AEW star Chris Jericho hasn’t watched ‘The Iron Claw’ yet but that doesn’t keep him away from shedding praise on the movie.
‘The Iron Claw’ captures the lives and tragedies of the famous Von Erich wrestling family. The wrestling lineage began with Fritz Von Erich (real name Jack Adkisson,) and his sons would taste success in the squared circle. The Von Erichs are still active in wrestling at present with Marshall & Ross Von Erich competing to this day.
Chris Jericho, who has yet to watch the movie had nothing but praise for the movie as well as the wrestling family.
Chris Jericho comments
While speaking to Dallas News, he said that from what he’s heard, the movie has done a good job and reckoned that it will interesting to watch the Von Erich movie. Here is what he said:
“I haven’t seen the movie yet. I think it’s going to be really interesting. I think a lot of times Hollywood does a terrible job of making wrestling movies. They one exception, of course, is The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke. I think this one, from what I’ve heard, it’s done a good job of that as well.
He further spoke about never meeting a member of Von Erich and he’s quite excited that the family will be attending AEW Dynamite. He added:
“I’ve never met a Von Erich. I know the story as much as anybody else does, just from reading about it. So, I’m excited to kind of see that interpretation. … And I’m actually excited because the Von Erichs are going to be at Dynamite, and that’ll be the first time I’ve ever met a Von Erich ever, in any way, shape or form. So, you know, that’s pro wrestling royalty and such an uplifting story in a lot of ways, such a tragedy in other ways. So it’ll be cool to kind of get a chance to say hi to Kevin and pay respect.”
Meanwhile, Chris Jericho’s former rival and current AEW World Champion MJF had a role in The Iron Claw but his role was originally much bigger than what made the final cut. ‘The Salt of The Earth’ also made his presence felt at ‘The Iron Claw’ Premiere in Los Angeles.