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9 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read

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#OnThisDay in 1975: Terry Funk defeated Paul Jones to win the @nwa United States Heavyweight Title in a tournament final.

The championship was vacated following an October 4 plane crash that injured Ric Flair, David Crockett, Bob Bruggers, Tim Woods, and then-United States Champion Johnny Valentine.

"Paul, why did you hit me so hard?" Funk asked again, laughing. Funk was referring to a hard punch Jones landed above Funk's left eye that had opened him up and required 18 stitches to close later that night in a Greensboro hospital.

"Well Terry, you called it." Jones said.

The Tournament drew a record gate for the city of Greensboro and the entire southeastern United States at that time.

The Four Judges Assigned by the National Wrestling Alliance

(1) NWA President Jack Adkisson
(2) Raleigh promoter Joe Murnick
(3) Longtime Crockett Promotions associate and ring announcer Wally Dusek
(4) Wrestler and broadcaster Les Thatcher

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