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Solomonster Sounds Off

Sound Off Extra - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOBBY "THE BRAIN" HEENAN

Solomonster Sounds Off

The Solomonster

Sports, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Wrestling

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Solomonster pays tribute to the late, great Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who died this week at age 73. Recorded only a few hours after the news of his passing broke, he discusses why Heenan is the absolute greatest of all time, his career highlights and memorable insults, his relationship with Gorilla Monsoon, his brutal battle with throat cancer, meeting Bobby for the very first time and how WWE should pay tribute to him.

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0:00.0

Welcome to a breaking news sound of Extra here on the

0:14.8

Salomonster sounds off YouTube channel I am the Sala monster

0:18.6

an extra here that I am really really sad to have to record

0:26.4

But the news broke a few hours ago as I'm sitting here recording this actually Jim Ross I think on his Twitter was the one who

0:34.1

really broke the news. That WWE Hall of Famer Bobby the Brain Henan, one of the great

0:40.9

legends of the wrestling business has passed away 73 years old.

0:48.0

W. W. W. W. W.E. is saddened to learn that Hall of Fame or Bobby Heenin regarded by many as the greatest manager in history has passed away at age 73.

1:02.0

With a career spanning more than History has passed away at age 73.

1:03.0

With a career spanning more than four decades,

1:06.0

Heenen was the brain behind some of the most prolific

1:10.0

superstars in history, members of the Heenan family in the A. W. A. and

1:14.3

W. W. W. W. W. W. W. A. W. A. W. Ause who of sports entertainment,

1:18.6

including Nick Bach Winkle, the Black Jacks, Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy, ravishing Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect Kurt Henig.

1:26.8

The Brainbusters, Aren Anderson and Telly Blanchard, Harley Race, and Andre the Giant, whom Heen led to the ring at WrestleMania 3.

1:36.0

That doesn't even include everybody.

1:39.0

He did manage Rick Flair for a while.

1:41.0

He even managed Terry Taylor and the Brooklyn Brawler, although there's some of the lesser prolific people that he's managed.

1:51.0

This was a punch to the gut. I got so many thoughts running through my

1:56.3

head right now. I haven't even had time to to sort of wrap my head around

2:00.3

this whole thing, but I just wanted to push an update out just so I can, you know, not

2:06.4

not have to wait a week to talk about Bobby Heenin. I certainly didn't want to have to wait until next

2:11.3

weekend on the podcast to do it. But it's kind of

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