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WWE announced on their official website this morning that WWE Hall of Famer and former announcer “Mean” Gene Okerlund has passed away at the age of 76. On behalf of Wrestling-News.Net, we would like to extend our condolences to the family, friends, fans, and loved ones of “Mean” Gene Okerlund.

WWE NXT General Manager William Regal, former WWE ring announcer Howard Finkel and former WWE Women’s Champion Harvey Wippleman are all scheduled to appear at the WWE RAW 25th Anniversary show this Monday night. They join the current list of confirmed names for WWE RAW 25 this Monday night including The Undertaker, Triple H, Shawn  Continue Reading »

The WWE Network ran a breaking news update on the passing of Verne Gagne this afternoon, which was hosted by Scott Stanford and featured an interview with “Mean” Gene Okerlund. The video is below:

Against The Mat sent out the following: Show Name: Against The Mat Hosts: Drew, Ryan & Fred Link: http://tinyurl.com/p47zxpt Mean Gene On WWE Network: I think this is gonna go down, probably, when we look back at it, I may not be here, for that matter, you guys may not be here, but if you  Continue Reading »

The following video features the 59th edition of The JBL & Cole Show, which is hosted this week by WWE commentator John Bradshaw Layfield and Renee Young. This week’s show features appearances from Grandmaster Sexay, Cody Rhodes, Zeb Colter, Scotty 2 Hotty, Mean Gene Okerlund, Rowdy Roddy Piper, The Godfather and Bad News Barrett.

– WWE are in the process of overhauling R-Truth’s character and having him become the top African-American star in the company, a call that was made by Vince McMahon, who has decided to drop the Little Jimmy gimmick and make Truth a more serious character. The feeling with Vince was that he is happy with  Continue Reading »

WWE sent out the following: WWE® GOES OLD SCHOOL ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW® STAMFORD, Conn., March 4, 2013 – WWE Superstars from the past and present will reunite live tonight at 8/7C on USA Network as Monday Night Raw goes back in time. Historic WWE theme music, graphics, entrance ramp, ring posts and colors will  Continue Reading »

You can add Mae Young, The Honky Tonk Man and Sgt. Slaughter to the list of those who will appear on tonight’s edition of WWE “Old School” RAW. As of writing, the current confirmed list is: – Ric Flair – Mae Young – The Honky Tonk Man – Sgt. Slaughter – “The Million Dollar Man”  Continue Reading »

WWE sent out the following: WWE Hall of Famers confirmed for ‘Old School’ Raw “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan will be among the WWE Legends to appear on a special “Old School” edition of Raw. It remains to be seen what these WWE Hall of Famers  Continue Reading »

The following video, features the 5th episode of the JBL & Cole show, presented by WWE commentators John “Bradshaw” Layfield and Michael Cole. This week’s episode features appearances by Mean Gene Okerlund, tennis player John Isner, The Great Khali and Natalya.

The April 10th edition of WWE SmackDown that will air live on Tuesday on the SyFy Network is now being listed as WWE SmackDown LIVE: WWE Goes Old School with Rowdy Roddy Piper, Pat Patterson, Jimmy Hart, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Tony Atlas, Mean Gene Okerlund, Hillbilly Jim and Howard Finkel all scheduled to appear which  Continue Reading »

According to a report from entertainment website TMZ, the full cast for the first series of WWE’s Legends House reality show will be “The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Pat Patterson, Hillbilly Jim, Howard Finkel, Tony Atlas, “Mean” Gene Okerlund and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. TMZ also obtained footage of all 8  Continue Reading »