Gene Okerlund - How Tough Andre the Giant & Haku were in WWF

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

RIP to the late great Mean Gene Okerlund Stream the Full Shoot Interview (2006) ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

[@SheikOfShake]

I loved Gorilla, but Gene was great.

[@michaelorr8190]

There will never be another Mean Gene. Loved him in WCW in the 90s. His interviews with Hulk, Flair, and Piper were epic and his skills should be taught to all future talent pursuing that field.

[@davidjones6470]

DAMN RIGHT BRO, 🫡💯

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

The shiek cracked him up

[@russellcampbell3500]

He was awesome where ever he was. Gene will live on forever in this old man's young mind

[@JonathanHassingerChannel]

It’s amazing anyone remembers him as a WCW guy. So cool how many generations appreciated how perfect Mean Gene was at his job.

[@zachgrace7675]

Was even better in what was then the wwf

[@irkjustice5600]

It was really sad that not many people went to Mean Gene's funeral. I saw DDP talking about it. Mean Gene was just awesome!

[@bigwave25]

I know! I couldn't believe it. Very sad.

[@DjakedB405]

Such a treasure in the business lot I loved him as a kid

[@Me-qp8vz]

The most liked on tv are usually the least liked in the real world. Doesn't surprise me at all.

[@makaveli087]

Funerals are for the living not the deceased. It didn't mean a thing to Mr. Okerlund - I assure you.

[@williamk2257]

Especially guys like Hogan as much as they meant to each other during interviews. Well you know something Mean Gean I’m not going to your funeral. Crazy!

[@johnmoreno5965]

Man I loved Mean Gene back in the 80's in the WWF days!

[@Surfer041]

Well ya know Mean Gene!

[@kevinklein7164]

For me it started in the AWA, then he, Hogan, Ventura, and Heenan jumped to WWF.

[@oldfrittenfett1276]

Rest in peace, Gene Okerlund!

[@77sinner]

I started watching WWF wrestling as a kid in the early to mid 80's and Mean Gene was amongst my earliest memories of tuning in. He was awesome. One of a kind.

[@FredderHoskin]

The voice of my childhood, RIP Gene.

[@logic1695]

was upset to hear nobody went to mean genes funeral. true legend deserved better

[@blacklion401]

I was also shocked by that.

[@mitchellandrews1015]

Gotta wonder why guys. Layers Look at some of the current news it’s abhorrent. Gene was a cog

[@robbie1977ful]

Yeah I thought it was shameful as well.!Top tier HOF for sure! The greatest

[@LegendKiller03000]

I remember when Mean Gene first arrived in WWF. He helped make 80s WWF

[@megatron4547]

This man was the voice of wrestling for so long! Mean Gene was the GOAT

[@MP-in4or]

Gene was on a another level. His career is what any broadcaster should strive for. I strongly believe, there was no golden age of WWF or WCW/NWO without him.

[@maximus1318able]

Still remember getting a Mean Gene action figure for Xmas along with Hogan, Macho and Andre. Mean Gene will always be 1 of my favorites

[@tacoma171]

Could listen to Gene all day. Mountain of information and articulates it immensely well!

[@walterstevens5678]

Mean Gene is the voice of wrestling! God bless this man and all the crazy he got to witness.

[@Scott__C]

Gene had one of the great voices for wrestling broadcast, like Solie and JR, you knew them even if they weren't onscreen or introducing themselves.

[@mikehunt9884]

could listen to mean gene telling old wrestling stories forever, he was great.

[@HANGRYJIMLODLIFEALWAYSLOD]

What a lovely man he seems like...true professional.

[@WarriorSidMentzer]

If there was anyone to protect the giant when he was older and immobile, Haku would be the guy to hang with.

[@captaincooool]

Mean Gene was a part of many of our childhoods, it's awful the way his passing was treated. I wish the WWE would do something today to make it right.

[@JoshuaFitzgerald-e3h]

I too grew up watching WWF in the 80s. Mean Gene is an icon, who will always be fondly remembered.

[@speedcrewskate]

What a voice! A absolute legend. He was the voice of my childhood.

[@laurenced2916]

His charisma was off the charts

[@leroyjones6170]

Iconic voice. Brings back so many memories

[@mrhallman64]

Mean Gene was the man when I was a kid in Wisconsin.

[@crikker9447]

Mean Gene in the AWA of the 70s was untouchable

[@paulwonderley538]

Always come across as a good guy mean gene sadly gone and sorely missed

[@ToJuRacing]

141 in ONE day. You were a machine Mean Gene! Mad respect for you. RIP Gene.

[@stevenbean9706]

rest with the angels mister Okerlund you were cut from rare material as was Andre . you were loved by many

[@kmfiz]

Gene was a class act and had a great voice for the show.

[@cruz25617]

God i'd do anything to go back in time to the 80's and 70's... To experience life, going to these events, meeting these men in there prime, and maybe even getting to hang out with them outside of the industry. Imagine...

[@bigmike2464]

"Mean" Gene Okerlund was the Voice of my childhood. Masa Saito and Haku were BOTH legit badasses

[@Smith-wk6pb]

The voice of pro wrestling from 1970s to 2001..RIP Mean Gene Qkerlund!!

[@michaelvazquez7851]

Nice interview

[@Airforce1Gunny]

I miss this guy so much

[@Badvibesdude]

Mean Gene was pure class. Kevin Nash has a good story about traveling with Mean Gene in the late 90s. The way Nash tells it, Mean Gene went drink-for-drink with him and barely showed any sign of being drunk by the time they parted.

[@bigwave25]

Mean Gene was the backstage star of the Fed. RIP brother.

[@ricksanchez2425]

The real head of the table

[@terryrussell5834]

Mean Gene was a treasure.

[@jamesdavidson676]

R.I.P. Mean Gene.

[@thesting6820]

No one attended this man's funeral. Apparently, no one liked this man. Now, we the fans cannot understand it. Wouldn't it be great if a wrestler explained this?

[@poormansdemon3176]

Is this true. I’ve never heard of this but gonna look into it now

[@anson.meadows]

DDP explains it. He was very disappointed in many wrestlers that should have been there.

[@thesting6820]

@@anson.meadows I know. But, no one will say why he was hated. They called him "Scheme Gene". I think that is a.clue.

[@anson.meadows]

@@thesting6820 it’s possible but sometimes ppl are only valued for what they can provide to others and not what they ‘mean’ to others.

[@thesting6820]

@@anson.meadows I think you have a point.

[@RichardM1366]

Andre was a great man. He was terrible how people treated him because of a disease. He was a sensitive guy and it didn't take much to hurt him. He lived his life and enjoyed the good times.

[@TL2354]

How do you know?

[@jans8854]

Спасибо за видео! 🇰🇿

[@heatherlane8164]

Loved mean gene!

[@davidmartin1949]

Great voice and missed very much .

[@CrookedRosePOD]

Just recently learned about brusier brody (found out about kayfabe a few years ago) love brusier

[@TL2354]

Bruiser

[@frankcastle4435]

RIP Gene best in the business

[@vicferrari4046]

Miss ya Mean Gene

[@Charles-rd6ku]

You can't say nothing bad about this great announcer. Main gene made everything more fun about wrestling

[@davidharrison7553]

MEEEEEEEEAAAAAN GENE.........WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! THE BEST EVER!!!

[@JimJones762x39]

Mean Gene is the King

[@nickcopland5186]

If I was my 5 year old self again and saw Andre walking around at an airport, I wouldn't be laughing and pointing, I'd be needing fresh underwear.

[@mitchellandrews1015]

What do you mean by that? A friend of mine suffers with acromegaly, it’s offensive what you are saying if I understand correctly. Heinous Remove your comment Now

[@nickcopland5186]

@@mitchellandrews1015 I wasn't being offensive, calm down. I was implying my 5 year old self would be terrified of seeing for the first time a living giant like Andre. Get a grip and a sense of humour. I respect Andre. I have a brother who has severe Autism. So I need a sense of humour to get me through life, okay?

[@mitchellandrews1015]

@@nickcopland5186 I’ll take you at your word good sir. With your situation I am certain you are truly a woken warrior. I salute you kind sir

[@nickcopland5186]

@@mitchellandrews1015 Not woken, certainly not that, but broken and still fighting.

[@mitchellandrews1015]

@@nickcopland5186 keep fighting my woke friend

[@msoi215]

#RIPMeanGene #RIPAndreTheGiant

[@mikeh5656]

Mean 'wooooooooooo' by God, Gene

[@rayishere71]

Mean Jean the greatest ever

[@ripperace]

Mean Gene= G.O.A.T.

[@wrericdog]

Andre and Haku in the wwe or anywhere else, as tag champs I remember was great!, very few person at that time could beat them in real life! Brody last of the greats also

[@Tyrantresister]

Can't believe no one in the business aside from DDP showed up to this icon's funeral.

[@reallifelebowski4732]

Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzil showed up

[@kellygrooverWinkle]

Mean Gene is on my pro wrestling Mount Rushmore. He elevated everybody around him by taking the most ridiculous people completely seriously.

[@fredo4070]

Lmao EVERYONE says Haku. Hilarious to hear Mean Gene say it in that golden voice

[@jaybrown4526]

Gene IS a wealth of wrestling knowledge and experience. I bet he knows more about the business than Coronet.

[@william7038]

WHOS CORONET???

[@jersh1981]

To think he worked with everyone and when he died......... no one showed up. brutal.

[@joeblough6701]

He was the best.

[@dustinmichel7608]

Why didn't the boys show up to Gene's funeral?

[@petertristan5885]

They are assholes.. No Respect for Mean Gene.. 😢😢

[@357.maggNUM]

Mean WOOO Gene

[@Beardo2517]

So Hogan says people were snicker at Andre everyone calls him a liar but Gene says it and it's alright

[@Scott__C]

To be fair, Hogan lies all the time, so why would you believe him?

[@TL2354]

@@Scott__CHow do you know?

[@Scott__C]

@@TL2354 Because he talks.

[@Me-qp8vz]

@@TL2354 Easy watch a Hulk wrestling match them listen to Hulk tell how it went down. Or google lies Hulk Hogan has told but be warned it's about month or more of viewing time to hear hulks lies.

[@robertwilliamsi408]

Hogan has been proven liar literally 90 percent of the time

[@DaveDurango]

GOAT GOAT GOAT GOAT GOAT

[@Hangingwithfarrah]

The toughest tag team off all time

[@CannedHam2479]

Nah. Thatd be Owen and Yokozuna

[@donjohn2695]

That's barbarian and haku/meng they where the faces of fear in WCW they where the toughest tag team EVER

[@SeanRankin2]

@@donjohn2695 Yes they were. I think even the Steiners would agree with that

[@Loathello]

Best wrestlers in the business: Bruno Sammartino, Pat Patterson, Peter Maiva, Moon Dog Mayne, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, George "The Animal" Steele, Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, The Rock, Macho Man Randy Savage, The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin. I'm sure I missed some. Best non-wrestlers in the business: Gene Okerlund. RIP, Mean Gene.

[@StrongArmEntertainment]

Thank you.. Meng. That is how I know him. Who is haku lol

[@scoh840]

I always wondered..... If God made them the same age..... In an eyeball vs eyeball shoot - Haku vs Peter Maivia?

[@bz3105]

Yeah, I will always love Andre the Giant for being an icon of my childhood but I would NOT have wanted to be him. Basically, every little thing had multiple extra steps and that just had to have been extremely tough.

[@Clownhole420]

Mean Gene was the Chris Berman of WWF.

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Andre loved his wine

[@baoxidiaoyu]

Unfortunately Saito got to Waukesha

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Andre liked Haku because he would karate chop the caps off the beer bottles. Daniel san, wax on wax off.

[@jasonlinton9902]

I liked the bad news brown story he said they were on a bus and bad news said andre called him the n word bad news said he got up and confronted andre and andre did nothing and said he was sorry

[@UseYourIllusions78]

Well ya know Gene Mean , you an Cheeco Santana need to come party with me an Mick Jaggers party with sly an sagul lol..u know he asked me to b his personal bodygaurd .😂😂😂 Jesse the body

[@aVerveQuest]

Having lived in Hawaii I can attest to the Samoans power to generate fear

[@JohnDoe-fb1uk]

hi

[@mahmud9973]

Hello

[@britpackdog4545]

Never fails to impress me how hard Americans have to, and do work.

[@TonyTerranova-ji4et]

Rene Goulet would moon you on the top of the bar

[@RSUPAL]

Not to nit-pick, but Japanese have no Ls, but their Rs sound more like an L.

[@imahustla5029]

Tama Tonga Tanga Loa Bloodline 🩸🩸

[@cardiffemorgan5877]

We all know hogan was one of the wannabe tough guys that wasn’t tough. Most insecure wrestler ever

[@CatsClaw44]

No offense, but you sound insecure. Hogan NEVER claimed to be a tough guy even though he clearly is tough suffering through the pain that he did in wrestling, including coming back from a broken leg. Maybe wannabe clowns like you and the ones who liked your post should educate yourself.

[@TL2354]

How do you know?

[@samuelclemons508]

Tongans - natural warriors !!!

[@Music-qt3ok]

Why didn't Haku do real martial arts instead of pro wrestling?

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

Money. Pro-wrestling provided a steady paycheck. Martial arts pre-MMA era, not so much. Haku was already pushing 40 by the time MMA really began to take off.

[@TL2354]

Ask him

[@bloolouboyle]

6 hrs tlking wow how did u do it for 400k poor guy

[@TonyTerranova-ji4et]

Andre The Giant in 1970 s was closer to 7 ft 5 possible the boots 👢 had lift's to give some more height

[@jaybarnes8034]

Haiku was great, while Andre was too slow.

[@thaR3N]

Andre in his early prime was very agile for his size. Look it up

[@TL2354]

Haku

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Andre was 8 feet tall and weighed over 1000 pounds. Haku skipped lunch and ate the lunch lady brother.

[@CannedHam2479]

Piper couldve easily taken Andre out with a leg dive Piece O Cake! lol

[@jdbankshot]

the real badass andre was when he could actually catch you in the ring. the 390 pound andre, from the early 70's. ya, piper was no slouch, homeless at 13, lived on an indian rez, learned to box, trained with judo gene lebell, etc... underrated legit tough bastard. andre liked piper, they got along, apparently because roddy wouldn't back down from him in their few matches. andre respected that, plus piper made him laugh all the time.

[@CannedHam2479]

@@jdbankshotPiper had the best leg dive in the biz

[@ssjrose9641]

Im tired of hearing about how tough andre was. The man was a giant potatoe who pushed his weight around and bullied whoever he thought wouldn't stand up for themselves. Someone like JYD (size, skill, strength) would fk him up.

[@mitch120000]

Think they know more than some laser on utube

[@Joe-m3b1d]

Glad your gone 😂

[@chrisbeauvais7499]

I think that's why Andre liked my Mohawk people we didn't bat an eye when he was in my community of the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake

[@kellygrooverWinkle]

Mean Gene is on my pro wrestling Mount Rushmore. He elevated everybody around him by taking the most ridiculous people completely seriously.