Dory Funk, Jr.
Dory Funk, Jr.

Height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 
Weight: 240 lb (109 kg) 
Hometown: Florida (born in Amarillo, Texas)
Pro debut: 1963
Finishing move: Spinning toe hold
Other aliases: Hoss Funk (WWE), The Mass, Outlaw (MAW)
Career highlights: NWA World Heavyweight Champion, NWA North Florida Heavyweight Champion, NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion (4), NWA Florida TV Champion (2), NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Champion (2), NWA International Heavyweight Champion (5), NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion, NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (6), NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/Terry Funk), NWA World Tag Team Champion (Florida version) (w/Terry Funk), NWA Georgia World Tag Team Champion (w/Terry Funk), NWA North American Tag Team Champion (2), NWA World Tag Team Champion (Los Angeles version) (w/Terry Funk), NWA World Tag Team Champion (Texas version) (2) (w/Terry Funk), NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion (2), NWA International Tag Team Champion (4), NWA Amarillo Tag Team Champion (2) (w/Terry Funk), NWA Amarillo Brass Knuckles Champion (2), NWA South Georgia Heavyweight Champion, WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Champion, WWC Tag Team Champion (w/Terry Funk), FC Tag Team Champion, SCW Tag Team Champion (w/Terry Funk), Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/Larry Lane), New York Heavyweight Champion, NEWA North American Heavyweight Champion
Trained by: Dory Funk, Sr.

Dory Funk Jr.'s career in professional wrestling began in January of 1963 just after a college football career with West Texas State University culminating in a 15 to 14 victory over Ohio University in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Dory Funk, Jr.'s first match was a victory over Don Fargo in Amarillo, Texas. West Texas State University All American Jerry Logan was in Funk's corner and Fargo's brother, Jim, was in his corner. Dory was also supported by the whole West Texas State University football team and the Tascosa High School amateur wrestling team. Dory was doing his student teaching as coach of the Tascosa High wrestling team under Coach James Kyle.

Dory Funk, Jr. went on to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Gene Kiniski on February 11, 1969 in Tampa, Florida and remained NWA World Champion for the next four and a half years which is the second-longest uninterrupted reign of any NWA World Champion(Lou Thesz held the NWA world title from November 27, 1949, to March 15, 1956). Dory and his brother, Terry Funk, are the only brothers in history to both hold the title.

Funk finally lost the NWA World Championship on May 24, 1973 after a hurried recovery from a pickup truck accident on his father's Flying Mare Ranch in West Texas. Dory was forced into the ring in Kansas City, losing the belt to Harley Race.

He performed regularly throughout the NWA, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic, Georgia, Florida and Central States regions, through the 1970's and early 1980's. In January 1986, Dory made his WWF debut in a team alongside his brother Terry.

Funk is now the Coach of the Funking Conservatory Professional Wrestling School and teaches the Dory Funk Method of Professional Wrestling. Dory's students include Kurt Angle, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Lita, Mickie James, Chris Sabin, Christian Cage, Rhino, Chris Hero, Christopher Daniels, Tom Cat and others.