Do you miss Managers in wrestling?

[STING]

Greats like Cornette, Heenan, Gary Hart, Blassie, Fugi, Sherri, Grand Wizard, Cpt. Lou, Ellering, Elizabeth, Jimmy Hart.....and the list could go on and on.

I really miss the days of managers leading guys and stables. It seems wrestling is really missing something without them. Like tag-team wrestling, it was one of the main reasons to watch for me. The managers kept things exciting at ringside.

Do you guys ever miss the managers in wrestling and wish we still had them today?

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first off +1 top choice for a thread.

I absolutely miss managers.Bobby the Brain Heenan was my favorite and the Heenan family was always great.

Heel cliques are something that wrestling needs BADLY to get faces over......yet Evolution was the last one to do well.I thought Legacy might have done but it was a diaster IMHO.

[Calcifer Boheme]

All of the time!


There are so many guys that would be helped by managers, not to mention guys tat would make good managers.

Can you imagine how well guys like James Mitchel, Prince Nana, or Larry Sweeny would do if WWE still had use of managers. It could be amazing.

[twinn]

The lack of managers and stables is just one more reason I don't watch wrestling anymore... Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart (and their families) were ing incredible

[carly1988]

I do miss managers however the problem with managers falls back to the situation like tag teams. Once you got out of the 80s early 90s there really was nobody to carry that load. There will never be anyone that can consider themselves even remotely close to the level of guys like Heenan, Cornette or Jimmy Hart. However I do think they are missing a huge boat by not using valets. I do consider it a BIG difference between a manager and a valet and with the influx of talentless broads in wrestling now, we should have a TON of valets

[Emerald Enthusiast]

The lack of managers is one of wrestling most glaring problems. Paul Bearer said it best in his shoot a few years back. At some point, managers got squeezed out for T&A. That isn't a change for the better.

[Nix Hex]

I really miss managers in wrestling..Sadly I think the Manager situation is a lot like the tag division..A lost cause..

[perfectplex]

Managers were such an intrical part of the scene back then it is such a shame they've taken a back seat. Guys like Bobby Heenan drew so much heat and could instantly put a heel over just by being associated with them. It would really help a lot of the up and coming talent to have an established manager to give them an endorsement of sorts. If you remember, a ton of heels were brought into the WWF with Bobby just to get them over initially.
You just don't have that extra ingredient anymore, that really made things interesting.

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May 27, 2010 1:01:28 GMT -5 perfectplex said:

Managers were such an intrical part of the scene back then it is such a shame they've taken a back seat. Guys like Bobby Heenan drew so much heat and could instantly put a heel over just by being associated with them. It would really help a lot of the up and coming talent to have an established manager to give them an endorsement of sorts. If you remember, a ton of heels were brought into the WWF with Bobby just to get them over initially.
You just don't have that extra ingredient anymore, that really made things interesting.

exactly!!

just joining the Heenan family got you over as a heel straight away.and feuding with the Heenan Family usually got you well over as a face

[Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai]

I miss the good managers, so I guess I don't miss "managers" in general. But I do miss the days when there were so many good ones that the role flourished.

The nice thing about a really good manager is that it opens up so many creative directions for storylines. No matter who a wrestler was feuding with, they could always have a side-angle going on if there was a rift in the stable, or tension with the manager.

Think of all the great feuds of the past that began as a conflict with a manager, as opposed to another wrestler.

[K5]

absolutely, a good manager makes a wrestler who isn't the best at charisma look fantastic, and only contributes to the energy of the match.

[STING]

May 27, 2010 1:01:28 GMT -5 perfectplex said:

Managers were such an intrical part of the scene back then it is such a shame they've taken a back seat. Guys like Bobby Heenan drew so much heat and could instantly put a heel over just by being associated with them. It would really help a lot of the up and coming talent to have an established manager to give them an endorsement of sorts. If you remember, a ton of heels were brought into the WWF with Bobby just to get them over initially.
You just don't have that extra ingredient anymore, that really made things interesting.

Very true...

[Calcifer Boheme]

May 26, 2010 23:30:21 GMT -5 @carly1988 said:

I do miss managers however the problem with managers falls back to the situation like tag teams. Once you got out of the 80s early 90s there really was nobody to carry that load. There will never be anyone that can consider themselves even remotely close to the level of guys like Heenan, Cornette or Jimmy Hart. However I do think they are missing a huge boat by not using valets. I do consider it a BIG difference between a manager and a valet and with the influx of talentless broads in wrestling now, we should have a TON of valets

I think the problem is more that no one is given a chance. No matter how great someone is, there can always be someone out there who can top, or at least equal them.

Without the use of managers however, it's obvious that no one will.

I still say the three I mentioned earlier could have made it to that level, even if they didn't surpass it, if WWE would use them.

[HuskerTornado]

Managers are part of what made the 80s and early 90s so great. The fans popped big time when a Hogan or Warrior would get their hands on a Heenan, Sherri, Slick, Hart, etc.

May 27, 2010 0:36:21 GMT -5 Emerald Enthusiast said:

The lack of managers is one of wrestling most glaring problems. Paul Bearer said it best in his shoot a few years back. At some point, managers got squeezed out for T&A. That isn't a change for the better.

It really began in 1996 with Sunny and Sable. If two were good, 10 were great, etc.
Sure, we had Miss Elizabeth, Woman, and Sensational Sherri before Sunny and Sable, but those three were there for more than just T&A.

[markallenkellner]

Hell yes! Good managers are desperately needed to get guys over who aren't good on the mic.

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I absolutely do, that's a key reason why I enjoyed James Mitchell managing Abyss in TNA back in 2005...from the moment I started watching wrestling, managers were a staple, drew heat, could talk but not detract from the wrestler they managed...

How times have changed, much to our collective chagrin.