Bobby heenan deserved that number 1 spot. For modern fans, paul heyman is the bobby heenan of this era of wrestling but not just this era alone, wcw, ecw, ruthless aggression, wwecw, pg era and now but the brain has a great record of managing the G.O.A.Ts of the 80's and 90's. Paul will be remembered as the greatest manager of this timeline but he was not the first to do it like bobby "the brain" heenan did it. (For the record, i am not saying bobby is the pioneer of managing but he was one of the best to bring it to an extent.)
@RedrumZombies Cornette, Heyman, Hart, all the other greats say the same thing. Bobby Heenan was the greatest, and it wasn't even close. Watch the 92 Royal Rumble. His work that day is beyond what anyone else could do.
@@RedrumZombies This is so off point.......... Not even close. Bobby often did more in one show than Heyman does in a month and he worked most nights...... (Watch WM5 for example...... 4 men managed, took bumps in 3 of those matches AND wrestled 1 match himself.). Then on top of that you have his commentary, Prime Time wrestling, The Bobby Heenan Show; then his time in the AWA and as a wrestler....... Love Heyman; but no. There is Bobby Heenan and then there is everybody else a distant second.
Heenan had to be #1. If you grew up in that era you saw just what an amazing talent he was. Just unreal at bringing heat and absolutely the funniest man ever on commentary.
Far and away the best! Such a valuable asset! Hilarious commentator who I even found funny as a child! Also a great manager who elevated whoever he was with. Rick Rude. Even Flajr who came into the fed as the top heel chose to run w/the Brain for a reason!
Lita's contributions as a manager/valet, I feel are very underrated. The amount of bumps she took from the opponents of Essa, Hardys & Edge.. was ridiculous. Notable spots were: Hurricanrana off a ladder on the outside, piggyback on foley going over the top rope & taking a brutal pumphandle bomb from Test. I dont think any other woman in wwe has had barbed wire in their mouth during a wrestlemania spot either 😂 Even her (questionable) mic work against John cena in 2006 was really great heel work on Edge's behalf
Lita was a pioneer and is an absolute legend. I had the pleasure of training with her at the Funking Conservatory back in the 90's, and she was an absolute sweetheart and one of the hardest workers there. I was so happy to see her make it big. She is a few years older than me, and she and Adam Copeland (Edge) kinda took me in while they were there. I've been a huge mark for the both of them ever since.
I think you should rank every reoccurring "interview show" segment. Pipers Pit, the Brother Love Show, and the Barber Shop, all the way up to Ding Dong Hello, and the Grayson Waller Effect. It's been a pretty consistent staple of WWE programming for decades. I also suspect there would be a good sizable yet manageable amount of them to rank, and make a good video for
Heenan earned the top spot. Does everyone remember when he astutely pointed out that Marty Jannetty tried to dive through the Barber Shop window to escape from Shawn Michaels?
Yes I remember it well as I think it was the first time I saw blood on a WWE wrestler as well as Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 7 against Sargent Slaughter (trying to think which happened first but those are the first times I remember)
@@Couldbedumber I always loved it when Gorilla Monsoon would say that. He always sounded annoyed, but the line itself on paper always gave me flirty vibes
One more note on Paige... She often worked the corner for Mandy Rose and Sonya DeVille in Absolution... At least until her injury and 'retirement' a month or so later...
There is nothing like the sensation of getting to the end of a Cultaholic countdown like this. They're always so well informed and entertaining that by the time I get to the end of one I feel a bit overwhelmed with emotion. Kind of like I remembered why I love wrestling in the first place, and get to go over all that nostalgia of the people who make it great in the first place. Adam, you are legitimately the best in the business when it comes down to this - and all I can say is thank you. ❤
@SoyDrinker yeah I went back and saw that. Thought I had deleted this comment. The player jumped on me and I didn't catch it because I had it on in the background.
Utterly wrong. Todays business is just dogfood. That’s why nobody but a dedicated small fanbase watches. Just a sad state of affairs and he is one of the few to say it.
He still makes some fair points, they're just usually scattered amongst emotionally lead, expletive laden rants. But in the same breath he totally refuses to accept that for better or for worse things evolve and change, it's just the natural progression of things, so you can either cry and moan about the good old days, or just accept it's all subjective and that you're never gonna keep everybody happy, so just like what you like and let others do the same.
if i as a wrestler was given the chance to choose a manager i would choose my favorite manager, ted dibiase. there are many reasons for this starting with how i think the best kind of managers are the ones that have previous in-ring experience. he also would let the fans know how valuable you are not just with his million dollar man gimmick but with his charisma and mic skills
Fun fact- Jameson's real son was the kid in the NFL play 60 commercial that told Cam Newton "I'm just warming my arm up". Implying he would one day take his job.
Fantastic list. My sole disagreement/hill I will proudly die on is that I think Paul Heyman is greater than Bobby Heenan at this point but I can respect the work you all put into this. God damn.
JBL had heat when he came back to manage Corbin last year, he was getting reactions during his little pre match promos. The problem is that while he had heat, Corbin had none. And the manager isn't supposed to have more heat than the wrestler he manages.
The job is to generate heat and THEN transfer it onto the wrestler....... For the most part if you can generate your own heat you don't even need a manager in the first place.
@@julioornano8427 Kronik worked a PPV match against the Brothers of Destruction... And did so badly in in that they were immediately removed from tv... Clark was released while Adams went to development for a few months before also being released... But Richards was their manager for the match, the story being that he blamed Undertaker for destroying the Right to Censor...
These are always some of my favorite videos, really well produced and always a fun watch. Hoping we get an 'Every TNA/Impact X-Division Champion' ranked eventually
That one; Every TNA/Impact World Tag Team Champions ranked from worst to best; Every TNA/Impact Knockout Champion ranked or every TNA/Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions ranked.
@@wingerding Lauper had a massive influence on the WWF getting huge main stream attention in the 80s leading up to the first WM that lead to the domination the company enjoys to this day. Multiple music videos featuring wrestlers etc. Compare this to Pete Rose, Drew Carey, Will Perry, Arnold, Kid Rock etc. Who were far less impactful to the business. Yeah. she's way overdue. Should've been the first celebrity frankly (or just no celebs at all).
@@LexysHereAfter don't get me wrong bro, I don't disagree with any of that, I think it's undisputed at this point. I'm just trying to theorize why she isn't there. At least her father made the hall of fame though.
Wrestlemania 31 is one of my personal favorite shows because I was there, and the timing could not have been more serendipitous for me because i was only in San Jose/Santa Clara area for a couple of months, and i just happened to notice the marketing locally. I was not gonna miss attending Wrestlemania if i was in the same town. Really helps that it was a damn good show too, being there for the Heist of the Century was magical.
To elaborate on that thought I would also sayHeenan is arguably WWE's greatest announcer ever as well. Probably the most talented non-wrestler in WWE history. Although Bobby even wrestled on a few rare occasions.
I hate Paul haymen why is he number 2 he is overrated he almost got fired back in 2012 for just being a dumbass and he was crying like a baby Paul haymen ranked to high
35:06 when Bob Backlund was WWWF/WWF Champion from 1978-84 he had no personality but when he came back and lost the plot in 94 he showed he did have some personality and character playing his character brilliantly
Not even if Paul does it for another 20 years. Heyman is a genius manager and a ridiculous promo, but Paul himself will tell you that the first second and third best all-time is Bobby Heenan
I think Cornette's truth spitting in current times has brought him down on the list. He's definitely the guy after to Heenan, followed very closely by Heyman.
@@nathaniel8854 I hope so. That said, I definitely don't think placing Sunny ahead of him is correct. I get she was over but still, Corny's promos, bumps are legendary.
Okay, if you look deeper, The Undertaker brought Paul Barer in because he worked with him before when Paul went by Percy Pringle III in WCCW. The Undertaker went by Texas Red who was managed by Percy Pringle III in WCCW. Then, Percy now under the name Paul Barer, was brought in to manage The Undertaker. That is why the two worked so well together because they were very good as heels in the WCCW. The two almost worked with each other for like 10 years. There was another person during the Rock and Wrestling connection that also helped bring WWF into the spotlight in the 1980s. WWF was on tv on NBC, and the person or face of the NBC at the time was MR. T from the hit tv show The A Team. He wound up in the same corner with Cyndi and Captain Lou when Hulk Hogan wrestled. A couple of times, Mr. T wrestled as Hulk's TagTeam partner. Both Hulk and MR. T appeared in the new Rocky film at the time. He was the only other celebrity besides Cyndi that spent time in WWF at the time to be of notable.
34:08 Adam i appreciate that you know that we've been watching your lists for like 8 years now. Did you know Sean O'Haire's last match was the Barroom Brawl?
Cornette's WWE run was only a fraction of his overall managerial career, but I think it was still amazing enough to crack the top 5. Just my opinion though. I think this is a pretty damn good list.
@@airfixx_8952 might want to check your facts. Yes Corny was with Vince. But on the manager end of things, Jim was with Yoko, Owen and perhaps a few others. But, the majority of Corny's time for WWE/F was in creative and from there via OVW was with developmental. No doubt Jim's best work was with the Midnights.
Need to bring back Old School wrestlers as Managers with stable of new guys! Help them with their ring knowledge to get over 💯 Greg The Hammer Valentine Tito Santana Blue Meanie Bret Hart Sabu Undertaker
every time i see chyna it makes me emotional. gone way way too soon 💔she deserved the world. she deserved matches like the women's division has now. imagine the matches we could’ve gotten if more men weren't afraid of fighting her back in the day.
Stacy Keibler at 76?! Surely she makes the top 10! She gave us Super Stacy FFS, alongside Hurricane (another talent who doesn't get his due often enough). She was the Duchess of Dudleyville... She helped Randy Orton's newbie build... She made Test a bigger deal than he'd been in years... She aided Big Poppa Pump with passable storylines despite dwindling wrestling skill... For me, Stacy Keibler is THE top female manager in this list. She played great characters, she was fun, talented and beautiful. Perhaps one of her most important contributions in retrospect was how she proved that implants weren't necessary to make the top tiers in the company - This was almost an expected criteria of female talent at one time. She might not have made it very high up in your list, but she's most definitely reached top ten in mine as well as being the top female manager. She's missed dearly in today's wrestling landscape.
I like Stacy Keibler and how she helped boost Test's career by calling his fans, Testicles. She was also one big asset in the Superheroes Tag Team of Hurricane and Rosey as Super Stacy but most arguably her top managerial skills was when she was the Duchess of Dudleyville ❤️ She's the one calling shots to put people yhru the table
the fact it took over four minutes to explain what consitutes a manager and why they weren't including ALL managers in WWE (like the title would suggest), shows why this list was doomed from the start.
I actually recall being impressed at Ric Flair, when he was managing Triple H. He did a lot of Bobby Heenan-esque stuff and had no problem 'showing his ass' - as they say. He didn't overshadow Crips, but he enhanced the presentation.
Not really much to do with this video except that HHH thought Shelton Benjamin was boring. It's a shame the timing didn't work out for us to get a stable of the 3 most under used wrestlers of the past 25 years, Shelton, Lance Storm & Claudio Castagnoli! If we added someone from the 80's then Jerry Stubbs aka Mr. Olympia from Mid-South.
They said the greatest thing Bobby heated ever did was turning Andre into a heal that's incorrect. The greatest thing was he was right about hogan ten years before
If they cut out all the ex, part time wrestlers, valets, mascots, midgets, family members and friends and focused on managers only this list would be a lot shorter.
I think somewhere in the mid 100s there should've been note for Extreme Expose, even though Kelly Kelly and Layla had separate entries. As a trio their time as groupies for the Miz was the start of him actually winning matches and developing a personality beyond "jobber who was on reality tv".
Paul bearer, Paul Hayman and the guy with sun glasses and colored tuxedos. Are literally the only managers I can remember off the top. But im in my 30’s and haven’t seen any wrestling in a while. Still though they made my childhood
CHYNA, LITA, MISS ELIZABETH, SHERRI MARTEL, SABLE, PAUL BEARER, BOBBY HEENAN, PAUL ELLERING, JIM CORNETTE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MANAGERS.
Roddy Piper was the manager of Orton, Orndorff, and Schultz at the beginning of the Rock n Wrestling Connection. Piper would come out to the ring with each of them and he was clearly the leader. He’s definitely top ten.
I'm so mad I just had to hear the phrase "swoggle teat" with my own ears. That aside, this is a seriously impressive list, big props to the writers and researchers!
Lmao was not expecting the officer barbrady. I’m listening to this in the middle of work. Had several people wondering what the heck I was laughing about. 57:02
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This list is really about, "Who is number 3 behind Heenan and Heyman?"
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@@Anthony-li9ko Who's that
True but I personally love hearing about the bottom tier people as well, a lot of times there's people I've never heard of
Cornette and more Cornette
At this point, I wouldn't even be shock if they rank literally EVERY wrestler in WWE history
That's cold be sooo great
How long would be the list? 3 day, not even joking?
@@MattB1792 At least man
Commander Azeez looks like Bayley’s twin brother 😂
I would not be surprised if they have been working on that. That would take months
The commitment it must have taken to find all of these people is insane
They're all well archived in name but to find the footage and extra info would have taken months.
Bobby heenan deserved that number 1 spot. For modern fans, paul heyman is the bobby heenan of this era of wrestling but not just this era alone, wcw, ecw, ruthless aggression, wwecw, pg era and now but the brain has a great record of managing the G.O.A.Ts of the 80's and 90's. Paul will be remembered as the greatest manager of this timeline but he was not the first to do it like bobby "the brain" heenan did it.
(For the record, i am not saying bobby is the pioneer of managing but he was one of the best to bring it to an extent.)
Heyman has done it in WWE for more than 2x the length of Bobby.
@@RedrumZombies I totally disagree. It's like what Dutch said "There's no comparison if you look at both of their body's of work".
@RedrumZombies Cornette, Heyman, Hart, all the other greats say the same thing. Bobby Heenan was the greatest, and it wasn't even close. Watch the 92 Royal Rumble. His work that day is beyond what anyone else could do.
Honestly you can make an argument for either man being the GOAT of wwe managers. They both deserve it IMO.
@@RedrumZombies This is so off point.......... Not even close. Bobby often did more in one show than Heyman does in a month and he worked most nights...... (Watch WM5 for example...... 4 men managed, took bumps in 3 of those matches AND wrestled 1 match himself.). Then on top of that you have his commentary, Prime Time wrestling, The Bobby Heenan Show; then his time in the AWA and as a wrestler.......
Love Heyman; but no.
There is Bobby Heenan and then there is everybody else a distant second.
Heenan had to be #1. If you grew up in that era you saw just what an amazing talent he was. Just unreal at bringing heat and absolutely the funniest man ever on commentary.
Agreed.
Definitely
Far and away the best! Such a valuable asset! Hilarious commentator who I even found funny as a child! Also a great manager who elevated whoever he was with. Rick Rude. Even Flajr who came into the fed as the top heel chose to run w/the Brain for a reason!
No one was better. Period.
All time great, the true standard. Also, his WWE Hall Of Fame speech is the best tribute to wrestling in general that I’ve ever seen.
Lita's contributions as a manager/valet, I feel are very underrated.
The amount of bumps she took from the opponents of Essa, Hardys & Edge.. was ridiculous.
Notable spots were: Hurricanrana off a ladder on the outside, piggyback on foley going over the top rope & taking a brutal pumphandle bomb from Test.
I dont think any other woman in wwe has had barbed wire in their mouth during a wrestlemania spot either 😂
Even her (questionable) mic work against John cena in 2006 was really great heel work on Edge's behalf
Agreed. I mentioned the same about Mae Young.
The beating she took from Austin and Triple H in 2001 was brutal, as well.
She took some bumps from Edge alright...
Was she considered Edges manager when they celebrated his title win with live sex on raw and she bared 1 breast on TV during that event
Lita was a pioneer and is an absolute legend. I had the pleasure of training with her at the Funking Conservatory back in the 90's, and she was an absolute sweetheart and one of the hardest workers there. I was so happy to see her make it big. She is a few years older than me, and she and Adam Copeland (Edge) kinda took me in while they were there. I've been a huge mark for the both of them ever since.
I think you should rank every reoccurring "interview show" segment.
Pipers Pit, the Brother Love Show, and the Barber Shop, all the way up to Ding Dong Hello, and the Grayson Waller Effect. It's been a pretty consistent staple of WWE programming for decades. I also suspect there would be a good sizable yet manageable amount of them to rank, and make a good video for
Jake The Snake THE SNAKE PIT!!..😂😂
The Peep Show
Funk's Grill lol
Heenan earned the top spot. Does everyone remember when he astutely pointed out that Marty Jannetty tried to dive through the Barber Shop window to escape from Shawn Michaels?
He definitely tried to jump through that window..
@@laronnpowell1700 What an act of cowardice!
Yes I remember it well as I think it was the first time I saw blood on a WWE wrestler as well as Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 7 against Sargent Slaughter (trying to think which happened first but those are the first times I remember)
@@Benjamin_Tech oh will you stop!
@@Couldbedumber I always loved it when Gorilla Monsoon would say that. He always sounded annoyed, but the line itself on paper always gave me flirty vibes
I can't believe Akio and Sakoda were 199. They're undoubtedly amongst the 198 best ever!!
we are 1 step closer to “every WWE wrestler ever ranked”
And than 20 years from now thwy need to remake that with a every wwe wrestler ever 2.0
@@iamironman859520? More like 2
Million dollar question: who is in last place?
I bet they are working on that right now
@@christophemolhant2891Kelly Kelly
Just seeing Bobby Heenan on screen makes me smile. Can’t think of many other entertainers who still have that effect.
Have you never heard of Roman Reigns or something?
One more note on Paige... She often worked the corner for Mandy Rose and Sonya DeVille in Absolution... At least until her injury and 'retirement' a month or so later...
I was wondering why that didn’t get mentioned, but I’m assuming it’s because she was technically an active competitor to some extent at that time.
@@gabepollock1641True .. but many on this list were also active competitors while serving as managers as well...
There is nothing like the sensation of getting to the end of a Cultaholic countdown like this. They're always so well informed and entertaining that by the time I get to the end of one I feel a bit overwhelmed with emotion. Kind of like I remembered why I love wrestling in the first place, and get to go over all that nostalgia of the people who make it great in the first place.
Adam, you are legitimately the best in the business when it comes down to this - and all I can say is thank you. ❤
He left out Bobby Henan. Who dose that when talking about managers?
@@warchild1673 Is this a joke i'm missing lmao. He literally put Heenan as #1?
@SoyDrinker yeah I went back and saw that. Thought I had deleted this comment. The player jumped on me and I didn't catch it because I had it on in the background.
Cornette was a great manager. Whether you like the dude or not you can't deny he understood how the business worked back then, he just got it.
Utterly wrong. Todays business is just dogfood. That’s why nobody but a dedicated small fanbase watches. Just a sad state of affairs and he is one of the few to say it.
He still makes some fair points, they're just usually scattered amongst emotionally lead, expletive laden rants. But in the same breath he totally refuses to accept that for better or for worse things evolve and change, it's just the natural progression of things, so you can either cry and moan about the good old days, or just accept it's all subjective and that you're never gonna keep everybody happy, so just like what you like and let others do the same.
Eh, he really didn't understand how the business worked back then because he complains about stuff today like it didn't happen back then
@@johnvsbear4247 If anything, the product itself is better than it was at it's peak, it just isn't as adult targeted.
Cornette's great, listen to his podcast all the time. But this is a WWE list and Cornette was just kinda there when he was a manager in WWE
Just got to the “Join us!” and I respect the effort put into this video. Just the rules and exclusions list was a thing of art to decide upon.
Thank you for putting Chyna in the top 10. It always warms my heart to see the respect you guys give her.
The animated bits at the beginning instead of the stock photos was a beautiful touch to start this video! Nicely done!
Seeing Heenan at #1 put a huge smile on my face. He will always be #1 to me.
Nope. Heyman
@@tylerhartley5031 No one watches today so no heenan
@@thegoughandbordenfamily8234 was he the tribal chiefs top wise men? Yeah I didn’t think so pal, heyman for the number one spot
@@tylerhartley5031😮😢😅😅
I didn't really know how this list was going to go, but I only knew the top 2 are Heyman and Heenan.
You guys are so good. Well done.
I work doubles on Sat and Sun.
I love when you guys drop these.
I definitely consider Paul Heyman as one of the best managers in WWE, I think he has great mic skills.
He's definitely one of the best. I think Cultaholic got it right. No.2 of all time!
If there was a Rushmore for managers, Paul would be up there. His work with the Bloodline, priceless.
if i as a wrestler was given the chance to choose a manager i would choose my favorite manager, ted dibiase. there are many reasons for this starting with how i think the best kind of managers are the ones that have previous in-ring experience. he also would let the fans know how valuable you are not just with his million dollar man gimmick but with his charisma and mic skills
Fun fact- Jameson's real son was the kid in the NFL play 60 commercial that told Cam Newton "I'm just warming my arm up". Implying he would one day take his job.
Fantastic list. My sole disagreement/hill I will proudly die on is that I think Paul Heyman is greater than Bobby Heenan at this point but I can respect the work you all put into this. God damn.
There is no compelling argument that Bobby isn't the GOAT.
No way dude. Heenan is by far the GOAT
Technically, Godfathers Ho's take up 2 spots. One of which was Lita.
& Victoria no really
JBL had heat when he came back to manage Corbin last year, he was getting reactions during his little pre match promos.
The problem is that while he had heat, Corbin had none. And the manager isn't supposed to have more heat than the wrestler he manages.
The job is to generate heat and THEN transfer it onto the wrestler....... For the most part if you can generate your own heat you don't even need a manager in the first place.
Before I watch the video I'm going to say Bobby "the Brain" Heenan is the greatest of all time.
Nope. Overrated. Hey man is the greatest
I'm intrigued to see where Steven Richards ranks when he was Kronik's manager
He also worked the corner for Victoria during his 'self appointed GM OF Heat' stint with them as an on screen couple...
Kronik? As in wcw?...I belive they said only wwe related appearances...so maybe bwo and Def RTC
@@julioornano8427 Kronik worked a PPV match against the Brothers of Destruction... And did so badly in in that they were immediately removed from tv... Clark was released while Adams went to development for a few months before also being released... But Richards was their manager for the match, the story being that he blamed Undertaker for destroying the Right to Censor...
Something is telling me you won't and didn't, but I'll keep watching
Glad heyman is close to the top, Lesnar and Heyman is easily favorite manager and wrestler duo ever!
Released 11 minutes ago, commented 9 minutes ago, and it's 2 hours long, bro skipped all the way to the the end 😭
Close to the top? Excluding Heenan, he IS the top!
Finally Jackie Orlando finished his list, been looking forward to this for ages 👍
I feel like I've heard this video get talked about for over a year on the Classic Raw Review podcast, glad its finally out and done with. Good job.
“You listen to me you go to the top! You don’t listen to me, you’re never heard from again!” -Bobby Heenan
Truer words have never been spoken.
These are always some of my favorite videos, really well produced and always a fun watch. Hoping we get an 'Every TNA/Impact X-Division Champion' ranked eventually
That one; Every TNA/Impact World Tag Team Champions ranked from worst to best; Every TNA/Impact Knockout Champion ranked or every TNA/Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions ranked.
@@jodawa2504❤❤❤😊😊😊
I wonder how hard it is to do a 2hr video when we all know how it's going to end just by the title alone.
Lauper not being in the HOF at this point is NUTS!
Maybe.
Was she there long enough or spend more than a few hours in the lockeroom?
@@wingerding Lauper had a massive influence on the WWF getting huge main stream attention in the 80s leading up to the first WM that lead to the domination the company enjoys to this day.
Multiple music videos featuring wrestlers etc.
Compare this to Pete Rose, Drew Carey, Will Perry, Arnold, Kid Rock etc. Who were far less impactful to the business. Yeah. she's way overdue. Should've been the first celebrity frankly (or just no celebs at all).
@@LexysHereAfter don't get me wrong bro, I don't disagree with any of that, I think it's undisputed at this point. I'm just trying to theorize why she isn't there. At least her father made the hall of fame though.
Wrestlemania 31 is one of my personal favorite shows because I was there, and the timing could not have been more serendipitous for me because i was only in San Jose/Santa Clara area for a couple of months, and i just happened to notice the marketing locally. I was not gonna miss attending Wrestlemania if i was in the same town.
Really helps that it was a damn good show too, being there for the Heist of the Century was magical.
Thank god Heenan won this. So well deserved. Also nice to see Jimmy Hart at 4. He is very underrated.
To elaborate on that thought I would also sayHeenan is arguably WWE's greatest announcer ever as well. Probably the most talented non-wrestler in WWE history. Although Bobby even wrestled on a few rare occasions.
Heenan is the best. Even to this day, it’s hard to top him.
@@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living couldn't agree more. Him and Gorilla Monsoon were also my all-time favorite commentator team.
Lena Yada also eventually became the wife of Disturbed frontman, David Draiman.
20:38 poor Pacitti, absolutely criminal of the writer not to put *say "yeah!" like LA Knight* at that point 😂
I'm surprised Mae Young wasn't ranked higher in your rankings. OMG she could bump better than most of the guys.
Who ever did the intro... i applaud you
Paul Heyman has the last Renmants of the hardcore of ECW, which modern day WWE doesnt even have one stread of....thats why people like him so much
I hate Paul haymen why is he number 2 he is overrated he almost got fired back in 2012 for just being a dumbass and he was crying like a baby Paul haymen ranked to high
35:06 when Bob Backlund was WWWF/WWF Champion from 1978-84 he had no personality but when he came back and lost the plot in 94 he showed he did have some personality and character playing his character brilliantly
aaaah Victoria... one of the biggest "what if" of the early 2000s
She was great at a time when WWE couldn't be bothered with their women's division.
If Victoria debuted 10 years later, I wonder how things would’ve gone
You could say the same about Ivory, Jazz, Molly, Gail...... And later Beth, Mickie & Natalia.
i'd honestly put heyman over heenan now
Keyword being Now.
Not even if Paul does it for another 20 years. Heyman is a genius manager and a ridiculous promo, but Paul himself will tell you that the first second and third best all-time is Bobby Heenan
The godfather gimmick has aged perfectly and is still one of the most over guys in pro wrestling. Fight me, cultaholic.
hmm, I got nothing to do today, - cue Cultaholic dropping a 2 hour vid to sort me out
Small note about Bob Backlund... You forgot his cup of coffee managerial run of Eurocontinental champion Kurt Angle.
True, Bob helped not just Kurt but Shelton, Dave Otunga and others.
Didn't he manager Titus and/or Darren Young at some point too?
He mentioned Darren in the vid...
Good morning, God.
Good Morning World 🌎,
Good morning, @CultaholicWrestling and Good Morning Wrestling!
Cheers to the Greatest Managers of WWE ❤ 🍻
Thanks to this video i learned that Camacho is now Tanga Loa
That was freaking awesome!!!! Good job Boys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Genuinely surprised to see how low some managers are, suppose the competition is more intense than I had thought! 😅
Whoever edited this did a top job. Well done.
1:14:06 My favorite part of Slaughter’s heel turn is that his two lackeys outrank him. Lol
I think Cornette's truth spitting in current times has brought him down on the list. He's definitely the guy after to Heenan, followed very closely by Heyman.
That has nothing to do with his manager work. That was a stupid thing to say.
If anything the opposite is true. His valid criticisms of the modern product have brought him more fans then ever before.
@@nathaniel8854 I hope so. That said, I definitely don't think placing Sunny ahead of him is correct. I get she was over but still, Corny's promos, bumps are legendary.
@@barbarodave Not stupid at all.
In WWE, what did Cornette actually do?
Okay, if you look deeper, The Undertaker brought Paul Barer in because he worked with him before when Paul went by Percy Pringle III in WCCW. The Undertaker went by Texas Red who was managed by Percy Pringle III in WCCW. Then, Percy now under the name Paul Barer, was brought in to manage The Undertaker. That is why the two worked so well together because they were very good as heels in the WCCW. The two almost worked with each other for like 10 years.
There was another person during the Rock and Wrestling connection that also helped bring WWF into the spotlight in the 1980s. WWF was on tv on NBC, and the person or face of the NBC at the time was MR. T from the hit tv show The A Team. He wound up in the same corner with Cyndi and Captain Lou when Hulk Hogan wrestled. A couple of times, Mr. T wrestled as Hulk's TagTeam partner. Both Hulk and MR. T appeared in the new Rocky film at the time. He was the only other celebrity besides Cyndi that spent time in WWF at the time to be of notable.
34:08 Adam i appreciate that you know that we've been watching your lists for like 8 years now.
Did you know Sean O'Haire's last match was the Barroom Brawl?
Cornette's WWE run was only a fraction of his overall managerial career, but I think it was still amazing enough to crack the top 5. Just my opinion though. I think this is a pretty damn good list.
True as I mentioned about The "Mouth of the South". Jimmy spent most of his time in WCW.
And his podcast is goated
@@williammitchell4417 That's not true at all............. Jimmy spent 8 tears in WWF and another 7 in Memphis.
@@airfixx_8952 might want to check your facts. Yes Corny was with Vince. But on the manager end of things, Jim was with Yoko, Owen and perhaps a few others. But, the majority of Corny's time for WWE/F was in creative and from there via OVW was with developmental. No doubt Jim's best work was with the Midnights.
On a 1 to 10 scale with 1 being highest & 10 being lowest Vince ranks as a wrestling promoter & CEO -10 😆🤣
1:04:44
"Look at it and cry." That's the hardest I've laughed at a Cultaholic video in a minute 😂
I had always heard HHH wanted Swerve back the most but he was already under contract in AEW.
Fun fact: Mr. Hughes wrestled in the 1993 King of the Ring
This is gonna be great!! Cheers Adam 😇
I liked Trish as a manager
Thank you thank you and more thank yous it's like a birthday gift when we get one of these
I personally think there's a distinction between "bodyguard" and "manager"
Bobby Heenan is the best and greatest manager of all time case closed.
Need to bring back Old School wrestlers as Managers with stable of new guys! Help them with their ring knowledge to get over 💯
Greg The Hammer Valentine
Tito Santana Blue Meanie
Bret Hart Sabu Undertaker
every time i see chyna it makes me emotional. gone way way too soon 💔she deserved the world. she deserved matches like the women's division has now. imagine the matches we could’ve gotten if more men weren't afraid of fighting her back in the day.
50:42 "His name's Mo and his name's not Joe" truly poetry in motion.
Stacy Keibler at 76?! Surely she makes the top 10!
She gave us Super Stacy FFS, alongside Hurricane (another talent who doesn't get his due often enough).
She was the Duchess of Dudleyville...
She helped Randy Orton's newbie build...
She made Test a bigger deal than he'd been in years...
She aided Big Poppa Pump with passable storylines despite dwindling wrestling skill...
For me, Stacy Keibler is THE top female manager in this list. She played great characters, she was fun, talented and beautiful. Perhaps one of her most important contributions in retrospect was how she proved that implants weren't necessary to make the top tiers in the company - This was almost an expected criteria of female talent at one time.
She might not have made it very high up in your list, but she's most definitely reached top ten in mine as well as being the top female manager. She's missed dearly in today's wrestling landscape.
Is this the video that somebody (I believe it was Fraser) said earlier in the week they were sick of making and hoped to have it out soon?
Gosh, I remember this list being alluded to months ago on the podcast, glad it finally came together
Every wrestling match ever ranked when?
I’m trying to remember when Maryse managed Deuce & Domino as that was Cherry
I love it that you folks include Cyndi! She's the godmother of wrestlemania, for fuck sakes
I like Stacy Keibler and how she helped boost Test's career by calling his fans, Testicles. She was also one big asset in the Superheroes Tag Team of Hurricane and Rosey as Super Stacy but most arguably her top managerial skills was when she was the Duchess of Dudleyville ❤️ She's the one calling shots to put people yhru the table
the fact it took over four minutes to explain what consitutes a manager and why they weren't including ALL managers in WWE (like the title would suggest), shows why this list was doomed from the start.
I actually recall being impressed at Ric Flair, when he was managing Triple H.
He did a lot of Bobby Heenan-esque stuff and had no problem 'showing his ass' - as they say.
He didn't overshadow Crips, but he enhanced the presentation.
Seeing some of the comments I understand why this intro is so long! 😂 thank you for the work
Not really much to do with this video except that HHH thought Shelton Benjamin was boring.
It's a shame the timing didn't work out for us to get a stable of the 3 most under used wrestlers of the past 25 years, Shelton, Lance Storm & Claudio Castagnoli!
If we added someone from the 80's then Jerry Stubbs aka Mr. Olympia from Mid-South.
OHH YESSSSS MORE CULTAHOLIC RANKING
Bobby the brain will always be the goat of managers i would give to paul haymen
Great narration and editing 👌
Staying away from the comments so i dont spoilt the outcome for myself shows how much i enjoy these videos.
They said the greatest thing Bobby heated ever did was turning Andre into a heal that's incorrect. The greatest thing was he was right about hogan ten years before
I was so excited when this popped up! Can’t wait to watch 💜💜👏🏾
If they cut out all the ex, part time wrestlers, valets, mascots, midgets, family members and friends and focused on managers only this list would be a lot shorter.
I think somewhere in the mid 100s there should've been note for Extreme Expose, even though Kelly Kelly and Layla had separate entries. As a trio their time as groupies for the Miz was the start of him actually winning matches and developing a personality beyond "jobber who was on reality tv".
Don't forget Paul Heyman run with Ryback along with Curtis Axel and Cesaro.
Paul bearer, Paul Hayman and the guy with sun glasses and colored tuxedos. Are literally the only managers I can remember off the top. But im in my 30’s and haven’t seen any wrestling in a while. Still though they made my childhood
CHYNA, LITA, MISS ELIZABETH, SHERRI MARTEL, SABLE, PAUL BEARER, BOBBY HEENAN, PAUL ELLERING, JIM CORNETTE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MANAGERS.
The 3 greatest of all time not just WWE has to be...
1. Heenan
2. Cornette
3. Heyman
Tajiri wanting to end Kyodai to avoid pissing off the Yakuza makes more sense than I care to admit.
That was probably for the best. lol
Roddy Piper was the manager of Orton, Orndorff, and Schultz at the beginning of the Rock n Wrestling Connection. Piper would come out to the ring with each of them and he was clearly the leader. He’s definitely top ten.
Nah the bob backland Darren young thing was sick
I'm so mad I just had to hear the phrase "swoggle teat" with my own ears. That aside, this is a seriously impressive list, big props to the writers and researchers!
Lmao was not expecting the officer barbrady. I’m listening to this in the middle of work. Had several people wondering what the heck I was laughing about. 57:02
“Slick: he’s a jive soul bro, a jive soul bro” 😂😂😂
IYKYK
As soon as Adam said they were only considering work within WWE i said to myself “that sounds like something they mentioned because of Elerring”