The Greatest Manager of All Time
 

In the month of April, WWE 24/7 is doing a tribute to wrestling managers. So, who do you think is the greatest manager of all time and why? Here's a list of people who are/were managers -


Alfred Hayes
Arnold Skaaland
Buddy Rogers
Freddie Blassie
The Grand Wizard
JJ Dillon
Lou Albano
Mark Manson
Oliver Humperdink
Percival A. Friend
Red Berry
Ron Wright
Rudy Miller
Steve Cooper
Saul Weingeroff
Skandar Akbar
Sonny King
Tony Angelo
Abu Wizal
Adnan El Kaisee
The Baron
Boss Winders
Brother Love
Billy Graham
Bob Orton Jr.
Bobby Heenan
Christopher Love
The Coach
Dave Drason
Diamond Dallas Page
Downtown Bruno
Ernie Ladd
Floyd Creatchman
Frenchy Martin
Gary Hart
Genius
Harvey Wippleman
Hiro Matsuda
Jamison Winger
Jimmy Hart
Jim Cornette
Johnny Valiant
Mr. Fuji
Nate The Rat
Paul E. Dangerously
Paul Ellering
Paul Jones
Percy Pringle III
Rock Hunter
Sam Bass
Sebastian Kane
Slick
Tojo Yamamoto
Tony Rumble
Tux Newman
Two Ton Harris
Virgil
The Wizard
Zeke Rivers
Afa
Bob Backlund
Bill Alfonso
Clarence Mason
Damien Cain
Diamond Mike
Dink
General Adnan
Harley Race
Hillbilly Jim
Honky Tonk Man
Hunter Q. Robbins
Iron Sheik.
The Jackyl.
James Vandenburg
Jason (ECW)
Johnny Polo
Jose Lothario
Kevin Sullivan
Kim Chee
The Master
Michael Hayes
Mo
Mr. Perfect
Oscar
Paul Bearer
Rick Rude
The Roadie
Robert Parker
Ronnie P. Gossett
Sam Bass Lowe
Scott Bowden
Shinja
Sir William
Sonny Onoo
Ted DiBiase
Tennessee Lee.
Tiger Ali Singh.
Tony Marinara.
Uncle Zeb
Yamaguchi San
Armando A. Estrada.
Bobby Bass
(Coach) Buzz Stern
Chavo Classic
Cyrus
Dave Prazak
James Mitchell
Joel Gertner
Judge Jeff Jones
Kenny Bolin (OVW)
Khosrow Daivari
Lou E. Dangerously
Mortimer Plumbtree
Paul Heyman
Ric Flair
Rico
Roddy Piper
Scott D'Amore
Sinister Minister
Theodore Long
Vince Russo
Big Daddy Ty
Brian Sommers
Chris Hamrick
Chris Maverick
Dave Prazak
Dewey Donovan
Fun Athletic Guy
Joey Soprano
Julius Smokes
Kenny Casanova
Babydoll
Cyndi Lauper
Dark Journey
Elizabeth
Jeanie Austin
Lady Blossom
Lady Maxine
Luna Vachon
Madusa
Missy Hyatt
Miss Sylvia
Peggy Sue
Precious
Sapphire
Sherri Martel
Sunshine
Toni Adams
Woman
Beulah McGuillicutty
Chastity
Chyna
Dawn Marie
Debra
The Diamond Doll
Dirty White Girl
Elektra
Fifi
Francine
Gorgeous George
Jacqueline
Kimberly Page
Kimona
Lori Fullington
Luna Vachon
Marlena
Miss Congeniality
Miss Kitty/The Kat
Nicole Bass
Ryan Shamrock
Sable
Sunny
Tori
Asya
Daffney Unger
Hiroko Suzuki
Ivory
Jazz
Kimberly Page
Leia Meow
Lita
Major Gunns
Melina Perez
Midejah
Miss Jackie
Miss Jones
Molly Holly
Mrs. Cleavage
Nidia
Paisley
Shaniqua
Spice
Stacy Keibler
Symphony
Tammy Sytch
Torrie Wilson
Trish Stratus
Tygress
Victoria
Alexis Laree
Allison Danger
Amy Webber
April Hunter
April Pennington
Ariel
Athena
Becky Bayless
Cheerleader Melissa
Daizee Haze
Desire
Fluff Dupp
Goldylocks
Jasmine St. Claire
Joy Giovanni
Lacey
Lollipop
Looney Lane
Midnight
Nasty Nat
Nikita Fink
Prodigette (ECW)
Savvy Sasha
Seven Briggs
Simply Luscious
So-Cal Val
Synn
Talia
Tara Charisma
Tracy Brooks
Trinity
Valentina

Jimmy Hart

Bobby Heenan.

Close second.

Bobby Heenan by about 34972934729347 miles

Honky Tonk sure had one hell of a time managing Billy Gunn, but my vote goes to the man that always had my back, The Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart. Boy, did us boys have a grand ol time. The heat we generated was scary at points. But let me tell you, it was fun. We had fun with what we did and I wouldn't trade those days for nothing brother.

Slick, he had the best entrance music.

I can never just pick one of anything, but I'll go with Heenan for now. I've also made a list of others that I narrowed down from the list above. They're in no particular order, other than probably alphabetical.

Freddie Blassie - was always a FANTASTIC manager as well.
Lou Albano - just had a certain maniac / genius thing about him.
Diamond Dallas Page - was great as a manager. Just perfect for it.
The Genius Lanny Poffo - was hilarious, and a great overall talent.
Jimmy Hart - didn't do a ton with a lot of his guys, but worked :y:
Mr. Fuji - was classic. Leant that "teaching you evil psychology" factor.
Harley Race - worked great with Vader and others. True legend.
Robert Parker - was definitely one of my favs. LOVED the SS group.

Bobby Heenan

Closest current manager until he took a break from wrestling was Prince Nana

Heenan, and why the fuck did you put Ryan Shamrock on that list?

Ryan Shamrock was smokin'

FLUFF DUPP.

Obviously.

Or maybe Mrs Cleavage.

"Classy" Freddie Blassie, end of story, you penicl neck geek.

Fluff Dupp got a shit deal from TNA.

That's all. Just chiming in with that.

James Vandenburg

God I hope you didnt type all those names out yourself

Heenan

Heenan

Heenan was Hogan's biggest Fued of the booms era. He was the guy trying to take down hogan, bringing in beast after beast trying to ebat him. Only manager to ever be the focal point of a Main Event Fued. Jimmy Hart is over-rated. His guys were never much, and the most he ever did was toss a megaphone to the Heels. I wont even talk about WCW Hart.....Blah

Heenan is by far the best manager and best commentator EVER! He got the fucking RED ROOSTER over! Thats how much heat he had

Steven Richards -- R2C

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. No-one really comes close.

Honorable mentions to Jim Cornette, Johnny Polo (far too brief a run to be the best ever, but he may have gotten there if he wasn't so eager to wrestle), Jimmy Hart and Sunny. The Jackyl, Don Callis, had a lot of potential but it never came to be.

I'm gonna have to go with the majority on this one and say Heenan.

Heenan :y:

Freddie Blassie. Beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Blassie was great... but Heenan was absolutely gold. There will never, ever be another Bobby Heenan.

Dammit, why don't WWE bring managers back on a large scale, like the good old days?? I know some people on here ride me for being "stuck in the past" or "too old school" or whatever, but some of these concepts are proven money makers.

If there is a talent drought in the manager genre, Jimmy Hart is still around and could slip right back in to modern day WWE... as long as they give him some decent charges, not the likes of Meng and Barbarian that he was lumbered with in WCW. Heyman is still on the books. Estrada could manage more than one wrestler at a time. It's frustrating.

Gorgeous George.... because she was real hard working.. you know working two jobs.... manager and pornstar

I agree. I miss the days of managers. Coach is even another one who could be a good manager. Managers could definetely help some wrestlers who arn't good on the mic get over. The World's Greatest Tag team might be able to get over if they were given a manager as a mouth piece for example.

Heenan, and this isn't even a contest. It's a very revealing sign to the blatent ignorence some of you display for not saying Heenan though...

1. Heenan
2. Jimmy Hart
3. Fonzie!!! (whistle)

Whatever happened to Jose Lothario? It's strange that during Shawn Michaels' entire WWF title run in 1996, he had Jose as his manager. I always tend to forget that.

Last I heard, Jose still had a wrestling school open in TX.

He wasn't doing so much of the hands on training himself, but he ran the school last I heard. Someone I know was going there, but that was back over 2 years ago probably.

Hall of Fame candidate one day??

Actually, I'm guessing unless WWE owns some footage of a wrestler, you won't be seeing that wrestler in the Hall. Not sure if WWE owns any footage from Mexico, doubtful I'd say, but he was a star in the Texas area too, wasn't he?

No votes for Paul Bearer?

The ones that jump right off the bat at me are Heenan, Paul Bearer, Paul Heyman, Blassie, and the McMahons tbh.
Chyna was pretty damn good too.

Heenan stated that one guy who has the potential to be the next Bobby Heenan, the next great wrestling manager, is Shane McMahon.

I have to agree. Shane is a tremendous performer, but never seems to stick around long enough to make a major impact. 5 years ago, Shane could have easily been a full-time wrestler, and was good enough not only to ward off any resentment or accusations of nepotism, but could have been taken seriously in the main event title hunt. Now, he's a bit older so I'm not so sure. But he would make a tremendous manager.

Shane is such a great performer. I think it's a big mistake that they haven't chose to do a Shane/Foley match for WM23, not to say its too late.