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Bobby Heenan was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2002. Though he beat it, he would never fully regain his voice, a tragic irony for someone so known for his quick wittedness and legendary commentary.
Bobby Heenan would improve the craft of managing so much that he would practically reinvent it. In Heenan’s early days, the managers would usually do nothing more then stand outside the ring and ...
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's life and career left an indelible mark on the world of professional wrestling. Peter Rosenberg recounts a few of Heenan's most memorable contributions, what Heenan meant ...
"He would later do that with my son," Solt said. "He'd put toilet paper down the back of my 18-month-old's pants and walk with him." Heenan was also known to reach out to tourists at popular photo ...
This is Bobby Heenan’s standup comedy special. WWE Network Heenan claims he’s been keeping a timer so he knows exactly how long Flair’s been in (around 16 minutes at this point).
The news of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's passing today gutted me. I loved our time together. No one ever did it better than the Wease. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) September 17, 2017 ...
So some might says it was once again just Bobby Heenan being Bobby Heenan. In the year 2000, Heenan started to slowly disappear from the commentary booth.
Four years before the WWE vs. WCW war, Heenan led a groundbreaking storyline that was a sign of the promotional feud to come. When WCW fired its world champ Ric Flair in 1991, Flair joined the WWE ...
You can call Bobby Heenan an evil genius or a broadcast journalist. Just don’t call him “The Weasel.” In a career spanning over four decades, Bobby Heenan was the “The Brain” behind some ...
Simply put, Bobby Heenan was the greatest manager in wrestling history, the standard to which all other managers would be compared.
Heenan’s biggest career jump in the AWA would be when he managed Ray Stevens and Nick Bockwinkel. Like most of the guys Bobby would work with, these three would become inseparable.