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Post by Angel Beast on Jan 2, 2019 10:44:11 GMT -5
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Post by Nivro™ on Jan 2, 2019 10:44:19 GMT -5
News just broke on wwe Twitter:(
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 10:45:27 GMT -5
Rest in peace gene. Such sad news.
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The Hitman
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Post by The Hitman on Jan 2, 2019 10:50:23 GMT -5
Literally made my stomach turn. The voice of my childhood. Somewhere in heaven Gorilla and Bobby are gonna send it to Mean Gene in the back. Rest In Peace Mean Gene!
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Post by havoc7179 on Jan 2, 2019 10:52:27 GMT -5
For some odd reason, I was thinking about him the other day and wondering how he's holding up. Eerie.
I was a huge fan of WCW so never really saw his WWF work, but got to experience his WCW work. He was an incredible talent.
RIP MEAN MY GOD GENE.
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Post by underoos on Jan 2, 2019 10:52:44 GMT -5
The voice of the original WWF, will be missed
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 10:52:59 GMT -5
Man,nobody did backstage interviews like Mean Gene. I hope he said to Death "Blow it out your @$$,I got guys that'll break your kneecaps!"
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Post by k5 on Jan 2, 2019 11:04:41 GMT -5
okerlund was a tough little son of a gun in a business of monstrous sized men. he was an integral part of the wwf family in the 80s, and I grew up with mean gene in the 90s with wcw. still remember when I coloured his LJN figures head in with a black market when I was 4!  RIP mean gene
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Post by The Brain on Jan 2, 2019 11:05:57 GMT -5
Another great from my era of wrestling gone  . Terrible start to the new year
RIP Mean Gene |
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Post by blissfan4life on Jan 2, 2019 11:10:40 GMT -5
RIP Mean Gene. The voice of my WCW Fandom.
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Post by BSR on Jan 2, 2019 11:25:27 GMT -5
 Damnit man this sucks. |
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Post by ricflair4ever on Jan 2, 2019 11:28:17 GMT -5
"Meeeeeaaan, by God, Gene".....growing up in the 80s ,Okerlund was as ingrained in the hearts and minds of WWF fans as Hogan,Piper,Savage,Warrior etc. There's no way you can understate his importance in the delivery of so many angles and storylines of that time. Later in his WCW years, he would become a key player in delivering the "reality" of certain stories there. Such as Ric Flairs potential retirement at Starrcade 93. Or being the first person to attempt to get an explanation for Hulk Hogans heel turn at BaTB 96. His comedic timing was always great, especially with Bobby Heenan. But he also had some funny interactions with Alfred Hayes as well. Not to mention his timing when it came to interviewing all the iconic legends he interacted with from AWA to WWF to WCW and then to modern era WWE. What a loss....what a legend. R.I.P. Mean Gene......
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Post by FLUX '97 on Jan 2, 2019 11:30:57 GMT -5
2019's cancelled already. . |
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Post by drifter on Jan 2, 2019 11:33:26 GMT -5
Found out the sad news on my local news app. He was one of the four voices of the WWF. You had him interviewing, Bobby and Gorilla on commentary and The Fink on ring announcing, and now Fink is the only one left. I would say, Gene had that talent, like Gorilla and Bobby had, where he was a large personality and star in his own right, but he still did a good job of getting the talent over as well.
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Post by RybackV1 on Jan 2, 2019 11:38:00 GMT -5
This is horrible he was hilarious RIP Mene Gene
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Post by BROKEN on Jan 2, 2019 11:38:30 GMT -5
Losing too many. Rest easy Mean Gene
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Post by marino13 on Jan 2, 2019 12:02:59 GMT -5
I just saw this and the first thing I did was yell “ah dammit”. Mean Gene was a legend. This sucks.
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Post by deskjet on Jan 2, 2019 12:13:50 GMT -5
RIP MEAN GENE:(
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Post by jeffro2000 on Jan 2, 2019 12:13:56 GMT -5
Rest in peace Mean Gene
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Jan 2, 2019 12:16:02 GMT -5
"Well let me tell ya somethin Mean Gene!"
R.I.P. Mean Gene
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