10 Wrestlers Who Ruined Their Bodies For The Business
6. Terry Funk
Retirement became a meme-worthy concept for Terry Funk. The battle-hardened old stager seemed like he'd never call it a day before finally doing so for good (due to health problems) in 2017. To put that into context, the guy was being told to stop wrestling during footage shown in 1999's 'Beyond The Mat', and that probs wasn't the first time.
Funk made his debut way back in 1965, and eventually pioneered a rough hardcore style that'd make some question his sanity. Terry's gentle voice and mild-mannered grandfather personality belied the demon he'd become in-ring, and pro wrestling fans loved that about him.
His body, however, certainly did not.
Funk was visibly a broken-down wreck by the dawn of the 1990s, and that's being generous. The man could barely stand upright, but somehow soldiered on working barbed wire spots and taking massive bumps. He was in perpetual agony day-to-day, yet couldn't bring himself to hang up the boots for good until 2017.