Dory Funk Jr . Dory Ernest Funk Jr . ( February 3 , 1941 ) known professionally as Dory Funk , Jr . is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer . He is the son of Dory Funk Sr . and brother of Terry Funk . He is credited with the invention of the Texas cloverleaf submission hold and runs the Funking Conservatory , a professional wrestling school . His students and friends participate in a wrestling show , local to Ocala , Florida , called ! Bang ! . Dory is a former world heavyweight champion , having held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once . To date , he was the fifth longest reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time , holding it for over four years . In addition , he also held the major heavyweight titles ( but not officially recognized as World Titles ) : WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once , the CWA World Heavyweight Championship once . He is also a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee . Professional wrestling career . Training . Dory Funk Jr . ' s career in professional wrestling began in January 1963 just after a college football career with West Texas State University culminating in a 15 to 14 victory over Ohio University in the Sun Bowl in El Paso , Texas . Dory Funk , Jr . ' s first match was a victory over Don Fargo in Amarillo , Texas . West Texas State University All American Jerry Logan was in Funk ' s corner and Fargo ' s brother , Jim , was in his corner . Dory was also supported by the whole West Texas State University football team and the Tascosa High School amateur wrestling team . Dory was doing his student teaching as coach of the Tascosa High wrestling team under Coach James Kyle . National Wrestling Alliance . Dory Funk , Jr . came to the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) in 1968 and went on to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Gene Kiniski on February 11 , 1969 in Tampa , Florida and remained NWA World Champion for the next four and a half years , which is the second - longest uninterrupted reign of any NWA World Champion ( Lou Thesz held the NWA world title from November 27 , 1949 , to March 15 , 1956 ) . Dory and his brother , Terry , are the only brothers in history to each hold the title . Funk finally lost the NWA World Championship on May 24 , 1973 after a hurried recovery from a pickup truck accident on his father ' s Flying Mare Ranch in West Texas . Dory was forced into the ring in Kansas City , losing the belt to Harley Race . Some people do not believe the accident actually occurred . Funk was originally scheduled to face Jack Brisco for the championship on March 2 , 1973 , which many at the time believed he would come out on the losing end of . According to Brisco , Dory Funk Sr . did not want his son to lose the belt to another babyface wrestler . Thus , the convenient " accident " , allowing Dory Jr . to " lose " the gold to heel Harley Race and claim that he lost by returning to the ring too soon after being injured . Dory Jr . still claims that the accident and injuries were real . Race held the title only a few months before dropping it to Brisco . He performed regularly throughout the NWA , particularly in the Mid - Atlantic , Georgia , Florida and Central States regions , through the 1970s and early 1980s . In December 1984 , he and his brother Terry competed in a tag team match against Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen that later received a 5 - star rating by Dave Meltzer . In January 1986 , Dory ( given the nickname " Hoss " ) made his WWF debut in a team alongside his brother Terry . The brothers performed at WrestleMania 2 defeating the Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana . Terry left the WWF shortly after WrestleMania , but Dory remained , mostly tagging with " brother " Jimmy Jack Funk , who in truth had no relation to the Funk family . He made a single appearance with the WWF as a participant in the 1996 Royal Rumble . Later years . Funk is now the Coach of the Funking Conservatory Professional Wrestling School and teaches the Dory Funk Method of Professional Wrestling . Dory ' s students include Jeff Hardy , Matt Hardy , Christian , Lita , Kurt Angle , Mickie James , Edge , Ted DiBiase , Test , and Delirious . On March 1 , 2008 Funk and Nishimura defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Masanobu Fuchi in Funk ' s retirement match via Spinning toe hold . On the February 16 , 2009 episode of " Raw " , it was announced that Dory along with his brother Terry would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2009 by Dusty Rhodes On the April 1 , 2010 edition of TNA Today , Dory Funk appeared on the show to have an interview with Jeremy Borash . Personal life . Dory married his first wife , Jimmie , on June 8 , 1960 . Together , they have three children : Dory III , Adam Dirk ( born May 13 , 1965 ) and Penny . They also have five grandchildren : Dory IV , Jennifer , Sheldon , Bob and Coby . They later separated and were officially divorced on July 6 , 1983 . Dory III went into medicine and now practices out of Colorado , Dory IV is now training to be a wrestler under Dory Jr . In December 1980 , Dory met his second and current wife , Marti . They married in 1989 . Dory also has a daughter Doris and son David , as told in his WWE Hall of Fame Induction speech .