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Folks, talk to me about Terry Funk. I grew up watching wrestling from early 90s onwards but I feel like I've had a Funk blindspot all my life. I've seen lots of other Wrestlers have a tremendous amount of respect and reverence for the Funkster, so can anyone point me in the direction of some must watch Funk matches or promos?
Funk is the absolute greatest at getting sympathy from a crowd. He did the brittle old vet who is past his prime gimmick for like 40 years. People love seeing the old vet get beat down and then have that shimmer of greatness come back and get the momentum back in them.
6 days ago · WWE. When Terry Funk reemerged in WWE in the late '90s wearing pantyhose on his head, fans weren't quite sure what to make of it. Most assumed it was another harebrained idea from the WWE...
Aug 25, 2023 · In one of Funk's final matches under the bright lights of a major PPV event, he teamed with ECW originals Beulah McGillicutty and Tommy Dreamer in a brutal, bloody six-person tag match.
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1960s–1970s
Funk started out his career in 1965, working in his father Dory Funk, Sr.'s promotion in Amarillo, Texas. He and his brother, Dory Funk, Jr., quickly rose up the ranks and became big money wrestlers by the end of the decade. They joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1968. In 1975, Terry defeated Jack Brisco for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He began a fourteen-month title reign which ended in Toronto when he was defeated by "Handsome" Harley Race, who won the title for th...
World Wrestling Federation
Terry Funk made his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut in 1985. In his televised debut on Championship Wrestling, he not only beat Aldo Marino, but he also beat up a ring attendant named Mel Phillips who was also, at the time, one of the WWF ring announcers. Funk also had the gimmick at the time of carrying a branding iron with him to ringside and using it to "brand" his fallen opponents. In early 1986 Funk challenged Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship but was defeated. Terry next teamed...
World Championship Wrestling
In 1989, Funk entered World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and joined the J-Tex Corporation. He began feuding with Ric Flair, who had defeated Ricky Steamboat at WrestleWar 1989 for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Funk, who was one of three judges for the main event, challenged Flair to a title match. Flair refused, saying that Funk was "spending time in Hollywood" instead of focusing on wrestling. Funk then attacked, Piledriving Flair on a ringside table. This put the champion, Flair,...
In 1999, Funk was featured in director Barry Blaustein's wrestling documentary, Beyond the Mat. His legendary toughness was attested to in the wrestling documentary when cameramen followed him to a medical appointment where he was told, by the doctor, that he should not even be able to walk without intense pain. He has also appeared in other movies...
Funk married his wife Vicki Ann Weaver on August 14, 1965. Their first of two daughters, Stacy, was born on September 10, 1967, followed by Brandee on September 30, 1971. His younger daughter Brandee was married on August 14, 1993 to Larry Paul Backus. They later divorced, with Brandee remarrying Jason M. Dungan (born 1975). Funk's older daughter S...
Aug 31, 2015 · * 28 years ago in 1987, one of the greatest feuds in wrestling history, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu, had its first singles match on a AJPW card at Budokan Hall in Tokyo. They had...
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On June 7, 2006, it was announced that Beulah would be in the corner of Dreamer and Terry Funk against then-heels, Mick Foley and Edge as an equalizer to the heel gimmick of Lita. On the day of the pay-per-view, the tag match was later changed to a six-person mixed tag match pitting Edge, Foley, and Lita against Dreamer, Funk, and herself.
