![]() ![]() After graduating from high school, Funk attended West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University), where he competed in amateur wrestling and football. Following the end of World War II, the family relocated to Amarillo, Texas, where Terry and his brother, known professionally as Dory Jr., grew up in the professional wrestling business. He is the son of Dorothy (Culver) and Dory Funk, a professional wrestler and promoter. Funk has been inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them WWE, WCW, NWA, and Hardcore.įunk was born on June 30, 1944, in Hammond, Indiana. He headlined ECW's premier annual pay-per-view event, November to Remember, three times. ![]() He was the promoter of the Amarillo-based Western States Sports promotion.Ĭhampionships held by Funk include the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and ECW World Television Championship. Over the course of his career, Funk has 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 is considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. ![]() Funk is 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. Terrence Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American retired professional wrestler, musician, disc jockey and actor.
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