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Harley Race
An image of Harley Race.
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Ring name(s) Jack Long
Harley Race
"King" Harley Race
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1. 85 m)
Billed weight 245 lb (111 kg/17. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 5 st)
Born April 11, 1943 (1943-04-11) (age 65)
Quitman, Missouri, United States
Resides Eldon, Missouri
Billed from Kansas City, Missouri
Trained by Stanislaus Zbyszko
Wladek Zbyszko
Buddy Austin
Ray Gordon
Gus Karras
Debut 1960
Retired 1991

Harley Leland Race (born April 11, 1943)[1], is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Quitman is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Eldon is a city in Miller County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4895 at the 2000 census Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Stanislaus Zbyszko (Polish Stanisław Jan Cyganiewicz (born April 1, 1879 - died September 23, 1967) was a professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko ( November 20, 1891 - June 10, 1968) real name Wladek Cyganiewicz, was a Professional wrestler and Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff During his career as a wrestler, he amassed eight National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship reigns at a time when wrestlers rarely repeated as champion, and worked for all of the major wrestling promotions, including the NWA, the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet,

His ring skill, legitimate toughness, and classic matches with the icons of professional wrestling make him a legend in the business. He is the first ever United States Champion and an 8-time NWA Champion. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the primary Professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of members of

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Career

Early career

Race was an early fan of pro wrestling, watching programming from the nearby Chicago territory on the DuMont Network. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 After overcoming polio as a child,[2] he began training as a pro wrestler as a teen under former world champions Stanislaus and Wladek Zbyszko, who operated a farm in his native Missouri. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via Stanislaus Zbyszko (Polish Stanisław Jan Cyganiewicz (born April 1, 1879 - died September 23, 1967) was a professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko ( November 20, 1891 - June 10, 1968) real name Wladek Cyganiewicz, was a Professional wrestler and While in high school, an altercation with another classmate led to the principal kneeing Race in the back of the head as he tried to break up the fight. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Enraged, Race attacked him, resulting in his expulsion. Already 6'1" and 225 pounds, Race decided to get his start in pro wrestling.

Race was recruited by St. Joseph wrestling promoter Gust Karras, who hired Race to do odd jobs for his promotion. Eventually, Race started wrestling on some of his shows, and some of Karras' veteran wrestlers helped further Race's training. At the age of 18, he moved to Nashville and began wrestling under the alias of "Jack Long", forming a tag team with "brother" John Long. The duo quickly captured the Southern Tag Team Championship. Race was seen as a rising star in the business with a bright future, until a car accident (his pregnant first wife, Vivian Louise Jones, died instantly; they had been married for little over a month) put him out of action, with his leg coming close to being amputated. Karras heard about this and went rushing into the hospital and blocked the planned amputation, stating "Over my dead body"; by doing this, he saved Race's leg. Although he recovered, doctors told him that he might never walk again, and his wrestling career was over. Undaunted, Race endured grueling physical therapy for several months and made a full recovery. He returned to the ring in 1964, wrestling for the Funks' Amarillo, Texas, territory. Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the This time, he wrestled under his own name, after his father told him that he should not work to make anyone else's name famous. Race never again used a different ring name. A ring name is a Stage name used by a professional wrestler, or in some cases a Martial artist or boxer.

In Amarillo, Race met fellow up-and-coming wrestler Larry Hennig (later Larry "The Axe" Hennig and father of "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig). Larry "The Axe" Hennig (born June 18, 1932) is an American retired Professional wrestler. Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig – February 10 2003 also known by the Ring name Mr The two formed a tag team and moved to the American Wrestling Association. The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960

American Wrestling Association

In the AWA, Race and Hennig branded themselves as "Handsome" Harley Race (which was actually a moniker given to him by fans in Japan) and "Pretty Boy" Larry Hennig, a cocky heel tag team with a penchant for breaking the rules to win matches. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. They quickly became top contenders, and in January 1965, they defeated Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher to capture the AWA World Tag Team Titles. William Richard Afflis ( June 27 1929 – November 10 1991) was an American football player and Professional wrestler Reginald Lisowski ( July 11, 1926 - October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his The American Wrestling Association (AWA World Tag Team Championship was the Tag team title for the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded Race and Hennig continued to feud with the Bruiser and Crusher and other top teams for the next several years, amassing four title reigns. Verne Gagne, in particular, was a hated rival of the team, and recruited many different partners to try to defeat Race and Hennig during their AWA run. Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and In October 1967 Gagne was credited with "breaking" one of Hennig's legs, thus giving him some much needed time off from the ring. Race (as the storyline went), was allowed to choose a new partner and retain the AWA tag belts. Harley's choice was Chris Markoff. The duo lost the title in their first defense of the belts to the babyface team of Wilbur Snyder & Pat O'Connor in November 1967. For the next several months, Race teamed with the legendary Hard Boiled Haggerty (Don Stansauk) who over the years presented Verne Gagne with some of his greatest matches. Together, Race and Haggerty often battled Gagne and "Cowboy" Bill Watts. Bill Watts, (born May 5 1939 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is a former American Professional wrestler and promoter In March 1968 after Hennig's return to the ring, he and Harley were back together, though the two never recaptured the AWA World Tag Team Title. Despite his tag team success, Race left the AWA after several years at the top of the division to pursue a singles career in the NWA.

Race returned to the AWA in 1984 to wrestle Curt Hennig. Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig – February 10 2003 also known by the Ring name Mr The confrontation was fueled by Larry Hennig confronting his former tag team partner at the end of the match. Race would also wrestle former AWA World Champion Rick Martel at part of WrestleRock '86. The American Wrestling Association (AWA World Heavyweight Championship was the highest ranked championship in the now defunct American Wrestling Association. Rick Martel (born Richard Vigneault on March 18 1956) is a French-Canadian former professional wrestler, best known for his appearances Toward the end of his in-ring career, he would challenge Larry Zbyszko for the AWA World title in October 1990, in the main event of an AWA broadcast on ESPN. Lawrence (Larry Whistler (born December 5 1953 is a professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Larry Zbyszko. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to However, all of these matches were basically just special appearances.

National Wrestling Alliance

Race jumped from territory to territory in the early 1970s, renewing his rivalry with Terry Funk in Amarillo and winning a regional title. Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the He was seen as a gifted territorial wrester, not quite ready for the worldwide spotlight, until 1973.

In 1973, Race faced NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk, Jr. in Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas City Kansas. Items for the metro area should also go to the Kansas City Metropolitan Area page Items for Kansas City Missouri Race emerged from the battle as the new World Champion in what was perceived by fans a stunning upset. Though Race held the title for only a few months, losing it to Jack Brisco in Houston, Texas in July, he became a worldwide superstar and perennial championship contender.

Race was determined to eventually regain the NWA World Championship, often moving between territories and collecting several regional titles, including eight Central States Titles, seven Missouri Titles, the Georgia Heavyweight Championship, the Stampede North American Title in Canada, the Japan-based NWA United National and PWF Titles, and becoming the first-ever holder of the Mid-Atlantic U. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. S. Title, still defended today as the WWE United States Championship. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE United States Championship is a Professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. This kept Race in contention for the World Championship, and Race vowed that he would only need one chance against the champion to regain it.

Race finally got his wish in 1977, facing familiar rival Terry Funk, who had become the champion since their previous encounters, in Toronto. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Race won the title by submission with the Indian Deathlock, a rarely used submission move but one that put great pressure on Funk's injured leg. The NWA World Champion once again, Race this time established his dominance, defending the title up to six times a week and holding it for four years (excluding extremely short reigns by Tommy Rich, Dusty Rhodes, and Giant Baba). At the time, the NWA, AWA and WWF were on good terms, and Race engaged in title vs. title matches with WWF Champions "Superstar" Billy Graham and Bob Backlund, as well as AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel. Eldridge Wayne Coleman (born September 10, 1943) better known by his Ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, is an American Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund (born August 14 1949) is an American professional wrestler and Actor with an in ring career Race toured extensively all over the country and the world, including many stints in Japan, where he was already well-known from his visits with Larry Hennig. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

Race lost the title to Dusty Rhodes in 1981, and despite many matches, never regained it from the popular fan favorite. Rhodes lost the title to up-and-coming star Ric Flair, though Race was able to defeat Flair in St. Louis in 1983 for his seventh reign as champion, breaking the record previously held by Lou Thesz. Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Aloysius Martin Thesz ( April 24 1916 - April 28 2002) also known as The Great One, was a professional wrestler and What followed was one of the classic angles of the 1980s, which led to the first-ever NWA Starrcade event. Starrcade '83 Flare for the Gold was the first annual Starrcade Professional wrestling event

Determined not to lose the title again, Race offered a $25,000 bounty to anyone who could eliminate Flair from the NWA. Bob Orton, Jr. and Dick Slater attacked Flair, inflicting what appeared to be a career-ending neck injury, and collecting the bounty from Race after Flair announced his retirement. However, Flair's retirement was a ruse, and he eventually returned to action, much to Race's surprise. NWA officials set up a championship rematch, to be titled "NWA Starrcade: A Flair for the Gold". The match was to be held in Flair's backyard, Greensboro, North Carolina, which enraged Race. Race lost the title to Flair in the bloody and memorable Starrcade cage match (with Gene Kiniski as the special referee) in November, 1983. Eugene Nicholas Kiniski (born November 23 1928) better known as Gene Kiniski, is a retired Canadian Professional wrestler and He would regain the NWA title for a short two-day reign in New Zealand in 1984 (a change not recognized by the NWA in the U. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island S. until 1996, making Race an eight-time champion), but his loss to Flair at Starrcade was largely seen as the torch-passing from Race to Flair. Flair would go on to an unparalleled 20 reigns as World Heavyweight Champion (10 of those reigns as NWA World champion) and largely credits Race for igniting his legendary career.

Earlier in his career, Race became involved in the ownership side of wrestling, buying a portion of the Kansas City and later St. Louis territories. St. Louis was a stronghold of the NWA, and around this time in 1984, WWF owner Vincent K. McMahon began his invasion of NWA territories, including St. Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24 1945 popularly known by his Ring name Mr Louis, in his ambition to build a truly national wrestling promotion. Race was enraged, famously confronting Hulk Hogan at a WWF event in Kansas City. Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional (In his autobiography, Hogan claims Race tried burning down the ring; while Race denies it in his). Race lost over $500,000 as an owner of the Kansas City territory, and despite his championship years being at an end and wishing to retire from active competition, was forced to rely on continuing to wrestle to make a living. He continued to travel in the US and abroad, and signed with McMahon's WWF in 1986.

World Wrestling Federation

Race entered the WWF managed by longtime friend Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, bleaching his hair blond and billing himself again as "Handsome" Harley Race. Raymond Louis Heenan (born November 1, 1944) better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, is a former American Professional During a time when promotions did not recognize the existence of other promotions and the accomplishments a wrestler made there, WWF officials came up with a solution to recognize his wrestling pedigree by renaming the WWF Wrestling Classic to the King of the Ring tournament and making Race the eventual winner. King of the Ring is a Professional wrestling Single-elimination tournament held by World Wrestling Entertainment. After winning the 1986 King of the Ring tournament, however, he referred to himself as "King" Harley Race, coming to the ring in a royal crown and cape, to the ceremonial accompaniment of the tenth movement (known as "The Great Gates of Kiev") of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky. Pictures at an Exhibition (Картинки с выставки &ndash Воспоминание о Викторе Гартмане Kartinki s vystavki &ndash Vospominaniye Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March After winning a match, Harley would make his defeated opponent "bow and kneel" before him. Usually Bobby Heenan would assist the defeated opponent to "bow and kneel" by grabbing their hair and forcing them to bow before King Harley Race.

He participated in a notable feud with the Junkyard Dog, culminating in a match at WrestleMania III at the Pontiac Silverdome. The nicknames "Junkyard Dog" & "JYD" may also refer to former pro-basketball player Jerome Williams, or Australian Football coach WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation The Pontiac Silverdome is a Domed Stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, a Satellite city of Detroit. He would spend 1987 feuding with Hulk Hogan and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, the latter of which was highlighted by an extended brawl at the 1987 Slammy Awards. Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional James Stuart Duggan (born January 14, 1954) and in WCW he was a 1 time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a 1 time The Slammy Awards was a concept used by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF (now called World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE where awards similar to the Academy In early 1988, he suffered an abdominal injury in a match against Hogan in which he tried to hit Hogan, prone on a table at ringside, with a swandive headbutt. Hogan moved out of the way and Race impacted the table inwards. The metal edge forced its way up into Race's abdomen giving him a hernia. A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained Following this incident and during his recovery, the WWF ran an angle where they acknowledged his injury,and his manager Bobby Heenan vowed to crown a new king. He left the WWF in early 1989, following a brief comeback from hernia surgery and a failed attempt to regain his crown from the new "king," Haku, at the Royal Rumble). Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita (born February 3 1959 in Nuku'alofa Tonga) is a Professional wrestler and Actor, for both World Royal Rumble (1989 was the second annual Royal Rumble Professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF and the first While Race never won the WWF Championship (at the time dominated by Hulk Hogan), his career was notable enough to earn him an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional In Professional wrestling, the WWE Hall of Fame (formerly WWF Hall of Fame) is an institution that honors selected former and current employees of World Wrestling He continued to wrestle until the spring of 1991, most notably with WWC in Puerto Rico, the NWA, and the AWA. The World Wrestling Council (WWC is one of Puerto Rico 's two main Professional wrestling promotions the other one being the International Wrestling Association After retiring from competition, Race joined the NWA (WCW) in July 1991 as an adviser/manager to Lex Luger. Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958) 5 time United States Heavyweight Champion, He held the title until NWA's first Pay-per-view

World Championship Wrestling

Race excelled as a manager as he had as a wrestler, immediately leading Lex Luger to the WCW World Championship. Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958) 5 time United States Heavyweight Champion, He held the title until NWA's first Pay-per-view Later, he led Vader to win the title as well. During his managership of Vader, Race met with racial controversy when Vader was feuding with WCW wrestler Ron Simmons when saying during a promo, "When I was World Champion, I had a boy like you to carry my bags!" This was actually part of the booking strategy of then-WCW head Bill Watts to build support for Simmons, who he would eventually make champion. Ron Simmons at Florida State University, and played for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the In Professional wrestling, a promo is short for "promotional interview" a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. Bill Watts, (born May 5 1939 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is a former American Professional wrestler and promoter The wily veteran was popular among the young WCW talent, and developed close friendships with Mick Foley and Steve Austin, among others. Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. Steven Williams (born Steven Anderson on December 18 1964 This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the However, as his early wrestling career had been nearly derailed due to a car accident, another car accident forced Race out of the wrestling business altogether. Race required hip replacement surgery, which, along with injuries accumulated after years in the ring, prevented him from even being a manager.

In October 1999 he introduced Bret Hart and Chris Benoit to the ring for their tribute match for Owen Hart on Monday Nitro. Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2 1957 is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and Actor. Christopher Michael Benoit (bə'nwɑ (May 21 1967—June 24 2007 was a Canadian professional wrestler who in 2007 received extensive media coverage as a Owen James Hart (May 7 1965 – May 23 1999 As those attempts were unsuccessful he decided to give wrestling a chance and see where it took him WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling.

Retirement and World League Wrestling

Race spent several years away from the business, working briefly as a process server before retiring with his wife in small-town Missouri.

In 1998 another individual named Harley Race committed suicide. The news led to reports on Internet wrestling sites that Race the wrestler had taken his own life. After some fact-checking, these claims were dismissed.

In 1999 he started World League Wrestling (originally called World Legion Wrestling, but changed a year later), an independent promotion which runs shows near Race's hometown of Eldon, Missouri and other cities in Missouri including Kansas City. Harley Race's Wrestling Academy is a Professional wrestling school located in Eldon Missouri. A year later, he started Harley Race's Wrestling Academy, which seeks to train up-and-coming wrestlers who will benefit from Race's unique experience and perspective on the wrestling business. Harley Race's Wrestling Academy is a Professional wrestling school located in Eldon Missouri. Race's events are family oriented, and usually raise funds for local charities. As well as featuring his students, legends like Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Bret Hart, and even Mitsuharu Misawa make guest appearances. Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2 1957 is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and Actor. is a Japanese professional wrestler. He became famous working for All Japan Pro Wrestling. WLW has a working agreement with Misawa's Japanese promotion, Pro Wrestling NOAH and have NOAH star Takeshi Morishima as a former heavyweight champion[1]. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Pro-Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa (October 15 1978 is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently performing for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and for Ring of Honor in the United He is credited with training WWE world tag team champion Trevor Murdoch who was then known as Trevor Rhodes and Pro-Wrestling NOAH veterans Superstar Steve, Wade Chism, Matt Murphy and Daniel Cross. "All That" Matt Murphy (born 1979 is a retired American professional wrestler

According to Wrestlecrap, Harley participated in the controversial 1999 NBC special, "Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets. Wrestlecrap is a Professional wrestling Website created by RD Reynolds and the late Merle Vincent serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) " It was a controversial appearance, as his face was covered to conceal his identity as he broke kayfabe and discussed the inner workings of the business.

Harley is also famous for his barbecues, to which he invites current and former wrestlers and friends. barbeque block party Kansas cityjpg|thumb|right|275px|A barbecue on a trailer at a Block party in Kansas City. He and his wife, BJ, live in Eldon, Missouri.

Harley's autobiography, King of the Ring: the Harley Race Story (ISBN 1-58261-818-6), became available in 2004.

Also in 2004, Harley Race was recruited to be a part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of their NWA Championship Committee. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett Despite reportedly being an authority figure as a member of the committee, he never made any official decisions and only made the occasional on-screen appearance for the company.

Harley Race has said in numerous interviews that he thinks he has what it takes to have at least one more career match, but doubts he'll ever return to the ring.

Along with Ricky Steamboat and Les Thatcher, Race is author of The Professional Wrestler's Workout and Instructional Guide. Richard Henry Blood (born February 28, 1953 in West Point, New York) Leslie Alan Malady was born on October 28, 1940 in Cincinnati Ohio.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Race returned to WWE TV in 2004 shortly after being inducted into their Hall of Fame. On an episode of RAW, Randy Orton confronted Race and spat in his face, to go with Randy's "Legend Killer" persona. This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is Randal "Randy" Keith Orton (born on April 1 1980 Before being promoted to the main WWE roster Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Race returned again for RAW's WWE Homecoming episode in October 2005, marking the show's return to the USA Network. USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005 Race, along with the other legends who were in the ring, gave Rob Conway a lesson in respect.

At the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony on March 31, 2007, Race and Dusty Rhodes were "inducted" into the Four Horsemen by Ric Flair and Arn Anderson. Virgil Riley Runnels Jr (born on October 12 1945) better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American The Four Horsemen (also spelt IV Horsemen) was a popular Professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20 1958) better known by his Ring name Arn Anderson, is a former American professional wrestler

During Vengeance: The Night of Champions, Harley watched the World Heavyweight Championship match at ringside, and lifted Batista's arm after Batista showed him respect before the match. Vengeance Night of Champions was the seventh annual Vengeance Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment David Michael Bautista Jr (born January 18 1969 commonly known by his Ring name, simply Batista, is an Filipino / American professional

Race also made an appearance on the March 31, 2008 episode of Raw during Ric Flair's retirement ceremony.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Race also made an appearance at TNA's Lockdown 2007 pay-per-view as the special guest gatekeeper for the main event. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett Lockdown (2007 was the third annual Lockdown Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Ring of Honor

Race made a special guest appearance at the second night of Glory by Honor VI: Night Two at the Manhattan Center on November 3, 2007 in New York City. The Manhattan Center building built in 1906 and located at 311 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, houses Manhattan Center Studios (home to two Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The City of New York

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

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  • PWI Match of the Year (1979) vs. Dorrance Funk Jr Dory Jr still claims that the accident and injuries were real but does not explain why he did not lose the title to Brisco as the NWA board had planned Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Dusty Rhodes on August 21, 1979
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  • PWI Wrestler of the Year (1983)
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  • Stanley Weston Award (2006)
  • Wrestler of the Year (1980, 1981)
  • Match of the Year (1983) vs. Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The PWI Stanley Weston Award, given yearly since 1981 by Professional wrestling Magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes The PWI Stanley Weston Award, given yearly since 1981 by Professional wrestling Magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes This is a list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, current and defunct This is a list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, current and defunct This is a list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, current and defunct Ric Flair at Starrcade
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

1Though this championship was almost always used and defended in the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion, there were times when it was won and defended through arrangements with other promotions. Starrcade '83 Flare for the Gold was the first annual Starrcade Professional wrestling event The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ("WON HOF" for short is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper The St Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame is located in St Louis Missouri at the Pro Wrestling Shirt Shop at South County Mall The St Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame is located in St Louis Missouri at the Pro Wrestling Shirt Shop at South County Mall Jim Crockett Promotions was a Professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett Jr Race was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final while wrestling on a card for Championship Wrestling from Florida. Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa Florida wrestling office existing from 1961 when Eddie Graham

Notes

  1. ^ Race, Harley. "King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story", Sports Publishing, p.  2. Retrieved on 2008-02-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment  
  2. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p. 234)
  3. ^ NWA United National Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  4. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  5. ^ PWF World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  6. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  7. ^ AWA World Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  8. ^ NWA Central States Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  9. ^ NWA North American Tag Team Title (Central States) history At wrestling-titles. com
  10. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  11. ^ NWA Southern Heavyweight Title (Florida) history At wrestling-titles. com
  12. ^ Florida Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  13. ^ NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Title hisory At wrestling-titles. com
  14. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  15. ^ Maritimes North American Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  16. ^ NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  17. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  18. ^ IWA World Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  19. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  20. ^ NWA Hall of Fame Inductees At wrestling-titles. com
  21. ^ NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  22. ^ NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  23. ^ NWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  24. ^ Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  25. ^ Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame (1948-1990). Puroresu Dojo (2003).
  26. ^ WCW Hall of Fame Inductees At wrestling-titles. com
  27. ^ WWA World Heavyweight Title (Indianapolis) history At wrestling-titles. com
  28. ^ WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles. com
  29. ^ WWF/WWE Hall of Fame Inductees At wrestling-titles. com
  30. ^ Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum Inductees At wrestling-titles. com

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