Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted January 2, 2019 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 2, 2019 Indelibly linked with Hogan promos for me, and therefore defines wrestling growing up. Such a shame, but looking forward to the video package tributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Sad to hear, he was a huge part of my childhood. The voice of pro wrestling for many years. Must have been well into his 70's now, which isn't bad considering the generation he was from and the business he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Sad news, ridiculous to think he's only 3 years older than Vince is though he always seemed a good bit older than he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 That post-match promo at Rumble '92 is his best work. Coming up with "put that cigarette out" to make it appear there was a crowd is genius. I didn't like some of his stuff in WCW post nWo where he'd be a bit pushy when everyone else was cowering. In fact, he was often a bit above his station in WCW but the lack of direction there porbably didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 RIP Mean Gene. What a voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudaker Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Awful news. His in ring segments with Flair were all that got me through a recent re-watch of Nitro. Thought I'd post up what I think was his last on scree appearance for WWE, about a year ago. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews AJ Styles RIP Gene you are an absolute Legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Definitely one of those guys along with Heenan who seemed to make wrestling more "real" and more of a large business with the quality of their presentation. As others have said, those two moving to WCW made it feel like the big time. Considering he's looked 70 since the 80s, it's surprising he was only 76. Not a bad age though for a guy who was liked a drink as much as he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 Remember the joy of Gene and Heenan being back for WM 17? free from the prison of that evil WCW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 His WCW run was always hilarious for how he came across like Partridge trying to get a free Rover deal on his Christmas special, when shilling his hotline every 5 minutes. What a man, though. An unbelievable run as the king of wrestling announcers. AWA, WWF and WCW. Pretty much looked the same for about 40 years and couldnt be touched. How can there be anyone better than Mean Gene? The fact he looked like a shifty little stooge reporter was one of the best things about him. He just wanted to get the scoop, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted January 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: His WCW run was always hilarious for how he came across like Partridge trying to get a free Rover deal on his Christmas special, when shilling his hotline every 5 minutes. I imagine scant obit inches will be given up for his late-WCW gimmick of The Big Boob Liker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 One of the great characters in a couple of huge eras that had so many of them. No one will come close to matching what he had. Gene with a proper talker with the ability to play off was something magic. Getting a great balance between humour and serious. Definitely check out some of his AWA stuff, particularly with Da Crusher. Crusher was fair dipped in greatness, like, but Gene did wonders with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 He was the voice of wrestling. Nobody ever better as a backstage interviewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Such an iconic voice and part of my childhood R.I.P Mean Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted January 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 2, 2019 The greatest at pretty much everything he did. The greatest interviewer, the greatest presenter, the greatest shill man and one hell of a showman when given the opportunity. Nobody comes remotely close, a bona fide legend. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Mountevans Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Like already mentioned the 1992 Rumble show ending promo is one of my all time favourites. Mean Gene managed to combine intensity with humour RIP.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY0b_oqaqDI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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