Bobby Heenan HATED WCW - WCW Blunder

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    Bobby "The Brain" Heenan didn't like working in WCW. As a matter of fact, he called it the worst time of his entire life. Bobby had issues with a lot of people who worked for WCW including Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff, he even didn't get with Kimberly Page, and he couldn't stand how WCW programming was produced and he wondered why the company continued to make bad decisions just before the doors were closed.
    This episode of Blunder reads from Bobby Heenan's book. A whole chapter is dedicated to Heenan's time in World Championship Wrestling.

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  • @weaseltales
    @weaseltales 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +349

    As the co-writer for his first and second book, I appreciate you shining a spotlight on his story. It was my priviledge and honor to work with him. I miss him terribly to this day. I have a channel (Weasel Tales) where I share the countless tapes that was the basis for the books.Sitting in a hotel room while The Brain told his stories was an out-of-boddy experience.

    • @geschwenderjimmy6749
      @geschwenderjimmy6749 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I am all over that channel, Thank you 😊

    • @RichieAprile784
      @RichieAprile784 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      The man is an absolute legend.

    • @John.Flower.Productions
      @John.Flower.Productions 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I have been finished with wrestling for decades but the genius of Bobby Heenan is timeless.

    • @TheEWFX29
      @TheEWFX29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am a subscriber and love your channel. Thank you for it.

    • @JaceyMitchell
      @JaceyMitchell 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'd love for those books to go back in print.

  • @AxeManGaming
    @AxeManGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +323

    I remember this epic exchange on an episode of Saturday Night -
    Heenan: You know when Meng was young, he'd go from village to village, tree to tree, destroying everybody.
    Tony: He'd go from 'tree to tree?' Wow. You ever watch this show and think, just what are we doing?
    Heenan: Me? Oh no, I never watch this stuff.

    • @UfodexENMD
      @UfodexENMD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      😂😂 I loved Heenan

    • @CeeMigoLoCo
      @CeeMigoLoCo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      That was on Nitro too! I literally just watched that episode the other day lol. I was surprised he said that. But I guess he got away with a lot of crazy things he said back then. Different era I guess! 🤷🏽‍♂️ 😂
      I Love Bobby

    • @michaelnewton5873
      @michaelnewton5873 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Héenan was the best heel manager/Announcer. You loved to hate him. I understand he was a caring person in private.

    • @ifgwelf
      @ifgwelf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's a classic heel right there.

    • @walker1984
      @walker1984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@CeeMigoLoCothere was no Vince McMahon being a total control freak yelling in your ear on WCW.

  • @Cloudy_Jones
    @Cloudy_Jones 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +249

    David Arquette donating his wrestling money to the families of Pillman and Owen Hart is incredible, that fact should always be mentioned when his championship win is talked about.

    • @CeeMigoLoCo
      @CeeMigoLoCo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I know right?! What an incredible thing for him to do. Respect to him for that 🫡

    • @jimbowlan5804
      @jimbowlan5804 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @Cloudy_Jones David didn’t even want to win it he had too much respect for the business and is a wrestling fan that was all a turner decision since ready to rumble was just coming out

    • @InYourHeadChangedMan
      @InYourHeadChangedMan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not Turner ​ Vince Russo@@jimbowlan5804

    • @chrisnelmes-o7i
      @chrisnelmes-o7i 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Tbh, I admit I didn't know that. I have a lot more respect for him now.

    • @HarmonySword
      @HarmonySword 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I see a lot of people mock Arquette for being the worst world champion of all time, but i rarely see anyone talk about Vince Russo winning the belt since at least David had respect for the business and didn't even want to win the title.

  • @BlueLighteningGojo
    @BlueLighteningGojo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    When he passed, a part of my childhood left with him. RIP to Bobby and Gorilla....

    • @cra0422
      @cra0422 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've always felt that Monsoon and Heenan could have made a fortune by going to Hollywood and doing buddy-comedy movies. I think they'd have been like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in their "Road To" movies, just without the singing and dancing numbers.

  • @casualcyberguy1314
    @casualcyberguy1314 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +185

    “She looked like Mount Rushmore.”
    I can just hear Bobby Heenan in that one.

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      "They (midgets) can't reach the mail slot"

  • @dasdeke
    @dasdeke 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    Really glad Tenay and Heenan became friends. Two of my favorite announcers! This was a real eye opener, thanks for sharing!

    • @fordid42
      @fordid42 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I hated Tony but loved Mike and Bobby. Tenay was great and knew his stuff, Tony just seemed like he was there to collect a paycheck. Of course, Bobby is a legend.

    • @Venemofthe888
      @Venemofthe888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Mike and Bobby I feel were a good dynamic to each other

    • @SensiofRabbitude
      @SensiofRabbitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tenay was so good as the expert that would chime in with relevant facts and who would take over a bit if it was a match where he knew and cared more about the style and competitors.

  • @TheLandofObscusion
    @TheLandofObscusion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +228

    That story of Heenan telling Mongo not to tell anyone that he knocked the wind out of Mongo in his debut match with that kick, only for Heenan to then brag to everybody about it, is easily the most Bobby Heenan part of the entire video, and I loved it. I bet Mongo's reaction later on was just "Yeah, that Weasel fooled me...".

    • @Rorschachqp
      @Rorschachqp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Mongo only pawn in game of life.

    • @rtyuik7
      @rtyuik7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      to be fair, its "better for the business" that way...on one hand, you'd have Mongo ADMITTING that he had his wind knocked out of him, by a Commentator...itd make the 'star' look that much Weaker...
      ...whereas, a slimey weasely manager/commentator/other "non-wrestler", bragging about getting one over on A Wrestler, gets chalked up as cheeky heel-ish bragging...the kind where youd roll your eyes and say "oh yeah, sure, you got Mongo, and then you threw a football clear over that mountain, right?"

    • @Obscusion2
      @Obscusion2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@rtyuik7 None of this was on camera, though. Heenan was obviously just bragging to everyone backstage about how he kicked the wind out of Mongo. Heenan just decided to rib Mongo by convincing him not to tell anyone else so that he could make a big deal out of it instead, for a laugh.

    • @MajikATX
      @MajikATX 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Rorschachqpfucc you say about mongo

    • @Rorschachqp
      @Rorschachqp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MajikATX That's what he said about himself. 🤗

  • @exilhamburger4802
    @exilhamburger4802 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    17:02 Some well deserved praise for Sherry Martell by the Brain!

  • @SteelyBud
    @SteelyBud 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

    It's great to hear such a legendary announcer praise Mike Tenay. I don't think Tenay gets the recognition he deserves from his peers. Even Gene Okerlund was critical of him.

    • @CeeMigoLoCo
      @CeeMigoLoCo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Tenay, Gene, and Hennan were absolutely amazing 🫡 I loved all of those guys!

    • @DLRX
      @DLRX 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What did Okerlund say about Tenay?

    • @SteelyBud
      @SteelyBud 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@DLRX In a shoot interview he was very dismissive of his announcing abilities. "Not an announcer," and he was surprised he worked in TNA as long as he did.

    • @DLRX
      @DLRX 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SteelyBud Oh wow, that's a shame.

    • @paulsmith9786
      @paulsmith9786 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Tenay was always better than Schiavone

  • @CraigCairney83
    @CraigCairney83 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    Bobby at the ‘92 Royal Rumble is the greatest commentating in Wrestling history. In my humble.

    • @stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii
      @stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      the star power and in ring action made it a classic. Brain's commentary made it legendary

    • @CraigCairney83
      @CraigCairney83 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiiiWell said!

    • @subelildirty491
      @subelildirty491 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He made it great. So much gold.💯

    • @arthurvandalay9087
      @arthurvandalay9087 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you want to be fair to Flair, then you got to be fair to Flair and say only a man as fair as Flair...

  • @AmazingGuy13
    @AmazingGuy13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    It's cool that Bobby got to come back to the WWF at WrestleMania 17

    • @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090
      @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I liked how he mistook Gene for Tony (On purpose) and then in his book wrote something like, “Yeah it was dumb for me to mistake the two. Cause Gene actually has talent. And a job!”

    • @kurtpaulsen6579
      @kurtpaulsen6579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I agree... Shame that was while he was battling throat cancer, and as a result his commentary suffered understandably

    • @SensiofRabbitude
      @SensiofRabbitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I vaguely recall the timing being off, particularly around a 'mother in law' joke that Gene tried to set him up for but it was so great to see those guys commentate one more time.

    • @mangrove
      @mangrove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He described it as having the stake removed from your heart, and coming alive again.

    • @jasonmccrank4981
      @jasonmccrank4981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WWF/WWE sucks.

  • @brianstiles1701
    @brianstiles1701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    "They can't reach the mail slot"
    Damn I loved this man

    • @boreddad6805
      @boreddad6805 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      classic Heenan....off the cuff deadly

  • @dmdeign7116
    @dmdeign7116 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    You really spoil us, @Wrestling Bios. This channel is awesome

    • @willfordTHE4th
      @willfordTHE4th 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hell yea i love this channel

  • @ifgwelf
    @ifgwelf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Bobby talking about the announcers and the psychology of wrestling was actually very interesting.

  • @jackcarraway4707
    @jackcarraway4707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    No amount of money will compensate a toxic workplace.

    • @tafua_a
      @tafua_a 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Like I often say, "what good is a pile of cash if I have to spend half of it on shrinks?"

    • @jasonmccrank4981
      @jasonmccrank4981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like the WWF/WWE and their sexual assault enabling company?

  • @gazb2740
    @gazb2740 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Heenan was the best, we didn't know how good we had it growing up.

    • @CeeMigoLoCo
      @CeeMigoLoCo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Man, ain't that the truth.. RIP Bobby 🙌🏼

    • @G360LIVE
      @G360LIVE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I grew up with Heenan in the WWF, so I did appreciate all of the things he did as a manager, as a commentator, and as a host. I think that I was one of the few people who watched The Bobby Heenan Show, which was a spin-off of the WWF Prime Time Wrestling show that aired on USA Network, and enjoyed Bobby's chemistry with his co-host, Jamison. That was some funny stuff. :)
      And I loved every minute of Heenan in WCW. He made it enjoyable and worth watching, even when it really wasn't.

    • @RiC_David
      @RiC_David 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@G360LIVE I think that's what they're saying though. Those of us who grew up with Heenan and Ventura didn't have anything worse to compare it to, so we took that level of quality as standard.

  • @tim_nj_devil176
    @tim_nj_devil176 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    Regarding Bobby's rating comment when Mick Foley won the title. Could he have been referring to the quarter hour rating after Schiavone made the "butts in seats" comment?

    • @seannewberry7941
      @seannewberry7941 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      That was my thought when I read his book.

    • @WrestlingBios
      @WrestlingBios  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Yep, I think you're right.

    • @SensiofRabbitude
      @SensiofRabbitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      My vague memory is someone saying, could have been in Foley's book, that they switched over to watch Mankind win but switched back after, because they cared about the WCW main event and they (WCW)could have won that night if they'd just never said anything.

    • @tim_nj_devil176
      @tim_nj_devil176 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@SensiofRabbitude​​⁠ Foley mentioned it on the *MONDAY NIGHT WAR* DVD that there was a switch back to NITRO, because that was the same night (4-JAN-1999) Goldberg was arrested for SA against Liz and the “Finger Poke of Doom”

    • @SensiofRabbitude
      @SensiofRabbitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the refresher!

  • @AFMountaineer2000
    @AFMountaineer2000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    One thing I'm surprised didnt get brought up was Bobby having to threaten to quit of he couldn't acknowledge Gorilla passing away

  • @Johnoftheuchiha
    @Johnoftheuchiha 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    God bless the Brain. Wish he did more post WCW but throat cancer is horrid. He did a few WWE and TNA appearances that were fun in the 2000s at least

    • @SteeleZack
      @SteeleZack 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I recall he was in ROH for a period of time as a manager in the mid-2000's.

    • @Venemofthe888
      @Venemofthe888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He also appeared in XWF managing Curt Hennig before he went to the wwf in 2002

    • @SensiofRabbitude
      @SensiofRabbitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I feel like if they'd had something like the WWE network, early post attitude era, they'd have probably given him and Geme Okerlund some kind of show together.
      With the WWF/E needing network filler content back then, they'd have taken more chances with available legends.
      I mean you did get stuff like round tables and confidential but it was sporadic and it had to be something they had confidence in, to sell to a tv network.

  • @Venemofthe888
    @Venemofthe888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    WCW not telling the commentators anything really comes across cause even listening to reliving the war they seemed just as clueless as the audience at times

    • @williamchilcott2833
      @williamchilcott2833 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah, but who’s side is he on?

    • @TheBandit025Nova
      @TheBandit025Nova 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      *Berlyn puts Bert Hart in the Berlin Wall*
      WCW commentary table: What the F is this move Wait it’s called the Berlin Wall *it’s an inverted bear hug*

  • @speedy316uk
    @speedy316uk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I suppose going back to the WWE wasn't an option but Heenan on the desk working with either Vince himself or JR would have been interesting

    • @MrBeardsley
      @MrBeardsley 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      When Bobby left WWE he actually planned to retire. He and his wife moved to Atlanta because their daughter was attending college there, and when WCW found out they offered him a job. He was attracted to the lighter schedule and bigger payday Turner was offering and agreed, and even after he got tired of being there he stuck around because as he says here “I had first class airfare, expenses, guaranteed salary, medical, and I only worked a couple of days a week. I didn’t care about anything. All I cared about was doing my job and getting my money.”

    • @speedy316uk
      @speedy316uk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @MrBeardsley I mean yeah if I got all that then I would do it, I mean you would be a fool not too.

  • @tafua_a
    @tafua_a 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    For what it's worth, Tony says he was nowhere near as powerful as Bobby says, but he does admit he handled things poorly with him. Nice to know they made up when they recorded commentary for Showdown: Legends of Wrestling

    • @sithlordo66
      @sithlordo66 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Even tho this was true if you listen to WHW podcast it seems like he retroactively took it back because he never says nothing nice about Bobby anymore

    • @jasonmccrank4981
      @jasonmccrank4981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Absolutely they did. Wrestling Bios won't park their WWF/WWE bias to illustrate that fact however.

    • @tafua_a
      @tafua_a 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@jasonmccrank4981 He sings the praises of WCW all the time when they do something good, it's not his fault that he's covering WCW's worst year.

    • @jasonmccrank4981
      @jasonmccrank4981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tafua_a The Attitude Era was absolutely pathetic in retrospect. Austin and Rock were way too over and popular for it to matter. It was f***ing catnip for teenage boys.
      Choppy choppy pee pee and Doctor Henie etc etc etc. Pathetic garbage.

    • @jasonmccrank4981
      @jasonmccrank4981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@sithlordo66 Heenan was an absolutely phenomenal heel manager but in retrospect was a complete jackass behind the scenes.

  • @constablekennedy7705
    @constablekennedy7705 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    The ‘Brain’ was the man

  • @Colster619
    @Colster619 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great episode of Blunder. Watch all the clips, love reliving the war. I'm looking forward to seeing myself in the crowd for Rebellion 2001. RIP Bobby The Brain 😊

  • @AmazingGuy13
    @AmazingGuy13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    Tony Schiavone burial lol

    • @UseYourIllusions78
      @UseYourIllusions78 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Tony Jabroni

    • @WesleyWilkins-qf2ky
      @WesleyWilkins-qf2ky 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Right. Like heenan added that much to WCW. He was better as a manager in wwf. He was over paid in WCW and made a books whining about it

    • @protostnl6369
      @protostnl6369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      To be fair, the guy has always been a bit of a goober.

    • @jacksmith1983
      @jacksmith1983 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I believe they actually made up shortly before Heenan's death when they did the commentary for a Legends Of Wrestling video game.

    • @younglove3362
      @younglove3362 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Heenan was held back in WCW. Saw him when I started watching him in 1998 but learned about him truly in 2011. He was much better in WWF and was definitely the brain 🧠 when you hear him speak.

  • @SlaytanicSuperstarr
    @SlaytanicSuperstarr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    The fact that he hated it and still that good showes how awesome he was as an announcer.

    • @CeeMigoLoCo
      @CeeMigoLoCo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes i agree. Bobby was legendary at everything he did. Bless him 🙏🏼

  • @timbartschwolfman
    @timbartschwolfman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    "Bischoff won't wake up til sometime around Easter"
    Heenan after Flair beat Bischoff on the last Nitro in 1998

  • @marcespinoza6068
    @marcespinoza6068 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "The midgets will write in"....."They can't reach the mailbox". I died after hearing that.

  • @ninohiggs6339
    @ninohiggs6339 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    "Will you stop" every Gorilla and Bobby calling matches. Was some of the greatest announcing next to Jr and the King.

    • @brian_b_music
      @brian_b_music หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can still hear Gorilla saying that. That really brings back memories!

  • @KadeemG61
    @KadeemG61 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Heenan knew that 2000 was the last straw he ever appear in WCW after the chaotic mess that was the entire product. And who could blame him. Once Heenan left, I started giving up on watching WCW Nitro on TV again and just flip the channel to RAW. Heenan will always be one of my favorite announcers growing up as a kid and he and Mene Gene delivers hilarious moments. They’re the Batman and Robin of Pro Wrestling.

    • @sarahbird-lx2de
      @sarahbird-lx2de 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Our family was already maining WWF and just checking WCW on commercial breaks by 1998. By 2000, yeah we didn't even bother.

    • @younglove3362
      @younglove3362 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We all did. At least I did the way WWF was being run in comparison. I just couldn't get into WCW in 2002.

  • @jiovanysoltero923
    @jiovanysoltero923 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    8:07 At the end, David Arquette paid for his wrestling sins. You can’t kill David Arquette.

    • @TheBandit025Nova
      @TheBandit025Nova 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But you can kill his iconic character with an short problem

  • @The5thAce
    @The5thAce 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Excellent vid sir, this is gold. I would love to see more of these!!

  • @WarmasterMoloch
    @WarmasterMoloch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Not telling the announcers about the Hogan heel turn should have been a bonus Blunder Point. The one thing about that turn that undermined it was that Bobby Heenan delivered the 'But whose side is he on?' line. If he'd have known the turn was coming, the Brain would *never* have risked compromising the shock value by saying that.

    • @Obscusion2
      @Obscusion2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I fully believe, had he known beforehand, Heenan would have pulled a Rumble '92 with Piper & started praising Hogan, admitting that he had been wrong about the man this whole time... only for Heenan to then instantly reverse course after the leg drop & tell Tony & Dusty how he was right the entire time about Hogan.

    • @johnepants
      @johnepants 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Obscusion2damn, you are so right. Bobby would have milked it and built up Hogan as the ultimate savior and after the leg drop would have pulled a line probably as memorable as Marty jumping through the window to escape.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@johnepants i think an argument can be made either way. I like the "who's side is he on" line, others in hindsight say its a spoiler, but if you actually watch that moment, you will see at least one fan pushing his buddy as if to say 'told you so!' It was never the stunned silence like Undertaker losing at WM. People say it was surprising sure, but it had a LOT of applause from fans on the night itself

    • @dalemuir1105
      @dalemuir1105 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hogan drops the leg on Macho:
      Brain: "Ooh I knew he was gonna do that"

  • @onjohns1
    @onjohns1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I wish I could have met Bobby Heenan, just so I could tell him how much I appreciate him. We miss you, Brain.

  • @extremeking425
    @extremeking425 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I didn't watch the video yet but I hope Heenan and Tony made up before Heenan died. Apparently Bobby was mad at Tony because he told Bobby he shouldn't mention the passing of Gorilla Monsoon on the broadcast which in Heenan's defense is really messed up.

    • @tafua_a
      @tafua_a 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Tony said they did, at the Showdown: Legends of Wrestling recording sessions of all places.

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tafua_a Thank goodness.

  • @heyyou9693
    @heyyou9693 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Heenan, although very witty, seemed to have phoned it in during 1999. He was awesome in WWF. Good video, Bios.

  • @pipepicasso8112
    @pipepicasso8112 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks to your Bio on Bobby Heenan, I subscribed before the “Reliving the War” series. It’s kind of cool watching the channel grow.

  • @Xehanort10
    @Xehanort10 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    8:57 WCW not caring about anyone other than Hogan and Nash was one of their biggest problems.

  • @nicktaylor2657
    @nicktaylor2657 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The fact that Nitro replaced with Heenan with Mark Madden on the last Reliving the War proves WCW didn't know what they were doing Madden was one of the worst announcers ever😒

    • @Birdman669
      @Birdman669 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then they had tank abott drag him into the ring, and attack him, rip his shirt off, Disgusting I can’t get that image outta my head 🤮

    • @canUsaythis
      @canUsaythis หลายเดือนก่อน

      I feel slightly lucky as when I was able to watch WCW World Wide in 2000 on the UK Channel 5 which had matches and highlights from Nirto and Thunder the announce team was Scot Hudsons and Larry lizbisco *I think that's how I spell his sir name* and they were good for when I was 13 Years old. But yeah Just watching clips now of WCW hearing Mark Madden....yeah not a big fan

  • @MajikATX
    @MajikATX 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    RIP Heenan love his shoot interviews, Love his appearance on later with bob costas. Intelligent, witty man. Never got to appreciate him as a kid i was too young when WCW died... but finding myself later watching episode re runs in 2015 i found how gold his commentary is. Life in the way I never finished rewatching all Nitro's.....now at 33 ive seen so much material on Heenan to know he would be dropping gems of knowledge from commentary with Monsoon, McMahon, Mike Tenay, Tony S. , Mongo, Bishoff.
    I was born 1991 but recently seen some of his work with guerilla monsoon on primetime great stuff. The short lived Bobby Heenan show aswell!

  • @carloshill
    @carloshill 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Heenan just did not give two fs with how savage he was. His shoot interviews were fun to listen to about the wrestlers and his time in the wwf as well.

  • @ReaperX7
    @ReaperX7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can tell you right now, one of my friends who used to work at the Jacksonville Florida Colosseum, told me one time he had the misfortune of working a WCW show for Monday Nitro. He was saying that the WCW staff were very rude to a lot of the Colosseum staff, making a lot of outrageous demands, just being disrespectful to a lot of the staff who were trying to keep the place running but they wanted to have people out of areas to do these worked spots, and then if they trash something they didn't want to clean up anything. He told me once, the talent was nice to them, but only the undercard and midcard guys. Rest of the "stars" were absolute shitheads to everyone. By the end of the show, many of the event staff were begging the management not to have them back.
    They did a Sunday Night Heat show with WWF a year later. He said the staff at WWF were like dealing with a professional sports team league. They came in, took responsibility when and where needed, had their own sets for stuff to work from, talent was nice all around, management was nice to a point but more professional about it. Real night and day.

  • @digitalmarketinghumans
    @digitalmarketinghumans 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "The money that Arquette made wrestling in WCW went to the families of the late Brian Pillman and Owen Hart." David Arquette didn't even know them.

  • @marcjohn9404
    @marcjohn9404 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Heenan was excellent in WCW, he always conducted himself as a professional. I never knew anything about Schiavone tbh, but you can clearly see his chair boosted to make him look taller. He probably was/is an extremely insecure man.

    • @jazzygeofferz
      @jazzygeofferz 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Heenan was great everywhere.

  • @mangrove
    @mangrove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I'm fairly certain that Madden Googles his own name to see what people say about him. Once, I commented on a Twitter thread about how he was a poor replacement for Bobby, and he sent me a reply, calling me a mark, which made no sense. He wasn't even tagged in the thread.

    • @keithharper1470
      @keithharper1470 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I remember that thread he was calling people marks and how Bobby was a drunk that's why they fired him

  • @nosajdabeno
    @nosajdabeno 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember reading Bobby’s book way back some 25-ish years ago. It really made me respect him even more than before. The wrestling world was a much better place with him in it. R.I.P. Bobby!

  • @lancergt1000
    @lancergt1000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    7:20 Bobby Heenan discovering the concept of FOMO for the first time:

  • @oddcouplemusic
    @oddcouplemusic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    “Where’s my wallet” had me dying 😂😂😂

  • @southsider8065
    @southsider8065 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Bobby Heenan was always good. He gave to wrestling/ the fans much more than he took from them.

  • @RandomGuyCDN
    @RandomGuyCDN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bobby Heenan quiet quitting before it had an actual term attached to it. What a baller

  • @whodissis1
    @whodissis1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:37 - ooooh lala with the pronunciation 😂😂 love you Bios! You’re a hell of a jam up guy 💪🏻

  • @killergrooves2438
    @killergrooves2438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My dad was a big Bobby Heenan fan in WCW. He’s a big fan of commentators dropping funny lines or saying ridiculous things and Bobby was the greatest.

  • @guillermosierracuellar9812
    @guillermosierracuellar9812 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Pillman attacking him off script came to mind

    • @KimberlyArrington-dd3wm
      @KimberlyArrington-dd3wm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wait what please explain Lol

    • @deadeyedarwin
      @deadeyedarwin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@KimberlyArrington-dd3wm Explain what? Watch the video.

    • @17thN.O
      @17thN.O 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same here. I loved Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in WWF and WCW. (RIP The Brain)

    • @dmichael1172
      @dmichael1172 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@KimberlyArrington-dd3wmPullman grabbed Hernan by the collar without prior knowledge on A Clash of Champions show and Hernan had just had neck surgery and Hernan went berserk

    • @dawgpound187
      @dawgpound187 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That was just a 1 off,
      Bobby just hated wcw in general

  • @stucazzo2000
    @stucazzo2000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was GREAT! Bobby had some many great "zingers" and is really insightful about the business and backstage. More of these please. :)

  • @thermalnoise2976
    @thermalnoise2976 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've been going back and watching some of the old PVPs that I watched as a child. Im come to admire Heenan more in my older years. Comedy Gold. Never noticed as a child how witty he was.

  • @kristimccabe8288
    @kristimccabe8288 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can totally picture Dave"Fit" Finley and The Brain laughing at DDP and Buff throwing worked punches in a so called shoot fight in front of all the boys backstage 😂

  • @J0HNJ0RDAN
    @J0HNJ0RDAN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "What the fk are you doing?!" WCW in a nutshell 😅 Bobby was the best part of anything he was involved with.

  • @doriangreen3231
    @doriangreen3231 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Bobby in WCW was so different from WWF Bobby. Him not having a Monsoon-like foil in WCW didn't help.

    • @KevinPayton-fq8gd
      @KevinPayton-fq8gd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. Heenan had his moments in WCW but nothing compared to his time in the WWF with Gorilla Monsoon.

  • @QueenAllTheWay
    @QueenAllTheWay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Would love to see a video of Tony Schiavone's short term in the WWF.

    • @Crazy56U
      @Crazy56U 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wait, when was that?
      EDIT: Goddamn, only one year?

  • @potatoman305
    @potatoman305 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Heenan hated WCW but he loved that health insurance!

    • @Matt-rg5sx
      @Matt-rg5sx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      mental comment

    • @lutherheggs451
      @lutherheggs451 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well you had WWF a family run business and you had Turner Broadcasting a massive corporation. There is no world where WWF would have been able to afford insurance for everyone back then

    • @ziahamm1603
      @ziahamm1603 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably cause his health was not the same following his neck surgery and it would have come in handy for any follow ups, other health issues etc

    • @midniteryder_3-16
      @midniteryder_3-16 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ziahamm1603we can thank ultimate warrior 4 causing the severe issue 2 bobby’s then recovering neck. There was a tag team match that bobby was in the late 80s. Though he was told not 2, warrior grabbed & lifted heenan by his neck 4 some 2 handed slam…ruining his recovery…

  • @bradleyminoski2020
    @bradleyminoski2020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Mark Madden is a slob from Pittsburgh who likes hockey" As someone from Pittsburgh who used to listen to MM, this is 100 percent accurate. Only problem is he wasn't even good talking about hockey. He's nothing but a Western PA version of Skip Bayliss who would do nothing but bash Pens players people liked or would fish for angles so people would tune in and hate listen. Controversial for the sake of it and that's not good entertainment in my book. Horrible broadcaster and person altogether.
    I HATED when Madden replaced Heenan because Bobby mailing it in was still 200 times better than any other announcer WCW had. He was brilliant and full wit and enterainment. Good video, man!!!

  • @Kyle-gi2jb
    @Kyle-gi2jb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love Bobby Hennan. He had the same sense of humor my Grandpa did and I love Reliving the War bc I get to listen to Bobby Hennan again. My favorite commentator. A true smartass.

  • @chubbycatfish4573
    @chubbycatfish4573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    5:54 Wow, that looks identical to my first car except for the rims.

  • @christianriedel8897
    @christianriedel8897 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love your content. Even Thunder in Paradise. Greetings from Germany.

  • @janitor4life
    @janitor4life 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    11:28 I love that picture.

  • @schechku19
    @schechku19 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the video! Bobby is a Legend!

  • @IzzyMann
    @IzzyMann 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great Video, please make more of these!

  • @johnjankowski6814
    @johnjankowski6814 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bobby was so awesome! I miss him more than anyone in wrestling. He was a diamond no doubt. Rest easy Brain!

  • @dustincongello5802
    @dustincongello5802 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The way heenan described the difference between wwf and wcw's production, it's clear to see why Vince won the Monday night wars and put WCW out of business

  • @Nclchitchat
    @Nclchitchat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd love for Bischoff to react to this on 83 Weeks, Bobby makes some really valid points and I'd enjoy watching/hearing Bischoff give his side of things.

  • @chadczternastek
    @chadczternastek 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember in your older videos hearing you talking about Bobby Heenan. I was so glad to see you do this one. I definitely have to read his book. I loved Bobby Heenan, listening to his commentary I just found him to be the funniest person I ever heard. I always said to myself that I wished people though ot me as I think about him. I wanted to make people laugh like he did. You don't realize this then, way later when you are looking back on your r journey as a fan.
    I wish contemporary wrestling was watchable like it used to be. I have to wallow in my old nostalgia by watching these videos. Love your channel.

  • @snbks4ever
    @snbks4ever 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    LOVE this video and concept and the Brain is really missed. He had a wonderful mind for the business and loved him and Geno in the booth

  • @Rorschachqp
    @Rorschachqp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    If Bobby had left WCW when Eddie, Saturn, Malenko and Benoit came in to WWF and he was the “manager” the story line could have been amazing.

  • @digitalmarketinghumans
    @digitalmarketinghumans 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember when Diesel/Kevin Nash debut in WCW and everyone in the crowd was chanting "Diesel, Diesel, Diesel" and Tony said something like...They're calling for you, Weasle. 😂

  • @Tonedogg24
    @Tonedogg24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You know a video is good when 30 minutes feels like 5.

  • @henrygvidonas9573
    @henrygvidonas9573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Imagine telling a guy who had been in the business as a wrestler, manager, commentator/announcer, and producer since 1961, to basically keep his ideas and opinions to himself backstage and just be a "dancing monkey" on the mike. Shameful and abysmally stupid.
    And there are still people in the IWC who fellate Eric Bischoff for being a "wrestling genius" to this day. He is the biggest failure the business has ever seen. He got lucky by copying the 1995/96 UWFi invasion of NJPW - and bungled it, partly through incompetence, partly because he was Hogan's little bitch. Bischoff got lucky a second time, because Sting and Luger stumbled over a failed football player named Bill Goldberg in a gym and talked him into training to become a wrestler. Goldberg connected with the audience like almost nobody before or since, despite being greener than a rainforest, just with sheer personal charisma. That wasn't planned - and nobody _could_ have planned it. No other debuting rookie with just a few months of training and no experience, ever caught the audience's attention like him in 1997/98.
    Bobby's account of WCW and his time there is kind of heartbreaking. He left the WWF to do the right thing for his family, with a treasure trove of not just years, but _decades_ of experience and knowledge. And they treated him as if they had hired some random clueless radio DJ from Atlanta as an announcer.
    As Jim Cornette would say, replacing Bobby Heenan with Mark Madden, is like intentionally burning down your house, so you can live in a crappy camping tent in the backyard.

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When I heard that (WCW creative telling Bobby to keep his ideas to himself) my thought was, "That's not a Blunder, that's a F!ck Up."

  • @stustewart3140
    @stustewart3140 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THIS is why I LOVE your channel mate! I live hearing the behind the scenes, the WHY to the past. Bobby was amazing, his personality and energy was great. Better with WWE but I appreciate his moments in WCW...for example "but who's side is he on" when Hogan turned. Bobby deserved better but it shows how dumb that company was. Had they invited his insight and used him better, maybe they would have survived. GREAT VIDEO!!!!

  • @Sgtviolence
    @Sgtviolence 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I miss Heenan. I really wish I got to meet him.

  • @DaviWalt
    @DaviWalt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    28:15 that would be a very interesting subject because Sunny Onoo and Bischoff were friends long before Bischoff became President of WCW

    • @AGH69
      @AGH69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sonny filed his lawsuit when Bischoff had been sent home. Sonny was fired soon after Russo allegedly made racist comments about Japanese and Mexican wrestlers. It was well known that Turner would settle lawsuits, so it was a home run for Sonny and kinda helped Bischoff. There were other racial discrimination lawsuits in that period by African-American wrestlers that did name Bischoff though.

  • @LezusV2
    @LezusV2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is an excellent video and i enjoy this minor change in format style its really informative. I should read that book

  • @TheWhatMan80
    @TheWhatMan80 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That's cool to hear Arquette gave his pay to the families of Owen and Pillman

  • @abidiqbal3585
    @abidiqbal3585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Captain Jack Brother Dude again....WBs for 2 nights respect. Also Bobby The Brain Heenan is wrestling original Wiseman! 😊

    • @ArchangelSteve
      @ArchangelSteve 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And Lieutenant Dan!

    • @abidiqbal3585
      @abidiqbal3585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ArchangelSteve Oh that Lietenant Dan! Complete Tit Lieutenant Dan! 😂😂😂😂

    • @SensiofRabbitude
      @SensiofRabbitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not just for them, that stupid floating turd-boat wouldn't work for anyone brother.

  • @stevieweevyC
    @stevieweevyC 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Epic piece of work! This channel is pure class!

  • @NearFallGaming
    @NearFallGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredibly fascinating, thanks for putting this together!

  • @stanleyschaffer9574
    @stanleyschaffer9574 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bobby Heenan was one of the greatest commentators. He was really great with Gorilla Monsoon

  • @aaronlauretani8921
    @aaronlauretani8921 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a great video because you don't just blindly go along with everything he said, but instead you take him to task where appropriate.

  • @takerdust
    @takerdust 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Heenan was getting ready to get into radio and podcasting, but sadly his cancer diagnosis kept him from that shortly after his book came out.

  • @WilliamChappell-f5w
    @WilliamChappell-f5w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is very interesting stuff Mr Heenan had a lot of interesting stuff from his book Wow! Heenan always was an interesting man he really got ur attention

  • @alhall305
    @alhall305 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this video. Thanks for posting. Does his book cover any more of his career other than WcW?

  • @mulvihillmatt
    @mulvihillmatt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Wendy Turnbuckle story legitimately made me laugh out loud.

  • @jrdavis9578
    @jrdavis9578 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Heenan was a wonderful character I love listening to these excerpts from his book!

  • @michaelaburns734
    @michaelaburns734 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Bobby is right about it. Bobby Heenan was The Brain known for a reason.

    • @Venemofthe888
      @Venemofthe888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Honestly i would have loved to hear Heenan on AEW if only he was still alive cause i think he would be saying similar things to here in his book

  • @ifgwelf
    @ifgwelf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    David Arquette does not deserve the hatred he got

    • @RetepAdam
      @RetepAdam 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      In addition to not wanting to do it, he honestly also legit did a great job in the role.

    • @preston2636
      @preston2636 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@RetepAdami remember when this happened. Nobody was mad at Arquette, everybody was mad about wcw even using him and then the way he used him, the whole angle just sucked.

  • @marcell8542
    @marcell8542 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More of that kind of Videos please.Very Nice Inside Informations,i like that.

  • @dkoch2
    @dkoch2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bobby is one of those people that you could listen to his stories 24/7 and never get bored.

  • @comancheviperrrr
    @comancheviperrrr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a great episode. I like the videos that you do. I sat down and watch your fun in paradise movie from beginning to end at one sitting lol. My only critique to this particular video is I wish you would have put the title of Bobby’s book in the description.I would love to read that.

  • @incarnateflame2312
    @incarnateflame2312 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "she looked like mount rushmore and smelled like grey poupon" 😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

  • @RyoUrawa777
    @RyoUrawa777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It's funny because when Nash defeated Goldberg you could see the fans cheering loudly but they had gone in and changed the audio to boos

  • @shawnconway6009
    @shawnconway6009 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I remember reading this book in high school and being pretty amazed by how candid he was about things.

  • @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090
    @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    About time someone talked about this!