Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk were the prime movers in letting me become captivated by pro wrestling. When I see The Funks and their matches, I always reconfirm my reason for being a wrestling fan in the stream of the time. I have made my view to wrestling with a lot of memories, which I got through countless live shows. I will never forget about them and my sympathy or telepathy with them.
Dory Funk Jr. and Dory Funk Sr. had their first Japan tour from November 26 to December 6 in 1969 (actually, Dory Sr. had come by Tokyo as a Marine immediately after World War II in 1945).
November 28, 1969---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki drew Dory Funk Jr. & Danny Hodge (1-1)
(1) Hodge beat Inoki (27:12)
(2) Inoki beat Hodge (11:15)
(3) 60 minutes time up---Baba & Inoki kept the title
December 1, 1969---Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
All Asian Tag Team title match
Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Dory Funk Jr. & Harley Race (2-1)
(1) Race beat Yoshimura (16:28)
(2) Inoki & Yoshimura beat Dory & Race (6:23 disqualification)
(3) Yoshimura beat Race (2:32)---Inoki & Yoshimura kept the title
December 2, 1969---Osaka Gym
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. drew Antonio Inoki (60 minutes time up)---Dory kept the title; this match will be a subject of "greatest match" discussions forever.
December 3, 1969---Tokyo Gym
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. drew Giant Baba (1-1)
(1) Baba beat Dory (21:07)
(2) Dory beat Baba (3:47)
(3) 60 minutes time up---Dory kept the title
December 4, 1969---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki beat Dory Funk Jr. & Killer Buddy Austin
(1) Dory beat Inoki (18:12)
(2) Baba beat Austin (2:19)
(3) Inoki beat Dory (4:06)---Baba & Inoki kept the title
Terry Funk had his first Japan tour from July 27 to August 5, 1970.
July 30, 1970---Osaka Gym
International Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba drew Dory Funk Jr. (1-1)
(1) Dory beat Baba (17:20)
(2) Baba beat Dory (28:20)
(3) 6:55 double countout---Baba kept the title
August 2, 1970---Fukuoka Sports Center
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. drew Antonio Inoki (1-1)
(1) Dory beat Inoki (30:38)
(2) Inoki beat Dory (7:04)
(3) 60 minutes time up---Dory kept the title
August 4, 1970---Tokyo Gym
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki beat Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (2-0)
(1) Baba & Inoki beat Funks (26:17 disqualification)
(2) Baba beat Terry (5:45)---Baba & Inoki kept the title
December 1, 1971---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
All Asian Tag Team title match
Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Dory Funk Jr. & Dick Murdoch (1-1)
(1) Murdoch beat Yoshimura (28:09)
(2) Yoshimura beat Murdoch (23:00)
(3) 60 minute time up---Inoki & Yoshimura kept the title
December 7, 1971---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
International Tag Team title match
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki (2-1)
(1) Dory beat Inoki (16:05)
(2) Baba beat Terry (5:34)
(3) Terry beat Baba (4:12)---The Funks became the 15th champions
December 9, 1971---Osaka Gym
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. beat Seiji Sakaguchi (2-1)
(1) Sakaguchi beat Dory (17:17)
(2) Dory beat Sakaguchi (4:21)
(3) Dory beat Sakaguchi (2:15)---Dory kept the title
December 12, 1971---Tokyo Gym
International Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Terry Funk (2-1)
(1) Terry beat Baba (9:57)
(2) Baba beat Terry (7:18)
(3) Baba beat Terry (6:52)---Baba kept the title
December 12, 1971---Tokyo Gym
All Asian Tag Team title match
Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Dory Funk Jr. & Dick Murdoch (2-1)
(1) Dory beat Sakaguchi (14:00)
(2) Sakaguchi beat Dory (6:00)
(3) Sakaguchi beat Race (6:30)---Sakaguchi & Yoshimura became the 26th champions
March 19, 1972---Sports Arena, Amarillo, Texas
International Tag Team title match
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Seiji Sakaguchi (1-1)
(1) Baba beat Dory (2:32)
(2) Terry beat Baba (7:35)
(3) 15:34 No Contest---The Funks kept the title
March 20, 1972---Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (2-1)
(1) Terry beat Sakaguchi (15:17)
(2) Sakaguchi beat Terry (13:20)
(3) Baba beat Dory (4:27)---Baba & Sakaguchi became the 16th champions
Giant Baba started his own All Japan Pro Wrestling with big support from Dory Funk Sr. and Dory & Terry Funk.
October 21, 1972---Machida City Gym, Tokyo
Bruno Sammartino & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Thunder Sugiyama (2-1)
(1) Terry beat Sugiyama (13:00)
(2) Sugiyama beat Terry (9:03)
(3) Bruno & Terry beat Baba & Sugiyama (7:44 countout)
October 30, 1972---Aichi Gym, Nagoya
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Terry Funk (2-1)
(1) Terry beat Baba (19:15)
(2) Baba beat Terry (4:24)
(3) Baba beat Terry (5:00)---Baba kept the title
September 8, 1973---Fukuoka Sports Center
PWF World Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Dory Funk Jr. (2-1)
(1) Dory beat Baba (16:12)
(2) Baba beat Dory (4:10)
(3) Baba beat Dory (5:59 countout)---Baba kept the title
October 9, 1973---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
International Tag Team title match
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Tomomi (Jumbo) Tsuruta (1-1)
(1) Tsuruta beat Terry (23:57)
(2) Terry beat Tsuruta (17:24)
(3) 60 minutes time up---The Funks kept the title
January 29, 1974---Higashi-yodogawa Gym, Osaka
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Jack Brisco drew Dory Funk Jr. (1-1)
(1) Dory beat Brisco (43:10)
(2) Brisco beat Dory (10:16)
(3) 60 minutes time up---Brisco kept the title
January 30, 1974---Nichidai Kodo (Nihon University Hall), Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba drew Dory Funk Jr. (1-1)
(1) Dory beat Baba (20:12)
(2) Baba beat Dory (2:31)
(3) 3:50 double countout---Baba kept the title
June 15, 1974---Colorado Springs, Colorado
International Tag Team title match
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Kung Fu Lee (Great Kojika) (2-1)
(1) Dory beat Lee (11:04)
(2) Baba beat Terry (6:22)
(3) Terry beat Lee (5:32)---The Funks kept the title
August 9, 1974---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Giant Baba beat Terry Funk (2-1)
(1) Baba beat Terry (12:18)
(2) Terry beat Baba (6:40)
(3) Baba beat Terry (1:44)---Baba kept the title
August 29, 1974---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Dory Funk Jr. beat Jumbo Tsuruta (2-1)
(1) Dory beat Tsuruta (16:31)
(2) Tsuruta beat Dory (3:51)
(3) Dory beat Tsuruta (9:22)---Tsuruta's first singles main event match
December 26, 1974---Sports Arena, Amarillo, Texas
International Tag Team title match
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (2-1)
(1) Baba beat Dory (20:47)
(2) Terry beat Baba (12:20)
(3) Dory beat Tsuruta (12:12) ---The Funks kept the title
February 5, 1975---Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (2-1)
(1) Baba beat Terry (15:45)
(2) Dory beat Tsuruta (6:30)
(3) Tsuruta beat Dory (11:13)---Baba & Tsuruta became the 23rd champions
March 8, 1975---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta drew Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (1-1)
(1) Terry beat Baba (14:10)
(2) Baba beat Terry (5:45)
(3) Tsuruta drew Terry (9:38 double countout)
March 13, 1975---Nichidai Kodo (Nihon University Hall), Tokyo
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (2-1)
(1) Dory beat Tsuruta (12:16)
(2) Baba beat Terry (3:13)
(3) Tsuruta beat Dory (5:23)
Giant Baba and All Japan Pro Wrestling had their "World Open Championship Tournament" on December 6 - 18, 1975, with Dory Funk Jr., Harley Race, Abdullah the Butcher, Dick Murdoch, Dusty Rhodes, Baron Von Raschke, Horst Hoffman, Pat O'Connor, Don Leo Jonathan, The Destroyer (Dick Beyer), Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods), and Ken Mantell. Its climax was the 13th Anniversary show of Rikidozan's death, which the late Rikidozan's Momota family promoted, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on December 11, 1975. Giant Baba & The Destroyer beat Dory Funk Jr. & Jumbo Tsuruta.
June 11, 1976---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Terry Funk beat Jumbo Tsuruta (2-1)
(1) Tsuruta beat Terry (15:50)
(2) Terry beat Tsuruta (6:05)
(3) Terry beat Tsuruta (5:12)---Terry kept the title
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
December 2 - December 15, 1977 (15 shows)
(1) Dory & Terry Funk (2) Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (3) Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (4) Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu (4) Kintaro Ohki (Kim ILL) & Kim Duk (Tiger Chang Lee) (6) Bill Robinson & Horst Hoffman (7) The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) & Texas Red (Red Bastien) (8) Akihisa Takachiho (The Great Kabuki) & Mighty Inoue (8) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata (Mitsuo Hata in Central States)
December 2, 1977---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Akihisa Takachiho & Mighty Inoue (17:55 Terry beat Hata)
December 3, 1977---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
Dory & Terry Funk beat The Destroyer & Texas Red (20:15 Dory beat Red)
December 4, 1977---Neyagawa City Gym, Osaka
Dory & Terry Funk beat Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu (18:53 Terry beat Kusatsu)
December 6, 1977---Kyu-den Memorial Gym, Fukuoka
Dory & Terry Funk drew Bill Robinson & Horst Hoffman (45:00 time up)
December 12, 1977---Oita Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk (20:59 Terry beat Duk)
December 14, 1977---Osaka Furitsu Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (45:00 time up)
December 15, 1977---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (14:40 Dory beat Sheik by DQ)---Dory & Terry won the tournament
"The Funks vs. Butcher & Sheik" was one of the biggest and bloodiest feuds in Japanese wrestling history. They drew huge money for Baba's All Japan Pro from 1977 to 1981.
July 26, 1978---Omagari Gym, Akita
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk & Dick Slater (2-1)
(1) Terry beat Tsuruta (16:16)
(2) Baba beat Slater (5:20)
(3) Tsuruta beat Terry (6:55)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
December 1 - December 15, 1978 (13 shows)
(1) Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (2) Dory & Terry Funk (3) Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza (4) Bill Robinson & Black Wild Angus (5) Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (12/1-9) / Killer Tor Kamata (12/11-15) (6) Kintaro Ohki (Kim ILL) & Kim Duk (Tiger Chang Lee)
December 5, 1978---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza (28:08 Dory beat Lanza)
December 6, 1978---Kochi Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Kintaro Ohki & Kim Duk (18:12 Dory beat Ohki)
December 9, 1978---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik beat Dory & Terry Funk (12:29 Sheik beat Dory by disqualification)
December 14, 1978---Hakodate City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Bill Robinson & Wild Angus (45:00 time up)
December 15, 1978---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (45:00 time up)---Baba & Tsuruta won the tournament
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 30 - December 13, 1979 (13 shows)
(1) Dory & Terry Funk (2) Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (3) Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (4) Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras (5) Kintaro Ohki (Kim ILL) & Killer Tor Kamata (6) Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods) & Masked Strangler (Jose Rivera Sr.) (7) Chief Wahoo McDaniel & Chief Frank Hill
December 2, 1979---Hakodate City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Kintaro Ohki & Tor Kamata (20:26 Terry beat Kamata)
December 6, 1979---Hamamatsu City Gym, Shizuoka
Dory & Terry Funk beat Wahoo McDaniel & Frank Hill (15:05 Terry beat Hill)
December 7, 1979---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras (18:16 Dory beat Caras)
December 9, 1979---Ehime Prefectural Hall, Matsuyama
Dory & Terry Funk beat Mr. Wrestling & Masked Strangler (16:47 Terry beat Strangler)
December 12, 1979---Nagasaki International Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (45:00 time up)
December 13, 1979---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (17:15 Dory beat Sheik)---Dory & Terry won the tournament
8th Champion Carnival Tournament
March 28 - May 1, 1980
(1) Jumbo Tsuruta (2) Dick Slater (3) Terry Funk, Abdullah the Butcher (5) Giant Baba (6) Tiger Toguchi (7) Ted DiBiase (8) Ray Candy (9) The Mysterious Assassin (Bobby Jaggers) (10) Rocky Hata, Great Kojika (12) Motoji Okuma (13) Carl Fergie
October 13, 1980---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
United National Heavyweight title match
Abdullah the Butcher drew Terry Funk (1-1)
(1) Terry beat Butcher (7:50)
(2) Butcher beat Terry (7:10 countout)
(3) 3:35 double disqualification---Butcher kept the title
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 28 - December 11, 1980 (13 shows)
(1) Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (2) Dory & Terry Funk (3) Abdullah the Butcher & Killer Tor Kamata (4) Nick Bockwinkel & Jumping Jim Brunzell (4) Dick Slater & Ricky Steamboat (6) Bill Robinson & Les Thornton (7) The Sheik & Great Mephisto (Frankie Cain)
November 28, 1980---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat The Sheik & Great Mephisto (11:05 Dory beat Mephisto by countout)
December 1, 1980---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Bill Robinson & Les Thornton (19:30 Dory beat Thornton)
December 5, 1980---Kochi Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Abdullah the Butcher & Tor Kamata (15:58 double countout)
December 7, 1980---Nobeoka City Gym, Miyazaki
Dory & Terry Funk beat Dick Slater & Ricky Steamboat (37:06 Terry beat Steamboat)
December 9, 1980---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Nick Bockwinkel & Jim Brunzell (14:55 Dory beat Brunzell)
December 11, 1980---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Dory & Terry Funk (43:50 Tsuruta beat Terry by countout)---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
April 24, 1981---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta drew Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (1-1)
(1) Terry beat Baba (21:07)
(2) Baba beat Terry (6:00)
(3) 10:54 double countout---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
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April 30, 1981---Matsudo City Gym, Chiba
International Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. beat Terry Funk (54:00)---Dory kept the title
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October 7, 1981---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
NWA World Heavyweight title match
Ric Flair drew Terry Funk (1-1)
(1) Flair beat Terry (11:24)
(2) Terry beat Flair (3:07)
(3) 3:42 double countout---Flair kept the title
October 9, 1981---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
International Heavyweight title match
Bruiser Brody beat Dory Funk Jr. (9:36 disqualification)--- Brody became the 11th champion
November 11, 1981---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
International Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. beat Bruiser Brody (13:52 disqualification)--- Dory became the 12th champion
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 27 - December 13, 1981 (16 shows)
(1) Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka (2) Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (3) Dory & Terry Funk (4) Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda (5) Harley Race & Larry Hennig (6) The Sheik & Mark Lewin (7) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (7) Great Kojika (Kung Fu Lee) & Motoshi Ohkuma (7) Baron Von Raschke & Killer Karl Krupp
November 27, 1981---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda beat Dory & Terry Funk (10:37 disqualification)
November 29, 1981---Isawa Komatsu Public Hall, Yamanashi
Dory & Terry Funk beat Great Kojika & Motoshi Ohkuma (13:46 Terry beat Kojika)
December 1, 1981---Hamamatsu City Gym, Shizuoka
Dory & Terry Funk beat The Sheik & Mark Lewin (12:53 disqualification)
December 4, 1981---Kochi Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (22:32 Dory beat Hara)
December 8, 1981---Akita Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (45:00 time up)
December 9, 1981---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Harley Race & Larry Hennig (21:16 Terry beat Hennig)
December 11, 1981---Obihiro City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Baron Von Raschke & Killer Karl Krupp (17:41 Terry beat Krupp)
December 13, 1981---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka beat Dory & Terry Funk (21:41 Brody beat Dory)---Brody & Snuka won the tournament
February 20, 1982---Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
International Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. beat Hacksaw Butch Reed (12:36 disqualification)---Dory kept the title
March 7, 1982---Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
International Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. drew Bill Robinson (60 minutes time up)---Dory kept the title
April 2, 1982---Civic Center Coliseum, Amarillo, Texas
International Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. beat Harley Race (22:45 countout)---Dory kept the title
April 17, 1982---Oita Prefectural Gym
International Heavyweight title match
Dory Funk Jr. beat Ted DiBiase (36:31)---Dory kept the title
April 21, 1982---Osaka Gym
International Heavyweight title match
Bruiser Brody beat Dory Funk Jr. (15:10)--- Brody became the 13th champion
October 26, 1982---Obihiro City Gym, Hokkaido
International Heavyweight title match
Bruiser Brody drew Dory Funk Jr. (11:29 double countout)---Brody kept the title
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 26 - December 13, 1982 (17 shows)
(1) Dory & Terry Funk (2) Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (2) Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (4) Harley Race & Dick Slater (5) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (6) Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood (7) Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) & Umanosuke Ueda
November 27, 1982---Gumma Sports Center, Maebashi
Dory & Terry Funk beat Super Destroyer & Umanosuke Ueda (11:38 Terry beat Destroyer)
November 29, 1982---Iwate Prefectural Gym, Morioka
Dory & Terry Funk beat Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (20:45 Terry beat Hara)
December 2, 1982---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood (8:57 Terry beat Youngblood)
December 8, 1982---Asahikawa City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (26:57 double count out)
December 9, 1982---Nakajima Sports Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Harley Race & Dick Slater (45:00 time up)
December 13, 1982---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (12:30 DQ)---Dory & Terry won the tournament
April 7, 1983---Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center, Sendai
International Tag Team title match
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta beat Terry Funk & Ted DiBiase (12:03 Baba beat DiBiase)---Baba & Tsuruta kept the title
April 23, 1983---Yokosuka City Gym, Kanagawa
International Heavyweight title match
Bruiser Brody drew Terry Funk (12:49 double countout)---Brody kept the title
April 25, 1983---Suwa-ko Sports Center, Suwa, Nagano
International Heavyweight title match
Bruiser Brody drew Dory Funk Jr. (13:46 double countout)---Brody kept the title
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August 31, 1983---Kuramae Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
Terry Funk's Retirement match
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk beat Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (12:35 Terry beat Gordy)
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Terry has retired more than once before. I have attended Terry's two big retirement shows, in Tokyo and in his hometown (he faced Bret Hart at the Tri-State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Amarillo, Texas on September 11, 1997). I know there are bitter opinions against not only Terry's retirements but also pro wrestlers' retirements and quick comebacks in general. Personally, I will be really impressed with it as a professional wrestler's "destiny" rather than be disgusted.
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 25 - December 12, 1983 (17 shows)
(1) Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (2) Dory Funk Jr. & Giant Baba managed by Terry Funk (2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (4) Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda (4) Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras (6) Barry Windham & Ron Fuller (7) Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue (8) The Mongolian (Gene Lewis) & Goro Tsurumi
April 25, 1984---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
PWF World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody beat Dory Funk Jr. & Giant Baba (16:19 Hansen beat Dory)---Hansen & Brody kept the title
August 26, 1984---Den-en Coliseum, Tokyo
PWF World Tag Team title match
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody beat Dory Funk Jr. & Giant Baba, with manager Terry Funk (12:13 Hansen & Brody beat Dory & Baba by disqualification)---Hansen & Brody kept the title
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 22 - December 12, 1984 (19 shows)
(1) Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (2) Dory & Terry Funk (2) Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (2) Harley Race & Nick Bockwinkel (5) Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (6) Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura (6) One Man Gang & Goro Tsurumi (8) Tiger Jeet Singh & Mike Shaw (Makhan Singh [Stampede], Norman The Lunatic [WCW], Bastion Booger [WWF])
November 22, 1984---Matsudo City Sports Park Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Tiger Jeet Singh & Mike Shaw (8:58 Dory beat Shaw)
November 23, 1984---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (23:23 Dory beat Smith by countout)
November 27, 1984---Nagaoka Welfare Hall, Niigata
Dory & Terry Funk beat One Man Gang & Goro Tsurumi
November 28, 1984---Nakajima Sports Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (30:00 time up)
December 4, 1984---Fukuoka International Center
Dory & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura (14:33 Dory beat Kimura by countout)
December 8, 1984---Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody beat Dory & Terry Funk (18:42 DQ)
December 12, 1984---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Dory & Terry Funk drew Harley Race & Nick Bockwinkel (30:00 time up)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 23 - December 12, 1985 (20 shows)
(1) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (2) Dory Funk Jr. & Giant Baba (2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (2) Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2) Harley Race & Jesse Barr (6) Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (6) Rusher Kimura & Ashura Hara (6) Nick Bockwinkel & Curt Hennig
October 21, 1986---Ryogoku Kokugikan (Sumo Hall), Tokyo
PWF Heavyweight title match
Riki Choshu beat Terry Funk (14:59)---Choshu kept the title
October 24, 1986---Toyama City Gym
International Tag Team title match
Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu drew Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (13:52 double countout)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 22 - December 12, 1986 (19 shows)
(1) Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (2) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (3) Dory & Terry Funk (3) Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (5) Terry Gordy & Killer Khan (6) Giant Baba & Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) (6) Rick Martel & Tom Zenk (8) Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi (9) Ashura Hara & Strong Machine (Junji Hirata in New Japan Pro / Sonny Two Rivers in Calgary)
November 22, 1986---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Rick Martel & Tom Zenk (13:31 Terry beat Zenk)
November 27, 1986---Hakodate City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Ashura Hara & Strong Machine (13:09 DQ)
December 1, 1986---Kasugai City Gym, Aichi
Terry Gordy & Killer Khan beat Dory & Terry Funk (17:31 Khan beat Terry)
December 2, 1986---Fukui City Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi (12:04 Dory beat Tsurumi)
December 6, 1986---Takamatsu City Culture Center, Kagawa
Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Dory & Terry Funk (3:49 DiBiase beat Terry by countout)
December 7, 1986---Ehime Prefectural Hall, Matsuyama
Dory & Terry Funk beat Giant Baba & Tiger Mask (16:58 Dory beat Tiger by countout)
December 8, 1986---Hiroshima Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Jumbo Tsuruta & Gen-ichiro Tenryu (30:00 time up)
December 12, 1986---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk drew Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (13:05 double countout)
April 17, 1987---Kagoshima Prefectural Gym
PWF Heavyweight title match
Stan Hansen (15:38 double countout) Dory Funk Jr. ---Hansen kept the title
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 21 - December 11, 1987 (18 shows)
(1) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2) Dory & Terry Funk (2) Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (2) Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka (2) Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (6) Abdullah the Butcher & TNT (Savio Vega) (7) Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima (8) Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) & Shin-ichi Nakano (8) The Great Kabuki & John Tenta (Earthquake) (9) Tom Zenk & The Terminator (Mark Laurinaitis / Wrecking Crew Fury) (10) Mark & Chris Youngblood (11) Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi
November 22, 1987---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Abdullah the Butcher & TNT beat Dory & Terry Funk (9:32 Butcher beat Terry by disqualification)
November 23, 1987---Mito City Gym, Ibaraki
Dory & Terry Funk beat Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi (12:16 Dory beat Tsurumi)
November 24, 1987---Hachinohe City Gym, Aomori
Dory & Terry Funk beat Mark & Chris Youngblood (15:42 Terry beat Chris)
November 25, 1987---Hakodate City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Gen-ichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (16:39 double countout)
November 26, 1987---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Tiger Mask & Shin-ichi Nakano (10:22 Terry beat Nakano)
December 1, 1987---Ishikawa Industrial Hall, Kanazawa
Dory & Terry Funk beat Tom Zenk & The Terminator (12:31 Dory beat Terminator)
December 2, 1987---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka (18:33 DQ)
December 3, 1987---Nara Prefectural Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima (16:56 double countout)
December 4, 1987---Fukuoka International Center
Dory & Terry Funk drew Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (18:30 double countout)
December 8, 1987---Gumma Sports Center, Maebashi
Dory & Terry Funk beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (28:08 count out)
Wrestling Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 15 - December 7, 1990 (18 shows)
(1) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (2) Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey (3) Dory & Terry Funk (3) Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (3) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (6) Giant Baba & Andre the Giant (7) Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala #2 (8) Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (8) Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith (10) Skywalker Nitron & Blade Butch Masters (11) Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue (11) Dick Slater & Joe Deaton (13) Doug Furnas & Ricky Santana
November 15, 1990---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey beat Dory & Terry Funk (11:35 Hansen beat Dory)
November 16, 1990---Ueda City Gym, Nagano
Dory & Terry Funk beat Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi (17:11 Dory beat Ace)
November 19, 1990---Niigata City Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (30:00 time up)
November 21, 1990---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Skywalker Nitron & Blade Butch Masters (11:01 Dory beat Nitron)
November 23, 1990---Yonago Industrial Hall, Tottori
Dory & Terry Funk beat Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue (12:59 Terry beat Inoue)
November 25, 1990---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Dory & Terry Funk beat Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith (16:25 Terry beat Smith)
November 27, 1990---Kushiro Welfare Annuity Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk beat Dick Slater & Joe Deaton (17:41 Terry beat Deaton)
November 29, 1990---Asahikawa City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (30:00 time up)
November 30, 1990---Obihiro City Gym, Hokkaido
Dory & Terry Funk drew Giant Baba & Andre the Giant (11:41 double countout)
December 4, 1990---Akita City Gym
Dory & Terry Funk drew Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira (30:00 time up)
December 5, 1990---Koriyama Central Hall, Fukushima
Dory & Terry Funk beat Doug Furnas & Ricky Santana (21:41 Terry beat Santana)
December 7, 1990---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Dory & Terry Funk beat Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala #2 (13:28 Dory beat Kimala)
April 6, 1991---Osaka Gym
Dory & Terry Funk beat Cactus Jack & Texas Terminator Hoss (12:22 Dory beat Hoss)
April 18, 1991---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Dory Funk Jr. & Doug Furnas beat Cactus Jack & Texas Terminator Hoss (9:20 Dory beat Hoss)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 16 - December 6, 1991 (17 shows)
(1) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (2) Giant Baba & Andre the Giant (2) Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey (5) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (6) Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala #2 (7) Dory Funk Jr. & Al Perez (7) Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas (7) Joe Deaton & Billy Black (10) Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith (11) Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue (12) Johnny Ace & Sunny Beach
October 21, 1992---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
All Japan Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary match
Jumbo Tsuruta, Andre the Giant, & Terry Gordy beat Giant Baba, Dory Funk Jr., & Stan Hansen, with manager Terry Funk (14:32 Tsuruta beat Dory)
Terry left All Japan Pro and wrestled for FMW, IWA, New Japan Pro, and Tarzan Goto's Independent shows in eight years.
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 14 - December 4, 1992 (19 shows)
(1) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (2) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (2) Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace (4) Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi (6) Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama (6) Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala #2 (6) Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas (6) The Patriot (Del Wilkes) & The Eagle (George Hines / Jackie Fulton) (9) Dory Funk Jr. & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (9) Joe Deaton & Billy Black (10) Danny Spivey & Kendall Windham
May 5, 1993---3:00 Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
No Rope / Barbed Wire / Electricity / Explosion / Time Bomb Death Match
Atsushi Onita beat Terry Funk (12:14)
August 22, 1993---Nishinomiya Baseball Stadium, Hyogo
Stretcher Death Match
Terry Funk & Tarzan Goto beat The Sheik & Sabu (6:30 Terry KO Sabu)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 19 - December 12, 1994 (17 shows)
(1) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (2) Giant Baba & Stan Hansen (3) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (3) Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (5) Giant Baba & Stan Hansen (6) Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas (7) Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (8) Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala #2 (9) Dory Funk Jr. & Johnny Smith (9) Danny Spivey & Jim Steele (Lacrosse / Wolf Hawkfield) (9) The Eagle (George Hines / Jackie Fulton) & The Falcon (Steve Armstrong)
May 5, 1994---2:00 Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
Terry Funk beat The Sheik (5:59 KO)
May 3, 1995---Fukuoka Dome
Terry Funk & Shiro Koshinaka beat Masahiro Chono & Kodo Fuyuki (13:49 Koshinaka beat Chono)
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August 20, 1995---3:00 Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
"King of the Death Matches" (Eight-man one-night Death Match Tournament)
No Rope Scramble Bunkhouse Super Barbed Wired Weapon with A Time Bomb Death Match: Cactus Jack beat Terry Funk (13:21)
Barbed Wire Board & Glass Window Death Match: Terry Funk beat Tiger Jeet Singh (6:04)
Barbed Wire Board & Chain Death Match: Terry Funk beat Leather Face (Rick Patterson) (8:54)
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September 30, 1995---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Giant Baba 35th Anniversary match
Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta, & Dory Funk Jr. beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori, & Tamon Honda (15:42 Dory beat Omori)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
November 18 - December 9, 1995 (16 shows)
(1) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (2) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (3) Stan Hansen & Gary Albright (4) Johnny Ace & The Patriot (Del Wilkes) (5) Giant Baba & Tamon Honda (6) Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas (7) Dory Funk Jr. & Masanobu Fuchi (7) Abdullah the Butcher & Giant Kimala #2 (7) Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (10) Johnny Smith & Rob Van Dam
May 5, 1996---Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
No Rope / Barbed Wire / Electricity / Explosion / Double Hell / Time Bomb Tornado Tag Team
Death Match
Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo beat Hayabusa (Eiji Ezaki / "H") & Masato Tanaka (19:01 Terry beat Hayabusa)
September 20, 1996---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
FMW World Street Fight Six-Man Tag Team title match
Masato Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa, and Tetsuhiro Kuroda beat Terry Funk, The Gladiator, and Horace Boulder (16:30 Tanaka beat Boulder)
October 18, 1996---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Giant Baba, Dory Funk Jr., & Akira Taue beat Jumbo Tsuruta, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Jun Akiyama (15:36 Taue beat Tsuruta)
Dory had wrestled for Baba's All Japan Pro for 22 years and returned as a special referee for the NWA World Heavyweight title match between Dan Severn and Naoya Ogawa on the UFO show at Yokohama Arena on March 14, 2000.
Terry formed F.M.W (Funk Masters of Wrestling) with Victor Quinones, The Gladiator, Super
Leather, The HeadHunters, and Hisakatsu Oya in those days.
April 29, 1997---Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa
Six-Man Street Fight
Atsushi Onita, Masato Tanaka, and W*ING Kanemura beat Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, and The Gladiator (20:20 Kanemura beat Gladiator)
September 28, 1997---Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
Texas Heavyweight title match
Terry Funk beat Kodo Fuyuki (12:23)---Terry kept the title
November 23, 1999---Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa
FMW Entertainment Wrestling Special Live
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk, with Adam Windsor, beat Yoshinori Sasaki & Naohiko Yamazaki
(15:13 Dory beat Yamazaki with the Spinning Toe Hold)
Dory and his wife Marti have held a pro wrestling camp, "The Funking Conservatory / A Fine Arts School of Hard Knocks," since 1999. "Middle-Age Crazy" Terry is still running wild. Two brothers have two different ways. They are really in contrast to each other. I know I can't wish for the good old days (for me) to return. They are two of last ones from the times when a pro-wrestler was respected and hard work was appreciated.
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