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Bobby Heenan

Bobby Heenan appears in seven storylines documented on WrestlingFeuds, as a principal in five, spanning 1986–1992 in WWF.

Feuds and rivalries

Golden Era·WWF·1986–1987

Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff (Jul 1986 – Mar 1987)

Paul Orndorff spent a year as Hulk Hogan's tag partner, then piledrove him on television after Adrian Adonis spent weeks calling him "Hulk junior." Their title match filled Toronto's Exhibition Stadium with a then-record outdoor wrestling crowd, and the feud ended in a steel cage match that had to be restarted after two referees declared different winners.

Hulk Hogan · Paul Orndorff · Bobby Heenan · Adrian Adonis · Roddy Piper

Golden Era·WWF·1987–1988

Hulk Hogan vs. André the Giant (Jan 1987 – Aug 1988)

André the Giant turned on his friend Hulk Hogan and challenged him for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania III, in front of a WWF-announced 93,173 at the Pontiac Silverdome.

Hulk Hogan · André the Giant · Bobby Heenan

Golden Era·WWF·1988

Jake The Snake Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (Mar 1988 – Nov 1988)

Rick Rude picked a woman from the crowd for his post-match kiss who turned out to be Jake Roberts' real wife, then had her face airbrushed onto his tights. Roberts says he warned Rude not to wear them, and when Rude did anyway, tore them off for real. The two worked the angle across the summer of 1988 on TV and house shows before Roberts ended it with a DDT at Survivor Series.

Jake Roberts · Rick Rude · Cheryl Roberts · Bobby Heenan

Golden Era·WWF·1989–1990

The Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (Jan 1989 – Aug 1990)

It started with a posedown and a steel bar, ran through two Intercontinental title changes and a WWF Championship cage match, and by the end, according to the referee who was there, Rick Rude was chasing the Ultimate Warrior into his limo for real.

Ultimate Warrior · Rick Rude · Bobby Heenan

Golden Era·WWF·1992

Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Nature Boy Ric Flair (Jan 1992 – Nov 1992)

Ric Flair walked into the WWF with the NWA's real world title belt under his arm and, months later, doctored photographs claiming he'd had Miss Elizabeth before Randy Savage ever did. Savage's real marriage was already collapsing off camera, and the WWF built its WrestleMania VIII main event on top of it anyway.

Randy Savage · Ric Flair · Miss Elizabeth · Mr. Perfect · Bobby Heenan · Razor Ramon

Also appears in

Golden Era·WWF·1989–1990

Rick The Model Martel vs. Tito Santana (Apr 1989 – Nov 1990)

Rick Martel walked out on tag partner Tito Santana mid-match at WrestleMania V after an accidental forearm, ending Strike Force, and the two spent the next year and a half fighting on house shows, on Saturday Night's Main Event, in a King of the Ring final and at two Survivor Series while Martel became The Model, before Martel closed the rivalry with a clean Boston crab submission on The Main Event IV.

Rick Martel · Tito Santana

Golden Era·WWF·1990–1991

Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig vs. The Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich (Aug 1990 – Feb 1991)

A parasailing accident cost Brutus Beefcake his SummerSlam 1990 title shot, and the spot went instead to Kerry Von Erich, wrestling on a secret prosthetic foot and privately telling friends he wanted to die, who beat Mr. Perfect for the WWF Intercontinental Championship anyway.

Kerry Von Erich · Curt Hennig

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