10 Classic Wrestling Rivalries That Would Have Flourished In The Attitude Era
2. Gorilla Monsoon Vs Bobby Heenan
Announcer feuds were rife in the late-1990s, as both WWE and WCW experimented with taking the action from the table to the ring. Jim Ross was thrust into numerous battles in his capacity as the then-beloved voice of the product, with Jerry Lawler's official WWF babyface turn in 2000 confirmed by his decision to stick up for his colleague against new kid on the block Tazz.
But the finest commentator conflict concluded comedically in 1993, when Bobby Heenan's real-life WWE exit was used as the straw that finally broke the camel's (or Gorilla's) back. Heenan and Monsoon had bantered and bickered on television for nearly six years when 'The Brain' made the financially-motivated move down south to WCW, with their internal strife a fixture of the product on sheer coverage alone. Sharing weekly show and pay-per-view time, the two were as omnipresent as their hilarious rivalry.
For all their memorable spats though, the duo were penned in by PG. Heenan was a vicious and vindictive heel on his meanest day, but never permitted to express the bile in front of a broadcast partner he'd openly cower from. Seeing them liberally let loose would have added an entirely new dimension to their hatred.