31 Years Of WrestleMania Mistakes

Edit What Culture 28 Mar 2016
WWE.com ... Yet WWE hasn’t always got things right ... WrestleMania – Gene Okerlund ... ‘MeanGene Okerlund. Rumour has it that the original, more-appropriately qualified choice to sing The Star-Spangled Banner failed to show, and a nervous yet ever reliable Gene had to step in at the last moment....

WWE Hall of Fame adds Stan Hanson to 2016 induction class

Edit The Examiner 20 Mar 2016
When it comes to the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame class, there have been some big names in Sting and the Fabulous Freebirds, as well as some fan favorites like Big Bossman and The Godfather ... According to PWS on Saturday, Mean Gene Okerlund said that StanThe LariatHanson will also be inducted this year as well ... However, his biggest success came in Japan ... ....

Reason Why Bray Wyatt & Bo Dallas Missed ‘Monday Night RAW’ Revealed

Edit Inquisitr 02 Feb 2016
Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas were noticeably absent from Monday NightRAW this week, and now we know why ... Rotunda is former WWE superstar Irwin R. Schyster (IRS) ... Did you know that… ... The Blackjacks Hall of Fame class also included William “Refrigerator” Perry into the celebrity wing, Bret “The HitmanHart, Eddie Guerrero, “MeanGene Okerlund, Sensational Sherri and Verne Gagne ... (Photo via YouTube)....

The Best And Worst Of WWE Smackdown 1/21/16: Confucius Say Man In Bright Jacket Have ...

Edit Yahoo Daily News 13 Jan 2016
It was a backstage segment with Mean Gene Okerlund promoting the 1989 Royal Rumble ... Then one Saturday morning, while flipping around the television dial, I ran into Mean Gene Okerlund telling me about something called the Royal Rumble ... Gene then went about listing off all 30 participants, showing a picture of each one ... But Gene wasn’t done....

Jason La Canfora's Week 17 Game Rankings: Jets-Bills tops list of spoiler alerts

Edit CBS Sports 31 Dec 2015
Well, it's finally upon us. The end is near. The regular season is nearly over ... We've got division champs still be crowned, and frankly, a great slate of games on CBS ... at ... Ryan's press conferences have often had the feel of Macho Man Randy Savage responding to Mean Gene Okerlund ("Well, you know, Mean Gene …") and this whole confluence of events seems like it might be right out of one of Rex's boyhood dreams ... at ... at ... at ... at ... ....

Ryan Getzlaf's goal-scoring drought hurts Ducks

Edit Toronto Sun 20 Dec 2015
Ryan Getzlaf did not score a goal in the final 11 playoff games of last season. Not a single goal.   ... All this for $9.25 million this season — with another five years and more than $38 million U.S. still owing to Getzlaf ... THIS AND THAT ... The story was wrong ... Little John ... Happy birthday to (Mean) Gene Okerlund (73), Bill Clement (65), Andrei Markov (37), Jim Zoet (62), Rich Gannon (50), Oscar Gamble (66) and Trish Stratus (40) ......

'The Wrestling Album' at 30: The Inside Story of a Record That Started a Revolution

Edit Rollingstone 18 Nov 2015
In the November 9, 1985 issue of Billboard magazine, alongside reviews of Joni Mitchell's Dog Eat Dog, Robert Palmer's Riptide and ZZ Top's Afterburner, you'll find a quick appraisal of The Wrestling Album, a 35-word critique that concludes thusly. "As singers, they're pretty good wrestlers." Sidebar ... Here's why ... Hillbilly Jim, Gene Okerlund – he played rock & roll piano, Roddy Piper was pretty talented when it came to singing....

Rob Gronkowski doing a 1980s wrestling interview take-off? Oh yes

Edit Yahoo Daily News 21 Aug 2015
[Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football. Sign up and join a league todayl] ... The only complaint is that Mean Gene Okerlund was not prominently involved in this ad for Bodyarmor sports drink.. "Gronkasaurus," yes! Get him in the ring against Iron Mike Sharpe and call it a day ... - - - - - - -....

WWE in 1985 extra: Former wrestlers share memories of their past co-stars

Edit CBS Sports 20 Aug 2015
As outlined in our special story WWE in 1985. An Oral History, the wrestling promotion's mainstream breakthroughs that year were helped along by an ensemble cast that included many colorful, talented workers ... Here are their thoughts ... You couldn't help but like him. He was a little bit more outspoken than I am ... I always felt safe around him ... Nothing ... I did some of my very first TV interviews with Gene ... Gene Okerlund, oh my God, what a voice ... ....

WWE news: Rob Feinstein responds to Roddy Piper autograph allegations

Edit The Examiner 06 Aug 2015
This brought out a lot of people shaming Feinstein for the incident including WWE legend Mean Gene Okerlund, who posted about it on Twitter. However, that Okerlund tweet is now gone after X-Pac came out in defense of Feinstein and said that he was also at the convention and saw Feinstein buy autographed Piper photos from someone other than Ott ... As for Feinstein, he said the same thing ... ....

Memories of wrestling icon 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Edit Toronto Sun 02 Aug 2015
We may write about professional wrestling here, but we're fans too. And who wasn't a fan of Roddy Piper, the key heel of the 1980s WWF who morphed into an iconic antihero? The SLAM! Wrestling staff share their thoughts on "Hot Rod" in a special SLAM! Speaks. JON WALDMAN ... CHRIS SCHRAMM. I met Roddy a few times ... BOB KAPUR ... The first was several years back when he, Bobby Heenan, and Gene Okerlund were in Toronto for a media blitz ... ....

'Rowdy' Roddy Piper dies: Wrestling legend dies aged 61, according to reports

Edit The Independent 01 Aug 2015
Piper's last prof foray into the world of wrestling was as a contestant on the reality TV show WWE Legend's House, where he starred alongside Gene Okerlund, Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Howard ......

Dusty Rhodes dead at 69, WWE announces

Edit Yahoo Daily News 11 Jun 2015
The American Dream is dead. The WWE announced on Thursday afternoon that Virgil Runnels, a.k.a. Dusty Rhodes, died earlier in the day. WWE is deeply saddened that Virgil Runnels, aka “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, passed away today at age 69. pic.twitter.com/MDfxIAbxwN— WWE (@WWE) June 11, 2015 ... GO pic.twitter.com/e0BolBDNZj— Gene Okerlund (@TheGeneOkerlund) June 11, 2015....
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