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Preview For ESPN’s 30 for 30 Short Film on The VonErich Family

February 27, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka

– ESPN sent out the following announcement today, confirming that the 30 for 30 short on the VonErich family will air on Friday…

SportsCenter’s “Friday Night Movie Night” Features Short Film on the Von Erich Wrestling Family

On Friday, Feb. 27, a new 30 for 30 Short will premiere on SportsCenter’s “Friday Night Movie Night” segment. The film, “Wrestling the Curse,” will air during the 6 p.m. hour of SportsCenter and be available for purchase on iTunes afterward.

“Wrestling The Curse”

The Adkissons had a successful family business in Texas, but it wasn’t a typical enterprise passed on from father Jack to his five sons. It was professional wrestling, and they were the “Von Erichs,” bringing entertainment to towns all across the Lone Star State in the 1980s — and heartbreak to themselves. Director Amanda Spain tells their story with the help of Kevin, “The Barefoot Wonder” and last surviving brother. Now at peace and living in Hawaii, Kevin bears witness to the perilous hold that wrestling still has on his family.

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