At the age of 83, Dory Funk Jr. is ready to return to the ring for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan. The forthcoming event is set to honor the memory of Terry Funk, Dory’s sibling.
Dory Funk Jr. will be partnering with Osamu Nishimura to compete against Atsushi Onita and an undisclosed teammate.
Speculations are rife that Onita is keen on transforming the match into an “explosive death match”. However, confirmation on this particular arrangement, has not been officially announced at the time of reporting.
Originally, the bout was designed to be a six-person tag team match featuring Onita and two of his comrades competing against the team of Funk, Nishimura, and one other partner.
In related news, professional wrestler Will Ospreay revealed a document that provides a glimpse into his final wrestling matches at New Japan Pro Wrestling and Revolution Pro. He tweeted,
“I had this documentary filmed of my last matches in New Japan & Revolution Pro. To really show how much both companies really played a huge part in me maturing into a man. Beyond grateful for everything that they both gave me & I miss them so much. Big thank you to @markashleyfilms for capturing and editing this, hope you all enjoy.”
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