History Wrestling / HarveyWippleman

* {{Jobber}}[=/=]ButtMonkey: He managed several and he took a lot of abuse as well. He was even a Butt Monkey behind the scenes, as Mick Foley recounted seeing Bruno targeted with several pranks which seemed more cruel than funny: these included Brickhoue Brown threatening to shoot him for telling racist jokes before revealing his gun wasn't loaded, and Sid Vicious setting Bruno up to be interviewed for a job with WCW but Ric Flair berating Bruno for drinking so early in the day, which left Bruno in tears thinking he'd messed up his big chance before Sid let him in on the 'joke'. As Mick noted, Sid did eventually help Bruno get a job with the WWE (the promotion he'd always wanted to work for) and he's still there now.

* {{Jobber}}[=/=]ButtMonkey: He managed several and he took a lot of abuse as well.

* {{Megane}}

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Harvey_Wippleman The Other Wiki]].

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* {{Fireballs}}: Threw one while diguised as a cameraman that allowed Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} to defeat Wrestling/HulkHogan, which then escalated in Yokozuna banzai dropping Hulk Hogan out of the WWF for nine years (Hogan still wrestled elsewhere, obviously, but since WWE rarely acknowledges other companies it declared Hulkamania dead)

* {{Fireballs}}: Through one that allowed Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} to defeat Wrestling/HulkHogan, which then escalated in Yokozuna banzai dropping Hulk Hogan out of the WWF for nine years (Hogan still wrestled elsewhere, obviously, but since WWE rarely acknowledges other companies it declared Hulkamania dead)

'''Bruno Lauer''' (b. 1965) is an American ProfessionalWrestling manager/referee/official from Memphis, TN best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Harvey Wippleman.''' He debuted in the 1980s working in various Southern promotions as '''Downtown Bruno.''' He arrived in WWE in 1991 as '''Dr. Harvey Wippleman'''. While he ultimately became the manager of jobbers, he had a few significant moments, namely his feuds with the Undertaker and with announcer Howard Finkel. By late 1995-early 1996, he stopped being an active manager and worked as a referee and behind the scenes as a road agent. He has made the occasional cameo here and there. As for his in-ring achievements, he was the last ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/secw/se-us-j.html NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion]] and is the only man to both manage a wrestler (Bertha Faye) to the WWE Women's Title and, later, win it himself.

!!! "Wrestling with the tropes":

* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: 2008's ''Wrestling with the Truth''

* ArchEnemy: [[Characters/WWECommentators Howard Finkel]], Wrestling/TheUndertaker

* CreepyCrossdresser: Disguised himself as "Harvina" to defeat [[Characters/WWEDivas the Kat]] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-wm.html WWE Women's Title]].

* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]IWasBeatenByAGirl: As mentioned above under CreepyCrossdresser. Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} {{Squash|Match}}ed him in about 30 seconds though. His [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain sexist comments]], to a woman who is both an excellent wrestler and a black belt in [=Tae Kwan Do=], before the match qualify as BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive.

* SmallNameBigEgo
* WouldHitAGirl: As mentioned above under CreepyCrossdresser. Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} {{Squash|Match}}ed him in about 30 seconds though. His [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain sexist comments]], to a woman who is both an excellent wrestler and a black belt in [=Tae Kwan Do=], before the match qualify as BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive

* {{Jerkass}}