10 Amazing Terry Funk Promos You Must See

2. Florida Crackers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwfoxfNG3Qs Here's something you may not know if you don't live in the American South: there's a whole taxonomic system differentiating all the different types of white, blue-collar laborers. I'm no expert -- I can't explain the difference between hillbillies, hilljacks, rednecks, hicks and white trash -- but Terry Funk could. Terry knew exactly what to do to get over as a heel in Florida, home of the cracker. Inspired by the €œFlorida crackers€ who came to see him wrestle, Funk decided to become just like them: smelly, oily, and dirty. To that end, he poured Quaker State motor oil over his head and rubbed dirt in his face. He nearly blinded himself and wound up having to shave his head to get the oil out of his hair, but the result is absolutely compelling. Funkism: "Five pounds of dirty, filthy dirt!"
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