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Dory Funk, Jr.
Nickname: The Great Texan; Long Tall Texan
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240 lbs.
From: Amarillo, TX
Birthday: Feb 3rd
Pro Debut: January 10, 1963
Aliases: Hoss Funk, Masked Outlaw
Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA-West, SoCW, TSW, UWF, WCCW, AWA, ECW, NWA, NWA-TNA, NXT, WCW, WWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Star Wrestling (FL), !BANG! Wrestling (FL), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling from Georgia (GA), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Continental Wrestling Association (AL/TN), Eastern Sports Association (Canada), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (Japan), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL/TN), International Championship Wrestling (ME), International City Wrestling Club (TX), International World Class Championship Wrestling (ME/TX), International Wrestling (Canada), IWA Mid-South (IN/KY), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), New England Wrestling Alliance (CT/VT/NY/PA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Championship Wrestling America (NJ), NWA Florida (FL), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA New Jersey (NJ), NWA Wildside (GA), Pacific Coast Athletic Commission (CA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), Pro Wrestling USA (TN), Smoky Mountain Wrestling (KY), Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling (IL), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Tenryu Project (Japan), Tokyo Gurentai (Japan), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), 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 International Champion (2x)
-AJPW Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-!BANG! Tag Team Champion (w/ Osamu Nishimura)
-!BANG! Television Champion
-CWA Champion
-NEWA North American Champion
-New York Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles Champion (4x)
-NWA (Amarillo) International Champion (4x)
-NWA (Amarillo) North American Champion (3x)
-NWA (Amarillo) World Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA Florida Champion (3x)
-NWA (Florida) North American Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Terry Funk, David Von Erich, and Ricky Romero)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA Florida Television Champion (4x)
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA International Champion (2x)
-NWA International Tag Team Champion (3x; all 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 Rocky Mountain Tag Team Champion (w/ Ricky Romero)
-NWA South Georgia Champion
-NWA Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion (7x)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (7x; 3 w/ Ricky Romero, 2 w/ The Super Destroyer, 1 each w/ Ray Candy and Larry Lane)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Terry Funk)
-NWA World Champion
-SoCW Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Terry Funk and Larry Lane)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/ Larry Lane)
-WWA (New Mexico) Champion
-WWA (New Mexico) World Champion
-WWC Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Funk)
-WWC Puerto Rican Champion
-WWC Universal Champion
Affiliates: Dory Funk, 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, Giant Baba, Wahoo McDaniel, Johnny Magnum, Jake Roberts, Dick Murdoch, Jimmy Valiant, Jumbo Tsuruta, Hugo Savinovich
Notable Feuds: Carlos Colon, Hulk Hogan, Mil Mascaras, The Grahams, Jack Brisco, Art Neilson, Karl Kox, Harley Race, Mike DiBiase, Tokyo Tom, Mike Graham, Cyclone Negro, Abdullah the Butcher, Skip Young, Giant Baba, Sputnik Monroe, Jumbo Tsuruta, Ricky Romero, Dusty Rhodes, Mike Rotundo, Dick Murdoch, J. J. Dillon, Bruiser Brody, Jerry Brisco, The Sheik, Stan Hansen, Rufus R. Jones, Bob Morse, Kurt Von Stroheim, Rocky Smith, Great Kojika, The Assassin, Great Mephisto, Charlie Cook, Swede Hanson, Alex Pérez, Karl Von Brauner, Butch Reed, Jack Cain, Dan Miller, Thunderbolt Patterson, Wahoo McDaniel, Giant Kimala #2, Rip Hawk, Hercules Hernández, Gene Kiniski, Angelo Mosca, Jr., Johnny Weaver, Junkyard Dog, Blackjack Mulligan, Fritz Von Erich, Dennis Stamp, Barry Windham, Nelson Royal, Great Goliath, Bobby Jaggers, The Spoiler, The Beast, Paul Jones, Dutch Savage, Jim Starr, Tony González, Dale Lewis, Toru Tanaka, Dick Slater, Masanobu Fuchi, Bobby Hart, Genichiro Tenryu, Don Fargo, Pat Kennedy, David Von Erich, Ric Flair, Tim Brooks, Gary Hart, Jack Donovan, Karl Von Steiger, Ted DiBiase, Terry Funk, Mighty Inoue, Roger Kirby, Ray Stevens, Nick Bockwinkel, Don Slatton, Mr. Pogo, Dan Spivey, Johnny Ace
Other Facts: -Husband of pro wrestling manager Marti Funk
-Son of pro wrestler Dory Funk, Sr. He and Lou Thesz trained Dory, Jr. for pro wrestling
-Brother of pro wrestler Terry Funk
-Grandfather of pro wrestler Dory Funk, IV
-Nephew of pro wrestler Herman Gust
-Cousin of pro wrestler Larry Lane
-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 of Directors 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 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 of Directors 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 Ocala, FL
-Among those he helped to train for pro wrestling are Brandon Groom, Kim Duk, Maverick, Mickie James, Stan Hansen, and Ted DiBiase
-President of the Pacific Wrestling Federation, which represents 1/3 of the Japanese Triple Crown Championship. He was the first person to sanction a Triple Crown Title defense outside the borders of Japan.
-Appeared in the movies "The Wrestler" in 1974, "Paradise Alley" in 1978, and "I Like to Hurt People" in 1985
-1 of only 11 documented wrestlers to have wrestled in 7 different decades (1960s - 2020s)
-Is the only man to hold a World Title in the NWA, AWA or WWF in the 1960s who is still alive today.
-At age 83, he holds the record as the oldest male competitor to compete in a wrestling match.
-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 #249 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked #238 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked #147 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked #213 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Ranked #209 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
-Ranked #281 in the 2000 PWI 500
-Inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2012
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2018
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