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Curt Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by his ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler who competed for the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling promotions.

Early career

The son of wrestler Larry "The Axe" Hennig, Curt Hennig was one of the most popular stars in the AWA, forming a successful tag team with Scott Hall before he turned heel. Hennig won the AWA World Heavyweight Title from Nick Bockwinkel on May 2, 1987, after using a roll of coins given to him by Larry Zbyszko. He lost the title to Jerry Lawler on May 9, 1988, and left the AWA for the WWF.

World Wrestling Federation

Hennig, known in the WWF as "Mr. Perfect", was one of the top WWF performers of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was undefeated for over a year after his debut, and feuded with Hulk Hogan over the WWF Championship in 1989. Originally handled by the Genius, Hennig enlisted the services of Bobby Heenan as his manager and won the vacant Intercontinental Title in the finals of a tournament in April 1990 by defeating Tito Santana. He lost the belt to Kerry Von Erich at SummerSlam '90. He regained the title in November thanks to interference from Ted DiBiase and held it until dropping the belt to Bret Hart at SummerSlam '91. Hennig battled an injured back throughout most of this period, and while recovering he acted as Ric Flair's "executive consultant" during Flair's two WWF Championship reigns. Flair and Mr. Perfect soon had a falling out after Randy Savage asked Perfect to be his partner against Flair and Razor Ramon at the 1992 Survivor Series. This led to several notable matches between the two.

Hennig returned to the ring at the 1992 Survivor Series, teaming with Savage against Flair and Razor Ramon, and won the match by disqualification. Mr. Perfect later eliminated Flair from the 1993 Royal Rumble and defeated Flair the next night on Raw in a "Loser Leaves The WWF Match".

Hennig actively competed in WWF until the fall of 1993. His back injury had flared up again so he took more time off and became a color commentator. At Wrestlemania X, Hennig was a special guest referee for the title match between Lex Luger and Yokozuna. He returned in 1995 as a color commentator at the Survivor Series and served as a manager/mentor for Hunter Hearst Helmsley before leaving the WWF in 1996.

World Championship Wrestling

Hennig signed with WCW in 1997, with both the Four Horsemen and the nWo trying to recruit him. After feuding with Diamond Dallas Page for a month he joined the Four Horsemen, taking the spot of the retiring Arn Anderson. A few weeks later, during a War Games match, he betrayed them and joined the nWo alongside his childhood friend, Rick Rude, claiming to have "destroyed the Horsemen." Hennig won the United States Title from Steve McMichael in late 1997 before losing it to Diamond Dallas Page three months later. He struggled with a knee injury for much of 1998. Despite this injury he faced WCW World Champion Goldberg twice (losing both matches), the first being Goldberg's first world title defense at Bash at the Beach. In 1999 he won the World Tag Team Titles with Barry Windham. Three months later, he became the leader of The West Texas Rednecks with Barry, his brother Kendall Windham and Bobby Duncum, Jr.. They were supposed to be heels to feud with rapper Master P's No Limit Soldiers but the southern WCW fans cheered them and the storyline was soon dropped. The Rednecks recorded a country song titled Rap Is Crap that received some airplay. After the Rednecks disbanded he feuded with Harlem Heat and then Shawn Stasiak. During the feud Stasiak began calling himself "Perfect" Shawn Stasiak, which was a ripoff of the "Mr. Perfect" gimmick. During the summer of 2000, Hennig left WCW after his contract expired.

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Athletes - Curt Hennig

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