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    and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. Heenan was known for his skill in elevating villainous on-screen talent...
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    The Heenan Family was a stable of wrestlers managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan beginning in the 1970s. Heenan managed wrestlers under the Heenan Family...
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    Alfred Hayes, Gorilla Monsoon, Hillbilly Jim, Rod Trongard, and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Behind the scenes, Tony produced numerous home videos for Coliseum...
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  • Rooster and his former manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in a rare in-ring appearance as a wrestler. Accompanying Heenan to the ring was the Brooklyn Brawler...
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    André the Giant (category Heenan Family members)
    World Wrestling Federation), being paired with the villainous manager Bobby Heenan and feuding with Hulk Hogan. The two headlined WrestleMania III in 1987...
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    Headshrinkers. After feuding intensely with André for more than a year, Bobby Heenan's Heenan Family challenged André and a partner of his choice to face King...
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  • week, Hogan was on Piper's Pit first when André walked out with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, a long-time adversary of Hogan and André. He announced himself...
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    hosted by McMahon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura with the occasional use of Bobby Heenan in 1986 and 1987. In 1990, Roddy Piper replaced Ventura as McMahon's...
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  • Hercules (wrestler) (category Heenan Family members)
    however, his contract was "sold" by Slick to fellow heel manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Soon after, he dropped "Hernandez" from his ringname (though some...
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  • Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), accompanied to the ring by Bobby Heenan, and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart). In the middle...
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    would call the first hour of Nitro from ringside, and Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan would take over from their booth near the set at the top of the second...
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  • Bobby Heenan began yelling at André the Giant in the ring, blaming him for the loss, and slapping him in the face. In response, André grabbed Heenan and...
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  • came with a new manager Bobby Heenan. When Hogan learned of that, he begged André not to keep Heenan as his manager because Heenan was Hogan's longtime enemy...
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  • as a color commentator. Gorilla Monsoon hosted the event with Bobby Heenan. When Heenan had to manage at ringside in the opening match and again during...
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    Sam Fatu (category Heenan Family members)
    1987 after Bobby Heenan distracted their opponents The Can-Am Connection to help the Islanders win a match; the team was now managed by Heenan, and used...
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  • André announced his new manager, Bobby Heenan, Hogan's longtime on-screen rival. Hogan asked André to leave Heenan, which André refused. André then challenged...
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    for leverage, in Montreal in June. In the summer of 1988, he wrestled Bobby Heenan in a series of weasel suit matches, in which Warrior won by sleeper hold...
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  • vs. The Heenan Family, The Colossal Connection (André the Giant and Haku) and The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard). Bobby Heenan was a very...
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  • Schiavone did the play-by-play, while color commentary was split between Bobby Heenan and Jesse Ventura. Ventura was on the outs with WCW management at this...
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  • Challenge (1987-1988) Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan (February 7, 1988) Gorilla Monsoon, Tony Schiavone, and Bobby Heenan (June 25, 1989) Gorilla Monsoon and...
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  • back while Bobby Heenan, Rude's manager, tried to pull Rude out. The Warrior pulled both Rude and Heenan into the cage. He punched Heenan and then threw...
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    with Gorilla Monsoon replacing him as Ventura's co-host the week after. Bobby Heenan made his first appearance as Monsoon's co-host on April 28, 1986, and...
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  • of its box. The Crusher said the weasel was Bobby Heenan, a derisive nickname that stuck among Heenan's detractors. In 1975, Saturday Night Live (season...
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  • Heenan is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Heenan (born 1990), American footballer Bobby Heenan (1944–2017), American...
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    Islanders (professional wrestling) (category Heenan Family members)
    they wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation. They were managed by Bobby Heenan and had a memorable feud with The British Bulldogs in which they kidnapped...
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  • He later served as a guest commentator alongside Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan at Survivor Series 1993 in a match of the Hart Family against Shawn Michaels...
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    with him forever." His first interview was with Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Heenan, acting terrified when both were jumped from behind. He stayed with the...
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    Big John Studd (category Heenan Family members)
    occasions in slamming Studd. In late 1984, Studd was also paired with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Studd's best friend from the AWA), who helped take the André-Studd...
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    WWE's writers. Backstage interviewer Sean Mooney opens the show as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan attempts to enter the building with Mooney denying him entry due...
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  • December 1984. WWF personalities shown at the reception afterward included Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, J. J. Dillon, The Undertaker, and Jake Roberts. The last...
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