History Awesome / TerryFunk

* Funk improvising during the infamous Hell in a Cell match between Wrestling/MickFoley and Wrestling/TheUndertaker to buy Foley more time to recover after the hellacious second bump. Funk had Undertaker chokeslam him, resulting in, intentionally or not, funk coming out of his shoes during the chokeslam, which made made for an awesome visual in addition to buying Foley time to recover.

* While the match itself was a farce that got [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/induction-funkcandidohorse/ inducted into]] Website/WrestleCrap, during a silly match against Wrestling/ChrisCandido on an episode of ''Thunder,'' Terry got ''kicked in the arm by a spooked horse'' after piledrivering Candido right next to it. Candido instantly panicked, [[NoSell stopped selling the piledriver]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere scrambled out of the stable]], but Funk just shouted ''"You fucking horse! I'll kick your ass!"'' Just another day on the job for the [[MadeOfIron indestructible]] Terry Funk.

* The [[UpToEleven indescribable]] Funk-Wrestling/DustyRhodes-Wrestling/KevinSullivan-Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher main event of the 2002 [=DVD=] ''[[http://www.thefow.com/index.htm FOW King of Carnage]].'' If you haven't seen it, you MUST get it. The rules said that all four guys had to be busted open before anyone can go for a pin. After that, first pinfall wins. In between, anything goes.

* Terry Funk vs [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] in the finals of IWA's (Japan) King of Deathmatch tournament. The match is not the for the faint of heart, but cemented both of them as THE absolute legends of hardcore wrestling, bar none.

* Beating Jack Brisco for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] on December 10, 1975, in Tampa, Florida, for a few reasons. First, this made him and Dory Jr. the only siblings to hold this title (and still hold that distinction as of January 1, 2013). Second, back in those days, the person who would be NWA World Champ was decided upon by nine people, so there was more of a consensus on who'd be the champ. Third, this would be the same title that Wrestling/RicFlair would hold almost six years later on September 17, 1981.

* Terry Funk vs MickFoley in the finals IWA's (Japan) King of Deathmatch tournament. The match is not the for the feint of heart, but cemented both of them as THE absolute legends of hardcore wrestling, bar none.

* The [[UpToEleven indescribable]] Funk-Wrestling/DustyRhodes-Wrestling/KevinSullivan-Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher main event of the 2002 [=DVD=] ''[[http://www.thefow.com/index.htm FOW King of Carnage]].'' If you haven't seen it, you MUST get it. The rules said that all four guys had to be busted open before anyone can go for a pin. After that, first pinfall wins. In between, anything goes.

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* Winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html NWA ECW Heavyweight Championship/ECW World Heavyweight Championship]] twice, once on December 26, 1993 at ''ECW Holiday Hell 1993'' against Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and reigning until March 26, 1994 at ''ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1994'', and the second time on April 13, 1997 at ''Barely Legal'' against Wrestling/Raven and reigning until August 9, 1997 at ''Born to be Wired 1997'' against Sabu in ''that'' No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match (''that'' match that not only required both men to be cut out of that barbed wire but also ''that'' match that Wrestling/PaulHeyman said he didn't want any hardcore ECW wrestler to attempt again.)

* The indescribable Funk-Wrestling/DustyRhodes-Wrestling/KevinSullivan-Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher main event of the 2002 [=DVD=] ''[[http://www.thefow.com/index.htm FOW King of Carnage]].'' If you haven't seen it, you MUST get it. The rules said that all four guys had to be busted open before anyone can go for a pin. After that, first pinfall wins. In between, anything goes.

* Beating Jack Brisco for the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html World Heavyweight Championship]] on December 10, 1975, in Tampa, Florida, for a few reasons. First, this made him and Dory Jr. the only siblings to hold this title (and still hold that distinction as of January 1, 2013). Second, back in those days, the person who would be NWA World Champ was decided upon by nine people, so there was more of a consensus on who'd be the champ. Third, this would be the same title that Wrestling/RicFlair would hold almost six years later on September 17, 1981.
* Winning the Wrestling/{{ECW}} [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html World Heavyweight Championship]] twice, once on December 26, 1993 at ''ECW Holiday Hell 1993'' against Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and reigning until March 26, 1994 at ''ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1994'', and the second time on April 13, 1997 at ''Barely Legal'' against Wrestling/Raven and reigning until August 9, 1997 at ''Born to be Wired 1997'' against Sabu in ''that'' No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match (''that'' match that not only required both men to be cut out of that barbed wire but also ''that'' match that Wrestling/PaulHeyman said he didn't want any hardcore ECW wrestler to attempt again.)
* Winning the Wrestling/{{WCW}} [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html United States Championship]], making him a two-time United States Champion, his first run being under the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] banner in November 1975.

* Winning the Wrestling/{{WCW}} [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html United States Championship]], making him a two-time United States Champion, his first run being under the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] banner in November 1975.

* Winning the {{ECW}} [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html World Heavyweight Championship]] twice, once on December 26, 1993 at ''ECW Holiday Hell 1993'' against Sabu and reigning until March 26, 1994 at ''ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1994'', and the second time on April 13, 1997 at ''Barely Legal'' against Wrestling/Raven and reigning until August 9, 1997 at ''Born to be Wired 1997'' against Sabu in ''that'' No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match (''that'' match that not only required both men to be cut out of that barbed wire but also ''that'' match that Wrestling/PaulHeyman said he didn't want any hardcore ECW wrestler to attempt again.)
* Winning the [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} WCW]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html United States Championship]], making him a two-time United States Champion, his first run being under the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] banner in November 1975.

* Winning the {{ECW}} [[http://solie.org/titlehistories/whtecw.html World Heavyweight Championship]] twice, once on December 26, 1993 at ''ECW Holiday Hell 1993'' against Sabu and reigning until March 26, 1994 at ''ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1994'', and the second time on April 13, 1997 at ''Barely Legal'' against Wrestling/Raven and reigning until August 9, 1997 at ''Born to be Wired 1997'' against Sabu in ''that'' No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match (''that'' match that not only required both men to be cut out of that barbed wire but also ''that'' match that Wrestling/PaulHeyman said he didn't want any hardcore ECW wrestler to attempt again.
* Winning the {{WCW}} [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html United States Championship]], making him a two-time United States Champion, his first run being under the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] banner in November 1975.

* Beating Jack Brisco for the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html World Heavyweight Championship]] on December 10, 1975, in Tampa, Florida, for a few reasons. First, this made him and Dory Jr. the only siblings to hold this title (and still hold that distinction as of January 1, 2013). Second, back in those days, the person who would be NWA World Champ was decided upon by nine people, so there was more of a consensus on who'd be the champ. Third, this would be the same title that Wrestling/RicFlair would hold almost six years later on September 17, 1981.

* Beating Jack Brisco for the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] World Heavyweight Championship on December 10, 1975, in Tampa, Florida, for a few reasons. First, this made him and Dory Jr. the only siblings to hold this title (and still hold that distinction as of January 1, 2013). Second, back in those days, the person who would be NWA World Champ was decided upon by nine people, so there was more of a consensus on who'd be the champ. Third, this would be the same title that Wrestling/RicFlair would hold almost six years later on September 17, 1981.