NWA Champ Kerry Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy

In the image above, Kerry Von Erich hands the "ten pounds of gold" to referee Bronko Lubich before his NWA title defense against Terry Gordy in May 1984. Lubich knows the belt well; he was the referee who was first handed the new belt to Jack Brisco when it was introduced on July 20, 1973 in Houston, TX. 

In the video below, Kerry defends the NWA world championship against Terry Gordy in Ft. Worth, Texas during his three week reign as champion.

The match took place at a "Championship Sports" taping, the weekly two hour wrestling show that aired on KTVT-11 out of Fort Worth. The commentator is Marc Lowrance.

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Texas Stadium 1984: Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair

Kerry Von Erich upsets Ric Flair to win the NWA world championship on 5/6/84 in front of 30,000+ at Texas Stadium in Irving, TX. The bout took place as part of the annual "Parade of Champions" event, that year a tribute to Kerry's brother  David Von Erich.

"You tell your brothers, you tell your old man, Ric Flair will be back."

Belt and Trophy: Kerry Von Erich

Veteran photographer George Napolitano took this photograph of Kerry Von Erich during his short three week reign as NWA Champion. Not sure where it was taken, but the trophy makes me think it was taken in Japan. Kerry defended the title against Tommy "Jumbo" Tsuruta in Japan before losing the title to Ric Flair there.