The movie follows four brothers
link who each follow in the footsteps of their father by entering the world of professional wrestling in the 1980s – a formative time for the sport just as the WWF was coming into its own. This is a family besieged by loss from the jump as we learn from the eldest living brother, Kevin Von Erich (played by Efron) that he had an older brother
link who passed away as a child – leaving him as the de-facto oldest
link in the family. He is also the first of his brothers to go pro.