Gene Okerlund - Full 2.5 Hour Shoot Interview (WCW Nitro, WWF, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan)

Enjoy the definitive Mean Gene Okerlund shoot interview, one of the greatest announcers in pro wrestling history. We talk about Gene's entire career and all the highlights from AWA/WWF/WCW and beyond.
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RIP to the late-great Mean Gene Okerlund.
This interview was originally produced by RF Video Inc in 2006. Licensed for distribution on Title Match Network.
Topics include Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Verne Gagne, Jesse Ventura, Bobby Heenan, Eric Bischoff and so much more.
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[@TitleMatchWrestling]

RIP to the late-great Mean Gene Okerlund Stream 100s of incredible shoots just like this ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results

[@neillundy5955]

I grew up with Mean Gene. I was in my early teens, and now I'm in my early 50s. Rest in peace.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Wow what a good way to pass 2 and a half hours time

[@WilliamKreiss]

Well...I guess we've got another 2 and a half hours in the Crown Room

[@hyperpuppy2]

It gets even better than that. I’m having a dump at the same time.

[@GP-tx6zt]

Right?

[@waffleironcheesecake]

hell yea lol

[@Crono1922]

Gets pretty boring in your mom's basement I suppose 🤷😂😂😂🤣🖕😎

[@chibang492]

Always loved this guy. RIP Mean Gene. Definately the most underappreciated and underrated sports entertainment broadcasters of all time.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

This is one of my favorite shoot interviews from RF Video. Thank you, Title Match. RIP Eugene "Mean Gene" Okerlund. :)

Cigarette smoking killed him, it should have been banned 50 years ago.

[@phunq9087]

Gene Okerlund could read the phone book and I would be enthralled (sorry kids i'm sure the term "phone book" is foreign to you)

[@mikeledger2614]

lol , so true, rip the greatest

[@someguy9471]

😂 you know about phone books?! I thought we were all dead😂😂😂 I’m 36 I still remember looking in the phonebook for girls numbers in high school

[@phunq9087]

@someguy9471 43 here. The funny thing is the phone book is still a thing but it looks like a little paper back novel now instead of the beast it used to be.

[@markmilner563]

Really classy!!!! Growing up in Wisconsin, Mean Gene was awesome!!! Entertaining for sure

[@12guagejulz]

Iconic voice

Cigarette smoking killed him, it should have been banned 50 years ago.

[@GMC1022]

One of my favorite stories about Mean Gene was the one Kevin Nash told where they shared a plane ride and just talked and had drinks. When they landed Gene asked when Kevin's flight was and they spent another hour and a half in the bar

[@Acebail]

Wow thanks!! What a treat. Rest well Scheme Gene

[@Brian316G]

Gene has such an amazing voice. Same with JR. Bobby is more remembered for his antics, which were great. That said just hearing Gene talk takes me back and love it. Great interview. Gene was one hell of a person on so many levels.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Mene Gene and Hogan where always together in the 80s and early 90s

[@daveschannel747]

Where Hulk went, Gene followed! Hogan had a lot of pull when in new territories.. Gene was a part of the deal

[@roxydog2004]

Hey you think he would have showed up for the guys awake!

[@jivepatrol6833]

I had dinner with Mean Gene once and he was the most gracious and delightful man one could ever meet! He was a virtual encyclopedia of wrestling and was hilarious. RIP Mean Gene.

[@jpknievel420]

MEEEEEEAN, WOOOOOO BY GOD GENE!!!

[@HyperActive7]

I grew up listening to Mean Gene and he was truly a gem in the wrestling business who made some of the best interview material you'll ever see which was hilarious seeing this little balding man standing next to these huge wrestlers who would do some really slapstick antics with Gene to flip him. One of my favorites is the Iron Sheik turkey in the cage comparing Hulk Hogan to the turkey which you will lose your ribcage.

[@Holden308]

After Bobby Heenan's WWE HoF speech, Gene Okerlund said he could listen to Bobby The Brain all day long. Gene, we think the same of you. RIP Eugene Arthur Okerlund and thanks for being wrestling's Mean Gene.

[@mharris5047]

RIP to Bobby Heenan, too. Bobby was the best "Weasel" manager in wrestling (and those AWA weasel suit matches were funny).

[@robzilla730]

​@@mharris5047Jim Cornette was no slouch either...

[@coreysmorgan8488]

Such an enjoyable watch. R.I.P. MEAN GENE OKERLUND ❤

[@eptx830]

R.I.P. Gene Okerlund

died from smoking. Cigarettes should have been banned 50 years ago.

[@j.t.8848]

he died from being alive, something gonna kill us all

[@nicholasbozec2828]

Thank you so much for these full interview videos

[@mharris5047]

It is interesting that Gene mentioned Pat Patterson and his habit of being cheap. I am sure that comes from his childhood which IIRC was very impoverished but Pat ended up working for the WWE literally up to the day he died, never retiring. I am sure Pat's family is enjoying all that money he saved throughout his working life. It is also interesting how long Pat had a behind the scenes job, there are two generations now that never saw him wrestle. May both Gene and Pat RIP.

[@aaronlafond]

No one can pronounce the names of pay-per-view events better than Gene.

[@fredwebber3905]

RIP mean Gene I always loved your interview segments. You were the best.

[@TheNightsneak313]

Respect to the legend. Missed in today’s wrestling climate for sure. Meeeeeeeene Geneeeeeee

[@carloslozada470]

Great stuff man Gene a major figure in wrestling history

[@riteguyssports6308]

My goodness what a treat

[@tupacchamberlian8556]

Great upload Thanks.

[@michaelhunziker7287]

What a voice. Who doesn't miss Mean Gene?

[@daveschannel747]

I've watched those clips of Mean Gene's blooper reels! Some of the funniest stuff ive ever seen! Miss this man vm

[@roxydog2004]

Very disrespectful that only a handful of WWF Superstars showed up for his wake and Hogan wasn't one of them.

[@robertl3592]

When diamond Dallas Paige said nobody showed up for his funeral. I couldn’t believe that. Smh mean Gene was that guy

[@nexus6163]

just listening to him brings me back to my childhood.

[@michaelvazquez7851]

RIP Mean Gene Okerlund 🙏

[@drewcifer1754]

What a voice. One of a kind!

[@StrivingTowardsWhatIsAhead]

Gene Mean legend class

[@billysouth4698]

Solid interview!

[@ernestrivers3736]

Underrated interview

[@justmythoughts2786]

Ole mean gene he was the man back in the day , he basically was the caller of the soap opera

[@travisford6663]

He has one of them voices like You know you just know it. Like Casey Kasem. Just a legendary voice! Love this interview good stuff thx for the content!

[@PulverizerA]

Gene gave the eulogy at Verne's funeral, and Greg was one of the few from the industry who actually went to pay respects to Gene's loved ones when he passed. Seems any hard feelings were laid to rest long before Gene passed. God bless him.

[@Sartis3rdElement]

This is phenomenal.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Did you know that Gorilla used to eat 5 hot dogs at every event he commentated

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Here in the UK they are selling DVDs of WWE for as little as one POUND it shows how the interest in WWE nowandays as from the 90s and early 2000s

[@user-pm5tu6qn4i]

Because nobody hardly buys DVDs anymore

[@Dennis_Frey]

A voice of gold!

[@DavidMccallister65]

As someone who was born in 84' and grew up only watching The NWA and WCW, it's so disappointing to hear how awful everything was behind the scenes. When I was a kid, you not have EVER convinced me that the WWF was bigger and better than WCW. Sting, Flair, LOD, Vader and the Steiner brothers were IT!!!

[@Virtual_Vinsanity]

"I think you're sexy, Really Mean Gene I do."

[@toma.4808]

That was sad when DD said almost noone went to mean genes funeral

[@80srocknroller]

Mean Gene Okerlund was a good friend of Hulk Hogan for 37 years until he passed away in 2019

[@watersandblue6001]

nobody was there for his funeral says ddp.

[@swfcocs1]

Clearly he had terrible taste in friends, except for DDP

[@temperedglass1130]

Apparently Hulk skipped his funeral.

[@watersandblue6001]

@@swfcocs1 i wonder if the deads in pro wrestling are so much, you start to not visit anymore

[@tupacchamberlian8556]

​@temperedglass1130 that shows you Terry's true Character yet he attended Rocky Johnson's Funeral.

[@daveschannel747]

4:50 Paul Harvey drop right there from Mean Gene! If you don't know who Paul Harvey is, look him up!

[@jiovanysoltero923]

Suprised that Kevin Dunn actually has friends in the business.

[@travisford6663]

He has one of them voices like You know you just know it.

[@jodavey]

Sad no one showed up to his funeral. Class Act DDP

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

I coupe fall asleep watching this every night, I have enjoyed these so much over the past few years, I'm glad I never watched them when they were recorded. There are a few that stand out from the hundreds that have tried, many attempt to do these shoots and many fail becaue the people doing the interviews they think they are the star and are staying at o get over and assume it's a conversation and they have something to input when an interview is supposed to be an interview, guy asks a question and shuts up .... If the guest gives a short answer, and pauses they should keep the mouth shut and allow them to elaborate further .... Instead of jump in and ask another question as if they aren't listening to the answer and are just going down a list of questions .... Few I ow how to pull it off... Kayfabe commentary WSI... HANNIBAL, not his side kick, Devon does it well. And obviously these guys, they must have a long standing or fairly intimate relationship, as if they've had a weekend on the piss together ...

[@emdelliki237]

Wish he'd tell me the weather tomorrow

[@jrwizz]

RIP mean gene

[@GB-xh7hv]

Isn't it sad that I think ddp said nobody went to his funeral

[@Airsoftcleaner]

Mean Gene was The Howard Cosell of Wrestling

[@jasonpdsi]

30:50 a callback to all the episodes of All American Wrestling where Gene was on the phone LOL

[@CLuvTravels]

It's MEEEEEEEEEEEEAN WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BY GOD GEEEEEEEENE

[@stuartmorris6299]

RIP Mean Gene.

[@Jojobizzare80]

Gene was gold

[@michaelguerrieri4768]

$10 million dollar offer for the AWA and Verne said no 😢😢😢😢.

[@daveschannel747]

Mean gene, BROTHER! 😉 😜

[@Jojobizzare80]

1:27:34 lol I love Gene

[@icemike874]

Love how Col. Mustafa would call him...Gene Mean

[@michaelhunziker7287]

You spelled Iron Sheik wrong. No one recognizes that Mustafa crap

[@tonyj801]

Lmao Ventura is still called a wacko 😆 😅

[@stealthbomber2127]

Gene Mean!

[@brianroach1314]

Smooth as silk voice and infinite charisma

[@mahmud9973]

Hello

[@user-hd5ee2rc6g]

Hulk Hogan did some training with Stu Hart? I have never heard that before Gene.

[@mharris5047]

Stu was very knowledgeable but his training methods were sadistic. If Stu would have had a bit of self control and would have known when to let off of people while teaching them basic wrestling moves I think he would have had a lot more students and maybe had been able to keep his wrestling promotion going longer. I suspect things deteriorated to the point where he couldn't get people to work for him knowing what laid in store for them in Stu's basement. The sadism was unnecessary, people can learn how to wrestle without needing a boatload of morphine after each lesson.

[@angijnr1002]

30:42 takes a call keep the camera rolling😅😅

[@cb3648]

"I don't care if your momma lives with another man!" - Dr. D David Schultz

[@executenwordusers]

What year was this interview?

[@Methodius93]

In the video description it says 2006.

[@executenwordusers]

Thank you...I didnt open the description enough.

[@dadman9799]

Odd hearing so many positive things said about Kevin Dunn 😂. Can’t believe Hulk buried Gene in his HoF induction 🤦‍♂️

[@Grisna_25-]

😮

[@shaynewest8757]

Good old mean gene, even if wrestling was real he could make it sound fake.

[@neillundy5955]

What?

[@DavidMccallister65]

You know everyone always says that Hogan is the goat because he drew the most money and that's true. However, I often wonder what would've been if Hogan would've been in Flair's place in the NWA and Flair was in Hogan's place in the WWF. Would they both still be as big? Would one have out done the other? Could Hogan have became the deal without Vince and the WWF and that massive push? We'll never know I guess.

[@jeffp.7598]

Could be remembering things wrong but Hogan was already on his way to becoming a household name prior to the WWF. That's why vince wanted him.

[@theschwiftyone9843]

' Who asked you to wear panty hoes. ' - to Gene ' Well it had to be Pat Patterson. ' - Gene LOL

[@JosephMiller-gh6mv]

All great interviewers & comentary teams are all gone retirements Cornette , Heyman are gone

[@stevesly7954]

Mean Gene looks good for being old I don't know how old he is but he's got to be old

[@shaynewest8757]

He's dead this is years ago

[@stevesly7954]

@@shaynewest8757 holy s*** I didn't know that

[@budgibson185]

It’s pathetic no one but DDO showed up to Gene’s funeral !! Just pathetic

[@TheChampIsHere_]

These days wrestling companies hire failed wrestlers and feminists as announcers 😂 what ever happened to distinguished talent like gene , bobby heenan

[@philjohnsonhoops]

Interviewer and his fake*** laugh to his Genes half jokes. Ha Ha Ha

[@michaeljohnson5365]

think WWF went crap from 1993 onwards

[@scottbaird53]

🐂💩

[@scottbaird53]

🐂💩

[@psc1117]

An absolute legend. RIP. He is so missed!!

[@someguy9471]

MEEEEEEAAANNNNNN WOOOOOO GENE! God what a great announcer, him and Bobby the brain heenan were an enormous part of my childhood. They were instrumental in wcw during the Monday night wars and were always always always entertaining to watch. Even if the wrestling was questionable on any given night, you could at least be entertained by their commentary and interviews. Losing both of these men really was the end of an era. They were without a doubt the two best talkers in the business. They don’t make men like that anymore, or talent

[@ivorypoet6972]

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