![]() ![]() ![]() Heenan's most notable victory came at WrestleMania IV, teaming with The Islanders to defeat The British Bulldogs and Koko B. In his in-ring debut at Madison Square Garden in November 1984, he pinned Salvatore Bellomo. Heenan also wrestled sporadically in his WWF run. Mr Perfect actually accepted it and Heenan said that he was talking and even slapped him as well. In an planned match with Macho Man Randy Savage, Heenan said that Mr. ![]() A few months after that, he led Mr Perfect to the first of two Intercontinental Championships. Immediately after the loss, Heenan began blaming the loss to André the Giant going as far as slapping him. Demolition would win the titles back in WrestleMania VI. A few months later after the Busters had lost the titles back to the tag team Demolition, he led the Colossal Connection (André and Haku) to the Tag Team Championship when they defeated Demolition. Shortly thereafter, he led the Brain Busters to the WWF World Tag Team championship. Heenan finally managed his first champion in the WWF when Rick Rude upset The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, a match Heenan insured Rude would win by holding Warrior's leg down so he could not break the pin. ![]() On an episode of Legends of Wrestling, Jim Ross claimed Heenan had received a six-figure payoff for his work in promoting the event-arguably the largest pay day in any managerial career.Īndré the Giant retaliates at Bobby HeenanĪfter being derided by announcers for his first five years in the WWF (mostly by Gorilla Monsoon) for never managing a champion, WrestleMania V was promoted as Heenan's quest, and best chance since WrestleMania III to manage a champion. While neither Bundy nor André would win the title at that time, André later bested Hogan for the championship on The Main Event on February 5, 1988, in a controversial win after he aligned himself with "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. Heenan and the Heenan Family had a monumental feud with wrestling icon Hulk Hogan in the '80s, and Heenan managed two WrestleMania challengers to Hogan's title, King Kong Bundy in 1986, and André the Giant in 1987. André then took the bag with the $15,000 and started to throw it out to the crowd at Madison Square Garden before Heenan rushed in and snatched the bag before scampering away to the safety of the dressing rooms. André dominated the Wrestlemania match with Studd, body slamming him. #Bobby thebrain heenen professionalHeenan once had a famous feud with André the Giant while managing Big John Studd about who was the true giant in professional wrestling (André was billed as being 7'4" (224 cm) while Studd was 6'10" (208 cm)), and famously challenged André to a $15,000 bodyslam match against Studd at the first WrestleMania, where André had to retire from wrestling if he had lost the match. As a manager, he was always one of the most hated men, often the most hated man, in the promotion.īobby Heenan and Big John Studd being interviewed by "Mean" Gene Oakerland Perfect, The Red Rooster, and The Brooklyn Brawler. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, King Kong Bundy, André the Giant, High Chief Sivi Afi, the Brain Busters (former Four Horsemen members Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), "Ravishing" Rick Rude, "King" Harley Race, the Islanders (Haku and Tama), Hercules, The Barbarian, Mr. He soon reformed the Heenan Family, which over the years in the WWF would include Studd, "Olympic Strong Man" Ken Patera, "Playboy" Buddy Rose, "Mr. With Ventura unable to wrestle, Heenan instead became Big John Studd's manager in matches first against WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and then in Studd's feud with André the Giant. While most of the AWA talent left for the WWF in this time without giving proper notice, only Heenan worked out his notice. In 1984, Vince McMahon lured Heenan away from the AWA to manage Jesse "The Body" Ventura however he was forced to end his active wrestling career. In his heyday, Heenan was one of the most despised but intellectually smart wrestling managers in the business, who created his own heel stable known as the Heenan Family, which existed in the AWA, the WWF and other promotions in various forms from the 1970s to the 1990s. Heenan began his career as a wrestler in 1965 in the American Midwest, but went on to his greatest successes as a manager, starting with the American Wrestling Association in 1969. ![]()
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