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Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler.He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan.
He teamed with Bobby Duncum and was managed by Bobby Heenan. [9] During his time in the company, his gimmick was that of a Western cowboy. [10] The duo won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on July 23, 1976. [11] In the 1970s, Lanza and Mulligan teamed up to form The Blackjacks. [4] Lanza was a main-eventer when the duo began teaming together ...
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 Kong Bundy and Big John Studd in a tag team match on April 26, 1986. [2] When André did not show and was replaced by Ted Arcidi, [3] Bobby Heenan launched a campaign to get him suspended from the WWF ...
Eventually, the Bulldogs and Islanders met on opposite sides of a 6-man tag team match (along with Koko B. Ware teaming with the Bulldogs and Bobby Heenan with The Islanders) at WrestleMania IV. [5] "High Chief" Afi joined the tag team to make a trio for one episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, taped April 21, 1988 and aired on May 7, 1988. [2]
The 1992 Royal Rumble was the fifth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 19, 1992, at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.
On November 12, 1985, Okerlund, along with Hulk Hogan, Bobby Heenan, Ricky Steamboat, Davey Boy Smith, Corporal Kirchner, Dynamite Kid and Big John Studd, appeared on The A-Team. That same year, Okerlund even interviewed Liberace (one of the highest paid entertainers at the time) at his penthouse at Trump Tower. [4]
After Orndorff fired Heenan as his manager, Heenan placed a $25,000 bounty on Orndorff, payable to anyone who could injure him. [23] When no one succeeded, Heenan upped the bounty to $50,000. [ 19 ] One of the first men to try to claim the new, higher bonus was Piper himself, but their matches got so out of hand that Bruno Sammartino was ...
Heenan was the last surviving member of the team, but was easily defeated by the Warrior. After Survivor Series, the Colossal Connection challenged the two time WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition , winning the titles on December 13, 1989 [ 4 ] (shown on TV December 30), launching them into a feud with Demolition. [ 2 ]