Line #38 Wrestling/DoryFunkJr


1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doryfunktitle.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]]]
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4	->''"Dory represents a very important era of the traveling world champion. In a pre-internet, pre-cable era, this guy was the biggest box office draw. Dory and his brother Terry, these guys were national stars before that was even a thing. These guys would go into various territories as the best pro wrestlers in the world. Dory is a legend for that reason alone. To be able to go into a hostile town and wrestle a local hero and put on a great show, that’s the type of thing I don’t think our sport will ever see again."''
5	-->-- '''David Lagana''', NWA Vice President
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7	Dorrance "Dory" Funk Jr. is an American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er, trainer and promoter. He debuted in 1963 and wrestled all over the world, often teaming with his brother Wrestling/TerryFunk.
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9	Along with his NWA World Heavyweight Title reign, he is a former 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/w/nwa/wt-na-h.html NWA (Amarillo) Western States Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/w/nwa/wt-world-t.html NWA World (Amarillo) Tag Team Champion]] with Terry, a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-t.html NWA Florida Tag Team Champion]] with Terry, a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/w/nwa/wt-in-t.html NWA (Amarillo) International Tag Team Champion]] with Terry, a 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/w/nwa/ws-t.html NWA Western States Tag Team Champion]] (2x w[=/=]Ricky Romero, 2x w[=/=]The Super Destroyer (Don "The Spoiler" Jardine), 1x w[=/=]Ray Candy and 1x w[=/=]Larry Lane), a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/mo/mo-h.html NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/w/nwa/wt-in-h.html NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/w/nwa/sw-bk.html NWA Texas (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/hw/ams-h.html NWA Americas (Los Angeles) Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ga/ga-t.html NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion]] with Terry, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-t.html WWC (Puerto Rico) World Tag Team Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champion]] with Larry Lane, a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/hw/hw-nwa-t.html NWA World (Los Angeles) Tag Team Champion]] with Terry, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/c/scw/scw-t.html SCW (San Antonio) World Tag Team Champion]] with Terry, a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-h.html NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/tn-cwa-h.html CWA (Memphis) World Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/int-h.html NWA (All Japan) International Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-tv.html NWA Florida Television Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-na-t.html NWA (Florida) North American Tag Team Champion]] (1x w[=/=]Terry and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily David Von Erich]][[note]]David had defied Fritz' wishes and had a heel run in Florida.[[/note]]), a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/pr-h.html WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-h.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-h.html WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/icw/icw-h.html ICW/IWCCW (New England) Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/cwfl/nfl-h.html NWA North Florida Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ga/spine/world1-s-h.html NWA South Georgia Heavyweight Champion]], and he and Terry were inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2009.
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11	!! "Spinning Trope Hold":
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13	* TheAce: He was the NWA World Heavyweight Champion for over 4 years, the fifth-longest reign of all time and the second-longest uninterrupted reign.
14	* AmericansAreCowboys: Seen throughout the 1970s and 1980s in typical cowboy garb: cowboy hat, poncho, and chaps. He still wears the hat everywhere he goes.
15	* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: He is working for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling as the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) chairman since 2013.
16	* BadassFamily: He's a Funk, it's natural.
17	* BadassTeacher: One of the most prolific trainers in the business. His students have included among others, Wrestling/CoreyGraves, Wrestling/{{Lita}}, Wrestling/MickieJames, [[Wrestling/MattHardy the]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardyz]], [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London]], Wrestling/{{Meng}}, Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/GiantSilva, Wrestling/MattBloom, Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}}, Wrestling/ValVenis, Wrestling/BobBacklund, Wrestling/StanHansen, Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa, Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu, [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Steve Keirn]], and MANY MORE!
18	* BashBrothers: With Terry.
19	* 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/RicFlair's NWA World Heavyweight title reigns in the 1980s.)
20	* CombatReferee: Was brought in to UFO to be the special guest referee for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship between Wrestling/NaoyaOgawa versus champion Wrestling/DanSevern.
21	* CoolTeacher: Owns and runs the Funking Conservatory Training School teaching what is called the "Dory Funk Method of Professional Wrestling", he at one time also had a branch affiliated with Wrestling/{{WWE}} called the Funkin' Dojo.
22	* EverythingIsBigInTexas: From Amarillo.
23	* FinishingMove: Spinning Toe Hold. Innovated/Invented the Texas Cloverleaf. Hence the Texas name.
24	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: DependingOnTheWriter or where he is wrestling at the time.
25	* HeroicFatigue: He finally lost the NWA World Championship on May 24, 1973 after a hurried recovery from a pickup truck accident on his father's Flying Mare Ranch in West Texas. Dory was forced into the ring in Kansas City, losing the belt to Wrestling/HarleyRace.
26	* IKnowKarate: Trained and coached for the Tascosa High wrestling team under coach James Kyle.
27	* PowerStable:
28	** (in Florida): [[Wrestling/SirOliverHumperdink The House of Humperdink]] and Gary Hart's Army
29	** (in Wrestling/{{SMW}}): Wrestling/JimCornette's [[FunWithAcronyms F.I.T.E.]]
30	* RedBaron: "The Great Texan", "The Long Tall Texan", "Hoss", "Amarillo no Hoshi" ("Amarillo's Star").
31	* RedOniBlueOni: The much quieter, more reserved Blue to Terry's Red.
32	* RingOldies: Well past 80 (born in February 1941) and still active as a wrestling trainer, having long claimed he will never retire. However, he ''did'' announce his retirement from in-ring action on December 31, 2017.
33	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Became the promoter of the Western States Sports promotion after his dad died.
34	* SpectacularSpinning: The Funks' signature Spinning Toe Hold.
35	* StartMyOwn: His school, originally the Funkin' Dojo, now The Funking Conservatory, and his own !BANG! promotion.
36	* UrExample: He is credited with the invention of the Texas Cloverleaf submission hold.
37	* WrestlingFamily: His father Dory Sr. and his brother Terry.

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