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TV television tapings are held in the Dory Funk Arena on Saturday nights. [2] Billed as "the most exciting pro-wrestling show on the air" and hosted by Dory Funk Jr., !Bang! TV transmitted weekly on WOGX TV-51, and also My65. A special one-off edition of !BANG! TV was shown on The Wrestling Channel to viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland ...
Dorrance Earnest Funk (born February 3, 1941), [2] [5] known professionally as Dory Funk Jr., is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. The son of Dory Funk (Dorrance Wilhelm Funk) and brother of Terry Funk , he was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas -based Western States Sports promotion.
Western States Sports (also known as the Amarillo Territory) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Amarillo, Texas in the United States. [1] Founded by Dory Detton in 1946, the promotion enjoyed its greatest success in the 1960s and 1970s under the management of Dory Funk and, later, his sons Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk, with its top performers including the Funks themselves ...
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Dorrance Wilhelm Funk [2] (May 4, 1919 – June 3, 1973) was an American professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk, and was a promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion.
David Alan Adkisson (July 22, 1958 – February 10, 1984) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name David Von Erich.A member of the Von Erich family, Von Erich is best known for his appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling, the Dallas, Texas-based professional wrestling promotion owned by his father, Fritz Von Erich.
He spent the majority of his early career as a tag-team partner with his brother, Dory Funk Jr., working in his father’s Western States Sports promotion in Amarillo, Texas, in the 1960s.
Dory Funk, Jr. 1 September 3, 1976 Lubbock, Texas [2] Dennis Stamp 2 September 9, 1976 Lubbock, Texas Dory Funk, Jr. 2 September 30, 1976 Amarillo, Texas Dennis Stamp defeats Funk but the title change is void due to Stamp's usage of the ropes for leverage. Dennis Stamp 3 November 26, 1976 Lubbock, Texas Dennis Stamp 4 March 4, 1977 Ciclon Negro 3