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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jul 2, 2016 17:08:07 GMT -5
To be honest, I thought it was really fishy when he was commenting on so many current WWE and even NXT people. I just didn't think Heenan would be keeping up with the product THAT much. I just can't imagine at his age and health that he'd be so caught up with current people like Graves, Mauro, Becky, Sasha, Charlotte. So I wasn't surprised to be honest. I kind of figured he had allowed someone to set-up a Twitter account in his name who would run it for him. Nope. Just a totally fake account. Well, we do know this is a bunk now, but tbh if I had no voice and I was retired, I'd spend most of my day on a laptop or something watching whatever I want, and I imagine WWE gives out free Network accounts to whatever wrestling personality wants them.
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Post by taker1990 on Jul 2, 2016 17:23:03 GMT -5
The idiots that made fun of his conditions and this loser just sad.
Leave the Man alone!!
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Jul 2, 2016 18:19:32 GMT -5
So it is fake?? And Cynthia Hennan's twitter too?
I guess I'll have to unfollow them if true. Especially weird considering other wrestlers tweeted out about it too.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 2, 2016 18:32:31 GMT -5
Wow, that's really terrible. Whoever is doing the fake tweets, IMO, is trying too hard. We as fans seem to remember more than the wrestlers usually do and this tweeter is replying to everything with such knowledge of anything the fan is tweeting.
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 2, 2016 18:47:56 GMT -5
OTOH, maybe this will motivate Heenan to actually join twitter.
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Post by nm on Jul 2, 2016 18:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by mattyc on Jul 2, 2016 21:50:03 GMT -5
OTOH, maybe this will motivate Heenan to actually join twitter. I really hope so. While Bobby most likely has more pressing concerns in his life than his online presence, the fans are still out there for him. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of having a twitter account to get his thoughts out into the World, even if he only used it occasionally. He'd be able to connect with his fans on a level that losing his voice has made so hard for him in recent years.
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Post by mybraveface on Jul 2, 2016 22:08:51 GMT -5
Where did those photos of Cynthia with her grandchildren come from then? They seem too personal and private to just find them on Google or anything like that. And "Cynthia" tweeted an address for cards and letters to The Brain. Wonder where those csrds and letters went.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jul 2, 2016 22:16:58 GMT -5
That accurately describes how I feel about learning Bobby Heenan isn't on Twitter. And, how I feel about what Kevin Sorbo has become.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2016 23:48:30 GMT -5
Cant get my head around why somebody would pretend to be Bobby Heenan's wife for 6 months to lay the foundations to introducing the Brain to twitter. Parody accounts can be amusing when they are done properly, but flat out pretending to be somebody else is ridiculous. Sounds like the sort of thing those morons who mocked his appearance last year would do, or somebody who found that type of thing amusing! The tweet where he talks about Gorilla and him spending time reminiscing and crying on his last day working for WWF and setting up Hacksaw Jim Duggan to tell some story about Owen ribbing him in Dayton are what confuse me the most. It's one thing to just say "yip, I'm Bobby Heenan, Ham 'n' Egger, to getting down to specifics like that is so strange.
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Post by edgehead on Jul 3, 2016 1:21:58 GMT -5
Very disappointing. I had visions of Bobby live tweeting RAW and us getting his commentary somewhat again. And I was very happy to think he had this avenue to have his voice be heard again. I've heard of fake accounts, but to even fake his wife's account is just......wow.
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Post by Brickstone Kid on Jul 3, 2016 2:15:44 GMT -5
Absolutely disgusting.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 3, 2016 4:48:47 GMT -5
And the account is, mercifully, gone. Some people really need to find more productive things to do with their time.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Jul 3, 2016 12:58:13 GMT -5
Cant get my head around why somebody would pretend to be Bobby Heenan's wife for 6 months to lay the foundations to introducing the Brain to twitter. Parody accounts can be amusing when they are done properly, but flat out pretending to be somebody else is ridiculous. Sounds like the sort of thing those morons who mocked his appearance last year would do, or somebody who found that type of thing amusing! The tweet where he talks about Gorilla and him spending time reminiscing and crying on his last day working for WWF and setting up Hacksaw Jim Duggan to tell some story about Owen ribbing him in Dayton are what confuse me the most. It's one thing to just say "yip, I'm Bobby Heenan, Ham 'n' Egger, to getting down to specifics like that is so strange. Yeah, I have no problem with parody accounts, when done well and presented in a deliberately over the top way they can be amusing (eg Cranky Vince). But when they are putting personal emotional stuff like Owen stories, showing a picture with Mr Perfect and duping Curtis Axel by telling him how much he loved working with his father, and as mentioned earlier his "his wife" giving an address to send well wishes, it's very wrong and weird.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 3, 2016 13:51:45 GMT -5
Twitter is too Ham 'N' Egger for the Brain.
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Post by Gecko on Jul 3, 2016 14:21:32 GMT -5
I have a hard time understanding why somebody would do this. It wasn't an obvious parody account and, from what I saw, it wasn't used to insult or disparage anybody. The only reasons I can think of are that it was either somebody who was desperate for attention or a misguided fan who thought that Bobby should be on Twitter.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 3, 2016 15:26:36 GMT -5
I know why it is... but the fact that the title is now Bobby Heenan has not joined twitter amuses me.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jul 3, 2016 15:29:21 GMT -5
The person who did it might have just done it for kicks to see how well he/she could do at fooling people. The person's account garnered over 30,000 followers and got 'verified' very quickly. From Mick Foley's posts, it appears the person behind the fake Heenan accounts had been in email contact with Foley for a few (or several) months. Mick was one of the first people on Twitter to vouch for the Bobby Heenan account. Foley was pretty emphatic in saying that it was the real Bobby Heenan.
I believe this person had a long-con kind of plan. First he created a Cynthia Heenan account. This account posted information about Bobby's appearances and things like that. I believe this person looked on the real Cynthia Heenan's facebook page and simply took things from that. After a few months and gaining some followers in the business, this person decided it was time to start the Bobby Heenan page with the fake Cynthia being his first follower. I believe the fake Heenan family email account then reached out to Foley to help spread the news and to help legitimize the account.
As for the Bobby Heenan Tweets, many of what he posted were taken from Bobby Heenan shoot interviews. This person was obviously very familiar with Heenan's past interviews.
I began getting suspicious of the account when he was posting so much about current WWE and NXT. It just didn't ring true to me that Bobby would be so caught-up with current day wrestling. I figured that the Heenans may have authorized someone to maintain the account for them and make some of the Tweets. I figured this because I thought Twitter had through a pretty strict verification policy. Turns out that they do not.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jul 3, 2016 22:58:59 GMT -5
Now I feel bad for creating this thread. Although I'm sure the news of it would have gotten here eventually.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 4, 2016 7:34:00 GMT -5
I know why it is... but the fact that the title is now Bobby Heenan has not joined twitter amuses me. Bobby Heenan will also not be at SummerSlam.
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