The Von Erichs are an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of brothers Marshall Adkisson and Ross Adkisson, who perform under the ring names Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich. They are the sons of Kevin Von Erich. As of 2024, they are making appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where they are members of The Sons of Texas. In ROH, they are two-thirds of the reigning ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with Dustin Rhodes. They are also known for their time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where they are former MLW World Tag Team Champions.
| Marshall and Ross Von Erich | |
|---|---|
 Ross (left) and Marshall (right) Von Erich in February 2024 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Marshall Von Erich Ross Von Erich |
| Name(s) | The Von Erichs Marshall and Ross Von Erich The VE Nation |
| Billed heights | Marshall: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] Ross: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] |
| Combined billed weight | 470 lb (210 kg) |
| Debut | April 20, 2012[3] |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Trainer | Harley Race Kevin Von Erich Naomichi Marufuji Pro Wrestling Noah |
Professional wrestling career
editEarly career and independent circuit (2012–present)
editThey would make their professional wrestling debut on April 20, 2012 losing to Jason Jones and Brian Breaker at World League Wrestling in Sedalia, Missouri. The next night the brothers defeated Jones and Breaker in Richmond, Missouri.[4] The brothers debuted for Pro Wrestling Noah on July 22, 2012.[5]
Living in Hawaii, Ross and Marshall appeared and competed in Action Zone Wrestling out of Oahu, Hawaii and won the tag team championships. In July 2017, Marshall and Ross along with their father Kevin, wrestled at the Rage Megashow in Israel.[6] On July 31, 2022, the Von Erich brothers lost to Mark and Jay Briscoe via pinfall, at the Ric Flair's Last Match pay-per-view event in Nashville, Tennessee.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014–2015)
editThe brothers later made their national television debut as part of the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) Slammiversary XII PPV on June 15, 2014, in a tag match defeating The BroMans via disqualification.[7] They also made various appearances on TNA Xplosion including the April 1, 2015 episode defeating the team of Sonjay Dutt and John Yurnet.[8] and losing to The Revolution members James Storm and Manik on the July 1, 2015 episode.[9] Marshall and Ross later rematched The Revolution at the TNA One Night Only Gut Check event on September 15, 2015 in a losing effort.[10]
Major League Wrestling (2019–2022)
editIn May 2019, Ross and Marshall signed a multi-year contract with Major League Wrestling (MLW).[11][12] On November 2, 2019, Marshall and Ross Von Erich defeated The Dynasty (Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Richard Holliday) to become the new MLW World Tag Team Champions at MLW Saturday Night SuperFight.[13]
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2023–present)
editIn December 2023 the brothers would make their debut appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), first at the taping of Rampage during the second part of AEW's 2023 Winter Is Coming (teaming with Orange Cassidy in a successful six-man tag match), and then at Zero Hour during ROH's 2023 Final Battle in a winning tag match. Both the AEW and ROH matches were held in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, where their grandfather, father, and uncles were local legends. At ROH's Death Before Dishonor, the brothers teamed with Dustin Rhodes to defeat The Dark Order to earn a shot at the vacant ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. At Battle of the Belts XI, the brothers and Rhodes defeated The Undisputed Kingdom to win the championships. The Von Erichs then formed a stable with Rhodes known as "The Sons of Texas" with Sammy Guevara, who holds the ROH World Tag Team Championship with Rhodes, explaining that they are all Texas natives and have connections to Texas wrestling legends (Rhodes and the Von Erichs through their respective families, and Guevara was trained by Rhodes' former WWE partner and Texas native Booker T).
Personal lives
editThey are the sons of former professional wrestler Kevin Von Erich[14] making them members of the Von Erich Family. Their grandfather was wrestler and promoter of World Class Championship Wrestling Fritz Von Erich, and their uncles David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris were all wrestlers as well. Their cousin, Lacey, was also a wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Action Zone Wrestling
- AZW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[15]
- Imperial Wrestling Revolution
- IWR Tag Team Championship (1 time)[16]
- Major League Wrestling
- Ring of Honor
References
edit- ^ "MLW Profile: Marshall Von Erich". 6 May 2019.
- ^ "MLW Profile: Ross Von Erich". 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Marshall and Ross Von Erich: Cage Match History".
- ^ "Matches « Von Erichs « Tag Teams". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
- ^ "NOAH Great Voyage '12 in Ryogoku at New Sumo Hall - Ryogoku Kokugikan wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com.
- ^ "'Rage Megashow' wrestling event brings Israel into the ring". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ "Impact Wrestling: Breaking News Von Erich Family Scheduled to Appear at Slammiversary".
- ^ "TNA Xplosion #549: Cagematch.net".
- ^ "TNA Xplosion #562: Cagematch.net".
- ^ "TNA One Night Only: Gutcheck Taping Results".
- ^ "MLW Sign Ross and Marshall Von Erich; Set To Debut On June 1".
- ^ "Sports Illustrated: Ross & Marshall Von Erich Sign With MLW". 7 May 2019.
- ^ "MLW Saturday Night SuperFight live results: Can Salina de la Renta & LA Park conquer the Contra Unit?". 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Kevin Von Erich Talks Why His Sons Turned Down WWE, "A New Day In Wrestling" Coming With AEW, MLW". 9 July 2019.
- ^ "AZW Tag Team Championship History".
- ^ "IWR Tag Team Championship History".
- ^ "MLW World Tag Team Championship History".
External links
edit- Ross Von Erich – MLW profile
- Marshall Von Erich – MLW profile
- Marshall and Ross Von Erich's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com