The PWI Stanley Weston Award honors a professional wrestler’s lifetime accomplishments, know who won the awards in 2021 for lifetime achievement
It was first known as the PWI Editor’s Award and has been granted every year since 1981. The prize was renamed in remembrance of PWI founder and longstanding publisher Stanley Weston, who died in 2002, with the March 2003 year-end issue.
Over the years, this award has been given to many wrestlers after they retired from the sport, contributing to it the way they did. Last year, it was presented to Stu Saks and Madusa Miceli.
PWI Awards 2021: Who Have Been Selected For The Stanley Weston Lifetime Achievement Award
This year, Terry Funk and Ron Simmons have been given the prize to mark their contribution in the world of pro wrestling.
We're delighted to announce the 2021 recipients of PWI's Stanley Weston Award for Lifetime Achievement in pro wrestling. This year, our most prestigious award goes to Terry Funk and Ron Simmons. Today, we honor these two legends for their myriad contributions to the sport. pic.twitter.com/RYrNHko5JJ
— PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) December 16, 2021
Terry Funk Biography And Wrestling Career
As far as Terry Funk’s contribution to wrestling is considered, he has a long history of extreme contests and terrible fights dating back to the 1960s. The matches were primarily fought with barbed wire, and Funk would get drenched in blood.
The two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion is widely regarded as one of the best hardcore wrestlers in the sport’s history. Throughout his illustrious career, Terry has dabbled in different promotions such as WCW and All Japan World Wrestling.
Terry Funk had pushed the limits of hardcore wrestling long before it became popular. The WWE and the rest of the wrestling industry are relieved that the ECW legend is doing well.
Terry Funk Health Condition
Terry Funk, a WWE Hall of Famer, has been admitted to an assisted living facility owing to his dementia.
In a recent episode of the Pro Wrestling Spotlight Podcast, John Arezzi revealed that despite his illness, Funk is making steady progress.
In July, it was discovered that Terry was suffering from a variety of ailments and was finding it difficult to live on his own.
Ron Simmons Bio And Wrestling Career
Ronald “Ron” Simmons (born May 15, 1958) is a retired professional wrestler and football player from the United States of America. He wrestled under his real name for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), as well as the ring names Faarooq Asaad (occasionally spelt Asad) and Faarooq Asaad (sometimes written Asad) for the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/E) (sometimes spelled Farooq).
He’s signed to WWE and is a part of their Legends programme. Simmons was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and WWE considers him the first black world heavyweight champion in professional wrestling history because he was the first African American to win the championship. He was also a two-time WCW United States Tag Team Champion with Big Josh and a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed.
Simmons was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and United States Football League (USFL) for four seasons in the 1980s before becoming a professional wrestler. He was an All-American while playing college football for Florida State University. He played for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, the Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL, and the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL.
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