I never cried at pro wrestling before 

the fact that they had to leave out fritz's brain cancer and the entirety of Chris just tells you how heartbreaking this story really is

“Hearthrob turned science experiment” is the only way to describe Zac Efron now 😂

As an older brother this movie hit me hard. For the first time in years I cried my eyes out towards the end of the film. “You must be my oldest brother.”, “Don’t worry dad we’ll be your brothers.” Those lines broke me

Zac Efron deserves more respect. He could have gone the "teen idol" route and just coasted on his looks but instead he takes challenging, diverse roles to push the boundaries of the audience's expectation of him. Sure, there's a Baywatch here and there to pay the bills, but he has shown more range than most people expected of him in drama and comedy. He's not quite DiCaprio or Pattinson, but he sure isn't Van Dien or Lautner either.

The harsh truth of Professional Wrestling is just how cosmically hard it is to get on the road to even having a shot at becoming World Heavyweight Champion. If Pro Wrestling was a sheerly competitive sport it would only resort to physicality, but it's not. It's performative physicality, like being a stuntman, or daredevil. You have to be charismatic (be it as Heel or Face) the crowd has to like your character, or like how much they hate your character, and that's not just physicality or in-ring gimmicks, you have to be good at cutting a promo, meaning how well you can talk up and promote an upcoming match (something Kevin and Mike always struggled with, whereas David and Kerry were naturally gifted with). Then aside from making the crowds love you AND being good at working the ring, you also have to play the game behind the scenes with promoters and storyline writers. The Von Erich family had so much talent, but also so much ungodly bad luck. As a Texan and a pro wrestling fan it's beyond heartbreaking. The only good to come of it is the current success of Marshall and Ross Von Erich (Kevin's sons) and the minor success and eventual retirement of Lacey Von Erich (Kerry's Daughter), as well as this film which tells the story (albeit somewhat fictionalized) of this family's tragedy to shed some light on them.

As a grown man of 34, only several movies over the years have ever brought a tear to my eye. This movie.... made me damn near ugly cry with that scene at the end where Kerry meets the "oldest" brother. I just couldn't control my emotions at that point. Great movie! Best one I've seen in a LOOOOOONG time!

The brothers reuniting after Kerry's death scene had me bawling.

The iron claw deserves so much love and despite its heartbreaking story its end on a powerful message about family and breaking generational traumas. Beautiful movie.

Jeff Hardy winning the wwe championship is also a moment to make one cry after all he went through in real life in 2008

tht ending BROKE me

The Iron Claw film was during the era of World Class Championship Wrestling. This was the territory of Fritz Von Erich and his sons. This was the era of Harley Race, Ric Flair, Bruiser Brody, Jerry Lawler, The Great Kabuki, Kamala, Tommy Rich, The Missing Link and The Fabulous Freebirds. Rest in Peace Texas Tornado. The Iron Claw film shows the hardships and tragedies of the Von Erich family. The film needed two more music montages in the first 45 minutes of the movie since the story dragged at the beginning, but it then picked up for the rest of the film. The only acting weak link in the film came from the actor who portrayed Ric Flair who was atrocious in the role. The next pro wrestling family that deserves a film is the Hart family from Canada. After all, Bret Hart has endured emotional heartbreak from losing those closest around him like Brian Pillman, The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, Jim Neidhart, his brother Owen Hart and very good friends like Rick Rude and Mr. Perfect. Bret was also screwed out of the World Title, went through a bad divorce and was retired by a bad kick from Bill Goldberg. This is during the era of World Class Championship Wrestling. This is the territory of Fritz Von Erich and his sons. This is the era of Harley Race, Ric Flair, Bruiser Brody, Jerry Lawler, Kamala, The Missing Link and The Fabulous Freebirds. Rest in Peace Texas Tornado. The Iron Claw film shows the hardships and tragedies of the Von Erich family.

My father lost quite a number of his family members recently, and most of them were his brothers. All I can say is that this movie really put me in his shoes and it actually broke me to tears.

Shame it got snubbed Oscar season.. hoping A24 continues with this take on professional wrestling … best movie I’ve seen in a while

Never cried at Pro Wrestling- Well, someone has never seen Shawn Michael super-kick Ric Flair into retirement. 😢

They even left one of the brothers completely out o the movie because they thought that as much tragedy as that family went through was just too much.

Love this freaking movie! I'm 62 and watch them ! Love them and makes me sad ! The dad was such and ass whole! Playing mind games with them! Love the von Erik brothers! ❤

I think everyone should watch the episode on the Von Erich’s from Dark Side of the Ring. It definitely goes more into the real details that the movie couldn’t add or changed. Kevin gives more insights to what happened with his brothers and everything

First wrestling death i dealt with was Eddies, i was super young and didnt really understand but i remember watching my older brother (kid at the time) cry so much, it stuck with me

damn only 73 subs. Looking forward to see you grow, great stuff brother keep it up.

i watched professional wrestling as a kid. around 04-07. watched iron claw and that rekindled my interest in wrestling and now as an adult i'm watching it again

Im happy to see the Iron Claw videos are starting to come out now! This movie was my favorite of 2023 and Im happy its getting the love it deserves, we need more movies like this!

Kinda off topic but I'm so glad you said the full blood is thicker than water quote.

I’m a wrestling fan and I’m from Dallas so this story hits home for me

The director asked Kevin if he would like any input in the film. Kevin told him "I just want you to let everyone that i loved my brothers."

Great essay. One detail I'd clarify is that the Von Erichs aren't really the undisputed greatest family in pro wrestling. The Harts, the Funks, the Windham-Rotundas, and of course the Anoa'i family all saw more longevity and success in the business to name a few. All of those families have stories of tragic loss, early deaths (Owen Hart, Bray Wyatt, Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith, Yokozuna, Umaga), and promising careers ending early (Bret Hart, Tyson Kidd) but in that regard none of them match the Von Erichs. Part of the Von Erichs' tragedy is that they had the potential to become the greatest family in pro wrestling history but never quite did.

My only complaint is that none of the actors look like the Von Erich brothers...and they're not big enough. Zac Efron is 5'8 and Kevin Von Erich is 6'3 222lbs. Jeremy Allen White is 5'7 while Kerry Von Erich was 6'2 255lbs.

If the theater wasn’t full of people, I would have been weeping. Such a tragic story, Love my brothers.

Fritz wins the worst father of the year award.

0:30 unquestionably the most famous families in pro wrestling? I have one word for you Mcmahon.

When I saw this it was obvious who in the theater didn’t know the story of this family. So many gasps and audible cries in my showing.

This movie hit twice as hard for me because I relate to Mikey and Kevin because I'm in the shadow of both my father at work and my sisters in life but man, I'm still eternally grateful that I have all of my immediate family still

algorithim really likes ur vid man congrats

Chavo Guerrero is really doing an amazing job making these wrestling movies I can't wait to see what else he does

I absolutely love wrestling and this movie. Subscribed. I went knowing very literally about the von erichs outside everyone dying Brilliant acting

I cried when they had the Eddie Guerrero tribute, I cried for the undertakers streak being broken... ect. Ect.

as a wrestling fan i still need to watch this movie

Don't Sweat It Friend I'm Not a Nintendo Fan but I still saw Super Mario Bros. (2023) I saw the 1993 original on TV during the early 2000's and was kinda baffled why the world biggest Video Game IP looks like Blade Runner so I understand and I thought the Animated film was a perfect retelling of gaming franchise

This movie has the best heaven/after life part I have ever seen. It's fantastic.

I just thought it was weird how small Kerry was and how absolutely blown up Kevin was.

I agree. Never watched wrestling but this is an excellent movie

Kerry was always my favorite wrestler

I see some people in the comments giving you crap for discussing this movie without first being a pro-wrestling fan, and I'll just say, as someone who IS a wrestling fan, you did a good job at codifying and contextualizing your thoughts and feelings on the movie. I knew someone who was pilot, and anytime a movie depicted someone landing an airplane, he'd base his whole opinion on that movie solely on how accurately they depicted the piloting of the plane, regardless of how good or bad the rest of the movie was. It doesn't matter how succinctly you discussed this movie, there's going to be wrestling fans who are going to nitpick all the details of their special interest.

The actor playing Flair was also my only issue, then oddly he seemed to nail Flair when he talks to them backstage and chugs a beer oddly just outta frame…. Did Flair hide his accent on tv before the 90s/on WCCW?

I loved this movie, what an amazing video this is!

This is an incredibly insightful commentary. I think you have a bright future on RU-vid.

Yeah, I can tell you aren't a wrestling fan💀

Even knowing what's coming, that shit was rough.

Just finished it. Good film. I'd watch again.

This was a great movie

Amazing film ! Pulled the on the heart strings 10/10

I am a wrestling fan.So how am I supposed to like this movie? No Chris.

4:08 A love story. NO.

Kevin Von Erich after having seen the movie said that the one thing, he didn't like about it was the portrayal of his father Fritz. Kevin calls his father a loving and honorable man, and he blames the injuries and substance abuse for the death of most of his brothers. With the exception of David who died of an illness and his older brother Jack who had died due to accidental electrocution and drowning. Kevin understands that this is a film, and it needed an antagonist, but his father Fritz was not as bad as the film made him out to be.

Great video! Concise and well explained

This movie made me cry more than I'm proud of mentioning. Only other movie to make me do so was the end of Armageddon by Michael Bay. Tbh both movies, and Amsterdam to a lesser extent have scenes in the end that really hit ya in the feels.

you should 100,000 subs!!

Fantastic film!

I was Dad's nurse at one time.

Great video. Keep it up

This some good content and narrating!

Just watched this, that last scene, damn that got me in the feels!

great content, keep making videos!! need more shit like thus!!

There are lot of tragedies in wrestling and this is one of the the more grim ones. I've heard rumors that they might do another movie like this about Eddie Guerrero's life and death, and if they do, that is also gonna be a tough watch.

As someone who knew the story, there was something too "Hollywood" about this movie. Its never really connected with me. The big reason is probably because i have seen the Dark Side of the Ring doc on it, and that is one of the best documentaries ive ever seen. If this story touched you i highly recommend watching that, and while you're at it watch their episodes on Chris Benoit and Owen Hart. Theres some amazing stories in the ring, but if that aint for you theres some very gripping ones outside of it.

Well spoken and good insight.

Sorry that mantle of most famous wrestling family has to be the Hart family!

First film to make me cry, not shed a tear, cry in the cinema. Can’t imagine what Kevin went through. If you have a brother or brothers it’ll hit you

i deadass tried as hard as i could to keep it together in that theatre

Too unrealistic as a professional wrestling fan I can't forget that therel left out Chris.

Saddest thing I ever heard concerning this family came from The Dark Side of the Ring on the Von Erich family and it came from Kevin Von Erich himself when he talked abut once having brothers now he has none.

Yup. That suicide and river Styx scene was a gut punch I couldn't manage.

Never say never. I havnt watched this one yet but.. If u got peacock watch Becoming immortal the new Bray Wyatt documentary... The last 30min was a bit rough😭

The real story of the von erich family is so tragic....

This movie made me realize what’s important in life. My god, it made me fucking cry

Im confused when you said 2 of the brothers were omitted because yes Chris was but they do show and talk about Jack Jr. So I hope you're not thinking of Lance Von Erich who was a wrestler by the name of Ricky Vaughn who Fritz Von Erich asled to play a Von Erich after David's death.

When it showed kerry on the bike, then in the kitchen missing his leg And then later, I knew what happened to him, but that was visceral, but i didnt break down until the end when they were reunited with the younger brother

the thing is this would be a great Netflix show then a movie. the father seen his dad delete himself that's why his very unemotional, Kevin is the stable old school family men who loves his family and the only reason he didn't delete himself is because of he was thinking about his mom , dad , wife and kids. David was a smart person who traveled different wrestling territories to understand the business better , Mike was a film and music person and was helping in producing music video style videos for tv , kerry was an Olympian turn wrestler , Chris Von Erich who's not in the film was a true fan of wrestling and wanted to be a wrestler his entire life. i'm writing all of this because every brother had a interesting life and deserves a spotlight as well. this movie was great but it would be better if it was an 6 to 9 episode show. and one more thing they really lighten up this movie because the tragedy is much much graphic. one line that stick to me that has been said by kevin is "i use to have 4 brothers now i'm not even a brother"

As a dude who’s lost a brother I watched this movie without knowing what is was about, bad idea

I want a hart family wrestling movie now. And I hope they don’t leave out Stu hart and his dungeon torture scenes!

good video

Greatest and saddest movie I’ve ever seen I’m glad it was half and half and not mixed with happiness and sadness I don’t think I could have handled it

Zac Efron as Kevin. Omg that's awesome 😭

They didn’t talk about Chris

0:32 "Who are, unquestionably, the most famous family in pro wrestling" That isn't even slightly correct. They may be the most famous wrestling family in Texas, Denton specifically, but not in all of wrestling

watch the actual Von Erichs matches, the movie capture only a fraction of the intensity and electricity those guys produced

I grew up watching pro wrestling throughout the 80's and 90's and loved the Von Erich's. I enjoyed the movie very much, but the 2 hour 10 min runtime doesn't do their story justice. I feel their story would've worked better as a limited series.

I cry all the time

Great movie

You ARE a fan, especially if you were entertained by something as bare bones as this. You’d love the Hart Family’s matches/real life stories

Mark!!!

These comments…

Most famous wrestling family is wild 😂

Maybe it's time to start.

"more or less professional wrestles" what's that supposed to mean? they were professional wrestlers.

great movie

The Von Erich’s were not the most famous family in wrestling, the Harts are and always will be

This movie was so good

No bro its the dustin bloodline

please watch super eyepatch wolf's videos on professional wrestling

next lets have a ric flair movie. with all the sad stuff in it hes a dirtbag but thats what it takes to be at the level he was.