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Bobby Heenan, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, The Brain, The Weasel
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Raymond Louis Heenan was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, wrestler, and comedian. He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), WWE 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 by drawing negative reactions for himself and his wrestlers from the crowd. He was paired with numerous wrestlers, including Nick Bockwinkel, whom he led to win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, and he became an integral figure in the 1980s professional wrestling boom by managing King Kong Bundy and André the Giant in WWE main event matches with Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 2 and WrestleMania III respectively. The wrestlers under his tutelage were collectively known as "The Heenan Family" at various times throughout his career. Known for his quick wit and comedic ability, Heenan also served as a color commentator and is remembered for his on-screen repartee with Gorilla Monsoon. Outside of wrestling, Heenan authored two books, appeared on numerous television shows, and briefly hosted a parody talk show titled The Bobby Heenan Show on WWE Prime Time Wrestling. Heenan retired in 2001 at WrestleMania X-Seven after a seventeen-year stint as a commentator in professional wrestling but he continued to make sporadic appearances in several promotions. In 2002, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, which limited his appearances in later years, and died from complications of the disease in 2017. Among other honors, he has been inducted into the Professional Wrestling, WWE, and Wrestling Observer halls of fame. After his death, multiple wrestling commentators described his manager persona as the "greatest professional wrestling manager of all time."
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1944-11-01
- event Death Date 2017-09-17
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.7
- info Birth Place Chicago, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Ray Heenan
6.6
WrestleMania
1985-03-31
0
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
1999-03-09
5.1
WWE: Triple H - The Game
2002-06-24
6.4
WrestleMania II
1986-04-07
7.5
WWE WrestleMania III
1987-03-29
0
Battle of the WWE Superstars
1990-08-23
10
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1991-06-27
0
WWF Hottest Matches
1990-10-25
10
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
1991-01-24
0
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
1991-05-23
0
WWF SuperTape vol. 2
1990-07-25
0
WWE Demolition
1989-08-09
0
WWF Hulkamania 2
1987-05-01
0
WWE Mega Matches
1991-03-28
0
WWE Rampage '91
1991-10-24
0
The Ultimate Warrior
1989-06-28
0
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
1986-06-06
7.3
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991-03-24
7.8
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991-01-19
6.6
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989-08-28
4.2
Timemaster
1995-01-01
6.2
Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Hulk Still Rules
2002-08-20
8.2
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990-11-22
8.5
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988-11-24
6.3
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990-08-27
0
TNA Turning Point 2005
2005-12-11
6
WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story
2006-06-20
7.4
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006-10-17
0
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987-01-01
7.5
AWA Super Sunday
1983-04-24
0
WWF: WrestleFest '93
1993-03-20
5.5
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
2006-02-07
0
Hulkamania 3
1988-08-27
0
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985-01-01
0
Hulkamania 4
1989-11-01
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986-10-15
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
1987-03-01
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987-08-15
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
1987-10-28
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
1987-12-15
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 18
1989-03-01
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
1989-07-19
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
1989-08-09
6.2
Andre the Giant
1985-12-02
0
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
1985-01-01
0
WWE Crunch Classic
1992-05-28
9.2
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
2015-11-10
6.7
WWE: Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
2010-12-28
0
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986-10-19
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993-01-24
0
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988-08-13
0
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
1988-07-15
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985-11-10
0
AWA Christmas Night 1983
1983-12-25
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984-10-14
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
1988-04-24
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
1984-12-10
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988-09-18
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987-01-05
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
1989-05-08
0
WBF Championship 1992
1992-06-13
8.5
WWE Hall of Fame 2004
2004-03-12
10
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987-12-15
7.3
Andre the Giant
2018-04-10
10
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
2004-01-20
0
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
2004-12-04
9.5
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007-12-26
8.8
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012-07-23
8.3
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011-03-13
6
Sting: The Lost Tape
2020-05-31
6.9
WWE Royal Rumble
1988-01-24
7.4
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988-03-27
7.4
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988-08-29
5
WWE WrestleFest
1988-07-31
5.5
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989-01-15
7.3
WWE WrestleMania V
1989-04-02
5.9
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
1989-11-12
7.9
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989-11-23
8.4
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990-04-01
0
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990-03-25
8
WWE The Big Event
1986-08-28
0
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990-08-19
8.9
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987-11-26
0
WWE The Main Event IV
1990-11-23
0
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
1991-03-17
6.4
The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
2005-09-27
0
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
1996-06-16
0
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995-01-21
10
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
2014-05-27
7
Biography: Ultimate Warrior
2021-05-23
8.5
WCW Monday Nitro
1995-09-04
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
7.2
Biography: WWE Legends
2021-04-18
0
The Bobby Heenan Show
1989-07-17
0
Women of Wrestling
2000-09-30
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
7.9
WCW Thunder
1998-01-08
9.3
WWE The Main Event
1988-02-05
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
8.5
WCW Monday Nitro
1995-09-04