Jesse Barr
| Ferrin Barr Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ferrin Barr Jr. |
| Born |
January 28, 1960 Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Family |
Sandy Barr (father) Art Barr (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Assassin Jesse Barr Jimmy Jack Funk JJ Funk |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Double Cross Ranch, Amarillo, Texas (as Jimmy Jack Funk) |
| Trained by | Sandy Barr |
| Debut | 1980 |
| Retired | 1997 |
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.
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. He 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, 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 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.
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