RIP 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

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RIP 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

#1 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:57 am

Longtime WWF/WWE announcer, was as much a part of the show as the 'rasslers were.

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Re: RIP 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

#2 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:24 am

For someone who watched a lot of rasslin back in the 80's, I don't really remember a whole lot about the rasslers themselves. But this guy I absolutely do remember...

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Re: RIP 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

#3 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:43 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:For someone who watched a lot of rasslin back in the 80's, I don't really remember a whole lot about the rasslers themselves. But this guy I absolutely do remember...

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Re: RIP 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

#4 Post by T_Bone0806 » Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:55 pm

As Mean Gene himself would say, "Gimme a break!"

Definitely a big part of the Hulk Hogan-led surge into the mainstream back in the 80's. His interplay with guys like Hogan, Bobby Heenan, and Roddy Piper was classic.

He also sang a heckuva "Tutti Frutti", as immortalized on "The Wrestling Album".
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