Bobby Heenan: a self-taught genius who became AWA's wonderful weasel Rivals, promoters and interviewers loved pro wrestling provocateur Bobby (the Brain) Heenan. Fans hated the Weasel.

Heenan’s biggest career jump in the AWA would be when he managed Ray Stevens and Nick Bockwinkel. Like most of the guys Bobby would work with, these three would become inseparable.

Bobby Heenan would improve the craft of managing so much that he would practically reinvent it. ... In 1969, “The Brain” was born and Bobby Heenan would jump ship and join the AWA. ...

Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan is one of wrestling's greatest manager and commentators, ... WCW, AWA, or other promotions, Heenan was one of the very names to ever enter into the business.

Getty Image. On Sunday afternoon, we learned that legendary WWE, WCW and AWA manager, wrestler and commentator Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan, almost unarguably the best to ever do it, passed away ...

The Heenan Family stable wasn’t the only thing the Brain brought with him from the AWA – he brought his “weasel” nickname, too. It became much more than an insult, though, in his feud with ...

At the time, Heenan managed Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Duncum, the hated AWA tag team champions. The two were challenged to a steel cage match by Chicago favorites Dick the Bruiser and the Crusher.

The news of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's passing today gutted me. I loved our time together. No one ever did it better than the Wease. — Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) September 17, 2017 ...

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan has died at the age of 73, according to a tweet by wrestling announcer Jim Ross. "The news of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's passing today gutted me," Ross wrote on Twitter.

CHICAGO -- Legendary wrestling manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan has died. Heenan was born in Chicago, where he started his wrestling career. He made his WWF debut in 1984 as Jesse Ventura's ...