(1936-06-18)June 18, 1936 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died
December 6, 2018(2018-12-06) (aged 82) St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Irene Hennig
(m. 1955)
Children
5, including Curt Hennig
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Larry "The Axe" Hennig
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Billed weight
275 lb (125 kg)[1]
Billed from
Robbinsdale, Minnesota[1]
Trained by
Verne Gagne[2]
Debut
1956
Retired
1985
Larry Hennig (June 18, 1936 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional wrestler. He was the father of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, and the grandfather of Curtis Axel and Amy "Ms. Perfect" Hennig. He worked in the American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, and the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Hennig was known by the nickname, "The Axe", a nickname he had because of his signature, often finishing move of dropping a full weight elbow onto his prone opponents.
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LarryHennig (June 18, 1936 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional wrestler. He was the father of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, and the grandfather...
NWA Total Nonstop Action. Hennig was the son of wrestler Larry "The Axe" Hennig and the father of wrestler Curtis Axel. Hennig debuted in 1980 and won multiple...
met fellow up-and-coming wrestler LarryHennig (later Larry "the Axe" Hennig and father of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig). The two formed a tag team and moved...
Axel ring name, paying tribute to his father Curt Hennig and his grandfather Larry "The Axe" Hennig and won the WWE Intercontinental Championship once...
The Crusher, Dick the Bruiser, Baron von Raschke, Mad Dog Vachon, and LarryHennig were all still active at this time despite all being in their 40s or...
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Enterprise promotion as part of its Big Winter Series. Teaming with LarryHennig, he defeated Great Kusatsu and Thunder Sugiyama in a two-out-of-three...
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LarryHennig (1936–2018), American wrestler known as "The Axe", father of Curt Mark A. Hennig (born 1965), American horse racing trainer Oloff Hennig...
month this final reign ended, only the year. Chris Markoff replaced LarryHennig in their third reign. The Crusher replaced Hercules Cortez after Cortez...
still going to school. His first match in a famous organization was with LarryHennig in the American Wrestling Association (AWA). Friends of his played the...
Saito continued to team in early 1985, facing teams such as Curt Hennig and LarryHennig, The Road Warriors, and The High Flyers (Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell)...
Wrestling Association (AWA). His last match was on October 1, 1964, against LarryHennig in a losing effort. On October 2, 1964, Chene was killed in a single...
the Bruiser Moose Evans and Verne Gagne LarryHennig and Harley Race The Crusher and Verne Gagne LarryHennig and Chris Markoff/Harley Race Pat O'Connor...
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took on Curt Hennig. A 1987 interview of Curt Hennig with Greg Gagne and Larry Nelson. In 1987, Greg Gagne took on Curt Hennig with Larry Zbyzsko at ringside...
Graham and Sam Steamboat Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk Harley Race and LarryHennig Bearcat Wright and Thunderbolt Patterson Dr. Blood and The Medic Gory...
when he and Mighty Igor Vodik unsuccessfully challenged Harley Race and LarryHennig for the AWA World Tag Team Championship. In October 1967, Rogowski defeated...
Flair had matches with Dusty Rhodes, Chris Taylor, André the Giant, LarryHennig and Wahoo McDaniel. Flair made his first appearances in Japan in 1973...
The duo captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Curt Hennig and Scott Hall via countout on May 17, 1986. They went on to feud with The...
M), Fritz Von Erich, Dr. X, The Crusher, Ray Stevens, Mad Dog Vachon, LarryHennig and Nick Bockwinkel while champion and title changes. He always wrestled...
face, he often tag teamed with Jimmy Snuka, against wrestlers such as LarryHennig, Ivan Koloff and Dusty Rhodes. In 1973, tired of life in Minneapolis...
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