Ric Flair, in his book To Be the Man, describes a match with Kerry Von Erich in which Kerry was so heavily drugged that Flair had to carry him for a full hour. How much truth is there to this story?

The chapter of Ric's book which deals with World Class has been highly controversial among, and hotly debated by, fans of Kerry and WCCW. Sadly, the story of this bout, which took place on January 7, 1985 in Fort Worth, is all too true. According to Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer in a thread at Wrestling Classics, Kerry had been emotionally distraught because his dog had died earlier that day; he could not be located at match time until Gary Hart and referee Rick Hazzard finally found him passed out in his car.

When Kerry was brought to the ring for his match with Flair after a considerable delay, the one-hour draw that followed was such a disaster that, in one of the few taped inserts not related to the death of a wrestler, Marc Lowrance appeared from the KTVT studios to assure Championship Sports viewers that Kerry's condition the previous Monday evening had been due to a "106-degree fever" and that he had "left the hospital" to fulfill his obligation to wrestle for the ... more.

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