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Not only was he able to work multiple styles in multiple places at a high level he also was super open to new styles that many old wrestlers say are killing the business. He knew that Joshi in the 80's was the next wave of wrestling
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I decided to put on "The Rise and Fall of ECW" on a whim while I was working today, and when the Funker came on I smiled and thought to myself "man, I miss Terry Funk. I wonder what he's been up to, hope he's enjoying retirement because goddamn he earned it." Then I saw the news. Big RIP to one of the real ones, gonna miss that crazy cowboy. 
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We should retire this thread ... and then open a new one
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Davros1 posted:We should retire this thread ... and then open a new one FOREVER
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STONE COLD 64 posted:you ever see when that horse kicked him I'm not sure that was "selling" exactly
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https://www.f4wonline.com/news/other-wrestling/dave-meltzer-there-will-never-be-another-terry-funk
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To this day, whenever someone is giving me some poo poo and then says "Oh I was just kidding you," especially if they follow with a handshake attempt, I am extremely suspicious, thanks to Terry Funk.
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Animal-Mother posted:To this day, whenever someone is giving me some poo poo and then says "Oh I was just kidding you," especially if they follow with a handshake attempt, I am extremely suspicious, thanks to Terry Funk. How often do you find yourself in these situations and are you a world champion in your field?
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gently caress, RIP to a True rear end Texan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__L839Mcq7U
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When I was a little kid watching ECW Terry was my favorite, he was so genuine and so authentic in a way that very few people have ever achieved in the art of professional wrestling. I never once missed a chance to watch him. I even watched him on WWE after the ignoble death of ECW (which I did not like at the time) solely because he was Terry Funk and I watched Terry Funk matches. He reminded me of the guys I was growing up around, but existed in them in an idealized form. Hard, angry, rural blue collar guys that slaved away in fields and factories so they could cut loose one night a week. He did what he thought was right, he fought who he thought needed to be fought, and when he fought he did whatever he could physically do to win. Always will be one of my top guys, and the sport will Forever have been enriched by his presence, and be markedly poorer for his absence. In celebration of the living legend and all that he accomplished, please accept the highest honor wrestling has to bestow: a highlight compilation set to generic buttrock that some guy slaved away over in his basement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lKeTgLi6kc
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gently caress man. 
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from Dave’s obit 😭😭😭😭😭
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Eddie knows what’s up https://twitter.com/drainbamager/status/1694455613395226866?s=46&t=_akPFYiqAqKbxYd3RPf4Jg
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One of my favourite crazy details from Funk's career - he and Dory junior trained Anton Geesink, professional wrestling's first Olympic Gold Medallist. He won gold in the open weight class for judo at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. After he retired from competitive judo, he was approached by Giant Baba, and sent to Amarillo to be trained. He was (as far as I know) pretty much the first gaijin in Japan being promoted as a top level babyface, often teaming with Baba himself. Side note - Kurt Angle wasn't even the first Olympic Gold Medallist in WWE. That honour goes to Wim Ruska, another Dutch judoka. He won two golds at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and was brought in by Inoki so that New Japan would have its own Olympic Gold Medalist judoka. From there, he'd have a few dozen matches in the then-WWWF.
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First Terry Funk thing I ever saw, didn't see the follow up I Quit match for years after but when I finally did it absolutely blew me away. HulkaMatt posted:And so let me tell you people something right now --- I love the Insane Clown Posse! The next retirement match I have, they're going to be in the semi-final! They're the greatest band in the world, and I have all their records. Laugh so much at this story every time  loving incredible   Terry Funk, one of God's prototypes.
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CombineThresher posted:RIP to the actual GOAT, the best of all time. Goddamn. I always thought Terry would outlive me somehow.
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:When I was a little kid watching ECW Terry was my favorite, he was so genuine and so authentic in a way that very few people have ever achieved in the art of professional wrestling. I never once missed a chance to watch him. I even watched him on WWE after the ignoble death of ECW (which I did not like at the time) solely because he was Terry Funk and I watched Terry Funk matches. He reminded me of the guys I was growing up around, but existed in them in an idealized form. Hard, angry, rural blue collar guys that slaved away in fields and factories so they could cut loose one night a week. He did what he thought was right, he fought who he thought needed to be fought, and when he fought he did whatever he could physically do to win. Always will be one of my top guys, and the sport will Forever have been enriched by his presence, and be markedly poorer for his absence. When I was a kid I was a huge Mick Foley mark - still am. And his love for Terry is what made me fall in love with Terry too. And in the years since then I have never once heard a bad story about him. In a time where eventually all of your heroes have a story attached to their name that makes you like them a little less - he stands head and shoulders above them all. Also he is still the paragon of the idea of a wrestler giving back to the business and being a forward thinker when it comes to helping the future of the business. The antithesis of Hulk Hogan basically.
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What was the title of that shoot interview series with Raven where Terry Funk pops up from behind a bar, tells a story about getting a blowjob from a farm animal, then leaves
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A few match highlights from Japan... June 11, 1976, Terry vs Jumbo Tsuruta, NWA title. Jumbo spent the first 6 months of his career in Texas learning the ropes from the Funks, so not only were they very familiar with each other but Terry always wanted to make him look good. Textbook old-school wrestling match. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2zql2wv6rh8k6ka December 1977, The Funk Brothers vs Abdullah the Butcher and (original) Sheik. All-time great performance from Terry that permanently endeared him to the Japanese fans. Abby and Sheik use the "hiding a weapon from the ref" tactic to maul Terry, so we get epic selling from him. http://www.mediafire.com/?o699uw2pjoylu9n Terry vs Stan Hansen, April 14, 1983. Bah gawd slobberknocker right here. http://theditch.biz/TerryVsHansen4-14-83.avi The Funk Brothers vs Hansen & Gordy, August 31, 1983. Terry's first retirement. Big heat and an emotional post-match. http://www.mediafire.com/?1nawea3lmlywcmb The Funk Brothers vs Choshu and Yatsu, August 31, 1985. This match is 100% about Terry being a raving maniac. http://theditch.biz/ChoshuYatsuvsFunks8-31-85.avi Context: the Guerreros worked in Texas for decades, so it was only natural for Terry to want to make young Eddie (who had endless potential as we see there) look good.
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ditch i thought your site was gone forever and had a web archive of it saved to reference, thank you for not letting it die
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I tried all those links at work and my computer lit up like a christmas tree lol. Some IT observer just saw a ton of stuff get blocked.
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HulkaMatt posted:ditch i thought your site was gone forever and had a web archive of it saved to reference, thank you for not letting it die Shard posted:I tried all those links at work and my computer lit up like a christmas tree lol. Some IT observer just saw a ton of stuff get blocked.
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This one hurts way more than I thought it would. Seeing a retrospective of the Flair/Funk I Quit match was instrumental in me becoming a fan again in 2012 after not watching wrestling since 2002. He’s kicking that loving horses rear end in the afterlife now.
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STONE COLD 64 posted:Oh my god what a mauling Funk was always just a step more deranged in Memphis for some reason. In this clip, he almost kills a rookie Jim Cornette and legit throws a steel chair at him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lh89cwkB4s
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This got unlocked yesterday. gently caress Cornette, but goddamn it's an amazing history lesson https://youtu.be/cdKGMo40yrM?si=0l738QOwvQobK__D
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i loved terry funk. i like the mick foley story where they're in germany hitting eachother with beer bottles but the bottles aren't breaking so they're just beating the gently caress outta eachother with them.
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The context for this is that Memphis announcer/kayfabe owner Corey Maclin runs afoul of Jimmy Hart and Jerry Lawler and they kicked his rear end. This results in Maclin calling Funk for help after being challenged to a tag match at the Memphis Coliseum, and Terry has a long history with Lawler. Funk sends a promo every week leading to the show. There's an amazing one where he makes up a story about talking to a fan who wants to tell Terry who he thinks the GOAT is. I won't spoil it but it's worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC4NHZkDFRs&t=46s
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Ditch posted:Terry vs Stan Hansen, April 14, 1983. Bah gawd slobberknocker right here.
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i was reading tod gordons book (Tod is God lmao) and he had a funny story of Terry backstage in ecw giving some injured kid a lesson. The younger wrestler has some issue with his neck and Terry was urging him to get it looked it. The younger dude said he has no insurance so he cant pay. Terry says no problem ill teach you the rental car plan. Get a rental car and get the highest level of insurance they have this will cost you 50 bucks tops. Then immediately drive that fucker right into a stop sign and get out holding your neck.
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Oh god the story about Terry calling Dave thinking the Owen death was an angle and then breaking down and crying and trying to convince Dave an himself it was an angle broke me
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Suplex Liberace posted:i was reading tod gordons book (Tod is God lmao) and he had a funny story of Terry backstage in ecw giving some injured kid a lesson. The younger wrestler has some issue with his neck and Terry was urging him to get it looked it. The younger dude said he has no insurance so he cant pay. Terry says no problem ill teach you the rental car plan. Get a rental car and get the highest level of insurance they have this will cost you 50 bucks tops. Then immediately drive that fucker right into a stop sign and get out holding your neck. hell yes.
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Suplex Liberace posted:i was reading tod gordons book (Tod is God lmao) and he had a funny story of Terry backstage in ecw giving some injured kid a lesson. The younger wrestler has some issue with his neck and Terry was urging him to get it looked it. The younger dude said he has no insurance so he cant pay. Terry says no problem ill teach you the rental car plan. Get a rental car and get the highest level of insurance they have this will cost you 50 bucks tops. Then immediately drive that fucker right into a stop sign and get out holding your neck. lmfao terry funk rules
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Suplex Liberace posted:i was reading tod gordons book (Tod is God lmao) and he had a funny story of Terry backstage in ecw giving some injured kid a lesson. The younger wrestler has some issue with his neck and Terry was urging him to get it looked it. The younger dude said he has no insurance so he cant pay. Terry says no problem ill teach you the rental car plan. Get a rental car and get the highest level of insurance they have this will cost you 50 bucks tops. Then immediately drive that fucker right into a stop sign and get out holding your neck. Now that's a real worker
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Suplex Liberace posted:i was reading tod gordons book (Tod is God lmao) and he had a funny story of Terry backstage in ecw giving some injured kid a lesson. The younger wrestler has some issue with his neck and Terry was urging him to get it looked it. The younger dude said he has no insurance so he cant pay. Terry says no problem ill teach you the rental car plan. Get a rental car and get the highest level of insurance they have this will cost you 50 bucks tops. Then immediately drive that fucker right into a stop sign and get out holding your neck. What a legend
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ItohRespectArmy posted:i loved terry funk. Love Foley telling the story about asking Funk to cut him hardway and Funk is just wailing on him but can't get him to bleed, and finally Foley just meekly moans,"Terry.... please stop kicking my rear end"
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Suplex Liberace posted:i was reading tod gordons book (Tod is God lmao) and he had a funny story of Terry backstage in ecw giving some injured kid a lesson. The younger wrestler has some issue with his neck and Terry was urging him to get it looked it. The younger dude said he has no insurance so he cant pay. Terry says no problem ill teach you the rental car plan. Get a rental car and get the highest level of insurance they have this will cost you 50 bucks tops. Then immediately drive that fucker right into a stop sign and get out holding your neck. Hahahaha
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