10 Biggest WWE Summerslam Controversies
7. Gene Okerlund’s Outburst
When: SummerSlam 1989
What Happened: God bless Gene Okerlund.
No, seriously. The legendary stickman remains WWE's greatest ever backstage interviewer, and he will never be topped - Okerlund's blend of professionalism, smooth delivery and product knowledge made him the best. Then...SummerSlam 1989 happened and 'Mean' Gene gave everybody watching afterwards a right good chuckle.
During an otherwise-rudimentary promo with Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan, a part of the SummerSlam set fell behind Okerlund and he just about sh*t his pants. "F*ck it!", the announcer yelled. Scrambling, the WWF's producers went back to Tony Schiavone and Jesse Ventura on live commentary and tried to pretend nothing had happened.
Bruce Prichard later revealed via his podcast that this promo had been pre-taped earlier that afternoon. In fact, the company had a retake ready to, but somebody stuck the wrong footage on the live pay-per-view broadcast and nobody noticed until it was too late.
"F*ck it" indeed. Hilarious, albeit controversial.