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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 ...
The Funking Conservatory is a professional wrestling school owned by Dory Funk Jr. and established in 1991. [1] It started as a six-day camp, but it later expanded to a three-week program. In 2001, it began running a professional wrestling promotion called " !Bang!
WWE extends its condolences to Funk’s family, friends and fans. ... of his early career as a tag-team partner with his brother, Dory Funk Jr., working in his father’s Western States Sports ...
WWE confirmed his passing in a statement.
The main event was a no disqualification match between Bret Hart and Terry Funk in what was billed as Funk's retirement match. 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 ...
Even though he's only been wrestling for three years, Evan Funk has emerged as the "unsung hero" for the 2023-24 Honesdale boys wrestling team.