Bobby Heenan

[Yashamaga]

A couple of questions: How did Heenan get his nicknames (The Brain, The Weasel) and who gave them to him?

and... How come he looks and sounds so drastically different? I realized he's lost weight but he looked alot more healthy when he was heavier than he does now. Now I think I remember hearing something about cancer but I'm not sure.

[Xero]

I'm not sure about the nicknames, but he sounds different because he had/has throat cancer.

[Dave Youell]

Well Heenan is a god so I can only asume he came up with the names himself.

The weasel for when he was managing

and the Brain when he was commentating since he was so smart and all

[Disturbed316]

He lost loads of weight after treatment for throat cancer a couple of years back. Weasel came from when he was managing. I believe after a match he got "knocked out" and then was put into a giant weasel costume, it had a tail and everything.

[Loose Cannon]

Actually, I think "The Brain" came during his AWA days managing the Heenan Family there. He was "Pretty Boy" before that.

[Gerard]

He lost loads of weight after treatment for throat cancer a couple of years back. Weasel came from when he was managing. I believe after a match he got "knocked out" and then was put into a giant weasel costume, it had a tail and everything.


Yeah was against the warrior, for some reason. :wtf:

[Mike the Metal Ed]

I believe after a match he got "knocked out" and then was put into a giant weasel costume, it had a tail and everything.

http://mikethemetaled.showyourmoon.com/pics/TPWW/heenanweasel.jpg

:cool:

But the Weasel name definately came before that, Steve Lombardi says it was because of his cowardly character.