R.I.P. Terry Funk

Wrestling Legend Terry Funk has died at age 79

1944-2023

 https://sports.yahoo.com/professional-wrestling-legend-terry-funk-204608279.html?

 Terry held a myriad of titles all over the world but the biggest was the NWA World Heavyweight Title.  He defeated Jack Brisco (December 9th 1974) for his one and only championship reign.  He held the title for 14 months before losing the belt to Harley Race in Toronto on February 10th 1975.

He was named the Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Wrestler of the Year for 1976.

He would also win the PWI Feud of the Year in 1989 vs. Ric Flair

Magazine Cover of the Week

1977 Wrestling Annual

Magazine Cover of the Week

Sports Review Wrestling

October 1982

10 Best Wrestling Movies

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!

1976

Terry Funk - NWA World Heavyweight Champion (left)

Bob Backlund - Missouri Heavyweight Champion (right)

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WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!

7 Great NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Champions

Dory Funk Jr., Terry Funk, Gene Kiniski, Lou Thesz, Buddy Rogers, Harley Race and Pat O'Connor

Top 10 Raw moments: WWE Top 10, March 21, 2016

Stunning Steel Chair Attacks: WWE Top 10

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Week

Inside Wrestling 

March 1976

International Match of the Night

All Japan Television

August 29th 1985

Stan Hansen and Ted Dibiase

vs

Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr.

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

March 1972

Clash of the Champions IX - New York Knockout

Clash of the Champions IX took place on November 15, 1989 at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.9 rating on TBS. This show mainly dealt with fallout from Halloween Havoc PPV and set up the Iron Man / Iron Team tournaments at Starrcade 1989.^[11]

• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) by disqualification (5:18)
  • The Road Warriors were disqualified when Hawk hit the referee.
  • The Freebirds had actually lost the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so the Freebirds were introduced as the NWA World Tag Team champions.
• Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (with Woman and Nitron) defeated Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich (5:15)
  • Doom #1 pins Rich after a double team Clothesline
• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (9:22)
  • Eaton pinned Douglas after Jim Cornette hits Douglas with his tennis racket.
  • Jim Cornette was in a neutral corner at the start of the match before deciding to side with the Midnight Express
• Steve Williams defeated The Super Destroyer (1:41)
  • Williams pinned the Super Destroyer with the Oklahoma Stampede
  • This is Jack Victory's 4th “Masked Mystery Man” appearance at a Clash (“Russian Assassin #2”, “The Blackmailer” and “The Terrorist”)
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) by disqualification (6:08)
  • The Steiner Brothers had actually won the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so The Steiners were not announced as the champions.
  • The Skyscrapers were disqualified when Doom ran in and attacked the Steiner Brothers.
  • During the match Sid Vicious punctures a lung and is replaced by ”Mean” Mark Callous soon after.
  • Woman's bodyguard Nitron makes his debut during the post match brawl between the Steiners, the Skyscrapers, Doom and the Road Warriors.
• Lex Luger defeated Brian Pillman to retain the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (12:38)
  • Luger pinned Pillman after hitting him with a chair while the referee was down.
  • Sting saved Pillman from further attacks by Luger.
• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk (with Gary Hart) in an "I Quit" match (18:33)
  • Flair forced Funk to say “I Quit” on the microphone due to the pain of the Figure Four Leglock
  • Gary Hart attacked Funk after the match and was quickly joined by The Great Muta.
  • Sting saved Flair from the attack only to be attacked by Lex Luger.
  • This match received a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer.
  • Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.

Saturday Night's Main Event - November 2nd 1985

The 3rd episode of the WWF Saturday Night's Main Event.

Taped October 31st in Hershey Park, PA and aired November 2nd 1985 on NBC.

Terry Funk vs The Junkyard Dog

Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant vs King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd

Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs Tito Santana

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat  vs  Mr. Fuji (w/Don Muraco) in a Kung Fu challenge.

Match of the Night (Terry Funk vs Jumbo Tsuruta)

NWA World Heavyweight Title

June 17th 1976

Tokyo Japan

(2 out of 3 falls)

Terry Funk

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

vs

Jumbo Tsuruta

Today in Pro Wrestling History (June 14th)

June 14th 1989
 WCW held the Clash Of The Champions VII in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Nicknamed "Guts and Glory", the show was aired live on TBS, drawing a 3.8 rating.
Here are the results of the show:
- The Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) in the semifinals of a tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Ranger Ross defeated The Terrorist (Jack Victory) in under two minutes.
- The Ding Dongs (masked wrestlers who came to the ring with bells on their outfits, ringing larger bells as they came to the ring) defeated Cougar Jay  and George South.
- The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Samoan Swat Team in the semifinals of a tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Terry Gordy vs. Steve Williams ended in a double DQ.
- Norman The Lunatic defeated Mike Justice in under a minute.
- Mike Rotunda and Kevin Sullivan defeated Rick and Scott Steiner.
- NWA Television Champion Sting defeated Bill Irwin.
- The Freebirds defeated The Midnight Express in a tournament final for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
(below)
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Funk via disqualification. After the match, Lex Luger, who had come out to help Steamboat, turned on him and laid him out.
(below 2)

June 14th 1993
The Steiner Brothers defeated Money Inc. for the WWF World Tag Team Title in Columbus, Ohio, ending Ted DiBiase and IRS' first tag title run, and beginning Rick and Scott's own first reign with the gold.

Tag Team Match of the Day (Road Warriors vs The Funks)

October 19th 1985

Tokyo, Japan

The Road Warriors

vs 

Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr.

(the Warriors were Gods in Japan at this time)

Match of the Night (Lawler vs Funk 1981)

No DQ/No Time Limit

Mid South Coliseum

March 23rd 1981

Jerry "The King" Lawler

vs

Terry Funk

Superbrawl 1993 and 1994 - Legends Reunion

From the 1993/94/95 WCW PPV the "inductions" of wrestling legends into the "WCW Hall of Fame".  I dont know if they even have these plaques up anywhere anymore, if they ever did.  Its a shame because they were doing it right by getting "ALL" of the legends induction as soon as possible and giving them the respect they so deserved.

You cant really argue with any of the inductees of any of classes.  I was kind of surprised how nervous and sloppily Gordon Solie handled the first year...maybe he wasn't used to being live on tv in front of that size of crowd or maybe WCW just threw him out there and just wanted it fast and over.
1995 clip starts at about 3:50. This ended after 1995 when Gordon Solie resigned from WCW in protest over the induction of Angelo Poffo. Gordon felt he was unqualified for the Hall of Fame and was only inducted as a favor to one WCW top draws Randy Savage, since Angelo was his father.

ECW Barely Legal 1997

April 13th 1997 
ECW held its very first PPV event with Barely Legal.

1. Dudley Boys vs. Eliminators (ECW Tag Team Title Match)
2. Lance Storm vs. Rob Van Dam
3. Shane Douglas vs. Pit Bull 2 (ECW TV Title Match)
4. Michinoku Pro 6 man tag
5. Sabu vs. Taz
6. Terry Funk vs. Sandman vs. Steve Richards (winner faces Raven)
7. Raven vs. 3 way dance winner (ECW Title Match)