WWE: 10 Most Excruciatingly Awkward Promos Ever Cut

9. Mean Gene Okerlund Cusses - Summerslam 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUR4osNWfQo "Mean" Gene Okerlund was like a kind teacher to young WWF fans in the 80s and 90s. Each week, he would stand in front of the wall of televisions and give fans the lowdown on what was going on that week. He was eloquent, proper, and extremely straightforward. He was about as non-threatening as it gets in a federation that's built on in-ring violence. That's why it was so awkward and shocking to see kind old Mean Gene drop an F Bomb on live television. As Gene prepared to interview "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, the Summerslam sign behind him fell to the ground. He begins by saying, "Gentlemen, as you know, The Ultimate Warrior..." and after hearing the sign hit the ground, turns around and yells "F**k it!" quite audibly. Rude and Heenan slowly back away, and the camera immediately cut to the crowd and silence while Tony Schiavone and Jesse Ventura struggled to come up with something to say. When Vince McMahon liked to exclaim, "Anything can happen in the WWF!" I don't think that's quite what he had in mind.