TSC Evaluation #11: Terry Funk

[mrken12]

In the last evaluation, Ultimate Warrior got a score of 6.65

TSC Evaluation #10: The Ultimate Warrior

Scott Steiner: 8.67 TSC Evaluation #2: Scott Steiner
Rob Van Dam: 8.12 TSC Evaluation #9: Rob Van Dam
CM Punk: 8.00 TSC Evaluation #7: CM Punk
Goldberg: 7.47 TSC Evaluation #3: Goldberg
Roddy Piper: 7.44 TSC Evaluation #6: Roddy Piper
Sycho Sid: 6.77 TSC Evaluation #4: Sycho Sid / Sid Vicious
Lex Luger: 5.90 TSC Evaluation #8: Lex Luger
Tazz: 5.84 TSC Evaluation #5: Tazz
Jeff Jarrett: 4.55 TSC Evaluation: Jeff Jarrett

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Thursday.

For Evaluation #12, it will be Vader.

Pending requests: Sting, Edge, Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Dreamer, Raven

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Major accomplishments

All Japan Pro Wrestling
World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1977, 1979, 1982) – with Dory Funk, Jr.

Cauliflower Alley Club
Iron Mike Mazurki Award (2005)

Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1x)
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (2x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.
NWA Florida Television Championship (1x)
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2x)

Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2x)
ECW Television Championship (1x)

George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2010

Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.
NWA Georgia Television Championship (1x)

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling/World Championship Wrestling
NWA (Mid-Atlantic)/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2x)
WCW Hardcore Championship (3x)
WCW Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)

National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2009)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

NWA Big Time Wrestling
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (1x)

NWA Hollywood Wrestling
NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (1x)
NWA International Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.

NWA Western States Sports
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version) (2x)
NWA International Tag Team Championship (2x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.
NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (12x)
NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Ricky Romero (2x) and The Lawman (1x)
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (2x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.

Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Feud of the Year (1989) vs. Ric Flair
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1997)
PWI Wrestler of the Year (1976)
PWI ranked him #22 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
PWI ranked him #22 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
PWI ranked him #9 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Dory Funk, Jr. in 2003

Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
Class of 2004

Southwest Championship Wrestling
SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (1x)
SCW World Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Dory Funk, Jr.

St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2010

St. Louis Wrestling Club
NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame

Tokyo Sports
Best Bout Award (1980) with Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta on December 11
Popularity Prize (1979)
Special Service Award (1983)

United States Wrestling Association
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
WWF Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Cactus Jack
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2009)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
5 Star Match (1984) with Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen on December 8
5 Star Match (1989) vs. Ric Flair on November 15
Best Brawler (1989)
Best Heel (1989)
Best on Interviews (1989)
Feud of the Year (1989) vs. Ric Flair
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

Other accomplishments
Hardcore Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)



With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Terry Funk in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

 

[TheWhackMamba]

8

Had some of the most savage promos of all time.
Was a crazy reckless b*stard in the ring, put in some absolute classics.

But should have retired 96

 

[jackswstd]

Prime Terry was a savage, ringwise, promos were ridiculous. Classic feuds, I give him a 10.

 

[Riley Escobar]

8

No denying his commitment and dedication, but 95% of what I've seen was after his 65th retirement in the mid 90's so it's skewed somewhat

Great promos, never liked him as a wrestler aside from his complete lack of caring about whether he gets killed or not

He does get a bonus point for threatening to beat up a horse though

 

[TL15]

First saw him as a kid and was scared as hell from him lol

from what I've seen he was an icon and a better than average character over the years. I'd say 7. 8-10 are slightly higher to me (in my book) but definitely great.

 

[ZEB WALTON]

legend. diff eras. great wrestler. personality. kepot it up like 40 years. didnt matter if he lost he was always money.

 

[Jmare007]

Greatest northamerican wrestler ever imo. If I wasn't such a big Misawa stan he'd be the GOAT wrestler I've ever watched. Dude was amazing in the ring in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Then he went full fukkery and still tried his best to have entertaining matches in the last 20+ years. One of the best tag team wrestlers ever. Awesome heel and damn good babyface. Great promo too.

God always tried to make a match entertaining and always tried to make it feel like he was on the brink of losing his shyt and do something crazy and "not planned". Even old and broken down he could make a depressing "legends" Battle Royal in PWG something fun to watch.

GOAT freelancer too. Everywhere he went he made the product better, put people over and made people look like stars or helped them make some sort of leap.

The only "hole" I have from God is his late 90's WCW work but even if it's complete garbage, he has too many decades of greatness for it to mean something.

One of the biggest travesties in wrestling is not having any full footage of him in the territories during his run as NWA champ, as well as his runs in Florida and his homebase of Amarillo.

He's a 10 no doubt about it.

 

[patscorpio]

if there was one wrestler who truly adjusted the times, its Terry Funk

he is one of the few old timers that actually added more modern moves to his moveset..for better or for worse...i mean i used to be amazed when i saw dude break out different variations of the moonsault

was a damned good wrestler and brawler...favorite match is the I quit match with Flair at Clash of the Champions

great promos and personality

give him a strong 8

 

[3Rivers]

10

There wasn't anything that Terry Funk couldn't do inside or outside the ring. Could work, could cut a promo as a heel(Calling folks egg sucking dogs,etc) or as a face(FOREVER!, FOREVER!!!) had one of the GOAT level entrances themes to go along with Gary Michael Capetta introducing him


His late 80's NWA feud with Flair is one of my favorites

 

[3Rivers]

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Most of what I saw from Terry Funk, he was way out of his prime, though he put on some brutal (in a good way) matches in the early-mid 90s), so I can't give him a completely fair assessment. I'll just give him a solid 7 due to promos, having a very lengthy career, and knowing he won so many titles, thus attaining legend status. If I were to give him a rating based on when I really started watching him consistently, I wouldn't give him more than a 4. He was simply Mick Foley's right hand man in 98 vs the Outlaws and protecting him from Undertaker (or attempting to lol), and in WCW, he was pretty much a waste, competing in really bad matches in the Hardcore division and in general. The match with Kevin Nash

 

[Bonefan32]

Damn can't believe I almost missed this thread

I'm gonna keep this one kinda short I'm giving him a ten I may add more later but short on time now

Obviously I wasn't old enough to see a majority of his career but I've watched enough to know he is a one of a kind talent that brought alot to professional wrestling

-Mic work/promos - incredible, one of the most believable ever on the microphone

-Personality/gimmicks - still not sure if it was a gimmick or just himself but the craziness during his matches always entertained me

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds) - really good andnhelped establish so many top stars over the years, whether it was as a bad guy pissing off the faces or the loveable underdog he told a story like no other

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores) - 10

I dont get why he never gets any love as the best of all time I mean I would choose him over flair any day

 

[DaHNIC82]

One of the GOATS

 

[mrken12]

legend. diff eras. great wrestler. personality. kepot it up like 40 years. didnt matter if he lost he was always money.

Is it true that he's STILL wrestling?

 

[TheAlbionist]

8.

As a promo, the guy was off the fukking chain. He went HARD as a heel... even when I knew he was intentionally heeling he still made me despite knowing he always seemed like one of the "nicer" guys backstage.

Ringwise, his brother probably had the edge, but the Funker is the Funker and he'll never be emulated.

I just wish he'd retired (at least) 15 years ago.