Kurt Von Hess and Karl Von Shotz were a great team in the 1970s. They even held the NWA World Tag Team title. As far as I know, however, they only appeared once in Phoenix.
The debut for this hated tag team took place in the early 1970s, when The Sheik made an attempt to run Arizona with the backing of the owner of a pharmaceutical chain,.
Von Hess & Von Shotz put their belts on the line against Fred Curry & Terry Funk.
As far as I know, this might have been the only time Funk and Curry ever teamed together.
In any case, the match was the main event, but had a hard act to follow with the semi-main featuring Luis Martinez vs The Sheik in an absolute blood bath.
Predictably, the Germans did their double teaming and distracting the referee, until the good guys started fighting back. Surprisingly, Funk did not engage in his typical brawling, but used holds and routines, though eh did throw in a punch once in a while. Curry did his famed dropkicks and other flying moves to retaliate against the villains.
In the end, Von Hess and Shotz were counted out, which saw the Curry/Funk team winning the match, but not the belts.
So much for that.
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