Eugene Arthur Okerlund (December 19, 1942 – January 2, 2019),[3] better known by his ring name “Mean” Gene Okerlund, was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and wrestler. He was best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Gene was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan. He was eventually signed to a lifetime contract with WWE and worked for promotional programs, mostly WWE Network programming and, occasionally, the TV series.
2019-01-06
Meeeeaaannnnn…… By God……Gene.. The man who put the sports in Sports Entertainment. The man who makes Wrestling real.
Well You Know Something Mean Gene :'-( BROTHER
Oh my god…… 😢😢😢
Gene rest in paradise. . Thank you for everything I am crying right now
Gorilla monsoon Bobby heenan and gene all reunited now
RIP GENE MEAN. SMART JEWISH BUSINESS MAN. (Iron Sheik.) You will be missed, sir, and loved forever. Thank you for being the soundtrack to my childhood. The REAL Champion of wrestling. Cheers, Gene
All of my heroes are leaving
Oh noooo he is my favorite. That sucks man every year another person. I was already upset about vader. Man i wanted to meet him one day.
RIP MG and missed you and the king on raw.
let me tell you something Gene …. love you man Rest in peace hope you are doing interviews in that great arena in the sky cutting promos with Randy Savage Curt Henning Rowdy Roddy Piper Nikolai volkoff and many many more of the great wrestlers that have passed on to that great beyond him sitting down and doing commentary with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby The Brain Heenan I could just imagine the new matches they would have up there in heaven with the Ultimate Warrior and Andre the Giant and Dino Bravo and Sano Martino and all the other good wrestlers that have passed on with Joey Marella officiating a lot of the matches what a great day that will be in heaven when we all meet again rest in peace Mean Gene my friend rest in peace