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Episode 222: The NWA World Champions Series, Part 10 – Terry Funk

May 27, 2026 TGBL2022

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #222 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! It’s part ten of the NWA Word Champions Series, with special guest Dr. Tom Prichard.

This week, we look at the career, and especially the NWA World title reign, of Terry Funk, from 1975-1977. Known as one of the greatest of all time, Terry was a unique kind of champion, and represented a turning point in the history of the title, as Brian and Dr. Tom get into on this episode.

For the second Funk family member to win the gold, it was a pinnacle of a career that, in hindsight, was just getting started. So saddle up as we pay a visit this week to the Double Cross Ranch!

Shut Up and Wrestle is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

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Episode 83: From the Archives – Terry Funk

August 30, 2023 TGBL2022

“Back then, wrestling was wrestling. And nobody proclaimed it bullshit. It was real.”

In honor of the passing of the great Terry Funk, we go back into the Brian R. Solomon archives this week for an interview Brian did with the Hardcore Icon while working on his biography of The Sheik in 2019.

Terry shares his opinions and memories on the Arabian Madman, as well as Hulk Hogan, WWE, hardcore wrestling, his family, and more. Plus, Brian shares his own thoughts on Funk’s legacy, as well as his own memories of interacting over the years with wrestling’s true desperado.