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The Life and Career of Mean Gene Okerlund 

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Wrestling Bios Presents - The Life and Career of Mean Gene Okerlund
When it comes to WWE interviewers and television hosts, there was no one better than Mean Gene Okerlund. If there was a backstage interview that needed done during WWF TV shows, Mean Gene was the man for the job, and he was always excellent. Mean Gene Okerlund not only done a great job at interviewing wrestlers, but he also added his own charm to the interviews, making some seriously entertaining segments that today's WWE hosts and interviewers just can't match up to.
Gene Okerlund began his career as a radio DJ but transitioned over to the AWA. In the AWA, Okerlund met Hulk Hogan, and when the Hulkster moved to the WWF to begin the rise of Hulkamania, Mean Gene followed him. In the WWF, Mean Gene Okerlund would become the voice of wrestling, interviewing all the big stars on TV while the company was seeing exceptional growth. Mean Gene would take his skillset to WCW also, where he was involved in some of the company's biggest and most important moments. After an 8 year WCW career, Mean Gene returned to the WWE.
In this mini documentary from Wrestling Bios, we take a look at the life of Mean Gene Okerlund and look at his career highlights. Topics covered:
- How Gene Okerlund got into professional wrestling
- His time as a radio DJ
- Gene Okerlund moving to the AWA where he would get named "Mean" Gene Okerlund by Jesse Ventura
- Mean Gene makes his way to the WWF and becomes the voice of professional wrestling
- Gene Okerlund moving to WCW in 1993 and his role within the company
- Mean Gene returns to the WWE at WrestleMania 17
- Mean Gene becoming a host again for the WWE and working on WWE Network shows
- Much More!
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@nrobles9846
@nrobles9846 4 года назад
Mean Gene is part of my childhood so I could never forget him.... R.I.P
@17thN.O
@17thN.O 5 месяцев назад
Mine as well. RIP Meeeeaaan Gene
@g-dub5272
@g-dub5272 5 лет назад
WELL LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING MEAN GENE!!!....you’re easily a legend
@jtoumai
@jtoumai 5 лет назад
Youre missing 15 "brothers" in that
@chrisbuckley1785
@chrisbuckley1785 3 месяца назад
HELL YEAH BROTHA. 💪💪
@scottmauldin5027
@scottmauldin5027 5 лет назад
Of all the talent that has died in the last few years, Mean Gene's passing really makes me feel an Era of wrestling is forever gone.
@thesolidsnakealpha
@thesolidsnakealpha 5 лет назад
Gene Okerlund was a one-man talent enhancement machine, he was one of the few people to truly have a legitimate finger on the pulse of professional wrestling.
@Viking_Luchador
@Viking_Luchador 2 года назад
"Do people think I'm sexy?" "I think you're sexy Mean Gene."
@TrevorLowe
@TrevorLowe 5 лет назад
Who can forget Gene being trained by Hulk Hogan to wrestle? Classic stuff.
@ericmadsen9655
@ericmadsen9655 4 года назад
I remember that. Too sweet.
@anthonylewis9256
@anthonylewis9256 4 года назад
Put the smack down on fuji
@kenworthNH
@kenworthNH 3 года назад
Yeah, and he couldn't drink the raw eggs. I seriously wanted to barf watching that.
@TheTexorcist68
@TheTexorcist68 3 года назад
Dozens of raw eggs. 🤮🤮🤮
@TheMancMod01
@TheMancMod01 5 лет назад
Always loved mean Gene interviewing the stars back stage, nobody could ever replace his talent.
@adamofgrayskull7735
@adamofgrayskull7735 5 лет назад
Gene didn't need a belt ,he was THE CHAMPION🤘😜🤘
@ChanceUriahMiller
@ChanceUriahMiller 5 лет назад
You are Goddamn right!
@Febreze99
@Febreze99 4 года назад
I'm going to steal that emoji... 😂
@troyowens4119
@troyowens4119 5 лет назад
Mean Gene, and Bobby Heenan were the best announce team
@dpj1
@dpj1 5 лет назад
“You no sumting Gene Mean..?”- the Iron Sheik “Intelligen Jew, like urself...” - the Iron Sheik
@jodypearce9515
@jodypearce9515 5 лет назад
Mean Gene Okerlund. A wrestling interview artist. A true original and never will be duplicated.
@jodypearce9515
@jodypearce9515 5 лет назад
@RedneckSpaceMan I would have to agree with you. Gordon Solie was an interview artist as well.
@taylormademyself89
@taylormademyself89 5 лет назад
Nicest guy ever to be call mean god bless him for all the great memories 🙏
@tankimus4494
@tankimus4494 5 лет назад
“Mean by god Gene” -Ric Flair
@daleholbert3111
@daleholbert3111 5 лет назад
Wooooooooooo
@DrMurdercock
@DrMurdercock 5 лет назад
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
@jamestownsassacre9211
@jamestownsassacre9211 5 лет назад
*WOOOOOO!!!*
@derek-64
@derek-64 5 лет назад
meeeeaaaane WOOOOOOO!!! by god, gene!!!
@siltstrider0
@siltstrider0 5 лет назад
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
@ashleychild3874
@ashleychild3874 5 лет назад
WRESTLING was Mean Gene! I remember as a kid looking forward too the interviews between matches 😁 Well done on remembering him 😍
@kevinpayton2664
@kevinpayton2664 4 года назад
Gene Okerlund was one of a kind. When he would give updates about wrestlers and upcoming events, it was a big deal.
@ianmorris1187
@ianmorris1187 5 лет назад
Mean Gene goes to WWF and it becomes the biggest wrestling company and then goes to wcw and it becomes number 1. Coincidence? I think not. It's all because of him.
@rebelyoot1927
@rebelyoot1927 5 лет назад
Nobody better
@frenchfan3368
@frenchfan3368 5 лет назад
I would not necessarily say it "all because of him," but yes, I agree that Mene Gene played a large role in WCW rising up.
@mrtonywilliams6312
@mrtonywilliams6312 5 лет назад
@@frenchfan3368 Gene was is the standard
@frenchfan3368
@frenchfan3368 5 лет назад
@@mrtonywilliams6312 I agree. Mene Gene was the standard. I just find it very inflated to say that the WCW rose number 1 "all because of him."
@Koolazzmike
@Koolazzmike 5 лет назад
Not to short change the AWA, but when he was there, they had some of the best talent in the business. Vince saw that he was the best interviewer, so that's why he scooped him
@zemox2534
@zemox2534 Год назад
Mean Gene is the best announcer in the wrestling industry. It is tragic that he died, but his legacy lives on. RIP Mean Gene.
@jeffreynegron2708
@jeffreynegron2708 5 лет назад
I saw Mean Gene at a Big Time Wrestling Show in my hometown of Hicksville NY about 2 months before he died. He called out to my son when he saw him with his NWO shirt. The day he died my son got home from school and called me at work to tell me the Mean Gene had passed. Just taking a picture with him is such an awesome memory for both of us.
@KadeemG61
@KadeemG61 5 лет назад
Before JR and King, there was only one Mean Gene Okerlund, one of the best announcers in the Gorilla Position of all time. Not even Robot Charly Caruso can’t say that because RAW’s backstage announcers have been hit or miss. R.I.P Mean Gene. I hope Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Lance Russell, and Gordon Solie are there in heaven in your honor.
@sappyfoot
@sappyfoot 3 года назад
it’s very simple. the greatest interviewer in wrestling ever was, is & will forever will be gene
@christianhoneyman6779
@christianhoneyman6779 4 года назад
I met him and sat with him for brunch. Very nice guy. He will be missed. RIP
@FallouFitness_NattyEdition
@FallouFitness_NattyEdition 5 лет назад
Was very sad when I heard about Gene's passing. He will forever be an icon. May you rest in peace legend.
@Escape-TheHellview
@Escape-TheHellview 2 года назад
As a 80s baby born in 85. I fell in love with wwf, turtles, gi jo and batman sooo much. Wwf stayed with me until about 2001. When I stopped full time following it. Mean gene was rightfully a hall of Famer. So glad they inducted him into wwe hall of fame. He as u said. Was just as impactful as some of our favorites growing up even when he went to wcw. I watched both. So he was always there it didnt matter which book he worked for. He is awesome and hopefully some of the future talent are allowed to create moments like mean gene . Something has goto give with the dry bs they have fornthe last 15 years ish
@breezy9297
@breezy9297 5 лет назад
Thumbs up before I even watch the video! I loved Mean Gene. His interviews with Macho Man are amazing! 💗💗
@generalkhan5569
@generalkhan5569 5 лет назад
Yes and really his interviews with anybody was classic
@marlboro-manmat295
@marlboro-manmat295 5 лет назад
@El Padre con Verga Larga As soon as I read the comment by Breezy, I had the same "Cream if the Crop" interview memory. A classic, from a time when wrestlers were allowed to express themselves freely.
@martyhurst134
@martyhurst134 5 лет назад
👀🙉😻🥰🙌😜🐈
@sargonsblackgrandfather2072
@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 5 лет назад
Breezy oooooohhh yeeeeaaaahhh
@platformstrange1794
@platformstrange1794 3 года назад
Never been as good since Gene went mainly off screen. The man was a treasure and great fun.
@DNSV-ex8of
@DNSV-ex8of 4 года назад
Almost just as popular as the wrestlers in 3 organizations in 3 different decades. 1970s AWA 1980s WWE 1990s WCW True legend in the business and behind the scenes.
@ChanceUriahMiller
@ChanceUriahMiller 5 лет назад
No one will ever be better than Mene Gene. No one is better and no one will ever replace him.
@ghostfac3182
@ghostfac3182 3 года назад
My favorite Mean Gene moment is his part in Ready to Rumble. "Do people think I'm sexy?" I think you're sexy Mean Gene. Really I do" Lol. I always loved Mean Gene. RIP.
@danjennings8618
@danjennings8618 5 лет назад
I grew up watching the AWA. So many memories. Mean Gene was so good then but obviously got so much better. Not many interviewers can outshine his interview subjects but Mean Gene did. He still made the guests look good. RIP. A true legend
@scottbiddle3967
@scottbiddle3967 2 года назад
I totally agree. He was the Howard Cosell of wrestling. I loved everything he did. There is a video on RU-vid that shows outtakes of his. It is so funny. I recommend it to all of his fans!!
@ashdoginc
@ashdoginc 5 лет назад
Mean Gene was essential. It's not until you watch wresting without him, that you see the enormity of his contribution,
@THEBODYPRACTICE
@THEBODYPRACTICE 2 года назад
I cannot imagine the wrestling world without the iconic MGO!!! RIP Legend
@kevinpayton2664
@kevinpayton2664 4 года назад
When Spike TV showed WWE Confidential and Mean Gene hosted it, I knew it was going to be a great show. I really miss that show.
@Machete87
@Machete87 5 лет назад
I been 2 Brookings. Sad i never got a chance to meet Gene, i was a huge fan of his.
@KaijuLover85
@KaijuLover85 3 года назад
I grew up watching Mean Gene in the 90s he was truly the best at what he did. Living legend loved all his interviews and promos!
@nrobles9846
@nrobles9846 5 лет назад
Part of my childhood is gone 😔... Thanks soo much Mean Gene for all the great memories R.I.P... Never Forget
@bryantc2899
@bryantc2899 5 лет назад
Mean Gene was a really cool dude. He was perfect for the wrestling business!
@Phildo8
@Phildo8 5 лет назад
Mean Gene will always be 1 of my all time favorite part of watching WWF as a kid in the late 80s & 90s!
@MaxieMeat
@MaxieMeat 3 года назад
There was a small burger chain located on US military bases called Mean Gene's Burgers.
@biggiefitz6275
@biggiefitz6275 5 лет назад
He graduated college at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where they still celebrate Mean Gene day!
@rauladdams5709
@rauladdams5709 4 года назад
Another excellent video! I adore Mean Gene. A staple of my childhood, to be sure. He left a profound legacy for us all to enjoy to this very day. Rest easy, Mean Gene! 👍 More manager and announcer and specific match or item bios!? Maybe a history of the steel chair as a weapon? Times its been used to change belts? Or break up tag teams, or cause heel turns or inadvertently start fueds. Those important moments involving a steel chair hit? Legit accidental injuries from steel chair hits? A big topic, I would think.
@toddrichardson8595
@toddrichardson8595 4 года назад
One of the very best to ever do it!
@shadowqueen1701
@shadowqueen1701 5 лет назад
Rest well we all miss you Mean Gene.
@ZekeThePlumber86
@ZekeThePlumber86 5 лет назад
Ask and we shall receive!! Great work as always, man. 100k in no time. Keep grinding and we'll keep supporting.
@sergiocarvajalmercado6115
@sergiocarvajalmercado6115 5 лет назад
Great job! Can imagine wrestling without this guy. One special request, Hope you do life and career of the amazing ULTIMATE WARRIOR . Thanks
@KAZ3EM
@KAZ3EM 3 года назад
I loved his 80s and 90s run in wwe and the vintage collection with him! R.I.P mean gene!You are missed!
@monkeybubblessupperdude1016
@monkeybubblessupperdude1016 5 лет назад
There will never be anyone like him again...sadly missed
@AndreEichstedt
@AndreEichstedt 5 лет назад
He was such a Superstar like HULK HOGAN, MACHO MAN etc. awesome Video and Bio ;-)
@FreddieBlaze
@FreddieBlaze 5 лет назад
The One And Only Mean Gene Okerlund!👑
@dianneEdangerously
@dianneEdangerously 5 лет назад
REST IN PEACE MEAN GENE! 💙 He really knew how to hide his addiction to alcohol because he was very professional and never bought his vices into his job the way a lot of other people did Love ya Gene!
@FMZgaming
@FMZgaming 5 лет назад
nicely done, mean gene was a huge part of wrestling when i first started watching it, to quote the man himself 'they broke the mould when they made this man'
@scottwallace3884
@scottwallace3884 5 лет назад
I met Mean Gene at a Minneapolis bar in 1985 and he was wonderful to talk to and even bought a round of beers for us. This video is a great tribute to a genuinely nice person. #RIPmeangene
@timbartschwolfman
@timbartschwolfman 5 лет назад
"Oh let me tell you something Mean Gene"- Hulk Hogan
@DeInevitable
@DeInevitable 5 лет назад
what about heel Hogan who used to call him "Scheme Gene"
@ll7868
@ll7868 5 лет назад
I remember watching AWA with my grandma in the late 70s and she always referred to him as "my cute little man". RIP Mean Gene and Granny.
@garrettedwardspears
@garrettedwardspears 5 лет назад
Mean Gene meant so much to me.
@kennethadams7637
@kennethadams7637 5 лет назад
Ol Mean Gene was one of a kind announcer he knew how to draw people in when he did the interviews thank you for making this video. Mean Gene maybe gone, but he'll live forever in the hearts many many people and WWE videos
@waynenewcombe3163
@waynenewcombe3163 2 года назад
Mean Gene brother... Tears in my eyes and a big smile on my face!!!
@redneon06
@redneon06 4 года назад
Will always be remembered as a true staple of wrestling entertainment!
@jonkorpi6061
@jonkorpi6061 Год назад
My Saturday morning as a kid was always with mean gene and the wwf characters
@thomasaldridge7310
@thomasaldridge7310 5 лет назад
Finally a legendary one
@gqloc6768
@gqloc6768 2 года назад
My heros are those of the past! Guys like Mean Gene, Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Owen Heart, Curt Henning, Rick Rude, Bam Bam Bigelow, Hercules Hernandez, Mr. Wonderful, Randy Savage along with Sensational Sherri and Miss Elizabeth and many others!
@justafanofnerdculture7602
@justafanofnerdculture7602 5 лет назад
Much, much respect and love for, the one and only, "Mean" Gene Okerlund! I looked forward to his interview segments, especially those geared towards the local market, as much as I did the actual wrestling itself. I can't say that about any other wrestling announcer. One of my favorite Christmas gifts that I ever received was a "Mean" Gene LJN WWF figure back in '86. Thank you for all of the awesome, Wonderful memories, Mr. Okerlund, Sir. Fly easy, Legend. 🙏
@dkonciousblkfemknightman
@dkonciousblkfemknightman 5 лет назад
Thank you....thank you! I'm in tears right now..he was and always be my idol..he was wwf/wwe!
@vernicemoore8213
@vernicemoore8213 5 лет назад
I remember when one of the wrestlers used to threaten to hit or rough him up he would say "Don't touch me or I will call my lawyer and sue you " classic Mean Gene line
@whosyourdaddymedia
@whosyourdaddymedia Год назад
During the 80's and early 90's, Mean Gene Okerlund and Howard Finkel were the voices of the WWF. I loved them both so much!!
@howesteve966
@howesteve966 2 месяца назад
Mean Jean was just as amazing as any wrestler. He is an ICON and should be praised, and loved. My childhood was made better because of him. He is a hero in my book.
@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 4 года назад
Sadly missed by all who knew him and all who watched him for so many years.... he gave the the then WWF such a big time legit feel, the tuxedo the talk, an absolutely amazing man R.I.P gene
@andrewmelville4570
@andrewmelville4570 5 лет назад
One of the greatest interviewers in WWE and WCW history. Loved his stuff with Ric Flair
@im_spiz
@im_spiz 5 лет назад
You make Monday’s better because we all know that Raw is tonight
@michaelp6786
@michaelp6786 5 лет назад
He was indeed the Master of Ceremonies for the WWF.
@lukenukem2441
@lukenukem2441 2 года назад
Mean Gene Was and will ALWAYS be the best, bar none. He brought that special occasion vibe and sense of occassion that lifted everything to "must see" status! The ability to keep blatantly coked up steroid lunatics 'on point' in those interviews is a thing of beauty!
@B.K.-Rhodeazy
@B.K.-Rhodeazy 5 лет назад
As a lifelong wrestling fan that grew up in the 80s, I can say it was an honor to watch Mean Gene do his thing. Absolute LEGEND!!!!! LOVE YA MEAN GENE OKERLAND!!!!!!
@ubasst23
@ubasst23 Год назад
Thank you for beign a part of my amazing Childhood RIP Mean Gene.
@stewartmeetball3417
@stewartmeetball3417 5 лет назад
Been looking forward to seeing this one. Thank you
@mervinaleck3914
@mervinaleck3914 5 лет назад
Thank you for the best of WWF.. will sure miss ya. Even in WCW..
@geoffrey8010
@geoffrey8010 3 года назад
That’s really amazing to see those videos that are also tributes to the guys who were part of our childhood. I sometimes watch them “with a tear in my eye” like one wise man would say. Thanks for your work🙏
@sithtroopernyx
@sithtroopernyx Год назад
No one can touch Mean Gene's work! THANK YOU MEAN GENE!
@only1icon1801
@only1icon1801 4 года назад
"PUT THAT CIGARETTE OUT" 🤣 can never resist for a video on the legend mean Gene
@gnarhound
@gnarhound 3 года назад
His bloopers are pure gold
@mikeriggs471
@mikeriggs471 2 года назад
I have respect for Mean Gene for more than 31 years because he made sure that i was having an good time and before you got the phone call from Vince McMahon to be in the wwe hall of fame class of 2006 i did an special enterview with Mean Gene and until his passing i shared my story with his peers about his workout video with his very close personal best friend Hulk Hogan God bless our friend Mean Gene we love you Mean Gene God speed so long my friend
@jaredquinney204
@jaredquinney204 5 лет назад
This is really interesting. May he R.I.P
@lizneigel6284
@lizneigel6284 5 лет назад
Mean Gene was a legend. He is sadly missed.
@cherrydonner5298
@cherrydonner5298 5 лет назад
I loved him. He was one of the main reasons I watched WWF growing up
@yourefriendlyneighborhoodbuddy
Mean Gene vs the brain interview.....always the best
@r0ckbass
@r0ckbass 3 года назад
I only knew Mean Gene from WCW back in the 90s and early 2000s when I was young. He was just the best growing up with, and there will never be another like him.
@DTW-bx2vy
@DTW-bx2vy Год назад
I think even as a kid, I liked Mean Gene Okerlund more than 90% of the wrestlers.
@nathj4818
@nathj4818 3 года назад
The WWE could NEVER make anything close to as good as this Biography of the GREAT Mean Gene Okurland and I for one tip my hat to you mate for such an outstanding biography,Thank you very much for making this 👏👏👏🍻👍✌
@rockylilies5851
@rockylilies5851 5 лет назад
Brother, your content is normally kick ass and entertaining,this one is phenomenal. Good stuff. You got me in the nostalgias. Mean Gene is the best announcer hands down. My favorite. Hat's off! Cheers!
@bernardmcdowell2454
@bernardmcdowell2454 5 лет назад
Mean Gene❗️ Was truly the man when it came to putting over All the 🌟 Stars 🌟 in WWE and WCW 80s and 90s❗️
@imogenaris1697
@imogenaris1697 5 лет назад
This is a beautiful tribute to a true icon of pro wrestling. Gene was a huge part of some of the best wrestling ever on tv.
@carlosornelas3061
@carlosornelas3061 4 года назад
Loved watching Mean Gene conduct the backstage interviews with all the superstars as a kid on the television. #RIPMeanGene #GOAT
@PinkyJujubean
@PinkyJujubean 2 месяца назад
He was just the best. He was so funny and just a likeable guy all around. We love you Mean Gene ❤️
@juansantiago6635
@juansantiago6635 2 года назад
It's crazy to see Hogan and mean gene in the mid 80s already looking like there in there 50s
@Artsensei86
@Artsensei86 5 лет назад
one of the reasons I enjoy watching old PPV's just to see the Mean Gene interviews..he was awesome
@joshuahumes5548
@joshuahumes5548 5 лет назад
3 million a year!!! Wow
@Kfm7
@Kfm7 Год назад
Mean Jean was definitely the GOAT when it came to interviews. He could make anyone look really good and making stars look extremely believable . He could make them better heals or better faces than they actually where.
@davidyost4705
@davidyost4705 5 лет назад
Mean Gene was the best at what he did ever. Thanks for the great video guys appreciate it.
@joeansuini1762
@joeansuini1762 4 года назад
You are right sir!There is only 1 Mean Gene and there will never be another!!
@mikecaissie1584
@mikecaissie1584 2 года назад
he was the man on WWF I was 6 years old watching him good times...
@joshuachristian5443
@joshuachristian5443 3 года назад
He had a hamburger restaurant too. I found it while driving from L.A. to Sacramento back in 2005. Don't know if its still there.
@chrisdancy1254
@chrisdancy1254 5 лет назад
Put that cigarette out, a famous line by Mean Gene, R. I. H.
@lickkittysplit3871
@lickkittysplit3871 5 лет назад
Shed a tear after watching this video. Thanks again for posting such great content!!
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