The Tragedy of Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

[@oneall23]

Hearing how he had all these back problems yet in WCW in did a perfect plex on the giant. Truly one of the underrated greats of wrestling. I put respect on his name. Mr. Perfect

[@jonathanturbide2232]

To say he's underrated is absolutely ridiculous, he's by far one of the most highly praised and highly rated wrestler of his era by both fans and other wrestlers alike, he's not underrated at all.

[@oneall23]

@jonathanturbide2232 dude chill your being way too serious if you read my post you would see I have nothing but respect for him. I only said underrated because he is not widely appreciated like other wrestlers such as stone cold, the rock, triple h, the undertaker etc. I meant no disrespect when I said that so don't take it that way

[@DanTrustsTheFathersPlan]

He did one too him too in the opening dark match at Wrestlemania 18 when Show was even bigger.

[@christopherfoley8322]

@@oneall23 I could understand him if he got upset if you said Overrated, but not Underrated. Compared to The Rock, Stone Cold, etc he is underrated

[@undertakerfanz628]

This video is not only good it is absolutely perfect

[@blornblad4381]

Kurt’s genuine reaction of laughter after Ric Flair’s “With a tear in my eye..” speech has always stuck with me. Such a great moment. Always loved Kurt. RIP❤

[@iamcasihart]

Same here! I think of it often. That impish twinkle in his eyes and the genuine laughter- such a perfect, special, unforgettable moment. ♥️

[@DukeRhodes]

*Curt* is with a *C*

[@Teddy42O]

Curt Henning's Rick Rude shoot promo just after Rude's passing in an underrated great shoot promo.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Yeah it is. Nobody could have done that better than Henning did.

[@adrenaliner91]

Hennig*

[@mjdf122]

Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig and Ravishing Rick Rude two of the greats

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

Absolutely 💯💪🙏💪

[@DanTrustsTheFathersPlan]

He was also a big man, at 260lbs basically in his prime he was spinning, flipping around and selling moves better than Dolph ever could. Outstanding video man!

[@iamdevilboy5976]

Curt was unbelievable, no question about it, his work with Bret Hart was amazing, their chemistry in the ring was outstanding, great in ring psychology and things would flow so naturally between them, great match at SummerSlam and King Of The Ring is one of my favorites.

[@darkviolet]

He will always be the goat to me.

[@alvin4551]

Perfect timing for a perfect subject 😊

[@Xzar_Xzar]

Just threw a shirt behind my back and caught it like Mr Perfect earlier today. Must’ve been fate to watch this video.

[@larryhammer5183]

The fact Curt was never the WWF World Champion or even WCW is a crime! At least he was the AWA World Champion ! I miss the AWA it was my regional weekly TV I could get without cable!

[@NiemandUndAuchKeiner]

he was my hero when I was a kid 😢

[@michaelcasey5453]

Mr. Perfect was the Chuck Norris of wrestling!

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I grew up both booing and cheering for this guy. Nobody at the time could portray that smarmy, pompous, "yeah, I actually AM that much better than you," Mr. Perfect gimmick as well as he did. My brother and I would get so mad every time his entrance music would come on. RIP to a real one.

[@iamcasihart]

Thank you for this. Curt is in my top 10 for every possible reason. He was so damn talented, charismatic, funny as hell, and cool. He is terribly missed. ♥️

[@aldouscoroza]

Talk about Perfect Timing with a Story about Curt Hennig. One of the Best along side Scott Hall and Many more to not win a World Title in WWE. Rest Easy Curt, and note, after his Son Joe won the Intercontinental Title, it was on Father's Day and a Perfect (Pun Intended) Father and Son Moment

[@Tsunami_Symon]

What's sad what Mr. Perfect was supposed to win the 1990 Royal Rumble, but Hulk Hogan took his place because he said Mr. Perfect wasn't worthy enough. It's a shame he would've been a *Perfect* WWF champion. Pun intended

[@greyjedi6430]

Bro am still pissed about that

[@karlschlenzig6884]

​​​@@greyjedi6430Me 2😂 Everytime it's mentioned I think about what asshole Hogan is.

[@mattsmiley8156]

Thanks for this. Lotta memories. Was a heel you couldn't hate, because he was just too good in the ring.

[@bploan8464]

Still can't believe there's not a good book/film about him.... Probably my favourite wrestler of all time

[@femscoutf2]

Sad that we lost him too soon at a young age.. Curt Hennig will always be the perfect one no matter what he will be deeply missed, but his legacy lives on.. Rest easy, Curt, we miss you.. 🙏🏻🕊💐❤️

[@yusufg.1281]

I feel nostalgic joy by remembering Mr. Perfect. Outside of the WWF though I don't remember much.

[@kerrymandanny8135]

People always said nobody is perfect... kurt Henning was.

[@philleotardo8760]

Curt Henning always reminded me of the 80’s Michael Douglas.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

One of my all time favourite ever superstars. His matches with Bret Hart made me become a fan of his. His selling was second to nun back then and him and Bobby Henan were always great together. He wasnt just good in his promos his ability in the ring was in one word Perfect. Will always remember him turning face to partner up with Macho Man Randy Savage against Razor Ramon and Ric Flair was so entertaining.

[@pedroh.6886]

"you'll be very good at literally everything you do, so I'm going to give you a serious back problem to balance things out"

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Mr. Perfect facial expressions were always funny during those backstage Vince Russo segments in WCW 😅

[@zacharythomason7359]

Great video

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

He never won the world title. But WWE gave Roman Reigns the world title for 3 years. Crazy how most people try to put Roman on top because of that

[@My19812011]

Completely different times, back in Curt Hennig’s days the star power was off the chart and Hogan was always around during Hennig’s main run in the company

[@constablekennedy7705]

Curt Hennig should have at least been a token WWF/E Champion 1 Time

[@WorldCupWillie]

When exactly should they have done that?

[@DukeRhodes]

He was intercontinental champion, and that championship had a lot more weight to it than today's intercontinental title, hell it had more prestige and value than all of the titles in WWE today, including the WWE heavyweight or universal titles.

[@jamesmuller1481]

He was still good in the early 2000's. He beat Brock Lesnar clean.

[@Goldnfoxx]

Liked Hennig on commentary, and loved Hennig as a babyface, but MAN, I wish they'd booked him better during that period. People don't look that fondly on anything other than the turn itself (which was one of the best heel-faceturns ever, imo), but just like with Warrior's WWF Championship run, I think that mostly had to do with the opponents with whom he was booked. The thing with Luger should've been better than it turned out to be, and his feud with Shawn (especially at SummerSlam) SHOULD have been one of hte best matches ever recorded...and those are really the only opponents of note during his face run AT ALL. Still love that face turn, though. Having him backing up Flair was so extra (since Heenan was his actual manager), and went on for so long, it gave every appearance of an eventual face turn having been the plan all along, even though I'm sure what they were going for was for Hennig to be Flair's WWF stand-in for Arn Anderson. Still wish we'd gotten Flair/Hall against the Mega Maniacs that night, though.

[@iamcasihart]

Curt Hennig was just my age when he died. That’s so young. 💔

[@onemic187]

Mr Perfect was a favorite of both my older brother and I growing up, 6 years apart. I wasnt the fan was first but remember my brother showing me the vinyette of the football throw and catch that i would try 1000s of times 😂

[@HarmonySword]

Perfect timing since Bret Hart said in a recent interview that Mr. Perfect was a better wrestler than him.

[@rickneal4967]

It seems like a lot of wrestlers die in Tampa Florida. Maybe they should stay away from there....

[@hyperpuppy2]

The Bret Hart Mr Perfect match was really one of the best ever.

[@SedatKulafofski-eh5pc]

He was a great heel. His promos were solid too

[@Farmerb1985]

Mr. Perfect vs Dolph Ziggler in his prime will be a magnificent and epic match,they both represent perfection.

[@greyjedi6430]

Used to have his theme song as my ring tone . Don't know how to do that on this phone

[@curthennig9448]

The inaccuracy of this video is astounding!

[@GoJoe-dy1rp]

I wished they did Kurt Angle vs Curt Hennig (Mr Perfect) at Wrestlemania 18.

[@josefw1487]

If this video is true then Vince treated Kurt like Fritz treated his kids. Injuries mess people up especially in this business

[@christopherfoley8322]

I think a match that doesnt get enough credit is Mr. Perfect vs Owen Harts "The Blue Blazer". two great technical wrestlers and show men that gave their Hearts(and Hart) to the business

[@KizzMyAbs]

1:39 holy what a difference steroids made for Kurt

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

He should of had a run with the world championship

[@NuckyThompsonGGR]

I always thought that Perfect took the belt from Tornado 🤔 getting old I suppose. I do think that Perfect absolutely humiliating Red Rooster deserved an honourable mention. That was hilarious.

[@arrownoir]

A perfect tragedy.

[@melanineyedoc]

Maybe the best/greatest wrestler to never be WWE champion. Roddy Piper and Scott Hall are arguable, but Mr. Perfect was, well....... Perfect.

[@Morbos1000]

When it comes to Vince I will always believe the worst version of a story unless proven otherwise. So if there is no clear evidence either way if Vince interfered with Curt's Lloyd's of London payout, then I 100% believe Vince was responsible.

[@blvd6969]

I miss him

[@DrRichardKimbel]

Legend

[@starrsmith3810]

Easily top 5 in my book

[@Aware596]

A supreme talent who threw it all away for a high , let that be a warning to never do drugs .

[@Damien-q8t]

Just goes to show that the on screen / in ring "bad guy" is anything but in real life

[@christopherfoley8322]

Is it me or does a young Scott Hall look like a young Kevin Nash because of the stache? You can see the Scott Hall features, that that facial hair makes him look like he could go trick or treating as Kevin Nash

[@IHaveTheSchwartz]

It was supposed to be Terry Taylor's Gimmick...

[@Black-Circle]

legend

[@frayhua9716]

Another famous wrestler gone too soon.

[@stonetic2515]

I got your back, buddy system style. Even though you're dead.

[@babayaga1988]

you forgot to mention his time in tna and that time he competed in an axe handel on a pole match

[@thahman187]

Funny how Vince accused WCW of tampering with Hennig's contract when he did the same thing to Hogan when he was in the AWA, telling him not to no-show his AWA commitments. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

[@Sweet_Tooth_Art]

I wonder what would have happened of he got the surgery 😔

[@lordcolinb]

❤

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

It was a shame he had a poor match with lex lugar at mania 9 that should of been a show stealer

[@Ronald-hk6fk]

He was small. Looked all big in WWE Wrestle Fest

[@GeordieJamie84]

Hiw many ppl thought was henning there who childhood to then realsise it hennig

[@mileslong3904]

I used to like doing the spit out the gum and slap it away thing but then i realized I was littering 🤓

[@joemomma3208]

his name was Curt Henning! The Mandela Effect is real!

[@jbj7599]

What?

[@troy8613]

His name is definitely Curt Henning!!!wtf is going on? I’ve tried to debunk the Mandela effect but stuff like this makes in hard to debunk. What do you think it is, CERN?

[@edwardsanchez3708]

Exactly. I thought it was a misspelling, but I just checked it. It is Cern that has caused all these issues. In their emblem "cern", it even has a 666. They have been creating little black holes and studying them for decades now and apparently looking into other dimensions.

[@jbj7599]

@@troy8613 or you could just accept the truth that it's not Henning

[@davidpoole5595]

It was 100% "Mr Prefect" when I was young not Mr Perfect....Mr Perfect what even is that!

[@thenerdyadventuresofcore9661]

Every once in a while, you can identify the falsehoods in this channel's stories. Ex: Retire on $300,000. Easy for me to say; I'm a pro wrestler and I lived through all of these stories. Still interesting, but 3/4 factual.

[@dannyavery5578]

Is that you, Red Rooster?

[@troy8613]

I’m 100% certain that his name is/was Curt Henning.

[@jonathanturbide2232]

Curt Hennig, not Henning.

[@daerth4423]

You're 100% wrong.

[@JayCord00]

And you have people saying how shelton benjamin is the "the most underrated" wrestler of all times because he didnt won the wwe heavyweight championship when Curt Hennig and Scott Hall didnt won it either and were 💯 better in any aspect of wrestling, compare to the other guy... Swear some people will say dumb things to push an agenda.

[@Harakengard]

Not a fan of Benjamin but while i would take Henning and Hall in terms of charisma and mic skills, i would take Benjamin in ring wise (especially over Hall).

[@davidpoole5595]

I did not like him Which means he did his job extremely well I appreciate him long after at how good he was.

[@pinroshan020]

Too bad his son was a glorified jobber.

[@TimothyCaster]

None of you geek marks actually watched him 😂 overrated jobber. mid at best

[@PassivePortfolios]

Mr Perfect Cocaine.

[@johnjones9699]

Shawn Michaels is so gay

[@mringram]

Great video