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The W - Pro Wrestling - R.I.P. "Mean" Gene Okerlund
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Since: 2.1.02
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2813531-wwe-hall-of-famer-mean-gene-okerlund-dies-at-age-76

When I first started watching the AWA in the mid-70's, he was the main interviewer, and got to enjoy him all thru the start of Hulkamania. There will honestly never be another man like him again.
I also had the honor to meet him at a local restuarant in the late 80's. He and his wife were out for supper. No one was bothering them, but I would look over at them occasionally. he eventually noticed me doing that, and gave me the wink and nod acknowledgement. Awesome.

"You gotta be kiddin' me..........."

Rest In Peace, Gene.
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One of the best. He was iconic, sometimes more iconic than the people he would interview.
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Since: 8.5.03
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The Margaret Dumont of wrestling.

He could steal a segment from an angry, shouting monster in face paint with a deadpan look to the camera and a sing-song sales pitch. The best friend a ring performer could have when selling an angle and a fantastic voice to boot.

He is the standard for all those backstage with a mic.





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MEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BY GOD GENE!

You'll be missed.

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He flipped me off once! I was at a WCW PPV in Roanoke -- Cactus Jack's last match, 1994 or so. After everything was over my friend and I kinda wandered down to ringside. Mean Gene was down there chatting up some folks. He was still in full tuxedo -- but no socks. So I wait for him to finish his conversation then shout "Hey Mean Gene, where are your socks?" He looked at me, looked down at his ankles, then oh-so-slowly raised his middle finger at me and then started another conversation. Priceless -- everything he did oozed class, even that.
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Ohhhhh.
Didn't realise until I got here.

RIP Gene. Another of the voices of my childhood gone.



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As a kid I chuckled at the goofy little guy trapped between those gigantic men. Poor guy. Of all the places in the world to be!
Years later, I recognized that many times Gene is the one that kept things going in the right direction.
He played his part so well, and the wrestlers fed off that. Can you imagine if Hogan was standing there and not going "Well you know Mean Gene! (start rant)"
Or him setting up Hart, Macho or any of the others?

He was as much part of WWF's golden era and Rock-n-Wrestle as the wrestlers themselves.

Now I want to call the WCW hotline for the latest news on the nWo....
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    Originally posted by dMp

    Now I want to call the WCW hotline for the latest news on the nWo....


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