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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.
Terrance Dee 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 ...
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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Funk, whose in-ring career spanned six decades, wrestled for nearly every major U.S. wrestling promotion, winning countless championships and earning accolades across the industry.
Funk was born in Hammond, Indiana, on May 4, 1919, as the son of Emma E. (Gust) and Adam Funk. He was an Indiana high school state champion amateur wrestler for three years at Hammond High School in Hammond, Indiana, as well as an Indiana State University Amateur Athletic Union champion for one year.
The referee for the bout was Funk's friend Dennis Stamp. At the time of the match, Hart was working for the World Wrestling Federation, where he was the WWF Champion; Hart wrestled at the event at the request of Dory Funk Jr.. Before the match began, the ECW roster and Funk's family came to the ring.
The Rock is a distant member of the Anoa'i family wrestling dynasty and, while he's not blood-related to Reigns, ... Terry Funk, WWE Hall of Famer, Dead at 79. Bray Wyatt, WWE Superstar, Dead at ...