I can't believe Kerry had a prosthetic foot. He got around pretty good with that thing

Sure the match wasn't great, but the shock of Kerry winning made it great for me as a kid.

Kerry Von Erich and Curt Hennig....Two of the GREATEST wrestlers of all time.

2 Things. 1. Butus The Barber Beefcake was one of the biggest stars in the WWF at the time, and when I say "one of," I mean top 4 or 5. Worst part of wrestling podcasts is the revisionist history. And 2., I don't know anyone who watched it who thought it was a bad match. It's one of those matches that you remember every move in it. Piper's commentary was fantastic. Huge moment.

When you did the claw to someone as a kid it freaking hurt

the match was short, and entertaining. perfect looked like a million bucks with that neon singlet, tanned, and with that shiny IC title belt. Hennig sold very well for Kerry, and that was the point. To make Von Erich look like a legit threat in a somewhat squash, that Hennig couldn't prepare for on short notice. Kerry was very over the entire time he was in the company. See the pop at Survivor Series 90, Royal Rumble 91, and Royal Rumble 92. And it was very obvious the WWF fans knew who Von Erich was. The minute he came in and challenged Perfect, he was perceived as a threat just from his past accolades alone. Wished his IC reign was a little longer. Had he been around in the mid 90s still, he likely would have had another IC reign or a tag reign with another superstar. Von Erich was an asset, even with the foot issue.

I personally thought the Perfect & Tornado match at Summerslam was perfect!

Conrad criticizing Kerry because he had a prosthetic foot? SMH

I loved the Mr Perfect vs Kerry Von Erich feud .

I find the negative opinion odd on this match. Its my personal favourite short match of all time and loved the two working together.

It’s a shame Perfect never had the WWF World Title.

I really liked that match and Kerry gave an awesome promo before the match. Totally disagree with Meltzer.

Beefcake was definitely IC champion material. He was one of the most popular guys in the company at the time. He was pretty good in the ring as well before his accident. Hell, if Honkey Tonk Man could have the title for over a year, I think Brutus could have held it until the next ppv.

Wrong!! The Von Erichs had one of the best finishing maneuvers in pro wrestling. Some igmo thought to banish the iron claw from all of the Von Erichs.

I thought this match was awesome!! Still love it today.

Beefcake never won tag titles with Hogan so that's wrong

Beefcake beat Perfect at WM6 - his first televised loss. Perfect then wins the tournament for the vacated IC title while Brutus craps out early. Beefcake was meant to finally get the IC belt after years of near-misses and finish the feud with Perfect. The finish for the SS match with Kerry was almost identical to the finish with Beefcake at WM6.

I saw a match between Texas Tornado and Mr. Perfect in late 1990 in Miami, Florida. Von Erich won and retained the I-C championship. Those two performers complemented each other so well in the ring. They each died way too young.

One of my all time favorite PPVs

Damn Texas tornado story sad I remember seeing him as a kid once and he was memorable man. Nice physique. Definitely deserved his ic push. Rip Texas tornado. I wish he would have not done that man.

Wait hold on Beefcake and Hogan didn’t win the tag belts did they 1:56? I loved Kerry’s promo before the match

The claw was legendary first of all and there's been way more stupider finishers in the history of wrestling. The samoan spike from Umaga, the whoopee cushion by Doink The Clown, the ridiculous punches and little dance that the Road Dogg would do. Wake up Conrad...the claw was at least believable for its time.

May they both Rest in Peace.

World Class was on ESPN. They had MAJOR exposure on a Network at that time had a rocket strapped to it's viewership rates.

The Ultimate Warrior gave Perfect his first pinfall loss on a televised match from MSG just weeks before WM VI.

I liked it, Kerry was on one foot, pretty impressive, 5 stars.

I loved the match for what it was. I don't understand the hate for it.

Beefcake and Hogan won tag belts??? Btw, Beefcake missed TWO I.C. booked to WIN @ Summerslam 88 & Summerslam 90. Missed both matches bc of facial injuries.

Maybe you don’t remember Slaughters finisher by grinding his knuckles into the other guys temple.

Curt was the perfect IC champion.

Sometimes it seems like pulling teeth for Conrad to get an answer out of Prichard, Conrad should get him to give his legendary defense of the Red Rooster Gimmick

Tornado really seemed to run out of steam after he lost the IC belt. Sadly, the most memorable part of his run for me is when he jobbed to Undertaker on Superstars.

Guys like Kerry, Dusty, jyd and Lawler was all ready over when they got to WWE,that's the one and only thing I agree what Bruce said .

Curt sold that discus pinch fantastic

Shortly after I turned 21 I ran into Mr. Perfect at a bar in Minneapolis looking for crack. I was so shook.

I was there at the Spectrum. I also was at WrestleMania 5.

I really liked the match, maybe because I watched this so close to the Ultimate Warrior beating Honkey Tonk Man and it felt similar in excitement/shock.

The Claw was over. Look at that pop it got. Of course Vince can't have that.

Back then, the kid in me loved Beefcake. Wish he had a run with the IC here. Mr Perfect was awesome and should still have had a spot or two as well But. Von Erich was over but not with me I guess.

Kerry was the right pick , you look at him and go champion.

Bam Bam as potential IC champ in WWF summer 90 sounds extremely left-field.....

I loved this era of wrestling I hate today wrestling

Beefcake was WAY over in 1990, Conrad, Jesus. We know you hate the guy but do SOME research.

i can’t imagine bam bam bigelow being in that spot beating perfect for the IC

Conrad comes off like a prick in this conversation

This was supposed to be Brutus

I don't know where they got the idea that Davey Boy & Bam Bam were being considered to beat Perfect - neither was in the Federation at the time. Bulldog didn't return until just before the Royal Rumble, and Bigelow didn't return for at least three years. Davey and Perfect were feuding the following year leading up to SummerSlam, but out of nowhere they put Hart into the match instead.

Kerry was in his own head too much. You can't tell he had one foot. Dude was moving great.

Shame hogan was a belt hog would have loved to see henning in the book

The Iron Claw wasn't the dumbest finishing maneuver - It was Hogan's dumb ass leg drop.

Summerslam 90 was amazing def better than 91 except for bret vs Mr perfect (match made in hell sucked)

Always wondered why Mr Perfect span the other way that Kerry punched him before pinning him 😂

It's a crying shame Mr. Perfect was never world champion. He deserved much better than being stuck in the mid card.

Bigelow wasn't in the WWF at that time.

kind of ala Warrior HTM a couple years earlier

Beefcake and Hogan got a shot at wrestlemania 9 against money Inc I think, they won by disqualification I think so money Inc retained the titles I think Jimmy Hart also turned against money Inc, haven't saw it for a while

Not sure bulldog or bigelow were in wwf in 1990

I wouldn't have wanted Beefcake winning the title there. What would be the point of having Beefcake/Perfect on back 2 back ppvs. With Beefcake being jotted to win first then the second. Despite the fact Perfect somehow won a championship after the WM loss and not Beefcake. This would just ruin Perfect.

Conrad is asking why the match wasn't better and if Kerry had really lost that much in losing his foot and wrestling with a prosthesis. It's pretty obvious if you watch pre-amputation Kerry vs post-amputation Kerry - Kerry was nowhere near as athletic or as mobile after the amputation and it showed. That's why he didn't have very many really good matches in the WWF. It just wasn't possibly with his athletic and mobility limitations. It was basically a testament to Kerry that he was able to comeback at all after the amputation but he was absolutely never anywhere close to the same in the ring. Also, I've heard it said that Hennig was not happy about losing the title to Kerry, really didn't want to work with Kerry at all and went out of his way to give Kerry a hard time during their feud in the WWF.

Umm I'm from Canada and we only had wwf dominanating our TVs before Nitro made it's way here on the regular. I'm assuming fans in the states would absolutely be familiar with talent that would go to different promotions no? Only makes sence to me. I've always said, that if I was a wrestling fan that lived in the states and had access to all kinds of wrestling, things might be different as a wrestling fan. The story needs to be told what it was like to be a wrestling fan back in the 80s in Canada. Because it was was different. We got ripped off on a whole bigger world of wrestling

Former AWA Champ vs former NWA Champ. I thought it was a good way to bring Kerry in, giving him a big win and the IC title. It didn’t hurt Curt at all. A lot better than jobbing to Booty man

I liked kerry the stand out of the von erichs I thought he would've went farther I liked kerry though

Bruce hates the claw because his mom was famous for it on everyone's junk.

Kerry was a Blue Chipper and NWA Heavyweight champion before the motorcycle wreck, so yea Conrad I’m sure the match would’ve been much better if Kerry had both feet. Watch something besides WWF sometimes why don’t ya. Go watch WCCW in 83-86 and find out why Kerry Von Erich was considered one of the best wrestlers on the planet during those years. Instead of watching a match when he no longer had the balance, quickness, and explosiveness as before the amputation.

There were MUCH "dumber" finishers than the Claw! The People's Elbow? The Worm? I always thought the Claw could be pretty dramatic, outside of the WWF!

Beefcake won the belts with Hogan? 🤔

Kerry's top 5 matches Ric Flair Gino Hernandez One Man Gang Michael P.S. Hayes Curt Henning

Bulldog v Perfect would have been great.

Conrad is hosting a wrestling podcast and did not know how big World Class Wrestling was in PA and even bigger in N.J. and that's why WCCW came to Valley Forge and sold out in 1 hour then went to Wildwood and sold out in 40 minures. Maybe Conrad should learn wrestling better. You see Kerry won.

Mr. Perfect sold tf out of Tornado

Mr. Perfect first pin fall lose was to Ultimate Warrior in a Madison Square Garden match before Wrestle mania 6 that was aired on MSG channel

"Do you really think losing a foot affected him that much?" .... are you shitting me?

Kurt why work harder in the match. Kerry's to Win. Henning could set the match on fire. Still Kerry's match. One Minute Job.

Kerry could never get a leg up on the competition.

Conrad is mad Kerry beat Flair

Stupidest move? Is conrad dumb that move was super over in dallas

I'm glad we didn't have Brutus beefcake vs mr perfect glad we have Texas tornado vs vs mr perfect and Texas tornado won I was not happy that after tornado lost back to me perfect not really lost but lost the belt because of Ted dibiase we didn't get a second chance to be ic champion again he should have been ic champion 2times I stead of w1

Brotsh bulldog would fit well to I actually like British bulldog more them brutz beefquake I am glad beefquake didn't get the tittle shot against Mr perfect and won British bulldog I wouldpreferd them beefquake but still I still think Kerry von Erich would have fit that number 1im glad keeryvonerich got the shot brotsh bulldog I like him way better the beefquake but I still think keeryvonerich was the best one during that time Kerry on Erich I put him above both broths bulldog and Brutus beefquake

Wonder if Conrad doesn't like Kerry because he beat Flair for the title? Kerry and Perfect didn’t decide the time of the match. They had like 7 minutes.

Hogan and Beefcake never won the tag titles. These guys don’t know Jack. All this show is is audible Wikipedia

I can't believe I'm saying this but even "the worm" was better than the claw. No disrespect, but Kerry didn't seem too bright either. Davey Boy ( R.I.P. ) would have been a better opponent for Kurt ( R.I.P. ), similar to Bret & Davey Boy. Both Kurt & Davey were technicians, Kurt was no slouch in the strength department & Kurt's agility vs Davey's power would have been great match up.

Beefcake would have been a horrible IC champion. Did Kerry lost a step!!! Hahahaha!!!!!

1 star????? 😂😂😂

Vince always believed wrestling fans were stupid, and always felt they knew nothing about other promotions such as World Class. When in fact it was McMahon himself who never watched wrestling from anywhere.

The Claw may have been stupid when the father "Fritz von Erich" used it as part of his goose stepping Na zi gimmick. But it was especially stupid once Fritz turned face and somehow (how?) turned his kayfabe self into something more closely matching what he really was: a Texas patriarch of a family of good ol' boys. "The Claw" makes no sense as a finisher for a cowboy.

Kerry could not beat perfect on his worst day, kurt was the best of his time people still study his matches to learn how to wrassel

Why does anyone still acknowledge Dave Meltzers rating and opinions, like he's some official judge? He's a mark that's been allowed way to much opinionated power. He's about as sad as the geek in a wizards cloak that oversees D&D games.