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August 1, 2019

WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race passes away

From WWE.com:

WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race passed away today at age 76 due to complications from lung cancer.

Harley Race captured the NWA World Heavyweight Championship seven times, which stood as a record until Ric Flair broke it in 1991.

To this day, only a handful of Superstars can claim to have won more World Heavyweight Championships than Race.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Race was the National Wrestling Alliance's most dominant champion, winning the sport's oldest World Heavyweight Championship from the likes of Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba, Terry Funk, Dusty Rhodes and Flair.

The tough-as-nails Race was so universally respected that WWE, despite having seceded from the NWA and having its own World Heavyweight Champion, chose to recognize Race's title status as well. As a result, Race was the first NWA Champion to engage in title unification matchups against WWE Champions like "Superstar" Billy Graham and Bob Backlund.

In what seemed unthinkable at the time, Race, one of the NWA's most influential figures of all time, joined WWE in 1986 during the company's national expansion. After winning the King of the Ring tournament, Race was the first to don regal robes and a crown. "King" Harley Race was managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and was introduced to a new generation of fans. Race battled all of WWE's top heroes and pinned Junkyard Dog at WrestleMania III in front of a record-setting attendance of 93,000 fans.

November 30, 2016

Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Inductees


PWHF issued the following press release on their 16th annual induction.

2017 PWHF INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED

May 19th & May 20th the eyes of the Wrestling World will be on Wichita Falls once again!

Wichita Falls, TX, November 27, 2016 – 10 amazing individuals involved in the business of Professional Wrestling will be inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum (PWHF) the 3rd weekend of May 2017. The PWHF is the only brick and mortar Hall of Fame & Museum that preserves the history of all of wrestling, honoring every aspect of the business – the good, the bad and the ugly.

The only Hall of Fame where the Inductees are voted in by a committee of their peers. Voters include living past Hall of Fame Inductees plus 20 other historians and wrestling legends. We are proud to say that this is the first year many of the Hall of Fame inductees returned their ballots to vote, the most ballots ever returned to be counted.

There are 7 categories with 10 people inducted each year, the results for the 2017 PWHF Inductees are:

Pioneer Division (1865-1942)

Yvon Robert (10/8/1914-7/12/1971)
Dirty Dick Raines (2/17/1911-10/18/1979)

Television Era (1943-1984)

Luther Lindsay (12/30/1924-2/21/1972)
Sputnik Monroe (12/18/1928-11/3/2006)

Tag Team Division

Larry Hennig & Harley Race

Modern Era (1985-present)

Mick Foley
Shawn Michaels

International Era

Tatsumi Fujinami (Japan)

Ladies Division

Susan Green

Colleague Division (managers, promoters, photographers, referees, valets)

George Napolitano (photographer)

April 3, 2014

WWE Hall Of Famer Says HHH Is The Best Wrestler Today, Will Be Surprised If Daniel Bryan Wins


WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race recently spoke with Steven Muehlhausen of BetweenTheRopes.com. Race says he would be surprised if Daniel Bryan wins the WWE World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania XXX:

"Well if he (Bryan) does, it'll surprise me. Just being able to talk a great match and performing great matches six/seven nights a week is a different ballgame because it is a different time."

Race also says Triple H is the best wrestler in the world today:

"Right now, I'd have to say Hunter because I watched his style, he's a lot of mind and he took it and put it to a frame that became his. He's just good at what he does."

October 31, 2012

This Day In Wrestling History


Giant Baba defeats Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title in Nagoya, Japan, ending Race's third reign with the belt, and starting Baba's second run as champion.
October 31, 1979

Mitsuharu Misawa defeats Kenta Kobashi for the All Japan Triple Crown in Tokyo, Japan. With this win, Misawa tied Stan Hansen's record for most Triple Crown title reigns at four (Misawa would go on to have five, which has since been tied by Toshiaki Kawada).
October 31, 1998

Ivory defeated Lita for the WWF Women's title.
October 31, 2000

Former Intercontinental Champion Christian quits World Wrestling Entertainment, becoming (arguably) the first major star to make the decision to leave WWE for TNA. Christian would fulfill his remaining appearance (the Taboo Tuesday PPV) before leaving WWE.
October 31, 2005



January 18, 2012

Interview with Harley Race

August 27, 2011

WWE Reps Announced for Harley Race Wrestling Camp


World League Wrestling has announced an initial list of individuals scouting talent at the annual Harley Race training camp October 17-21 in Missouri. Representing WWE will be Ricky Steamboat and William Regal. Also attending will be Kevin Von Erich. From the NOAH promotion in Japan will be Ryu Nakata and fellow employee Ken Hirayama. Several current WWE wrestlers went through Race's camp before they were signed to WWE contracts.

source: missouri wrestling revival

May 28, 2011

Details on the 11th Annual Harley Race Wrestling Camp


World League Wrestling proudly announces it’s 11th annual Harley Race Wrestling Camp. Established in 2000, this wrestling camp gives wrestlers from all over the world with many different levels of experience the chance to get advised by “The King” of professional wrestling, Harley Race. 2011’s camp will start Monday, October 17th and end on Friday, October 21st. Following the conclusion of the camp, there will be a show on Saturday, October 22nd located in Eldon, MO. Participants of the camp WILL have a chance to showcase their talents depending on approval from the camp instructors and Harley himself.

March 22, 2011

Video: Legendary Competitors Assess The Game and The Phenom

November 26, 2010

Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler & More Named to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame 2011 Class


The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame issued the following announcement:

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is proud to announce its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined at the tenth PWHF Induction Ceremony known as PWHF-X. The honorees are:

Bronko Nagurski and Everett Marshall in the Pioneer Era category.

The Sheik (Ed Farhat) and Dick the Bruiser in the TV Era category.

Jerry Lawler and Ivan Koloff in the Modern Era category.

Billy Robinson in the International category.

The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering in the Tag Team category.

Vincent K. McMahon in the Colleague category.

Judy Grable in the Ladies category.

The PWHF-X Induction Weekend will take place on May 20-21, 2011, in Amsterdam, NY. Ticket information and other details will be released soon.

PWHF inductees are determined by a distinguished Selection Committee. The 2011 Selection Committee includes: Harley Race, Terry Funk, Oliver Humperdink, Don Leo Jonathan, William Myers, Mae Young, Billy Two Rivers, William Moody, Dick Beyer, Nick Bockwinkel, Jim Cornette, Ted DiBiase, Dan Hodge, Pat Patterson, Les Thatcher, J Michael Kenyon, Steve Johnson, Graham Cawthon, Tom Burke, Zack Arnold, Don Luce, Rich Tate, Koji Miyamoto, Greg Oliver, Mike Tenay, Fred Hornby, Bob Bryla, Dave Cameron, Tim Hornbaker and Mark Hewitt.

www.PWHF.org

October 10, 2009

Harley Race's Wife BJ Has Passed Away

Beverly (B.J.) Race, the wife of Harley Race passed away at Lake Ozark Regional Hospital. She was a very important part of the business and the two of them ran World League Wrestling and his Wrestling Academy. B.J. had flu like symptoms and high fever since Monday. She had been hospitalized due to pneumonia.

harleyrace.com

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