TERRY FUNK

Height: 6 feet, 1 inch
Weight: 247 pounds
From: The Double Cross Ranch in Amarillo, Texas
Signature Move: Spinning Toe Hold, Moonsault, Piledriver
Career Highlights: Two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, ECW World Television Champion, World Tag Team Champion, two-time United States Champion

By the time Terry Funk showed up in ECW, he was already "middle-aged and crazy." Well into his '50s, many thought it was time for the hard-core legend to hang up his boots, but the Funker had other plans.

For several years, Funk took Dreamer on as his protégé and the two paired in some classic tag-team matches. It was also in ECW that Funk's love-hate relationship with Cactus Jack really took form. The two hard-core legends battled so frequently that they began to respect one another, and they became very close friends.

At ECW's Holiday Hell '93, Funk defeated Sabu for the ECW Heavyweight Championship, and four years later at Barely Legal, Funk defeated Raven to capture the title for a second time. The night was so memorable for Funk not just because he won the ECW Championship, but also because of how the fans supported him both during and after the match.

For a man who was only a few years away from collecting a social security check, Funk gave ECW everything he had. Funk embraced the notion of helping younger competitors. He knew that in order to get the next generation of stars ready, he'd have to wrestle with and against them. And it is because of that attitude that Terry Funk was looked at as the Babe Ruth of ECW.