Terry Funk Shoot Interview (Exclusive) R.I.P.

Terry Dee Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling. Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Funk was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.Over the course of his career, Funk wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_of_Japan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_Association, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE and multiple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance territories including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling. He was the promoter of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_States_Sports promotion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling) held by Funk included the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USWA_Unified_World_Heavyweight_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Television_Championship. He headlined ECW's premier annual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view event, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember, three times. Funk was inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Hall_of_Fame, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_Hall_of_Fame.Funk was born on June 30, 1944, in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond,_Indiana. He was the son of Dorothy (Culver) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk, a professional wrestler and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion. Following the end of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II, the family relocated to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas, where Terry and his brother, known professionally as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk,_Jr, grew up in the professional wrestling business. After graduating from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_High_School_(Canyon,_Texas), Funk attended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_State_University (now West Texas A&M University), where he competed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_wrestling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_footballLater in Funk's career, his style changed from wrestling traditional southern style wrestling matches to the more violent style of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling. In 1993, after a special appearance against Blanchard at World Championship Wrestling's Slamboree, Funk promised to help the fledgling Eastern Championship Wrestling (later renamed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling or ECW) by lending his talent and notoriety to the promotion. On July 16, Terry and Dory Funk lost a barbed wire match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_Enemy_(professional_wrestling). Funk maintained a regular schedule of wrestling for ECW in its early days while also competing in Japan. He had many feuds and wrestled programs with wrestlers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley,...