Mean Gene Passes away

oneilla · 02-01-2019 4:46pm #1

https://www.wwe.com/article/mean-gene-okerlund-passes-away?sf205241648=1

Angron · 02-01-2019 4:50pm

RIP.

Mr.Nice Guy · 02-01-2019 4:57pm

Saddened to hear this. I've gained a greater appreciation of his interviewing skills in recent years listening to the robotic interviewers they have nowadays. Mean Gene had a way of helping wrestlers get their point across to the viewer at home, while also having that slick presentation style as well.

ERG89 · 02-01-2019 5:02pm

For years in my childhood I thought Mean Gene was Hogan's personal interviewer as he followed him to WCW but in the last few years I kinda appreciated his role more as the interviewers that followed were either figures of fun/ridicule (Cole, Coach, Josh Matthews or to a lesser extent Kevin Kelly) and more recently the "My Guest at this time" mannequins. Like a lot of people there his effort/output sank in WCW the latter into their history it got.
Enjoyed him on commentary with Heenan for the Gimmick battle royal tho.

PTH2009 · 02-01-2019 5:04pm

Ah no the first victim of 2019

Rip great voice that we will really go down in the ages of pro wrestling. Iconic

The Nal · 02-01-2019 5:15pm

RIP. Hes sums up my feelings here

chopperbyrne · 02-01-2019 5:46pm

The absolute best at his craft.

"Put that cigarette out!"

gerrybbadd · 02-01-2019 5:48pm

Another huge part of my childhood wrestling memories gone.

Gene was a great on screen character, had a wonderful voice, and had a great way as an interviewer.

Rock Lesnar · 02-01-2019 6:03pm

I was actually gutted when my mate texted me this, grew up watching mean gene, will always remember his interviews with Hogan and Savage

ebbsy · 02-01-2019 6:05pm

****e.

Itssoeasy · 02-01-2019 6:05pm

Ah ****e. I'll always remember after flair won the royal rumble in 1992 and he yelled at a "photographer" to put a cigarette out. There were some bloopers of him put out before and he was very funny.

soundman45 · 02-01-2019 6:10pm

Go on to you tube and look at him interview Macho Man Randy Savage, the two of them together were priceless. Mean Gene total legend.

sky88 · 02-01-2019 6:14pm

Horrible news he was the very best, rip mean by god gene

Itssoeasy · 02-01-2019 6:24pm

soundman45 wrote: »

Go on to you tube and look at him interview Macho Man Randy Savage, the two of them together were priceless. Mean Gene total legend.

Ah sure any macho Man interview was priceless but yeah him and mean gene were gold. Macho man was a tad highly strung I suppose but wasn't on the whole a bad person from what I can gather and mean gene I've not heard much and yet of him, hogan, and savage hogan is the one still alive. Life is fair alright.