Gene Okerlund - What Bobby Heenan was Like in Real Life

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

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

[@umbattag]

Did mean gene ever write a book ?

[@jimbozeman7541]

I agree

[@JackJohnson-wg1ye]

Did Mean Gene ever publish that book?

[@weaseltales]

@@TitleMatchWrestling Gene was the best. The soundtrack of my wrestling fandom. He put me over countless times.

[@ADAMdinho1]

RIP Gene RIP Brain

[@Kld4402]

The memories Gene and Bobby lent to my younger days... Both great in their own right!

[@kkwok9]

Yes, both are missed

[@STC987]

Bobby and Gene were a huge part of my childhood. Such great memories.

[@KillerOrangeCat]

I met Shawn Michaels at a book signing and I think he was having a bad day because he was really rude,. I don't want to think he is that kind of person because I am sure lots of people had good experiences with him. I just caught him on a bad day. When I met Bobby Heenan, I told him it was an honor to meet him. He looked at me, smiled and said very humbled, "Oh thank you so very much." Bobby was so kind and he made me feel a lot better. I sold the Shawn Michaels book but I still have Bobby's.

[@dane21dc]

Imagine Heenan in the day and age of podcasts. He’d be a God

[@Breakbeats92.5]

I mean, we got Corny. right

[@Dave-zo7ks]

@@Breakbeats92.5 Cornette is a force in his own right, but nobody could have touched Heenan just riffing on stuff.

[@weaseltales]

As the writer of his two books, I have been doing a podcast using the tapes from our conversations

[@bploan8464]

Nah this crappy cancel culture wouldn't suit him....

[@vkartikv]

Bobby was the best commentator/manager in all of wrestling

[@4thandinches]

IYHO, that is. And Heenan was my favorite as well.

[@robzilla730]

No. Ventura was the best!...

[@jonnybekeww5639]

Jim ross.

[@Nolimit_Lou]

@@jonnybekeww5639 I love Jim Ross he was so passionate. I remember how deep he would get into the storylines. I remember his reactions it made you think the wrestlers were actually killing each other lol. I mainly speak of his Attitude era work. Don't know his work before and after that.

[@snaidnietahi4654]

Heenan the best manager? I can agree with that. Ventura was by far the best commentator though.

[@BillyJr68]

To me Gene Okerlund is the voice of wrestling. I first started watching wrestling when I was a kid in Wisconsin and watched All Star Wrestling every Saturday night. He was the greatest. Rest in peace, sir.

[@GretaThanos]

And the Fink!!! “And NEEEEEEWWW!!!”

[@nickm2483]

Bobby was the greatest. Royal Rumble 1992 was a masterclass in how to be a heel commentator.

[@easyriderrider4580]

"That's Not, Fair to Flair!!" 😅😂😅🤣😊☺️😊💜😎😎😎😎🤙🤙🤙🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@serg924]

I'm paraphrasing here, but Heenan was like, "I am sorry, but it's going to be hard for me to be objective during this match" to which Monsoon responses by saying "When have you ever been objective." Greatest rumble of all time.

[@davidescanio2929]

and Gorilla just feeding him freakin classic

[@stevenhenry5267]

Heenan was always great,but Gorilla really helped bring out the absolute very best in him. Perfect team. Put em up!🤣

[@michaelparker858]

His line about Virgil was fantastic. “Imagine how many bags he has gone through” lol you could never say that today but God damn was that funny

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Imagine the knowledge and stories him and bobby had in the car. 👋. Priceless

[@PulverizerA]

Bobby is THE GOAT. Gene's top notch too. God bless em.

[@drewsollars2239]

Bobby was a great actor. The look of instant terror he could whip up whenever any chance of actual physical confrontation arose was priceless.

[@aidanlynn]

A Heenan and Mansoon Podcast would have been the greatest.

[@Realdealrob]

Unreal would have been

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Will you please stop?

[@fathersredeemed]

They were a great team

[@weaseltales]

@@aidanlynn I agree wholeheartedly. with my podcast, I have done the best I can.

[@speedcrewskate]

It would absolutely destroy! It would have a body count of how many people died from. Laughing

[@danaroy8596]

Heenan was a gem. He was so funny, so quick-witted. He was on of the best managers and commentators of all time.

[@joshs4594]

Mean Gene and Bobby. They gave WWF and WCW color and humor and as evidenced by what we've seen since they departed, they'll never find equals. R.I.P. gentlemen, and thanks for the great entertainment and fun.

[@np946]

Miss this guy so much!! Great part of my childhood on TV!

[@SnookerMafia-or6nu]

If these two were still with us their KZbin channels would blow up the internet. Such fountains of knowledge and stories.

[@ericdravenX00X]

Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan both liked a Stiff Whiskey.. 2 of the Best Voices of the Years i Loved in Professional Wrestling..

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Gene loved gin and vodka. He loved his martinis.

[@ericdravenX00X]

@@dr.floridamanphd he loved it all doc!

[@michaelr.4878]

​@dr.floridamanphd Yep...he loved the booze so much that he ruined 2 livers. He fried his own liver with liquor..got a liver transplant and ruined that one with liquor too. As much as I liked Gene on tv, that is disgusting. In order for him to get that transplanted liver, someone had to die. Then, while he was boozing it up on his transplanted liver, someone else was dying,... waiting for a liver transplant...which Gene got..and drank away. As a son of someone who died needing a kidney transplant, Gene's behavior sickens me.

[@stevengallant6363]

​@@dr.floridamanphd What are you a doctor? 😊

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@stevengallant6363 I have 3 honorary doctorates from the Abide University and Institute. I’m not a physician.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

While Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon were an iconic team, Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan have great chemistry as well.

[@Jasonjones-h2x]

I could listen to mean gene all day long

[@justinangel4977]

I was in an elevator with mean gene when I was younger got his autograph and talked for several minutes super down to earth easy going man, fond memory for sure. Rip Mean Gene

[@yankees29]

Remember when his son played for the Islanders? I remember getting his autograph at a practice.😂

[@UseYourIllusions78]

He didn't touch ya .... Look up his criminal rec ...sadly was an accused offender didler

[@scottashe984]

No he wasn't

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

Mean Gene: "you couldn't manage a Wendy's" Heenan: "i could if YOU lived in town" BEST... LINE... EVER!

[@Handsome_Gary_Kamensack]

All of us 9 to 5 Humaniod Ham and Eggers were blessed to be entertained by the GOAT. Heenan was one if a kind.

[@jasonnacci4091]

Humanoids, yep, LOL. Heenan was the verbal version of Jimmy Hart when it came to agitation.

[@TheStuzel]

Bobby was the best

[@RealDougieF]

Sir Robert of Heenan and Nick Bockwinkel were pure gold. The best manager/wrestler combo ever. Period.

[@realjameset7147]

Definitely. I definitely miss the days of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. 😀😥

[@tonycordeiro5495]

God Bless you Mean Gene RIP.... God Bless Bobby Heanen Part of my childhood...watching wrestling Love you...both

[@tomalbaitis5931]

Mean Gene and Bobby H were the greatest! Definitely represent the golden age of wrestling! Both “first class” guys! Miss them both!

[@TheScottThomas]

Seeing Gene tear up tells you how much he cared for Bobby. 😢❤

[@pholly]

I miss Mean Gene, he is a legend

[@tomjones2348]

For those that haven't yet read Bobby's two books, do yourself a favor. Bobby was one of a kind. He knew how to get a fire lit, fan the fames and the the audience take over.

[@tommyboy1845]

Those gentlemen back then played off each other so well. Great memories as a kid.

[@timburr4453]

Okerlund was such a pro. He hard a great career in wrestling but could've easily been a national news broadcaster, or a sports host

[@DDWES]

Loved mean gene and Bobby back in the day. Rip

[@davidjones6470]

2 of the Greatest ever, Mean Gene and Bobby,

[@markhealey3660]

I saw Bobby in 1975 in Indianapolis when he and the Blackjacks, Lanza and Mulligan, were running amuck during that time. Bobby KNEW how to draw heat and was SO GOOD at it. Great on the mic bad mouthing the “ham and eggers” and humanoids. Wrestling is a scary business being the villain but being able to draw heat like that, puts lots of butts in seats and makes you a great draw. Bobby was the BEST!! ❤❤

[@bobshaw8319]

I met both of these guys at a restaurant and bar in Providence Rhode Island .. Had many drinks with them .. Great guys. Rest in peace

[@smw4628]

Bobby Heenan was hilarious.

[@jeffwood7642]

Yes sir, Bobby was one of the greats. You too Mean Gene.

[@Tweet_Wrestling]

They’ll never be another mean gene. We were blessed to have Bobby and Gene

[@zodiac6968]

Gene Mean, intelligent all American Jew Man, legend.

[@bigwheelstuntshow1707]

Mean Gene Okerlund was one of THE BEST in the Game. Natural.

[@codycampbell6257]

Okerlund and Heenan both legends!

[@scottyaniga4450]

Gene seemed like such a decent, down to earth guy.

[@oxyfee6486]

Can’t remember where I saw it, but I watched a video that said nobody showed up to Mean Genes funeral, it was so sad.

[@battlestarmarc]

2 of the best. Mean gene interviews were the best. Heenan was so funny in the wwf.

[@Gerasimos-o9g]

A man who could errupt an arena with just looking at them.We are blessed to have seen him controlling every second he was at a wrestling venue.Great personna Gene also

[@ToJuRacing]

Traveling with Mean Gene and Bobby would have been an amazing thing. REP Mean Gene and Bobby.

[@heyyou9693]

Gene is an All Time!

[@Dream_M1]

Bobby Heenan will always be my favourite commentator ❤ There will never be anyone like him. RIP

[@EerieEidolon]

Mean Gene: the man with the golden voice.

[@CiceroSolo]

Gene seems like such a lovely man

[@hotdogsauce]

i love both of these guys so much. they were in my living room at least twice a week, every week when i was a kid.

[@jonathannichols2043]

Gene was excellence! Love when the sign fell behind him.

[@SedriqMiers]

Gene's voice i grew up listening to him bellow the names of the wrestlers he captured your attention with style a real character RIP.

[@Nolimit_Lou]

Mean Gene is a legend. I grew up watching him interviewing legends like Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Bobby Heenan greatest manager of all time.

[@seanbaros-qe1rp]

Rest In Peace to the both of them!! They were entertaining as hell!!

[@TrentNumbers]

I love how everyone of these old shoots has either a phone call, or an unexpected guest in them.

[@sampleoffers1978]

Kevin Dunn calls two minutes into interview...

[@David-666gforbid]

Mean Gene always the Consumate professional.

[@dragonchaserkev]

Vince knew talent, didn't always use the talent properly but what would WWF have been without Gene and Bobby and Gorilla, Finkle, and so many orhers.

[@battlestarmarc]

In the 80's vince knew how to use talent.

[@robzilla730]

...Ventura, Ladd...

[@Kevynuk]

Mean Gene and Judo Al Hayes had great chemistry together.

[@jramos1467]

Amazing person😢

[@stever1791]

I can't believe that Vice would let Mean Gene and The Brain LEAVE the WWE. Two of the best promotors of Wrestling EVER. when you think of interviews in that business - It's Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan

[@markfahley2152]

Bobby set a level heel managers that went above and beyond heels of the past and heights that will never be seen again in our lifetime

[@michaelmarkowski204]

Gene Mean was my favorite interviewer and Bobby was my favorite pro wrestling personality period during the time he did commentary for WWF matches because Heenan was funny and clever. It was about entertainment, and Heenan was the best entertainer out of anyone (wrestlers, managers, commentators, etc.).

[@bobbynesbitt1863]

I grew up watching mean Gene. What an amazing interview. RIP 🙏

[@josephsmith961]

Man, I miss all the old school guys.

[@MattAllen-4Ever1]

Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan will never be outdone!

[@anthonymancini5958]

Mean Gene always threatening legal action during interviews was always great creative!

[@billwebber400]

I know this is a very old interview I just really miss the days of wrestling with Mean Gene and Bobby The Brain sometimes it's good to reminisce🎉

[@bambamthecamocowboy9037]

'RIP' To Both, Bobby & Gene!

[@eerslink5498]

I met Gene just a few years before his accident and ultimately what would be his death. To me, he was just this awesome, cordial and friendly person that seemed to have no idea just how legendary he really was. He was just that same guy that I watched on television; nothing more, nothing less than you'd expect. I mentioned that I loved his WCW days (I really did, that was true) and how I thought it was just the best. Without missing a beat, He slaps me on the shoulder and says "Hey, off the record of course but it was the best, it had to be the best because everything else in that company was just so damned terrible!" Gene was a true legend though and for what it's worth, he was right but I so loved WCW. 🤣

[@stevejamieson8468]

My favorite 2 moments with Bobby and Gene together were Heenan's WCW debut. The other was when they made their return to WWE at WM 17, calling the gimmick battle royal.

[@clayton5584]

Mean gene is the man!

[@ricardoeflores7033]

I grew up watching Mean Gene and The Brain on the old AWA in the 70s and they were great back then.You could see the chemistry between them even back then, those two were the best!

[@richardmorris6365]

I lived in Chicago in 68 & Bobby actually wrestled from time to time but mostly managed the Blackjacks Lanza & Mulligan

[@JRotten]

Man, Gene and Boby used To tear it up drinking on Siesta Key. Good times. RIP, gentleman.

[@roofer10]

Really? I would've loved to drink with them!

[@cjtquk]

The Brain really was 10 steps ahead of us with his comedic wit. Could say stuff instantly better than all of the best scriptwriters combined. Mene Gene is the greatest backstage interviewer. Knew what to say, how to direct and get the talent over.

[@rodvollertsen5483]

RIP Mean Gene & the Brain

[@sionprice2432]

Mean Gene might have the best story telling voice of all time distinctive

[@JosephMiller-gh6mv]

To me the greatest of all time in wrestling I say it's Bobby The Brain he could wrestle , mng , talk on the mic , for promos or announcing and Bobby & Gorilla the best 1 , 2 ever

[@ddewittfulton]

What a great guy! I didn't appreciate him enough when he "invaded" my WWF broadcasts in the early 80s. I was actually LAMENTING the loss of Vince as the interviewer! But Gene Okerlund was simply THE VOICE on professional wrestling for a generation. A little broad in some of the comedy but what a way with words! Imagine a show with prime Gene Okerlund and Gordon Solie... that would have been something!

[@Jasonjones-h2x]

Miss all these guys especially mean gene who to me was the voice of the wcw...

[@jackkitchen737]

@2:00 "What the hell are you, a doctor?" I can actually here Brain's voice saying that LOL

[@dwade6322]

Loved Gene and The Brain.

[@kevinfaller3812]

Meeeeaaaannn (whooooo) by God, Gene. I so miss those Ric Flair, Mean Gene interviews. RIP Gene and Bobby.

[@N8wesley]

Mean gene oh man this takes me back

[@dennisneo1608]

Oh, sitting on the couch, late 80s, watching the wrestling. Fun times.

[@therichdarley]

Made me tear up when he said health permitting Wasn’t ready for it 😢

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Rest in peace, Mean Gene...a true legend in the business. That goes double for The Brain.

[@RonPro-u1t]

Let me tell ya something Mean Gene !!!!!!!

[@drophatinc]

Gene is the ultimate interview. Perfect voice. Perfect demeanor. He knows how to keep it classy with all the trashy! RIP Gene. We all loved you very much

[@JohnDoe-fb1uk]

God Bless you Gene.

[@bradyfry8031]

Gene's death was a huge shock to me and to several people I'm sure, when you think of 80s WWF to me Hogan and Gene defined that era

[@NEALPUCCISWEDEN]

rip to mean jean and bobby both legend on the mic

[@williamchappell9858]

Mr Heenan was the greatest wrestling managers of all time and a good announcer as well in WWE & WCW

[@CinemaMack]

Met Gene in 2015 in Niagara Falls. Such a cool guy.

[@1914fallen]

Bobby “The Brain” Heenan was the best Color Commentator and Heel Manager!

[@brooklynnicole9236]

I miss Mean Gene. He had Class and wasn't afraid to ballbust the heels. Great character

[@davidjones6470]

Great upload

[@edbigtruck]

They’ll only be one Mean Gene. R I P

[@liontone]

Okerland/Heenan was the ultimate team.

[@pas3079]

You can tell MG really cared about Bobby.

[@theskillzreport]

The legendary Mean Gene...Hall of Fame. I hate that he's no longer here.

[@JimmyCee123]

Bobby & Gene, 2 gems

[@MichaelAHaleJr]

Legend for real!

[@dancharlton9440]

These guys are pure class...Mean Gene, Gorilla, and the Brain are the best ever