Trivia

Lost interest in wrestling following the death of his childhood friend Rick Rude.

Used the main title theme from Exodus (1960) as his entrance music.

When he was brought in to the WWE in 1988, Vince McMahon initially had trouble coming up with an appropriate gimmick for him. Vince had asked him if there were any sports or activities that he was skilled in and Curt responded by saying that he was very good at every sport that he played. This gave Vince the idea for a wrestler named "Mr. Perfect" who believed that he was perfect in everything that he did.

His gimmick in the WWF was that of the perfect athlete who could always make the 3 point shot in basketball, get the hole in one in golf and execute perfect dives into a pool amongst other things.

In 1992 was sidelined with severe back injuries, spent his time as a WWF commentator and manager during that period, made a comeback a few years later.

Former member of the Heenen Family, the nWo, & the West Texas Rednecks.

Is good friends with Bret Hart, with whom he has had his best career matches in the WWF & WCW.

Former 4 time WCW United States Champion.

Hennig was found dead in a hotel room in Florida, where he was scheduled to wrestle, on February 10th.

Came up with the nickname "The Heartbreak Kid" for Shawn Michaels. Hennig got the idea from a song by country singer Chris LeDoux,.

Former AWA Tag Team Champion with partner Scott Hall.

Is the sixth longest single reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion of all time. His second reign as champ lasted 9 months, 7 days.

Is also the longest-reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion of the 1990s.

Had a story angle with Texas Tornado - a.k.a Kerry Von Erich.

Professional wrestler.

Former WWF Intercontinental champion.

Former member of the New World Order.

Former 3 time WCW Tag Team Champion.

Son of Larry Hennig.

1981 PWI Wrestling Rookie of the Year, 2nd runner-up.

Appeared on the pre-show card of Wrestlemania XVIII (2002) in March 2002, at the Toronto Skydome, Canada.

Defeated Jimmy Snuka and Merced Solis (aka "Tito Santana") in a tournament in 1990 to win the Intercontinental Championship.

Former AWA Heavyweight Champion, defeating Nick Bockwinkel.

Although he lost at WrestleMania VI (1990) to Ed Leslie (aka "Brutus Beefcake") in 1990, this was not his first loss as Mr. Perfect. That actually came at a house show in Austin, TX, on December 1, 1989 when Hulk Hogan pinned him.

Former member of the Four Horseman, but soon betrayed them and had a long feud with Ric Flair.

Notable wrestling feuds: Nick Bockwinkel, Jerry Lawler, Buddy Rose, Doug Somers, Bret Hart, Ed Leslie (aka "Brutus Beefcake"), Shawn Michaels, Larry Pfohl, 'Diamond Dallas Page', Ric Flair, Charles Ashenoff (aka "Konnan"), Shawn Stasiak-Stipich (aka "Shawn Stasiak") and Ron Killings.

Notable title wins include N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title w/Larry Hennig; N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title; N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title w/Buddy Rose; N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title w/Pat McGhee; AWA World Tag Team Titles w/Scott Hall; AWA World Heavyweight Title; AWA World Heavyweight Title; WCW United States Title; WCW World Tag Team Titles w/Barry Windham; Superstars of Wrestling Title (1st); MEWF (Main Event Wrestling Federation) Heavyweight Title (1st) by default; FOW (Future of Wrestling) Title.

Had three managers while in the WWF: The Genius (Lanny Poffo), Bobby Heenan and John Tolos.

Two of his children, Joe Hennig (born in October 1979) and Amy Hennig (born in December 1981) have followed their father's footsteps and entered the wrestling industry as wrestlers.

WWE Hall of Famer.

Had to stop wrestling after his match at "Summerslam '91," due to injury. He returned to the squared circle in November 1992.

Made his WWE P.P.V debut at the 1988 "Survivor Series", as part of the Andre/Dino Bravo team.