Jim Ross shoots on Bobby The Brain Heenan leaving WWF for WCW

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  • @devingoodson7213
    @devingoodson72133 жыл бұрын

    I loved how Bobby Heenan would sell and praise the Heels on commentary. He'd make them sound like and upstanding Babyface. He kept me dying.😂😂😂 His presence is definitely missed.

  • @Treklosopher

    @Treklosopher

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes sir! He was the best.

  • @r.josedefraga1205

    @r.josedefraga1205

    2 жыл бұрын

    They don't make personalities in wrestling like they used to, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan exemplified that.

  • @NarcisoSanchez

    @NarcisoSanchez

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bobby made me like the heels. Then it was Jesse Ventura

  • @robertschumann7737

    @robertschumann7737

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of his best mic work was when he would talk about Mr Perfect like he was the ultimate baby face and how he was always getting a raw deal.

  • @rlouie05

    @rlouie05

    Жыл бұрын

    Unlike some, when Hogan turned, he still thought of him as scum on commentary. Such consistency!

  • @shawnbrown2726
    @shawnbrown27263 жыл бұрын

    My favorite Heenan moment was when Hogan turned Heel and Bobby was shouting 'I told you, I told you all ' over and over again. a great, great moment. totally iconic.

  • @steveblake446

    @steveblake446

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I knew he was gonna do that!"

  • @StephenWestSyd

    @StephenWestSyd

    2 жыл бұрын

    The moment Hogan turned heel is the moment Bobby became a face but was still a weasel lol

  • @StephenWestSyd

    @StephenWestSyd

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@steveblake446 btw people say that moment ruined the heel turn. I always thought the opposite. It plays into Heenans hate for Hogan. Also Jesse Ventura pointed out how Hogan as a face still used heel tactics and fans loved him. I think wrestlemania 4 and summerslam 89 he did some cheap heel moves?

  • @DanielHernandez-mn6ob

    @DanielHernandez-mn6ob

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@StephenWestSyd 100 percent agree.. it made me think typical Bobby trying too make Hogan look bad 😂

  • @r.josedefraga1205

    @r.josedefraga1205

    2 жыл бұрын

    And so fitting, however and this is of course relying on two things...if Heenan was healthy and had a desire to manage again and Bischoff would have been content with staying behind the commentator's desk, Heenan managing Hogan in the nWo would have been epic! After all, back in 1987 no one ever thought Andre would ever align with Heenan. Hogan's heel turn with Heenan as his manager would have been an extra exclamation point! However, with Heenan retired form managing him still maintaining anti-Hogan sentiment was great just the same.

  • @bitplaya7432
    @bitplaya74323 жыл бұрын

    He should have mentioned that WCW gave him health insurance. Bobby was fond of saying he never had it until he worked for WCW

  • @nathancinker152

    @nathancinker152

    9 ай бұрын

    He could have purchased his own. He was making 6 figures in the late 80's. Ain't like he couldn't afford it.

  • @robert_bbiii
    @robert_bbiii3 жыл бұрын

    There will never be a team like Heenan and Monsoon. Every team is living in their shadow.

  • @BeeBumper

    @BeeBumper

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jessie and Vince were as good

  • @TFrost420

    @TFrost420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BeeBumper Jessie and Vince were indeed a good team, but they weren't AS good as Heenan and Monsoon.. not by a longshot

  • @taylorsmith9629

    @taylorsmith9629

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TFrost420 JR and King

  • @spaceace1006

    @spaceace1006

    Жыл бұрын

    Bobby Heenan & Gordon Solie would have been cool!

  • @spaceace1006

    @spaceace1006

    Жыл бұрын

    Only in the last few years did I ever see the AWA recordings with Bobby, Gene, Hogan, etc.

  • @granitemonkey
    @granitemonkey3 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Heenan was a treasure, just like Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene.

  • @Matt-vv7fl

    @Matt-vv7fl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree. Before J.R. and King there was Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "the brain" Heenan. That was the first announcer team I saw when I started wrestling as a kid and they were tremendous. Their chemistry was dynamic.

  • @granitemonkey

    @granitemonkey

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Matt-vv7fl Gorilla and The Brain were pure gold and no one else has ever come close to their comedy and chemistry. When they were on Prime Time Wrestling together. It was literally pure magic.

  • @sese6227

    @sese6227

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@granitemonkey 💯 Absolutely! Wrestling announcers should have to take a course, where they watch nothing but Monsoon/Heenan & JR/Lawler. Maybe then, their programming wouldn't sound like the announcers watched the match the day before, & were simply giving a recap. It's an absolute snooze fest, when it comes to commentary.

  • @granitemonkey

    @granitemonkey

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Toasted Trolling on a Sunday morning? How elegant.

  • @Bklyn_menace

    @Bklyn_menace

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @ericlove6487
    @ericlove64873 жыл бұрын

    Don't be a ham and egger. Bobby the brain was the best color ever. King was great, Bobby was legendary

  • @9liveslie-cat-lie129

    @9liveslie-cat-lie129

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is a reason why they call him the brain he was the best. And made the best exit ever lol

  • @countof3everybodyOD

    @countof3everybodyOD

    3 жыл бұрын

    But JR and King are the best team ever

  • @ZBR_ProXP

    @ZBR_ProXP

    3 жыл бұрын

    countof3everybodyOD Heenan and monsoon or Jesse, or even Vince macmahon

  • @scottmccullough8603

    @scottmccullough8603

    3 жыл бұрын

    They were all great, but Mean Gene as they backstage guy was and always will be the best.

  • @ericlove6487

    @ericlove6487

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@countof3everybodyOD I think it depends on how old you are. Can you imagine if we had JR and Bobby the Brain during the attitude era?

  • @bruisergiraffe4660
    @bruisergiraffe46603 жыл бұрын

    Nobody will ever surpass the brain. Best manager of all time rip Mr heenan

  • @sese6227

    @sese6227

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, without a doubt! The man had a gift for gab, like nobody else....an absolute legend. It's beyond Shameful, that the wwe and Vince, didn't take care of him and his family in his last days.

  • @troylowe814

    @troylowe814

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @stalinzambrana5755
    @stalinzambrana57553 жыл бұрын

    No one comes close to Bobby Heenan... the greatest commentator... him and Gorilla were and amazing due... chemistry unmatched

  • @jaquio69

    @jaquio69

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess if you weren't around in the days of Jesse "The Body" Ventura, then the "Weasel" could be debated as the greatest. Jesse and Gorilla, Jesse and Vince, Heenan and Gorilla, Heenan and Vince. Lawler and Vince... just good shit pal. Those were the days... when you didn't even know that Vince owned the whole thing.

  • @stalinzambrana5755

    @stalinzambrana5755

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jaquio69 yeah man all of them were great… yeah I was shocked when I found out Vince was the owner… for while I thought it was just a storyline they were doing lol like Ted DiBiase being so super Rich

  • @kshinokevin

    @kshinokevin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bobby "The Brain/Weasel" Heenan: "That is Correct/Right, They don't call me The Brain for nothing, you Humanoids."

  • @plonkersbro
    @plonkersbro3 жыл бұрын

    I heard with his injury's Bobby needed health insurance which with his deals as an on screen character he didn't get, whereas with WCW it was automatically apart of his contracts

  • @Jim-Tuner

    @Jim-Tuner

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is true. Onita wrecked his neck in Japan in 1983 before he even went to the WWE. He didn't have proper surgery on the injury until he got Turner health insurance in 1995. The story is that at that time of his life, getting on employer group health insurance was a whole lot more important than money was.

  • @plonkersbro

    @plonkersbro

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jim-Tuner And he knew he was never gonna get that with Vince even with his time with the company which was why apparently he never even bothered asking

  • @kefkarothsephka7708

    @kefkarothsephka7708

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jim-Tuner WWF!!!

  • @Matt-cr4vv

    @Matt-cr4vv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always appreciate when people recognize that there were more reasons people went to WCW than just simply annual income. Lots of people enjoy saying the ATM Eric line, but he's mentioned that a lot of people who came to WCW didn't actually make more because they didn't have the attendance and merch to pay like WWF did on discretionary income so he offered guaranteed contracts with less dates to compete. A lot of people forget to calculate that WCW may have been more money for some, but for many it was simply good money while having a much higher standard of living by not having to be on the road all the time.

  • @dramahawkpromotions9621

    @dramahawkpromotions9621

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ohhh woww that is why he left? Can't be Mad at him

  • @R10gaming316
    @R10gaming3163 жыл бұрын

    miss hearing him wwf or wcw, always awesome and funny.

  • @theexteriorminister6786
    @theexteriorminister67863 жыл бұрын

    Nobody did it better than Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. A great heel manager, excellent color commentator, and one of the funniest human beings in the world 🌎. May God rest his soul.

  • @DrRobGilles
    @DrRobGilles3 жыл бұрын

    I say this on almost every video I see about this man. Bobby Heenan, outside of Vince McMahon himself, is the most important figure in the history of professional wrestling. At minimal he’s on the mt Rushmore. And that’s saying a lot seeing he wasn’t a prominent in ring performer. Bobby Heenan was the best mouthpiece ever. He was funny. He was witty. He just had a feel for the business in ways that most people didn’t understand. He knew how to promote intrigue even when performers weren’t wrestling. He knew how to get himself and his guys heat. He knew how to get his opponent over and his fellow announcer over. The 80s globalized the business not just because of hogan and warrior but because Bobby Heenan was there to get hogan and warrior over and to present them with a stable of quality heels to oppose them. You can say something similar about gene but gene wasn’t as involved as Bobby. Simply put Bobby was the best this business has ever seen and the wrestling business will never be the same because there will never be another person like Bobby Heenan. To this day I sometimes turn on the WWE network and listen to shows with Bobby on it just as background noise while I do work. Don’t even watch the matches. That’s how great he was.

  • @archer8814

    @archer8814

    2 жыл бұрын

    Calm down a bit

  • @Matt-cr4vv

    @Matt-cr4vv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Heenan was the GOAT of what he did, but saying he's the second most important figure seems a bit far.

  • @DrRobGilles

    @DrRobGilles

    2 жыл бұрын

    Matt perhaps. It’s a fair argument because in most cases the wrestlers are more important than the supporting cast. Kinda like how players are more important than the coaches in sports. However in some cases there are coaches that matter more than the players. I’m not going to fight anyone saying that wrestlers are more important than managers and announcers. But in Bobby’s case he did so much for the promotion in so many different ways. He was the Swiss Army knife. I think the average fan doesn’t realize how important a mouthpiece is in wrestling. Paul hey man is more important than 95 percent of the roster in WWE Back in the days Bobby was even more than that to WWE. He managed 10 guys, most of which couldn’t talk. He was a heat magnet so that a baby face always had credible opponents. He bumped in the ring. He provided comic relief. He did talk shows. He did all the interviews for his guys. Later on he announced. A wrestler contributes to one match and one story line a night. Back in the day he contributed to 95 percent of the product and got everyone over doing it. Yes hulk and Austin made more money then anyone. But outside or hulk and Austin and probably flair I think Bobby was more important than anyone in the history of the business. You can argue guys like Shawn bret warrior Macho rock undertaker. Really big names. I ain’t gonna fight you over that. Im just saying there is argument to be made that Bobby was more important than everyone besides the huge money draws. When wrestling exploded Bobby Heenan was the golden era in the 80s. Even at Bobby’s worst, Bobby was a primary voice of the Monday night wars. for every hero there has to be some obstacle and villain to overcome. No one did it better than Bobby and with more style wit and humor. He made you wanna hate him but deep down you couldn’t because he was too funny

  • @BeeBumper

    @BeeBumper

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was global long before warrior. Dude was flash in the pan

  • @marcbasil

    @marcbasil

    11 ай бұрын

    Warrior? You mean Motch, right? You got the two confused?

  • @artmeddaugh6669
    @artmeddaugh66693 жыл бұрын

    It was only fitting to see "The Brain", "Mean Gene", and Hogan in WCW in the mid 90's, after the trio had been in the AWA and the WWF. Those three elevated WCW back into good times, because quite honest, I thought WCW mostly stunk from 89 until these guys arrived. Great Characters, and great legends of pro wrestling.

  • @christianrapper

    @christianrapper

    3 жыл бұрын

    I miss hearing this “now let me tell you something Mean Gene.”

  • @Jim-Tuner

    @Jim-Tuner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. The three of them went to the WWE for money in the 1980s and went to WCW for the same reason in the 1990s. Its not hard to understand. And as Brisco's termination recently proved, even if Vince McMahon owes you everything and promises you a job for life, his word means nothing and he will forget you when he is done with you. And as Oliver Luck found out, even if you have a signed contract with Vince McMahon saying you will be paid a certain amount of money, that doesn't mean anything either.

  • @TAMPATLBLACK

    @TAMPATLBLACK

    3 жыл бұрын

    WCW 95-97 was great! Any other year WWF was better imo

  • @TAMPATLBLACK

    @TAMPATLBLACK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jim-Tuner most wrestlers say Vince is a man of his word when comes to money owed.

  • @sinicalypse

    @sinicalypse

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hootie, Weasel, and Gene elevated WCW into the Dungeon of Doom era. Absolute legends of the squared circle. Dark Hogan > NWO Hogan. Don't give Dark Hogan a sword when he's focused on meng.

  • @DirtyMac5151
    @DirtyMac51513 жыл бұрын

    Jim Ross leaving WCW, then leaving WWE as well. I came up on 1989-1994 WCW, to me it's the golden era of pro wrestling. The early 90s roster of wrestlers on WCW is tremendous, lots of highly talented guys who went on to have great careers; examples, Steve Austin, Sting and guys like Flyin Brian Pillman, who had an impactful career even though it was very short. He was a shooting star. Jim Ross' voice is the voice I hear in my head when I reminisce about that era. Jim on WWF sounded so out of place to me. Eventually this changed for me but it was a shock at first for sure! Same can be said for his departure from WWE, it was shocking to not hear him calling the matches anymore!

  • @TheLordcyrus
    @TheLordcyrus3 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Heenan was one of a kind. I miss watching wwf back in the day.

  • @christianrapper

    @christianrapper

    3 жыл бұрын

    Man, I hated him as a kid. Lol. He did his job excellently

  • @TheLordcyrus

    @TheLordcyrus

    3 жыл бұрын

    christianrapper same.

  • @bxbomber85
    @bxbomber85 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if Bobby stayed and partnered with Jim during the Attitude Era. What a pair that would've been.

  • @XLordLeamingtonX
    @XLordLeamingtonX3 жыл бұрын

    Heenan and Okerlund, two more legendary guys who slipped through stubborn old cheapskate Verne's fingers.

  • @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731
    @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa37313 жыл бұрын

    I really miss Bobby The Brain 🧠 Heenan. I counted myself amongst the "Brainiacs". I miss yea Bobby! Thanks for the wonderful memories as a kid man!👍🏽

  • @rossrachelbrady
    @rossrachelbrady3 жыл бұрын

    I loved Bobby!

  • @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah...me to.👍🏽

  • @josesolorzano368
    @josesolorzano3683 жыл бұрын

    I was at WCW Halloween Havoc 93 in New Orleans, LA when Mean Jean was introduced in WCW before even the pre-show went live. He made his official appearance the following month officially. The crowd went nuts!!! Then Bobby Heenan made his debut in Baton Rouge, LA at Clash of Champions in Feb 94.

  • @christophersuswal9544
    @christophersuswal95443 жыл бұрын

    "He's playing quarterback and I'm playing safety." These two positions are the furthest away from each other before the ball is snapped. It goes without saying because of all of the witty calls throughout ths years, but JR is just world class at improvising brilliant sentiments. Hes just awesome to listen to and every episode feels like it gets better

  • @shaneg4383
    @shaneg4383Ай бұрын

    I sometimes just listen to old clips for fun and holy cow hearing Conrad say the line about Roman gave me like a flashback of 3 years “we’ll wait and see” Connie we saw brother!

  • @moedog
    @moedog3 жыл бұрын

    I miss the old days

  • @mikealan2719

    @mikealan2719

    2 жыл бұрын

    Then watch AEW

  • @vaadaenmacchi
    @vaadaenmacchi3 жыл бұрын

    His antics and commentary during the outsiders takeover in unparalleled

  • @cyprussphil2299
    @cyprussphil22992 жыл бұрын

    Heenan was a genius 💯 Wrestling wise, management wise, knowledge wise, and definitely comedy wise he was second to none! I watched as much for heenen as 8 did the wrestling 💯 💗

  • @HereIsWisdom1318
    @HereIsWisdom13183 жыл бұрын

    Its cool what Vince did for Gene. Btw, i think Gene got to wcw before bobby did, cuz Okerland acted some type of way when Bobby came in.

  • @msm1876
    @msm18763 жыл бұрын

    2:23 **Wistful sigh** For as much of a conniving ne’er do well jackass he played on TV, Heenan the real life man was a great American success story...just an inspiring example of hard work and talent!

  • @larryholle7971
    @larryholle79712 жыл бұрын

    Janetty dived through the window in an attempt to escape what an act of cowardice 🤣🤣🤣

  • @erinlorca1240

    @erinlorca1240

    Жыл бұрын

    😆😆😆

  • @stalinzambrana5755
    @stalinzambrana57552 жыл бұрын

    Definitely… Bobby will always be WWF… he was the best and no one comes close… so many memories… hard to remember him in the WCW even though I watched all the time

  • @clevlandblock
    @clevlandblock3 жыл бұрын

    I remember Heenan from the 1970's Bob Luce wrestling show on WFLD Chicago. He always mixed it up with the Crusher, Dick the Bruiser, Verne Gagne, the Sheik, the Legionnaires, and guys like the Baron von Raschke, Billy Superstar Graham, and Pepper Gomez.

  • @icemike874

    @icemike874

    3 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Moran...Miss those Days Too

  • @scottbaker7104
    @scottbaker7104 Жыл бұрын

    Bobby the Brain Heenan was one of the greatest performers in wrestling history and I would bet my life on that you will never see anything close to Bobby again

  • @Bryan8329
    @Bryan83293 жыл бұрын

    Short of losing Hogan, the hole left by Heenan and Okerlund was felt for a long time because the people they put in to fill those voids were not up to task.

  • @Bryan8329

    @Bryan8329

    3 жыл бұрын

    @tim simpson Individually I think of those four nobody was better than Bobby and JR, who had an immediate chemistry together for only working together for the several months in 1993 that they did. But as far as the teams go I think Jim and Jerry were better. Lawler was pretty much a cartoon on commentary during the "New Generation" days with Vince, but Ross brought out the Lawler who could talk people into the building back in his working days. Don't get me wrong, Bobby and Gorilla had their moments but I never thought Monsoon was a great announcer. Not terrible, but he needed guys like Heenan and Jesse Ventura to create some tension with.

  • @Abyssoft
    @Abyssoft3 жыл бұрын

    Audio quality on this one is really low; there are pops, cracks, and snaps across the entire clip.

  • @chrisbeckett14
    @chrisbeckett143 жыл бұрын

    I watch old wrestling just to hear bobby

  • @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    3 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the change makes it hard to watch for me...

  • @kwamedotcom3696
    @kwamedotcom3696 Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed that one

  • @GravyDaveNewson
    @GravyDaveNewson2 жыл бұрын

    Ventrua set the standard for colour-commentary but Heenan took it to another level and no one has ever matched it.

  • @shaund9790
    @shaund97903 жыл бұрын

    Legend.

  • @Tizzo1982
    @Tizzo19823 жыл бұрын

    Always Remember, A Friend In Need Is A Pain In The Neck

  • @DrRobGilles

    @DrRobGilles

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol. Close but Bobby’s saying was a friend in need is a pest lmao!

  • @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    3 жыл бұрын

    I miss you Bobby! Thanks for all the great memories !👍🏽

  • @tacoma171
    @tacoma1713 жыл бұрын

    Bobby, King and Jesse were the best heel commentators ever! You believed, that they believed, the stuff they said. And many times they had valid points with the heel supporting arguments they would make. Classic, classic, classic stuff. Old school legends. Makes me sad to think this is a lost art

  • @Timmermon63
    @Timmermon632 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always thought the Brain coined the phrase “ham n egger”

  • @randomlyweirdjeff4638
    @randomlyweirdjeff46382 жыл бұрын

    WWE doesn't have any announcers like Bobby Heenan and JR anymore.

  • @mrtrin
    @mrtrin3 жыл бұрын

    If Heenan never went to WCW, we would have never had his commentary on WCW Saturday Night on Jim Duggan

  • @thewho2482
    @thewho24823 жыл бұрын

    I miss Bobby. My Favorite line from Bobby Henan, Those Ham and Eggers over there. Lol

  • @jamesmuller1481
    @jamesmuller14813 жыл бұрын

    Heenan was in WCW well into 2000. I remember him hosting the last Thunder. He looked completely healthy and showed no signs of being sick. Can you imagine if he never left WWF. I wonder what it would have been like for him in the Attitude era with Rock and Austin. It could have happened.

  • @captainthrall
    @captainthrall2 жыл бұрын

    Rofl classic Vince... he signed a contract, then 2 weeks later said, "ah, sorry pal I can only pay you half." He did the exact same thing with Bret Hart. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, but imagine the genius of these moves if they were intentional. 1) Vince offers an employee millions and millions of dollars with no intentions on paying. 2) Vince tells the guy to go to WCW offering to defect. 3) The guy tells WCW "Well I'd leave, but you have to beat my WWF contract." 4) WCW is forced to pay the exorbitant salary, bleeding the company.

  • @kevinbrooks1104
    @kevinbrooks11043 жыл бұрын

    I liked Bobby cause he disliked hogan

  • @RobSaulShow

    @RobSaulShow

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then you must of loved Jesse Ventura

  • @michaelallanrubin2376

    @michaelallanrubin2376

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bobby reconciled with him right before he got sick

  • @Bryan8329

    @Bryan8329

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was under the impression that him and Hogan always got along behind the scenes.

  • @michaelallanrubin2376

    @michaelallanrubin2376

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bryan8329 that's a fallacy

  • @kevinbrooks1104

    @kevinbrooks1104

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bryan8329 no he didn't like hogan because hogan rarely did anything to help others,he was in it for the money and nobody was going to have the title even for a week .he is like these tv shows in the music. They influence everything you hear now you have to sing and be a model, so we won't be hearing songs from people like Bob Dylan or Neil Young. In the end people like Mr perfect or big Jhon stud,bam bam ,just a bunch got pass over, so people like wrestlers that they can relate to, be it a color attude looks area everything hulk stole that from everyone because of greed.

  • @Ghost-304
    @Ghost-30410 ай бұрын

    Bobby Heenan showing off the real World Heavyweight Championship on Wwf is iconic moment. Telling fans for weeks , months that real world heavyweight champion was coming to Wwf and it’s not Hogan and then Flair shows up on Wwf Tv then winning the Royal Rumble and the promo that Bobby Heenan, Mr Perfect and Rick Flair did after Royal Rumble was one of the greatest moments. We hate to be ones who told u so , But we told you so lmao. And then With a tear in my eye by Flair was great. Bobby Heenan is greatest manager of all time in wrestling and if Bobby was able have Podcast he would have biggest wrestling podcast hands down

  • @trentonmcclintock7836
    @trentonmcclintock78363 жыл бұрын

    "... Yeah but WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON!?"

  • @imogenaris1697
    @imogenaris16973 жыл бұрын

    These stories are great. It's interesting to hear about moments where Vince showed he had a heart when making sure Gene was taken care of financially. Wrestling aside for a moment, Bobby was so successful because he was smart. Imagine if he had been "college educated". He was one of the main reasons people tuned in to the WWF, let alone the talent. Vince should have taken better care of Bobby as well as Gene. JR is spot on about Lanza. His HOF acceptance speech was hard to watch.

  • @hokogan7258
    @hokogan72582 жыл бұрын

    Bobby didn't deserve how his last 5 or so years went in life.

  • @russsnyder2026
    @russsnyder20263 жыл бұрын

    He’s not lying about The Sopranos. Greatest show ever

  • @cedricdamon6581

    @cedricdamon6581

    2 жыл бұрын

    James Gandolfini 💯

  • @jesseandrews2303
    @jesseandrews23033 жыл бұрын

    Heenan left WWF to do commercials and in between family life. That all changed when WCW offered him an extravagant amount of money.

  • @Treklosopher
    @Treklosopher3 жыл бұрын

    JR's voice was synonymous to me with big WWE events. I guess times can't help but to change, whether we like it or not.

  • @jimdebow2552
    @jimdebow25527 ай бұрын

    What a great heel in wrestling yet a gentleman in life

  • @leestens419
    @leestens419 Жыл бұрын

    People don't always realize, commentary is part of what makes great matches even better. Shelton Benjamin beating HHH on Raw felt like something major was happening partly because of JR calling the match

  • @IVdarealonly
    @IVdarealonly11 ай бұрын

    A real legend

  • @mongoslade4016
    @mongoslade40162 жыл бұрын

    I almost cried

  • @Zacknafin
    @Zacknafin2 жыл бұрын

    I will never forget the Brains call of the huminoids. His constant jibber jabber keeper me rolling.

  • @theclownservatarian6410
    @theclownservatarian64103 жыл бұрын

    How different (better or worse) would the WWF Attitude Era have been with Bobby Heenan there?

  • @Tony-fq5bn

    @Tony-fq5bn

    3 жыл бұрын

    TBH, I don't think it would have been bad, but Jerry Lawler was perfect for the Attitude Era(honestly I like Lawler over Heenan in general)

  • @theclownservatarian6410

    @theclownservatarian6410

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tony Roca I guess Heenan fit well with the WCW/NWO storyline.

  • @ZBR_ProXP

    @ZBR_ProXP

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Clownservatarian he would have been a great fit if they let him be NWO

  • @Bryan8329

    @Bryan8329

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tony-fq5bn Lawler only got good as an announcer when he was with JR. He was pretty terrible in the mid-90's during the "New Generation" phase.

  • @rlouie05
    @rlouie05 Жыл бұрын

    Less road travel, closer to family, more money, why would anyone turn that down?

  • @stevejamieson8468

    @stevejamieson8468

    Жыл бұрын

    That was one of the driving factors that made many people jump ship to WCW. Those guaranteed contracts provided much needed financial stability.

  • @fritzhoffmann9746
    @fritzhoffmann9746 Жыл бұрын

    Heenan is a national treasure.

  • @kennethmalone4689
    @kennethmalone46893 жыл бұрын

    I don't see how anyone can question Heenan's place as the #1 manager. There might even be an argument that he's the #1 character/ personality in the history of the business. It's a tight race with the Mr. McMahon character. I give it to Bobby. He was wrestling/ managing when Vince was focused in announcing.

  • @bobbybk1965
    @bobbybk19653 жыл бұрын

    THE "BRAIN HEENAN"🕵️💡 BOBBY!!

  • @Tweet_Wrestling
    @Tweet_Wrestling3 жыл бұрын

    Bobby was sooo good.

  • @wezacker6482
    @wezacker64822 жыл бұрын

    Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan remains my favorite pro-wrestling figure. Without question, the best Manager and the best commentator (gotta tip the hat to Gorilla too, he set the ball for Bobby to spike all the time, but no one could spike it like The Brain.)

  • @Ghost-304
    @Ghost-30410 ай бұрын

    It’s kinda crazy how Flair shows up and is with Bobby . Flair brings real world heavyweight championship belt to Wwf, then Flair , Bobby, Mene Gene, Hogan all leaves around the same time it’s kinda crazy how Vince let them go to Wcw .

  • @enriquesanchez1550
    @enriquesanchez15503 жыл бұрын

    U Can't Replace Bobby. Bobby i miss u This new generation don't understand the legends bobby Everyone loved u .

  • @thefloridian6072
    @thefloridian60723 жыл бұрын

    The money WCW was throwing around was insane. Gene and Bobby were seizing an opportunity to set themselves up. I cant blame them. This kind of pay is one of the reasons WCW fell apart but for a while it was a cash cow --- I mean they were paying mid card guys high six figures --

  • @mikeborsum8881
    @mikeborsum88812 жыл бұрын

    Gorilla and Bobby were the first announce team that I remember watching on WWE. No one else has ever come close, in any promotion, no disrespect to the likes of JR and Gordon Solie.

  • @BarbellRoy
    @BarbellRoy3 жыл бұрын

    WWF was NEVER the same after Bobby Heenan left. J.R. was GREAT but he was no, Heenan!

  • @ronniejdio9411
    @ronniejdio94113 жыл бұрын

    Who was hogans arch rival during thise first ten years ? Bobby the Brain. Bobby is as responsible for hulkamanias success as anyone who isnt orange

  • @GlorifiedTruth
    @GlorifiedTruth2 жыл бұрын

    12:29 -- JR corrects his grammar after making my pet peeve grammatical error! JR is THE MAN.

  • @thepunditspundit1776
    @thepunditspundit17762 жыл бұрын

    Bobby had a very unusual skill as a heel. He was a weasel, he was underhanded, he rooted for fellow heels, but he put over the face just enough to make it sound like he’d love to manage them if they just got over the idea of wanting to kiss ass, and learn to be more aggressive

  • @duck_5150
    @duck_51502 жыл бұрын

    "But who's side is he on??!!"

  • @alphatoddio

    @alphatoddio

    2 жыл бұрын

    What are you talking about 😅🤣

  • @tonyg76
    @tonyg76 Жыл бұрын

    I will always say that no commentating team will ever be as good as Bobby and Gorilla. My Mom and I always laughed at Bobby and Gorillas' antics/commentary. Banana phone, being chased by Winston/Matilda, etc... I am sure wrestling misses them both.

  • @stephenrogers4537
    @stephenrogers45373 жыл бұрын

    BH was the best I'll miss you Ray😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

  • @spaceace1006
    @spaceace1006 Жыл бұрын

    Bobby Heenan was the "Don Rickles of Pro.Wrestling"!!! He was always funny as hell!

  • @peterogness9443
    @peterogness94433 жыл бұрын

    Bobby heenan is the goat greatest of all time

  • @zerocool1884
    @zerocool1884 Жыл бұрын

    How much to have these shows with conrad edited out?

  • @mackmcmillan9905
    @mackmcmillan9905 Жыл бұрын

    Hearing some names I've never encountered (which is most, don't get me wrong) is fun to research. Sam Muchnick's non-wrestling history is as wild as they come. Ukrainian Jewish boy finds himself in the USA, grows up to be drafted into the Army for WWII, then ends up a promoter in St Louis, MO of all places... What a life!

  • @zt1053
    @zt10536 ай бұрын

    Bobby only actually had a few years as the top heel announcer in the wwf. Jesse Ventura had that role until he left in 1990. Bobby actually only did wwf pay per views from 91-93. Its interesting that wcw demoted Ventura when heenan arrived

  • @darrylnevels6141
    @darrylnevels614110 ай бұрын

    I always wonder about that?😮😮😮😮

  • @jotac87278
    @jotac8727813 күн бұрын

    Bobby throwing zingers at Pat is hilarious! In a shoot interview from years ago, Gene said that he made millions off of the hotline he used to run

  • @trentaccid2177
    @trentaccid21774 ай бұрын

    IT'S FUNNY THAT JIM ROSS TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE BEING FIRED AND HE HIMSELF GOT FIRED.

  • @xtraspecialmango
    @xtraspecialmango3 жыл бұрын

    WCW gave them full health benefits.

  • @josephmiller9424
    @josephmiller94246 ай бұрын

    Many say Hogan or Flair as the greatest but to me Bobby THE BRAIN is the greatest he could wrestle underrated and could talj on the mic the best so you put it all together you have the goat

  • @other-terrestriallifeform1851
    @other-terrestriallifeform18512 жыл бұрын

    BOBBY "THE LIGHTENING ROD" HEENAN,rip good sir! It's not the same without him.

  • @mattroxursoul
    @mattroxursoul Жыл бұрын

    Top heel managers make a ton of sense. They can help draw heat, and let the baby face get a bit of revenge here and there while protecting the heel wrestler.

  • @flrpitflrp1965
    @flrpitflrp19653 жыл бұрын

    To me Bobby was AWA first.

  • @ksturdevant10
    @ksturdevant1010 ай бұрын

    I gotta say with all due respect to the late bobby h, and gorilla monsoon! Jr and the king should go down as best commenting team in history!

  • @botfantasies6229
    @botfantasies62299 ай бұрын

    My favorite Bobby memories were from WWF Primetime when him and Mr. Perfect would talk shit to McMahon and whoever the baby face guests were.

  • @georgeg7714
    @georgeg7714 Жыл бұрын

    Bobby definitely was no ham and egger. I remember first seeing him when he was managing Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens.

  • @timothyl8237
    @timothyl82372 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid In the 90s I hated Heenan loved Hogan. When I got older and looked back I got the jokes Heenan was throwing at ya, and I knew he was the best thing wrestling ever had, I love to laugh.

  • @wanalikdemfeet
    @wanalikdemfeet3 жыл бұрын

    He is the GOAT. Only Cornette can be uttered in the same breath.

  • @mistercarroll2474
    @mistercarroll24742 жыл бұрын

    I still like to think had Bobby stuck around Gorilla might of lived bit longer. Bobby , Bret both misused in WCW.

  • @victorysaber1608
    @victorysaber16083 жыл бұрын

    I think Bobby and Paul bearer were the best managers. While he was noticed alot, the mouth of the south wasn't at that level.

  • @PittsburghAfterDark

    @PittsburghAfterDark

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. For some reason Bobby's wrestlers always seemed to be a legit threat for every title they were competing for. Paul Bearer/Percy Pringle had that huge mystique of only having or needing one wrestler. Jimmy Hart just seemingly took on everyone and maybe because HTM seemed so mid-card for life and a horrible fluke IC champion I never took him seriously as a manager.

  • @PittsburghAfterDark

    @PittsburghAfterDark

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. For some reason Bobby's wrestlers always seemed to be a legit threat for every title they were competing for. Paul Bearer/Percy Pringle had that huge mystique of only having or needing one wrestler. Jimmy Hart just seemingly took on everyone and maybe because HTM seemed so mid-card for life and a horrible fluke IC champion I never took him seriously as a manager.

  • @chm9935
    @chm99352 жыл бұрын

    Heenan stated he left the wwf because he was tired of it. He took the wcw position for the money and to be closer to his daughter who was in college.

  • @ravenstrahd5234
    @ravenstrahd52343 жыл бұрын

    Wrestling Shoot Drinking game: Drink a shot everytime Conrad mentions Dave Meltzer.

  • @sinicalypse

    @sinicalypse

    3 жыл бұрын

    But I dont wanna get drunk!

  • @thesultanofsaltines921
    @thesultanofsaltines921 Жыл бұрын

    It's hard for me to think of Bobby the Brain Heenan without thinking of Gorilla Monsoon or vice versa. And I can't think of those two together without hearing in my mind Gorilla telling the Brain "WILL YOU STOP IT?!?! lol

  • @Jwjmcc
    @Jwjmcc Жыл бұрын

    The brain was hilarious,I’d bet vince didn’t expect Heenan to leave that’s why it happened

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