Is it true that Kerry Von Erich once wrestled in ECW?
Yes. Shortly before his death, Kerry worked one match against Salvatore Bellomo for the promotion (then owned by Tod Gordon and known as Eastern Championship Wrestling) at the Radisson Hotel in Philadelphia. Kerry, a last-minute substitute for another wrestler, was accompanied by valet Woman (Nancy Sullivan, a.k.a. Nancy Benoit) and battled Bellomo to a double countout. The 1/23/93 card was the last show, or one of the last shows, that the group ran before making ECW Arena (formerly Viking Hall, now the New Alhambra Arena) its permanent home base. (Despite published claims to the contrary, this was not Kerry’s final match; that would have been a GWF tag bout at the Sportatorium on 2/12/93, which Kerry and Chris Adams lost via DQ to Johnny Mantell and Black Bart.) Kerry entered the ring on this occasion wearing a mask as well as the familiar ring jacket bearing his name. Although some have attributed this to Kerry being in a drug-impaired state, wrestler J.D. McKay has pointed out that
