Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Invented How Pro Wrestling Sounds

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The man who turned wrestling commentary into the last great stage for the Vaudeville comedy act passed away last weekend.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/bjvne4/bobby-the-brain-heenan-invented-how-pro-wrestling-sounds
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For the younger generation of fans, if you enjoy The Miz eviscerating whomever his opponent is with a razor blade of truth, or Corey Graves being snarky as hell with the perfect one-liners, you would have loved The Brain. He was both of those and then some.

Gorilla and Brain were the voices of wrestling when I started watching in the 80’s. The world is a quieter place with them two gone

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