10 More Wrestling Facts You Probably Didn't Know

10. Mean Gene Remains Undefeated

Legendary wrestling announcer and backstage interviewer Mean Gene Okerlund is undefeated in the squared circle.

For those of you too young to remember him, here’s a brief refresher: Now seventy-four years old and retired, for the most part, the mustachioed broadcaster was once the pinnacle of on-air authority for the WWF and, later, WCW. If you’re imagining the exact opposite of Michael Cole right now, you’re headed in the right direction.

The great Streak began in August 1984, when Okerlund teamed with Hulk Hogan to face George ‘The Animal’ Steele and Mr. Fuji, pinning Fuji himself with some assistance. He’d have to wait until his time in WCW for another opportunity, teaming with Buff Bagwell to defeat Kanyon and misshapen announcer Mark Madden sixteen years later, and pinning Madden solo in a rematch the following week.

Mean Gene would go 4-0 with his final match (so far…) in 2012, when he teamed with a babyface Sheamus to face Alberto Del Rio and Daniel Bryan on SmackSown’s Blast From The Past special. Sheamus picked up that pinfall over Bryan after no less than seven wrestling legends came marching down the aisle to save Okerlund from a beating. Well, the man’s an icon.