]

Hey Ross...check your messages... have a favor to ask

[TheFranchise]

Ross, welcome! I did many jumps off the top bunk of my bed top turnbuckle with my brothers impersonating your dad and your uncles growing up. And nothing shut up a pesky little brother like threatening to give him the Iron Claw.

So awesome!

And I agree with Stan R -- none of us would be the guys we are today without the early WWF or (in my opinion) the even more-awesome WCCW. My dad, my brothers and I would tune in every Saturday night and watch what went down at the Sportatorium.

It's an honor to have you here, Ross.

[NT03]

You can also follow him on twitter @RossVonErich

[RVE]

Ross, welcome! I did many jumps off the top bunk of my bed top turnbuckle with my brothers impersonating your dad and your uncles growing up. And nothing shut up a pesky little brother like threatening to give him the Iron Claw.

So awesome!

And I agree with Stan R -- none of us would be the guys we are today without the early WWF or (in my opinion) the even more-awesome WCCW. My dad, my brothers and I would tune in every Saturday night and watch what went down at the Sportatorium.

It's an honor to have you here, Ross.

Lol too cool. Always neat hearing stories like that.

Honored to be here

[NT03]

RVE, do you know when the 30 for 30 will air ? I thought it was going to be earlier , but looks like it got pushed backed. Thanks & welcome to the board

[RVE]

RVE, do you know when the 30 for 30 will air ? I thought it was going to be earlier , but looks like it got pushed backed. Thanks & welcome to the board

Thanks NT! They're saying October. There were some complications with rights that I belive are sorted out now. I`ll give a heads up when I know the exact date.

[NT03]

Thanks NT! They're saying October. There were some complications with rights that I belive are sorted out now. I`ll give a heads up when I know the exact date.

Thank you!

If you can ever make it to a game , I'm sure a lot of people on here ( myself included) would love to host you at their tailgate.

I was reading up on Fritz this afternoon.. I didn't realize he went to SMU!!

[RVE]

Cool, definitely something I plan on doing. I have a show in mesquite in a couple months it'd be great to go see a NT game (they dont air the games here in hawaii). Until then I guess I'll be watching online.

Yeah, he did go to smu to play football and throw discus. My dad was close to going there also but ended up following Coach Fry to North Texas. GMG!

Edited August 11, 2014 by RVE

[NT03]

https://twitter.com/rossvonerich/status/501077642201014272

I just wanted everyone to know that our GMG board member RVE will be in action on Saturday , Nov 1st in Mesquite.

Works out great because we off that week. I plan on going to support & hope some of you will join me

[Andrew]

https://twitter.com/rossvonerich/status/501077642201014272

I just wanted everyone to know that our GMG board member RVE will be in action on Saturday , Nov 1st in Mesquite.

Works out great because we off that week. I plan on going to support & hope some of you will join me

I may have to go out and see this. I am the biggest wrastlin fan!