Mean Gene Okerlund has passed away.

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Nm

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Damn. Only 76.

https://deadspin.com/mean-gene-okerlund-dead-at-76-1831431464

 

[11thEagleFan]

MEAN... WOOOOO! ... By God, Gene! I always loved anytime he had a segment with Ric Flair. His early retirement from WWE was always felt, IMO. A mistake on their part not to bring him back after WCW went under.

 

[DoomSlayer]

Well let me tell you something Mean Gene......

As Tony Schiavone would say, the best stick man in wrestling. Nobody will ever touch him as an interviewer, as a fan you wanted to hear what he had to say and his reactions to angles. Now WWE looks for the blandest people they can find and instructs them not to interject any personality into their job.

 

[Seinfeld]

I don’t throw this term around often, but WWE is unwatchable for me these days. You’re correct that the announcing is terrible, the talent has no chance to do anything other than recite a script, and just when I think they can’t make the entire women’s movement any worse, they keep pushing harder.

Can’t blame Vince because WWE’s stock has more than quadrupled during the last year or so, but he’s completely lost me

All that said, I’ll pour one out for Mean Gene. He was an icon in the business

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Unwatchable back in Mean Gene's day as well, but we watched it anyway. And we LIKED it.

 

[11thEagleFan]

Vince may soon have competition for the first time in 2 decades. All Elite Wrestling made their official announcement yesterday, with Tony Khan (Jacksonville Jaguars owner) acting as President and Cody Rhodes as executive producer. There are rumors that Jim Ross and Chris Jericho will be involved as well. When they launch, I’ll watch it. WWE is awful.

 

[Seinfeld]

JR’s days of live commentary may be coming to an end, but the man has an endless line of connections, and having him on board is a big deal. If Ross is in the mix, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to hear about Stone Cold somehow getting into it also. You know he’d love nothing more than to have an opportunity to stick it to Vince one last time

 

[DoomSlayer]

Here is a classic of Mean Gene from his AWA days cracking up and the camera has to pan off him. One of my favorite video clips of all time.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

RIP Mean Gene. He was certainly great at what he did.

 

[aTotal360]

Some of his greatest hits:

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