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02:13con 8 screws en mi back
02:14I've got an artificial hip
02:17I've got 4 metal screws
02:19en mi right knee
02:20and 2 braces
02:22I've got 12 pins in this arm
02:24How do you quantify toughness?
02:26Is a guy tough because he can beat you in a wrestling match?
02:29Or is a guy tough because
02:31he's just a badass street fighter
02:33and he can pull your eyeball out?
02:35Because when you think about Harley Race
02:37the cumulative effect
02:39of the thousands
02:40and tens of thousands of slams
02:42and falls and bumps
02:44on hard rings
02:46and concrete floors
02:47and sawdust floors in a barn
02:49or at a carnival
02:50Harley Race did all of that
02:51He was legendarily tough
02:53not only for his ability to beat people up
02:56but also because he gained a mystique
02:58as somebody that couldn't physically be hurt
03:01No matter what you did to Harley Race
03:04or what he did to himself
03:05you couldn't stop him
03:07I'm gonna hurt you somehow
03:09if I gotta do it that way
03:11fine
03:12you have insulted
03:14the world heavyweight champion
03:17You better believe I was inspired by Harley Race
03:22He was the first guy I saw
03:24to take a backdrop outside the ring
03:26and a suplex outside the ring
03:28and he was doing this
03:29as the traveling world champion
03:31Harley was among the very first
03:34to do tables bonds
03:35I mean he was before his time
03:36Heading in full speed
03:38going face first
03:40over the top turnbuckle
03:41that's Harley Race
03:42Getting your arms caught up in the ropes
03:45that's Harley Race
03:47Bombs away
03:48Right to the side of the head
03:51One of Harley's major wrestling moves
03:53was a diving headbutt
03:55where he'd come off the top rope
03:56and land head first
03:58on his opponent's head
03:59Now you have to imagine
04:01a man 280 pounds
04:04jumping off
04:05of a 5 foot top rope
04:07and coming down completely
04:09on his chest and his belly
04:11while he's taking his forehead
04:13and driving it into another individual
04:16The skill
04:17and the amazement of it was
04:19that it looked like
04:19every time Harley did it
04:21he was killing guys
04:22but in all reality
04:23he was barely touching them
04:25As a performer
04:26as a wrestler
04:27it just blows your mind
04:28because that's what you want
04:30That's the it factor
04:32of pro wrestling
04:33is make it look like
04:34we're killing them
04:35but not
04:35He has left
04:37an indelible footprint
04:39because he passed on
04:40his style
04:41to people like me
04:42who passed it on
04:43to others
04:43Stars of today
04:45are borrowing liberally
04:46from the Harley Race catalog
04:48whether they realize it or not
04:50One of the fiercest men
04:54to ever lace a pair of boots
04:55Harley Race was a wrestler's wrestler
04:58who began his journey
05:00to the ring as a teenager
05:01Harley Race grew up poor
05:03on a farm in Missouri
05:05My name is Jim Cornette
05:07and I've been a fan
05:08and admirer
05:09and a colleague
05:09of Harley Race's
05:11He had to work
05:12from the time
05:12he was a young boy
05:14and that instilled in him
05:17the work ethic
05:18that he carried with him
05:19for the rest of his life
05:20Harley was a good kid
05:22we liked each other
05:23right off
05:24third grade on
05:25we hunted
05:26fished together
05:27wrestled together
05:28My name is Daniel Kiever
05:31I went to school
05:32with Harley Race
05:33met him in the third grade
05:34He would let people
05:36hit him as hard as he could
05:37in the stomach
05:38I mean these are big guys
05:40He'd get up
05:41and wouldn't say nothing
05:42If they wanted to do it again
05:46he'd let them
05:47I suppose in his mind
05:51he was building himself
05:52to be a wrestler
05:53We used to watch
05:55all the old wrestlers
05:56Bob Brown
05:57Sonny Myers
05:58Yukon Eric
06:00We played hooky
06:01one Friday afternoon
06:03Every time Harley and I
06:04would go somewhere
06:05he'd want to
06:05come on
06:06let's wrestle a little while
06:07let's wrestle a little while
06:08Well on Monday
06:10principal called us
06:11in the office
06:11He said
06:12I want to know
06:13why you left here
06:14Harley said
06:15well
06:15he said
06:16a good day to wrestle
06:17Harley was a part of
06:19the original
06:20around and find out era
06:22My name's Trevor Murdoch
06:28I'm a two-time
06:29NWA World Heavyweight Champion
06:30three-time
06:31WWE World Tag Team Champion
06:33and I was trained
06:35by Harley Race
06:35The reason
06:36I know these stories
06:38is because I've heard
06:39them from Harley himself
06:40So the principal
06:42gave him
06:42a big slap in the face
06:44Harley knocked him out
06:45He hit the floor
06:48and Harley hit the door
06:49He was a fighter
06:51as a kid
06:52and then
06:52that's when
06:53he wanted to start wrestling
06:55My name is Ivana
06:57I had Bobany Race
06:58I was married
06:59to Handsome Harley Race
07:01the eight-times
07:01world champion wrestler
07:03for 24 years
07:04When he was 14 years old
07:07he left home
07:07because his family
07:08couldn't afford
07:09to keep him up
07:10He got a job
07:12on a farm
07:12out in the middle
07:13of nowhere Missouri
07:14and it just so happened
07:16that that farm
07:17was owned
07:17by the Zbysko brothers
07:19Stanislaus Zbysko
07:21and his brother
07:21Wladic
07:22the two of them
07:23were iconic names
07:24Stanis was a former
07:26World Heavyweight
07:26Wrestling Champion
07:27Harley found out
07:30they were wrestlers
07:31and they offered
07:31to train him
07:32in exchange
07:33for his farm work
07:34It amounted to
07:36legalized torture
07:37They would stretch him
07:39They would beat him up
07:41They would put him
07:42in holes he couldn't
07:43escape from
07:44to see if he was
07:45tough enough
07:46to come back
07:46and ask for more
07:47because in their
07:48generation of
07:49professional wrestler
07:50they knew the other guy
07:51had the ability
07:52to grab one of their
07:53appendages
07:54and break it instantly
07:55It was the most
07:57primitive form
07:58of hand-to-hand
07:59man-to-man combat
08:01and that's what
08:02Harley learned
08:02and that served him
08:03well
08:04when he went
08:04to the carnivals
08:05That was the thing
08:08back then
08:09that's how you
08:10got started
08:10in the business
08:11was on the carnival
08:13Yes, that's true
08:14Marty, I'll wrestle
08:14anybody in the business
08:15any size or weight
08:17or at any time
08:18I'm Eddie Sharkey
08:19I've been in the business
08:20a million years
08:21and Harley Race
08:22was one of my
08:23best friends
08:24There's a flying
08:25head scissors
08:26by Sharkey
08:26We make
08:28three, four dollars
08:29a match
08:29which wasn't
08:31much money
08:31but at the end
08:32of the night
08:33it'd come out okay
08:34At the carnivals
08:38in the 50s
08:39one of the big tents
08:40had a champion wrestler
08:42and the carnival barker
08:44he would do the spiel
08:45We'll give X amount
08:46of dollars
08:46if you can stay
08:47five minutes
08:48with our champion wrestler
08:49You had truck drivers
08:51you had farmers
08:52you had butchers
08:53you had a variety
08:55of guys
08:55with a couple
08:56of drinks in them
08:57who would get up
08:58and challenge
08:59the carnival wrestler
09:00and there were
09:01shoot matches
09:02which are real matches
09:03and then there were works
09:05when they couldn't get
09:06a challenger from the crowd
09:07to challenge the carnival wrestler
09:09there was a plant
09:10in the audience
09:11but he would look like
09:12one of the locals
09:13and Harley played this part
09:14a number of times too
09:15and then people
09:17would get behind
09:17one of their own
09:18as he said
09:19I can take that guy
09:20and then Harley
09:22would get in the ring
09:22and he would work
09:23with the carnival wrestler
09:25but if Harley
09:26was the carnival wrestler
09:27taking challenges
09:28it was a shoot
09:29and Harley would have
09:31to go in there
09:31and do whatever
09:32he had to to win
09:33and he's this
09:3416 year old kid
09:35When you're there
09:36you're taking on
09:37all comers
09:38so you better know
09:39a little bit
09:40about what you're
09:41talking about
09:41because you darn sure
09:43don't get paid
09:43when you get beat
09:44That's why he needed
09:46to come up with shortcuts
09:47like the headbutt
09:48to the bridge of the nose
09:49or the double wrist lock
09:53where you could
09:54take a guy's shoulder
09:55out of joint
09:55if he didn't give up
09:56immediately
09:56It was always dangerous
09:59but that's how
10:00Harley survived
10:01He just had to
10:02fight five or six
10:03strange guys
10:04every day
10:05On the carnival circuit
10:07Harley goes to work
10:08for legendary promoter
10:10Gus Karras
10:11who puts Harley
10:12on the road
10:13with one of the biggest
10:14men in the history
10:15of the wrestling business
10:16Happy Humphrey
10:17was a pro wrestler
10:18in the late 50s
10:19his real name
10:21was William J. Cobb
10:22In Happy Humphrey's
10:24pro wrestling career
10:25he was somewhere
10:26in the range of 700 pounds
10:27and Harley Race
10:28was chosen
10:30to be Happy Humphrey's
10:31driver and valet
10:33and attendant
10:34He had to drive
10:35Happy Humphrey
10:36to the shows
10:36in a specially built
10:38Cadillac
10:39and he had to
10:40make sure that
10:41Humphrey's needs
10:42were met
10:43after the matches
10:44which one of those things
10:45entailed
10:46bathing
10:47Happy Humphrey
10:49Happy Humphrey
10:51would lay down
10:51on the ground
10:52naked
10:52and Harley Race
10:54would take
10:54a bottle of liquid soap
10:56a mop
10:57and a garden hose
10:58and basically
10:59clean Happy Humphrey off
11:02so they could get
11:03back in the car
11:03and go to the next town
11:05without enduring
11:06the unending
11:08disaster of B.O.
11:11That's paying your dues
11:13In 1960
11:15at just 17 years of age
11:17Harley marries
11:18a single mother
11:19named Vivian Jones
11:20who is soon pregnant
11:21with Harley's first child
11:23Then
11:24tragedy quickly strikes
11:25It was around Christmas time
11:27He had his wife
11:28in the car with him
11:29She was pregnant
11:30with his first child
11:31It was 3 o'clock
11:33in the morning
11:33They're driving
11:35down this lonely road
11:36snow on the ground
11:37There's a tractor
11:39trailer truck
11:39in front of them
11:40jackknifes
11:41gets into the snowbank
11:44Harley's car
11:45rams into the truck
11:47She's killed instantly
11:50from a head injury
11:51and he's severely injured
11:54to the point where
11:58when the people
11:59picked him up
11:59in the ambulance
12:00they declared him dead
12:01as well
12:02and then saw him move
12:03and that's how they knew
12:04he was still alive
12:05and when he was hospitalized
12:09they were going to
12:10amputate
12:11Harley's right leg
12:12Wasn't even 20 years old yet
12:15and
12:17the doctors
12:18told Harley
12:18he'd never walk again
12:19A car accident
12:27on Christmas Eve
12:28has killed
12:29Harley Race's
12:30pregnant wife
12:31Somehow Harley
12:32is holding on
12:33but concerned doctors
12:34want to amputate
12:35his leg
12:36Kansas promoter
12:37Gus Karras
12:38when he heard about
12:39the accident
12:40he checked on Harley
12:41and said
12:42no
12:42let's not do this
12:44He's going to walk
12:45out of this hospital
12:46which he did
12:48They did a surgery
12:50saved the leg
12:51in effect
12:51saved Harley's career
12:53and from there
12:54for the rest of his life
12:55Harley hated Christmas
12:56Several years
12:59after the crash
13:00as Harley continues
13:01his wrestling career
13:02a chance encounter
13:04introduces a new woman
13:05into his life
13:06I was a flight
13:08attorney
13:08Harley kept calling
13:09me all day
13:10How about if I
13:11take you out
13:12for a piece
13:12of blueberry pie
13:13I thought
13:15wow
13:15that's a neat way
13:17and I said
13:18okay
13:18and we went out
13:20had the pie
13:21had the coffee
13:22he had his blonde hair
13:24and
13:24I wasn't used to that
13:26I came from
13:27a little town
13:28and
13:28I wanted a family
13:29and I wanted
13:30a home life
13:31and
13:31my mother
13:32and my father
13:33they were very upset
13:35my dad said
13:37I don't want you
13:38seeing him anymore
13:39but I kept on
13:40it was like a magnet
13:42we were on our way
13:44from Minneapolis
13:45to Duluth, Minnesota
13:47and he said
13:49there was a bag
13:49in the back seat
13:50we would pick it up
13:51and look at it
13:52and it was a diamond ring
13:54I always knew
13:55I'd marry an athlete
13:56but I didn't know
13:57I was going to be
13:57marrying into wrestling
13:59Marrying Ivana
14:00despite her parents' wishes
14:02Harley gets back
14:03to the ring
14:05when Harley first teamed up
14:07with Larry Henning
14:08he had bleach blonde hair
14:09so
14:10they adopted the
14:11nom de plumes
14:12of handsome Harley race
14:14and pretty boy
14:14Larry Henning
14:15in the mid-60s
14:16guys as big and rough as them
14:18they didn't have
14:19bleach blonde hair
14:20so it was
14:21a way to get heat
14:22with the fans
14:22and it worked
14:23he chose to be a villain
14:25I didn't like it
14:27because everybody booed him
14:28and didn't like him
14:30but he was good
14:31at what he did
14:32between the size
14:35and the strength
14:36of Henning
14:36and the speed
14:37and the athleticism
14:38of Harley race
14:39they had a tremendous run
14:41in several of the
14:42major territories
14:43as the top heel team
14:45in wrestling
14:46when we had our son
14:49and we traveled
14:50a lot together
14:51when we'd go to matches
14:53I would ask Harley
14:54if it was going to be
14:55a bloodbath
14:56at the wrestling match
14:57or is it going to be
14:59clean
14:59if it was going to be
15:01a bloodbath
15:02my mom and I
15:03were probably going
15:03to a movie
15:04or to miniature golf
15:05that night
15:05my name is Justin Race
15:08and my father
15:09is the king
15:10handsome Harley Race
15:11I got to see him
15:13wrestle a lot
15:13and the chairs
15:15start flying
15:15and the world title belt
15:17starts hitting people
15:17in the heads
15:18and this and that
15:19and dad's gushing
15:20blood out
15:21stumbling around
15:21it was scary
15:22but it was happy
15:24then
15:25and he was a kind person
15:27he was kind
15:28to everybody
15:28he was well mannered
15:30it was fun
15:30being with him
15:31touring arenas
15:33sports halls
15:34and bars across America
15:35Harley's status
15:37as a legitimate
15:38tough guy
15:38is frequently
15:39put to the test
15:40Harley
15:41he sees this man
15:42being very aggressive
15:43with this woman
15:44just berating her
15:46getting handsy with her
15:47Harley goes over there
15:48to confront the guy
15:49about it
15:49to tell him
15:50to back off her
15:50and leave her alone
15:51what Harley doesn't know
15:52is the guy's friend
15:54is behind Harley
15:55and has a knife
15:55and goes up behind Harley
15:56and stabs him
15:58three times in the back
15:59the guy takes off
16:00and the other guy
16:01takes off
16:01Harley has to go
16:02to the hospital
16:03Harley knew
16:05quite a few people
16:06was able to find out
16:07where the guy lived at
16:08and got a pistol
16:09and went by
16:11the guy's house
16:11now I had heard
16:15this story
16:16from somebody else
16:17and asked Harley
16:18about it
16:18he looks at me
16:19and he goes
16:20it wasn't a pistol
16:22it was a machine gun
16:24and that was enough
16:33for me to know
16:34that it wasn't a lie
16:35as Harley's legend grows
16:39so does his busy schedule
16:41keeping him on the road
16:42for days
16:43and even weeks
16:44at a time
16:45he was always
16:46wrestling
16:47wrestling
16:48wrestling
16:48and he didn't have
16:50time for family
16:51he was a good father
16:52but he was only home
16:54three times a month
16:55what I hated
16:57was when he'd stop
16:58after the wrestling match
16:59got a six pack of beers
17:01and he started
17:03right then and there
17:04drinking
17:04when his first life
17:06was killed
17:07he was only going
17:0830 miles an hour
17:09he never drove slow
17:11since
17:11he didn't care
17:12if the speed limit
17:14said 70
17:15he thought it meant 90
17:16and he'd be flying
17:17down the highway
17:18and sure enough
17:19we'd see a cop
17:19and they
17:20he would watch them
17:21power walk
17:22to Harley's vehicle
17:23angry
17:24who's this person
17:25driving 90 miles an hour
17:27and they'd get to the window
17:29and go
17:29I need your license
17:30reg
17:30Harley
17:31Harley race
17:33okay Harley
17:35take it easy
17:36slow it on
17:38that got me mad too
17:40he believed 100%
17:43he was
17:44the man
17:45inside the ring
17:46and outside the ring
17:47sometimes they realized
17:49who he was
17:49and didn't bother him
17:50sometimes they didn't know
17:52who he was
17:52and tested him
17:53and it was a mistake
17:55every single time
17:56he knew exactly
17:59what he wanted to do
18:00when he wanted to do it
18:01and how he wanted to do it
18:02I just don't know
18:03if Harley knew
18:04how to be anything else
18:05a rising star
18:14across the territories
18:15with his tag team partner
18:16Larry Hennig
18:17Harley race emerges
18:19as a singles competitor
18:20after Hennig breaks his leg
18:22setting the stage
18:23for a legendary run
18:24when the Hennig race
18:26tag team split up
18:27Harley got a reputation
18:29as a top guy
18:30and that's where he
18:32first got into contention
18:34in the NWA promoter's eyes
18:36for being a world heavyweight champion
18:38someday
18:38though the NWA title
18:40changed hands in the ring
18:42the champion was actually
18:43chosen by committee
18:44selected for their popularity
18:47trustworthiness
18:48and ability to protect themselves
18:50if a match goes off script
18:51a stunning turnabout
18:53here at Comiskey Park
18:55in 1973
18:56the reigning NWA
18:58world heavyweight champion
18:59was Dory Funk Jr.
19:00and his father
19:01Dory Funk Sr.
19:02was one of the most
19:03prominent promoters
19:04in the National Wrestling Alliance
19:05for a long time
19:06there's been quite a few
19:08between the Briscoes
19:09and the Funks
19:10Jack had gone for years
19:12you know
19:13as the number one contender
19:14and it was time
19:15for Dory Jr. to step down
19:17hello everybody
19:18I'm Gerald Brisco
19:19Jerry Brisco
19:20to a lot of you
19:21I'm a WWE Hall of Famer
19:22I'm a 50 year veteran
19:24of pro wrestling
19:24Jerry Brisco
19:26clearly out thinking
19:27his opponent thus far
19:28the rumor was
19:29that the old man
19:30Dory Sr.
19:32did not want Dory
19:33losing it to another
19:34babyface
19:35and of course
19:36Jack was a babyface
19:38but if he lost
19:39to a bad guy
19:40who was a cheater
19:41well that's something different
19:42so they put him
19:44in the ring
19:44with Harley Race
19:45this served two purposes
19:47number one
19:48he was going to lose
19:50to a guy
19:51that was a noted heel
19:52a rule breaker
19:53a cheater
19:53but
19:54he was also
19:55going to be wrestling
19:56a guy
19:56who if it came to it
19:58if there was not
19:59cooperation
20:00would be able
20:01to legitimately
20:02take the world
20:03heavyweight championship
20:04in the ring
20:05Harley's first title win in 1973
20:22really is what brought his name to national prominence from coast to coast
20:26and there were champions that held the NWA title longer than Harley did
20:30but Harley at the time
20:32was the most constant champion
20:34from the early 70s
20:36through the mid 80s
20:38it was more often than not
20:39you would see Harley holding the belt
20:41and he became kind of synonymous with it
20:43that's exactly why Harley was there
20:46would just personify that image of the NWA belted
20:50you gotta be a tough son of a bitch
20:52he was wrestling an hour a night
20:54one hour matches
20:56night after night after night
20:59as an eight-time NWA champion
21:03Harley Race took on all comers
21:05establishing his reputation
21:07as the most fearsome man in the business
21:09and what a lot of people don't know
21:11those hour-long matches
21:12it isn't like wrestling today
21:14where a lot of guys plan out
21:17their matches in the back
21:18how could anybody
21:20go through the various injuries and accidents
21:24and things that he had done
21:25and still be able to do that
21:26that's why all the guys looked at him like
21:28this guy can't be human
21:30Harley was so important to the central states territory in Kansas City
21:35that he was allowed to buy into the territory
21:38and actually own part of the promotion
21:40I encouraged him
21:42I knew he was good at what he did
21:45the NWA world champion's road schedule
21:48was probably the most grueling
21:50in all of professional wrestling
21:52nobody traveled as many different places
21:54worked in as many different territories
21:56for as many different promoters
21:58in as many different countries
21:59as the NWA world champion
22:02and there were literally almost no days off
22:04I wrestled for one hour in Tokyo, Japan
22:08on Friday night
22:10I flew out the following morning
22:12and wrestled for one hour
22:14in St. Louis, Missouri
22:17I flew out Sunday morning
22:19to San Juan, Puerto Rico
22:21and went one hour with Carlos Pallon
22:24he'd just fly from city to city
22:27and when he could have 24 hours
22:29he'd fly home
22:30and then back out on the road again
22:32and there was a horrible, horrible life
22:35to live in the limelight
22:36well, especially because he was who he was
22:39and how he was
22:41you know, he treated everybody like gold
22:43except with me
22:44I mean, he bought me Porsches
22:46and mink coats
22:47and things like that
22:48well, that doesn't buy love
22:49this is Barbara Clary on special assignment
22:59reporting from Tampa, Florida
23:01across the street is the Hyatt Regency Hotel
23:03where at this moment
23:04a special meeting of the National Wrestling Alliance
23:06Board of Directors is in progress
23:08in 1983, the NWA decides Harley Race
23:12will lose his championship to Ric Flair
23:14at a massive event branded Starrcade
23:17I think that I'm going to call my quest
23:20for the World Heavyweight Championship
23:21a flair for the gold
23:23Ric was as hot as babyface
23:26as babyface it can get
23:28Harley and Ric were perfect foals at that time
23:31Ric the young, upcoming, cocky, flamboyant type deal
23:35were the raw bone, badass Harley Race
23:39a lot of people have thought
23:41they put Harley Race exactly where they wanted him
23:43well, seven times around
23:46I proved every day one of you wrong
23:49and I'll guarantee you this
23:52in Greensboro flair
23:54I'm going to prove you wrong
23:56the match is meant to mark
23:58a generational changing of the guard
24:00but rival promoter Vince McMahon
24:02has other ideas
24:03Hello everyone, this is Vince McMahon
24:05in the studios of the USA Cable Network
24:08we wholeheartedly welcome you
24:09to the premiere of all American wrestling
24:12In 1983, Vince McMahon Jr.
24:16had just moved from becoming the announcer
24:18for the WWF, his father's company
24:21to the owner of the World Wrestling Federation
24:25and most of the promoters didn't know yet
24:28but in the next couple of months
24:30he was going to start
24:31a national expansion of the WWF
24:34that would see him moving into all of their territories
24:37and trying to sign away all their top talent
24:40Ric Flair was over
24:43and Vince knew that when Harley dropped the world title to him
24:47Ric was going to be the next big thing
24:48and Vince was trying to do whatever he could
24:52to shut it down
24:53Just hours before the NWA's massive Starrcade event
24:57Vince McMahon meets in secret
24:59with champion Harley Race
25:01in an attempt to sabotage the show
25:03Vince laid out an opportunity for my father
25:06to come over to the WWF
25:08if dad would not go to Starrcade
25:09and for an extraordinary amount of money
25:11back then, $250,000
25:13I think there's an element of truth to all of that
25:17but if Harley had never lost the title
25:20then how are they going to explain that to anybody
25:23and whoever they made champion after that
25:26the fans would not have looked at them as legitimate
25:29that could have put you out of business
25:31and of course Harley said
25:32hell no I'm not going to do that
25:34I gave my word
25:34I was with Harley for 10 years
25:37you know when you spend that much time with Harley
25:39you get comfortable
25:39you start asking him questions
25:41of stories that other people have told
25:44or rumors
25:45and so of course
25:46that was one of the questions I had to ask
25:49have you and Vince ever gotten to a fight?
25:51there's times when you got to make a decision
25:53where it has to come
25:55from what you truthfully believe
25:58apparently Vince wasn't very happy
26:00Vince suddenly gets that look on his face
26:03and turns around
26:04and tries to leg dab Harley
26:06and take him down
26:06according to Harley
26:09he just puts him in a front face lock
26:11hooks his arms
26:12and stands up with him
26:13basically puts Vince to sleep
26:16drops him on the floor
26:17Harley got him into a choke hold
26:20he said I wish I would have wrung his neck
26:22because he was driving us out of business
26:24he could have broke his neck
26:26and he even told me
26:27he's like I could have ended all this right then
26:29just
26:29I had too much respect for not only Rick
26:34and the wrestling business
26:36but for me personally
26:38to pull that wasn't an option
26:42fans I'm Bob Caudill along with Gordon Solon
26:44we're delighted to be bringing you
26:46wherever you are
26:47live from Greensboro, North Carolina
26:49Starcade 83
26:51this is the wrestling event of all time
26:54fortunately the main event of Starcade 83
26:56did come off
26:57it did turn out to be the biggest gate
27:00of any NWA show previously in history
27:02Flair did win the title from Harley
27:06Vince's failure to persuade Harley
27:20to leave the NWA and join the WWF
27:23isn't McMahon's only attempt to take over
27:26Harley's Kansas City territory
27:27when Vince McMahon started taking his live WWF events
27:31all across the country in other promoters' backyards
27:34running their buildings, running their towns
27:36none of them appreciated it
27:38but most of them didn't confront him personally
27:41Harley Race did
27:42when the WWF went to Kansas City
27:44Harley showed up
27:45that was his town
27:46he had owned it
27:48pioneered it
27:49and he wanted to know
27:50why these son of a bitches
27:51were coming trying to take his
27:52fans and ticket money away
27:54now Hogan
27:55Hulk Hogan has told some stories
27:58you shall feel the wrath of Hulkamania
28:00this is where the power lies
28:03they were promoting big
28:06that Hulk Hogan is the world champion
28:09he is the man
28:10and he was in Kansas City
28:12working in my city
28:14the longer I thought about this
28:16the more it ticked me off
28:18so
28:18I drove over there
28:20what I heard was
28:22that Harley had a pistol
28:24in his belt
28:25and he was looking for Hogan
28:26he wanted to find out
28:28you're the world champion
28:28let's find out
28:29and it's a second
28:31third and fourth hand
28:32on stuff that I heard
28:33but
28:33Harley come in
28:34and everybody held their breath
28:36for like a half hour
28:37you know
28:38to see what was gonna happen
28:40Harley went around
28:44looking for Hogan
28:44couldn't find him
28:45so
28:46he proceeded to light
28:47the ring on fire
28:48they called me
28:51he said Harley Race
28:52showed up
28:52two in the afternoon
28:53blind drunk
28:54and lit the ring on fire
28:55he said
28:56if you come to the building
28:57tonight
28:57he's gonna kill you
28:58that was him
28:59protecting his business
29:01that was him protecting
29:02the business of Kansas City
29:03you had to assert
29:06to certain individuals
29:07to tolerate that bullshit
29:09I don't doubt it
29:17for a second
29:17even if it didn't happen
29:19does it really matter
29:20it's something that
29:20could have happened
29:21despite Harley's
29:24best efforts
29:25to ward off
29:26Vince's invasion
29:26the WWF's nationwide expansion
29:29cannot be stopped
29:30Harley bought into
29:32Kansas City
29:32and the territories
29:33were dying
29:34Vince come along
29:35and offered him
29:36a pocketful of change
29:38and they grabbed it
29:38but he knew
29:39that that's what he had to do
29:41in his next phase
29:43of his career
29:43he knew Vince
29:44was taking over
29:45Vince liked tough guys
29:47and Vince liked veterans
29:49who had accomplished things
29:51in the wrestling business
29:52so I think he respected Harley
29:54but he thought he was
29:55too wrestling
29:55he was just too plain
29:57nobody wants to see
29:58a tough guy wrestle
29:59they want to see color
30:01and character
30:01and ice cream bars
30:03that was what
30:03Vince was going for
30:04and Harley was the antithesis
30:07of that
30:07so when Harley got there
30:09they wanted to make him
30:10the original king of the ring
30:11that character
30:13that attitude
30:14I crown you
30:15and you only
30:17the king
30:18handsome
30:19Harley Race
30:21did he like it?
30:23I doubt it
30:24he never never bitched about it
30:26because that wasn't Harley's style
30:28whatever Harley was handed
30:29Harley would make it work for Harley
30:31the WWF at that time
30:34was appealing to kids
30:36who they had no idea
30:36who Harley Race was
30:38they're kids
30:38and they see an older guy
30:40that's not particularly
30:41impressive
30:43dressed up in this king outfit
30:45and the older fans
30:48who knew Harley
30:49they were like
30:50wow
30:50this is what it's come down to
30:52now we realized
30:53you know
30:53Harley
30:54at that point
30:55was very methodical
30:56and I enjoyed
30:58seeing a guy
30:59of that age
31:00taking off
31:01from the top rope
31:02dropping headbutts
31:03from the top
31:04here he comes down
31:05from his prone headbutt
31:07big roundhouse right
31:09taking the big bumps
31:12still
31:13like
31:13he made it work
31:14he was there to make a paycheck
31:15he was there to take care of his family
31:17but Harley's time in the WWF
31:20is cut short by an injury
31:22ironically while in the ring
31:24with champion Hulk Hogan
31:25oh he's going out of the ring
31:27all right
31:28oh
31:28eight foot long table
31:31so they had that out there
31:32and Hogan got on the table
31:34and dad leaped off the ring
31:41to land on Hogan on the table
31:43and Hogan moved
31:44and he went through the table
31:46and the metal bar
31:53that goes underneath it
31:53like supports the table
31:54had been bent down
31:56not broken
31:56the metal bar came up
31:58and hit him in his lower abdomen
32:00just below the belly button
32:01and blew out his lower intestines
32:02created a big hole
32:03a rupture
32:04he was at my apartment
32:06and I left
32:08and I came back
32:08and he was passed out
32:10on the floor
32:10in a fetal position
32:11I thought he was dead
32:14after suffering an internal injury
32:25during a move gone wrong
32:27the future of Harley Race's career
32:29is in doubt
32:30when he's found on the floor
32:31of his son's apartment
32:32my gut blew apart
32:35and they rushed me to the hospital
32:37and said if we can't get this shot down
32:39that's it
32:40Harley had an abdominal hernia
32:42it required multiple surgeries
32:44to fix the damage
32:46and it significantly hampered
32:48the rest of his wrestling career
32:50and that was a long recovery
32:52he's a 300 pound guy
32:53he went down to 200 pounds
32:54needed care constantly
32:56needed a lot of my help constantly
32:58he had ended up having
32:59two colostomy bags
33:01on the front of his stomach
33:01some 300 to 400 stitches
33:04on the inside of him
33:05weighing in at 260 pounds
33:10Harley Race
33:12he eventually got back
33:13to his wrestling weight
33:14he was a bit old
33:16to be told that
33:17to have to recover
33:18from something like that
33:19not to recover
33:19and go back to his job
33:20as an insurance salesman
33:21sure
33:22but to go back to wrestling
33:23that was pretty tough
33:24Harley wrestles sporadically
33:27over the next few years
33:29as his career winds down
33:30and he spends more time
33:32pursuing his other interests
33:33but once again
33:35tragedy strikes
33:36we had a lake home
33:40we went boating
33:41and we had good times
33:42at the lake
33:43some of the best
33:45until that boat accident
33:47it was in the morning
33:50and he got up
33:52and started drinking scotch
33:53so I went on the dock
33:56and I sat there
33:56and I kept coming in
33:58and he'd just call me names
34:00so I'd go out again
34:01and that night
34:03he stormed out the house
34:06and he zoomed out of there
34:08out of the cove
34:09the story that we were told
34:11was that
34:12when he was drinking
34:13there was a boat
34:14in the middle of the lake
34:15that turned off
34:16all their lights
34:16as he was coming around
34:18the cove
34:19by the time he'd seen him
34:20it was too late
34:21and he ran into him
34:24he was in the water
34:28the other people
34:29was in the water
34:29he pulled him over to shore
34:31it was a pretty
34:33traumatic event
34:34as a result of this accident
34:36several other people
34:37in the other boat
34:38were injured
34:39and Harley was as well
34:40Harley was intoxicated
34:42and also had
34:43resisted arrest
34:44at the time
34:45the police came
34:46to investigate
34:47and after he left
34:49I called Harley's
34:50psychiatrist
34:51and she said
34:53back the car up
34:54put your clothes
34:55in the car
34:56get out of there
34:57I called my attorney
34:59and I said
35:00I want to file
35:02for divorce tomorrow
35:03and have a restraining
35:05order in place
35:06the divorce
35:08it was a very nasty
35:09divorce
35:09very nasty
35:10what led to the breakup
35:12of your parents marriage
35:13wrestling
35:14I mean
35:18and the arduous
35:20relationship
35:21of having someone
35:23gone all the time
35:24mom raising me
35:26pretty much
35:26and then once his career
35:28starts to wind down
35:29and they're together
35:30a lot more
35:31they didn't get along
35:32he was a kindhearted
35:35person
35:35he just wasn't
35:36a family man
35:37one time
35:39when I was
35:39putting Christmas
35:40decorations up
35:41I got a phone call
35:42and said
35:43your husband
35:43has got me
35:45knocked up
35:45I got a letter
35:47one time
35:48to answer
35:49to a woman
35:50from Wichita
35:50Kansas
35:51said that
35:52they want
35:53alimony
35:54for a 16 year old
35:55girl
35:55that was real
35:57but he got out
35:59of that too
35:59how'd he get out
36:00of that
36:01because he's
36:02Harley Race
36:03but I could never
36:06leave him
36:07because he told me
36:08he'd get rid of me
36:08if I left him
36:09what do you think
36:10he meant
36:11what do you think
36:12he meant
36:13it was terrible
36:14I was stuck
36:15I was afraid
36:17and
36:19even though he was
36:21rough with me
36:22at times
36:22I should have
36:24done what they do
36:26today
36:26they take you in
36:27but I didn't
36:29I would find out
36:32more sometimes
36:33about my parents
36:34divorce
36:35through reading
36:36the newspaper
36:37in fact
36:38remember the movie
36:39with Michael Douglas
36:40and Kathleen Turner
36:41called War of the Roses
36:42here in Kansas City
36:44and they wrote articles
36:45about my parents
36:46divorce
36:46it was called
36:47War of the Races
36:48my dad did his best
36:50and he did a great job
36:51as a father
36:52but you know
36:53different stories
36:54that are told
36:55that are true
36:56not true
36:56who knows
36:57it was just too much
36:58but there were
37:00a lot of arguments
37:01when Harley and I
37:02would fight
37:03I would take Justin
37:04in his little red wagon
37:05and take him out of there
37:06so he wouldn't see it
37:07and
37:09there were so many
37:11of those times
37:12I just
37:14hope that
37:16my son can understand
37:18my side of the story
37:20it's true
37:21it's not a lie
37:22and
37:24I don't know
37:25that he will
37:25I wish it wouldn't
37:27have happened
37:27the way it did
37:28I'm glad I got
37:29out of the marriage
37:30divorced from his wife
37:32Harley faces
37:33another challenge
37:34when a lawsuit
37:35from his boating accident
37:36threatens to wipe out
37:38everything he has left
37:39the woman that was injured
37:41had two broken legs
37:42but a couple of years later
37:44when it went to court
37:44she was still in a wheelchair
37:46and as a result
37:48she was asking
37:49for 10 million dollars
37:50in damages
37:51she ended up
37:52being awarded
37:52$250,000
37:54because Harley
37:55was intoxicated
37:56this was a time
37:57where not only
37:58had his wrestling
37:59slowed down
38:00but also
38:01$250,000
38:02as a judgment
38:03it was a financial
38:04burden
38:05on Harley
38:06that he would
38:07possibly not ever
38:09really recover from
38:10everything he'd earned
38:12traveling the world
38:13for 20 years
38:14is basically gone
38:15right
38:15man
38:16man
38:18facing financial hardship
38:26for the first time
38:27in his long career
38:28Harley returns
38:30to the wrestling world
38:31after the abdominal surgery
38:33from the accident
38:34with the table
38:35in the Hulk Hogan match
38:36then Harley
38:37had torn his shoulder out
38:38he knew his wrestling days
38:40were behind him
38:41but
38:41Harley Race
38:42was still a major name
38:44in professional wrestling
38:45and WCW
38:46had incredible respect
38:47for Harley
38:48and they said
38:49if he can't
38:49wrestle on a regular
38:51basis anymore
38:52he's still a personality
38:53and he still has that
38:55knowledge
38:55we can use him
38:56as a manager
38:57former heavyweight champion
38:58Harley Race
39:00and
39:01three leader
39:02for a guy like
39:05Vader especially
39:06Harley Race
39:06was a
39:07brilliant teacher
39:08because
39:09Vader was a
39:10ex-pro football player
39:12he was used to coaches
39:13and Harley was a
39:15no-nonsense guy
39:16that would not
39:16take any shit
39:17and he'd tell him
39:18what he was doing wrong
39:19what are you doing
39:20to my wrestling
39:21I was a little
39:22trepidatious
39:23right
39:23because I didn't know
39:24if I was like
39:25a Harley guy
39:26I didn't drive fast
39:27I didn't drink much
39:29but he really embraced me
39:31again Harley Race
39:32now
39:32grabbing Cactus
39:33and shoving him
39:34back in there
39:35Harley had respect
39:35for Mick
39:36but he thought
39:36Mick was crazy
39:37oh my goodness
39:39the bumps that Mick
39:40would take
39:40is Jesus Christ
39:42he's gonna kill himself
39:43I know when I did
39:45my feud with Vader
39:46the Harley stuff
39:47was just priceless
39:49to have him there
39:50and have him be part of it
39:52some of my greatest moments
39:53Harley leaves WCW
39:56but his next public appearance
39:57shocks even his closest friends
39:591998 expose
40:04Wrestling Secrets
40:05revealed that it was
40:06a work
40:07that it was
40:08predetermined
40:09that everybody was in
40:11on it together
40:11and that's the antithesis
40:14of what Harley Race
40:15would have done publicly
40:16in his entire wrestling career
40:19as a booker
40:20your main job
40:22is putting two people together
40:24that'll draw money
40:25the production
40:26was able to
40:28gravel out his voice
40:30but not so much
40:31to the point
40:31where you couldn't tell
40:32who it was
40:32and obviously the silhouette
40:33if you knew who Harley was
40:35you knew exactly who it was
40:36but it was surprising
40:37to see Harley on there
40:38a guy who respected
40:40and protected the business
40:42on a show called
40:43Secrets of Pro Wrestling
40:44I was so disappointed
40:46and I even told Harley
40:47Harley why did he do it
40:48and he said
40:49money brother
40:49just like anything else
40:51money is the evil of everything
40:52in a previous era
40:54the consequences for that
40:56would have been dire
40:56but the guy
40:58that would have been
40:58dealing out the consequences
41:00would have been Harley Race
41:01who are you going to get
41:02to beat up Harley Race
41:03retired from the ring
41:06Harley starts his own
41:07wrestling school
41:08where he imparts his knowledge
41:09to a new generation
41:10of talent
41:11and in 2004
41:13his long history
41:14in the business
41:15is honored
41:15with an induction
41:16into the WWE Hall of Fame
41:18God gave me the talent
41:20to work in this wrestling business
41:22and there's not a better spot
41:25on earth
41:25than under those bright lights
41:28In 2019
41:32after years of battling
41:34various ailments
41:35including lung cancer
41:36the wrestling world
41:37awakes to the news
41:38that Harley Race
41:39has died
41:40Harley was in terrible pain
41:42but he sure had
41:43kept it inside
41:44the depression
41:45was kept inside
41:46the tears
41:47were kept inside
41:48the human body
41:49no matter how much
41:50of a superhuman
41:50he might be
41:51has its limits
41:52he was 76
41:54when he passed away
41:56when I came into
41:57the hospital room
41:58I whispered
41:59dad
41:59it's me
42:00I had a hold
42:01of his hand
42:02and he like
42:03squeezed my hand
42:04and I put
42:04my head down
42:04and I was crying
42:05I put my head
42:07down on his chest
42:07and he reached over
42:09and he patted me
42:10on the back
42:11and left his hand
42:12laying there
42:12and it was just
42:12as warm as ever
42:13I'm Harley Race
42:19seven times
42:21world's heavyweight champion
42:22I would like to
42:23introduce to you
42:24the star of this film
42:26and also the star
42:27of my life
42:29my wife
42:30Yvonne
42:31deep in my heart
42:33I have to say
42:33he was a good guy
42:34Harley was a god
42:36in wrestling
42:36he just wasn't
42:38meant to be a husband
42:39one of the greatest
42:41men that ever
42:42stepped in the ring
42:42it takes a certain
42:44talent to get over
42:45Harley had that
42:46talent to get over
42:47you could not be
42:49not in awe
42:51of Harley
42:51after all these years
42:54we're still referring
42:56to the Harley Race
42:58way of doing things
42:59as being the best
43:00he was real
43:02a legitimate tough guy
43:04some people are just
43:05born that way
43:06he was one of them
43:07and he was very good
43:08at what he did
43:09I don't see how
43:11anybody could possibly
43:13be tougher than
43:15Harley Race was
43:16maybe there's somebody
43:16as tough
43:17mental toughness
43:18physical toughness
43:19Harley Race had it
43:21I don't know if his
43:23toughness was to
43:24cover up emotions
43:26when he had the
43:27wrestling school
43:28he was married to
43:29his wife BJ
43:30and when BJ passed
43:32away we were talking
43:33and he said I haven't
43:34cried
43:35and he goes I should
43:36be crying Trevor
43:37I don't know why
43:37I haven't cried
43:38and he goes I miss
43:39her I love her
43:40and I'm hurting
43:40but I haven't cried
43:42and I told him I said
43:43I just don't think
43:44that's you
43:44it's not who you are
43:45it's not
43:46it's not in your DNA
43:48brother
43:48there's probably
43:51nobody
43:51in the history
43:53of wrestling
43:53that gave more of
43:56themselves physically
43:57and their effort
43:58and their determination
44:00and their credibility
44:02than Harley Race did
44:04and their
44:11I didn't really care
44:12about everything
44:12and they覺得
44:12and your
44:15and their
44:15the
44:16должна
44:16and your
44:17girl
44:17and her
44:18and their
44:19some number of
44:20you
44:20elles
44:20they
44:20say
44:21they
44:22can an
44:22the
44:23question
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