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Pro Wrestling Community Reacts To “Mean” Gene Okerlund’s Passing

Posted By: Dustin Frisch on Jan 02, 2019

“Mean” Gene Okerlund’s passing has hit the wrestling community with many sharing their memories of Okerlund who worked with pretty much all of the biggest names in professional wrestling.  Below is a small blurb of what WWE posted about his time working with the company.

In 1993, Okerlund joined WCW as lead interviewer where he continued to interview many of the legends he had worked with in the AWA and WWE as well as WCW stalwarts, Sting, Diamond Dallas Page, Goldberg and others. 

In 2001, Okerlund returned to WWE to call the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania 17 along with Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and continued to appear on WWE television programming, including being a cast member on WWE Network’s Legends’ House. 

Below are the various reactions by people.

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