REUP- The Funkster takes on Ring Of The Hawk

This was quite a difficult episode of ROH. It was often a question of weather or not a match should qualify for this video. In the end I settled on PPVs and as many special shows as I could find. If I had included TV this video would of lasted day and night. So it's Terry Funk in ECW! Ring of The Hawk Season 2!
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[@Markyd123]

RIP funkster!

[@nachopena7563]

Rest in peace, Terry. You truly were one of the best.

[@chocobros1]

Fun fact, according to his book, Terry Funk's opponents could never catch his moonsaults even when he was landing squarely on top of them. Shoutouts to Botchamania for highlighting that

[@seantaft3853]

Also, don't forget to thank Guru Larry for reading it.

[@Gebraldo420]

And you actually believe Botchamania... whatta Mark

[@seantaft3853]

@@Gebraldo420 they were reading directly from Terry Funk's book. That's a primary source.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

@@Gebraldo420 A mark calling other people marks lmao

[@Gebraldo420]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN I'm sorry, and where did you acquire your degree in Wrestling Psychology and kayfabe

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

The fucking barbed wire match with Sabu is insane. They're just relentlessly taking actual real bumps onto the wire.

[@XBOXGTDSMCR]

You forgot to mention sabu ripped open his bicep and literally had to tape it up in the middle of that barbwire match

[@firewalker1372]

That was a freaking brutal match man. The ending where terry and sabu was all twisted and tangled up in the barbwire. I really enjoyed Sabu talking about that match.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Paul Heyman refused to every book such a match again after this.

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

And he takes a neck breaker between two chairs while he's taping up his bicep

[@batistafury6668]

@@michaelsinger4638 that and the Taipei deathmatch

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

@LordGoomba you can hear him choking up in concern

[@Markyd123]

Some of this footage was a bit before my time as a wrestling fan so you might not agree with the grades but it’s just a bit of fun! Enjoy before it’s gone again.

[@drudawg4208]

I love your commentary it makes me laugh and thank you for showing the different companies

[@ravensmythe1]

As always, a damn good video! Have to say as a long time wrestling fan (who stopped watching a few years ago) your videos are fantastic, funny, and always well done! Thanks to you "I'll hit you with a brick" is said too often in our home! Keep up the great work and thanks for the laughs and entertainment!

[@M1kha1lP]

Great video! It seemed like you were having fun while watching/recording this RotH. :)

[@maxblackcat]

I never knew about this video. Must've been taken down quickly

[@Hellraiser988]

You scared me I thought you were gonna give him an S but I can agree with either a B or an A

[@antwilder]

Funk was taking insane bumps as a senior citizen definitely a hardcore legend

[@firewalker1372]

Terry was actually brought in to try and make ECW more popular. He turned down a contract from either WCW or WWF just to help ECW out.

[@petesmart1983]

But he always regretted it

[@graemenicol6377]

it was WCW who he turned down the contract offer from to join ECW.

[@akbullworm]

Ring of the Hawk Suggestions: Luther Reigns (WWE) Fenix (Impact) Vickie Guerrero (WWE) Big Swole (AEW) Danhausen (ROH) Jimmy Havoc (AEW) Marcus Cor Von (WWECW) Mad Man Pondo (CZW) Scotty Goldman (WWE) Eddie Kingston (TNA/IMPACT) Eddie Kingston (ROH) MJF (MLW) Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian (AEW) The Headhunters (ECW) Kid Kash (WWE) David Arquette (Whole Career) James Ellsworth (WWE) Ricky Ortiz (WWE) Orange Cassidy (ROH) Trinity (TNA) Mercedes Martinez (WWE) Colin Delaney (WWECW) Tyler Reks (WWE- believe she is either right on the money or 1 over) Mike Knox (WWE-same situation as Reks) Bam Neely (WWE) New Age Outlaws (WWE 2014) Simon Gotch (WWE) Mike Kanellis (WWE) Aquarius (ECW) Brandi Rhodes (AEW) Nailz (WWF) Al Snow (TNA) Perry Saturn (TNA) Dusty Rhodes (TNA) “Dr Death” Steve Williams (NWA) Rick Steiner (TNA) Thunder Rosa (Lucha Underground) Mike Awesome (WWE) Raven (WWE)

[@rdu239]

Add Kurgan on that

[@playboy_x]

I’d love to see Brandi Rhodes (go away heat) and Bray Wyatt as The Fiend (bottled the booking).

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

That Sabu - Funk barbwire match was the reason ECW never did another one afterward......where could you go violence wise after that? Plus, Funk almost died after the match due to the bardwire being wrapped tight around his neck, they had to cut him out. Sabu tore a huge gash in his bicep when he dove into the corner and Funk Moved. You can see Sabu wrapping his arm with tape quickly while Funk is about to give him a neck breaker. That barbed wire match was on another level of hardcore.

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

@@gsesquire3441 No, they mention it in one of the ECW docs that were made 10-15 years ago. Funk was so tied up in the barbed wire that it was around his neck. Anytime he moved the barbed wire tightened around his neck until they cut him out of it. Look it up.

[@yellowkangdexasthur4904]

@@jimmyplenderleith9471 You're a mark and got worked bro. No matter how much of a shoot even documentaries may present it as, 99% of the time it's a work

[@NotAGarage]

I remember tape trading VHS copies for Holiday Hell and The Night The Line Was Crossed back in 2002. I still have them in all their glorious awful condition on tape lol

[@michaelsinger4638]

ECW REALLY hated their referees it seems. 😂 Kudos to Terry for being able to reinvent himself multiple times throughout his career.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

yep I have seen ecw refs get color in some matches

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

He’s great but he’s been the same crazy grizzled veteran character about to retire since the late 80s

[@jpistolas]

Fun fact: The "tangled in the ropes" spot is how Foley eventually lost his ear.

[@heckles5866]

He shoulda taken the moneyyyyy!

[@fitzwilkinson112]

love the content and as always appreciate the effort of trying to keep them online. little fun fact about Jack's WCW Dungeon of Doom shirt. Total rib. He was poking fun at WCW for dropping him and then seeing that fiasco of a storyline on TV. good stuff lol

[@danieldees9686]

In addition to promos leading up to it being about how desperate Cactus was to go back to WCW and he was going to beat the shit out of Tommy Dreamer until Tommy took Uncle Eric's deal. Such a great run, and the only way for Cactus Jack to be a heel in ECW.

[@rnhtube]

I want this shirt so bad, very difficult to find

[@honestreviewer7788]

Terry funk is God and his win at barely legal made every true ecw fan cry. Unbelievable run. Love funk

[@jwhite455528]

Piledriver's for everyone. In a way it made me relate the Piledriver to the Canadian Destroyer. It used to be like feared & awesome when it wasn't done very often....then everyone started doing it & it lost its luster. If we played a drinking game to this vid & had to drink every time you said piledriver we would be hammered

[@nmk8475]

Surprised you didn't mention at 35:00 that Sabu tore his bicep off his bone after doing that spot falling on the barbed wire. You can see as Funk sets up the neckbreaker that Sabu is taping his ripped bicep to his arm. He finished the match. One of the most nasty spots/botches of all time that isn't given justice by the bad picture quality, and Sabu's toughness.

[@youtubemusicowesmemoney8470]

Terry Funk and Ric Flair had the most brutal hardcore series that I ever witnessed. During the NWA era, Funk and Flair were feuding over the NWA Heavyweight Championship and had a series of three matches to determine the belt holder. Over a 2 week period, Funk and Flair fought hardcore, using ring entrance bells, chairs, announcers mikes, fire extinguishers, and chains on each other. Getting more bloody with every match, it culminated in an I Quit match. Flair took a Mike and literally peeled the skin back from Funk's forehead, screaming at him: "Say IT!! Say I QUIT, you sick bastard! " In an exhausted voice, he groaned "I Quit! " and the arena erupted in cheers, with Flair helping Funk up from what was left of the table and using his infamous bandanna to hold his scalp in place. One of the greatest wrestling matches ever!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Also the plastic bag spot in ECW was a tribute to Funk trying to smother Flair with a bag to start that feud.

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

What year did this part of their feud happen? They had a series of matches in 89 the culminated in an I Quit match then to, but there was nothing where Flair peeled back Funk's forehead skin......never heard of this. So I'd like to know what year this took place? They didnt have a feud any other time during any of Flair's title reigns outside their 89 feud. The I Quit match was on TV and Funk quit before Flair broke his leg.

[@dceasedbrickfan74]

Foley’s book has a chapter dedicated to Terry…when he accidentally really set Funk on fire. Oops.

[@m.j.driver5386]

Love the reups

[@ianhickox8013]

i took a drink of rum every time you said "piledriver". I am fucked up beyond repair. passing out now

[@TheSerpentsEye]

Terry Funk is my favorite wrestler of all time and an absolute god damned national treasure. The world will be a lesser place when he passes to that great Double Cross ranch in the sky. ❤️

[@dogshake]

@@nero48Rest in Peace

[@kidwaryodproduction]

28:06 It's look like "OOPS, Take Two" I love this one

[@anonluxor470]

I never get tired of seeing sabu botched

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

He did it so often it just became expected.....and the way he threw himself around with reckless abandon was a thing of beauty.

[@JasonSum1979]

great video! major respect brining up The TWA/NWA/ECW Battle of the Belts event (It’s one of the first VHS tapes i got during the late 90’s Pro Wrestling tape trading days (Its also a very early fan cam event in North America it’s a event nobody really brings up the early ECW was shot like a snuff film (ECW footage is really underground and grungy looking) It’s very sad the amount of wear and tear on there bodies 1/2 the original ECW Wrestlers are gone barley anyone made money some people are still owed money from ECW and Paul Heyman got a golden parachute (It’s unreal that people still romanticize Paul E.) He’s a stereotype shady booker x100

[@Lou_Mavs]

Prior to August 1994, ECW was part of the NWA. The E stood for Eastern. Loving your content. 🤘

[@kidwaryodproduction]

Tommy Rich is look like Ric Flair if didn't broke his back during mid 70s and still have a big physique.

[@brettrossi034]

My goodness Cactus was the king of the concrete floor bumps. He really was one of a kind lmao. Probably a reason why he became so beaten down over time among other chaotic shit

[@peterq1978]

how about the legend The Italian Stallion? they deserve to be in the Ring of the Hawk.

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Watching the cage natch mind the old bkue wwf cage that was class

[@gumdeo]

Amazing that Terry Funk is still alive.

[@azurraa]

Love it when marky uploads

[@matthewlane518]

The Hawk don't give many B's good work Funkster!

[@Lilluffy333]

yo terry funk just unloading on the ref cuz he just got beat with a hammer is legendary

[@gian3008]

Funk had like zero elevation with his moonsaults 😂❤

[@wweminehead5458]

RIP to the hardcore legend terry funk

[@theguy1233]

Can you do Rvd run in tna from 2019 to 2021 it is a intresting watch he had 25 matches

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

Wasn't that part of the time line where rvd got TNa kicked off twitch?

[@theguy1233]

@@bigdaddyroy5382 yes

[@Matthew-mf6xg]

@@bigdaddyroy5382 why were they kicked off?

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

@@Matthew-mf6xg implied sexual acted between rvd his gf and another woman live on camera on twitch

[@justinleandoer6821]

Wow. Terrry funk this was a wild ride that got me and the rest of the hawkamaniacs a little emotional brother

[@BEanz911]

Lmao the sabu moonsault on the empty table after the match ahaha

[@silversoulken]

I forgot how good of a song choice this video had

[@telepath1890]

Do Cody Rhodes for ring of the hawk next! I forgot about his run in impact

[@rnhtube]

This video was worth it for the Arn Anderson turnbuckle-to-floor spot alone

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Eatchrd alot of Wrestling vids onkine from 2017 from a got bk into it from 03 n can say hvn found your chanel abt 6 month ago n now u nearly hv 100k subs class bro as ur vids are realy originol

[@shreyashkalgutkar6641]

Rest in peace terry funk

[@goodanytimej8688]

It's funny how you say pile-driver. Like how ppl say TV. Some say Tv and some say tV putting emphasis on different parts most Americans say PILE-driver where ol marky sais pile-DRIVER. Ill shut up before I get hit with a brick😁

[@borobinson7005]

Terry Funk and Sabu should've had a tag team called "funk n brunk" since Sabus name is Terry Brunk lol 🤣

[@rickyhurtt5568]

Piled river was used a lot back then but most companies outlawed it for a good while. Of course now it's used again. If I'm not mistaken there was a time only undertaker could use it for awhile

[@Carlitonsp1]

Holy Crap, Dory Funk Jr is only 3 years than Terry. He looks 30 years older.

[@mushroom13cfh]

Sabu wrapping up his ripped open bicep with tape while taking a neck breaker 😆

[@arostwocents]

I didn't realise the loads of chairs being thrown in was a regular ecw thing 😮

[@arostwocents]

A Bischoff t-shirt in 95? Wtf was that a thing? 😮😮😮😮

[@arostwocents]

What a legend Terry Funk is 😮

[@marccaselle8108]

Lex Luger was in TNA? That must have been the very early days and maybe 3 matches? I never saw Luger after WCW

[@spadegrenade8540]

Mr. Hawk I enjoy your videos and your alternate perspective on what entertains you as a fan. I was trying to find your Brock Lesnar NJPW video since it is ranked so high on Ring of the Hawk, but I can't find it. Is it a Patreon exclusive or unlisted video? Thanks for the content mate.

[@Markyd123]

Yeh it’s only on Patreon bro sorry just Chuck me the minimum and it’s cool if you want

[@Matthew-mf6xg]

Sabu having his upper body exposed in a barbwire match is absolutely nuts.

[@ryanstewart4444]

Terry Funk interviewing Eddie Gilbert (with a literal horses ass standing in for the Hot Stuff) at the Double Cross Ranch is one of the greatest and most underappreciated segments of all time.

[@lordcolinb]

Thank God for Hawk Hogan in these bleak days 😃💪💪

[@larrytod9790]

I honestly never knew Jimmy snuka wrestled in ECW

[@anasabukoush9577]

He was their first heavyweight champion when it was just Eastern Championship Wrestling

[@gian3008]

Surprised me Double A was there. But if you'd told me, I'd probably believe you.

[@JadenCH2K]

Bruh I thought this said RIP and I almost had a heart attack

[@gian3008]

Well...

[@Dr.Meth666]

Middle age crazy is legitimately fucking scary .ALL HAIL THE FUNKER!!!!!

[@TheNormalUnstable]

this match 19 has the best look Shane Douglas ever had

[@rotomwash0355]

Everytime I watch a ring of the hawk video I get so happy that my hands get slappy. Now bring me a foam Terry Funk branding iron or I'll hit myself with a brick and make the girls sick.

[@Ryusuta]

Someone probably pointed this out by now, but i believe the reason Foley was wearing a WCW shirt (and also saying that the audience wanted a "scientific wrestling match") is because Foley was doing a "WCW sympathizer" heel gimmick. Basically turning on the ECW fans for being bloodthirsty and reprehensible (which... to be fair...) and saying how much better WCW was.

[@arostwocents]

I thought the Network had the full ECW tape library? no?

[@spec5852]

I’m pretty sure funk defended the title a few times , one of the defenses was at wrestlepalooza 97, against Chris candido

[@CaptainTae]

Funk yeah!

[@stillwinston3765]

No matter what, we'll always do the J.O.B for the H.A.W.K

[@peterq1978]

has Terry Funk retired? ot will he wrestle forever... forever?

[@rizkyanandita8227]

Even if he retired, he will unretired the next day.

[@gian3008]

He died.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Something tells me i should hurry up and watch this video.🤷‍♂️ 😄👍

[@jeremybarber9780]

At this time the pile driver was as used as modern-day superkicks everyone had a pile driver in their Arsenal

[@CJDrischler]

Doesn't sound like you watched much ECW back in the day, but if you grew up with the attitude era, that explains alot. As Paul Heyman says if everyone who claimed to have watched ECW really watched ECW they wouldn't have went out of business.

[@DS_IndustrieZ]

That makes sense, there's levels to the reception of a product... You Hate it You dont like it Your Neutral You just watch it You like it You love it You appreciate it. A lot of people like something but don't like it enough to spend money on it. Not just in wrestling , but movies, music , and in life itself. I always liked wrestling but never liked it enough to buy a ticket, the most I ever spent was 30$ on a used copy of smackdown shut your mouth for ps2 back in high school. If you truly appreciate a product you will not only invest in it because you enjoy the product. But because investing in the product contributes to the companies financial ability to produce more... Also ecw was majority ppv and VHS tapes so their money literally came from people willing to spend that money. Factor in the shit advertising ...well no advertising when they had a stint on TNN. Then it makes sense. It's a difference between liking it , watching it, and being a fan of it. Wow I just typed a whole book ...my bad lol

[@marcohavokkhaos]

ECW was before my time. I only heard of it and WCW, the year before they went out of business. And it wasn't very good then. If ECW was really that amazing, it would still be around, like Impact is. Technically even Ring of Honor, is still around.

[@gian3008]

Heyman just casually calling all marks posers.

[@dirty_herc]

Would you ever consider doing a video on Stan Hansen? His entire All Japan run is like that one match between Finlay and Regal from WCW Uncensored 1996, more potatoes than Idaho

[@kidwaryodproduction]

Am I the only one who think Funk's Spinning Toe Hold was more brutal and painful than Figure Four Leglock. And early 90s era Shane Douglas always remind me of Italo-Disco singer named Den Harrow (Stefano Zandri). A bit weird to see his look completely changed when he joined WCW in late 90s

[@nelchid]

Love the way you say "pile driver"

[@edwells4769]

God I miss ECW. Nothing like it before or ever again. Live shows were something else.

[@TwanJohn365]

Most of the wrestlers you reviewed are no match for TF. He's in a league of his own.. Whether on the mic or the mat, he was unpredictable like no other & a true wrestler. Hate I didn't appreciate the Funkster enough growing up. I'm shocked he's still alive

[@sickboy703]

Mick Foley rates Funk as the best ever. That's a good enough endorsement for me.

[@tylermcnally8232]

Thats real good shit pal.

[@zombiegeorge749]

i love the Pile Driver.

[@ProWrestleMachine]

Nice one

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Battle of the belts. That must be where Tony Khan got it.

[@cr082080]

What is the song that plays in the background ?

[@declangaming24]

Missed ECW one night stand 2006

[@bryanmorrison2396]

A nind tge funk n douglass match wae the chairs gettn throwing as a 6 year old thought was nuts as Raw wasbt qiet as edgey yet as Austin dx kane etc were still to arrive

[@ScarletSho]

What's the music used in this video?

[@tomrussell509]

Alright Hawk Just Wondering if you might be able to do a Cactus Jack in ECW Video (as really enjoyed the Terry funk video in Ecw) as with Hardcore Tv & Supercard Matches I believe he had 30 matches but you can check on cagematch as it confused me with ECW EVENT Is that like a houseshow that they show the highlights the following week on tv Thanks Tom, My Dogs Names Teddy & My Nicknames Froggy

[@tomrussell509]

11 Matches on Hardcore Tv & 19 Matches on Supercards

[@Dbanks700]

I don’t know if it’s cause it’s terry funk or is it cause every match is the same a hardcore death match but it felt like I had to force myself to watch this episode

[@kpocketz2163]

Have you done a Cactus Jack in ECW video yet?

[@maximweisenborn344]

Dies Somebody know the Name of the Beat playing in the Background

[@shawnconway6009]

'the public enemy appear' me: oh noooooo

[@ricardonb6375]

Ask me this, if Public Enemy did suck, then why did the WWF and WCW both compete to sign these guys in 1996?

[@shawnconway6009]

@@ricardonb6375 They were extremely good at exactly two things: they had a great entrance theme and they knew how to 'garbage' wrestle. They were basically tailor made for ECW. Much like how lots of other guys caught fire in ECW only to be snapped up and then failed by WCW and WWE, the Public Enemy were not really good enough to work anywhere else. I mean, the same thing happened with Sabu in WCW, and Mike Awesome and Justin Credible. Reality is, the Public Enemy as a team just weren't good enough to really do much outside of WCW; they were too late to be the next Nasty Boys.

[@captainpine_apple_crush7147]

Could you do a review of Suicide/Maniks run in TNA

[@wadehampton3318]

You used the music from American Truck Simulator XD

[@KidGravityBeyond]

Terry Funk wasn't a Hardcore Skunk

[@FloridaGuy53]

I don't remember these Colin Delaney matches.

[@Jorgen.mp4]

Dory funk sr was 54 when he died Dory funk jr is 81 And terry is 77

[@Phrankster163]

The way Dory Funk stubbornly held onto that mullet in 1994, when there wasn´t a hint of hair left on top of his head, made me laugh! If there´s an all-time list for worst hair-do´s in the entire history of professional wrestling, his "Bald on top/Mullet in the back Combo" might just take it! He was an amazing wrestler and an all-time great in the ring, right up there with his brother, but he should have been self aware enough to know that at some point, you gotta give it up and if not shave off the rest, at least cut it down to where it doesn´t look that silly!

[@petesmart1983]

Not sure have you seen rock and roll express who still have these haircuts now

[@defectiverevolutionaryandr1188]

He looked great like that tho

[@kimblandino]

@@petesmart1983 Rickys hair might be thin and receding but Ricky Morton still has a good head of hair for an old coke head

[@DirtiestSoul]

Man what happened to the vince mcmahon ROH video?

[@jopilot4126]

Maybe you can do Shane Douglas matches in late wcw run 99-00

[@Reign_Fire2022]

Terry funk def a one of a kind🥂✨

[@MajikUrbina]

God sent me here I just reviewed 1993 ecw and wrote it down and my phone so I can remember most of it without watching anything. 1993 mostly sucked for ecw the matches were ugly. Sabu towards the end of 1993 was amazing!! Eddie gilbert cut the best promos till he left. Now Paul heyman getting in his groove ...

[@user-ys9fg4ol9s]

God I must be old when 1993 and 1994 is "back in the day"😂 oh and how much I miss the VHS tape trading days and their poor video quality....