Loss Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Possibly one of the saddest moments in wrestling history, but fitting in every possible way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 It's definitely a fitting segment. Heenan leaves the WWF groveling and thrown out of the building by Gorilla Monsoon. He leaves exactly as he should have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 This is sad with Heenan legitimately leaving WWF. He wasn't the same for me in WCW. Gorilla finally gets to run off Bobby as he throws him out of the building for good. Heenan gets in some last physical comedy picking up his stuff and things he probably stole also. So long Brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not to be too overdramatic, but with Okerlund and now especially Heenan's departure--on top of all the other horrible shit happening to the company--the WWF has felt like its completely lost its soul. I've been critical of Lawler's commentary but with him *and* Heenan gone, not to mention JR soon to follow, the announcing situation is going to be a total mess for the next few months. And Bobby won't ever quite be the same, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I think that's accurate. There is frankly a depressing feeling I get watching the company from this period. The chips began to fall a few years before, but by this time it was really apparent how much of the soul was lost as you put it. Them losing Bobby was more of a blow to the product then Gene, because Bobby was the perfect foil for Vince and Gorilla. To me the real sad thing is what Bobby would say later in interviews, that the only guy on the roster who came up to him to say he was sad to see him go was Owen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpetCrawler Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Not to be too overdramatic, but with Okerlund and now especially Heenan's departure--on top of all the other horrible shit happening to the company--the WWF has felt like its completely lost its soul. I've been critical of Lawler's commentary but with him *and* Heenan gone, not to mention JR soon to follow, the announcing situation is going to be a total mess for the next few months. And Bobby won't ever quite be the same, either. This. The only guy to come close as a good color man foil for Monsoon is Johnny Polo. I liked Monsoon and Stan Lane but Lane gave Gorilla nothing comedic to work with. But the entire timeframe before Lawler finally returns isn't that great commentary-wise. Dibiase was a step in the right direction but even he wasn't that good. I think that's accurate. There is frankly a depressing feeling I get watching the company from this period. The chips began to fall a few years before, but by this time it was really apparent how much of the soul was lost as you put it. Them losing Bobby was more of a blow to the product then Gene, because Bobby was the perfect foil for Vince and Gorilla. To me the real sad thing is what Bobby would say later in interviews, that the only guy on the roster who came up to him to say he was sad to see him go was Owen. That is pretty depressing, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Fitting but sad, as watching RAW in 1993, Bobby felt like one of the few "older" guys who still had a place. I think RAW got better from about the fall of 1993 going into 1994 (I'm at just after WMX in my viewing right now), but they were aimless as far as commentators go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'll bet that final salute was unscripted. If you didn't know how close Gino and Bobby were in real life, you probably wouldn't be able to figure out why Gino was the one who got to throw Bobby out as opposed to his being suspended indefinitely by Jack Tunney or some such. After all, Gino had no official position in the WWF at this time except as an announcer. Fortunately, we do know, and that's what makes the moment so special. It was a classy gesture by Vince to let it happen, and to allow Heenan to play it for laughs to boot. I could have stood for him not to throw in his two cents on play-by-play so we could hear what Gino was saying, but that's a nitpick. I can't wait to hear some of the things Bobby said about Gino to get himself tossed; I wonder if they'll be on the Waltman-Michaels match, which I have yet to watch. I'll always remember Heenan talking about how he and Gino cried in the hallway once they got back to the hotel after this show. I often wonder if Gino might have made it to Atlanta eventually if he hadn't been part of the McMahons' inner circle. He most likely wouldn't have stayed long due to his health problems. but hearing him call Hogan's heel turn, among other things, would have been something else. Hell, just to hear him and Heenan cutting up in the studio again would have been something else. One thing's for sure; he was never the same, and neither was Bobby. It wasn't just on the air, either; a lot of their mutual zest for the business left when they separated, although their individual health problems also played a part. The same could be said for Okerlund. And so the expansion era well and truly ends, at least for me. See you in Atlanta, Brain, and I hope you enjoyed your toilet paper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 A fitting end for Bobby in the WWF and really the end of the first phase of me as a fan with Hogan, Heenan, and Okerlund gone from the promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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