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** (in the CWA in Memphis): Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."
** (in [=ECW=]): Music/AaronCopland's "''Fanfare for the Common Man''"
*** [[Music/{{Eagles}} The Eagles]]' "Desperado"
** (In [=3PW=]): Music/BonJovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
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* TenMinuteRetirement: His first "official" one was in 1984. He puts Barbara Steisand to shame.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: Terry Funk has had more retirements than most wrestlers have had victorious matches. His first "official" one was in 1984. He puts Barbara Steisand to shame.



* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He's been at this since December 9, 1965[[note]]This means that Terry has been wrestling for almost as long as Wrestling/TheUndertaker has been alive[[/note]]. An old wrestling meme states that he's been wrestling since the early 1900s and is centuries old.

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* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He's been at this since December 9, 1965[[note]]This 1965.[[note]]This means that Terry has been wrestling for almost as long as Wrestling/TheUndertaker has been alive[[/note]].alive. [[{{Pun}} Er, dead.]][[/note]]. An old wrestling meme states that he's been wrestling since the early 1900s and is centuries old. He and Wrestling/RicFlair will be wrestling the gladiators of whatever civilization comes after our own.


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* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: As recounted in ''Film/BeyondTheMat'', Funk once went to the doctor's office and was told by the flabbergasted doc that he shouldn't even be ''walking'', let alone wrestling, with the amount of punishment [[GameBreakingInjury his knees have taken.]] Twenty years later, he is not only still walking but still wrestling, [[{{Determinator}} of course.]]
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* 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.

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* 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. [[OverlyLongGag Fast-forward to his return to the ring in 2017...]]
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* RingOldies: One of ''the'' oldest; born ''during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII'' and to this day only listed as ''semi-''retired, having wrestled at least as recently as ''2017!''
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: A very close one onscreen and off with TommyDreamer

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* MadeOfIron: Not so much now, but his segment in Film/BeyondTheMat involved him going to a knee doctor and looking bewildered when the doctor said that he shouldn't even be walking comfortably now.
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He came out of retirement again in late September.


"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" Terry Funk (born Terrence Funk on June 30, 1944) is a [[TenMinuteRetirement semi-/maybe]] 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 hardcore 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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"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" Terry Funk (born Terrence Funk on June 30, 1944) is a [[TenMinuteRetirement semi-/maybe]] semi-/maybe 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 hardcore 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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He came out of retirement again in late September.


"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" Terry Funk (born Terrence Funk on June 30, 1944) is a currently 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 hardcore 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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"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" Terry Funk (born Terrence Funk on June 30, 1944) is a currently retired [[TenMinuteRetirement semi-/maybe]] 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 hardcore 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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Oh, and too many {{Ten Minute Retirement}}s to count. He was last noted to have partnered with Wrestling/TommyDreamer against Wrestling/SeanWaltman and Wrestling/LanceStorm in 2013, so he's a LongRunner, too.

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Oh, and too many {{Ten Minute Retirement}}s to count. He was last noted to have partnered with Wrestling/TommyDreamer Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress against Wrestling/SeanWaltman Wrestling/JerryLawler, his son Brian Christopher and Wrestling/LanceStorm Doug Gilbert in 2013, 2017, so he's a LongRunner, too.
too (if not the LONGEST-runner).


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*** Nope, he got us again, even though he's by now ''73!'' He teamed with Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress to take on Lawler again, together with Lawler's son Brian Christopher and Doug Gilbert, in September 2017 (winning by DQ). At this rate the universe will probably undergo heat death before Terry Funk genuinely hangs up his boots for good (and he'll probably [[{{Determinator}} survive that too]]).
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* RedBaron: "Terrible" when he started with the WWF in 1985/1986, "The Funker" and "The Hardcore Legend" from the 1990s to today.

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* RedBaron: "Terrible" when he started with the WWF in 1985/1986, "The Funker" and "The Hardcore Legend" from the 1990s to today. In Japan, "Texas Bronco".

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He's known as a member of the Funk WrestlingFamily, which includes his late father Dory Funk ''Sr.'' (May 4, 1919 – June 3, 1973) and his older brother Dory Funk ''Jr.'' (born 1941). (As a bonus, Terry and Dory Jr. are the only brothers to date to ever hold the NWA World Heavyweight title.) In addition, there is his acting resume, starting with ''Paradise Alley'' in 1978.

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He's known as a member of the Funk WrestlingFamily, which includes his late father Dory Funk ''Sr.'' (May 4, 1919 – June 3, 1973) and his older brother Dory Funk ''Jr.'' (born 1941). (As a bonus, Terry and Dory Jr. are the only brothers to date to ever hold the NWA Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Heavyweight title.) In addition, there is his acting resume, starting with ''Paradise Alley'' in 1978.



* {{Determinator}}: During a tag team match in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1977, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and [[Wrestling/EdFarhat The Sheik]] cut up his arms to the point that his brother Dory had to take over against both [[ForeignWrestlingHeel foreign madmen.]] Terry rolled out of the ring, got his arms taped up while in the crowd, and came back in the ring to continue the match, which the Funks won by DQ.

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* {{Determinator}}: {{Determinator}}
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During a tag team match in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1977, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and [[Wrestling/EdFarhat The Sheik]] cut up his arms to the point that his brother Dory had to take over against both [[ForeignWrestlingHeel foreign madmen.]] Terry rolled out of the ring, got his arms taped up while in the crowd, and came back in the ring to continue the match, which the Funks won by DQ.



** During a hardcore match on ''WCW Thunder'' he got kicked by a horse in the arm while giving Wrestling/ChrisCandido a pile driver but still completed the move and the match.



* UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas: Billed from Amarillo, Texas. Subverted in that he was born in Hammond, Indiana.
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* UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas: Billed from Amarillo, Texas. Subverted in that he was born in Hammond, Indiana.
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Indiana. So, Terry's a Texan [[ButNotTooForeign but not too Texan]], then?



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* TheSouthpawTheSouthpaw: Not to noticeable at first, when he was mainly just a wrestler, but he's changed his style several times and became prominent through his "brawler" phase.
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* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He's been at this since December 9, 1965[[note]]This means that Terry has been wrestling for almost as long as TheUndertaker has been alive[[/note]]. An old wrestling meme states that he's been wrestling since the early 1900s and is centuries old.

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* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He's been at this since December 9, 1965[[note]]This means that Terry has been wrestling for almost as long as TheUndertaker Wrestling/TheUndertaker has been alive[[/note]]. An old wrestling meme states that he's been wrestling since the early 1900s and is centuries old.
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ThatOtheWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk rundown]] on his (extremely long) life and career.

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ThatOtheWiki Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk rundown]] on his (extremely long) life and career.

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Wikipedia currently lists him as officially retired.


"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 hardcore 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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"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" Terry Funk (born Terrence Funk on June 30, 1944) is a semi-retired currently 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 hardcore 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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ThatOtheWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk rundown]] on his (extremely long) life and career.


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** On the other hand, his latest retirement (September 2016) was announced almost a year after his last match (October 2015, against Wrestling/JerryLawler) and he hasn't wrestled since. The guy is ''72.'' He might ''actually'' be done this time.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: A very close one onscreen and off with TommyDreamer
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"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 hardcore 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.

He's known as a member of the Funk WrestlingFamily, which includes his late father Dory Funk '''Sr.''' (May 4, 1919 – June 3, 1973) and his older brother Dory Funk '''Jr.''' (born 1941). (As a bonus, Terry and Dory Jr. are the only brothers to date to ever hold the NWA World Heavyweight title.) In addition, there is his acting resume, starting with ''Paradise Alley'' in 1978.

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"The Hardcore Icon" and "The Funker" '''Terry Funk''' 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 hardcore 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''' ''MANY'' others.

He's known as a member of the Funk WrestlingFamily, which includes his late father Dory Funk '''Sr.''' ''Sr.'' (May 4, 1919 – June 3, 1973) and his older brother Dory Funk '''Jr.''' ''Jr.'' (born 1941). (As a bonus, Terry and Dory Jr. are the only brothers to date to ever hold the NWA World Heavyweight title.) In addition, there is his acting resume, starting with ''Paradise Alley'' in 1978.

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* OlderThanHeLooks: He seemingly stopped ageing some time in the mid to late nineties as he looks almost exactly the same now as he did back then.
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** And his signature Spinning Toe Hold.
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* HeelFaceTurn: He, his brother and Mil Mascaras were the first gaijins of AJPW to undergo face turns that stuck.
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* BadassBystander: Served as a ringside enforcer during Wrestling/RodericStrong's title shot at [[Wrestling/SethRollins Tyler Black]] during ''Glory By Honor IX''.

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* BadassBystander: Served as a ringside enforcer during Wrestling/RodericStrong's Wrestling/RoderickStrong's title shot at [[Wrestling/SethRollins Tyler Black]] during ''Glory By Honor IX''.
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* BashBrothers - Had a massively successful tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr.

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* BashBrothers - Had BadassBystander: Served as a massively successful tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr. ringside enforcer during Wrestling/RodericStrong's title shot at [[Wrestling/SethRollins Tyler Black]] during ''Glory By Honor IX''.


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* BashBrothers - Had a massively successful tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr.
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* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He's been at this since December 9, 1965. An old wrestling meme states that he's been wrestling since the early 1900s and is centuries old.

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* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He's been at this since December 9, 1965.1965[[note]]This means that Terry has been wrestling for almost as long as TheUndertaker has been alive[[/note]]. An old wrestling meme states that he's been wrestling since the early 1900s and is centuries old.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Spinning around with a ladder on his shoulders, knocking people around till he gets dizzy.
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* CaptainErsatz: He wasn't left out of ''Videogame/FireProWrestling'', even though it wasn't him "officially".
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* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]RingOldies: He has been at this since December 9, 1965.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: His first "official" one was in 1984. He puts Barbara Steisand to shame.
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* BashBrothers - Had a massively successful tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr. He was also known for "mixed tags" with Jean Antoine.

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* BashBrothers - Had a massively successful tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr. He was also known for "mixed tags" with Jean Antoine.


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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Terry Funk was an imperial 6'1, and known for teaming with Jean Antoine, who was 4'11, in mixed tag matches.
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* BashBrothers* Had a massively successfull tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr.

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* BashBrothers* BashBrothers - Had a massively successfull successful tag team with his brother Dory Funk Jr.Jr. He was also known for "mixed tags" with Jean Antoine.

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