Terry Funk, born in Hammond, Indiana, in 1944 and raised in Amarillo, Texas, was an American professional wrestler and actor whose career spanned more than fifty years and included several short-lived retirements. The son of wrestler and promoter Dory Funk, he worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and many National Wrestling Alliance territories, and he promoted the Amarillo based Western States Sports. He held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and pioneered the hardcore style of his later years. He died in 2023 and was inducted into several halls of fame.
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a match pitting the Funk Brothers against Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena segment of WrestleMania 2
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