Terry Funk Dead At The Age Of 79

**actiondan** · 08-24-23, 11:14 AM

i didnt recognize him in roadhouse. stole from the cash register. its on netflix right now gonna make my gf watch it with me

**OldBill** · 08-24-23, 11:31 AM

road house good movie loved how he got destroyed in end and the dumb fat fawk said a bear fell on me

**Ian** · 08-24-23, 11:41 AM

Great wrestler. From the mid 60s to the late 90s Funk was an icon of wrestling. Apparently he had been suffering from dementia for a while. I'm sure all the chair shots to the head didn't help. RIP.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-24-23, 12:31 PM

RIP

He did live to 79 which is an eternity for a wrestler from his era.

**Da Manster!** · 08-24-23, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by Ian

Great wrestler. From the mid 60s to the late 90s Funk was an icon of wrestling. Apparently he had been suffering from dementia for a while. I'm sure all the chair shots to the head didn't help. RIP.

RIP Terry Funk...Definitely an OG iconic wrestler from the 70's - 80's that helped put the WCW, NWA, and the other professional wrestling territories on the map. A lot of people forget back in those days they didn't have mats outside of the ring!...when your ass got thrown out of the ring you landed on the hard concrete floor! much respect to the old school wrestlers!

**JIBBBY** · 08-24-23, 12:37 PM

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-24-23, 12:59 PM

Anyone that was an old school wrestling fan has probably heard of Bill Apter. He was a writer and photographer for many wrestling magazines in the 1970s-90s most notably Pro Wrestling Illustrated. He also had some segments on television. Anyhow, he usually has heartfelt tributes to fallen wrestlers on his Youtube channel. Here is what he had to say about Funk..

**cecil127** · 08-24-23, 01:36 PM

Is he the one who cracked that 20/20 reporter upside the head back in the 80’s for questioning/saying it was fake?

**Da Manster!** · 08-24-23, 02:19 PM

Originally posted by cecil127

Is he the one who cracked that 20/20 reporter upside the head back in the 80’s for questioning/saying it was fake?

No sir. That was David Schultz aka "Dr. D"!

**JIBBBY** · 08-24-23, 02:27 PM

RIP TERRY!

**JIBBBY** · 08-24-23, 02:29 PM

ROAD HOUSE!!!!!!

**edawg** · 08-24-23, 02:31 PM

Also in the best arm wrestling movie ever made!

**JIBBBY** · 08-24-23, 02:38 PM

**cecil127** · 08-24-23, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by Da Manster!

No sir. That was David Schultz aka "Dr. D"!

Somehow being wrong about wrestling trivia isn’t like missing a jeopardy question….

but I DO know Iron Shieks boots were “loaded” when he faced bob backlund….

**Da Manster!** · 08-24-23, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by cecil127

Somehow being wrong about wrestling trivia isn’t like missing a jeopardy question….

but I DO know Iron Shieks boots were “loaded” when he faced bob backlund….

So was Sensational Shari's purse when Hogan walloped Zeus upside his head in SummerSlam of '89! Jesse "The Body" Ventura was a heel announcer doing the ringside commentary! Funny as shit with him screaming "HOGAN'S GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT!!!" LMAO!

**slayer14** · 08-24-23, 04:40 PM

Guy never looked like he used roids

**goduke** · 08-24-23, 09:04 PM

Saw on the news Bray Wyatt died too.

**Da Manster!** · 08-24-23, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by goduke

Saw on the news Bray Wyatt died too.

yup and I never knew or realized he was the son of Mike Rotunda!

**JIBBBY** · 08-24-23, 10:30 PM

Originally posted by slayer14

Guy never looked like he used roids

They all used roids and who knows what else?

Gotta look jacked for starters if you want to increase your status and increase your pay in the WWE back then. Bigger and more jacked the better!

Gotta heal up quick also for the next venue after getting slammed on your back and head and roids help with that. Needless to say most of them partied like rock stars also.

**JohnGalt2341** · 08-24-23, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

ROAD HOUSE!!!!!!

**hehfest** · 08-25-23, 08:06 AM

Didn’t he carry around a branding iron or something I remember with him and junk yard dog? I think he branded the dog can’t remember and one time the dog got him. That was the shit back then made it look so real.

Yeah I remember him.

**hehfest** · 08-25-23, 08:08 AM

Originally posted by edawg

Also in the best arm wrestling movie ever made!

Arm Wrestling for 1000

What is: Over The Top

**hehfest** · 09-01-23, 12:14 AM

OP MoneyShot - forget the thread or post I replied to you in and you replied back....good luck to you this football season as well and go get em'.