#1 Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan steals the show from the announcers' desk (WWE Royal Rumble 1992)
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan put the 'entertainment' in 'sports entertainment' and he did just that at the 1992 Royal Rumble. His constant jabbing with broadcast partner Gorilla Monsoon on WWE TV and his countless managerial roles at ringside showed that he was one of the funniest personalities to ever perform in the genre. He transcended wrestling with his
Heenan is one of the most sharped tongued voices in all of wrestling history. His comedic presence on classic WWE broadcasts are timeless and his ability to be a proverbial weasel and biased “broadcast journalist” earned him a place in wrestling fan’s heart forever. Put this into perspective, the night he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, he stole the show.
So why is he on the #1 spot on the funniest moments in Royal Rumble history?
At the ‘92 Royal Rumble, Heenan dropped hilarious line after line on commentary in his unfiltered backing of ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair, who would eventually win the match for the WWE Championship. If you were one of the 17,000 who packed the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York, you were lucky to see a marvelous match featuring numerous legends, but if you were watching at home, you got to hear a legend-making performance from Heenan on his headset at Royal Rumble 1992.
It is the top commentary performance in all of wrestling history, and if you try to tell this writer otherwise, expect to hear “Would you just stop!?".