{"id":54,"date":"2012-06-07T04:54:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T04:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringtimeprowrestling.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2012-06-07T04:54:29","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T04:54:29","slug":"terry-funk-old-school-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringtimeprowrestling.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Terry Funk – Old School Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> In today’s old school profile we will take a look at the 5 decade long career of this legend of professional wrestling. Terry has wrestled in almost every organization in the world. He has been apart of NWA, AWA, WWF\/E, WCW, ECW, USWA, ROH, and TNA. The former NWA World Heavyweight Champion held the title for 14 months when he defeated the legendary Jack Brisco in 1975. He also won ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice. Funk is the only wrestler to have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, the NWA Hall of Fame, the Hardcore Hall of Fame, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. What Terry is probably most known for by modern wrestling fans is as one of the main innovators of hardcore wrestling. Which was the inspiration to stars such as Mick Foley and Sabu.<\/p>\n

Wrestling is In The Blood <\/span>
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\"\"<\/a> Terry was born into a wrestling family in Amarillo, TX. He is the son of Dory Funk Sr and brother of Dory Funk Jr. Terry began his career in pro wrestling after graduating from West Texas State University, where he had excelled at football. He and his brother Dory began wrestling for his father’s wrestling promotion in the 1960’s. He and Dory Jr are the only set of brothers to have both ever held the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Terry’s wild and unpredictable style in the ring excited crowds in Texas and all over the world. At the end of 1975 the NWA Board of Directors made the decision to let Terry have a run with the title. Funk defended his championship against a plethora of top opponents (including major feuds against the likes of Dusty Rhodes, Dick the Bruiser, Harley Race, Jerry Lawler, Giant Baba and many others) in territories across the world. When his 14 month NWA title reign ended with a loss to Harley Race in Toronto, Funk too some time off from the sport. Then he and Dory Jr began travel all over the country and Japan as the 70’s winded down.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> In the 1980’s Funk brought his talents to the WWF. Funk had the gimmick of carrying a branding iron with him to ringside and using it to “brand” his fallen opponents. In the mid 1980s, Terry teamed with Dory (calling himself “Hoss” Funk) and Jimmy Jack Funk (Jesse Barr), a fake Funk. They were managed by Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart. They began a heated rivalry with the Junkyard Dog which led to a match between Terry Funk and Hoss Funk and the team of Tito Santana and Junkyard Dog at the 2nd WrestleMania. At the end of the decade Funk went back to the NWA and began a feud with then World Champ Ric Flair.<\/p>\n

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Terry Funk Goes Extreme <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n