WingedEagle Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Terry Funk has passed away according to Ric Flair (at least he was the first I saw of it). If true, RIP to a true legend and one of a kind figure in wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I hope Flair's wrong about this, but either way that sucks so bad. The actual GOAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Please let this be not true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 oh no oh no oh no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 This one took my breath away. Nobody else led a career like Terry's; nobody else could have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 I do believe that if you think of the entire essence of pro wrestling, in totality, however you choose to believe it, Terry Funk embodied that more than any other wrestler who ever did it. I never saw anyone do all the things he did. I saw some folks do certain things maybe better, but Terry did it ALL. And GREAT. There will never be another. Rest in power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 I don't think there have been two wrestlers as dramatically different, just polar opposites, as face Terry Funk and heel Terry Funk. They just happened to be the same person. What a fucking legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Suplex-12 Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Rest in power to the GOAT. A legend who will be remembered for generations to come. All i can say is hopefully he is at peace now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 His WWE Hall of Fame speech was particularly touching concerning themes of life and death in pro wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Terry Funk was everything that is great about pro-wrestling. The greatest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 How can two promos like these be cut by one man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Probably the best ever, really. He excelled in every possible way that we measure greatness in wrestling, all over the world and for so many decades RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Boricua Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 If any wrestler could be described as timeless it's Terry Funk. Could be put in any era, any place and just be the best. To me, the absolute greatest of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 This one hurts. Rest in peace to the GOAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 What always impressed me about Terry is that, while we are mostly posting stuff from mid-90s in the USA, he was already so damn big to the point where Kinnikuman, a wildly popular Japanese comic book series, was modelling a central character around him in 1979. He's just one of a kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Just yesterday, I was rewatching the time he got kicked by a horse while wrestling Chris Candido in a stable. What a career he had. Truth be told, the writing was on the wall with the announcement that he had been placed in assisted living with dementia. And by all accounts, he wasn't the same after his wife died. Relieved isn't the right word, but I can take a measure of solace in the fact that his suffering is at an end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Terry Funk was one of those wrestlers you truly felt was perhaps immortal - in the physical sense of the term. But no matter what, The Funker will forever be immortal with the body of work and legacy he's leaving behind in a broad spectrum in pro wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Terry Funk was good at whatever he chose to do and constantly reinvented himself as the business evolved without losing the core that made him special. One of the all time greats. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 An absolute titan, the world of wrestling wouldn't be the same without him. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Effortlessly charismatic and captivating. A guy who makes wrestling fun because he was always fun to watch. I mean, there's just a joy that one can have watching his work - especially personal favorites (the Flair matches in 89', for example) - that so very few other wrestlers have. He's on the very, very shortlist of best to ever have done it and, the older I get, the more and more I think he really might be the best. He made every feud, every story, every victory, and every loss feel REAL, like it really mattered, like it was always deeply personal. That didn't always result in great matches, but they still mattered because he was in them, even in the most ridiculous of circumstances like his last WCW years or the Chainsaw Charlie stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLB Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 FOREVER TERRY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenese Sarwieh Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 If there ever was a standard of what a complete performer is, Terry Funk is your guy. I'm completely stunned and sadden by this news. He's one if the reasons a nine year old me fell in love with ECW. My earliest memory of Funk was his barbed wire match with Sabu at 3am with my brother and mama then flowed to his older stuff, no surprise he was great with everything he did. Rest In Paradise Funker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 This is so depressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Just fucking heartbroken. My favorite of all time. Love the Funker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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