1. Larry Hennig was an American professional wrestler.
19 Facts About Larry Hennig
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Larry Hennig worked in the American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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Larry Hennig eventually found some main event success and shared a brief Tag Team Championship reign with Duke Hoffman.
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Race and Larry Hennig continued to feud with the Bruiser and Crusher and other top teams for the next several years, amassing three title reigns.
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Race and Larry Hennig returned to the US in fall of 1966, starting back at the bottom of the competition.
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On November 1,1967, during a tag team match in Winnipeg, Larry Hennig was in the middle of lifting Johnny Powers as another opponent rammed into him from the front.
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In March 1968, Larry Hennig returned to wrestle alongside Race.
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Larry Hennig was then partnered with Lars Anderson and then "Dirty" Dusty Rhodes.
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In November and December 1970, Larry Hennig wrestled in Japan for the International Wrestling Enterprise promotion as part of its Big Winter Series.
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Larry Hennig traveled to New York City to unsuccessfully challenge Bruno Sammartino for his WWF World Heavyweight Championship title from 1973 to 1974.
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Larry Hennig made a face turn on August 10,1974, at a TV taping in Minneapolis, now sporting a full red beard and calling himself "the Axe" when he saved the High Flyers, Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne, from an attack.
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The event had Larry Hennig opposing his former allies, Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens, and manager Bobby Heenan as they assaulted the Flyers during an episode of AWA All-Star Wrestling.
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When Harley Race returned to the AWA in 1984, he wrestled Hennig's son, Curt - a match that was fueled by Larry going on to confront his former tag team partner at the end of the match.
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Larry Hennig was awarded a scholarship from the University of Minnesota to wrestle and play football but had to quit due to the priorities of family and raising children.
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Larry Hennig had five children, including professional wrestler Curt Hennig.
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Larry Hennig was known for his completion of the 1966 and 1967 I-500 snowmobile race, from Winnipeg, Manitoba to St Paul, Minnesota.
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Larry Hennig is most notably remembered from the 1966 race in which he drove through a chicken coop.
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Larry Hennig had sold real estate since 1957 and worked as an auctioneer.
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Larry Hennig died on December 6,2018, of kidney failure at the age of 82.