I would like to say before you start reading this article, that this is a revised version. When I did this the first time it was so riddled with errors that I decided to scrap it.
I did however save it on file so I can fix it and re-submit it. I hope this is a better version then the previous one.
I wanted to write about one of my favorite grapplers growing up. This man I feel is someone that you really can’t measure by title reigns.
Though I will say the man, I am referring does have enough of those to quench your thirst, if that is important to you. I think more importantly, he should be judge by the kind of person he was, and how he affected those people after he left us.
This man I am referring to is none other then Curt Hennig, better known to the wrestling world as "Mr. Perfect."
I will admit that it is hard to write any tribute, Never mind a tribute to a person of this guys magnitude. As anyone who has written a tribute or life story knows, it takes a lot of researching and fact checking.
Well I have to say there was a lot on Mr. Perfect. I have learned so much more going in to this project then I thought I knew, and that is always a reward in itself.
Curt Hennig was a good friend to the people that knew him. He was a good family man, he was known for bragging about his wife and kids to the boys in the back.
To say that Hennig was a hard worker would be an understatement. He has more often times than not put others before his own needs.
I'm sure Bret Hart and many others would testify to that statement.
With all that said, I hope my tribute is accurate, compelling, and more importantly fitting to a man that we will remember as " simply perfect."
Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig, was born on March 28, 1958, in Robbinsdale, Minn. His father Larry "The Ax" Hennig was a well-known grappler for the AWA.
That in itself paved the way for what was to be come of Curt. His father noticed that even at the young age of six, Curt Hennig was taking an interest in his father’s craft, so he started to show him some basics of the business.
As Curt got older, though, he grew away from his love of wrestling. In fact, he went on to become a stand out football player, and wound up playing for the University of Minnesota.
It was then by a chance of fate, that he would wind up finding his true calling in the squared circle. Curt had hurt his knee playing football, so he had to have surgery.
It was after his surgery he decided to go to Verne Gagne’s wrestling camp just to rehab. Verne pushed him hard. He was forced to do 500 squats a day, and run miles upon miles to get his leg in shape.
It was then Verne and some other recruiters took notice in Hennig. Knowing who his father was, it seemed like a perfect fit.
His father never pushed him, though; in fact it has been said many times by Hennig that the business was rarely talked about in the house.
"We really never talked about the business around our house," Hennig recalls. "My dad went and did his job, and came back home, and we were a family. We separated the two."
- Curt Hennig
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