{"id":32067,"date":"2018-12-06T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=32067"},"modified":"2018-12-06T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:50:18","slug":"larry-the-ax-hennig-passes-away-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/06\/larry-the-ax-hennig-passes-away-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry &#8220;The Axe&#8221; Hennig Passes Away at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A day after the wrestling world <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/05\/the-dynamite-kid-tom-billington-passes-away-at-age-60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost a pioneer in <strong>The Dynamite Kid<\/strong><\/a>, it&#8217;s in mourning once again, as legendary AWA star<strong> Larry &#8220;The Axe&#8221; Hennig<\/strong>, father of WWE Hall of Famer <strong>&#8220;Mr. Perfect&#8221; Curt Hennig<\/strong> and grandfather of current WWE Superstar <strong>Curtis Axel<\/strong>, has passed away at the age of 82.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bad week for pro wrestling continues as we bid farewell to one of  the nicest guys in the business with the passing of Larry &quot;The Axe&quot;  Hennig. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uRFNgWpOeZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uRFNgWpOeZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Mooneyham (@ByMikeMooneyham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByMikeMooneyham\/status\/1070748351413542918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Larry Hennig made his pro wrestling debut in 1956, a student of <strong>American Wrestling Association (AWA)<\/strong> star and founder <strong>Verne Gagne<\/strong>. He originally began as a technical wrestler, but found himself working most tag matches. In 1963, he began working in Texas and while there struck up a friendship with another young wrestler named <strong>Harley Race<\/strong>. During his time in Texas, Hennig adopted more of a brawler style and began to partner with Race. Upon his return to the AWA, Hennig brought Race with him and the two won several AWA World Tag Team titles together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32070\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Harley-Race-and-Larry-Hennig-classic-photo-e1544123474937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\"><\/p>\n<p>Larry Hennig would remain with the AWA until his retirement in 1986, seeing his son Curt Hennig join the business (and AWA) in 1981. He would tag with Curt on several occasions in the 1980s as well as help guide his son to the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1986.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Curt &amp; Larry Hennig v Road Warriors -AWA Tag Titles\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sIMYIVJFrRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Larry &quot;The Axe&quot; Hennig vs King Tonga (Meng, Haku)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3GMq0c2mXS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the wrestling world to share their condolences.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are more than extremely sad to hear that the long-time tag-team partner, wrestling legend, and most importantly close-friend of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/8XNWAChampion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@8XNWAChampion<\/a> &#8211; Larry Hennig &#8211; has passed away. We can&#39;t express the sadness that we feel at this time. <br \/>Condolences to the Hennigs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPLarryHennig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RIPLarryHennig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZaDJV9sA4l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ZaDJV9sA4l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWA World League Wrestling &amp; Harley Race Academy (@worldleaguewlw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldleaguewlw\/status\/1070757549253844994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidbix\/status\/1070751301267533824<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sorry to learn of the passing of our friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LarryHennig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LarryHennig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Axe&quot; and his lovely wife Irene were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CACReunion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CACReunion<\/a> regulars and joined us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrestlecon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WrestleCon<\/a> this past April in New Orleans<\/p>\n<p>RIP, sir! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zwp0lTOyvk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/zwp0lTOyvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Wrestling MWF : BACK TO THE 80S April 16th! (@MWFProjectX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MWFProjectX\/status\/1070745253165101056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after the wrestling world lost a pioneer in The Dynamite Kid, it&#8217;s in mourning once again, as legendary AWA star Larry &#8220;The Axe&#8221; Hennig, father of WWE Hall of Famer &#8220;Mr. Perfect&#8221; Curt Hennig and grandfather of current WWE Superstar Curtis Axel, has passed away at the age of 82. 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