Dory Funk Jr.
Dorrance Earnest Funk (born February 3, 1941), known professionally as Dory Funk Jr., is an American retired professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. The son of Dory Funk (Dorrance Wilhelm Funk) and brother of Terry Funk, he was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion.
| Dory Funk Jr. | |
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Funk in 1973 | |
| Birth name | Dorrance Earnest Funk |
| Born | February 3, 1941 Hammond, Indiana, U.S. |
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| Children | 5 |
| Family | Dory Funk (father) Terry Funk (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dory Funk Jr. Hoss Funk The Long Tall Texan The Masked Outlaw |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 250 Ibs (113 kg) |
| Billed from | The Double Cross Ranch |
| Trained by | Dory Funk Ricky Romero Pedro Morales |
| Debut | 1963 |
| Retired | 2017 |
Funk held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once. He is the second-longest reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time after Lou Thesz. He held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once and the CWA World Heavyweight Championship once. He is a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
Funk works for All Japan Pro Wrestling as the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) chairman and runs the Funking Conservatory, a professional wrestling school. Overall in major professional wrestling promotions, he is a one-time world champion as he held the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship, which was widely recognized as the only true World Heavyweight Championship until the 1980s.