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."

Cast

WrestleMania

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan)

WWE: Triple H - The Game

(Himself)

WrestleMania II

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE WrestleMania III

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

Battle of the WWE Superstars

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Hottest Matches

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

Demolition: Witness the Power

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWF Hulkamania 2

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Mega Matches

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Rampage '91

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

The Ultimate Warrior

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

Villains of the Squared Circle

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE WrestleMania VII

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE SummerSlam 1989

(Himself)

Timemaster

(Howard)

Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Hulk Still Rules

(Himself)

WWE Survivor Series 1990

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Survivor Series 1988

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE SummerSlam 1990

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

TNA Turning Point 2005

(Bobby Heenan (Commentary))

WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

(Bobby Heenan)

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

AWA Super Sunday

(Bobby Heenan (Manager))

WWE WrestleFest '93

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Host))

The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers

(Himself)

Hulkamania 3

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan)

Best of the WWF Volume 3

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Hulkamania 4

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan)

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

The Best of the WWF: volume 10

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

The Best of the WWF: volume 13

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

The Best of the WWF: volume 18

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The Best of the WWF: volume 19

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

Andre the Giant

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (archive footage))

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Crunch Classic

(Bobby Heenan)

WWE: Ring in the Holiday

WWE: Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Appearance))

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

AWA Christmas Night 1983

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WBF Championship 1992

(Himself)

WWE Hall of Fame 2004

(Self)

Andre the Giant

(Self (archive footage))

WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers

(Bobby Heenan)

ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2

(Himself)

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary

(Himself)

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (archive footage))

The True Story of WrestleMania

(Bobby Heenan)

Sting: The Lost Tape

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

(Bobby "The Brian" Heenan (Manager))

WWE WrestleMania IV

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE WrestleFest

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE SummerSlam 1988

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE WrestleMania V

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Survivor Series 1989

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE WrestleMania VI

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (Manager))

WWE The Big Event

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE SummerSlam Fever

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Survivor Series 1987

(Bobby Heenan)

WWE The Main Event IV

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior

(Himself)

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Coach))

WCW All Nighter 1995

WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WrestleMania

(Bobby Heenan)

WrestleMania 2

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan)

WrestleMania III

(Bobby Heenan)

WrestleMania IV

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan)

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

(Himself)

WWE Bashed in the USA

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Commentator))

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The WWF's Amazing Managers

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Hulkamania 6

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Hulk Hogan: Real American

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

Macho Madness

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

The Brains Behind the Brawn

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

The Ken Patera Story

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Wrestling Superheroes

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Wrestling Tough Guys

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Invasion of the Bodyslammers

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE World Tour 1992

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Commentator))

WWE UK Rampage '92

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE UK Rampage '93

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Commentator) / Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Interviewer))

WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Global Warfare

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE Funniest Moments

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Warrior's Greatest Matches

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Archive Footage))

The Greatest Stars of the 80's

(Self)

All Aboard the Lex Express

(Bobby Heenan)

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WCW Monday Nitro

Raw

Biography: WWE Legends

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (archive footage))

The Bobby Heenan Show

Women of Wrestling

WCW Thunder

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

WWE The Main Event

(Color Commentator)

Raw

(Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan)

WWF Wrestling Challenge

(Bobby Heenan)

WCW Monday Nitro

(Bobby Heenan)

Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE Old School

(Bobby Heenan (Manager))

WWE Old School

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Old School

(Bobby Heenan)

WWE Old School

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)

Saturday Night's Main Event

(Bobby Heenan)

WWE Old School

(Bobby Heenan (Commentary))

WWF Prime Time Wrestling

(Bobby Heenan (Color Commentator))

Saturday Night's Main Event

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

Tuesday Night Titans

(Bobby Heenan)

Tuesday Night Titans

(Bobby Heenan (Archive footage))

AWA Arena Shows

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Manager))

WWE Hall of Fame

(Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Presenter))