[krillep]

73 years old yesterday!

Holy shit, times fly! What a LEGEND, Mean Gene Okerlund.

 

[anirioc]

that old bastard is one of the all time greats!

Thank you Gene!

 

[DontYouDareBeSour]

I'm going to be sad when he dies

 

[Honey Bucket]

He was a sleazy old bastard at the best of times but there's never been a better wrestling backstage interviewer.

Hard to fathom that although Mean Gene is older than time itself - the owner of this company is only three years younger.

 

[thedeparted_94]

He's only 73? I thought he was that age on these Nitro's I'm watching

 

[ItsClobberinTimee]

Damn 73! Happy Birthday Gene.

 

[sabrefan1979]

A true legend of the business always loved his interviews he did with the wrestlers.

 

[BRITLAND]

I honestly thought he was well into his 80s. Mean Gene is the GOAT interviewer in pro wrestling.

 

[zrc]

He stopped ageing in 1632.

 

[T0M]

Mean "by God" Gene!

Absolute legend. Saw him in the airport after WM31 and he looked fit as a fiddle. Keep going, you hero.

 

[the-gaffer]

I honestly thought he was in his 80s, he looked well into his 50s in the 1980s

The very best of the best back stage interviewer in the history of Pro Wrestling, made everything feel real, sold everything expertly, why oh why Vince doesn't use him as a blueprint for todays presenters God only knows.

Unbelievable to think theres only three years between him and Vince McMahon, while McMahon is starting to age a bit these days given what McMahon was doing in the late 90s compared with how Mene Gene looked.

 

[islesfan13]

Really enjoy his old round table talks on the network.

 

[Kowalski's Killer]

Anyone who hasn't should watch Legend's House. For a man who conducted himself with such professionalism on air, in real life he is a foul mouthed, dirty old man with a wicked sense of humor that drinks like a fish.
Happy birthday Mean Gene.