Ferrin Barr Jr. (born April 14, 1959) is an American retired

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. He is best known for his appearances with

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under the ring name Jesse Barr and with the

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under the ring name Jimmy Jack Funk. He is the son of wrestling promoter

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and the older brother of wrestler

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Professional wrestling career

Barr was one of the top

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in Florida in the mid-1980s, winning the

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from Scott McGhee in October 1984. He lost the belt to

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before regaining it and eventually losing it for good to

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in late April 1985. Barr teamed with

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to hold the United States Tag Team Championship for three months before

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. He went to the

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in Puerto Rico having feuds with Super Medico 1 and Carlos Colon in figure 4 vs figure 4 leg lock match and later came back to Florida as a fan favorite, and in early 1986 he feuded over the Southern Heavyweight Championship with a young

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. After leaving Florida, Barr arrived in the WWF in April 1986 in a

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-style mask as Jimmy Jack Funk, the storyline younger and unstable brother of

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and Dory "Hoss" Funk, with whom he had previously worked in Florida. In addition to his mask, he also wore a noose around his neck to the ring. According to his storyline, he was a former amateur wrestler who missed out on the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the United States' boycott. With Jimmy Hart as his manager, Barr debuted to a decent

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, 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

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, a supercard at the

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on August 28. As the only remaining "Funk" in the WWF (and without Hart in his corner), Barr quickly became an aimless enhancement talent, losing regularly to the likes of

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and

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and teaming with a series of journeymen with whom he had no previous storyline connection. He remained in the WWF in this capacity until June 1987, but was released following a backstage incident with Haku. Despite rumors that one of his eyes had been gouged out during the fight, Haku himself definitively stated that the rumors were untrue and that he deliberately avoided injuring Barr. After the WWF, Barr wrestled in Continental Wrestling Association, feuding with

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. During one interview, Barr referred to

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as his "cousin" (not brother, see above), a claim that he would repeat backstage during a lightly attended show outside of Portland, Oregon in late 1991. Then Barr joined

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, where he was a villain at first but turned into a fan favorite in 1989 after parting ways with manager

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after he took offense to the derogatory things Akbar had said about Texas. Barr and Chris Adams were involved in a tag-team feud with

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and

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for several months with no clear resolution. After World Class, Barr returned to Portland, where he finished his career. While there, he won the

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while teaming with Steve Doll on June 12, 1991. The title reign lasted eight days, as the team dropped the championship to

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on June 20. Barr retired in 1997, aside from a one-night return for NWA Carolinas in 2010. Barr now works in the construction business in Portland, Oregon. In July 2016, Barr was named part of a

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lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. US District Judge

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dismissed the lawsuit in September 2018.

Championships and accomplishments

(

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) ** NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) – with

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** CWUSA International Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with

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* Continental Wrestling Association **

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( 1 time) * Pacific Northwest Wrestling **

( 1 time) – with Steve Doll *''Ring Around The Northwest Newsletter'' **Tag Team of the Year (1993) with Ryuma Go **Wrestler of the Year (1993) *

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( 1 time) – with John Tatum

References

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