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Former WWE Champion CM Punk paid tribute to the late Harley Race with a new tattoo.
In a photo posted on Instagram, tattoo artist Nick Colella shared his work with the caption “Stoked to do this memorial for pro wrestler Harley Race on his friend @cmpunk thanks for the trust.”
In 2019, CM Punk spoke on the importance of Harley Race for his career, and his plans to honor him with a tattoo. (h/t to 411Mania for the transcription)
On his sports-related tattoos: “The Harley Race tattoo is in motion … For sure [there are] two [sports tattoos]. I’ve got the cup for the [Chiago Black]hawks, and I have a little goat after the Cubs won the World Series. I guess the Misawa boot would be number three. I don’t know if I have any other wrestling related tattoos. Definitely going to get the Harley one memorialized, me and two other people who were close with Harley are going to get that.”
On the importance of getting the Harley Race tattoo: “That’s just the way it works now. Tattoos are, to me, it’s like a receipt and a road map to where you’ve been in life. And a lot of them tell stories. So I will get them to memorialize people, or events such as the Stanley Cup run in the summer, you know, my summer vacation … I think Harley was a big piece of my career, whether people realize it or not. And he’s just somebody who deserves to be memorialized, I feel.”
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