To put Funks age into perspective, when Wyatt was born, Terry was older than Bray Wyatt in 1987 (43) than Bray Wyatt was when he died(36). At least Terry lived a long fruitful life.
Fact: Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn wanted Terry to come out as Chainsaw Charlie. Jim Cornett told them, that's not going to work cause the fans know Terry's walk and mannerisms. Vince was like, No they won't. Welp, the crowd went wild, chanting Terry and not Charlie.
Vince Russo has said that the Chainsaw Charlie gimmick was created due to Cornette annoying McMahon. Cornette had kept pushing a lame Gobbledy Gooker-style "who/what is in this mysterious box" story, annoying McMahon. Since Cornette had also pushed for the WWE to hire Terry Funk, McMahon decided to stick Funk in the box, and created the Chainsaw Charlie gimmick.
In Terry Funk's own book, he said the Chainsaw Charlie gimmick was his own idea. Bruce Pritchard came to him shortly before his debut, and asked him if he needed anything, and Terry blurted out- for reasons unknown even to Funk himself- that he wanted a chainsaw and to be called Chainsaw Charlie, and he also requested the pantyhose headgear. It wasn't his idea to come out of the box, but everything else was his.
Your "fun fact" is incorrect as Terry Funk admitted openly in his book that Chainsaw Charlie was his idea - not Vince or Dunn or Russo. If you didn't like Chainsaw Charlie, blame Funk but no one wants to do that and no one will ever do that......
@@pikkon899 Not sure who you are calling incorrect. The first commenter was giving a version of Jim Cornette's account; Cornette's account does not actually contradict Funk's version; it was about whether fans would recognize Funk. My comment gave Vince Russo's account, which was contradicted by Funk's claim for the gimmick, but not necessarily the box. (And I never called mine a "fun fact", because Russo is a somewhat unreliable source.) After learning that Funk claimed to be the origin of the gimmick, Cornette has suggested that Funk was trying to head off Vince sticking him with an even worse gimmick. Cornette went on to tell the story of Funk previously ditching out of a terrible Vince McMahon idea. Cornette originally blamed Russo, which may be why Russo told a version that put blame towards Cornette. Russo may have believed his own version, not realizing that Funk had already given the Chainsaw Charlie suggestion to Vince, instead believing Vince came up with the whole thing on the spot.
I became a fan in 03, but i always loved watching the late 90s run of Funk, especially on Foley's greatest hits and misses. Loved him at the final one night stand as well. Then as i got older and seeing his pre ECW work, Terry was amazing. His body of work in Memphis with Lawler is still some of my favourite pro wrestling.
Say what you will about Terry Funk, but if he was on the card, there's an almost certain chance you'd be entertained. The man is a legend whose ring psychology will be sorely missed.
For y'all to have some perspective, before he was even doing hardcore wrestling in the mid 90's he was already a legend and had a career worthy of the Hall of Fame.
RIP Terry Funk. On my personal mount Rushmore of prowrestling. Also, is Billy Gunn a time traveler? Jesus, that guy has looked exactly the same for 30 years
RIP to The Funker, I hope younger generations will go back and watch some of his matches/interviews. I’m old but first seen Terry Funk when he pile prove Ric Flair onto a table. Keep up the amazing work, hard to believe he was in his mid late 50s when doing all of this.
@anonluxor470 No problem. Crazy thing I found out about Bray Wyatt when I told my mother a wrestler died a day prior (Terry Funk of course), and she thought I was referring to Bray Wyatt and so I was very confused and she showed me news on her phone that Wyatt died and I was completely shocked. It's such a wild thing to witness.
This was my favorite ring of the hawk in a long long time. I had no clue he had such a long run in wwe in the attitude era! I always thought he just had a couple matches and that was it. This was fuckin sweet
Anyone else notice the Pete Rose sign on the wall @12:47? (Man, I remember his and Kane "feud" back in the day, it was one of the few celeb/athlete cameo's that was actually kinda fun) Also, @13:15 is that a burn or bruise on Terry...Yikes, however he got that mark, I know one thing it had to hurt like hell! RIP Terry Funk, the man is the literal definition of a legend and had such an amazing and interesting life, one that most people can dream about. Usually when someone so well-liked and cherished as him passes away, you always think that their life was caught too short and wish they lived longer, but in his case, it's actually amazing he lived as long as he did and was able to do what he loved for so very long, especially knowing the rough life he led and everything he's done, and how short wrestlers lives can be, especially from previous era(s), and did not have to suffer and/or waste away like so many ex-wrestlers do. I can't imagine he'd ever want to live like that. He definitely made his mark in this world and will always be fondly remembered and looked up to!
I saw Terry Funk and his brother live when I was a kid, very nice man in person you would never think he was the same man as in the ring, I would pick him to have my back in any fight though even in later years.
I swear Dory Jr might have a case for being the longest active wrestler in history, with Terry being a close second. They were still doing matches in Japan when i was in high school in the early 2010's.
Notice how the same match never happens twice in a row, even in the midcard. Compare that to 2003 where Scott Steiner and Test both wrestled each other, what, 8 times consecutively with the same handful of spots?
@@arostwocents No, they went downhill after Vince's yes-men chased out all the people who threatened their jobs. Vince Russo came back for a brief stint in 2002, at McMahon's discretion, and almost right away, it was the writing room that demanded Russo be fired. Russo or someone like him (Pat Patterson, for the Hogan era) could do what Stephanie and weenies like Prichard never could: stand up to McMahon, look him in the face, and tell him he was wrong about something.
@@rayedmonds6108 Nope, just someone with pattern recognition. I'm far from the only person to notice how both WWE and TNA went downhill after the primary outsider to the wrestling bubble left power (again, like Pat Patterson, or even Eric Bischoff before the nWo and Goldberg ran out of steam). Wrestling marks want their glorified stunt shows and they're happy to be pandered to. Casual and non-mark fans like myself and others demand more than just the stunts and the "I wanna wrestle this guy" motivation. That's why I dropped WWE after they split up Rusev and English: if the producers would rather kill an angle instead of keeping it while not getting it, they clearly don't have their priorities in order.
For real. When he sold that he had a stinger in the falls count anywhere with Cactus on raw, i legit thought he was injured and was mad at Mick for continuing the match for so many years as a kid. Terry really made you believe.
I remember one time I rented a Royal Rumble 99 VHS from Hollywood Video and accidentally got Royal Rumble 98. Even at like 13 y/o I was so wildly disappointed by what a boring mess 98 wwf was. Now, as a 32 y/o with much more wrestling knowledge I really did get swindled out of what should've been an AMAZING experience lol.
Haa! 22:14 If I remember correctly Funk always had a mixed relationship with Moonsaults to the outside, sometimes they'd be great and other times crap like this would happen and you'd think "yeah, that's probably the last time he tries one of those." Then a week or two later there he is doing Another one. 😆👍
I craziest thing I saw Terry Funk do in a match was in XPW were it went out on the street. For some unknown reason he picks up bottle glass and starts deeply cutting his own arm with it.
4:30 Yeah, those balloons were all because DX had done a presidential address skit where Shawn Michaels and Triple H discussed their recent behavior on television and announced they would stop using swear words they pretty much had not used at all on TV as those are words you couldn't really say on TV, and HBK would come out dressed as Uncle Sam.
Watching this - once again great work by the hawk - i must wonder if this might have been some sort of wired inspiration for young Darby Allin taking craziest bumps left right an center
God, Attitude Era unprotected chair shots can be hard for me to watch these days. I don't know how they didn't bother me back in my early teens during the Attitude Era (I'm old.) - I must not have realized just how bad concussions can fuck a person up. To be fair, I think society as a whole was more naive about CTE etc.
If you were going to ask me before this video... I swear Terry funks WWE career ended when he lost the tag titles in the cage match. I don't remember anything of Terry funk after that
Im 37 . Grew up in nitro/attitude era Terry funk wasnt my thing or anyone at school. He was a little aged and reminded me of my dad and his drinkin buddies..... Wasnr horrible not my thing tho But he is a legend and r.i.p
To put Funks age into perspective, when Wyatt was born, Terry was older than Bray Wyatt in 1987 (43) than Bray Wyatt was when he died(36). At least Terry lived a long fruitful life.
Yeah. This raises the much needed questions of why so many young men are dying after receiving the COVID vaccine.
This man was in his 50s doing moonsaults, a real legend. R.I.P. Terry Funk
61 and falling off ladders and going through barbwire. Terry was one of a kind!
I got to see Funk from 1980-Now blessed happy to see you hear RGT85 love video games and wrestling blessed to see all of the 80s to now what a life
Wrestlemania 14 wasn't Terry Funk's first Wrestlemania. He was in Wrestlemania 2 in a tag team match.
Fact: Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn wanted Terry to come out as Chainsaw Charlie. Jim Cornett told them, that's not going to work cause the fans know Terry's walk and mannerisms. Vince was like, No they won't. Welp, the crowd went wild, chanting Terry and not Charlie.
Vince Russo has said that the Chainsaw Charlie gimmick was created due to Cornette annoying McMahon. Cornette had kept pushing a lame Gobbledy Gooker-style "who/what is in this mysterious box" story, annoying McMahon. Since Cornette had also pushed for the WWE to hire Terry Funk, McMahon decided to stick Funk in the box, and created the Chainsaw Charlie gimmick.
In Terry Funk's own book, he said the Chainsaw Charlie gimmick was his own idea.
Bruce Pritchard came to him shortly before his debut, and asked him if he needed anything, and Terry blurted out- for reasons unknown even to Funk himself- that he wanted a chainsaw and to be called Chainsaw Charlie, and he also requested the pantyhose headgear.
It wasn't his idea to come out of the box, but everything else was his.
Your "fun fact" is incorrect as Terry Funk admitted openly in his book that Chainsaw Charlie was his idea - not Vince or Dunn or Russo. If you didn't like Chainsaw Charlie, blame Funk but no one wants to do that and no one will ever do that......
@@pikkon899 Not sure who you are calling incorrect. The first commenter was giving a version of Jim Cornette's account; Cornette's account does not actually contradict Funk's version; it was about whether fans would recognize Funk. My comment gave Vince Russo's account, which was contradicted by Funk's claim for the gimmick, but not necessarily the box. (And I never called mine a "fun fact", because Russo is a somewhat unreliable source.)
After learning that Funk claimed to be the origin of the gimmick, Cornette has suggested that Funk was trying to head off Vince sticking him with an even worse gimmick. Cornette went on to tell the story of Funk previously ditching out of a terrible Vince McMahon idea.
Cornette originally blamed Russo, which may be why Russo told a version that put blame towards Cornette. Russo may have believed his own version, not realizing that Funk had already given the Chainsaw Charlie suggestion to Vince, instead believing Vince came up with the whole thing on the spot.
@@pikkon899I liked Chainsaw Charlie it just feels profoundly Terry
Hard to believe 53-54 in this run I'm 53 and I have a hard time getting out of chair if I've been sitting for a while
Really shows how much of a trooper Terry was in those days.
He will always be a hardcore legend and he will be missed. #RIPTerryFunk
His name is both the father and grandfather of Hardcore wrestling Terry's work ethic is I mean was the best and I will never be the same without him
I became a fan in 03, but i always loved watching the late 90s run of Funk, especially on Foley's greatest hits and misses. Loved him at the final one night stand as well. Then as i got older and seeing his pre ECW work, Terry was amazing. His body of work in Memphis with Lawler is still some of my favourite pro wrestling.
As A Big Foley fan I always liked these two together. RIP Terry We miss you.
Say what you will about Terry Funk, but if he was on the card, there's an almost certain chance you'd be entertained. The man is a legend whose ring psychology will be sorely missed.
For y'all to have some perspective, before he was even doing hardcore wrestling in the mid 90's he was already a legend and had a career worthy of the Hall of Fame.
RIP Terry Funk. On my personal mount Rushmore of prowrestling. Also, is Billy Gunn a time traveler? Jesus, that guy has looked exactly the same for 30 years
RIP to The Funker, I hope younger generations will go back and watch some of his matches/interviews. I’m old but first seen Terry Funk when he pile prove Ric Flair onto a table. Keep up the amazing work, hard to believe he was in his mid late 50s when doing all of this.
Ended up with Alzheimer's linked to brain trauma but still wrestled
E WWE made several tributes to him, it's a great chance for the new generation to meet the funker
@@bernardosantosribeiro6665 Moxley & Kingston probably have over half the locker room in AEW on Funker tape study now!
It's crazy that we lost both terry funk and bray Wyatt just a day from each other RIP both men
A few days? They died a day from each other.
@@vgf64-27 thanks for correcting me but I just can't over it
@anonluxor470 No problem. Crazy thing I found out about Bray Wyatt when I told my mother a wrestler died a day prior (Terry Funk of course), and she thought I was referring to Bray Wyatt and so I was very confused and she showed me news on her phone that Wyatt died and I was completely shocked. It's such a wild thing to witness.
Worse thing is funk older than irs
And Vince mcmahons birthday was the next day
Nobody sold the way Funk sold. He really made you believe he was getting the sh*t kicked out of him. It's almost a lost art nowadays
I was going to mention that.. agreed Funk was one of the BEST sellers. That arm twitch thing he did was awesome for example
The Funker was The Godfather of hardcore. RIP Funker.
Terry Funk was so much more than his 1998 run gave him credit for. He was the f*cking man.
This was my favorite ring of the hawk in a long long time. I had no clue he had such a long run in wwe in the attitude era! I always thought he just had a couple matches and that was it. This was fuckin sweet
Me too to be fair I only remembered the dumpster match!
Rest in peace Terry! We miss you.
Last time I came this early, someone in AEW had backstage heat.
Terry Funk's Chainsaw Charlie character was pretty cool.
Pretty much every tag team match from this time was just a crowd of 4-10 guys outside the ring in a blurry mess.
RIP Terry.
Wish you had included his moment in Undertaker vs Mankind's Hell In A Cell where he got chokeslammed out his shoes
The last match in wwe is one of my favourites of all time. Hardcore and good storytelling.
RIP Terry Funk a true wrestling legend.
My brother wanted to see that hardcore match that dominated half an episode of Raw. His reactions were priceless, and so was Terry. RIP Mr. Funk
Insane that in 1998, Terry Funk was 54 years old
And to think The One Billy Gunn is one of the Trios Champions in AEW as we speak. What a career!
The Funker was the toughest man in all of pro wrestling.
Rest in Peace Terry Funk. ♥️
I loved that old man like a crazy father figure I will constantly cry remembering the hell he put his body through to entertain us
Anyone else notice the Pete Rose sign on the wall @12:47? (Man, I remember his and Kane "feud" back in the day, it was one of the few celeb/athlete cameo's that was actually kinda fun) Also, @13:15 is that a burn or bruise on Terry...Yikes, however he got that mark, I know one thing it had to hurt like hell!
RIP Terry Funk, the man is the literal definition of a legend and had such an amazing and interesting life, one that most people can dream about. Usually when someone so well-liked and cherished as him passes away, you always think that their life was caught too short and wish they lived longer, but in his case, it's actually amazing he lived as long as he did and was able to do what he loved for so very long, especially knowing the rough life he led and everything he's done, and how short wrestlers lives can be, especially from previous era(s), and did not have to suffer and/or waste away like so many ex-wrestlers do. I can't imagine he'd ever want to live like that. He definitely made his mark in this world and will always be fondly remembered and looked up to!
I saw Terry Funk and his brother live when I was a kid, very nice man in person you would never think he was the same man as in the ring, I would pick him to have my back in any fight though even in later years.
I swear Dory Jr might have a case for being the longest active wrestler in history, with Terry being a close second. They were still doing matches in Japan when i was in high school in the early 2010's.
"a punch to the gut" for Desmond Wolfe is the best description
It was funk's second Wrestlemania. His first was WM 2.
Wait Terry was at Wrestlemania 2?
Thank you. I made a comment to the same affect, albeit, slightly more hostile. I'm just glad I'm not the only one to catch this snafu.
Too Funky vs Headbangers was recommended to me by the DEADLOCK podcast and it definitely delivers, they went crazy for no reason
Notice how the same match never happens twice in a row, even in the midcard. Compare that to 2003 where Scott Steiner and Test both wrestled each other, what, 8 times consecutively with the same handful of spots?
Shows how quickly WWF went downhill once they didn't have strong competition to make them be good.
@@arostwocents
No, they went downhill after Vince's yes-men chased out all the people who threatened their jobs. Vince Russo came back for a brief stint in 2002, at McMahon's discretion, and almost right away, it was the writing room that demanded Russo be fired. Russo or someone like him (Pat Patterson, for the Hogan era) could do what Stephanie and weenies like Prichard never could: stand up to McMahon, look him in the face, and tell him he was wrong about something.
@@1kraniThat you, Vinnie Roo? 🤔
@@rayedmonds6108
Nope, just someone with pattern recognition. I'm far from the only person to notice how both WWE and TNA went downhill after the primary outsider to the wrestling bubble left power (again, like Pat Patterson, or even Eric Bischoff before the nWo and Goldberg ran out of steam). Wrestling marks want their glorified stunt shows and they're happy to be pandered to. Casual and non-mark fans like myself and others demand more than just the stunts and the "I wanna wrestle this guy" motivation.
That's why I dropped WWE after they split up Rusev and English: if the producers would rather kill an angle instead of keeping it while not getting it, they clearly don't have their priorities in order.
This hardcore legend will be missed RIP Terry funk
Chainsaw Charlie is my era of terry funk. This is the terry funk I remember crazy an middle aged.
*17:55*
I kept looking forward to this part of the instrumental lol. Great music
*18:40*
Man RESPECT to One of the Greats Terry Funk was an is Hardcore R.I.P Sir 🙏❤❤
Terry looked like 60 back then watching as a kid and he survived another 25 years. RIP
yessssssssssssss Chainsaw Charlie videooooooooooooooo thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Absolute legend! Worked in every promotion back in the day. A great career. Rest in peace terry
This wasn't Terry's first WrestleMania, he wrestled at WrestleMania 2.
I do remember Scorpio and Funk teaming but I thought it was a one time deal.
Chainsaw Charlie is one of my favourite underrated characters during the Attitude Era.
Wrest in peace Terry Funk.
*11:38*
Its not Terry Funk's 1st Mania. He was also in Mania 2
R.I.P. Funker
Funk was the epitome of making you believe. He made all his matched feel like bar fights 😂 RIP Funker
For real. When he sold that he had a stinger in the falls count anywhere with Cactus on raw, i legit thought he was injured and was mad at Mick for continuing the match for so many years as a kid. Terry really made you believe.
he was in his fucking 50s during this run. unreal
RIP Terry.
Terry Funk was an absolute madman but more importantly he put on some great matches. RIP.
Seeing all the crazy shit this man did honestly I'm shocked he lived for another 30 years lol
I remember one time I rented a Royal Rumble 99 VHS from Hollywood Video and accidentally got Royal Rumble 98.
Even at like 13 y/o I was so wildly disappointed by what a boring mess 98 wwf was. Now, as a 32 y/o with much more wrestling knowledge I really did get swindled out of what should've been an AMAZING experience lol.
13:13 check out the nasty welt on terrys lower back right side when hes crawling on the ground around the dumpster! That man could take a bump
terry forever
RIP legend 🙏
Glad to see a good tribute to Terry with this.
RIP Terry Funk
Those moonsaults are amazing
The fact that Terry Funk had an altercation with Steve Mufuggin Blackman and survived shows he had the jam.
His cold is ice
Haa! 22:14
If I remember correctly Funk always had a mixed relationship with Moonsaults to the outside, sometimes they'd be great and other times crap like this would happen and you'd think "yeah, that's probably the last time he tries one of those."
Then a week or two later there he is doing Another one.
😆👍
My feeling when he did it off the ladder in the three way dance in ecw.
@@nikisbaggis yep.😄👍
14 was actually funk's second wrestlemaina he was in a tag match at wrestlemania 2
Then he left cause Vince fired him when he skipped a show and got caught out lying about his horse dying
It's amazing Terry's body held up all those years.
Me:sees new ROTH video
Also me:OH HELL YA!!!!
So basically despite no worries of him ever challenging for the WWF championship, Chainsaw Charlie was still EXCELLENT
Terry funk doing regular moonsaults at 54 years old lol
He was one crazy funking man.
*wrestled* Rip funk
When Mark Henry forgets to catch Terry, funk, Terry funk, almost lands on a little kid
Apron Vader Bomb was RAD.
Someone should bring it back.
Too many suicide dives btwn rope
I craziest thing I saw Terry Funk do in a match was in XPW were it went out on the street. For some unknown reason he picks up bottle glass and starts deeply cutting his own arm with it.
Terry Funk DID wrestle at _Wrestlemania 2. Wrestlemania 14_ was NOT his first... 11:37
15:37 looks like 2coldscorpio is wearing a crazy grandma wig
I remember this year💪
The Hawk probably got to see Punk wrestle for the last time at wembley
Forever!!!
RIP Funk Legend
4:30 Yeah, those balloons were all because DX had done a presidential address skit where Shawn Michaels and Triple H discussed their recent behavior on television and announced they would stop using swear words they pretty much had not used at all on TV as those are words you couldn't really say on TV, and HBK would come out dressed as Uncle Sam.
I’ll be that guy and say WM14 wasn’t Funk’s first WM, it was 2.
RIP to the FUNKER
RIP to the mad lad Terry funk and the horror fiend Bray fkn Wyatt
The charles Bronson of wrestling during that time
Playing music in the background of the video is a nice touch
I’d love it if it was permanent 😃😃😃
Funks first wrestlemania was either 1 or 2 i cant remember off the top of my mind
“Funks 1st wrestlemania as himself and no chainsaw in site” “while holds one during his entrance”
His Raw matches with Foley in 1998 are still great.
Watching this - once again great work by the hawk - i must wonder if this might have been some sort of wired inspiration for young Darby Allin taking craziest bumps left right an center
I love terry Funk in his later days. Could you do his 2000 wcw run ?
Thanke you ,great work ❤
Hey Everyone It PCO At 2:39!
God, Attitude Era unprotected chair shots can be hard for me to watch these days. I don't know how they didn't bother me back in my early teens during the Attitude Era (I'm old.) - I must not have realized just how bad concussions can fuck a person up. To be fair, I think society as a whole was more naive about CTE etc.
Yep he had Alzheimer's and other trauma his last 20 years but kept on wrestling in Indy's all linked to his cte.
@@petesmart1983I saw him and Lawler at an Indy Event in 2003.
It looked crazy for him to be doing it even then.
Rip Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt
11:40 um, it was his second WrestleMania... he was at WrestleMania 2...
Rip Terry
If you were going to ask me before this video... I swear Terry funks WWE career ended when he lost the tag titles in the cage match. I don't remember anything of Terry funk after that
Im 37 . Grew up in nitro/attitude era
Terry funk wasnt my thing or anyone at school. He was a little aged and reminded me of my dad and his drinkin buddies..... Wasnr horrible not my thing tho
But he is a legend and r.i.p
Don’t you dare change the og ROTH theme
Hawk, Funk's 2000s WCW run. Fun run.
I ROTMFFLOMMFAO'ed at the intro! So funny!
-SHOVE! IT! MAN!- 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hawk can you please do the Funker WCW run it would be awesome and just barely over
The scene going static in match 7 was due to the Undertaker returning after the Royal Rumble
Not Terry's first Mania. That would be 2....also my first!! :-)