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Verne Gagne, in particular, was a hated rival of the team and recruited many different partners to try to defeat Race and Hennig during their AWA run. Gagne and Crusher won the titles from them six months after Race and Hennig's first reign but lost them back on August 7, 1965. The team retained the
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Hennig was also known for his completion of the 1966 and 1967 I-500 snowmobile race, from Winnipeg, Manitoba to St. Paul, Minnesota. He is most notably remembered from the 1966 race in which he drove through a chicken coop. However, this did not prevent him from successfully completing the 500 mile
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Race and Hennig returned to the US in fall of 1966, starting back at the bottom of the competition. As they climbed the ranks all over again, they received a title shot on January 6, 1967, and defeated Bruiser and Crusher in
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as another opponent rammed into him from the front. As he dropped Powers to the mat, Hennig found that his knee had bent inward. Despite severe damage to the
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In March 1968, Hennig returned to once again wrestle alongside Race. After several years at the top of the tag team division, however, Race returned home to
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to wrestle and play football but had to quit due to the priorities of family and raising children. He had five children, including professional wrestler
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tag team with a penchant for breaking the rules to win matches. They quickly became top contenders, and on January 30, 1965, they defeated the tandem of
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territories. While touring Texas, Hennig adopted a more brutal style and won the Texas Heavyweight Title. He also crossed paths with
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Before pursuing a career in professional wrestling, Hennig became the Minnesota State High School Heavyweight Champion from
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Following Hennig's retirement from professional wrestling, he and his wife became owners of a real estate company in
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titles until May 1966 when they lost to Bruiser and Crusher. They then embarked on a tour through
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When Harley Race returned to the AWA in 1984, he wrestled Hennig's son,
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Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "Harley Race and Larry Hennig".
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the previous month) as they assaulted the Flyers during an episode of
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AWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1962) - with Duke Hoffman
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came, when he would be pushed alongside his father in a feud with
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in June. Just before leaving to Japan, they dropped the titles to
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During the summer of 1963, Hennig left the AWA for a stint in the
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In November and December 1970, Hennig wrestled in Japan for the
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where they became the first Tag Team Champions of Australia's
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in the opening match. In 1976, Hennig formed a team with
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promotion as part of its Big Winter Series. Teaming with
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WWE Announces Larry 'The Axe' Hennig Has Died at Age 82
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regarding premature deaths in professional wrestling.
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Hennig (left) with his son Curt (right), circa 1981
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Index

Larry "The Axe" Hennig
Ax (wrestler)

Minneapolis, Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Curt Hennig
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Verne Gagne
professional wrestler
"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
Curtis Axel
American Wrestling Association
National Wrestling Alliance
World Wide Wrestling Federation
American Wrestling Association
Verne Gagne
kayfabe
Texas
Harley Race
Amarillo
villainous
Dick the Bruiser
The Crusher
AWA World Tag Team Championship
New Zealand
Japan
Australia
World Championship Wrestling

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