History Wrestling / HarleyRace

* Determinator: Early in his career, he was in a car accident that killed his wife, and resulted in the near amputation of his leg. After his leg was saved, he was told that he might never walk again. The rest of the story tells itself.

* StunGuns: Used one to keep Cactus Jack down for a 10-count in his Texas Death Match against Vader at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 93''.

* [[FanNickname Detractor Nickname]]: The Crusher would call Harley Race and Larry "The Ax" Hennig "The Dolly Sisters."

* 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

* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: ''King of the Ring''

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

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He and Vader knew better than to stick around when an enraged [[Characters/WWEDivas Madusa]] started kicking Paul E. Dangerously's ass after he fired her from the Dangerous Alliance and went off on a sexist rant at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 92''.[[note]]See The Dog Bites Back under Politically Incorrect Villain on Heyman's page.[[/note]]

'''Harley Race''' (b. 1943 in Quitman, MO) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and current 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 Lex Luger, and, especially, [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]. He is 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 WWE Hall of Fame 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''.

* RealSongThemeTune: (as "The King" in WWE): Modest [=Mussorgsky=]'s "The Bogatyr Gates (in the Capital in Kiev))" (from his famous piano suite ''Pictures At An Exhibition''. It's the same music [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] used during his run as the "King of the WWF" and that [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] has used his whole time in WWE.

* BadassGrandpa

* DirtyCoward

* StunGuns: Used one to keep Cactus Jack down for a 10-count in his Texas Death Match against Vader at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 93''.
* Website/{{WrestleCrap}}: The [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer/ProfessionalWrestling ludicrous and blatantly false TV special]] ''Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets'', in which he played the booker.

* RealSongThemeTune: (as "The King" in WWE): "The Great Gates of Kiev," from Modest Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A RealLife example. After his mother passed away, he had the first page of his website changed to a picture of himself with her and the words "I Love You Mom."

'''Harley Race''' (b. 1943 in Quitman, MO) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and current 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 Lex Luger, and, especially, [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]. He is also the promoter of World League Wrestling in Missouri. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling ObserverNewsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the WWE Hall of Fame 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''.

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

* Website/{{WrestleCrap}}: The ludicrous and blatantly false TV special ''Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets'', in which he played the booker.

* RedBaron: "Handsome," "The King"

!!! "Bow down to the King's Tropes":

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

'''Harley Race''' (b. 1943 in Quitman, MO) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and current 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 Lex Luger, and, especially, [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]. He is also the promoter of World League Wrestling in Missouri. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling ObserverNewsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.

* [[FanNickname Detractor Nickname]]: The Crusher would call Harley Race and Larry "The Ax" Hennig "The Dolly Sisters"

* BashBrothers: Larry "The Ax" Hennig,