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Zac Efron, wearing blue trunks, delivers a flying kick to Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a wrestling ring during a match scene from the film The Iron Claw, with a referee and audience in the background. Harris Dickinson, Zac Efron, Stanley Simons, and Jeremy Allen White pose casually by a white fence in a grassy field for a promotional photo for the film The Iron Claw.
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The Iron Claw

film by Durkin [2023]
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Zac Efron, wearing blue trunks, delivers a flying kick to Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a wrestling ring during a match scene from the film The Iron Claw, with a referee and audience in the background.
The Iron Claw (2023) Publicity still of a scene with Zac Efron (right) wrestling Chavo Guerrero Jr. from the 2023 film The Iron Claw, about the Von Erich family of professional wrestlers.

"The Iron Claw" is a 2023 film directed by Sean Durkin that chronicles the tragic story of the Von Erich family, a prominent wrestling dynasty in Texas from the 1950s to the early 1990s. The film stars Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich, Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich, and Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich.12

The Von Erich family, legally named Adkisson, adopted the wrestling persona of Fritz Von Erich, a villainous character inspired by Nazis. Fritz, along with his five sons—David, Mike, Kerry, Chris, and Kevin—became famous in regional wrestling circuits. Despite their success, the family was plagued by repeated tragedies, leading some to believe they were cursed. The film explores their rise to fame and the devastating losses they endured, including untimely deaths and career-ending injuries, all while they pursued wrestling stardom.1

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