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SADELY DAVID WAS A DRUG ADDICT

I appreciate that. The early ones i worried about length, but once I did the one on Bruiser Brody I decided to give myself a little more room and it has worked out well.

​@@AViewFromTheMiddle I believe you Richard blood confused with tito santana . He became Ricky steamboat

@@diablo666541 They both used the name.

Only like 10 or 15 bucks a month.

I appreciate that. You might change your mind after the one I have coming up. Haha. I had kind of a tough time with it but I think it's coming out okay.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle Lol, I'm sure it will be another high quality production

Both Tito Santana and Ricky Steamboat used the name.

They both used the name. Santana used it in Georgia and Mid Atlantic before he became Tito Santana in the WWF.

Glad you like them!

Oh my gosh. Between that and 'The Dallas Texans became the Chiefs not the Colts" in another video it makes me wish I could add a pop up video. It would really blow the mind of some people if they knew there was a jobber in World Class in the early 80s named Richard Blood too.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle haha I hear that man! A 3rd. Blood? I never knew that one thank you.

If Kerry could've cut a better promo it would have been a huge game changer.

@@FrankBeingFrank Yeah it is odd. I don't know if Tito picked it or they picked it for him.

They both used the name. Santana actually used it longer, but Steamboat gained the notoriety for it because it's his real name.

I forgot, Tito did use the name and I think a couple of other people did too

They both used the name.

Ahhh

I did think about that when I was watching the movie.

I've heard the Bulimia thing before. That's the thing with David's death, just like with Bruiser Brody, if you ask ten different wrestlers you might get ten different answers. I do know that many times when it comes to stomach problems a person can get what feels like hunger pains, and I wonder if that's what happened with David when he ate all that food.

If he had not left for Japan and stayed in the states David would have lived.

They both used the name.

Yeah just kind of looks like some guy you'd see in line at Circle K buying smokes.

They both used the name.

Actually they both used the name.

I forgot he used it in 1977/78 and steamboat in the early 80s

Michael Hayes said in an interview, it was like being slammed on wrestling mats in a gym, ya know that Inch thick blue shit? I'd take that over the sportatorium ring but I loved every single bump. 😮😂😂😂 BADSTREET

They both used the name. Santana actually used it longer, but for whatever reason Steamboat became more connected to the name.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle awesome content I grew up watching WCCW and I didn't know that about Steamboat thank you

They both used the name.

They both used the name.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle Really ?? Hmm learned something new.

@@victorianoreyes3642 Santana started out under his real name, them used Richard Blood in Georgia and Mid Atlantic, then went back to his real name in Western States. Then on to WWF and Tito Santana.

It's one of the great "What ifs" in pro wrestling. What if David Von Erich didn't die? It's hard to know what would happen. I don't know if David would have meshed well with Vince, but many people believe that if David had lived the WWF wouldn't have been the premiere organization in wrestling, it would be World Class.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle thanks

I'd say maybe , once Kerry left I think he'd have been champ in wccw or maybe face bokwinkel or go to njp

That's a new one.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle I believe that was " SARCASM". Im an old man, why are you so mean 😢

@@bigfootaintreal5454 ... Huh?

He did go. I've heard him tell two different stories and don't know if he was with the group that initially went up or not or came up after.

Yeah, but it was with Crockett's promotion.

Not that I remember, but it might have just been something he said during a promo or something

Yes... I know... They both used the name.

Merced Solis is Tito. Dick Blood is Steamboat.

They both used the name. In fact, Santana used the name Richard Blood even longer than Steamboat did when he was in Georgia and Mid Atlantic.

@@AViewFromTheMiddle I never knew that. I wonder why he chose that name. Steamboat wanted to avoid being called Dick Blood. And who could blame him.

@@jasoncoward-aintscared It's a name for sure. Might be neither of them chose it and it was given to them by someone. Santana went back to his real name when he went to Western States before he went to WWF and became Tito Santana.

They both used the name.

​@@AViewFromTheMiddle Richard Blud is Ricky Steamboat's real name. On the birth certificate real name. Steamboat only used his real name briefly. When he went to CWF Eddie Graham made him Ricky Steamboat. Sam Steamboat's nephew was the story.

@@pauljoyner4338 Yes, it is his real name. Tito Santana and at least one other also used it. And Tito Santana was actually Merced Solis.

Autopsy reports in Japan are not made public and are not even shared with the bereaved, so no strings needed to be pulled. Acute enteritis, if it reaches that level and is left untreated, can cause death in someone any age or condition. The key word is "most". As for the "bullshit stories", it was 1984 and instant communication was not a thing. When they did talk to someone who was there, days later, common sense would tell someone their first question wasn't "Where did David eat?" In trying to make sense of it all, a person might think out loud, "Maybe he ate some sushi and it aggravated what was wrong." The problem then becomes "wrestling journalists" will then grab a line like that, especially one that has openly disliked the Von Erichs, and push it forward. It will then be repeated by their readers, many of whom will add their own flavor with their own bullshit. Eventually you get someone that reads something and simply repeats it with zero effort put into placing it into context or making sure everything in the claim can be factual. I wasn't in Japan with David, I didn't perform the autopsy, I can't say with no doubt whatsoever what happened. What I can say is that the base of the story, that David died of acute enteritis, is not only believable it is likely. The factual holes are in the conspiracy theories.