Posted August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010012 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010013 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I hope Flair's wrong about this, but either way that sucks so bad. The actual GOAT.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010017 This one took my breath away. Nobody else led a career like Terry's; nobody else could have.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010018 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010019 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
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010021 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010022 His WWE Hall of Fame speech was particularly touching concerning themes of life and death in pro wrestling.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010023 Terry Funk was everything that is great about pro-wrestling. The greatest.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010026 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
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010029 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010031 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010032 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010033 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010034 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010035 An absolute titan, the world of wrestling wouldn't be the same without him. RIP
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010036 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010038 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.
August 23, 20232 yr comment_6010040 Just fucking heartbroken. My favorite of all time. Love the Funker.
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