I was 21 and felt the same way. It wasn’t until years later that I understood the whole wrestling gig. However, these guys really do pound, slap and kick each other. And at other times, they will legitimately wrestle. It was scripted but there were times when they really pissed each other off and things would get very real….very quickly. I’m glad I was around for the golden years of wrestling because it truly was awesome.
The 'Evil Anvil' touching Bret Hart's hair, starts to say "There's nothing greas......" and sort of rubbing the grease between his fingers like 'oh wait' got me rolling! Mean Gene's little comment to 'The Hitman' saying "You perspire a lot." Those were days as the WWF was so much fun to watch. Pure entertainment.
"You trying to make a synapses about my lifestyle or something?" Macho might be the undisputed king of promos, because they sound so great, yet I don't understand a damn thing.
@@darthjohn0 Yeah, I just straight typed it wrong, and meant to type synopsis. Besides, it's the "unilateral" and squirrelly jacket part that's getting me.
Lol i wonder if that's how he got the job lol. That's what they did to Eric Bischoff when he tried out with the WWF to be an announcer. But I'm sure you knew that
Summerslam 92. Wembley Stadium. British Bulldog v Bret Hart. I was there. The best match ever in a Summerslam event. Brilliant finish to an awesome day. And Undertaker came down the aisle on a hearse. Damn, I wish I was 9 years old again.
Hillbilly Jim gave the best promo ever, and I love that not a single person (except maybe the Wizard) seemed to be able to remember whether they were already in Europe or still in the U.S.
There’s a direct correlation between Bret’s overall state of happiness and his level of greasiness. Take away the grease, and he becomes a shell of himself.
WWF/WWE raw production footage like this is extremely rare, the old Titan library & newer digital archival methods make getting any outtakes out very difficult, if not impossible. There is some RAW satellite footage from between the commercial breaks, etc. where the announcers headsets & Kevin Dunn can be heard at the same time. Thanks so much for uploading this, great peek into the classic WWF era I grew up with.
This video is awesome in a way but also sad for all of the people on it that are no longer with us (Davey Boy, Dynamite Kid, The Anvil, Mean Gene and so on).
Maybe that time he didn't discover his trademark laugh and pulling beard gimmick yet..and this was 1986 and I think he started doing that in 87' when they won the titles from the bulldogs....
lol Ricky Steamboat talking like he is amazed at the world and the US and he is from West point, NY! lol The kayfabe stuff always cracks me up looking back.
Anyone listening with headphones? There's a constant background white noise that sounds like a mic control centre or even someone's personal stereo (walkman?) Is it just electrical interference or static noise or what? I'm not technically minded but definitely intrigued.
Mean gene has the best promo interviews! No one will ever be better or replace him! I wish he was still doing promos before his passing in the wwe 😭 RIP mean Gene!
I was 10 in 1986. I used to think these interviews were deadly serious 😂
I used to worry that Gene would be hurt all the time
So did I and my mom! Lol
I was to . And i felt the same way
I was 21 and felt the same way. It wasn’t until years later that I understood the whole wrestling gig. However, these guys really do pound, slap and kick each other. And at other times, they will legitimately wrestle. It was scripted but there were times when they really pissed each other off and things would get very real….very quickly. I’m glad I was around for the golden years of wrestling because it truly was awesome.
Gene had a voice that was solid gold, rest well Sir ...
Golden voice to go with that golden blazer he is wearing
@@kpax45 and love that logo on his coat
And nobody turned up at his funeral .. sad
The fuckin good old days when wrestlers were actually entertaining
Rest In Peace mene gene. You were the absolute best at what you did!
The 'Evil Anvil' touching Bret Hart's hair, starts to say "There's nothing greas......" and sort of rubbing the grease between his fingers like 'oh wait' got me rolling! Mean Gene's little comment to 'The Hitman' saying "You perspire a lot." Those were days as the WWF was so much fun to watch. Pure entertainment.
Randy Savage was so fucking spaced out and cool that he even had them laughing as he walked off. LOL.
3:34 Bret Hart calling his own shot for SummerSlam 92 in 1986!!!
He's terrible.
@@jasonpdsi LOL. I preferred his promos 1992-1996
Exactly right James..👊👊
I like 97 Bret version
Elizabeth is locked up....she actually was
+Chris Freeman lol yeah I believe it. Randy was a jealous man.
+Chris Freeman no shit. haha
+Chris Freeman many, many stories about it.
Hogan was always looking to wife swap
You sound like Rob Ferstein
I love how some of these they were clearly making stuff up as they went along. That's how you become good at promos.
Gene was so witty and articulate. I wish he had written a book, Ill bet he could really spin the yarn.
Mean Gene was definitely a legend. He had the amazing ability to keep a straight face through all the insane antics.
This is what the current day WWE is missing. These guys practiced till perfection with these off the cuff, improvised promos.
2019 and Macho Man Randy Savage still has the best promos.
Yea they really played off of each other improvising lots of it.
Update: 2023 AND Still the best promo
gene was the voice of wrestling! what a class act
" That jacket is a little squirlly and you call me unilateral"?.. lol
Don't you know! Ha!
"You trying to make a synapses about my lifestyle or something?"
Macho might be the undisputed king of promos, because they sound so great, yet I don't understand a damn thing.
@@jeremyc9593 He said "synopsis," not synapses. Based on the context, I think the sentence makes sense.
@@darthjohn0 Yeah, I just straight typed it wrong, and meant to type synopsis. Besides, it's the "unilateral" and squirrelly jacket part that's getting me.
I love seeing how professional Mean Gene is between takes!
It’s always good to see the master of interviews mean gene
'u tryna make a synopsis about my lifestyle or something?"😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Macho Man was the funniest dude
Best in the business in what he did. Perfect voice for wrestling.
"Put me in Wembley with the Bulldogs!" - Bret was a prophet.
OMG!!! He is too good!!
3:32 Bret Hart predicting the future as he wrestled Davey Boy Smith in Wembley in 1992 for a title
RIP MEAN GENE...you were the best.
the wizzard got kicked out of every library he entered
Bruce Pritchard brought me here. R.I.P. Mean Gene
The dude who does brother love
Gene could interview a broom and make it look good.
Some of these stiffs could make a broom look/sound good!!
Lol i wonder if that's how he got the job lol. That's what they did to Eric Bischoff when he tried out with the WWF to be an announcer. But I'm sure you knew that
Yes.
Gene was great, and he had a wicked sense of humour.
He was the best
Bret: "Put me in Wembley with the Bulldog(s)"... took a few years, but it happened
Oh wow, I missed that; that's amazing Bret said that in 1986.
Summerslam 92. Wembley Stadium. British Bulldog v Bret Hart. I was there. The best match ever in a Summerslam event. Brilliant finish to an awesome day. And Undertaker came down the aisle on a hearse. Damn, I wish I was 9 years old again.
Such an awesome comment knowing the future.
Wr saw you
@@muttley8818 who he fight
Genre Okerlund is an absolute pro. No doubt about it.
I wish I could be as happy as Hillbilly Jim.
Was smoking straw
RIP Mean Gene:(
2:06 Randy Savage: "Arriba, Arriba" LOL!!!
"THE MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE is and always will be the GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
These feel so much more natural and FUN than the scripted boring promos we get every week now.
Mean Gene was using 'Jabroni' before The Rock made it cool!
Maybe, but Iron Sheik made it truly famous before it was famous.
Dizzy You are correct!
rock admits where he got it
Yup.
Yes
Love these old bloopers. Mean Gene was the man. R.I.P. Greatest interviewer ever.
7:46 "what's the name of that other Jabroni?"
When I heard that I thought he was getting ready to interview The Rock. I was like wait a minute. This is from '86?
The first time jabroni Phrase was used
Hillbilly Jim gave the best promo ever, and I love that not a single person (except maybe the Wizard) seemed to be able to remember whether they were already in Europe or still in the U.S.
Awesome name. And I agree. Hillbilly had an awesome body and a very natural way of talking. And wizard was the classic bad guy with justification.
7:45 "the name of the other... Jabroni"
LMAO Gene!!!
"You keep your hands to yourself"
Mean Gene was a savage.
RIP Mean Gene... God, these old videos are tremendous.
Macho Man saying *ARRIBA!* is the greatest thing ever.
Gene Okerlund has a great voice.
Honky Tonk Man was always one of my favorites, the guy was such a great character
Bret hart had so much energy when he was younger lol
Every zoom in on Mean Gene's mustache had ne cracking up.
Loved Pro Wrestling in the 80s. Good guys, bad guys and great managers!
Neidhart had the beer belly in 1986
Beer belly and not much else lmao.
Bret was looking heckin' scrawny too lmao.
Dad bod before it was cool
What's wrong with pounding down a couple or several brewskis everyday?
Better than roiding out.
@@chazzanschutz6096
They’re both deadly and unhealthy.
Haha Sika breaks character after he is about to leave. He looks back and starts laughing looks like one of The USO’s.
he is their uncle in real life I believd. I'd have to look at the wiki. Like fifteen members of their family have wrestled lol
Roman's dad actually
Imagine being Richard Clatt watching this 30 years later and seeing that Gene called him a jabroni
“Use it as a tassel type effect” LOL
Every time the Wizard would introduce a new guy, we'd hide behind the couch!
I don't know how gene kept a straight face for that one
Best funny promo ever is 1987 Mean Gene w The Wizard/Kamala & Sika. CLASSIC
Macho Man was a Genius!!!
Genius begets Madness I am the Madness!!!!=)
Paul Smith lol yea he sure wasn't kidding
Lol, and his brother was ‘The Genius’
Well, no. He didn't know the meaning of the word "synopsis."
Hillbilly Jim is a cool character
Evolved into braun strowman
@@joshschneider9766 hilarious
Brett Hart actually seemed happy then.
Yeah, his promos, I thought, were much more fun in the late 80's. In the 90's, he was too mellow- until 1997.
@@NightWarriorAlive heel Bret was good on the mic
There’s a direct correlation between Bret’s overall state of happiness and his level of greasiness. Take away the grease, and he becomes a shell of himself.
davey boy: we're gonna come...all over europe
That's allot of coming lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol 😆I died and reincarnated
Bulldog always come..thats why diana loves him....jajaja..😅😅😅
Damn
Oh my god, that Steamboat promo was hilarious. Just a rambling geography lesson.
That promo was garbage.
sounded like a geo professor
Lol amd hawaii isnt even in the south pacific
King Curtis was such an awesome promo man.
Ahh! KAMMALAH!! It's time to Destroy the Great Bengal White 🐅 Tiiigerrrr Hulkkkk Hohghannnn!!!! King Curtis Killed....
WWF/WWE raw production footage like this is extremely rare, the old Titan library & newer digital archival methods make getting any outtakes out very difficult, if not impossible.
There is some RAW satellite footage from between the commercial breaks, etc. where the announcers headsets & Kevin Dunn can be heard at the same time.
Thanks so much for uploading this, great peek into the classic WWF era I grew up with.
post it
LMAO!!!! @4:20 the Anvil getting ready to say say there's nothing greasy about the Hiitmans hair. Touches it and stops talking. 😂😂😂😅😅
Woah Bret saying give me a shot against the Bulldogs at Wembley Stadium!
Rip Mean Gene! We love you forever
Bret unusually cocky even as a heel. I like it!
"You been going on a lot of dates there, Anvil?"
That might of been after the Dating Game skit on TNT.
Ricky had an amazing style but damn was he dull in his promo
Yeah, awesome wrestler but it’s like he was working from an autocue he couldn’t quite read!
100% ring skills 0% mic skills unfortunately.
In my opinion, only Randy Savage and Ric Flair had both at 100% during those years.
I always enjoyed the Wild Samoans and others that pulled off that crazy, uncontrolled character.
They and George the Animal Steele munchin on the turnbuckles
Put me in Wembley Stadium with the Bulldog-Bret Hart.
One of the best matches ever at SS '92
I was wondering if anyone else caught that
Gene is THE GREATEST !
Billy Jack Haynes. Just standing there in the shot... then Gene says "I'll bring you in Bill" lol
coked up randy is the best randy
Billy Jack Haynes says he doesn't do drugs lol
I know he sold the shit out of them
Bullshit
And THAT was the only time you'll ever hear the Anvil cut a quiet promo.
The day after that promo, he found out about a glorious drug called cocaine
After this he left no stone unturned
Great footage thanks for sharing
3:35 - "Put me in Wembley Stadium with the Bulldogs" ~ Bret Hart
i was 17 years old .. only here in the US watching wwe..im glad and greatful...
Bret's promo is WONDER BAR
Steamboat, without a doubt one of the GREATEST babyfaces ever. Tremendous fire in the ring, on the mic however, not so much.
@Nasse Not sure if you saw his match with Jericho, but it was amazing for Steamboats age.
Hillbilly Jim seems like a cool dude lol
Oooh man the Hart Foundation's promo was fairly painful. Laughed though seeing Jimmy Hart attempt to cut Bret off & save that sinking shit, er ship.
Mario Sanchez to be fair Gene Mean didn't help, shit questions and a few interruptions
Mario Sanchez Gene didn't do a lot to help
Brett admitted this was one area, the mic, he needed to work on more; but his in ring skils and persona more than made up for it
WONDERBAR!!!!!!
The best was Jim saying Bret wasn't a grease ball, touched Bret's hair and then stared at his fingers lol!
Gene is the best. Can't believe when he said whats the name of that Jabroni just before taping, then says I can't wait to see our friend...😂 RIP Gene🙏
This video is awesome in a way but also sad for all of the people on it that are no longer with us (Davey Boy, Dynamite Kid, The Anvil, Mean Gene and so on).
As someone who lives in Vancouver, Washington, I popped for the BJH references to Mount Hood and Mount Rainier.
2:53 VERY unusual to see Jim as the quiet one of the duo. RIP.
Yah
Not laughing in his manic way and pulling his beard either
I thought the same thing. Maybe the anvil was sober for this one 😂
Maybe that time he didn't discover his trademark laugh and pulling beard gimmick yet..and this was 1986 and I think he started doing that in 87' when they won the titles from the bulldogs....
gene mean was the best ever
Ha I totally remember the crowd chanting greaseball at Bret the Hitman Hart I could almost hear it in my head right now
16:21 I outta tickle you boy! 😆 Hillbilly Jim was awesome
incredible share, thanks
0:53 "she's kinda locked up, that's the way I like to do things"
How true that actually was
I was gonna say, a little too true to life there.
RIP Mean Gene 😥
3:40 Hitman “put me in wembley stadium with the bulldog”
That was some serious foreshadowing.
"Mean" Gene was truly a gem...
He was the best!!
lol Ricky Steamboat talking like he is amazed at the world and the US and he is from West point, NY! lol The kayfabe stuff always cracks me up looking back.
Holy shit people wquld freak out if those promos were done today.
Loved this, hope there's more!
Live broadcast from heaven with the performance of Gene, Sheikh , Volkov and other friends
Just watched it fully , cool thing , and my favorite interview is with Hillibilly Jim
A testament to Jim Neidhart is all of the lower tier wrestlers that mimicked his look.
How the fuck does Gene talk so perfectly like that, he sounds like he is freestyling flawlessly.
Wonderbar!
My very dear, close, personal, long-time friend, Gary......Davis. ha Ha!
I remember watching this on TV back in the day in the 80s
Anyone listening with headphones? There's a constant background white noise that sounds like a mic control centre or even someone's personal stereo (walkman?) Is it just electrical interference or static noise or what? I'm not technically minded but definitely intrigued.
It is actually music being played behind this outtake coming from the person who uploaded this.
This is most likely noise from the VHS tape it used to record this.
Oh damn . I miss gene . He was very nice person ❤
Mean gene has the best promo interviews! No one will ever be better or replace him! I wish he was still doing promos before his passing in the wwe 😭 RIP mean Gene!