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In the words of my Father, Dory Funk Sr., “You can spend your life wrestling preliminary matches and never learn to work.” Under my Father’s guidance, in my first year in the wrestling business in Amarillo, Texas I wrestled Iron Mike Dibiase, Vern Gagne, Gene Kiniski, Fritz Von Erich and Lou Thesz for the NWA World Championship. The matches with Vern, Kiniski and Lou Thesz were one hour time limit draws. I was privileged to have the opportunity to work with those superstars of the time and I learned a lot from them. Here at the Funking Conservatory we believe the way to learn the wrestling business is to have the opportunity to perform in live wrestling matches on television in front of a live audience against the best competition available. Jeff Jarrett, America’s Most Wanted, Cowboy James Storm and Chris Harris, Gail Kim,... [read full story]
