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Podcast: Fight Game Media Network
Episode: Write That Down! The Funk Family Legacy
Description: Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper are back with an episode on the history of The Funks, Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk.
Picking up from last week’s episode on the NWA in Japan, Fumi & Justin dove into the following topics:
Dory Funk Jr as NWA World Heavyweight champion after defeating Gene Kiniski, 1969
Dory Funk Jr, Tiger Mask, and the Funk mythos via ’70s Japanese comic books
The passing of Dory Funk Sr
Dory Funk Jr touring regular for AJPW after dropping the NWA title
Terry Funk in AJPW
The Funk Brothers as regulars for AJPW’s Summer Action Series
1983: Terry Funk r...