Which Wrestler Do You Most Associate With Harvey Wippleman?

[The Brain]

I admit I didn’t consider doing one of these threads for Harvey Wippleman until someone mentioned his name in one of the other threads. I guess I just overlook him. Harvey bounced from one guy to another rather than managing a bunch at once like the others. Surprisingly I was able to come up with more names for Wippleman than Fuji or Slick so I suppose a Wippleman thread is appropriate.

I guess the reason I overlook Wippleman is because he didn’t have much success. Take a look at that list. It’s not all that impressive. The first guy to come to mind when I think of Harvey Wippleman is Giant Gonzalez. Gonzalez has become a punch line in the wrestling world but his debut was certainly memorable. It’s easy to look back and say he was a terrible opponent for Taker but at the time their match was highly anticipated. The image of the Giant Gonzalez standing my his short manager definitely stood out.

 

[HBKperfect23]

For me its Sid. I know he was only with him breifly. Considering Sid main evented WM8 with Hogan, I guess this would be Harveys biggest success. I think he did fit with Sid pretty well for some reason. Harvey wasnt too bad, I could take him or leave him.

 

[HBsam31]

Call me crazy, but for me it is Bertha Faye. She isn't the most well known of the wrestlers Wippleman managed, but I immediately think of her when he is mentioned. I believe she even brought him the Women's title briefly. (Correct me if wrong but didn't she beat Alundra Blyaze for the title and a brief run. I think they also were an item on camera as well. Sid and Giant Gonzalez were close runners up, but Bertha sticks out more when I think of Harvey.

 

[Saeros]

Adam Bomb or the Giant Gonzalez i'd say, but i chose Bomb because i was a fan of his as a kid, and always remember Harvey at his side.

 

[HBKperfect23]

Correct me if wrong but didn't she beat Alundra Blyaze for the title and a brief run. I think they also were an item on camera as well. Sid and Giant Gonzalez were close runners up, but Bertha sticks out more when I think of Harvey.

I think your right. Bertha was just so bad and disgusting, its like the car wreck you cant look away from. She would have been my 2nd choice here.

 

[The Eighties]

For me it was Sid because that match with Hogan at WrestleMania VIII was a big deal to me as a kid and when Sid did the "Do unto the man as he would do unto you...but do it first" into the camera followed by the maniacal laugh with Wippleman right by his side gave me chills and is my abiding memory of Harvey.

 

[Cvaldezjr04]

I've enjoyed these threads, as they have taken me back to my childhood and made me think of the good days of wrestling. As for this thread, Sid Justice is the obvious answer. Wrestlemania 8, harvey takes the mic from the Fink and introduces the ruler of the world, Sid Justice! to take on immortal slimeball Hulk Hogan, I think Wippleman's antagonistic role as a manager helped shape Sid Justice in the WWF in the early 90s. just my opinion.

 

[DanielPuder]

For some reason the first image that popped into my head when I heard Harvey Wippleman, was Big Bully Busick and his damn cigar w/ Wippleman right there by his side.

 

[Judah's Lion]

'nother good thread, Brain. i've enjoyed this series thus far. i'm curious to see which manager you post next. maybe a wrestler-turned-manager, a la Perfect or Dibiase or the such?

never got to post for Slick or Fuji. long and personal story that nobody cares about, but i wanted to post my answers here, just for the record that nobody is keeping.

Slick is Akeem for sure. nobody else even comes close. and for Fuji, it's a tie between the Powers of Pain and Yokozuna. it was a good point to make that only Fuji managed a wrestler to hold the WHC, and beat Hogan for it no less. and though i remember him with Demolition, i remember him more for feuding with them a la the Powers of Pain. so those are my answers for the two i missed.

onto Wippleman, i had to vote for Giant Gonzales. Sid may have been his most successful with the challenge to Hogan at Mania 8. but feuding with Taker at 9 was no small thing either. at the time of his (Giant Gonzales) debut, Taker was considered by many a favorite to win the Rumble match. then this monster comes down and eliminates him. it was also the first time i remember Taker having to look up at his opponent. the feud was terrible in the execution, but memorable nonetheless, for better or for worse.

 

[DirtyD79]

Call me crazy, but for me it is Bertha Faye. She isn't the most well known of the wrestlers Wippleman managed, but I immediately think of her when he is mentioned. I believe she even brought him the Women's title briefly. (Correct me if wrong but didn't she beat Alundra Blyaze for the title and a brief run. I think they also were an item on camera as well. Sid and Giant Gonzalez were close runners up, but Bertha sticks out more when I think of Harvey.

If Giant Gonzalez wasn't on there I was going to go with Bertha Faye. She did beat Alundra Blayze for the title. This was after Blayze beat Bull Nakano for it who beat her up and took it after Blaze beat Luna Vachon for it. Such a sin they gave Bertha such a stupid gimmick but that's to be expected from the same company that gave us The Gobbledygooker, The Red Rooster, Natalya Neidhart farting, and Big Vito wearing a dress .

 

[matman8540]

As Harvey Wippleman, he was totally forgettable. The one wrestler I associate him with would be his first wrestler in the WWF/E; Big Bully Busick, who looked like those two 19th century weightlifters in "Family Guy". Seriously, his best success was in Mid-Southern where he was affiliated with the Stud Stable (Robert Fuller's family).

 

[ProWrestlingFan84]

Pretty good group of threads. As for Harvey, my choice was Giant Gonzalez but Adam Bomb I remember as well. Maybe not as successful as the Brain or Fuiji but none the less he was in the classic era of managers before WWE had a period of not using them. Another good manager if you haven't done so yet, would be Jim Cornette. But again great threads, keep them coming.

 

[GameOver]

Bertha Faye or Sycho Sid.
Bertha Faye if we gotta nail it down to 1.

He did more with her then any other, though managing Sycho Sid was like wtf.. why would Sid be taking advice from him lol

 

[ITrippedTheShockmaster]

I'd have to say it's Big Bully Busick. Because Wippleman's character fit so perfectly with Busick. If you remember the old Looney Tunes cartoons with the big bully bulldog and the little yapping dog that hyped him up, that's Busick and Wippleman.

Second place would have to be Bertha Faye b/c of the hilarious angle those two played. I guess Giant Gonzales would be third, followed by Kamala and then Sid.

 

[D-Man]

Kamala, no doubt about it.

Harvey was such a small guy with a voice of a gargantuan man. I can always remember the WWF coming back from commercial, Howard Finkel being on the microphone, and Harvey already being in the ring with that ridiculously smug look on his face. Then, he'd proceed to completely insult Howard Finkel, followed by his introduction of Kamala to the ring who was led by Kim Chee.

I understand how many would associate him with Giant Gonzales because of the (abysmal) Wrestlemania match he had Undertaker but GG was only around for 10 months. At least Kamala and Wippleman had memorable moments together. Gonzales was easily forgettable (except for the fact that he's the only man to not lose to the Undertaker in a truly decisive manner. Taker won by disqualification after Gonzales used chloroform to knock him out.)

 

[Rampage Bentley]

Bertha Faye is my initial response, but on taking a second thought, I have to go with Giant Gonzales.

I think it did a lot for Gonzales to be paired with Wippleman, who was a good two feet shorter, just made Gonzales look like a hulking bad ass.

 

[Wrestlemania 20-0]

kamala is the evidente choice cos he has many things to give in wrestling,it has the debut with Undertaker feuds future with Giant gonzalez,Adam bomb and later Kwang.

 

[Theo Mays]

Giant Gonzalez, no doubt. I couldn't even think of another name besides Brooklyn Brawler. Giant Gonzalez was huge and as a kid I really bought into this guy just completely destroying everyone in his path. He was just something else and it made me think he could end The Undertaker. Had nothing to do with Harvey Wippleman managing, it was all about Giant Gonzalez. Just how Giant Gonzalez completely mauled Undertaker at the Royal Rumble and then was only defeated by DQ at WM? A brief impact was made.