Curt Hennig

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Curt Hennig
Hennig in 1988 during his reign as the American Wrestling Association World Champion
Birth nameCurtis Michael Hennig
Born(1958-03-28)March 28, 1958[1]
Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.[1]
DiedFebruary 10, 2003(2003-02-10) (aged 44)
Brandon, Florida, U.S.
Cause of deathCombined drug intoxication
Alma materNormandale Community College
Spouse(s)
Leonice Leonard
​
(m. 1978)​
Children4, including Joe
FamilyLarry Hennig (father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Curt Hennig[1]
Mr. Perfect[1][2]
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1][2]
Billed weight257 lb (117 kg)[2]
Billed fromRobbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.[2]
Trained byVerne Gagne[1][2]
Larry Hennig[1][2]
DebutJanuary 30, 1980[1]

Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), better known by the

Larry "The Axe" Hennig and the father of wrestler Curtis Axel
.

Hennig debuted in 1980 and won multiple championships in both

NWA World Heavyweight Championship
, prior to his death on February 10, 2003.

WWE credited Hennig for raising the standard of technical wrestling in that company,[2] while professional wrestling journalists Bob Ryder and Dave Scherer, in a 2000 publication, recognized him as "one of the best all-round competitors this business has ever produced".[6] Hennig was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 by former Major League Baseball player and longtime friend Wade Boggs.[2] Hulk Hogan remarked, "Everybody would check their egos at the door when they came to a building that Curt Hennig was in, because you couldn't out-work him, you couldn't outshine him, and you couldn't out-perform him. He was the best of the best."[7]

Early life

Curt (right) with his father Larry "The Axe" Hennig (left), circa 1981

Curt Hennig was born on March 28, 1958, the son of professional wrestler

Brady Boone, Nikita Koloff, John Nord, Road Warrior Hawk, and Barry Darsow, who all became professional wrestlers.[9]

Professional wrestling career

American Wrestling Association (1980–1982)

Known as "Cool" Curt Hennig, he began his career on January 30, 1980, in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the promotion which had made his father, Larry "The Axe" Hennig[10] a star.

World Wrestling Federation (1981–1983)

Hennig started his WWF career in 1981. His first victory was against

"Playboy" Buddy Rose, Greg Valentine and Killer Khan. Eventually, he was paired-up in tag team matches with another young upstart, Eddie Gilbert, himself the son of a wrestling legend (Tommy Gilbert).[11]

Pacific Northwest Wrestling (1982–1988)

Hennig during his reign as NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion, circa 1983

In 1982, Hennig teamed up with his father, Larry, and won the

Central States Wrestling and Continental Wrestling Association
.

Return to AWA (1983–1988)

See also: The Diamond Exchange
Hennig (center) with Diamond Dallas Page and Diamond Doll Tonya in 1988.

Hennig returned to the American Wrestling Association in 1983. He would eventually become one of the promotion's top stars in his own right, winning the

Scott Hall by defeating "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal on January 18, 1986, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[12]

Later, he resumed his solo career in the AWA, culminating in defeating the legendary

Madusa Miceli, the AWA World Women's Champion since December 27, 1987.[15][16] Hennig and Madusa joined The Diamond Exchange, a stable led by Diamond Dallas Page that also included Badd Company and Colonel DeBeers.[17]

Hennig would hold the AWA World Heavyweight Title for about 53 weeks, before losing it to Jerry Lawler on May 9, 1988.[14] Like many other AWA stars of the time (including Hulk Hogan, Rick Martel, and The Rockers), Hennig left the AWA for the WWF with the promise of more money and broadened exposure.[citation needed]

Return to WWF (1988–1996)

Undefeated streak (1988–1990)

Hennig returned to the WWF in mid-1988. Hennig made his televised in-ring return on the September 11 episode of

Prime Time Wrestling, where he defeated Jim Brunzell.[18]

His first major ppv match was at survivor series 1988 in a

Ronnie Garvin, Koko B. Ware,[21] The Blue Blazer,[22] The Red Rooster,[23] Jimmy Snuka,[24] Tito Santana, and Bret Hart[25]
throughout 1989.

On the October 7 episode of Superstars, Perfect began appearing with

Saturday Night's Main Event XXIV and the duo stole Hogan's title belt and destroyed it backstage.[23][25] Perfect and Hogan wrestled on the live events, where he lost to Hogan but they did not compete on television until January 15, 1990, when Hennig received his first opportunity for the WWF Championship against Hogan at Madison Square Garden and this was his first televised match against Hogan, which he won by disqualification but not the title.[26]

At

Saturday Night's Main Event XXVI, in which Hogan pinned Perfect for the first time on television.[29] Following his loss to Hogan, Perfect quietly ended his association with The Genius.[26]

Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (1990–1991)

In May 1990, Perfect participated in a

MSG Network special, before regaining the title by defeating Texas Tornado on the December 15 episode of Superstars, with help from Ted DiBiase.[16][26] Perfect defended the title against Texas Tornado in a rematch on the February 2, 1991, episode of Superstars, where he retained the title by losing via countout.[36]

Perfect made his next title defense against

The Barbarian.[36][37] The following month, Perfect won a battle royal on April 27's Saturday Night's Main Event by last eliminating Greg Valentine,[38][39] which led to a match between the two for Perfect's title on the May 14 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, where Perfect retained the title via disqualification.[36] On a June 15 episode of Superstars, Bobby Heenan retired as a manager and introduced The Coach as Hennig's new manager. Hennig began a rivalry with British Bulldog but suffered a back injury in late June, which led to the rivalry being wrapped up. Bret Hart was announced as his next challenger on the July 13 episode of Superstars, and in the meantime Hennig was held out of all house shows, usually replaced by Typhoon. On television, he wrestled a few preliminary opponents, but to avoid stressing his back with the Perfectplex, adopted the gimmick of throwing his opposition out of the ring in disgust and defeating them by countout.[36] Perfect lost the title to Hart at SummerSlam[10][16] and a broken tailbone and bulged discs forced him to retire from the ring.[36]

Various storylines and departure (1991–1996)

Hennig spent the following year recovering from his injury. He returned to television on November 23 episode of

Ultimate Warrior. However, Warrior was released from the WWF weeks prior to the event.[42] On November 16 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, Savage asked Perfect to be his partner. After initially laughing off Savage's offer, Perfect was swayed by Savage's cajoling and by Bobby Heenan's degrading comments and commanding Perfect to follow orders, which would lead to Perfect turning into a fan favorite for the first time in WWF by dumping water on Heenan and accepting Savage's offer to return to the ring and become his partner at Survivor Series, much to the delight of the Prime Time Wrestling cast of Hillbilly Jim, Jim Duggan, and Vince McMahon.[43] Hennig made his return to the ring at Survivor Series, where Hennig and Savage won their match.[44]

Perfect began a high-profile rivalry with Flair. He made his return to singles competition on the January 2, 1993, episode of Superstars, where he defeated The Berzerker.[41] Hennig participated in the 1993 Royal Rumble match to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania IX. He eliminated Flair, Skinner and Jerry Lawler until he was eliminated by Ted DiBiase, Koko B. Ware and Lawler.[45] Hennig defeated Flair the next night on Monday Night Raw in a match where the loser would be forced to leave WWF.[16] As a result, Flair left WWF.[46] He then went on to feud with the debuting Lex Luger, who berated Perfect during his promos. Luger won their match at WrestleMania IX[47] though both of Perfect's feet were clearly between the ropes. Afterwards, Perfect chased Luger backstage where he was jumped from behind by Luger's ally Shawn Michaels. As a result, Perfect began a rivalry with Michaels.[46]

During this time, Hennig qualified for the first-ever televised

Iron Mike Sharpe. He was set to participate as a member of Razor Ramon's team at Survivor Series, but was replaced in the match by Randy Savage. Ramon took the microphone before the match saying Perfect was "such a Perfect partner" that he tagged out before the match had even begun.[46]

Perfect made his surprise return to WWF at WrestleMania X on March 20, 1994, where he was the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match between Lex Luger and Yokozuna.[50] Perfect disqualified Luger after Luger manhandled Perfect, who was tending to Yokozuna's stricken managers Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji instead of counting the pinfall and turned heel again. Perfect was set to start another rivalry with Luger, during which he explained that he screwed Luger because of Luger's illegal win over Perfect the previous year at WrestleMania IX. However, plans were scrapped after Hennig's back problems flared up again. He left the WWF in the spring of 1994.[51]

Hennig took a year off to recover from a back injury until he returned to the company as a color commentator at the Survivor Series pay-per-view in 1995.[52] The following weekend, Jerry Lawler announced Perfect as his replacement on Superstars,[16] his second stint as a color commentator on the show with Vince McMahon, this time with Jim Ross added as the analyst. Later in 1996, McMahon left and Ross switched to the play-by-play role. Perfect also did color commentary at Royal Rumble, SummerSlam and In Your House 10: Mind Games pay-per-views.[53] Perfect also served as the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match between Shawn Michaels and British Bulldog at June's King of the Ring pay-per-view.[54]

In mid-1996, Hennig was placed in an

Goldust at In Your House 11: Buried Alive.[53] The following night on Raw, Perfect was initially going to make his wrestling comeback on Helmsley, but was attacked by Helmsley backstage just moments before their match. It appeared Helmsley's attack left Perfect injured and unable to compete. This all turned out to be a ruse for the purpose of suckering Mero into defending his title against Helmsley. With help from Perfect, Helmsley won the title from Mero.[16] Perfect began to serve as a mentor to Helmsley and accompanied Helmsley to the ring. Perfect left the WWF once again shortly before Survivor Series, making his last televised appearance on November 5 episode of Raw.[53]

World Championship Wrestling (1997–2000)

Hennig during his time in WCW

The Four Horsemen; New World Order (1997–1999)

Main articles: The Four Horsemen and New World Order

Hennig signed with

Fall Brawl, Hennig was allegedly jumped backstage by the nWo before the WarGames match and came to ringside mid-match with his arm in a sling. The whole thing turned out to be a setup as Hennig betrayed the Horsemen and joined the nWo, handcuffing the other Horsemen to the cage and then slamming the steel cage door into Ric Flair's head,[16] afterward claiming he had "destroyed the Horseman" and as a further slap to Flair, claimed to be "the wrestler that made Minnesota famous", thus becoming a villain.[55][57] The following night on Nitro, Hennig won the United States Heavyweight Championship by defeating Horseman Steve McMichael.[55] Hennig held the title for the next three months, during which he successfully defended the title against Flair in a standard wrestling match at Halloween Havoc[58] and a no disqualification match at World War 3,[59] before dropping the title to Diamond Dallas Page at Starrcade.[16][60]

In the fall of 1997, Hennig was joined by his childhood best friend Rick Rude in the nWo.[55] In 1998, Hennig and Rude were put into a rivalry with Bret Hart and his relatives British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart, during which both teams competed against each other in several matches throughout the first half of 1998.[61] Hennig lost to Hart at Uncensored[62] and defeated Bulldog at Spring Stampede.[63]

He was sidelined due to a knee injury in mid-1998. During this time, the nWo broke into two different factions, the nWo Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood, both Hennig and Rude joined Kevin Nash's fan-favorite Wolfpac group. However, the two villains did not really fit in with the fan-favorite Wolfpac faction, especially when Rude would still get on the microphone and tell the fans to shut up.[61] Hennig was scheduled to wrestle Goldberg for the United States Heavyweight Championship at June's The Great American Bash pay-per-view, but he failed to compete due to injury, so he asked Konnan to replace him. Konnan lost the match, and afterward both Hennig and Rude attacked him, removing themselves from the Wolfpac and joining nWo Hollywood.[61][64] The following month, Goldberg won the World Heavyweight Championship and Hennig, despite his injury, faced Goldberg for the title in a losing effort at Bash at the Beach.[65]

In the fall of 1998, Hennig began feuding with Horseman

Fall Brawl pay-per-view, which Hennig lost.[66] After the loss, Hennig was taken off television to recover from his knee injury. He returned to WCW at the Starrcade event in December to aid Eric Bischoff in defeating Ric Flair.[61] Hennig joined forces with Barry Windham to take on Flair and his son David in a tag team match at Souled Out in 1999, which Hennig's team lost.[67] In 1999, both nWo factions reunited and Hennig was placed in the nWo B-Team, a group consisting of mid-card wrestlers of the nWo. However, he was kicked out of the group after speaking against the leaders on the January 25 episode of Nitro.[68]

West Texas Rednecks and departure (1999–2000)

Main article:
The West Texas Rednecks

Hennig formed a

The Revolution in a six-man tag team match.[73]

After the Rednecks disbanded, Hennig began a storyline, in which he stated that he was following orders from "

tournament to crown the new World Heavyweight Champion, during which he defeated Disco Inferno in the first round but lost to Jeff Jarrett in the second round.[74] He was forced to retire after losing a retirement match against Buff Bagwell at Mayhem.[75] He was reinstated by the powers that be a month later, however, and joined forces with Creative Control, during which the trio defeated Harlem Heat and Midnight at Starrcade.[76]

He remained on the WCW television, continuing to make sporadic appearances with the company. He entered a feud with

Worldwide, which Hennig won.[78] Hennig left WCW after his contract expired in the summer of 2000.[citation needed
]

Various promotions (2000–2001)

After leaving World Championship Wrestling, in summer 2000 Hennig appeared with the Australian

six-man tag team match in the Tokyo Dome.[80][81]

In mid-2001, Hennig made a handful of appearances with

World League Wrestling promotion. He then wrestled sporadically on the independent circuit until November 2001, when he joined the newly-formed Xcitement Wrestling Federation. He wrestled for the XWF for the remainder of the year, facing opponents including Buff Bagwell and Vampiro. In December 2001, he made two further appearances with the World Wrestling Council.[81]

Second return to WWF/E (2002)

During the buildup for January's

drunkenness, the tussle took place on the infamous "Plane Ride from Hell".[91] According to Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer on the Dark Side of the Ring, Hennig pranked Lesnar by slapping shaving cream on his head, which started the scuffle and almost opened the emergency exit door.[92]

NWA Total Nonstop Action (2002–2003)

After being released from WWE,

Ron Killings and one against Jeff Jarrett), but didn't win the title.[94][95][96] Teaming with B.G. James, he also had a title match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Disciples of the New Church but failed to win the titles.[97] Hennig wrestled his last match on January 8, 2003, defeating David Flair in an "Axehandle on a Pole match".[98][99]

Personal life

Hennig was married to Leonice Leonard. They had four children: Joseph, Amy, Kaite, and Hank. Joseph and Amy are professional wrestlers.[100][101] In addition to his wife and four children, Hennig was survived by his parents, Larry and Irene; two brothers, Randy and Jesse; and two sisters, Sandra and Susan.[102]

Death

On February 10, 2003, Hennig was found dead in a Brandon, Florida, hotel room, at the age of 44, six weeks away from his 45th birthday.[40] The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office declared acute cocaine intoxication to be the cause of his death.[103] It was stated by his father that steroids and painkillers also contributed to his death.[104]

Legacy

WWE aired a video tribute as well as words from friends and former co-workers Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross on Raw following the news of Hennig's death. TNA paid tribute to Hennig by displaying his wrestling singlet and a framed photo as he was employed by TNA at the time of his death. A tribute song about Hennig, "My Perfect Friend", was featured on the 2003 "Macho Man" Randy Savage album Be a Man.[105]

Other peers including Hulk Hogan,[106] Ric Flair,[107] Bret Hart,[108] Shawn Michaels,[109] and Kevin Nash have also commended Hennig's in-ring talents.[40] During his WWE Hall of Fame speech, Bret Hart spoke highly of Hennig, stating: "Anytime I wrestled Curt was basically a night off", referring to Hennig's ability to wrestle well and safely in the ring.[40] Hennig's widow, Leonice, signed a WWE Legends contract on her husband's behalf.

Wade Boggs, who appeared in a vignette with Hennig and was a friend of his, inducted him into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2007. His wife, his four children, and his parents accepted the award on his behalf.[2] On July 4, 2007, Hennig was posthumously inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. His father, who was inducted the prior year, represented him at the event.

On September 9, 2008, WWE released a two-disc DVD set focused on Hennig titled The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect. Promotion for the video included Charlie Haas spoofing Hennig's memorable sports vignettes at a Dave & Buster's on Raw. Finding that he was incapable of performing those feats, Haas decided "there was only one Mr. Perfect." The week after the DVD's release, its first week possible, it went to number one on the Billboard Recreational Sports DVD sales list.

Hennig was mentioned on

Raw 1000 by his old friend Bret Hart
, who acted as the guest ring announcer for the night's Intercontinental title match. Hart stated that one of his best moments was winning his first ever Intercontinental title from Hennig, and described him as "one of the greatest superstars who ever lived".

Hennig's son Joe used the ring name Curtis Axel, representing his father's first name and his grandfather's nickname, respectively.[40] He then went on to win the Intercontinental Championship in 2013 at Payback on Father's day, and he dedicated his victory to his father.[40][110] This title win makes them the first, and only, father-son duo to hold the championship.[40]

Hennig was inducted into the

Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Amsterdam, New York in 2015 by his son Joe.[111][112]

In other media

Hennig appears in the following video games:

WWE WrestleFest, WWE Legends of WrestleMania, WWE All Stars, WWE SuperCard, WWE 2K14 (As Mr. Perfect (Non-Playable Manager) and as Curt Hennig in his nWo Attire (DLC)), WWE 2K16 as downloadable content, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, and WWE 2K24 as downloadable content.[113]

Championships and accomplishments

Hennig (left) as AWA World tag team Champions with Scott Hall in 1986
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion
.

See also

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