Dory funk jr 2020 Continue Dorrance Earnest Funk is an American professional wrestler and wrestling coach. He is the son of Dory Funk and brother of Terry Funk, and was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion. He is credited with the invention of the Texas classic submission holder and manages the Funking Conservatory, a professional wrestling school. Funk held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once. He is the second longest-standing NWA World War IIweight Champion of all time, which has been keeping it for more than four years. Only Lou Thesz kept it longer. He also once held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the CWA World HeavyWeight Championships. He is a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame. He worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling as the Pacific Wrestling Federation chairman. Birth name: Dorrance Earnest FunkBorn: February 3, 1941, Hammond, Indiana, USA Residence: Ocala, Florida, USA Children: 5Family: Dory Funk (father), Terry Funk (brother)Ringname(s): Dory Funk Jr. Hoss Funk, The Long Tall Texan, The Mass Outlawbilled from: The Double Cross RanchTrained by: Dory Funk, Ricky Romero, Pedro MoralesDebut: 1963Twitter: Dory Funk Jr.'s Twitter profileIMDb: Dory Funk Jr.se IMDb also known as Hoss Funk , he was incorporated into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2006, and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Prior to fame He played college football at West Texas State University, before continuing professional wrestling. Among his many awards and championships he won the NWA World War WarS Championships on 11 February 1969. He married Jimmie Funk in 1960 and Marti Funk in 1989 and raised five children between the two. Associations after retiring from the wrestling, he opened a wrestling school, where he learned wrestlers like Mickie James. Information related to Dory Funk Jr.Professional wrestlers from IndianaSportspeople of Hammond, IndianaSportspeople of Ocala, FloridaWest Texas A&M Buffaloes soccer players Professional wrestlers from Texas Professional wrestlers from FloridaSportspeople of the Chicago metropolitan area Professional wrestling promote South Africa Wrestling Hall of Fame and MuseumProfessional wrestling drivers Professional wrestling coaches Stampede Wrestling alumni Show more latest information about Dory Funk Jr. updated on October 26 , 2020. All the latest news & top stories about Dory Funk Jr. Saturday night fans were greeted with some big wrestling by the wrestlers at the Funking Conservatory. B-52 proves not only to be a diabolical stud, but an equally entertaining manager. I'm not sure if he published a name for his putter, but surely... American professional studded and coach Dory Funk Jr.Birth nameDorrance Earnest FunkBorn (1941-02-03) February 3, 1941 (79 years old)[1][2][3] [3][3]Hammond, Indiana, USA ResidenceOcala, Florida, U.S.Gade(s)Jimmie Funk (m. 1960; div. 1983) Funk (father)Terry Funk (brother)Professional wrestling career Name(s) Dory Funk Jr.[4]Hoss Funk[4]The Long Tall TexanThe Mass OutlawBilled Height 2 in (1.88 m)[4]Billed weight250 Ibs (113 kg)Bill [4]Trained by Dory Funk[4][5]Ricky Romero[6]Pedro Morales[6]Debut1963 Dorrance Earnest Funk (born 3 February 1941) is an American professional wrestler and wrestler. He is the son of Dory Funk and brother of Terry Funk, and was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion. He is credited with the invention of the Texas club-court submission holder[quote necessary] and manages the Funking Conservatory, a professional wrestling school. Funk held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once. He is the second longest-standing NWA World War IIweight Champion of all time, which has been keeping it for more than four years. Only Lou Thesz kept it longer. He also once held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the CWA World HeavyWeight Championships. He is a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame. He worked for Al Japan Pro Wrestling as the Pacific Wrestling (PWF) chairperson. [quote required]. Overall in major professional wrestling promotions, he is a one-time world champion consisting of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship that is widely recognised as a counterpart of the WWE Championship. Professional wrestling career Training Funk with his brother Terry in 1973 Funk's career in professional wrestling began in 1963 just after a college football career with West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University), which resulted in a 15 to 14 victory over Ohio University in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. Funk's first game was a win over Don Fargo in Amarillo, Texas. West Texas State University All American Jerry Logan was in Funk's corner and Fargo's brother, Jim, was in his corner. Funk was supported by the entire West Texas State University football team and the Tascosa High School amateur wrestling team. He was working on his student teaching as coach of the Tascosa High wrestling team under coach James Kyle. [quote required] National Wrestling Alliance (1963–1987) See also: Western State Sports Ring introductions as Funk (background, facing camera) prepares to start the NWA World Heavyweight Championship Funk in his father's Amarillo, Texas-based Western State Sport promotion and battle Harley Race, Iron Mike DiBiase and Wild Bull Curry He demonstrated a rough hard hitting style that got attention. He would eventually move on to Florida, Missouri and Japan where his skills improved when he used on top of forearm smashes, a variety of suplexes and leglocks. On 11 February 1969, Funk won the NWA World War War IIWeight Championships of Gene Kiniski [7] in Tampa, Florida with a turn and remained the NWA world champion for the next four and a half years, who The second longest uninterrupted reign of any NWA World Champion[4] (Lou Thesz held the NWA World Title from 27 November 1949 to March 15, 1956). Dory and Terry are the only brothers in history to keep each of them the title. Funk eventually lost the NWA World Championships on 24 May 1973 after a hasty recovery from a pickup 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. [9] He regularly performed throughout the NWW, especially in the Mid-Atlantic and Ontario as a heel, Georgia, Florida and Central State regions, through the 1970s and early 1980s. In Toronto he fought Ric Flair for the NW Championship on 17 October 1982. Flair retained the title. In 1987, he with Mike Rotunda in Florida. Rotunda defeated Funk for the vacant Florida Heavyweight title on June 7. Later, many of the matches ended in draws. Al Japan Pro Wrestling (1973–1987) in 1973, Funk made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling which had just started the year before. Eventually, he became a veteran of the company. He with Giants Baby, The Destroyer, Jumbo Tsuruta, Abdullah The Butcher, The Sheik, Genichiro Tenryu and Harley Race. Terry Funk and him worked as a tag team a series of matches against Abdullah the Butcher and The Sheik; and Giant Baby and Jumbo Tsuruta. Won many World's strongest Tag Determination League Awards with Terry and Baba. Together, Terry and him won the World's strongest Tag Determination League tournaments in 1977, 1979 and 1982. On 11 December 1980 the Funks won the Year Award of tokyo Sport in their match against Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta. His greatest achievement in All Japan won the NWA International Heavyweight Championship three times. He won a tournament for the vacant heavyweight title that Terry defeated on 30 April 1981. He dropped the title to Butch Reed that June. Later he defeated Reed in August. On 9 October, he dropped the title to Bruiser Brody in Tokyo. He recovered the title form Brody on 1 November. Eventually he lost the title on 21 April 1982 in Osaka. Later in his tenure, he fed with Brody, Stan Hansen and Tiger Jeet Singh. The Funks with Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu; and the Young Bloods. World wrestleration (1986) in 1986, Dory (given the nickname Hoss) made his WWF debut in a team with his brother Terry. The brothers performed at WrestleMania 2 which defeated the Junkyard dog and Tito Santana. Terry left the WWF shortly after WrestleMania, but Dory stayed, mostly with storyline brother Jimmy Jack Funk, who in fact had no relationship with the Funk family. They were managed by Jimmy Hart. He would feud with Junkyard Dog. They fed with British Bulldogs. Funk On 29 August his last WWF match wrestled to Pedro Morales at the Sam Muchunik Memorial Tournament. World World Council and various promotions (1987–1989) On 20 September 1987 he and Terry collaborated on The Road Warriors through disqualification at world wrestling board 14th Anversario in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. On 27 February 1988, Funk participated in the World Wrestling Council's La Copa Gillette Tournament and beat Bruiser Brody in the first round, but later that day he lost in the quarter-finals against Carlos Colon. On 11 April 1988 he lost to Jerry Lawler by counting out at Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee. He reunited with Terry at World Wrestling Alliance defeating Doug Summers and Gary Young on February 2, 1989 in Kansas City, Kansas. Back to Al Japan Pro Wrestling (1990–1996) in October 1990, both Terry and Dory returned to All Japan. They wrestled in tag team matches until Terry left the promotion in April 1991 and returned to North America. Dory found a new partner, Al Perez, and they won World's Strongest Tag Determination League Teamwork Award later that year. They lost to Andre the Giants and Giants Baby on November 30, 1991 in Obihiro.