Ferrin Barr Jr.

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Ferrin Barr Jr.
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Jesse Barr Jimmy Jack Funk
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	242 lb (110 kg)
Born	Oregon, United States
Trained by	Sandy Barr

Ferrin Barr Jr., better known as Jesse Barr, is an American former professional wrestler 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 heels in Florida in the mid-'80s, 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. Shortly thereafter, Barr teamed with Rick Rude to hold the United States Tag Team Championship for three months before a babyface turn, 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 (kayfabe) unstable brother of Terry and Dory "Hoss" Funk, with whom he had previously worked in Florida. 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) 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.

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. He remained in the WWF in this capacity until June 1987.

Barr plays a role in one of pro wrestling's frequently circulated "tough guy" stories, as his eye was allegedly popped out in a real-life fight with another WWF wrestler, Haku, in 1987.