Besides Waldo and Lance, have there been any other “Von Erichs” who weren members of the Adkisson family?
Quite a few, actually…though not all of them have been wrestlers, and most have used the name without permission. To our knowledge, the only non-Adkisson family member who has done so with Kevin’s blessing is Jaret Reddick, lead singer for the Denton-based band Bowling for Soup, who has been credited as Jaret Von Erich on some of the band’s CDs. Texas indy wrestler Rick Lerebeus (formerly Marc Valiant in the GWF), who briefly ran the Christian-oriented Acts Wrestling Alliance indy group, has used the name Mark Von Erich and falsely claimed to be an Adkisson relative for a number of years, despite having reportedly been sent at least one cease-and-desist letter by Kevin. A few years ago, a mixed martial arts fighter and trainer hailing from Mesquite, Ralph Murillo Calvillo — who was also a convicted sex offender, though he claimed to have been falsely convicted — was billed as Layn Von Erich, “member of [the] famous pro wrestling family”. (Calvillo did at least contact the family se
