Mean Gene Okerlund Outtakes

Sometimes you just want to see pro-wrestling kayfabe fall apart as the usually composed “Mean” Gene Okerlund has to deal with rambling wrestlers blowing their spots and going off on muddled improvised shoots. Here is a collection of some uncensored (yeah, it gets pretty blue at some parts) outtakes where the beloved WWF ring announcer and interviewer navigates these loose cannon wrestlers as best he can. The consummate professional rarely lets slip a laugh unless the bit has gone completely off the rails already, and it’s impressive to see him try to throw various lifelines to the lost performers who have botched their promos.

It’s a simpler time of the ‘80s where the gimmicks were offensive but the laughs were innocent. Mostly. Kinda.