Post by Pennyroyal_Tea (admin) on Mar 10, 2004 16:11:46 GMT -5
The following is an excerpt from a report on Bobby Heenan's appearence on Get in the Ring, to read the rest www.liveaudiowrestling.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=9832.
- Sir Adam asks how he handles a situation where he is forced to manage someone he really doesn't like and if he just has to deal with it. Heenan said it depends on the promoter because if you get along well, you can pull him aside and talk about the situation. Sir Adam asked if he ever wanted to manage someone that he knew he could make a star or if their was someone he flat out didn't want to manage. Heenan brought up how Vince McMahon had him manage Adrian Adonis and Adonis asked Heenan to come out with a briefcase and flashlight. He said he tried it out for a while, but told both Vince and Adonis that it wasn't working out and that he couldn't get him over. Adonis told Heenan to shine the flashlight in peoples eyes and it will get them mad. Heenan said that wasn't the right way for people to get mad at him as they should do it through promos and in the ring. The Phantom brought up how annoying Bill Alphanso was in ECW by blowing his whistle. Heenan said there is two kinds of heat - the heat he had that sold tickets and the heat Hitler has.
- The Phantom then brings up a topic where many "old school" wrestling guys always seem to bring up the fact that wrestling was killed when Vince McMahon came out and said it was entertainment and fake. Phantom asks Heenan if he agrees with others that think that. Heenan said no and said what he thinks killed wrestling was when the secrets and behind the scenes stuff was revealed. He said if people find out how magicians do their tricks, they won't come back.
- Sir Adam brought up certain wrestlers who have had real heat with the fans for some reason, with the more prominent guy being Sean "X-Pac" Waltman. Sir Adam said either the fans really didn't want him around or they just really liked to boo him. Heenan said he was a hell of a performer in the ring and mentioned how he gave him the 1-2-3 Kid name. He told a story about how he was in a car in New York with Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson and JJ Dillion and how they were trying to come up with a new name for Waltman as he was known as the Lightning Kid and it was copyrighted by a comic book. Heenan told the guys that since he just beat someone 1, 2, 3, why not call him the 1-2-3 Kid? He said everyone liked the idea and they went with it.
- Sir Adam asks how he handles a situation where he is forced to manage someone he really doesn't like and if he just has to deal with it. Heenan said it depends on the promoter because if you get along well, you can pull him aside and talk about the situation. Sir Adam asked if he ever wanted to manage someone that he knew he could make a star or if their was someone he flat out didn't want to manage. Heenan brought up how Vince McMahon had him manage Adrian Adonis and Adonis asked Heenan to come out with a briefcase and flashlight. He said he tried it out for a while, but told both Vince and Adonis that it wasn't working out and that he couldn't get him over. Adonis told Heenan to shine the flashlight in peoples eyes and it will get them mad. Heenan said that wasn't the right way for people to get mad at him as they should do it through promos and in the ring. The Phantom brought up how annoying Bill Alphanso was in ECW by blowing his whistle. Heenan said there is two kinds of heat - the heat he had that sold tickets and the heat Hitler has.
- The Phantom then brings up a topic where many "old school" wrestling guys always seem to bring up the fact that wrestling was killed when Vince McMahon came out and said it was entertainment and fake. Phantom asks Heenan if he agrees with others that think that. Heenan said no and said what he thinks killed wrestling was when the secrets and behind the scenes stuff was revealed. He said if people find out how magicians do their tricks, they won't come back.
- Sir Adam brought up certain wrestlers who have had real heat with the fans for some reason, with the more prominent guy being Sean "X-Pac" Waltman. Sir Adam said either the fans really didn't want him around or they just really liked to boo him. Heenan said he was a hell of a performer in the ring and mentioned how he gave him the 1-2-3 Kid name. He told a story about how he was in a car in New York with Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson and JJ Dillion and how they were trying to come up with a new name for Waltman as he was known as the Lightning Kid and it was copyrighted by a comic book. Heenan told the guys that since he just beat someone 1, 2, 3, why not call him the 1-2-3 Kid? He said everyone liked the idea and they went with it.