Curt Hennig
Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig was an American professional wrestler, manager and color commentator who performed under his real name for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), WWE, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In WWE, he found his greatest success as Mr. Perfect, a nickname introduced in his second run with the company which gradually became his official ring name. Hennig used the same ring name in his third and final run, however, his real name was widely acknowledged. He was the son of wrestler Larry "The Axe" Hennig, and father to current WWE superstar Joe "Curtis Axel" Hennig. Hennig is recognized by WWE as a one-time world champion, having held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship for 373 days (the seventh-longest reign in history). He won three additional world championships: the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once, and the i-Generation World Heavyweight Championship twice. A two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, Hennig has been named by WWE as one of the greatest Intercontinental Champions of all time, and was the longest-reigning champion of the 1990s. In addition to winning multiple championships in WCW during the late 1990s, he served as the enforcer of the Four Horsemen, a member of the New World Order, and leader of stable and country music group, West Texas Rednecks, who recorded the tongue-in-cheek song, "Rap is Crap", later described by WWE as a "stunningly popular and infectious earworm." Hennig returned to WWE for a brief period in 2002, being one of the last three men remaining at the Royal Rumble. He later challenged for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in TNA, prior to his death on February 10, 2003. WCW described Hennig as "one of the best all-round competitors this business has ever produced"; WWE, in a posthumous publication, hailed him as a "flawless technician" who "brought the Intercontinental Title a new level of credibility during his two reigns and set a higher standard for technical wrestling in WWE." He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 by former Major League Baseball third baseman, and longtime friend, Wade Boggs. A number of Hennig's peers consider him to be one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time; former on-screen rival Hulk Hogan remarked: "Everybody would check their egos at the door when they came to a building that Curt Hennig was in, because you couldn't out-work him, you couldn't outshine him and you couldn't out-perform him. He was the best of the best." On February 10, 2003, Hennig was found dead in a Florida hotel room. The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office declared acute cocaine intoxication to be the cause of his death. His father said that steroids and painkillers also contributed to his death. WWE aired a video tribute as well as words from friends and former co-workers Jerry "The King" Lawler and Jim Ross on Raw following the news of Hennig's death. TNA paid tribute to Hennig by displaying his wrestling singlet and a framed photo as he was employed by TNA at the time of his death. A tribute song about Hennig, "My Perfect Friend", was featured on the 2003 "Macho Man" Randy Savage album Be a Man. Other peers including Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels have also commended Hennig's in-ring talents.
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
(Self (archive footage))
WWE WrestleMania V
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
(Self)
WWE Global Warfare
(Mr. Perfect)
Battle of the WWE Superstars
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
(Mr. Perfect)
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
(Mr. Perfect)
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
(Mr. Perfect (Manager))
WWE WrestleFest '90
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
(Mr. Perfect (Manager))
WWE U.K. Fan Favourites
(Mr. Perfect (Manager))
WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em
(Mr. Perfect (Manager))
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
(Mr. Perfect)
WWF SuperTape
(Mr. Perfect)
WWF SuperTape vol. 2
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Invasion '92
(Mr. Perfect (Manager))
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Rampage '91
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE World Tour 1991
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE WrestleMania VII
(Mr. Perfect)
WCW/nWo Superstar Series - nWo 4 Life
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE SummerSlam 1989
(Mr. Perfect)
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
(Curt Hennig)
WWE WrestleMania VI
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series 1990
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE SummerSlam 1991
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series 1992
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series 1988
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
(Mr. Perfect)
WCW Souled Out 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW SuperBrawl IX
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Uncensored 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Road Wild 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Mayhem 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Starrcade 1999
(Curt Hennig)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
(Mr. Perfect)
WCW Slamboree 2000
(Curt Hennig)
Bad Guys
(Wrestler)
Living On A Razor's Edge: The Scott Hall Story
AWA Christmas Show 1984
(Curt Hennig)
AWA Christmas Show 1987
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
(Himself)
WCW Road Wild 1997
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
(Curt Hennig)
WCW World War 3 1997
(Himself)
WCW Starrcade 1997
(Himself)
WCW Uncensored 1998
(Himself)
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
(Himself)
WCW Bash at the Beach '98
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Road Wild 1998
(Curt Hennig)
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
(Himself)
WWF: WrestleFest '93
(Mr. Perfect)
AWA Super Clash
(Curt Henning)
Fan Favorites
(Mr Perfect)
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
(Curt Hennig)
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
(Mr. Perfect)
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
(Mr. Perfect)
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
(Mr. Perfect)
The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Wrestlemania X8
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
(Mr. Perfect (Appearance))
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
(Curt Hennig)
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88
(Curt Hennig)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
(Mr. Perfect)
Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
(Mr. Perfect)
Biography: Bret "Hitman" Hart
(Himself (archive footage))
Ready to Rumble
(Himself)
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
(Self)
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
(Mr. Perfect (archive footage))
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
(Mr. Perfect)
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
(Mr Perfect)
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
AWA SuperClash II
(Curt Hennig)
Superstars of Yesteryear
Rodman Downunder
The Lost Episodes of the XWF
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
(Mr. Perfect)
Owen: Hart of Gold
(Mr. Perfect)
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
(Himself)
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
(Mr. Perfect)
AWA StarCage
(Curt Hennig)
The True Story of WrestleMania
Legends Never Die
(Mr. Perfect (archive footage))
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
(Curt Hennig (archive footage))
AWA: WrestleRock '86
(Curt Hennig)
AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
WWE WrestleFest
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series 1989
(Mr. Perfect)
MECW Inaugural Show
AWA Battle by the Bay
(Curt Hennig)
WWE SummerSlam Fever
(Mr. Perfect)
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
(Curt Hennig)
WWE The Main Event IV
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
(Mr. Perfect (Executive Consultant))
WWE SummerSlam 1992
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Survivor Series 1991
(Mr. Perfect (Executive Consultant))
WWE King of the Ring 1996
(Mr. Perfect (Referee))
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE WrestleMania VIII
(Mr. Perfect (Executive Consultant))
WWE WrestleMania IX
(Mr. Perfect)
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
(Manager)
WWE King of the Ring 1993
(Mr. Perfect)
WCW Starrcade 1998
(Curt Hennig (Appearance))
WWE SummerSlam 1993
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive
(Mr. Perfect (Manager))
WWE WrestleMania X
(Mr. Perfect (Referee))
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
(Himself)
AWA Christmas Night 1987
("Cool" Curt Hennig)
WWF Summer Flashback!
(Mr. Perfect)
Saturday Night's Main Event
WCW Monday Nitro
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
Biography: WWE Legends
(Curt Hennig (archive footage))
Dark Side of the Ring
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
WCW Thunder
(Curt Hennig)
WWE Raw
(Mr. Perfect)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
(Mr. Perfect)
WWE Pay Per View
(Mr. Perfect)