Terry Funk

Terrence "Terry" Funk (born Juin 30, 1944; deed August 23, 2023) wis an American perfaisional warstler an actor kent chiefly for the hardcore warstlin style he adoptit in the latter pairt o his career that inspired mony yunger warstlers, includin Mick Foley. Funk haes appeared in the NWA, AWA, WWF/E, WCW, ECW, USWA, ROH, an TNA.

He haes held mony championship titles, includin the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship an the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the latter o which wis an aa grantit tae him as an honorary lifetime title bi ECW. He is ane o sax men inductit intae each o the WWE Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, the NWA Hall of Fame, an the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Funk wis a primary subject o the documentary film Beyond the Mat. Funk is aften notit for the longevity o his career, which haes includit multiple "retirement" matches.