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.
"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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Man I loved Mean Gene in those days. I grow up with Gordon Solie announcing Georgia Championship Wrestling without much emotion but very astute. Then I saw mean Gene and said this is the greatest guy to announce and interview wrestlers
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.
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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
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
Randy Savage was so fucking spaced out and cool that he even had them laughing as he walked off. LOL.
Rest In Peace mene gene. You were the absolute best at what you did!
I love how some of these they were clearly making stuff up as they went along. That's how you become good at promos.
" 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.
The fuckin good old days when wrestlers were actually entertaining
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.
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
gene was the voice of wrestling! what a class act
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.
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
I love seeing how professional Mean Gene is between takes!
Best in the business in what he did. Perfect voice for wrestling.
RIP MEAN GENE...you were the best.
This is what the current day WWE is missing. These guys practiced till perfection with these off the cuff, improvised promos.
'u tryna make a synopsis about my lifestyle or something?"😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Macho Man was the funniest dude
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
3:32 Bret Hart predicting the future as he wrestled Davey Boy Smith in Wembley in 1992 for a title
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
2:06 Randy Savage: "Arriba, Arriba" LOL!!!
It’s always good to see the master of interviews mean gene
"Put me in Wembley with the Bulldogs!" - Bret was a prophet.
OMG!!! He is too good!!
Genre Okerlund is an absolute pro. No doubt about it.
the wizzard got kicked out of every library he entered
7:45 "the name of the other... Jabroni"
LMAO Gene!!!
Bruce Pritchard brought me here. R.I.P. Mean Gene
The dude who does brother love
RIP Mean Gene... God, these old videos are tremendous.
RIP Mean Gene:(
I wish I could be as happy as Hillbilly Jim.
Was smoking straw
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.
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!
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
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.
"You keep your hands to yourself"
Mean Gene was a savage.
Honky Tonk Man was always one of my favorites, the guy was such a great character
"THE MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE is and always will be the GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
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
LMAO!!!! @4:20 the Anvil getting ready to say say there's nothing greasy about the Hiitmans hair. Touches it and stops talking. 😂😂😂😅😅
Great footage thanks for sharing
Gene Okerlund has a great voice.
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
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
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
Hillbilly Jim is a cool character
Evolved into braun strowman
@@joshschneider9766 hilarious
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
Bret hart had so much energy when he was younger lol
These feel so much more natural and FUN than the scripted boring promos we get every week now.
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.
Macho Man saying *ARRIBA!* is the greatest thing ever.
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."
“Use it as a tassel type effect” LOL
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....
Loved this, hope there's more!
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!
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.
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
Woah Bret saying give me a shot against the Bulldogs at Wembley Stadium!
incredible share, thanks
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
Imagine being Richard Clatt watching this 30 years later and seeing that Gene called him a jabroni
"You been going on a lot of dates there, Anvil?"
That might of been after the Dating Game skit on TNT.
Rip Mean Gene! We love you forever
Bret unusually cocky even as a heel. I like it!
Billy Jack Haynes. Just standing there in the shot... then Gene says "I'll bring you in Bill" lol
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 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🙏
Billy Jack Haynes says he doesn't do drugs lol
I know he sold the shit out of them
Bullshit
3:35 - "Put me in Wembley Stadium with the Bulldogs" ~ Bret Hart
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!
As someone who lives in Vancouver, Washington, I popped for the BJH references to Mount Hood and Mount Rainier.
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
i was 17 years old .. only here in the US watching wwe..im glad and greatful...
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).
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.
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 is THE GREATEST !
THANKS 4 THIS
Hillbilly Jim seems like a cool dude lol
Just watched it fully , cool thing , and my favorite interview is with Hillibilly Jim
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.
Bret's promo is WONDER BAR
16:21 I outta tickle you boy! 😆 Hillbilly Jim was awesome
coked up randy is the best randy
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.
Ha I totally remember the crowd chanting greaseball at Bret the Hitman Hart I could almost hear it in my head right now
RIP Mean Gene 😥
Man I loved Mean Gene in those days. I grow up with Gordon Solie announcing Georgia Championship Wrestling without much emotion but very astute. Then I saw mean Gene and said this is the greatest guy to announce and interview wrestlers
How the fuck does Gene talk so perfectly like that, he sounds like he is freestyling flawlessly.
3:40 Hitman “put me in wembley stadium with the bulldog”
That was some serious foreshadowing.
My very dear, close, personal, long-time friend, Gary......Davis. ha Ha!
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.
thank you!
Live broadcast from heaven with the performance of Gene, Sheikh , Volkov and other friends
gene mean was the best ever
Holy shit people wquld freak out if those promos were done today.
That promo with The Heart Foundation might be the best thing I've ever watched. Hilarious.
What bar are the Hart foundation?
Wunderbar!