One of the biggest omissions from the movie was the story of Chris Von Erich, the fifth brother who is completely absent throughout. He took his own life at the age of 21, and was reportedly in the script for a long time in the pre-production phase, but his story was cut for pacing reasons as the movie already had a long runtime. This decision was criticised by some people who know the Von Erich story, but understood the decision.
There was one part of the story that Kevin Von Erich wasn’t a fan of and that was the portrayal of his father Fritz. The former owner of World Class Championship Wrestling died in 1997 after a battle with cancer, but was mainly portrayed as an unforgiving character in the movie, something that his son didn’t think was accurate. Instead Kevin explained that while he and the rest of his brothers were always loyal to their father, they loved each other very much and always looked out for each other, which is something Von Erich felt was omitted from the final cut.
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