Is Terry Funk the greatest wrestler of all time?
 

With Terry not doing well lately, I thought this would be a good time to bring this up. It's close, but I think Terry is the greatest wrestler of all time.

NWA Champ during a time when you HAD to be a good wrestler.
He's consistently evolved with the times.
He could pretty much wrestle every style at a high level
His promos are incredible
Amazing heel and face
Highly influential

Flair is close, but Ric wrestled the same match every night and wasn't as versitile. There literally isn't one weakness in Terry Funk's game.

I'm more of a Chainsaw Charlie guy.

Honestly though, probably Kurt Angle.

Kurt is definitely in my top 10.

I'd go

1. Terry Funk
2. Bobby Heenan
3. Ric Flair
4. Nick Bockwinkel
5. Kurt Angle

He was in Road House

I was in Texas Roadhouse a little over a week ago.

I think he's underrated, despite his legend status. Often the top nods go to guys like Shawn Michaels, Flair, Austin, Angle, etc., but you do have to keep in mind the spotlight and exposure people have had to their work when looking at things critically.

I'd be curious to see where Jerry Lawler fits on everyone's list.

He doesn't.

One of the best of all-time, surely.

If the Network uploaded his entire catalog I would be there in a heartbeat it's a shame the kids today are not interested in that kind of thing.
Funk is one of the most underrated of all time.

"Why don't you mind your own damn business!"

Every movie Terry was in, he was always a) someone's lackey and b) going to get his ass kicked. I would assume he did all his own stunts... if the director wanted him to or not.

"The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes! Twenty-five time, World Heavyweight Cham-peen! I beat Ric Flair twenty-five thousand times in a row! Had a legendary feud with Terry Funk!

Well, Terry used to always whip my ass, so we ain't gonna talk about that right now, oh no..."

I need to watch more Funk, to be honest.

I'd like to see him pop-up one of the names if the SCG Radio team do another "Better as a Face or Heel" podcast. I imagine heel will win out pretty easily with people, but it'd be a good discussion on his flexibility.

Is he still wrestling now?

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One of the greatest debuts of all time.

This.

Dude would be interesting in some sort of creative capacity somewhere. People should be picking this guy's brain for whatever golden nuggets are in there.

I can't put him up there as "greatest ever" because there are people who fit every category you mentioned better. Funk obviously has the longevity factor over him but Austin for example hit all the criteria you mentioned better I think.

Ah, Terry Funk There's just something about that voice and delivery (Mick Foley and Eddie could do it too) If this makes sense they knew how to add weight to their words Heel or Face. I can't really describe it well enough.

All this weird Terry Funk love and no one can reference any matches.

Pedo gets what's coming to him.

Lawler's problem is that he rarely went to another territory

I quit match with Flair is one of the greatest matches of all time

His body is held together by electric tape and prayers to Cthulu I'm surprised it didn't quit on him ages ago

LOL that was pretty outstanding. The best thing about it was that there was a woman as a referee, which somehow never happens in modern day WWE. SHAME

Yeah Vince fucked her and then she tried to sue or something like that.

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Frankly I just enjoyed seeing these two go at it.

How has there not been a movie made about Bruiser Brody?

Funk was a better in ring worker and more versatile.

To be honest I never liked Terry Funk

That just shows how good Terry Funk was.

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Love that empty arena match

There is some gold in Memphis

I completely agree with this. That being said, I think that speaks loudly about just how good he was. A lot of guys would jump around to keep themselves relevant. That Lawler could sit in Memphis and constantly do good business is impressive.

Interesting question. I'm not enough of a historian to answer but I can see the argument being made.

Also surprised to see multiple people putting Angle over. I love Angle but I didn't realize he was that highly regarded in an all time capacity. I'll pop a red rocket whenever his music hits in wwe.

Anyone who puts Lawler on their list includes Andy Kaufman by default.

I love that match. Lance Russell plays his part fantastically.

I think the Empty Arena Match, with the right two guys, has a place in professional wrestling. As long as it is not overused. I actually wanted to see one in NXT between Enzo & Cass and The Legionnaires at one point (don't ask).

A match like that between Cena and someone he's built heat with could really highlight just how good Cena is, for example, if they're confident is his ability to sell it.

He is not randy savage, so any spot not #1 is up for grabs for Terry funk. #1 is locked down