Fine, no Terry Funkuary for you! :p
In wrestling there are legends, there are hall of famers, there are world champion and then there is Terry Funk. Few have done as much for the art of professional wrestling as the youngest son of Dory Funk, the legendary promoter of the Amarillo NWA territory and patriarch of The Funk Family. Along with his brother, Dory Funk Jr., Terry would embark upon a globe-trotting career that saw him pick up titles wherever he went. A former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, Terry would become one of the most recognisable faces in American wrestling for 3 decades, a huge star in Japanese wrestling and one of the few 'gaijins' to become truly beloved by the Japanese crowds. What's more, he was at the forefront of the 'deathmatch' or 'hardcore' wrestling boom of the '90s, at a point when his contemporaries career's were winding down. A large factor in the early success of ECW, Terry would introduce many fans to a crazier side of pro-wrestling, full of blood and barbed wire. Across the pacific he competed in the famous Kawasaki Dream deathmatch tournament, and drew huge houses feuding with long-time rival Atsushi Onita. After his initial "retirement" in 1983, Terry has continued wrestling and though his matches today are few and far between, it seems The Funker's unable or unwilling to bring the roller-coaster of his career to a definitive stop. Here's a list of just some of his wrestling accolades, in chronological order;
. NWA World Tag Team Champion, 3x
. NWA Western States Tag Team Champion, 3x
. NWA Western States Heavyweight Champion, 10x
. NWA Florida Tag Team Champion
. NWA Florida Television Champion
. NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion, 2x
. NWA International Tag Team Champion, 3x
. NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion
. NWA Americas Heavyweight Champion
. NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, 2x
. NWA International Heavyweight Champion, 2x
. NWA United States Heavyweight Champion
. NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion
. NWA Detroit Brass Knuckles Champion
. NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
. NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion
. WCW Tag Team Champion
. NWA National Television Champion
. NWA Los Angeles World Tag Team Champion
. SWCW World Tag Team Champion
. SWCW Southwest Tag Team Champion
. NWA North American Tag Team Champion
. WWC Tag Team Champion, 2x
. USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion
. ECW Television Champion
. ECW World Heavyweight Champion, 2x
. WWF World Tag Team Champion
. WCW Hardcore Champion, 3x
. WCW United States Heavyweight Champion
. 3PW Heavyweight Champion
. JCW Heavyweight Champion
And a small selection of some of Terry's best matches;
