August 23, 2023(2023-08-23) (aged 79) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Alma mater
West Texas State University[1]
Spouse(s)
Vicki Weaver
(m. 1965; died 2019)
Children
2
Family
Dory Funk Sr. (father)[1] Dory Funk Jr. (brother)[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Black Baron[2] Chainsaw Charlie[3] Dr Knows-it-All[2] Terry Funk[4] The Texan[4]
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[5]
Billed weight
247 lb (112 kg)[5]
Billed from
Amarillo, Texas, U.S.[3]
Trained by
Dory Funk[3][1]
Debut
1965[1][6]
Retired
2017
Terrance Dee "Terry" Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler. Widely considered one of the most influential
and greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Funk was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.
Over the course of his career, Funk wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them All Japan Pro Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the International Wrestling Association of Japan, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories including Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. He was the promoter of the Amarillo-based Western States Sports promotion.
Championships held by Funk included the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and ECW World Television Championship. He headlined ECW's premier annual pay-per-view event, November to Remember, three times. Funk was inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them WWE, WCW, NWA, and Hardcore.
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^ abEngler, Craig. "Terry Funk". Canoe.ca. Quebecor Media. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abc"The Funks". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ ab"Terry Funk Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
^ abShields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
^John Grasso (March 6, 2014). Historical Dictionary of Wrestling. Scarecrow Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8108-7926-3.
Terrance Dee "Terry" Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler. Widely considered one of the most influential and greatest...
place. These feuds included Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee in 1977, and TerryFunk vs Jerry Lawler in 1981. The professional wrestling territory commonly...
Mankind) wrestled Sabu at TerryFunk's WrestleFest, an event organized to mark the retirement of Foley's friend TerryFunk. Funk, however, broke his retirement...
three times and was the one to defeat 3 Count at Uncensored 2000; and TerryFunk, a three-time champion who also held the title for a period of almost...
Champion with The Road Warriors. Rhodes had feuds with Abdullah the Butcher, TerryFunk, Kevin Sullivan, Blackjack Mulligan, Nikita Koloff, Harley Race, Superstar...
Sterling Golden. In the fall of 1979, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion TerryFunk introduced Bollea to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) owner/promoter...
Lone Ranger-style mask as Jimmy Jack Funk, the storyline younger and unstable brother of Terry and Dory "Hoss" Funk, with whom he had previously worked...
deathmatch wrestling style. Cactus Jack won the tournament by defeating TerryFunk in the final round. The tournament was critically acclaimed and widely...
Booker T. The August 25 episode of SmackDown honored both Rotunda and TerryFunk, who had died one day before Rotunda; the show opened with a ten-bell...
continued touring as Grand Funk Railroad. Grand Funk Railroad was formed as a trio in 1969 by Mark Farner and Don Brewer from Terry Knight and the Pack and...
matches were scheduled on the main card. In one of the show's main event's, TerryFunk defeated The Sandman and Stevie Richards in a Three-Way Dance to earn...
before feuding with TerryFunk. He was (kayfabe) fired by Vince Russo at Spring Stampede in April 2000 for failing to prevent TerryFunk from winning the...
supporting characters and in cameos, including TerryFunk, Ted DiBiase, Bob Roop, Dick Murdoch, Dory Funk Jr., Don Leo Jonathan, Don Kernodle, Gene Kiniski...
under the management of Dory Funk and, later, his sons Dory Funk Jr. and TerryFunk, with its top performers including the Funks themselves and Ricky Romero...
Year" by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. On July 23, 1989, Flair defeated TerryFunk at The Great American Bash, but the two continued to feud through the...
Like previous Grand Funk Railroad albums, it was recorded at Cleveland Recording Company and is the final album produced by Terry Knight. The title is...
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