[massmike]

"Mean" Gene Okerlund and Nick Bockwinkel

[lee martell]

I didn’t know that was the spokeman’s name, but I remember Gene Okerlund and his microphone on Saturday wrestling.
I always thought if I was where he was, in the ring right after a bout, I would need a gas mask. Plus, most of the wrestlers were prone to yelling straight into the mike, both saying it and spraying it. Of course, one gets used to it after a while, I guess.

[EveningStar]

Wikipedia article

Canoe article

[GreenHornet]

Sorry to hear of his passing. I first became aware of Bockwinkel during his days of part of a legendary tag team with Ray “The Crippler” Stevens. I miss the old school wrestling, as opposed to the “glamour boys” and soap opera antics that pass for wrestling today.

[stevem]

He was probably my longest stretch favorite in the AWA. Few pro wrestlers in the sport ever gave a better or more fun interview.

Sorry to see him go.

[neocon1984]

He lived a long life for a pro rassler. Must not have been into steroids.

I have a vague memory of him, having been a fan in the 1960’s.

Dick the Bruiser was my favorite.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[CounterCounterCulture]

One of my all-time favorites, even though he largely wrestled as a heel, I still rooted for him back in the day.

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