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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 11, 1943
Died
August 1, 2019
Place of Birth
Quitman, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
- "King" Harley Race
- Harley Race
Harley Race
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Harley Leland Race is a retired American professional wrestler and is a current promoter and trainer. During his career as a wrestler, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 8 times, and is considered by many to be the greatest wrestler of all time. He worked for all of the major wrestling promotions, including the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), WWE, and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was the first NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, which is now known as the WWE United States Championship. Race is one of six men inducted into each of the WWE Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
Known For
8.2
Self (Archival Footage)
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
10.0
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
7.6
Himself
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
2014
7.0
Self
WWE Rivalries
2014
0.0
Harley Race: The Greatest Wrestler on God's Green Earth
2014
9.2
Himself
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
7.0
Himself
History & Tradition: The Story of The National Wrestling Alliance
2012
0.0
Himself
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012
10.0
Himself
WWE Hall of Fame: Harley Race
2012
8.3
Harley Race
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
Credits
Dark Side of the Ring
as Self (Archival Footage)
2019
8.2
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
10.0
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
as Himself
2014
7.6
WWE Rivalries
as Self
2014
7.0
Harley Race: The Greatest Wrestler on God's Green Earth
2014
0.0
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
as Himself
2013
9.2
History & Tradition: The Story of The National Wrestling Alliance
as Himself
2012
7.0
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
as Himself
2012
0.0
WWE Hall of Fame: Harley Race
as Himself
2012
10.0
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as Harley Race
2010
8.3
K.C. On The Mat: The History of Professional Wrestling In Kansas City
as Himself
2009
0.0
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
as Himself
2009
6.9
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Himself
2009
10.0
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
as Himself
2008
6.3
TNA Lockdown 2007
as Himself (Appearance)
2007
5.0
Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy
as Self
2007
4.8
Heroes of World Class
as Harley Race
2006
8.5
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as King Harley Race
2006
7.9
TNA iMPACT!
2004
7.1
WWE Hall of Fame 2004
as Self
2004
8.3
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
as Himself
2004
0.0
The Life and Death of Owen Hart
as Self
1999
6.8
Exposed!: Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets
as Booker
1998
1.0
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
as Himself
1997
7.1
🎬
WCW: Ric Flar - 2 Decades of Excellence
as Harley Race
1995
0.0
WCW Starrcade 1994
as Harley Race (Manager)
1994
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
as Himself (Manager)
1994
0.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
as Himself (Manager)
1994
0.0
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
as Himself (Manager)
1994
6.3
WCW Slamboree 1994
as Self (Manager)
1994
0.0
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
as Himself (Manager)
1994
9.0
WCW SuperBrawl IV
as Harley Race (Manager)
1994
5.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
as Himself (Manager)
1994
0.0
WCW Starrcade 1993
as Himself (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW BattleBowl
as Himself (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
as Himself (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
as Himself (Manager)
1993
6.0
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
as Himself (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
as Himself (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW Beach Blast 1993
as Himself (Manager)
1993
10.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
as Himself (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW Slamboree 1993
as Harley Race (Manager)
1993
10.0
WCW SuperBrawl III
as Harley Race (Manager)
1993
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
as Himself
1993
10.0
Raw
as Harley Race
1993
6.8
WCW Starrcade 1992
as Manager
1992
6.5
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
as Harley Race (Special Guest Referee)
1992
10.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
as Harley Race (Manager)
1992
0.0
WCW The Great American Bash 1992
as Harley Race (Manager)
1992
0.0
WCW WrestleWar 1992
as Manager
1992
0.0
WCW SuperBrawl II
as Himself (Manager)
1992
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
as Manager
1992
0.0
WCW Starrcade 1991
as Himself (Manager)
1991
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
as Manager
1991
0.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
as Harley Race (Manager)
1991
6.0
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
as Harley Race (Manager)
1991
10.0
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
as Himself
1990
10.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
as Harley Race
1989
5.1
WWE Survivor Series 1988
as Himself
1988
8.2
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
as "The King" Harley Race
1988
0.0
WWE WrestleMania IV
as "The King of Wrestling" Harley Race
1988
7.4
Clash of the Champions
as Manager
1988
0.0
Clash of the Champions
as Harley Race (Manager)
1988
0.0
Clash of the Champions
as Himself
1988
0.0
WrestleMania IV
as Harley Race
1988
0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
as "King" Harley Race
1988
6.6
George "The Animal" Steele
as Harley Race
1987
0.0
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
as Harley Race
1987
10.0
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Race
1987
8.5
🎬
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
as "King" Harley Race
1987
0.0
🎬
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
as "King" Harley Race
1987
0.0
The Ken Patera Story
as Harley Race
1987
0.0
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
as Harley Race
1987
0.0
WrestleMania III
as Self
1987
8.3
WWE WrestleMania III
as "King" Harley Race
1987
7.3
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
as "King" Harley Race
1987
0.0
🎬
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
as "King" Harley Race
1987
0.0
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
as Harley Race
1986
0.0
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as "King" Harley Race
1986
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as King Harley Race
1986
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Harley Race
1986
6.8
WWE The Big Event
as "King" Harley Race
1986
8.0
The Best of the WWF: volume 8
as Harley Race
1986
0.0
🎬
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86
as Harley Race
1986
0.0
AWA: WrestleRock '86
as Himself
1986
10.0
NWA World Championship Wrestling
as Harley Race
1985
0.0
AWA Super Clash
as Harley Race
1985
7.9
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
8.4
Saturday Night's Main Event
as King Harley Race
1985
8.4
🎬
PWUSA Star Wars
as Harley Race
1985
0.0
NWA Battle of the Belts
as Harley Race
1985
8.0
NWA Starrcade 1983
as Harley Race
1983
6.8
🎬
NWA The Race to Starrcade
as Himself
1983
0.0
🎬
WCCW Star Wars (June 1983)
as Harley Race
1983
10.0
🎬
WCCW Star Wars (August 1982)
as Harley Race
1982
10.0
🎬
WCCW Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show
as Harley Race
1982
0.0
World Class Championship Wrestling
as Harley Race
1982
0.0
🎬
NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show
as Harley Race
1982
0.0
Mid-South Wrestling
as Harley Race
1981
0.0
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
as Harley Race
1981
0.0
🎬
WCCW Star Wars (February 1981)
as Harley Race
1981
8.0
WCCW Star Wars
as Harley Race
1981
0.0
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
as Himself
1980
0.0
WWF Championship Wrestling
as Harley Race
1980
6.0
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
as Himself
1978
0.0
WWE Old School
as Harley Race
1973
0.0
WWE Old School
as "King" Harley Race
1973
0.0
🎬
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
N/A
10.0