Florida Wrestling: Terry Funk vs. Bruce Walkup - Empty Arena Cage Match

[Smithfilmproductions]

Terry Funk in Florida. Those were some crazy times. 

[dablommer2010]

Good find!

[Rayla840]

Terry Funk (in my opinion) is the best ever. So ahead of his time. Did it in any style, any era, great on the mic, just amazing!!!!

[Hawkee316]

that was real cool

[salanh]

Thansk for posting. Funk was amazing on the mic and this got the point across. Solie's calm commentary made it that much better. 

[jerzeefranky3475]

Who The hell Is "Bruce Walkup"?...I'd NEVER Heard Of Him B4 Now...

[salanh]

@jerzeefranky3475 It was Walkup's claim to fame in wrestling. He was a jobber that had stayed in the area for a while with no other matches of note. This was the "walk up" (slight pun intended) to a match that Funk had with Rhodes, It demonstrated to FCW fans how the match worked and a warning to Rhodes what wiould happen. it was Florida's answer to the Memphis angle where Funk wrestled with Lawler. The premise is that the empty arena would neutralize the fans giving Rhodes/Lawler an edge.

[buttercremehonda]

@jerzeefranky3475 ikr

[DavidFullam]

Why isn't this better known? That was sick, brutal, disgusting, intense. Good Lord!

[yardlet6]

@DavidFullam I had this on a Terry Funk collection tape. Long live the Funker!

[DavidFullam]

@yardlet6 Even somewhat smart fans back in the day might have been convinced it was all real after seeing Funk beat the stuffing out of the man. Funk was putting his all into it.