10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

4. Gene Went Unbeaten In Four Matches Across WWE & WCW

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Gene Okerlund is best-remembered for running the WWF's promo department ("Well let me tell you something, Mean Gene"), shilling WCW's premium hotline ("1-900-909-9900") or making cameo appearances as a legend following his WWE return. He's definitely not best-known for lacing up a pair of boots and working a match.

He did that four times, and he never lost once.

A quick check of the wrestling match archives reveals that Gene worked twice for WWE and twice for WCW during his broadcasting career without losing. More impressively, there was a gap of 27 years between his first and final bouts. The first happened in 1984 (a tag match with Hulk Hogan vs. George Steele and Mr. Fuji), and the last was another tag in 2012 (with Sheamus opposite Alberto Del Rio and Daniel Bryan).

Elsewhere, Okerlund teamed with Buff Bagwell against Mark Madden and Kanyon before working a Street Fight against Madden on two episodes of Thunder in 2000.

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