CMT IDEAS

LAST MAN STANDING: THE VON ERICH SAGA

BEFORE THE WWE, THE CAPITOL OF THE WRESTLING WORLD WAS DALLAS, TEXAS AND THE VON ERICH’S WERE IT’S TRAGIC ROYAL FAMILY. ONCE THERE WERE 6 BROTHERS. NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE. THIS IS THE EPIC SAGA OF HOW ONE SOUTHERN FAMILY BECAME TEXAS SIZED CHAMPIONS BEFORE BEING WIPED OUT THROUGH A HORRIFIC CYCLE OF SUICIDE AND TRAGEDY.

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THE LEGEND OF CHRIS KYLE

THE DEADLIEST SNIPER IN U.S. HISTORY PERFORMED NEAR MIRACLES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. THEN HE HAD TO COME HOME.

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AGGIE BONFIRE

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATELY OBSERVED TRADITIONS ON ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS IN THE COUNTRY. THEN, ON NOVEMBER 18, 1999, A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BURN, THE TEXAS A&M BONFIRE COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, KILLING TWELVE AGGIES. TEN YEARS LATER, AS THE UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO WRESTLE WITH THE TRAGEDY—AND DEBATE WHETHER BONFIRE SHOULD EVER RETURN TO CAMPUS—THE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO CHOPPED LOGS, HAULED TIMBER, AND BUILT STACK TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW, WHAT THEY LOST, AND HOW THEIR SCHOOL WAS CHANGED FOREVER.

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