History Wrestling / BobbyHeenan

* CassandraTruth: Had [[{{Kayfabe}} bashed]] Wrestling/HulkHogan for years as a bad person, then ended up looking like he was right when [=Hogan=] [FaceHeelTurn turned heel]], launching the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]].

* PowerStable: The Heenan Family, in [[http://www.rasslinrelics.com the World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis]], the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, [[http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com Georgia Championship Wrestling]], and Wrestling/{{WWE}} from the late 1960s until 1991.

* {{JerkAss}}: Heenan ripped on the faces a lot while a commentator, but none so much as Wrestling/TitoSantana. Interestingly, Tito was actually one of Heenan's favorite wrestlers in real life, and Heenan's constant ripping of him was an attempt to garner fan support for him.

* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: At ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania VI]]'' in 1990, was managing the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champions]] the Colossal Connection (Wrestling/AndreTheGiant and Haku) against the challengers Wrestling/{{Demolition}}. After the Demos won the match and the titles, after Andre's attempt at interference backfired against Haku (who had wrestled the entire match himself due to Andre's physical decline), Brain got in Andre's face and yelled at him for costing them the titles. Andre proceeded to slap the heck out of Brain, thus [[HeelFaceTurn turning himself face]], and left to the cheers of the crowd.

* CassandraTruth: Had [[{{Kayfabe}} bashed]] Wrestling/HulkHogan for years as a bad person, then ended up looking like he was right when [=Hogan=] [FaceHeelTurn turned heel]], launching the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder}} NWO]].

* CassandraTruth: Had [[{{Kayfabe}} bashed]] Wrestling/HulkHogan for years as a bad person, then ended up looking like he was right when [=Hogan=] [[{{FaceHeelTurn}} turned heel]], launching the [[{{Wrestling/NewWorldOrder}} NWO]].

* TheCastShowoff: In response to his snarking abilities and willingness to do virtually EVERYTHING to gain attention, Bobby Heenan was awarded his own talk show. Not an in-ring interview segment, not a "Piper's Pit" style roadshow, an actual hour long talk-show!

--> "A friend in need is a pest."

* BigYes: The 1992 Royal Rumble, which was won by Wrestling/RicFlair. The pinnacle of his announcing career was capped off by over half a dozen of these:

* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: At ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania VI]]'' in 1990, was managing the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champions]] the Colossal Connection (Wrestling/AndreTheGiant and Haku) against the challengers Demolition. After the Demos won the match and the titles, after Andre's attempt at interference backfired against Haku (who had wrestled the entire match himself due to Andre's physical decline), Brain got in Andre's face and yelled at him for costing them the titles. Andre proceeded to slap the heck out of Brain, thus [[HeelFaceTurn turning himself face]], and left to the cheers of the crowd.

** Several of his 90s-era post match commentaries featured 'The Brain Scan', which simply involved Heenan doodling a famous cartoon character like [[{{WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker}} Woody Woodpecker]] or [[{{ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS}} Dennis the Menace]] on the show's Telestrator while putting down a {{Face}} wrestler.

* SoftWater: Brought up at Wrestling/{{WCW}} Halloween Havoc 95, after Wrestling/HulkHogan pushed [[Wrestling/TheBigShow The Giant]] off the roof of Cobo Hall at the end of their Monster Truck challenge. Believing him to be dead from the fall, Bobby asked what side he fell into, river or street (with the implication being that falling into the water means finding his remains much more difficult). His commentary partners didn't see the difference. Cue FacePalm from Heenan.

** In fact, that night, when Hogan came out, ostensibly to aid the faces, Heenan (to the derision of the other commentators) was the only one to actually ask whose side Hogan was actually on.

'''Bobby "The Brain" Heenan''' is one of ProfessionalWrestling's most famous managers (and possibly the most successful), working throughout Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s "Federation Years" of [[TheEighties the '80s]] and [[TheNineties '90s]] as the manager of many a great wrestler and tag team, often running his collective of wrestlers under the name of "The Heenan Family". The Family was constantly opposed by [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and many of the wrestlers Heenan managed met with bitter defeat at Hogan's hands, despite Heenan's best efforts to ensure their victory. Aside from his managerial duties, Heenan was also a color commentator; he was one-half of (arguably) the greatest commentary duo in the history of the industry (with the late Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon), and he also worked for WCW for a number of years. Heenan is also an official member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

* ArchEnemy: HulkHogan, to the point where Hogan's heel turn actually made Heenan turn face, he detested the man so much.

* PowerStable: The Heenan Family, in [[http://www.rasslinrelics.com the World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis]], the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation [[http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com Georgia Championship Wrestling]], and Wrestling/{{WWE}} from the late 1960s until 1991.

** Several of his 90s-era post match commentaries featured 'The Brain Scan' Which simply invovled Heenan doodling a famous cartoon character like [[{{WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker}} Woody Woodpecker]] or [[{{ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS}} Dennis the Menace]] on the show's Telestrator while putting down a {{Face}} wrestler.

* BigYes: The 1992 Royal Rumble, which was won by Wrestling/Ric Flair. The pinnacle of his announcing career was capped off by over half a dozen of these:

You can read more about his life and career at ThatOtherWiki.

'''Bobby "The Brain" Heenan''' is one of ProfessionalWrestling's most famous managers (and possibly the most successful), working throughout Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s "Federation Years" of [[TheEighties the '80s]] and [[TheNineties '90s]] as the manager of many a great wrestler and tag team, often running his collective of wrestlers under the name of "The Heenan Family". The Family was constantly opposed by [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and many of the wrestlers Heenan managed met with bitter defeat at Hogan's hands, despite Heenan's best efforts to ensure their victory. Aside from his managerial duties, Heenan was also a color commentator; he was one-half of (arguably) the greatest commentary duo in the history of the industry (with the late Gorilla Monsoon), and he also worked for WCW for a number of years. Heenan is also an official member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

* SoftWater: Brought up at Wrestling/{{WCW}} WCW]] Halloween Havoc 95, after Wrestling/HulkHogan pushed [[Wrestling/TheBigShow The Giant]] off the roof of Cobo Hall at the end of their Monster Truck challenge. Believing him to be dead from the fall, Bobby asked what side he fell into, river or street (with the implication being that falling into the water means finding his remains much more difficult). His commentary partners didn't see the difference. Cue FacePalm from Heenan.

* JerkAss: Heenan ripped on the faces a lot while a commentator, but none so much as Tito Santana. Interestingly, Tito was actually one of Heenan's favorite wrestlers in real life, and Heenan's constant ripping of him was an attempt to garner fan support for him.

* PowerStable: The Heenan Family, in [[http://www.rasslinrelics.com the World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis]], [[{{Wrestling/AmericanWrestling Association}} the American Wrestling Association]], [[http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com Georgia Championship Wrestling]], and [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] from the late 1960s until 1991.

* SoftWater: Brought up at [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} WCW]] Halloween Havoc 95, after [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]] pushed [[{{Wrestling/TheBigShow}} The Giant]] off the roof of Cobo Hall at the end of their Monster Truck challenge. Believing him to be dead from the fall, Bobby asked what side he fell into, river or street (with the implication being that falling into the water means finding his remains much more difficult). His commentary partners didn't see the difference. Cue FacePalm from Heenan.

* BigYes: The 1992 Royal Rumble, which was won by [[{{Wrestling/RicFlair}} Ric Flair]]. The pinnacle of his announcing career was capped off by over half a dozen of these:
-->'''Bobby Heenan''': YES! YES! YES! YES! YES, YES, YES! [[{{Wrestling/RicFlair}} HE]] DID IT!

* CassandraTruth: Had [[{{Kayfabe}} bashed]] [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]] for years as a bad person, then ended up looking like he was right when [=Hogan=] [[{{FaceHeelTurn}} turned heel]], launching the [[{{Wrestling/NewWorldOrder}} NWO]].

'''"The Brain" Heenan''' is one of ProfessionalWrestling's most famous managers (and possibly the most successful), working throughout Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s "Federation Years" of [[TheEighties the '80s]] and [[TheNineties '90s]] as the manager of many a great wrestler and tag team, often running his collective of wrestlers under the name of "The Heenan Family". The Family was constantly opposed by [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and many of the wrestlers Heenan managed met with bitter defeat at Hogan's hands, despite Heenan's best efforts to ensure their victory. Aside from his managerial duties, Heenan was also a color commentator; he was one-half of (arguably) the greatest commentary duo in the history of the industry (with the late Gorilla Monsoon), and he also worked for WCW for a number of years. Heenan is also an official member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

'''[[BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]''' is one of ProfessionalWrestling's most famous managers (and possibly the most successful), working throughout Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s "Federation Years" of [[TheEighties the '80s]] and [[TheNineties '90s]] as the manager of many a great wrestler and tag team, often running his collective of wrestlers under the name of "The Heenan Family". The Family was constantly opposed by [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and many of the wrestlers Heenan managed met with bitter defeat at Hogan's hands, despite Heenan's best efforts to ensure their victory. Aside from his managerial duties, Heenan was also a color commentator; he was one-half of (arguably) the greatest commentary duo in the history of the industry (with the late Gorilla Monsoon), and he also worked for WCW for a number of years. Heenan is also an official member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

'''Gorilla Monsoon''': ''(exasperated)'' Will you ''stop?!''

** Several of his 90s-era post match commentaries featured 'The Brain Scan' Which simply invovled Heenan doodling a famous cartoon character like [[{{WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker}}Woody Woodpecker]] or [[{{ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS}} Dennis the Menace]] on the show's Telestrator while putting down a {{Face}} wrestler.

'''[[BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]''' is one of ProfessionalWrestling's most famous managers (and possibly the most successful), working throughout Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s "Federation Years" of [[TheEighties the '80s]] and [[TheNineties '90s]] as the manager of many a great wrestler and tag team, often running his collective of wrestlers under the name of "The Heenan Family". The Family was constantly opposed by HulkHogan, and many of the wrestlers Heenan managed met with bitter defeat at Hogan's hands, despite Heenan's best efforts to ensure their victory. Aside from his managerial duties, Heenan was also a color commentator; he was one-half of (arguably) the greatest commentary duo in the history of the industry (with the late GorillaMonsoon), and he also worked for WCW for a number of years. Heenan is also an official member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

* BigYes: The 1992 Royal Rumble, which was won by RicFlair. The pinnacle of his announcing career was capped off by over half a dozen of these:
-->'''Bobby Heenan''': YES! YES! YES! YES! YES, YES, YES! [[RicFlair HE]] DID IT!
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine. An American version, with Heenan as the Boke to GorillaMonsoon's Tsukkomi. Happened practically [[OnceAnEpisode once a match]]:

'''GorillaMonsoon''': ''(exasperated)'' Will you ''stop?!''
* TheCastShowoff: In response to his snarking abilities and willingness to do virtually EVERYTHING to gain attention, Bobby Heenan was awarded his own talk show. Not an in-ring interview segmen, not a "Piper's Pit" style roadshow, an actual hour long talk-show!
** Several of his 90s-era post round commentaries featured 'The Brain Scan' Which simply invovled Heenan doodling a famous chartoon character like Woody woodpecker or Dennis the Menace on the show's Telestrator while putting down a Face wrestler.

* RedBaron: The Brain.
* SoftWater: Brought up in one {{WCW}} pay-per-view, where HulkHogan pushed [[TheBigShow The Giant]] off of a roof. Believing him to be dead from the fall, Bobby asked what side he fell into, river or street (with the implication being that falling into the water means finding his remains much more difficult). His commentary partners didn't see the difference. Cue FacePalm from Heenan.

'''[[BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]''' is one of ProfessionalWrestling's most famous managers (and possibly the most successful), working throughout {{WWE}}'s "Federation Years" of [[TheEighties the '80s]] and [[TheNineties '90s]] as the manager of many a great wrestler and tag team, often running his collective of wrestlers under the name of "The Heenan Family". The Family was constantly opposed by HulkHogan, and many of the wrestlers Heenan managed met with bitter defeat at Hogan's hands, despite Heenan's best efforts to ensure their victory. Aside from his managerial duties, Heenan was also a color commentator; he was one-half of (arguably) the greatest commentary duo in the history of the industry (with the late GorillaMonsoon), and he also worked for WCW for a number of years. Heenan is also an official member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

* The Cast Showoff: In response to his snarking abilities and willingness to do virtually EVERYTHING to gain attention, Bobby Heenan was awarded his own talk show. Not an in-ring interview segmen, not a "Piper's Pit" style roadshow, an actual hour long talk-show!