Hacksaw Duggan & Sean Mooney Remember Heenan and Gorilla’s Iconic WWF Commentary: PRIME TIME VAULT
Prime Time with Sean Mooney
Prime Time with Sean Mooney
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Sean Mooney look back at one of the greatest broadcast duos in wrestling history — Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon. They break down why their chemistry was unmatched, how humor and credibility blended perfectly on WWF television, and share behind-the-scenes stories from the golden era that fans rarely hear. A must-listen for anyone who loves classic WWF, legendary commentary, and untold locker room tales.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a prime time with Sean Mooney production. |
| 0:03.8 | I want to talk about, you know, not just announcers. |
| 0:07.5 | I mean, people have specific announcers. |
| 0:09.5 | And you know, when I was with the WWF, you heard all the time, like, who was the best announcer? |
| 0:14.5 | But, you know, what I want to talk about is who were, what I believe was one of the best announced teams ever. |
| 0:20.8 | And it, and it took two to make this happen. And that was Bobby the brain. but I believe was one of the best announced teams ever. |
| 0:23.3 | And it took two to make this happen. |
| 0:26.3 | And that was Bobby the Brain Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon. |
| 0:33.6 | And I think that, and I said this in our, what we put out talking about the show is the most entertaining, I think, announced duo ever. |
| 0:37.6 | And people may have, you know, everybody has their different opinions, but I was very |
| 0:41.3 | close to both of them. |
| 0:42.9 | And what they had was incredible magic. |
| 0:46.9 | And a little background on both, you know, Bobby Heenan was born Raymond Lewis Heenan |
| 0:53.9 | in Chicago in 1944. |
| 0:57.2 | And he started in the business, wanted to just, you know, that's, it was never a question |
| 1:03.2 | for him for a lot of these people. |
| 1:05.7 | And then you have a gorilla monsoon who was born, you know, Robert James Borilla, |
| 1:12.4 | who a lot of people don't realize, Jim, he was a fantastic amateur wrestler. |
| 1:17.8 | And I think one of the reasons we got along so well when he found out I was also born in Rochester, New York. |
| 1:23.0 | So he, that was kind of our first connection. |
| 1:26.8 | But he went to Ithaca. |
| 1:27.9 | And in 1959, he got second in the NCAA tournament. |
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