12 BRUTAL Wrestling Ribs That Made It To Live TV
12. Mean Gene Okerlund Isn’t Packing
Pro wrestling fans are obsessed with mystery. This is why we often get worked by whodunnit reveals, even though, invariably, the twist is terrible.
Who was the Higher Power?
Who ran over Steve Austin?
Who was the devil in AEW?
Who was behind the TNA August 1 warning?
How big is Batista’s d*ck?
That last one is a meme more than a mystery, but the fascination endures. It’s probably massive, let’s face it.
You know who apparently wasn’t well-endowed?
The late, great Mean Gene Okerkund, who according to an onscreen graphic was not blessed with an enormous “pack-eege”.
Back in the Golden Era of the WWF, when the promotion with its action figure range and real-life superhero babyfaces was geared towards the children’s demographic, the production team played a rib on the poor bloke by labelling him as Gene “Tiny D*ck” Okerlund via his chyron.
“Father, what does “Tiny D*ck” mean?” a young child may have asked when watching their favourite TV show.
Okerlund was a witty bloke who was not afraid to stand up to the heels and call out their disgraceful conduct. You could even say that Gene possessed “big d*ck energy”. Maybe it’s not just energy…
As you can see from the image, Okerlund took the rib in good humour. Is that because he didn’t care? Or is there another explanation? Perhaps Okerlund was really packing a reticulated python down there, an absolute gut re-arranger of a thing, and the rib was ironic.