The Heenan Family

history

The Heenan Family was a stable of heel wrestlers managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan beginning in the 1970s. As Heenan managed wrestlers in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance's Georgia Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the stable (a term that Heenan loathed, saying "A stable is a place where you keep a bunch of fly-infested horses.") moved with him, and changed members frequently.

History

American Wrestling Association (1969-1979)

 Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, a professional wrestling manager debuted in American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1969, where he began managing teams like The Blackjacks (Lanza and Mulligan), the team of Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens, and Bobby Duncum, Sr. forming the first version of Heenan Family. Heenan lead his members to many title reigns, including the AWA World Heavyweight Championship and the AWA World Tag Team Championship before leaving AWA in 1979 to join Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW).

Georgia Championship Wrestling (1979)

In GCW, Heenan formed his second version of Heenan Family, where Blackjack Lanza remained in the stable, while Heenan received new members in Masked Superstar, Killer Karl Kox, Professor Toru Tanaka and Ernie Ladd. He also lead this version to numerous title reigns before he was fired by GCW.

Return To AWA (1979-1984)

After his firing from GCW, Heenan returned to AWA, where he reformed Heenan Family with Nick Bockwinkel. The stable got its newest member, Ken Patera in 1982, but Patera left the group in 1983 when Heenan suffered an injury in Japan. ,

Members

AWA members

NWA Georgia members

WWF members

Championships

:*WWF Championship (3 times) РAndr̩ the Giant (1 time), Ric Flair (2 times) (As an advisor) :*WWF Intercontinental Championship (3 times) Р"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig (2 times), Rick Rude (1 time) :*WWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) РBrain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) (1 time), Colossal Connection (Haku and Andr̩ the Giant) (1 time) :*King of the Ring (1986) РHarley Race

:*NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (5 times) – Masked Superstar (4 times), Killer Karl Kox (1 time) :*NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Professor Toru Tanaka and Mr. Fuji (1 time), Professor Toru Tanaka and Assassin #2 (1 time) :*NWA National Heavyweight Championship (3 times) – Masked Superstar :*NWA National Tag Team Championship (2 times) – King Kong Bundy and Masked Superstar (1 time), Super Destroyer and Masked Superstar (1 time)

:*AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times) – Nick Bockwinkel :*AWA International Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Ken Patera :*AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Nick Bockwinkel :*AWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times) – Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens (4 times), The Blackjacks (Blackjack Lanza and Blackjack Mulligan) (1 time), Bobby Duncum, Sr. and Blackjack Lanza (1 time)

See also

References

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