| The Dory Funk Jr. Biography
Dory Ernest Funk Jr. was born February
3rd 1941 in Amarillo, Texas.
Dory Funk Jr is a wrestler and wrestling trainer.
Dory Funk Jr. is a 1 time NWA Americas Heavyweight
Champion, 3 time NWA International Tag Team Champion with Terry
Funk, 1 time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Terry
Funk, 2 time NWA Brass Knuckles Champion, 2 time NWA International Tag Team
Champion with Terry Funk, 1 time NWA North American Heavyweight
Champion, 6 time NWA Western States Tag Team Champion with Ricky Romero
twice, The Super Destroyer twice, Ray Candy once and Larry Lane once, 2
time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Terry
Funk, NWA Hall of Famer since 2006, Professional Wrestling Hall of Famer
since 2005 and WWE Hall of Famer
since 2009.
Dory Funk Jr. started wrestling for the
NWA in 1968 and has feuded with wrestlers such as Gene Kiniski,
Lou Thesz, Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Bruiser Brody
and Stan Hansen till wrestling with the WWF.
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In 1986, Dory came to the WWF and feuded
with wrestlers such as Junkyard Dog,
Tito Santana and Ricky
Steamboat till opening his wrestling school.
Did you know?
- Dory Funk Jr. was trained by hid dad Dory
Funk Sr.
- He wrestled under ring names such as Dory
Funk Jr., The Long Tall Texan, Hoss Funk and The Mass Outlaw
- Dory Funk Jr had managers such as Gary Hart, Jimmy
Hart and Sir Oliver Humperdink
- Terry Funk
is Dory Funk Jr's brother
- Dory Jr invented the Texas cloverleaf submission hold
- He runs the Funking
Conservatory the professional wrestling school
- Dory was a wrestling coach for
wrestlers such as Jeff
Hardy, Matt Hardy, Christian,
Lita, Kurt Angle,
Mickie James, Edge,
Ted DiBiase, Test
and many more
- Dory and Terry are the only brothers in history to each hold the NWA World Championship
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