Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240 lbs.
From: Amarillo, TX
Birthday: Feb 3
Pro Debut: January, 1963
Aliases: Hoss Funk
Feds worked for: TSW,
NWA-West,
WCCW,
WWF, NWA-TNA,
ECW, All-Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), BANG! Wrestling (FL), Championship Wrestling From Florida (FL), Continental Wrestling Association (TN), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), NWA Hollywood (CA), New England Wrestling Alliance (PA), Smoky Mountain Wrestling (KY/TN), Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling (IL), Southwest Championship Wrestling (TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico),
Finisher: Spinning Toe Hold,
Texas Cloverleaf, Piledriver
Signature Moves: Abdominal stretch, Atomic Drop, Belly to Back suplex, Delayed Double Underhook suplex, European uppercut,
Russian legsweep, Vertical suplex
Career Highlights: -AJPW Tag Team Champion (w/
Terry Funk)
-AJPW International Champion (2x)
-BANG Tag Team Champion (w/ Osamu Nishimura)
-BANG Television Champion
-CWA Champion
-NEWA North American Champion
-New York Champion
-NWA Florida Champion (4x)
-NWA (Florida) North American Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Terry Funk &
David Von Erich)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA Florida Television Champion
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Champion
-NWA (Los Angeles) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Champion (2x)
-NWA Missouri Champion
-NWA North Florida Champion
-NWA South Georgia Champion
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA World Champion
-NWA-West Tag Team Champion (6x, 2 each w/
Ricky Romero & The
Super Destroyer, 1 each w/
Ray Candy & Larry Lane)
-NWA-West Brass Knucks Champion (2x)
-NWA-West International Champion (3x)
-NWA-West International Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA-West North American Champion
-Southwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-WWC Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-WWC Puerto Rican Champion
-WWC Universal Champion
Affiliates: Terry Funk,
Gary Hart, Jimmy Hart,
Oliver Humperdink, Osamu Nishimura, David Von Erich, Ricky Romero, Super Destroyer, Ray Candy, Larry Lane,
Jimmy Jack Funk, Walter Roberts
Notable Feuds: Carlos Colon,
Jack Brisco,
Dusty Rhodes, The
Brisco Brothers, Giant Baba,
Harley Race, Hulk Hogan, Gene Kiniski,
Mil Mascaras, The Grahams, The Windhams
Official Website: www.dory-funk.com
Other Facts: -Son of pro wrestler Dory Funk, Sr.
-Brother of pro wrestler Terry Funk
-Grandfather of pro wrestler Dory Funk, IV
-Billed as the brother of Jimmy Jack Funk
-Won his first match over
Don Fargo
-Credited with inventing the Texas Cloverleaf submission hold
-He and Terry Funk are the only brothers to have held the NWA World Title
-Funk 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 Harley Race. Some people do not believe the accident actually occurred. Funk was scheduled by the NWA board to lose the championship to Jack Brisco on March 2, 1973. According to Brisco, Dory Funk Sr. did not want his son to lose the belt to another babyface wrestler, since that would imply that the other wrestler was actually better than Dory Jr. Thus, the convenient "accident", allowing Dory Jr. to lose to heel Harley Race and claim that he lost by returning to the ring too soon after being injured. Dory Jr. still claims that the accident and injuries were real, but does not explain why he did not lose the title to Brisco as the NWA board had planned.
-Wrestled his entire career as
Dory Funk, Jr. except for his brief run in WWF, where they renamed him Hoss Funk
-Runs a training school called the "Funkin' Dojo" and also runs !BANG!, a wrestling promotion in Florida.
-Inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005
-Inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2006
-Inducted into the
WWE Hall of Fame in 2009
-Voted Match of the Year (vs. Harley Race) by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1973
-Voted Match of the Year (vs. Jack Brisco) by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1974
-Ranked #281 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked #238 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked #147 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked #213 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Ranked #206 in the 1996 PWI 500
-Ranked #198 in the 1997 PWI 500
-Ranked #232 in the 1998 PWI 500
-Ranked #269 in the 1999 PWI 500
