Dory Funk Jr.
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Sep 22, 2026
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
And, you know, so Jack Briscoe was, of course, you know, every kid that grew up watching Florida wrestling of a certain age, you know, what got you was Gordon Soley.
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
And what got you was Jack Briscoe and Dory Funk Jr.
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
And they would end the show with...
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
Jack Briscoe had the figure four leg lock on Dory Funk Jr., and Dory, you know, the ref says, 10 seconds left, and Dory's hanging on, hanging on, and they go to a 60-minute Broadway.
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
But, like, you were on your edge of your seat, and the kids in my neighborhood, everybody wanted to do the figure four leg lock.
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
And they wanted to, you know, do the elbow drop like Dusty Rhodes and people like that.
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
I mean, I saw a lot of magazine articles about Vern Gagne.
Jeff BowdrenGUEST
But I never saw Vern Gagne.
Carl SternHOST
Kuniaki Kobayashi and Isumu Teramishi battled Paul Diamond and Hiro Saito to a double DQ.
Carl SternHOST
Yoshiaki Yatsu and Animal Hamaguchi beat Mr. Olympia and Mrs. Jerry Stubbs under a mask, teaming with Dory Funk Jr.
Carl SternHOST
Giant Baba and Genichiro Tenryu beat the Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal by DQ.
Carl SternHOST
Jumbo Saruda beat Stan Hansen to win the international title.
Bob CaudleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bob, it continues to go on.
Bob CaudleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jerry Briscoe, a friend of yours, triple teamed up there just a moment ago by Dick Slater, Red Dog Lane, and Dory Funk, Jr. as they really began to work him with three against one.
Greg ValentineSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What do you mean trouble teams? I know that Slater come out of here earlier with some cockamamie story about trying to be a nice guy.
Greg ValentineSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Didn't fool anybody except one individual.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
So yes, we're gonna have a title fight but, hey, what if we had Terry Funk wrestle Tully Blanchard? You know, a, a lot of people wouldn't have expected that at that point.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
Or you had, you know, Dory Funk Jr. is gonna be in singles action on a WCW pay-per-view.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
People wouldn't have had that on their bingo card.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
But if you have a passion for pro wrestling or sports entertainment, I guess we should make the distinction, you want those special attractions.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
way back in the early days of WCW under your tutelage, Slamboree became a legends reunion and you would have legends matches.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
So yes, we're going to have a title fight, but Hey, what if we had Terry Funk wrestle Tully Blanchard? You know, a lot of people wouldn't have expected that at that point, or you had you know, Dory Funk Jr.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
is going to be in singles action on a WCW pay-per-view.
Conrad ThompsonHOST
People wouldn't have had that on their bingo card.
Kieran LaforteHOST
It was called Boogie's Last Dance, though, so I presume it was his retirement, but still, he was 83 at the time.
Andy OgdenHOST
He's beating, who's it, Dory Funk's record.
Kieran LaforteHOST
Yeah, he's beating Dory Funk's record.
Kieran LaforteHOST
Yeah, if you want a list of the oldest wrestlers to ever have a match, seek out Patrick W. Reid on Blue Sky.
Kieran LaforteHOST
He frequently updates this thread he has running with who are the oldest wrestlers in the world to have had a match.
JimHOST
So, yay there.
JimHOST
And then we get Dory Funk with Gene Konietzky at his side versus Nick Bockwinkel with Vern Gagne at his side.
JimHOST
I don't know.
JimHOST
Do Dory Funk and Gene Konietzky get along?
Chris ColvinHOST
so this is the whole gimmick of this match which when you know the history it is kind of neat so the whole thing is each of these guys seconds are guys that they beat for like their biggest world title runs ever so like nick beat verne for verne's last title loss and then nick became like mr awa in the 70s and 80s Then with Dory, very similarly, he beat Gene Koninski in Tampa in 69 to become like the NWA guy of the 70s.
Chris ColvinHOST
So it is like the two 70s top guys kind of clashing, or at least like the top wrestlers, you know what I mean? With their seconds being the guys that they...
JimHOST
Yeah.
JimHOST
Um, not a match I enjoyed, uh, you know, during this match, I was like looking up, like,
Tom SchultzHOST
This is a fucking weird match.
Mike MaddenHOST
We've got Dory Funk Jr. taking on Road Warrior Animal.
Mike MaddenHOST
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Mike MaddenHOST
We don't have their...
9 MINS LATER
Mike MaddenHOST
You lose quick to Rick Rude and the Rude Awakening.
Mike MaddenHOST
My other second round matchup, boy, what a buzzsaw this is.
Mike MaddenHOST
Dory Funk Jr. versus John Cena.
Mike MaddenHOST
Yeah.
Kyle LewisHOST
write their names on the ring.
Ray GootzHOST
But yeah, but there's also people like me or you that I'll buy the Dory Funk shirt.
Ray GootzHOST
And it's like, okay, we're not going to get them with all this other stuff.
Ray GootzHOST
We're going to get them the Dory Funk shirt.
Ray GootzHOST
And just like they got me...
Ray GootzHOST
Dude, I paid full price for the Dan Housen Nick shirt.
John McAdamHOST
Speaking of the Mid-Atlantic Championship, which, in fairness, is not going to be around much longer, here's a list of some of the wrestlers who have held the Mid-Atlantic Championship in the past.
John McAdamHOST
Pat O'Connor, Jack Briscoe, Johnny Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Ric Flair, Greg Valentine, Ken Patera, Ray Stevens, Ricky Steamboat, Ivan Koloff, Roddy Piper, and Dory Funk Jr.
John McAdamHOST
And then 1984 and after, we have guys like Angelo Mosca Jr., Buzz Tyler, Sam Houston, and Black Bart.
John McAdamHOST
So even, I think, you know, the longtime Mid-Atlantic fans know that this title is just, you know, losing prestige rather quickly.
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