Editor's note: Portions of this story are being reprinted with permission of the Ocala Gazette and the article's author, Susan Smiley-Height. Dory Funk, Jr., a larger-than-life character in the rings ...

This week’s “Rewind-Mania” match of the week featured The Road Warriors and The Funks in All Japan Pro Wrestling, from the City Gymnasium in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan from Oct. 20, 1986. By 1986, The Road ...

The WWE Universe might remember the Funks for their tenure in the mid-1980s, including a tag team appearance at WrestleMania ...

Dory Funk Jr. is penciled in to return to the ring at 83 years of age for Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan. The infamous hardcore promotion is due to hold a memorial show for ...

Depending on which former wrestler you ask, some will say the greatest thrill they had was either as an active wrestler or providing the tools and guidance to the next generational talents hungry on ...

In 1996, Kurt Angle was offered a 10-year contract by Vince McMahon following the 1996 Summer Olympics without having ever stepped between the ropes for a pro wrestling promotion. At the time, he ...

Three WWE legends are now Hall of Fame bound. The company named Kamala, Dory Funk Sr. and Ivan Koloff as the Legacy inductees for the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame class. They join a class that will be ...

Pro wrestling will never be the same. The legendary Terry Funk has passed away at the age of 79. For the last eight decades, wrestling filled Funk’s blood supply. The son of wrestling icon Dory Funk, ...

Dory Funk, Jr., a larger-than-life character in the rings in Amarillo and later, the world, continues to be one in real life as he turned 85 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in his home at Ocala, Florida. The ...