History Wrestling / TerryFunk

He may not look like much, but he's taken bumps men ''a third'' his age would not consider, let alone attempt. While not quite the living embodiment of hardcore (that would be Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher), he ranks pretty close; the Funkasaurus is a walking museum, proselytizing the heritage of the sport as it originated in mid-20th century fairs. Unsurprisingly, he has had a love-hate relationship with modern pro wrestling, despite numerous attempts to break into it (even [[HypocrisyNod making light of his hypocrisy]] in ''Forever Hardcore''). He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.

->''Crazy. Th...th...That ''can't'' be an act. That CAN'T be an act. It's either the greatest [[WorkedShoot work]] in the history of the business, or that man is a little nuts.''

He may not look like much, but he's taken bumps men ''a third'' his age would not consider, let alone attempt. While not quite the living embodiment of hardcore (that would be Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher), he ranks pretty close; the Funkasaurus is a walking museum, proselytizing the traditions and heritage of the sport as it originated in the mid-20th century. Not surprisingly, he is critical of modern pro wrestling, despite numerous attempts to break into it.

He may not look like much, but he's taken bumps men ''a third'' his age would not consider, let alone attempt. While not quite the living embodiment of hardcore (that would be Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher), he ranks pretty close; the Funkasaurus is a walking museum, proselytizing the traditions and heritage of the sport as it originated in mid-20th century fairs. Not surprisingly, he is critical of modern pro wrestling, despite numerous attempts to break into it.

He may not look like much, but he's taken bumps men ''a third'' his age would not consider, let alone attempt. While not quite the living embodiment of hardcore (that would be Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher), he ranks pretty close; the Funktapuss is a walking museum, proselytizing the traditions and heritage of the sport as it originated in mid-20th century fairs. Not surprisingly, he is critical of modern pro wrestling, despite numerous attempts to break into it.

He may not look like much, but Funk has taken bumps that men a third his age would not consider, let alone attempt. While not quite the living embodiment of hardcore (that would be Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher), he ranks pretty close; the Funktapuss is a walking museum, proselytizing the traditions and heritage of the sport as it originated in mid-20th century fairs. Not surprisingly, he is critical of modern pro wrestling, despite numerous attempts to break into it.

He may not look like much, but Funk has taken bumps that men half his age would never consider, let alone attempt. While not quite the living embodiment of hardcore (that would be Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher), he ranks pretty close; the Funktapuss is a walking museum, proselytizing the traditions and heritage of the sport as it originated in mid-20th century fairs. Not surprisingly, he is critical of modern pro wrestling, despite numerous attempts to break into it.

"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" '''Terry Funk''' (born Terrence Funk on June 30, 1944) is a semi-retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a pioneer of the [[GarbageWrestler hardcore wrestling]] style in North America, and one of the Wrestling/{{ECW}} Originals. He also has made appearances in Japan with [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]] and (around 2011) [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] and [[Wrestling/{{FMW}} Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW)]], as well as in Puerto Rico with the World Wrestling Council (WWC), the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWWF/WWF/WWE]] and Wrestling/{{WCW}} (both during the later NWA/WCW days and near the end of WCW's run), as well as Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/{{SMW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla and '''MANY''' others.

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* WrestlingFamily: Duh.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Fans might have trouble believing that the clean-shaven, curly haired NWA World champion of the late 70s is in fact Terry Funk.

* ByTheHair: Ignored Naohiko Yamazaki's complaints about such during the Funk Brother match at 1999 FMW ''Judgement Day''. It's not as if he was going to be disqualified for something so minor in FMW.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Earned some financial success by pulling out of the business side of wrestling at least twice: he sold the Amarillo NWA territory before cable TV killed the territory system, and decades later sold his stock in WWE just before a the value plunged due to the WWE Network's slower than anticipated growth.

** (in [=ECW=]): Creator/AaronCopland's "''Fanfare for the Common Man''"

** On the January 10, 2000 ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'', Funk, then the WCW Commissioner, came together with Wrestling/ArnAnderson, Paul Orndorff and Larry Zbyszko as The Old Age Outlaws. It didn't even last a week, since Kevin Nash beat Funk for the "Commissionership" that Sunday at ''NWO Souled Out 2000.''

* BlessedWithSuck: Being NWA World Heavyweight Champ back in TheSeventies meant lots of travel from one territory to another, ''seven days a week''. (This still continued with Wrestling/Ric Flair's NWA World Heavyweight title reigns in the 1980s.) Traveling so much led to...

* TenMinuteRetirement: To elaborate, his first retirement was in 1983 in All Japan Pro Wrestling. A more well-known retirement match was in 1997 against Wrestling/BretHart, documented in ''Film/BeyondTheMat'', which had been broken during the film's editing. As of 2013, due to finally getting knee replacement surgery (which was recommended on camera in ''Beyond the Mat''), it looks like he might finally be unable to get back in the ring, though he might still do it for a ridiculous amount of money.
* TheatricsOfPain: His selling grew more exaggerated and over-the-top as he got older.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While he always had a fanbase in the US, he, along with his brother Dory were incredibly popular with the Japanese fans.

* ChronicBackstabbingSyndrome: Had a tendency to stab his allies in the back in a second if he thought he wasnt getting what he deserved.

Oh, and too many {{Ten Minute Retirement}}s to count. He was last noted to have fought [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] in 2011, so he's a LongRunner, too.

* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Pre-hardcore years.

* [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Screw the Rules]]! ThisIsGoingToBeHuge!: His promo about the new wrestling company "The FFF: Funk, Funk and Florida!" in Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1987. He and Dory Funk Jr. didn't have millions of dollars to throw around or 220 syndicated stations, but they were the best athletes. (He then proceeds to rip into Blackjack Mulligan, [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda aka IRS]], Kevin Sullivan, and Dusty Rhodes. ''[[RefugeInAudacity Oh, and he also said that]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity Oliver North]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity -- and this was]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity after]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity the Iran-Contra Affair broke out -- wouldn't take a chance on either Terry or Dory!]]'')

** Lex Luger in WCW around 1989/1990 had a [[PrecisionFStrike slip of the tongue]] with it.

* [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Screw the Rules]]! ThisIsGoingToBeHuge!: His promo about the new wrestling company "The FFF: Funk, Funk and Florida!" in Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1987. He and Dory Funk Jr. didn't have millions of dollars to throw around or 220 syndicated stations, but they were the best athletes. (He then proceeds to rip into Blackjack Mulligan, [[Wresling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda aka IRS]], Kevin Sullivan, and Dusty Rhodes. ''[[RefugeInAudacity Oh, and he also said that]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity Oliver North]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity -- and this was]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity after]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity the Iran-Contra Affair broke out -- wouldn't take a chance on either Terry or Dory!]]'')

* [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Screw the Money]]! ThisIsGoingToBeHuge!: His promo about the new wrestling company "The FFF: Funk, Funk and Florida!" in Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1987. He and Dory Funk Jr. didn't have millions of dollars to throw around or 220 syndicated stations, but they were the best athletes. (He then proceeds to rip into Blackjack Mulligan, [[Wresling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda aka IRS]], Kevin Sullivan, and Dusty Rhodes. ''[[RefugeInAudacity Oh, and he also said that]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity Oliver North]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity -- and this was]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity after]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity the Iran-Contra Affair broke out -- wouldn't take a chance on either Terry or Dory!]]'')

* [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Screw the Money]]! ThisIsGoingToBeHuge!: His promo about the new wrestling company "The FFF: Funk, Funk and Florida!" in Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1987. He and Dory Funk Jr. didn't have millions of dollars to throw around or 220 syndicated stations, but they were the best athletes. (He then proceeds to rip into Blackjack Mulligan, Mike Rotundo [AKA [[Characters/WWERockNWrestling Irwin R. Schyster]]], Kevin Sullivan, and Dusty Rhodes. ''[[RefugeInAudacity Oh, and he also said that]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity Oliver North]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity -- and this was]] '''[[RefugeInAudacity after]]''' [[RefugeInAudacity the Iran-Contra Affair broke out -- wouldn't take a chance on either Terry or Dory!]]'')
** Again, the YouTube link to the promo isn't provided here because [=WWE=] owns the footage. Go to Website/YouTube and search for "Epic Terry Funk Promo" to find it on there.