And his talents on the mic were impressive enough to land him a faux talk show — called “The Bobby Heenan Show,” because what else?
Just about every “bad guy” in the organization was led to the ring by Bobby Heenan at least once, from King Kong Bundy to “Ravishing” Rick Rude to Andre the Giant and everyone in between.
It was in 1984 that he got hired on with the then-WWF by Vince McMahon, where he kicked off his legend-making streak as one of the most camera-ready managers in all of wrestling.
— and it was around that point in the mid-1980s when he took over as a color commentator with Gorilla Monsoon, and Heenan’s bias for heel wrestlers made their back-and-forth as enjoyable as the action in the ring.