Gene Okerlund rumors, news

Gene Okerlund news, rumors

  • • Renee Paquette Praised As One Of Wrestling’s Best: “In Gene Okerlund Territory”
    The post Renee Paquette Praised As One Of Wrestling’s Best: “In Gene Okerlund Territory” first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.During a recent episode of his podcast, legendary wrestling announcer Tony Schiavone shared his appreciation for the talent he works with in AEW, emphasizing how much he enjoys being part of the company’s broadcast and talent team. Schiavone praised Excalibur, Nigel M...2025
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  • • Tony Schiavone Compares Renee Paquette to WWE Hall of Famer Gene Okerlund
    Longtime wrestling announcer Tony Schiavone recently reflected on his experience working with the AEW broadcast team and roster during an episode of his podcast. Schiavone expressed deep appreciation for the colleagues he shares the commentary booth with, highlighting the joy he finds in working alongside them. “I have been fortunate...2025
  • • Tony Schiavone: Renee Paquette Is One Of The Best That's Ever Held The Mic, She's In Gene Okerlund Territory
    Tony Schiavone speaks highly of Renee Paquette. Paquette previously had a run as an interviewer, host, and commentator with WWE as Renee Young. She signed with AEW in 2022, and she has been with the company ever since. Paquette is often featured on AEW programming as an interviewer, and she hosts the Close-Up show on AEW's YouTube channel. Speaking on his What Happened When podcast, Tony Schiavone...2025
  • Booker T’s 1997 WCW promo on Hulk Hogan returns as viral fan chant
    • Booker T’s 1997 WCW promo on Hulk Hogan returns as viral fan chant
    WCW A live flub by Booker T nearly 30 years ago has evolved into an homage and a taunt. At WCW’s Spring Stampede in 1997, legendary announcer “Mean” Gene Okerlund interviewed Booker T, his brother Stevie Ray, and their manager “Sister” Sherri. They were preparing for a Four Corners Match to determine the number one contender for Hulk Hogan’s World Title. When Okerlund asked Booker T for hi...2025
  • • Tony Schiavone Recalls Gene Okerlund Leaving WWE For WCW
    During a recent edition of his “What Happened When” podcast, AEW broadcaster Tony Schiavone lavished praise on Gene Okerlund and discussed whether Rick Rude was supposed to turn babyface in WCW. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below: On Gene Okerlund: “Gene was legendary, and I’m not talking about always in the ring. […] The post Tony Schiavone Recalls Gene Oke...2025
  • • Tony Schiavone Names The Greatest Manager & Backstage Interviewer Ever
    During a recent edition of his “What Happened When” podcast, AEW broadcaster Tony Schiavone discussed 1995 being a fun era for WCW, Gene Okerlund, and other topics. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below: On 1995 being a fun era for WCW: “Because Hogan and Savage were with us, I was really […] The post Tony Schiavone Names The Greatest Manager & Backstage Interv...2025
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  • Watch now: The greatest match in Saturday Night’s Main Event history
    • Watch now: The greatest match in Saturday Night’s Main Event history
    WWE.com In their only high-profile encounter on WWE programming, “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Bret “The Hitman” Hart delivered a timeless classic. Saturday Night’s Main Event has hosted some of pro wrestling’s most legendary matches. But from bell to bell, perhaps the greatest match in the show’s history took place in November 1987. On Thanksgiving weekend, “Macho Man” Randy Savage target...2024
  • • Blurred 'Yeet' Shirt Available On WWE Shop, Top Moments From 12/18 Raw, More | Fight Size
    Here is your fight size update for December 19, 2023. - A blurred out version of Jey Uso's 'Yeet' shirt is now available on WWE Shop: -- -- https://t.co/IL0g9oLw9c pic.twitter.com/DwMadN7ESV — WWE (@WWE) December 19, 2023 - Top 10 Monday Night Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Dec. 18, 2023: - The recent match between El Hijo Del Vikingo and Swerve Strickland from DEFY PrimoLucha has been uploaded to Yo...2023
  • WWF - This Tuesday in Texas Review (1991)
    • WWF - This Tuesday in Texas Review (1991)
    December 3rd, 1991 Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, TexasReview originally published: 10/03/2013Updated: 12/03/2023 This Tuesday in Texas was the World Wrestling Federation's experiment to establish Tuesdays as a great night for a mid-week Pay Per View. It was an experiment that failed, and quite badly at that. Despite using the entire Survivor Series '91 show as essentially one long com...2023
  • PPV REVIEW: WWE Wrestlemania XX
    • PPV REVIEW: WWE Wrestlemania XX
      March 14, 2004Madison Square Garden, New York City. Wrestlemania 20 was a landmark moment for WWE .With their flagship event now in its second decade, the company we’re bringing it back home to where it all began, Madison Square Garden.Host of the first ‘Mania back in ‘85 and it’s tenth anniversary in 1984, no other arena in the world has been more synonymous with WWE, and yet thi...2023
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  • • Name a Better 1990s US Women's Match: Madusa vs. Hokuto, Career vs. Title
    Title vs. Career: Akira Hokuto vs. Madusa (11:43) **I thought this was fantastic, pretty easily the best women's match in WCW history. True, there really isn't much competition for that crown, but this match stands on its own. I think it stands above all other 90s American women's wrestling matches, which against is not a huge field but whatever, this match rocks. The crowd that had been...2023
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Remembering “Mean” Gene Okerlund"

  • 2024
    "WWE also released a trailer for the new show that plays on nostalgia for the original Saturday Night’s Main Event, complete with the show’s original theme (“Obsession” by Animotion) and even featuring voiceover from the late, great Mean Gene Okerlund."

  • 2023
    "5 Wrestlers Mean Gene Okerlund Got Along With (& 5 That He Didn't)"

  • 2019
    " Legendary wrestling announcer 'Mean' Gene Okerlund, a master of his craft, dies at 76 "

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Gene Okerlund trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • 5 ways for WWE to revive Saturday Night’s Main Event with nostalgic flair
    • 5 ways for WWE to revive Saturday Night’s Main Event with nostalgic flair
    WWE.com As wrestling fans eagerly await the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event, here are five ways WWE can deliver the ultimate nostalgic experience. Christmas is coming early for wrestling fans. This weekend, Saturday Night’s Main Event, the late-night wrestling special that helped put WWE on the map, returns to NBC and primetime. In addition to three world title matches, WWE Hall of F...2024
  • WWE pays tribute to Randy Savage with epic ‘Macho Man’ mixtape
    • WWE pays tribute to Randy Savage with epic ‘Macho Man’ mixtape
    WWE.com Plus, a trio of Survivor Series title matches and the unraveling of Roman Reigns. With WWE’s vast wrestling library, the best streaming content is right at your fingertips—and it’s absolutely free! From iconic classic matches to thrilling modern moments, WWE offers a treasure trove of videos on YouTube at no cost to you, the fan. Each week, I scour WWE’s latest uploads to bring you...2024
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  • John Layfield shares funny political ad for Gerald Brisco as president
    • John Layfield shares funny political ad for Gerald Brisco as president
    @JCLayfield As this election year comes to a close, JBL offers a humorous conclusion to wrestlers discussing politics. As WWE Hall of Famer “Mean” Gene Okerlund famously said, we have reached the 11th hour. Election Day is upon us, ending weeks of painful political commentary from wrestling superstars. But if you’re still undecided about your presidential vote, John “Bradshaw” Layfield is ...2024
  • Missy Hyatt describes rejecting sexual advance by Vince McMahon while she was with WWE
    • Missy Hyatt describes rejecting sexual advance by Vince McMahon while she was with WWE
    Hannibal TV via Post Wrestling Vince McMahon’s recent scandals — the 2022 hush money investigation and the ongoing-but-currently-paused lawsuit filed by Janel Grant against McMahon, John Laurinaitis & WWE — have resulted in several stories about McMahon and the culture he fostered at WWE. During recent interviews with WSI (Wrestling Shoot Interviews) and Café de Rene, WCW veteran Missy Hya...2024
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  • • WWF - This Tuesday in Texas Review (1991)
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  • WWF Survivor Series 1992 Review
    • WWF Survivor Series 1992 Review
    Originally published: December 1, 2012Updated November 25, 2023November 25, 1992Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio With most of the behemoths of the late 1980s now long gone, replaced by a strange mix of smaller, more technically proficient stars and some of the strangest, most cartoonish combatants seen anywhere on television, 1992 was a strange year for the World Wrestling Federation...2023
  • Raquel Rodriguez discusses Jade Cargill and the female hosses of WWE
    • Raquel Rodriguez discusses Jade Cargill and the female hosses of WWE
    WWE.com WWE is enjoying a women’s wrestling renaissance that the company has never seen before. Its main roster is stacked with former world champions and future Hall of Famers, while its developmental brand, NXT, is building up the next generation of female performers at a stunning rate. NXT is also coming off of an entertaining Halloween Havoc special, where five of the seven matches pre...2023
  • • PPV REVIEW: WWE Wrestlemania XX
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Gene Okerlund stats and results

  • • TNA Impact and ROH coverage, WWE Raw and Smackdown grades and poll results, Gene Okerlund
    By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor... The post TNA Impact and ROH coverage, WWE Raw and Smackdown grades and poll results, Gene Okerlund appeared first on Pro Wrestling Dot Net....2025
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  • • TNA Impact, ROH coverage, WWE Raw and Smackdown grades and poll results, Erik Watts, Delirious, Gene Okerlund
    By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor... The post TNA Impact, ROH coverage, WWE Raw and Smackdown grades and poll results, Erik Watts, Delirious, Gene Okerlund appeared first on Pro Wrestling Dot Net....2024
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  • • Watch now: The greatest match in Saturday Night’s Main Event history
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  • • Missy Hyatt describes rejecting sexual advance by Vince McMahon while she was with WWE
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  • • WWF Survivor Series 1992 Review
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  • • Tony Schiavone: Renee Paquette Is One Of The Best That's Ever Held The Mic, She's In Gene Okerlund Territory
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  • • Booker T’s 1997 WCW promo on Hulk Hogan returns as viral fan chant
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  • WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event fails to meet nostalgic expectations
    • WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event fails to meet nostalgic expectations
    WWE.com The return of WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event stirred excitement but ultimately fell short of expectations, leaving one viewer craving the classic elements of its original run. During its first run on NBC, I rarely missed Saturday Night’s Main Event. As a kid, I’d eagerly check the TV Guide to see when the next episode would air. As a bonus, my family recorded every show. I watch...2024
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  • • Watch now: The greatest match in Saturday Night’s Main Event history
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  • • WWE pays tribute to Randy Savage with epic ‘Macho Man’ mixtape
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  • • Missy Hyatt describes rejecting sexual advance by Vince McMahon while she was with WWE
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  • On this date in history: Ric Flair wins the 1992 Royal Rumble
    • On this date in history: Ric Flair wins the 1992 Royal Rumble
    WWE The Nature Boy turns in an incredible performance to win the Rumble and the WWE Championship. Regarded by many as the greatest Royal Rumble match in WWE history, Ric Flair outlasted 29 other superstars on Jan. 19, 1992, to win the Rumble and claim the WWE Championship. Coming into the event, the 1992 Royal Rumble had an extra significance as the winner would become the undisputed WWE C...2024
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  • • Blurred 'Yeet' Shirt Available On WWE Shop, Top Moments From 12/18 Raw, More | Fight Size
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  • • PPV REVIEW: WWE Wrestlemania XX
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Top Gene Okerlund news

  • 5 Wrestlers Mean Gene Okerlund Got Along With (& 5 That He Didn't)
    • 5 Wrestlers Mean Gene Okerlund Got Along With (& 5 That He Didn't)
    Mean Gene was quite simply one of the greatest announcers of all time and well respected in wrestling, but even he had rivals....2023
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  • Chris Jericho Calls AEW Personality A 'Modern Day Mean Gene'
    • Chris Jericho Calls AEW Personality A 'Modern Day Mean Gene'
    Chris Jericho has praised the intervieweing skills of an AEW star, compared his long-time co-worker to legendary interviewer Mean Gene Okerlund....2023
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  • WWE officially announces the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event
    • WWE officially announces the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event
    WWE’s Instagram Reports hit a couple weeks ago that WWE was planning a “live primetime special on NBC” for later this year, and that it would likely be the return of that Rock ‘n’ Wrestling era staple, Saturday Night’s Main Event. WWE confirmed those reports today (Sept. 17), officially announcing that “the iconic” SNME is coming back. The first edition will come our way Dec. 14 from Nassa...2024
  • • Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman), WrestleMania Guest And Slammy Winner, Passes Away
    Paul Reubens has passed away at the age of 70. According to a statement, Reubens was privately battling cancer. Reubens was best known as playing the television character Pee Wee Herman. From his family: “Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted generations of children and adults with hi...2023
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  • • On this date in history: Ric Flair wins the 1992 Royal Rumble
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  • • WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event fails to meet nostalgic expectations
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  • • Cody Rhodes Thinks WWE Should Bring Back The Hotline That Was Made Famous In WCW
    Cody Rhodes has a big idea. The American Nightmare spoke about bringing back the hotline, which was made famous by Mean Gene Okerlund in WCW. The hotline had fans pay an amount to hear real scoops or storyline spoilers from the pro-wrestlers themselves. Cody explained to the After The Bell podcast why he thinks this […] The post Cody Rhodes Thinks WWE Should Bring Back The Hotline That Was M...2023
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  • • Cody Rhodes Wants To Bring Back The Scoops Hotline: I'd Drop Three Things, One Is Real
    Call Cody at 1-900-909-9900. During the Monday Night Wars, "Mean" Gene Okerlund regularly plugged the WCW Hotline to give fans all the scoops in the world of wrestling. Thanks to the invention of the internet, the hotline no longer exists and most information comes from social media and websites. If Cody Rhodes had any power in the world of wrestling, he would bring back the hotline. "Here is what...2023
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Gene Okerlund schedule, game

  • • WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event fails to meet nostalgic expectations
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  • • WWE officially announces the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event
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  • What the World Was Watching:  WWF Wrestling Challenge – October 11, 1992
    • What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – October 11, 1992
    Gene Okerlund is at the merchandise booth of the television taping and encounters the Bushwhackers, telling them they have to stop enjoying the merchandise because they have a match later in the show. Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary, starting a new cycle of shows from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the […]...2024
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  • What the World Was Watching:  WWF Superstars – October 10, 1992
    • What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – October 10, 1992
    Gene Okerlund announces that the main event for Survivor Series will feature the Ultimate Maniacs facing WWF Champion Ric Flair & Razor Ramon.  Like the previous year, the WWF champion is not put in an elimination match. Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect provide commentary, starting a new taping cycle in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  According to […]...2024
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  • • Arn Anderson On The Importance Gene Okerlund And Bobby Heenan Brought To WCW
    WWE Hall of Famer “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson recently took to an episode of his ARN podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including Buddy Lee Parker. Anderson said, “Damn right, he’s a pro. You know he’s great at training down at the power plant. Starting guys that have never been in a […] The post Arn Anderson On The Importance Gene Okerlund And Bobby Heenan Brought To WCW firs...2023
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  • • Arn Anderson Talks The Importance That Gene Okerlund & Bobby Heenan Brought To WCW
    Arn Anderson gave his thoughts on various topics on his latest ARN show.  During it, the WWE Hall Of Famer talked the importance of WCW signing about Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan and more. Here are the highlights: On Buddy Lee Parker:  “Damn right, he’s a pro. You know he’s great at training down at […] The post Arn Anderson Talks The Importance That Gene Okerlund & ...2023
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  • • Tony Schiavone Would Like To See Control Center Segments Air On AEW TV
    Tony Schiavone would like to see a particular change to AEW TV. During the '80s and '90s, Gene Okerlund would often appear on wrestling programming to sell the upcoming pay-per-view for the promotion that he works for. They would call the segments Control Center, and Okerlund would give fans a rundown of the card. AEW carries this on by having Control Center segment on YouTube. Speaking on What...2023
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  • • PPV REVIEW: WWE Wrestlemania XX
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  • What the World Was Watching:  WWF Superstars – February 15, 1992
    • What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – February 15, 1992
    Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are in the booth, starting a new cycle of television tapings from Amarillo, Texas.  According to the historyofwwe.com, the taping took place on January 28. A replay of Sid Justice’s heel turn on Saturday Night’s Main Event airs, along with Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake’s promo with Gene Okerlund.  Footage […]...2023
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Gene Okerlund rumors, scandals

  • • Watch now: The greatest match in Saturday Night’s Main Event history
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  • • Missy Hyatt describes rejecting sexual advance by Vince McMahon while she was with WWE
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  • • Missy Hyatt: Vince McMahon Tried To Stick His Tongue In My Mouth, I Pushed Him Out Of My Room. He Has Bad Teeth
    Missy Hyatt rejected Vince McMahon's advances. In January, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE alleging sex trafficking, emotional abuse, and sexual assault. The lawsuit alleges, in detail, the abuse Grant experienced during her relationship with McMahon. Speaking on Wrestling Shoot Interviews, Missy Hyatt commented on the lawsuit and ...2024
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  • • On this date in history: Ric Flair wins the 1992 Royal Rumble
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