Legendary professional wrestler Terry Funk was inducted into five hall of fames after a career that lasted 52 years and included several championships.
, his face stained with blood, sweat and tears. It was Aug. 31, 1983 — nearly 40 years ago today — and he was announcing his retirement from wrestling in Japan.
Fans screamed the word along with him as he emphasized how much he’d miss wrestling in front of them moments after teaming with his brother Dory Jr. to defeat longtime rivals Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody. Funk was 40 and retirement seemed sensible. It didn’t last. He wrestled and retired and wrestled and retired and wrestled and retired so often it became almost comical.Funk, whose death was announced this week at age 79, didn’t quit for good until he’d wrestled for 52 years, his last time in the ring coming Sept. 22, 2017, when he teamed with famed The Rock N’Roll Express duo of Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton in a six-man tag team match to defeat Doug Gilbert, Jerry Lawler and Lawler’s son Brian Christopher via disqualification.
The win gave Funk a measure of revenge after he’d lost his last USA Championship Wrestling match to Lawler two years earlier at age 71.“In My Entire Life, I’ve Never Met A Guy Who Worked Harder,”, formerly known as Twitter. “Terry Funk Was A Great Wrestler, Entertainer, Unbelievably Fearless, And A Great Friend! Rest In Peace My Friend.”
Terry Funk is gone. I just talked to Terry’s daughter, Brandee, who gave me the awful news. He was my mentor, my idol, one of the closest friends. He was the greatest wrestler I ever saw.
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