On which match he wanted to see:
“I really would have wanted to see a real match between Hogan and Bret Hart. I say that now because the Hogan-Bret Hart match that we promised to them…we never did deliver because they did an angle out of it with Sting. I certainly would have loved to have seen that.
They wrestled for like 3 minutes, and then Hogan dropped him on his knee, Hart pretended his knee got hurt, Sting came in and took over the match…and then Bret and Hulk Hogan attacked Sting.”
– Old School WWF Announcer Celebrates Birthday
Legendary World Wrestling Federation & World Championship Wrestling Announcer & Interviewer “Mean” Gene Okerlund turns 75 today.
Gene worked for the WWF from early 1984 until he left for WCW in the fall of 1993.
In 2006 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his close personal friend Hulk Hogan.
Okerlund still works for the WWE nowadays as the host of their weekly show called Vintage Collection, as well as doing occasional appearances on the WWE Network.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY “MEAN” GENE!
