Ray Heenan

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."

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1944-11-01

Died: 2017-09-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	AWA Super Sunday	Bobby Heenan (Manager)	75
2	1983	AWA Christmas Night 1983	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
3	1984	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
4	1984	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
5	1985	Best of the WWF Volume 3	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
6	1985	WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan	0
7	1985	WrestleMania	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	66
8	1985	WrestleMania	Bobby Heenan	0
9	1985	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
10	1985	Andre the Giant	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (archive footage)	62
11	1986	WrestleMania II	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	64
12	1986	WrestleMania 2	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan	60
13	1986	WWE Villains of The Squared Circle	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
14	1986	WWE The Big Event	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	80
15	1986	The Best of the WWF: volume 9	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
16	1986	WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
17	1987	Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
18	1987	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
19	1987	The Best of the WWF: volume 10	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
20	1987	WWE WrestleMania III	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	75
21	1987	WrestleMania III	Bobby Heenan	70
22	1987	WWF Hulkamania 2	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
23	1987	The Best of the WWF: volume 12	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
24	1987	The Best of the WWF: volume 13	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
25	1987	WWE Survivor Series 1987	Bobby Heenan	85
26	1987	The Best of the WWF: volume 14	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
27	1987	Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments		100
28	1988	WWE Royal Rumble	Bobby "The Brian" Heenan (Manager)	65
29	1988	WWE WrestleMania IV	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	74
30	1988	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
31	1988	WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
32	1988	WWE WrestleFest	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	50
33	1988	WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
34	1988	Hulkamania 3	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan	0
35	1988	WWE SummerSlam 1988	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	72
36	1988	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
37	1988	WWE Survivor Series 1988	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	82
38	1989	WWE Royal Rumble 1989	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	51
39	1989	The Best of the WWF: volume 18	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
40	1989	WWE WrestleMania V	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	73
41	1989	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
42	1989	The Ultimate Warrior	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
43	1989	The Best of the WWF: volume 19	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
44	1989	WWE Demolition	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
45	1989	The Best of the WWF: volume 20	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
46	1989	WWE SummerSlam 1989	Himself	66
47	1989	Hulkamania 4	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan	0
48	1989	WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	59
49	1989	WWE Survivor Series 1989	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	77
50	1990	WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
51	1990	WWE WrestleMania VI	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (Manager)	84
52	1990	WWF SuperTape vol. 2	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
53	1990	WWE SummerSlam Fever	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
54	1990	Battle of the WWE Superstars	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
55	1990	WWE SummerSlam 1990	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	64
56	1990	WWF Hottest Matches	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
57	1990	WWE Survivor Series 1990	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	80
58	1990	WWE The Main Event IV	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
59	1991	WWE Royal Rumble 1991	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	70
60	1991	WWE SuperTape vol. 3	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	100
61	1991	WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	0
62	1991	WWE WrestleMania VII	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager)	74
63	1991	WWE Mega Matches	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
64	1991	WWE SuperTape vol. 4	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
65	1991	2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	100
66	1991	WWE Rampage '91	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	0
67	1992	WWE Crunch Classic	Bobby Heenan	0
68	1992	WBF Championship 1992	Himself	0
69	1993	WWE Royal Rumble 1993	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Appearance)	66
70	1993	WWF: WrestleFest '93	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Host)	0
71	1995	Timemaster	Howard	37
72	1995	WCW All Nighter 1995		0
73	1996	WCW The Great American Bash 1996	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Coach)	0
74	1999	WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan	0
75	2002	WWE: Triple H - The Game	Himself	51
76	2002	Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Hulk Still Rules	Himself	71
77	2004	WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers	Bobby Heenan	100
78	2004	WWE Hall of Fame 2004		85
79	2004	ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2	Himself	0
80	2005	The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior	Himself	64
81	2005	TNA Turning Point 2005	Bobby Heenan (Commentary)	0
82	2006	The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers	Himself	55
83	2006	WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story		80
84	2006	WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology	Bobby Heenan	79
85	2007	WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary	Himself	95
86	2010	WWE: Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan		67
87	2011	The True Story of WrestleMania	Bobby Heenan	83
88	2012	WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (archive footage)	88
89	2014	WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	100
90	2015	WWE: Ring in the Holiday		92
91	2018	Andre the Giant	Self (archive footage)	73
92	2020	Sting: The Lost Tape		60
93	2021	Biography: Ultimate Warrior	(archive footage)	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Saturday Night's Main Event		82
2	1986	WWF Wrestling Challenge	Bobby Heenan	68
3	1988	WWE The Main Event	Color Commentator	95
4	1989	The Bobby Heenan Show		0
5	1993	Raw		68
6	1993	Raw	Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan	68
7	1995	WCW Monday Nitro		84
8	1995	WCW Monday Nitro	Bobby Heenan	84
9	1998	WCW Thunder	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	79
10	2000	Women of Wrestling		0
11	2021	Biography: WWE Legends	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (archive footage)	72

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