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Larry Hennig, the Glossary

Larry Hennig (June 18, 1936 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional wrestler.^[1]

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IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia)
Professional wrestlers from Minneapolis

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo (Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County.

American Wrestling Association

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship

The AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1967 until 1971.

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AWA World Tag Team Championship

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991.

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Billy Robinson

William Alfred Robinson (18 September 1938 – 27 February 2014) was an English professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and coach. Larry Hennig and Billy Robinson are AWA World Tag Team Champions, professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Blackjack Mulligan

Robert Deroy Windham (November 25, 1942 – April 7, 2016), better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler and American football player. Larry Hennig and Blackjack Mulligan are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Bobby Heenan

Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler. Larry Hennig and Bobby Heenan are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-American professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Bruno Sammartino are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Cartilage

Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue.

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Cauliflower Alley Club

The Cauliflower Alley Club is a non-profit fraternal organization, which includes a newsletter and website, comprising both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chris Benoit

Christopher Michael Benoit (May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide

Over a three-day period between June 22 and 24, 2007, Chris Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian professional wrestler employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before hanging himself at their residence in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States.

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Cow Palace

The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San Francisco.

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Curt Hennig

Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), better known by the ring name Mr. Larry Hennig and Curt Hennig are AWA World Tag Team Champions and professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Curtis Axel

Joseph Curtis Hennig (born October 1, 1979) is an American professional wrestler.

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Dick the Bruiser

William Fritz Afflis Jr. (June 27, 1929 – November 10, 1991) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and National Football League player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser. Larry Hennig and Dick the Bruiser are AWA World Tag Team Champions and professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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Dominic DeNucci

Domenico A. Nucciarone (January 23, 1932 – August 12, 2021) was an Italian-American professional wrestler and trainer better known by the ring name Dominic DeNucci. Larry Hennig and Dominic DeNucci are IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia), professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Dusty Rhodes

Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 12, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as WWE. Larry Hennig and Dusty Rhodes are Deaths from kidney failure in the United States, IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia) and professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Face (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a face (babyface) is a heroic, "good guy", "do-gooder", or "fan favorite" wrestler, booked (scripted) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans.

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George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (TNTHOF) is a professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located within the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dan Gable Museum.

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Greg Gagne (wrestler)

Gregory Alan Gagne (born November 27, 1948) is an American retired professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Greg Gagne (wrestler) are AWA World Tag Team Champions.

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Harley Race

Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer. Larry Hennig and Harley Race are AWA World Tag Team Champions, IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia), professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Heel (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a rudo in lucha libre) is a wrestler who portrays a villain, "bad guy", "evil-doer", or "rulebreaker", and acts as an antagonist to the faces, who are the heroic protagonist or "good guy" characters.

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Independent film

An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies).

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International Wrestling Enterprise

was a professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1966 to 1981.

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IWA World Tag Team Championship (International Wrestling Enterprise)

The International Wrestling Alliance (IWA) World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jim Brunzell

James Brunzell (born August 13, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Jim Brunzell are AWA World Tag Team Champions and professional wrestlers from Minneapolis.

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Johnny Powers (wrestler)

Johnny Powers (born Dennis Waters; March 20, 1943 – December 30, 2022) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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Jos LeDuc

Michel Pigeon (August 31, 1944 – May 1, 1999) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jos LeDuc. Larry Hennig and Jos LeDuc are Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area.

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Kayfabe

In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.

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Kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as either acute kidney failure, which develops rapidly and may resolve; and chronic kidney failure, which develops slowly and can often be irreversible.

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Lars Anderson (wrestler)

Larry Heiniemi (born March 14, 1939) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lars Anderson. Larry Hennig and Lars Anderson (wrestler) are IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia).

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Mark Lewin

Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is an American retired professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Mark Lewin are IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia), professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nick Bockwinkel

Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Nick Bockwinkel are AWA World Tag Team Champions, professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version)

The Amarillo version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a secondary championship that was defended in Dory Funk, Sr.'s Western States Sports promotion based in Amarillo, Texas.

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NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship

The NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling, which promoted shows in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.

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Pacific Northwest Wrestling

Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) (also known as Big Time Wrestling and Portland Wrestling) is the common name used to refer to several different professional wrestling companies, both past and present, based in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Pedro Morales

Pedro Antonio Morales (October 22, 1942 – February 12, 2019) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Pedro Morales are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) and Museum was an American professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located in Wichita Falls, Texas; following the postponement of its 19th induction ceremony, planned for May 2020, and an announced temporary closure to expand the museum, its status was changed to "closed due to water leaks" in 2021, and never re-opened.

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Professional wrestling match types

Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling.

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Push (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a push is an attempt by the booker to make a wrestler win more matches and become more popular or more reviled with the fans depending on whether they are a heroic character ("face") or a villain ("heel").

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Ray Stevens (wrestler)

Carl Raymond Stevens (September 5, 1935 – May 3, 1996), better known as Ray "the Crippler" Stevens or Ray "Blond Bomber" Stevens, was an American professional wrestler. Larry Hennig and Ray Stevens (wrestler) are AWA World Tag Team Champions, IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia), professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Road Warriors

The Road Warriors, also known as the Legion of Doom, were a professional wrestling tag team originally composed of Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) and Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis). Larry Hennig and Road Warriors are AWA World Tag Team Champions and professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Robbinsdale is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.

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St. Cloud, Minnesota

St.

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Tendon

A tendon or sinew is a tough band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Crusher (wrestler)

Reginald Lisowski (July 11, 1926 – October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Crusher (sometimes Crusher Lisowski to distinguish him from other Crushers, such as Crusher Blackwell). Larry Hennig and The Crusher (wrestler) are AWA World Tag Team Champions, professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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The Wrestler (1974 film)

The Wrestler is a 1974 independent film directed by Jim Westman, produced by professional wrestler Verne Gagne and W.R. Frank, starring Ed Asner as Frank Bass, a wrestling promoter.

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Tsuneharu Sugiyama

was a Japanese amateur and professional wrestler.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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Verne Gagne

the Minnesota Golden Gophers Laverne Clarence Gagne (February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. Larry Hennig and Verne Gagne are AWA World Tag Team Champions and professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hennig

Also known as Larry "The Axe" Hennig, Larry Henning.

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See also

IWA World Tag Team Champions (Australia)

Professional wrestlers from Minneapolis

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