I didn't know till after he died and inside addition reported he had only one foot wrestling.. That's why he's the "modern day warrior" And it's "Living Legend" Larry Zybszko
I remember hearing about the motorcycle accident and his prosthetic foot from my mom who bought a Star magazine or the Enquirer I forget but anyways there was a whole article in the magazine about Kerry after he passed. I didn't ever really know. I remember one of his boots looked fatter than the other but I didn't think anything of it. I started putting in my wrestling movies of Kerry as the Texas Tornado and tried to see if I could notice his prosthetic foot by the way he moved and I started realizing he would always jump on one foot if he did a leap frog or do a cartwheel for a drop kick. Also most of his attacks were punches. I also noticed when He beat Mr. Perfect with the slingshot I saw some screws at the bottom of his boot. When you watch his performances before the accident you see him do all kinds moves and dropkicks. He was really a good wrestler and athlete. He still managed to pull off entertaining performances though as the Texas Tornado. He was one of my favorites. I still have his Hasbro Figure. I remember they had him team with the Ultimate Warrior and started having fringes on his boots like Warrior. I thought he was Warrior's brother. Now I see why used the fringes and teamed with Warrior to help hide the puffy boot and by teaming with Warrior it just made it look like he was dressing like the Warrior for their team. He also changed his boots most of the time to black to also help hide it. Anyways I Love Kerry and I Miss him and all the others so much! Always Praying for you.
It was his right foot. In a story by Kevin Von Erich he described the motorcycle accident and what foot it was. He said he walked on it after having surgery and thinks thats why the foot never healed properly and the circulation to the foot never developed. So the doctor several weeks later had to amputate the foot. It was very difficult to tell that it affected his wrestling. But I imagine he was in extreme pain most of the time.
I admired Larry throughout hi career, and Kerry was just simply amazing I wish the tragedies that bestowed the von Erich family had not happened, the whole family was based in wrestling such a great loss of talent.
Not to his ex wife, who he used to beat regularly. She famously put nude Polaroids of him on cars in the parking lots of his matches during the mid-80s.
Dam if I would've watch this live at ringside and seen Kerry's foot in the air I probably fainted. Then my uncle will probably say it's all an act son. Bull S###
I Remember It, I was stationed at Nellis AFB back then and my wife worked at the Showboat. She would get employee tickets for AWA Wrestling and we would go to the matches every month. The Showboat was a Great place for Pro-Wrestling. The crowd was shocked seeing Kerry's boot come off, so was Col DeBeers! I couldn't believe they continued the match. I remember the crowd always yelling LARRY SUCKS when he came out to Wrestle. Great Times!!!
Roddy Piper who was close friends with Kerry said he was the only guy that Kerry felt comfortable enough to see his foot without the prosthetic. I saw in a Kevin Von Erich interview where even after his death the Von Erich family didn't want it known about kerry's foot out of respect because Kerry was very self conscious of it. Also Kevin said it did not happen purely due to the wreck. they tried to save the foot but Kerry refused to rest and take time off and after surgeries he injured the foot so severely that they could do nothing else but amputate. Kerry had been arrested for his second drug offense. The judge went easy on him on the first conviction but with the second one looming, jail time was almost a for sure and he killed himself before finding out his punishment. He also told bret hart the famous saying that his death was inevitable and that his brothers were calling to him. sad story. RIP Kerry.
Melanie L he made an aborted comeback attempt against Brian Adias at either the thanksgiving or Christmas show at Reunion Arena in 1986, only 5 or 6 months after the accident that didn’t air on tv, and many believe that’s where he reinjured the foot so badly that it had to be amputated. Again, as you said, due to Fritz pushing him to get back in the ring as quickly as possible. When you read a lot of these stories it really paints a picture of Fritz as a controlling, abusive father who pushed his sons beyond their limits mentally and physically and made a fortune off of their efforts.
Hey Larry saw you at a Denny's in Minneapolic you told your server that you'd give him a tip if he knew who you were and the server came to me and asked me if I remembered who you were and it took me like 10 seconds to get the name right I knew those eyes so well. This was back in 1990ish. T'was a long time ago.
Baron Von Rahske was bald , used the claw, and goosestepped(ironically the man who portrayed Baron was a teacher). Col.DeBeers gimmick was a South African apartheid/racist (portrayed by a long time wrestler from Canada, who really got over with the gimmick)
DeBeers (Ed Wiskoski) is actually from Missouri. Had a pretty decent career in Portland as "The Polish Prince" Ed Wiskoski.. Von Raschke (Jim Raschke) is from Nebraska. Was a collegiate champion wrestler at the University of Nebraska.
He must have gone to The Allman bros school of motorcycle training..hitting anything solid is bad and a police car is worse..although they called for help quick I guess..the bolder they are the younger they go..
Larry makes me smile. I always liked him past his prime WCW days
Larry invests in Hawaiian shirts and Crest Pro Teeth Whitener
I didn't know till after he died and inside addition reported he had only one foot wrestling.. That's why he's the "modern day warrior"
And it's "Living Legend" Larry Zybszko
I remember hearing about the motorcycle accident and his prosthetic foot from my mom who bought a Star magazine or the Enquirer I forget but anyways there was a whole article in the magazine about Kerry after he passed. I didn't ever really know. I remember one of his boots looked fatter than the other but I didn't think anything of it. I started putting in my wrestling movies of Kerry as the Texas Tornado and tried to see if I could notice his prosthetic foot by the way he moved and I started realizing he would always jump on one foot if he did a leap frog or do a cartwheel for a drop kick. Also most of his attacks were punches. I also noticed when He beat Mr. Perfect with the slingshot I saw some screws at the bottom of his boot. When you watch his performances before the accident you see him do all kinds moves and dropkicks. He was really a good wrestler and athlete. He still managed to pull off entertaining performances though as the Texas Tornado. He was one of my favorites. I still have his Hasbro Figure. I remember they had him team with the Ultimate Warrior and started having fringes on his boots like Warrior. I thought he was Warrior's brother. Now I see why used the fringes and teamed with Warrior to help hide the puffy boot and by teaming with Warrior it just made it look like he was dressing like the Warrior for their team. He also changed his boots most of the time to black to also help hide it. Anyways I Love Kerry and I Miss him and all the others so much! Always Praying for you.
When you learned about em
It was his right foot. In a story by Kevin Von Erich he described the motorcycle accident and what foot it was. He said he walked on it after having surgery and thinks thats why the foot never healed properly and the circulation to the foot never developed. So the doctor several weeks later had to amputate the foot. It was very difficult to tell that it affected his wrestling. But I imagine he was in extreme pain most of the time.
"Foot"note : DeBeers was so shook afterwards he came out the following day and denounced apartheid
Thanks for posting this. Zbyszko has always been one of my favorites.
Larry was an underrated and underappreciated technical wrestler.
I admired Larry throughout hi career, and Kerry was just simply amazing I wish the tragedies that bestowed the von Erich family had not happened, the whole family was based in wrestling such a great loss of talent.
Larry seems like a really nice guy.
BIGWORM 510 That is true lol. 415 to the 510 👍
in my time, guys like stan stasiak were super cool, while ivan putski was an ego maniac. your post was spot on !
Not to his ex wife, who he used to beat regularly. She famously put nude Polaroids of him on cars in the parking lots of his matches during the mid-80s.
A true warrior beating legends, men, and myths with one leg! Always one of my top favorites as a kid!
Master of the figure three and a half leglock.
Dam if I would've watch this live at ringside and seen Kerry's foot in the air I probably fainted. Then my uncle will probably say it's all an act son. Bull S###
I Remember It, I was stationed at Nellis AFB back then and my wife worked at the Showboat.
She would get employee tickets for AWA Wrestling and we would go to the matches every month.
The Showboat was a Great place for Pro-Wrestling. The crowd was shocked seeing Kerry's boot
come off, so was Col DeBeers! I couldn't believe they continued the match. I remember the crowd
always yelling LARRY SUCKS when he came out to Wrestle. Great Times!!!
Im so happy they added the Von erich family in wwe 2k17
Roddy Piper who was close friends with Kerry said he was the only guy that Kerry felt comfortable enough to see his foot without the prosthetic. I saw in a Kevin Von Erich interview where even after his death the Von Erich family didn't want it known about kerry's foot out of respect because Kerry was very self conscious of it. Also Kevin said it did not happen purely due to the wreck. they tried to save the foot but Kerry refused to rest and take time off and after surgeries he injured the foot so severely that they could do nothing else but amputate.
Kerry had been arrested for his second drug offense. The judge went easy on him on the first conviction but with the second one looming, jail time was almost a for sure and he killed himself before finding out his punishment. He also told bret hart the famous saying that his death was inevitable and that his brothers were calling to him. sad story. RIP Kerry.
Respect ...RIP ...GBNF
Melanie L he made an aborted comeback attempt against Brian Adias at either the thanksgiving or Christmas show at Reunion Arena in 1986, only 5 or 6 months after the accident that didn’t air on tv, and many believe that’s where he reinjured the foot so badly that it had to be amputated. Again, as you said, due to Fritz pushing him to get back in the ring as quickly as possible. When you read a lot of these stories it really paints a picture of Fritz as a controlling, abusive father who pushed his sons beyond their limits mentally and physically and made a fortune off of their efforts.
Roddy Piper lied constantly and can't be taken seriously.
He also claimed to be near Mt. St. Helens when it erupted.
@@mrpink99 Fritz didn't push him to do anything, Kerry did it willingly.
I remember reading this in the paper! Didn't realize it was at a live taping!
Searching for Kerry Von Erich vs Colonel DeBeers
Same.
It probably never made it air. I read the magazines pretty religiously back then and they did a really good job keeping his missing foot a secret.
Best segment yet. This should be posted to Philip Zimbardo.
Is it me or does Larry look like Jack Lemmon?
Thomas R. Skidmore more like jim belushi
They probably should have told DeBeers about the leg.
I remember that story a buddy of mine had the tape it was a Indy match RIP Kerry.
It wasn't an indy match. Your friend did not have a tape of it.
R.I.P. Kerry Von Erich!
"It might've been CUT OUT" nice amputation pun Larry
The Living Legend is looking healthy and happy these days.
That's awesome... he was one of my favorite heels of all time.
Would love to see an interview with Edward Wiskoski aka Colonel DeBeers. I remember him well from his time in Portland
Supposedly it happened in a match with Pat Tanaka and also a match with Mike Ratunda too. Who the hell really knows.
Hey Larry saw you at a Denny's in Minneapolic you told your server that you'd give him a tip if he knew who you were and the server came to me and asked me if I remembered who you were and it took me like 10 seconds to get the name right I knew those eyes so well. This was back in 1990ish. T'was a long time ago.
Poor Kerry. RIP .
Larry still looks good for his age. Sadly only a few years ago hanging with Scott Hall he seemingly aged ten years since. Larry the Legend
Larry Z was born in 1951.
Larry should be in the HOF!
He is
Larry is a class act and so was Kerry.
I had a Larry Zybyzko doll.
I just watched a interview w Pat Tanaka saying he took his foot off 🤷🤦
Larry was the Gamer back in the days. He must have taught Ric Flair how to cheat. Hated him then but so much love him now.
I remember Colonel DeBeers. He used to do the goose steps before giving the iron claw!
That was Baron von Raschke.
I remember each time I saw the Baron interviewed he would close with "and that is all you need to know". Great character.
Baron Von Rahske was bald , used the claw, and goosestepped(ironically the man who portrayed Baron was a teacher).
Col.DeBeers gimmick was a South African apartheid/racist (portrayed by a long time wrestler from Canada, who really got over with the gimmick)
DeBeers (Ed Wiskoski) is actually from Missouri. Had a pretty decent career in Portland as "The Polish Prince" Ed Wiskoski.. Von Raschke (Jim Raschke) is from Nebraska. Was a collegiate champion wrestler at the University of Nebraska.
The Baron Von Raschke had to end his interviews that way or he wouldn't convince the people he was from East Germany
Daddy said this was a good trip back to Larry Land
I remember kerry boot coming off. watched it live
No you didn't. 🥱
He's lying about DeBeers throwing it in the air.
Was watching another video where a wrestler said that Kerry lost it in a drug deal.
Amazing Larry got some new teeth!
They only thing on my mind, is what Cizarney thinks about this.
Wow larry is looking old all of a sudden. I just seen him wrestling a benefit show 3 yrs ago and he looked 20 yrs younger
He tells it so well.
somebody needs to tell zybyzsco that tanning beds are not meant for anyone over 100 years old
The GateCityKing watch with your eyes closed.
All old guys in Florida look that tan. It is not from a tanning bed. You can get a tan here checking the mail.
Larry is one of the best wrestlers I’ve ever seen. He is a master of holds/submissions.
Uh EVERYBODY knew about Kerrys foot.
Kerrys life was a waste for the majority he didnt know what planet he was on.
Larry looks great. Good for him.
Lol he's really great at storytelling
He must have gone to The Allman bros school of motorcycle training..hitting anything solid is bad and a police car is worse..although they called for help quick I guess..the bolder they are the younger they go..
lol lol lol poor col debeers he must have freaked lol lol
Sooooooo.....what exactly IS Larry dying of?
Larry looks like Columbo.
OK old Kevin Spacey!
maybe he was rubbing one out while under the ring for 5 minutes lol
Maybe you were helping him.🤔
Look at all the doctors in the comment section hahaahaha
LMAO! Great story
always liked Kerry von erich
Brad Wesley is a bad man!
Haha!!!
nice face lift Larry.
Bwahahaha!
This is hysterical.
HAHAHAHAHA Now THAT was funny!!!