{"id":3644,"date":"2026-08-04T21:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:45:34","slug":"wwe-hall-of-famer-dory-funk-jr-dead-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3644","title":{"rendered":"WWE Hall of Famer Dory Funk Jr. dead at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Old school wrestling great Dory Funk Jr., who followed his legendary dad\u2019s footsteps onto the canvas and then forged a decades-spanning, globe-trotting career, has died, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3642\">SpaceX hit by surging AI costs as insiders prepare to sell their shares<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was the last surviving member of the famed Funk wrestling family that included his dad Dory Funk Sr. and brother Terry Funk.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Dory Funk Jr. was 85.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWWE is saddened to learn that Dory Funk Jr., a WWE Hall of Famer and influential wrestling trainer, has passed away,\u201d according to a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA member of the legendary Funk wrestling dynasty, they didn\u2019t come much tougher or more respected than Dory Funk Jr.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dory Funk Jr. looked up to his dad and wanted to do nothing more than to be \u201cjust like him.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3641\">Chipotle removes jalape\u00f1os after possible link to salmonella outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs a kid, I used to dream I could do all the things my father could do,\u201d the son said during a 2007 interview with WWE. \u201cI wanted to be just like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terry Funk died in 2023 at age 79.<\/p>\n<p>The brothers were marquee stars throughout the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s.<\/p>\n<p>The pair regularly competed in Japan in their latter years, bringing American pro wrestling to a new, worldwide audience.<\/p>\n<p>Dory Funk Jr. and wife Marti built the Funking Conservatory, training future WWE stars such as Kurt Angle, Edge, Christian, The Hardy Boyz, Mark Henry and Mickie James, the WWE said<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3639\">S&amp;P 500, Dow hit record highs on strong AI-linked earnings and hopes for an Iran war deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Funk brothers were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old school wrestling great Dory Funk Jr., who followed his legendary dad\u2019s footsteps onto the canvas and then forged a decades-spanning, globe-trotting career, has died, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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