Ferrin Barr, Jr.

Ferrin Barr, Jr.
Ring name(s)	Jesse "Bulldog" Barr Jimmy Jack Funk JJ Funk The Assassin[1]
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Billed weight	242 lb (110 kg)[2]
Born	April 14, 1959 (1959-04-14) (age 52)[3] Salt Lake City, Utah, United States[3]
Resides	Portland, Oregon, United States[1]
Billed from	Double Cross Ranch, Amarillo, Texas[2]
Trained by	Sandy Barr

Ferrin Barr, Jr. is an American former professional wrestler, better known as Jesse Barr. He is best known for his performances in the 1980s under his own name in the Florida territory and as Jimmy Jack Funk in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He is the son of wrestling promoter Sandy Barr and the older brother of wrestler Art Barr.^[4]

Professional wrestling career

Barr was one of the top villains in Florida in the mid-1980s, winning the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship from Scott McGhee in October 1984. He lost the belt to Brian Blair before regaining it and eventually losing it for good to Hector Guerrero in late April 1985. Barr teamed with Rick Rude to hold the United States Tag Team Championship for three months before turning. Went to the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and later came back to Florida as a fan favorite, and in early 1986 he feuded over the Southern Heavyweight Championship with a young Lex Luger.

After leaving Florida, Barr arrived in the WWF in April 1986 in a Lone Ranger-style mask as Jimmy Jack Funk, the storyline younger and unstable brother of Terry and Dory "Hoss" Funk,^[5][6] with whom he had previously worked in Florida. In addition to his mask, he also wore a noose around his neck to the ring.^[2] According to his storyline, he was a former amateur wrestler who missed out on the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the United States' boycott.^[2] With Jimmy Hart as his manager, Barr debuted to a decent push, but Terry Funk's exit from the WWF in early June caused Hoss and Jimmy Jack to fall down the card as a tag team under Hart. Their most notable match together (and Dory's last in the WWF for almost a decade) was a loss to the Killer Bees in the opening match of The Big Event, a supercard at the Canadian National Exhibition Stadium in Toronto on August 28.^[7]

As the only remaining "Funk" in the WWF (and without Hart in his corner), Barr quickly became an aimless "jobber to the stars," losing regularly to the likes of Tito Santana, Koko B. Ware, Hillbilly Jim and Blackjack Mulligan and teaming with a series of journeymen with whom he had no previous storyline connection.^[8] He remained in the WWF in this capacity until June 1987.^[9]

After the WWF, Barr joined World Class Championship Wrestling, where he was a villain at first but turned into a fan favorite in 1989 after parting ways with manager Skandor Akbar. Barr and Chris Adams were involved in a tag-team feud with King Parsons and Brickhouse Brown for several months with no clear resolution. After World Class, Barr returned to Portland, where he finished his career. While there, he won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship while teaming with Steve Doll on June 12, 1991. The title reign lasted eight days, as the team dropped the championship to the Bruise Brothers on June 20.^[10]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bulldog^[2]
  • Scoop powerslam

• Managers
  • Jimmy Hart^[2]

Championships and accomplishments

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) - with Rick Rude

• Championship Wrestling USA
  • CWUSA International Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Ryuma Go^[11]

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Steve Doll^[10]

• World Class Wrestling Association
  • WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with John Tatum

References

Professional wrestling portal

1. ^ ^{a b} "Jimmy Jack Funk". The Accelerator. http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/jjfunk.html. Retrieved 10/04/2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Shields, Brian and Kevin Sullivan (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK/BradyGAMES. p. 154. ISBN 9780756641900. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/jesse-barr-1084.html. Retrieved 10/04/2011. 
4. ^ Oliver, Greg (2007-06-02). "Northwest mainstay Sandy Barr dies". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/06/02/4229912.html. Retrieved 2010-02-20. 
5. ^ Reynolds, RD; Blade Braxton (2007). The WrestleCrap Book of Lists. ECW Press. p. 111. ISBN 1550227629. http://books.google.ca/books?id=HFBTUhnc9DwC&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
6. ^ Shields, Brian and Kevin Sullivan (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK/BradyGAMES. p. 107. ISBN 9780756641900. 
7. ^ WWF The Big Event (VHS). Coliseum Video. 1986. 
8. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Ring Results: 1986". The History of WWE. http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/86.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
9. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Ring Results: 1987". The History of WWE. http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/87.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
10. ^ ^{a b} Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2006). "(Oregon & Washington) Portland: NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 317–320. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
11. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 

Persondata
Name	Barr, Ferrin, Jr.
Alternative names	Barr, Jesse; Funk, Jimmy Jack
Short description	professional wrestler
Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date of death
Place of death