MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eugene “Mean Gene” Okerlund, whose deadpan interviews of pro wrestling superstars like “Macho Man” Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan made him a ringside fixture in ...

Gene Okerlund, who as a ringside interviewer and commentator served for decades as a straight man to the outsize personalities who suffuse the world of professional wrestling, has died. He was 76.

Gene Okerlund, a gentlemanly wrestling announcer who specialized in interviewing the biggest, loudest and most obnoxious professional grapplers in the business, died Jan. 2 at a hospital in Sarasota, ...

WWE Hall of Famer Gene Okerlund, the interviewer known to a legion of wrestling fans as "Mean Gene" when he came to prominence along with professional wrestling in the mid '80s, has died at 76, ...

Following more than 30 years in sports-entertainment, Gene Okerlund became one of, if not the most recognizable announcers in the history of the squared circle. Nicknamed "Mean Gene" by longtime ...

For many wrestling fans, Mean Gene Okerlund is the gold standard of wrestling interviewers, doing the role full-time between WWF and WCW from 1984 to 2001. AEW star Chris Jericho got to witness ...

Here's a clip of Andy Warhol being interviewed backstage at a WWF event that aired on MTV back in 1985. Just like Andy's response to Mean Gene Okerlund's questions, we're totally speechless.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund, the iconic WWE backstage interviewer who played a role in some of the biggest moments in pro wrestling history, died Wednesday, his family announced. He was 76. Okerlund's son, ...

WWE Hall of Famer Gene Okerlund has died at age 76, the WWE said in a statement on Wednesday. Considered the most recognizable interviewer in sports-entertainment history, "Mean Gene" rose to fame by ...

Following more than 30 years in sports-entertainment, Gene Okerlund became one of, if not the most recognizable announcers in the history of the squared circle. Nicknamed "Mean Gene" by longtime ...