Terry Funk vs. TNT (10/15/88)

 

There was a scaffold around the ring and these guys climb that when they can and they brawl all over the stadium from the ring to the bullpen to the stands and this shit is fucking awesome as the fans are going total apeshit. This was just an insane brawl that the referee had no chance in controlling as Funk knew hat he wanted to do and boy did he do it as he was a one man show here. The referee eventually called for a DDQ but these guys continued to brawl everywhere. This is so fucking wild it's gotta be on the set.

I enjoyed this, and it was a fun match, but I'm not sure it was really any good. This is all about the PR version of Funk which is over the top bumping and chickenshit chaos. He takes about three or four totally absurd bumps in this, spends the whole match running around and then it gets tossed out right at the five minute mark. Funk selling by dry humping the ground was highly amusing and kind of worked - Terry really obviously telegraphing another bump? Not so much.

Terry Funk vs. TNT (10/15/88) -

 

Funk stumbling around a baseball field, running from a ninja is the least shocking thing ever but I still loved it. The best parts of this were Funk dangling upside from the scaffold and falling on his head then later taking a wild over the top rope bump into the dirt. Of course, Terry Funk has great punches and we got plenty of that here too. TNT doesn't bring much but is a good babyface to be whipping Terry's ass. Funk loses his cool and tosses a table in the ring. We have a tug of war for the table that no one wins and eventually the match gets thrown out. Terry climbs the scaffold all the way post-match and TNT follows. Funk dangles from it again but this time safely comes down. More madness ensues before it cuts out. This is your standard wild man Funk 80s match but it's one of the more unique ones when the scaffold and table are considered. It's a bit short though. LOW END nomination.