THE HEENAN FAMILY (AWA, GCW, WWF)

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Bobby the Goat Manger

 

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Georgia Championship Wrestling (1979)

In GCW, Heenan formed his second version of Heenan Family, where Blackjack Lanza remained in the stable, while Heenan received new members in Masked Superstar

,

Killer Karl Kox

,

Professor Toru Tanaka

and Ernie Ladd

. He also lead this version to numerous title reigns before he was fired by GCW.

Return To AWA (1979-1984)

After his firing from GCW, Heenan returned to AWA, where he reformed Heenan Family with Nick Bockwinkel. The stable got its newest member, Ken Patera

in 1982, but Patera left the group in 1983 when Heenan suffered an injury in Japan.

 

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THE HEENAN FAMILY - COLOSSAL CONNECTION

 

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THE HEENAN FAMILY - BIG JOHN STUDD

 

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WWF (1984-1993)

Heenan made his debut appearance in the World Wrestling Federation in September 1984, seconding Big John

Studd to the ring. While Jesse Ventura was originally supposed to be the first member of the WWF version of the Heenan Family, he was forced to retire due to health problems. Studd officially became the first member of the WWF version of the Heenan Family and wasn't long before Patera joined the fold.

The Heenan Family's first target was Andre the Giant, with whom Studd had been embroiled in a bitter feud over who was the true "giant" of wrestling. The Heenan Family scored the first major victory in the feud when Heenan helped instigate a 2-on-1 attack on Andre, an incident that resulted in Studd and Patera cutting Andre's famous locks of hair. Andre regained the upper hand, prompting Heenan to bring King Kong Bundy

into the Family.

Bundy, along with Studd, continued to make life difficult for Andre, who turned to Hulk Hogan and Tony Atlas for assistance. In 1986, as part of a storyline explaining Andre's leave of absence from the WWF (due to health problems and a tour of Japan), the Heenan Family campaigned to have Andre suspended for failing to show for matches against Studd and Bundy, and later to require a lifetime suspension from the WWF if they could prove a masked man competing as the "Giant Machine" was Andre.

In addition to Andre, WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hogan was another frequent target of the Heenan Family. Early on, Heenan turned to Studd, Bundy and Hogan's on-again, off-again friend "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff to win the title from Hogan, but they were all unsuccessful. In early 1987, Heenan appeared to score a major coup for his stable when Andre turned heel and challenged Hogan for the title at WrestleMania III. However, Hogan was also successful in his match against Andre.

After going more than four years without a champion, the Heenan Family got its first title when "Ravishing" Rick Rude

(with help from Heenan) upset The Ultimate Warrior to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania V. Shortly thereafter, he led the Brain Busters

(former Horsemen members Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) to the WWF World Tag Team championship (over Demolition), giving the Heenan Family two champions at one time. Late in 1989, the Colossal Connection

(André and Haku) won the Tag Team Championship, again defeating Demolition. In the spring of 1990, the Heenan Family got its fourth title when "Mr. Perfect"

won a tournament to fill the vacant Intercontinental Championship.

Other wrestlers who were part of the Heenan Family, at one time or another, were The Missing Link, Harley Race

, The Islanders (Haku and Tama)

,

Hercules

, The Barbarian, Terry Taylor, and The Brooklyn Brawler. Several of them -- most notably Race -- challenged Hogan for the WWF Heavyweight Championship, while others played key roles in various mid-card and main-event storylines

 

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HEENAN FAMILY MEMBERS IN AWA, WWA and NWA GEORGIA

AWA members

Nick Bockwinkel

Ray Stevens

Blackjack Lanza

Blackjack Mulligan

Bobby Duncum

Ken Patera

Super Destroyer Mark II

Stan Hansen

WWA members

Angelo Poffo

Chris Markoff

Jimmy Valiant

Johnny Valiant

Baron von Raschke

NWA Georgia members

Blackjack Lanza

Masked Superstar

"Killer" Karl Kox

Professor Toru Tanaka

"Big Cat" Ernie Ladd

Bobby Jaggers

Ron Bass

Austin Idol

 

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NICK BOCKWINKLE the legend and hall of famer AWA 4X Heavyweight Champion part of the Heenan family Bio threadhttp://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/403573/nick-bockwinkle-wrestling-legend#latest

 

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WWF members

Adrian Adonis

The Missing Link

Ken Patera

Big John Studd

King Kong Bundy

Buddy Rose

"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

Harley Race

André the Giant

Rick Rude

Hercules Hernandez

The Barbarian

Haku

Tama

"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig

"The Red Rooster" Terry Taylor

The Brooklyn Brawler

The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)

 

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THE KING HARLEY RACE, HERCULES HERNANDEZ AND RICK RUDE vs Jobbers

Heenan Family V DeFalco, Gantner & Sanchez (WWF1987)

 

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Heenan Family V Powers, Roma, Driggers & Mancini (WWF 1987)

THE KING HARLEY RACE, PAUL MR. WUNDERFUL ORNDOFF, HERCULES AND KING KONG BUNDY

 

[Recaptimus_Prime360]

respect to heenan man. the wwe isn't wouldn't have been the same if heenan wasn't involved.

 

[Mister B.]

So Flair was never in the Heenan Family? Interesting. Cause he stayed partying with Flair, especially in the WWF days of the last 80s/early 90s.

 

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Rest in Peace Bobby Heenan

 

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the weasel the goat the Brain Rip

 

[willhustle]

RIP Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

GOAT Manager

 

[JohnBlackwell]

Is it true Rick Rude didn't like working with him?

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Is it true Rick Rude didn't like working with him?

I dont know if it was hate but Rick Rude always felt he didn't need a manager and he could shine on his own. He didn't want Heenan over shadowing him.