While speaking with Josh Martinez of Superstar Crossover, MVP was asked about his Mount Rushmore of pro wrestling managers.
This is an opinionated question, just like the Mount Rushmore of wrestling question by listing their top 4 all-time wrestlers. In this instance, it is for managers.
MVP has served as a manager for most of his current run with WWE. He was side-by-side with Bobby Lashley during his first WWE Title reign in the COVID-19 pandemic.
This topic came up when he recalled his Bobby Lashley diss track. He named Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, Paul Heyman, Gary Hart, and Jim Cornette.
“Well, in my opinion, the greatest of all time, the man who I try to pattern myself after and who I was lucky enough to meet and have some interaction with early in my career, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. As a matter of faction, in by diss track to Lashley, I even said, ‘Even though your name is Bobby, I got brains like Heenan.’ I think Bobby Heenan was the best to do because he was incredibly quick witted. So sharp. He had an incredible mind for the game, and you know, most people are familiar with his later career they don’t realize that he was also a wrestler and as a manger, he would get in there and could take bumps as we say in the industry and that’s where I’m at right now.”
MVP brought up being under the learning tree of Paul Heyman.
“I think Paul Heyman today is everything Bobby Heenan was minus the bumps. I hold up Bobby Heenan in the highest regard.”
MVP continued, “Mount Rushmore of managers, probably the late Gary Hart. I think Gary Hart had a big influence on me when I was younger because he always had the foreign guys…and his promos were very good. And again, being a Florida guy, I’d have to go with Sir Oliver Humperdink……Now that I think about it, man…I’d have to remove Humperdink and add [Jim] Cornette.”
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