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Star Prestige Review

[NWa Bracket] Round 3 Match 3: Terry Funk Vs 'The Original Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers

Author

Emily Wilson

Updated on March 25, 2026

I am going to vote for Funk as well. Funk has given himself to wrestling for decades, and for some reason, has put his body through a lot of tests for the business he loves. Funk may not be known by many, in fact, I had very limited knowledge of him until I watched Beyond the Mat. But if it goes by which wrestler has created the better legacy, Funk is the obvious choice for myself. Buddy Rogers has not left the same mark on wrestling that Funk has, and that is obvious, just by watching some of the things Funk set up in the last 20 years. Rogers was the inspiration behind Flair yes, but he never created Flair, like Funk created Foley. Funk inspired hardcore wrestling, that partially caused some of the aspects of the Attitude Era. Without Funk, ECW might not have been able to take of like it did. Funk created a Legacy, telling me he is the better legend.