Character from WWE by WWE / TKO Group
The greatest manager and color commentator in wrestling history — a scheming, cowardly genius who managed Intercontinental champions and heavyweights with equal aplomb, and whose wit made him the Golden Era's sharpest voice.
Bobby Heenan is funny in the way that only someone genuinely mean can be funny — the insults land because there's real contempt behind them, real ego, real delight in other people's suffering. As a manager he was the ultimate coward-strategist: he'd never fight his own battles, but his clients won constantly because Heenan always had a plan B and a Plan C. As a commentator alongside Gorilla Monsoon on Prime Time Wrestling, he elevated every show. The Heenan Family — Mr. Perfect, Andre the Giant, Ric Flair — represents the Gold Standard of heel management stables.
Natty suits, slicked hair, and the eternally hunted expression of a man whose clients keep getting beaten up despite his best schemes. At the commentary table, Heenan leaned back with theatrical disdain, sunglasses optional, always adjusting his lapels like he was about to make a point — and he always was.
Also known as: Bobby Heenan, The Brain, The Weasel