History Wrestling / HarleyRace

* BadassBaritone: In a business of tough guys, Harley stood out as among the toughest. He also had a voice that sounded like he ate gravel for breakfast.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Harley Race" sounds like the kind of name that it's fit like a glove for both an old-timey wrestler and a heel one to boot. It's his real name, too.

* FanNickname: In-universe example; The Crusher would call Harley Race and Larry "The Ax" Hennig "The Dolly Sisters", due to their then-fairly pretty looks, especially by 1960's standards.

* StunGuns

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race The Other Wiki]].

* WrestlingFamily: His son, Leland, wrestles in various Missouri-based independent promotions, including his father's.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He used a pen to stab on Vader's opponents windpipe in his time as manager.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/DickTheBruiser and Wrestling/TheCrusher, Wrestling/JunkyardDog, [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]]; (as a manager): Wrestling/{{Sting}}, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]], Wrestling/RonSimmons.

* RedBaron: "Handsome," "The King", and perhaps his most famous, "The Master of the Chase".

[[caption-width-right:300:During one of his eight reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]]]

Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er, promoter, and trainer best known for his 8 reigns as NWA World Heavyweight Champion during the 1970s and 1980s. He started in Missouri as a teenager before moving to Memphis and wrestling under the name '''Jack Long''' and teaming with his [[UnrelatedBrothers "brother"]] John Long. Over time, he competed for, obviously, many Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, for Stampede Wrestling, and for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, before he started winding down his career in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the late 1980s. He retired from active competition in 1991 and became a manager in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, most famously for Wrestling/LexLuger, and, especially, [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]. He was also the promoter of World League Wrestling in Missouri. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004. He is also on the list of wrestlers who had slammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant prior to Wrestling/HulkHogan doing it at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} III''. He passed away at age 76 from lung cancer.

* RedBaron: "Handsome," "The King"

* TheApprentice: To Stanislaus and Wladek Zbyszko.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/DickTheBruiser and Wrestling/TheCrusher, Wrestling/JunkyardDog, [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]]; (as a manager): Wrestling/{{Sting}}, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]], Wrestling/RonSimmons

* CoolTeacher: Some of the wrestlers who have trained under him are Wrestling/RichieSteamboat, Curtis Axel and [[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Ted DiBiase Jr.]]

* IWasQuiteTheLooker: [[http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2005/12/07/hennig-race.JPG His days as "Handsome" Harley Race]], alongside the then-equally good looking Larry Hennig. Ironically, neither man would hit the big time until after losing their youthful looks.

* ShowMustGoOn: Days after his death, his promotion, WLW ran their scheduled Supercard event, turning it into a makeshift tribute.

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[[caption-width-right:350:During one of his eight reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]]]

* AfroAsskicker: Just look at the photo.