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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are a lot of retired wrestlers who are often referred to as “Legends.” But seldom do any get the respect that Dory Funk Jr. does. The legendary Funk family in Texas (alongside his brother Terry ...

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 ...

Families that have made a career in the squared circle often achieve, at best, a modicum of success. However, when legendary competitor Dory Funk Sr. raised his sons Dory Jr. and Terry in Amarillo, ...

WWE announced Wednesday that three pro wrestling legends will be part of the WWE Hall of Fame's class of 2025 as Legacy inductees. Kamala, Dory Funk Sr. and Ivan Koloff will all be honored as part of ...

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 ...