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BUT I WANNA KNOW AFTER 16
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YEARS, HOW DO YOU DO IT?
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WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT, GENE.
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I LOVE IT.
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, JUST
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LIKE--
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WHERE DOES THE ENERGY COME
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FROM?
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OH, THE ENERGY COMES FROM ALL
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OVER, JUST BEING ABLE TO PLAY
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OFF THESE GREAT SUPERSTARS.
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[MUSIC]
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"MEAN" GENE OKERLUND
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REINVENTED THE BACKSTAGE
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INTERVIEW.
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YOU, "MEAN" GENE OKERLUND,
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YOU KNOW THAT I'M THE CREAM OF
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THE CROP.
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OH.
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AND REMAINS THE BEST TO HAVE
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EVER DONE IT.
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NO MATTER WHAT THAT ROLE WAS,
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WHETHER IT WAS THE STRAIGHT UP
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ANNOUNCE GUY, OR THE COMEDY GUY,
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HE MADE EVERYONE LOOK BETTER.
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ANDRE THE--
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I'D LOVE TO BE "MEAN" GENE.
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I COULD TELL--
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I'M WITH YOU, PAL.
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LIBERACE, DANNY DEVITO, CYNDI
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LAUPER, WENDI RICHTER, A BIG ONE
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FOR YOU.
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THAT'S RIGHT, "MEAN" GENE.
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HE WAS A GUY THAT YOU WANNA
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LOVE.
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NICE.
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IT'S GENEAMANIA.
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HE WASN'T JUST AN ANNOUNCER.
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HE WAS ONE OF THE BOYS.
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THIS IS THE REAL LIVING
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LEGEND.
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THAT'S "MEAN" GENE.
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THAT'S "MEAN" GENE.
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NUMBER ONE.
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WORKING IN THE LAND OF
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GIANTS, THIS DIMINUTIVE MAN
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ARMED WITH A STICK MIKE, A
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BOOMING VOICE--
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NINETY-THREE THOUSAND.
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--AND A PERSONALITY TO MATCH,
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STOOD OUT AS ONE OF THE GREATEST
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SPORTS ENTERTAINERS OF ALL TIME.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
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"MEAN" GENE.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
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"MEAN" GENE.
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WELL, LET ME TELL YOU
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SOMETHING, "MEAN" GENE.
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[MUSIC]
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I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE BORN IN
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BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
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I'LL EVEN GIVE YOU A DATE,
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DECEMBER 19TH, 1942.
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FORGET WIKIPEDIA.
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IT'S INCORRECT INFORMATION.
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND
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WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO ALL STAR
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WRESTLING, WHERE WE SAY EACH AND
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EVERY WEEK, THIS IS WHERE YOU
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SEE THE WORLD'S GREATEST
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WRESTLERS.
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I BECAME A BIG FAN OF
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PRO-WRESTLING IN MY MID-TEENS.
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WE'D TAKE THE SIX-PACK AND SNEAK
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OFF TO THE SMOKY NATIONAL GUARD
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ARMORY, THE CRUSHER, "MAD DOG"
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VACHON, VERNE GAGNE.
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WHAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE AND MY
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INTEREST WAS THE INTERVIEWS WERE
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SUCH A BIG PART OF EARLY
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BROADCAST WRESTLING.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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EXCITEMENT AS KING RIGHT HERE
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TONIGHT--
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YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, I'D
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LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THIS JUDAS,
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THIS BENEDICT ARNOLD, IS DOING.
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HE WANTS TO BE A HERO, DOES HE
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KNOW THE PRICE IT'S GONNA COST
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HIM?
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[MUSIC]
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A GOOD GUY, TALKED ROUGH,
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BABY FACE, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.
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WELL, I CAN TELL YOU ONE
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THING, BOCKWINKEL, YOU'RE GONNA
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GET BEATEN.
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BUT IT WAS A GOOD BACKGROUND
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BECAUSE YOU COULD DEFINITELY
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IDENTIFY GOOD AND BAD.
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BECAUSE STEVENS AND
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BOCKWINKEL AND HEENAN ARE MAD.
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AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY KIND
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OF CAPTURED MY IMAGINATION, MY
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HEART.
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GENE'S PASSION FOR
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BROADCASTING YIELDED AN EARLY
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CAREER BEHIND THE MICROPHONE AS
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A RADIO DISC JOCKEY.
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WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN
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RADIO, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
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ANOINTED ME, IF YOU WILL, WITH A
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SPECIAL NAME, GENE LEADER,
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DOODLED BACK TO BACK AND BELLY
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TO BELLY, BUMPER TO BUMPER, THE
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HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING.
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I WAS IN OMAHA FOR A COUPLE OF
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YEARS, AND AFTER THAT, I GOT A
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JOB IN MINNEAPOLIS AS A PROGRAM
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DIRECTOR.
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THE TELEVISION SHOW, ALL-STAR
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WRESTLING, WAS HELD AT THE
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STATION THAT I WAS WORKING AT.
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ALL-STAR WRESTLING IS SANCTIONED
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BY THE AWA, PRODUCED BY AL
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DERUSHA.
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I ACTUALLY TOLD VERNE, I
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SAID, "I KNOW A GUY THAT COULD
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DO THE MATCHES," BECAUSE I KNEW
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GENE, I WORKED WITH HIM, AND I
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KNEW HIS BACKGROUND AND I JUST
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KNEW HE'D BE A NATURAL.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME
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TO SEEING THE GREATEST
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PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS IN ACTION
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RIGHT HERE ON ALL-STAR
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WRESTLING.
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AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT
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BECAME A PERMANENT GIG.
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GO AHEAD.
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INTERVIEW ME NOW, THAT'S YOUR
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JOB OUT HERE.
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BOBBY HEENAN--
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PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A
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LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
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YES.
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I'M NOT--
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YOU'RE THE KIND OF A GUY THAT
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JUST KEEPS TALKING, DON'T WANT
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ANYBODY ELSE TO GET A WORD IN.
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NOW INTERVIEW ME WHILE I CAN GET
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MY INTERVIEW DONE HERE.
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I'D LIKE TO KNOW--
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AND DON'T WASTE ANY TIME--
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OH.
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--TALKING ABOUT OTHER LITTLE
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THINGS THAT ARE TRIVIAL.
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TALK TO ME RIGHT NOW.
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HOLY COW, MAN, OH MAN ALIVE.
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UNBELIEVABLE.
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I'M SORRY.
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OH, ALL RIGHT, SURE.
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I DON'T EVEN WANNA ARGUE ON
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THIS SUBJECT.
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I WOULD--I DON'T WANNA ARGUE
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WITH YOU EITHER.
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THE VOICE HE HAD MADE HIM A
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PROFESSIONAL.
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GENTLEMEN, BIG OPPORTUNITY
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FOR YOU, PAT.
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WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
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IT FIRST AND--
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ALL OF MY BACKGROUND PAID OFF
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BECAUSE I KNEW HOW TO ADLIB.
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THIS PLACE IS--
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WHAT IS THIS, MAD DOG?
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I KNEW HOW TO THINK ON MY FEET.
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WAHOO.
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IT HAS GOT TO BE THE GREAT
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WAHOO--
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WHAT'S HIS LAST NAMES?
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MCDANIEL.
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"MEAN" GENE WAS THAT GUY
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THAT, OH, MY GOD I WOULD LOVE TO
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DO WHAT HE DOES.
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JUST EXACTLY HOW TALL ARE
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YOU, ANDRE, HOW MUCH DO YOU
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WEIGH?
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SEVEN-FEET-FOUR AND A HALF
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AND I WEIGH 497 POUNDS.
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INTERVIEWING THESE LARGER
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THAN LIFE FIGURES AND HAVING A
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CHARACTER TO ROLE THE PLAY, I
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MEAN, HOW COOL WAS THAT?
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IT LOOKS LIKE A TOPCOAT.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
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THIS IS UNREAL.
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"MEAN" GENE HAD THAT
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MOCK-SERIOUS THING.
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AND NO MATTER HOW OUTRAGEOUS--
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LOOK AT--
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--THE CLAIMS OR TAUNTS OR
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GRIEVANCES WERE--
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TWENTY THOUSAND DEUTSCHE
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MARK.
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--HE WOULD NOD SOLEMNLY, NOD
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SOLEMNLY--
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HE NEVER EVER LET ANYBODY,
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YOU KNOW, GIVE IT TO HIM, HE'D
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ALWAYS GIVE IT BACK TO PEOPLE,
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HE WOULD STAND UP TO EVERYBODY.
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WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE
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EXCEPTION OF WHAT YOU SAY,
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MISTER HANSON.
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WOO.
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LOOKING AS ONLY I CAN LOOK.
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WELL [INDISTINCT]
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AWA, BE READY BROTHER.
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DON'T EVER RUSH ME, DON'T MAKE
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THAT MISTAKE.
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WOO.
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WE DO HAVE TIME LIMITATIONS,
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SOMETHING ELSE, INCREDIBLE.
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THE FIRST PROMOS I EVER DID
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WERE OF COURSE WITH "MEAN" GENE
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AND I WOULD NOT SHOW THE CAMERA
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ON MY FACE.
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ALL RIGHT.
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IF I MAY INTERRUPT FOR JUST A
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MOMENT, HULK HOGAN, OUR CAMERAS
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ARE OVER HERE, PERHAPS YOU'D
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LIKE TO FACE THEM AND GIVE OUR
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TELEVISION AUDIENCE AN
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OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING YOU
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FIRSTHAND.
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HIS SKILLS, AT THAT POINT,
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WERE STILL VERY RAW.
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THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD
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THAT I WILL EVER BE DEFEATED IN
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THIS TERRITORY.
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HE KIND OF NEEDED ME TO LEAD
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HIM THROUGH THAT.
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I'D JUST FOLLOW HIM.
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HE WOULD TAKE ME THERE.
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NOW, HULK HOGAN, YOU ARE NOT
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SAYING THAT YOU ALONE WANNA GO--
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I WANT BOTH OF THEM, "MEAN"
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GENE.
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TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING WE
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WERE DOING TOGETHER ON CAMERA,
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HAVE A COLD BEER AFTERWARDS, AND
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CHAT ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS IN
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LIFE.
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HULK--
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[INDISTINCT]
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"MEAN" GENE.
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--WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
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YOU.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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IT'S TIME NOW FOR THE DEVIL TO
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PAY HIS DUES.
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HOW DID I GET THE NICKNAME
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"MEAN" GENE?
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SIXTY-FOUR DOLLAR QUESTION, NO
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HIGHER.
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GENE OKERLUND HERE ON THE ROAD
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COVERING ALL-STAR WRESTLING.
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I ALWAYS REFER TO MYSELF AS GENE
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OKERLUND.
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HELLO, EVERYBODY, GENE OKERLUND
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HERE, GENE OKERLUND HERE, GENE
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OKERLUND HERE.
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NOT "MEAN" GENE.
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I WAS DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH
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JESSE VENTURA.
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WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
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OFTEN "MEAN" GENE THAT CHAMPIONS
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GO LOOKING FOR CHALLENGERS.
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GENERALLY, IT'S THE OTHER WAY
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AROUND.
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HULK HOGAN WAS THE ONE THAT
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REALLY DROVE IT INTO THE GROUND.
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"MEAN" GENE.
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LET ME TELL YOU, "MEAN" GENE.
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WELL, LET ME TELL YOU
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SOMETHING, "MEAN" GENE.
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AND ANYTHING AFTER THAT, I
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WAS ALREADY THERE.
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YOU KNOW SOMETHING, "MEAN"
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GENE?
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1993, YOU CAN SAY THAT THE
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HULKSTER'S BEEN ON A ROLL.
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"THE INCREDIBLE" HULK HOGAN.
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HE IS THE TALK OF PROFESSIONAL
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WRESTLING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU POINT BLANK,
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DOES THIS MEAN THAT YOU ARE
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COMING BACK TO THE AWA OR ARE
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YOU GONE?
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THERE'S NO WAY, "MEAN" GENE.
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I GAVE MY WORD AND I WILL NOT BE
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BACK.
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[MUSIC]
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I GOT A CALL FROM HIM, HE
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SAID, PAT PATTERSON AND VINCE
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MCMAHON ARE GONNA BE CALLING
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YOU.
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I WANT YOU TO GO TO NEW YORK
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WITH ME.
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I SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE
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GOING TO NEW YORK.
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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
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AND HE SAYS, "YES, I AM.
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I'M GONNA GO TO NEW YORK.
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IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW DEAL
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BECAUSE VINCE JUNIOR HAS TAKEN
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OVER THE OPERATION FOR HIS
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FATHER AND I'M GONNA BE ON
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BOARD.
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I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ON BOARD."
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WHEN I LEFT MINNESOTA, I TOOK
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GENE WITH ME, SO RIGHT AWAY
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THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD SHIFT.
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HISTORY MADE IN MADISON
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SQUARE GARDEN.
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WELL, YOU HAVE ARRIVED, HULK
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HOGAN.
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING
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AS BEAUTIFUL AS THIS, "MEAN"
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GENE?
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THIS BELT IS PARTLY YOURS, TOO.
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IT'S EVERYBODY OUT THERE'S, MAN.
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OH.
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OH.
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OH.
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YOU COULD KIND OF FEEL THIS
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BOOM COMING.
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IT EXPLODED AFTER THAT.
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HELLO, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO
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THE SUPERSTARS OF WRESTLING.
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AT RINGSIDE, IT'S VINCE MCMAHON
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ALONG WITH THE VOICE OF
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PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, THE
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SMILING "MEAN" GENE OKERLUND.
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[SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
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LANGUAGE]
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YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
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I THINK I'M GONNA END THIS
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REPORT.
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I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT ANYBODY
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THAT'S COMBING THEIR HAIR.
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IT'S GOT TO BE A REAL LUXURY FOR
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SOME PEOPLE.
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DUKE DUGGAN, DUKE DUGGAN.
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NO, NO, NO, NO.
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"HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN.
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OH, I'M SORRY.
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I THINK THAT'S HOW
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COMFORTABLE SUPERSTARS WERE
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AROUND "MEAN" GENE, THAT HE
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BECAME A PART OF THE ACT.
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NICE.
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HE MADE EVERYONE LOOK BETTER.
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NO MATTER WHAT THAT ROLE WAS.
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HE IS RICKY STEAMBOAT "THE
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DRAGON," OF COURSE A TREMENDOUS
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EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF
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MARTIAL ARTS.
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"MEAN" GENE IS A HUGE PART OF
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WHAT MADE THE SUM OF ALL THE
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PARTS WORK.
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GLORY DAYS.
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GLORY DAYS, "MEAN" GENE.
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GLORY DAYS.
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AND WE'LL BE--GLORY, GLORY,
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GLORY.
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ALL OF A SUDDEN, WRESTLING
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BECAME MAINSTREAM.
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IT'S THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN
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MY WHOLE LIFE.
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WE HAD ANDY WARHOL, WE HAD
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JOE PISCOPO, DANNY DEVITO.
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IT WAS--IT WAS INCREDIBLE, I
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MEAN, "CAPTAIN" LOU IS JUST
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AMAZING.
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HE'S YOUR GUY AS WELL.
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HE'S MY MAN, HE'S GREAT.
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MISTER T, THEY WANTED TO COME
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HERE, MTV.
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BOBBY, SHE WAS GONNA GIVE HER
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LIFE, MAN, FOR THE ROCK 'N'
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WRESTLING CONNECTION.
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I LOVE THE ROCK 'N'
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WRESTLING.
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WE ARE HIGH ABOVE THE STREETS OF
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NEW YORK WITH LIBERACE.
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LI, IT IS--
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HI.
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--GONNA BE SOMETHING ELSE
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THIS SUNDAY.
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OH, IT'S GONNA BE SO
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EXCITING.
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I CAN HARDLY WAIT.
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ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID
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LEADING UP TO WRESTLEMANIA, THAT
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WAS THE COUP D'ETAT, AS THEY
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SAY.
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OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE
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DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT.
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WELL, HELL, I THINK I COULD'VE
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HAD A CAREER WITH THE
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METROPOLITAN OPERA.
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NO, JUST KIDDING.
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SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SHOW
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UP AND I GOT CALLED INTO DUTY AT
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THE LAST SECOND.
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--AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
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[MUSIC]
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CYNDI LAUPER, WENDI RICHTER,
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A BIG ONE FOR YOU.
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THAT'S RIGHT, "MEAN" GENE.
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HE WAS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART
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OF THE WWE IN THE BIGGEST
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MOMENTS IN TIME.
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HULKAMANIA AND WRESTLEMANIA.
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A BRAND NEW INDOOR ATTENDANCE
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RECORD OF 93,173.
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GIVE YOURSELF A BIG HAND.
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YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THOSE
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ERAS WHERE GENE IS NOT RIGHT
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NEXT TO ALL OF IT.
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IT WORKS.
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IT WORKS.
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TRUST ME.
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YES.
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AND WITH THE--WITH THE--WITH THE
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KNEE ADDED, IT REALLY WORKS.
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I MEAN, HE WAS THE PERFECT
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FOIL.
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ONE THING YOU COULD BUY,
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GENE, IS A NEW TIE.
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HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
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I CAN'T TAKE THAT.
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BECAUSE THAT IS DISGUSTING.
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PLEASE, GIVE ME A BREAK, WILL
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YOU?
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"ROWDY" RODDY PIPER .
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THE BALD HEAD AND THE SMALL
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STATURE, AND EVEN THE WAY HE
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HELD THE MICROPHONE.
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WELL, DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING
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"MEAN" GENE?
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I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT SARGENT
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SLAUGHTER HAD TO SAY OUT HERE.
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HE WAS JUST THIS SERIOUS
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WRESTLING GUY OVER HERE AND NOW
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HE'S FAR ON THE OTHER SIDE AS
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YOU CAN GET HIM IN.
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OH, YEAH.
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THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME
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IN FRESNO WITH THE ONE--
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JUST THE SHEER COMMITMENT TO
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THE ABSURDITY OF IT, YOU KNOW,
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WAS GREAT.
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LOOK AT THIS.
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LOOK AT THIS, LADIES AND
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GENTLEMEN, HILLBILLY JIM, UNCLE
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ELMER, AND COUSIN JUNIOR
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ENCOURAGING CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO.
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YEAH, BUT WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
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NOT WHAT, WHO.
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WHO?
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THE RING ANNOUNCER, THAT'S WHO.
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SORRY, GENE.
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YOU DIDN'T PHRASE IT PROPERLY IN
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THE FORM OF A QUESTION.
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SO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PENALIZE
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YOU.
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GENE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK ME
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RIGHT SQUARE IN THE EYE.
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WHICH ONE?
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AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU JUST
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THE WAY IT IS NOW.
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HE HAD A LIKE A PERSONALITY.
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HE WASN'T JUST A GUY WITH A
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MICROPHONE, YOU KNOW.
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HE, LIKE, HE ALWAYS HAD SOME
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SORT OF SNARKY COME BACK.
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ANDRE TOLD ME IF I KEEP
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PUMPING, I'LL FILL THIS BABY UP
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IN TWO MONTHS.
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GOT IT FROM THE ESTATE SALE
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FROM SPIKE JONES.
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HIS ABILITY TO PLAY OFF THE
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TALENT.
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YEAH.
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HEY.
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GIVE ME BACK MY HANKY.
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OH.
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"MEAN" GENE'S UNCANNY ABILITY
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TO CONNECT WITH VIRTUALLY ANYONE
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TRANSCENDED SPORTS
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ENTERTAINMENT.
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THE NOTORIETY WAS AMPED UP.
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NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN CARTOONS.
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"MEAN" GENE AGAIN SIGNING
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OFF.
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AND THERE WERE NO
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PERSONALITIES TOO BIG FOR "MEAN"
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GENE, INCLUDING ONE OF HIS
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PERSONAL ALL-TIME FAVORITES,
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"THE MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE.
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TWO, ONE.
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ALL RIGHT, MACHO MAN, IT'S
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TIME FOR WRESTLEMANIA V, YOU TO
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DEFEND THE--
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YEAH
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--WWE CROWN AGAINST
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CHALLENGER HULK HOGAN.
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I WORKED BEAUTIFULLY WITH
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RANDY SAVAGE.
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HE LIKED WHAT I DID AND I LIKED
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WHAT HE DID.
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YOU GOT TO RUN IT FOR ME, I
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THINK I--
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IF YOU WANNA BE STRONG--HULK
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HOGAN SAYS HE'S GONNA BE IN MY
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CORNER, ELIZABETH IS GONNA BE IN
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MY CORNER FOR WRESTLEMANIA V.
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AND WE MESHED THE TWO
530
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,311
TOGETHER AND OUT CAME A FINAL
531
00:12:58,345 --> 00:12:59,546
PRODUCT.
532
00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:01,047
HULK HOGAN, YOU SAY THAT
533
00:13:01,047 --> 00:13:02,949
ELIZABETH IS GONNA BE IN YOUR
534
00:13:03,049 --> 00:13:05,518
CORNER FOR WRESTLEMANIA V.
535
00:13:05,552 --> 00:13:08,088
WE'LL SEE THAT ELIZABETH IS
536
00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:10,190
GONNA BE IN THE CORNER OF THE
537
00:13:10,223 --> 00:13:14,561
MACHO MAN.
538
00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:15,195
RIGHT ON.
539
00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:16,262
THAT'S THE ONE.
540
00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,297
FOR "THE MACHO MAN" RANDY
541
00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:18,565
SAVAGE, ONE OF THE GREAT--
542
00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:19,332
OOH [INDISTINCT]
543
00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:20,934
ABOUT BANG, BANG.
544
00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:23,169
DON'T BET AGAINST ME.
545
00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:23,937
I DON'T BET ANYWAY.
546
00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:24,771
DON'T LOSE--
547
00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:25,638
I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S HERE IN
548
00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:26,906
THE ROOM.
549
00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:27,807
WHO'S NOT HERE?
550
00:13:27,841 --> 00:13:29,476
IT WAS A DIFFERENT ENERGY
551
00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:31,311
WHEN MACHO MAN WOULD BE
552
00:13:31,344 --> 00:13:32,779
INTERVIEWED BY HIM.
553
00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:33,947
WAIT A MINUTE, GENTLEMEN,
554
00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:34,914
PLEASE.
555
00:13:34,948 --> 00:13:36,349
NO.
556
00:13:36,383 --> 00:13:37,250
I DIG THE MACHO MAN CREAM
557
00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:38,485
RISES TO THE TOP PROMO.
558
00:13:38,518 --> 00:13:40,320
YOU, "MEAN" GENE OKERLUND,
559
00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:41,554
YOU KNOW THAT I'M THE CREAM OF
560
00:13:41,588 --> 00:13:43,089
THE CROP.
561
00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:43,990
WHO?
562
00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:45,225
OOH, YEAH.
563
00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:45,992
I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT FOR
564
00:13:46,092 --> 00:13:47,260
THIS BUSINESS.
565
00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:48,294
DID YOU GET THAT?
566
00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:48,995
YEAH.
567
00:13:49,095 --> 00:13:49,996
ELIZABETH, I'M VERY CURIOUS.
568
00:13:50,096 --> 00:13:51,464
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL BY THE WAY.
569
00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,500
PLUS I LIKED ELIZABETH.
570
00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:55,735
OH, WHOA, ELIZABETH, MY DEAR,
571
00:13:55,769 --> 00:13:56,603
HOW ARE YOU?
572
00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:57,570
I'M FINE.
573
00:13:57,604 --> 00:13:58,405
YOU LOOK GORGEOUS AS USUAL.
574
00:13:58,438 --> 00:13:59,105
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
575
00:13:59,139 --> 00:13:59,906
WELL, YOU'RE MORE THAN
576
00:13:59,939 --> 00:14:00,573
WELCOME.
577
00:14:00,607 --> 00:14:01,708
HOW ARE THINGS GOING FOR YOU?
578
00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:02,308
OH, GREAT.
579
00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:03,076
EVERYTHING'S SUPER.
580
00:14:03,109 --> 00:14:04,044
OH, WHEN YOU GET INTO NEW
581
00:14:04,044 --> 00:14:04,711
YORK, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
582
00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:05,779
TO DO A LITTLE SHOPPING,
583
00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,080
BROWSING.
584
00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:07,747
OH, YES.
585
00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:08,415
I REALLY ENJOY THAT.
586
00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:09,449
UNBELIEVABLE.
587
00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:10,250
EXCUSE ME.
588
00:14:10,283 --> 00:14:11,351
JUST LET ME INTERRUPT THIS FOR A
589
00:14:11,384 --> 00:14:12,118
SECOND.
590
00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,820
I'M JUST STANDING HERE HOLDING A
591
00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:15,588
GOLD BELT, THE INTERCONTINENTAL
592
00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:17,190
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.
593
00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:18,892
I'M ONLY THE CHAMPION.
594
00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:19,626
YOU GUYS GOT A CONVERSATION
595
00:14:19,659 --> 00:14:20,894
GOING.
596
00:14:20,927 --> 00:14:22,095
YOU'RE TALKING BACK AND FORTH.
597
00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:22,862
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEW
598
00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:23,563
THINGS.
599
00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:24,898
IT'S LIKE--IT'S LIKE THE MOST
600
00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:27,067
IMPORTANT MAN IN THE WORLD
601
00:14:27,067 --> 00:14:28,234
STANDING HERE AND YOU GOT A
602
00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:29,202
CONVERSATION GOING WITH EACH
603
00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:30,136
OTHER.
604
00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:30,904
NO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY.
605
00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:32,138
WE COULD TALK ABOUT YOU.
606
00:14:32,172 --> 00:14:33,740
PUT THAT THING DOWN.
607
00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,108
THROUGHOUT THE 1980S AND
608
00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:37,143
EARLY '90S, "MEAN" GENE DID IT
609
00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:38,478
ALL LITERALLY.
610
00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:40,914
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
611
00:14:40,947 --> 00:14:41,715
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE
612
00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:42,816
ABLE TO DETERMINE A WINNER.
613
00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,751
YOU HAVE EMBARRASSED ME
614
00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:45,652
AGAIN, JIM.
615
00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:46,386
IT'S NOT JIM, IT'S GENE.
616
00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:47,120
I'LL BE GENTLE.
617
00:14:47,153 --> 00:14:47,721
I'LL BE GENTLE.
618
00:14:47,754 --> 00:14:52,192
OH, MAN.
619
00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:53,093
OH, I LOVE YOU.
620
00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:55,395
OH.
621
00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:57,530
WE'LL GET YOU BACK UP INTO THE
622
00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:58,198
RING IN JUST A MOMENT AND CUE
623
00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,232
FOR MORE EXCITING --
624
00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:01,735
ACTION.
625
00:15:01,768 --> 00:15:02,936
I'M NOT INTERESTED AT ANY--AT
626
00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:05,305
ANY [INDISTINCT]
627
00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:08,641
GENTLEMEN, AS YOU KNOW, THE
628
00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:11,077
ULTIMATE WARRIOR --
629
00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:12,645
IT PUBLICLY STATED --
630
00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,247
-- IT, WHO PUT THAT UP?
631
00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,715
IS THAT $200 AN HOUR?
632
00:15:15,749 --> 00:15:17,083
PUT THAT CIGARETTE OUT.
633
00:15:17,117 --> 00:15:18,084
OOPS.
634
00:15:18,118 --> 00:15:20,186
OH.
635
00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:22,055
THE GOBBLEDY GOO.
636
00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:23,056
THAT'S PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST
637
00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:24,391
ASSIGNMENT I'VE EVER HAD.
638
00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:25,625
OH, NO, NO, NO.
639
00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:26,593
I WOULDN'T DO THAT.
640
00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:27,360
NOT IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE LIKE
641
00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:28,428
THIS.
642
00:15:28,461 --> 00:15:29,362
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE, I WAS
643
00:15:29,396 --> 00:15:32,932
LOST TRYING TO MAKE
644
00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:36,136
CHICKEN--WHAT DID I SAY?
645
00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:38,338
DANCING WITH THE GOBBLEDY
646
00:15:38,371 --> 00:15:39,439
GOOKER, SEEING THAT INTERACTION
647
00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:41,141
BETWEEN HIM AND VINCE.
648
00:15:41,174 --> 00:15:42,242
THIS IS MY NEW LOOK.
649
00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:43,076
THIS IS YOUR NEW LOOK?
650
00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:43,777
NEW LOOK.
651
00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:44,911
YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN I
652
00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:45,779
HAD JUST GETTING DRESSED.
653
00:15:45,812 --> 00:15:48,248
ANYTHING THAT HE DID WITH
654
00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:49,883
HEENAN.
655
00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:51,084
THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS A DECISION
656
00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:51,785
THAT YOU COULD NOT LIVE WITH.
657
00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:54,487
EXCUSE ME.
658
00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:55,288
THAT OBVIOUSLY--
659
00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:56,122
YOU KNOW--
660
00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:56,823
--WAS A DECISION YOU COULD
661
00:15:56,856 --> 00:15:57,857
NOT LIVE WITH.
662
00:15:57,891 --> 00:15:59,392
I HEARD YOU.
663
00:15:59,426 --> 00:16:00,393
I'M GETTING MY THOUGHTS
664
00:16:00,427 --> 00:16:01,628
TOGETHER.
665
00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:02,429
YOU SHOULD.
666
00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:03,296
AND YOU BOUGHT RIGHT INTO IT
667
00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:04,431
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT.
668
00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:06,566
THIS IS JUNGLE GENE OKERLUND.
669
00:16:06,599 --> 00:16:09,035
IN THE GARDEN OF TRANQUILITY.
670
00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:10,036
I DON'T THINK THIS IS IT.
671
00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:12,439
DID WE LOSE SOMETHING HERE?
672
00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:13,540
JUST EVERYTHING WE DID WAS
673
00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:18,111
FUN.
674
00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:19,045
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE STANDING
675
00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:21,047
LOUD--AND THEY'RE GONNA BE
676
00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:22,048
STANDING PROUD AND TALL.
677
00:16:22,082 --> 00:16:23,817
AND THEY'RE GONNA HEAR--THEY'RE
678
00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:25,118
GONNA HEAR--
679
00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:25,885
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING AS A
680
00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:26,720
FRIEND?
681
00:16:26,753 --> 00:16:27,420
YES.
682
00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:28,455
COME ON IN IF YOU WOULD,
683
00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:29,189
PLEASE.
684
00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:29,823
YOU'RE THE --
685
00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:30,757
YOU REALLY ARE?
686
00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:33,526
YOU'RE THE WORST I HEARD.
687
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,494
GUYS IN THE BACK ROOM LIKE TO
688
00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:35,862
PLAY GAMES.
689
00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:36,696
I'M GETTING DIZZY.
690
00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:37,931
THAT'S REAL GOOD.
691
00:16:37,964 --> 00:16:39,165
YOU GUYS CAN GO --
692
00:16:39,199 --> 00:16:40,333
YOURSELF BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF
693
00:16:40,367 --> 00:16:49,609
TIME HERE, PAL.
694
00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,578
MY ENTIRE CAREER AT WWE I
695
00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:52,946
FELT GOOD AND I FELT THAT I GREW
696
00:16:52,979 --> 00:16:55,915
EVERY YEAR.
697
00:16:55,949 --> 00:16:58,718
WELL, THIS IS IT, GUYS.
698
00:16:58,752 --> 00:17:00,420
THIS IS THE MAKING OF
699
00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:03,023
WRESTLEMANIA.
700
00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:05,125
AND THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF MY
701
00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:07,227
TENURE HERE FIRST TIME AROUND, I
702
00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:10,030
WAS GETTING RESTLESS.
703
00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:12,332
I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS QUITE AS
704
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:15,168
CHALLENGED AS I WAS REALLY ON.
705
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,037
AND SO I SAID, "VINCE, WE HAD A
706
00:17:17,070 --> 00:17:18,405
HELL OF A RUN TOGETHER.
707
00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:19,506
PROBABLY TIME FOR ME TO MOVE
708
00:17:19,539 --> 00:17:21,141
ON."
709
00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:22,809
I WALKED OVER.
710
00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:25,078
I HUGGED HIM.
711
00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:26,146
AND I SAID, "THANK YOU VERY
712
00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:27,247
MUCH.
713
00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,216
YOU'RE LIKE A BROTHER."
714
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:33,820
AND THAT WAS IT.
715
00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:35,755
THE LAST DAY THAT I RODE OUT TO
716
00:17:35,789 --> 00:17:39,793
THE AIRPORT AND THE GUYS WERE
717
00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:41,327
OUT THERE AND GAVE ME A STANDING
718
00:17:41,361 --> 00:17:43,129
OVATION AS I WALKED DOWN THE
719
00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:47,801
HALL BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE.
720
00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:51,204
I MEAN I WAS ALL BROKE UP.
721
00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:52,672
I'D WORKED SO HARD.
722
00:17:52,706 --> 00:17:57,077
THIS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
723
00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:59,379
BUT DON'T LOOK BACK.
724
00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:02,782
NOW YOU GET ON THIS CHALLENGE.
725
00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:06,419
AND I MADE A MOVE DOWN TO WCW.
726
00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:07,387
I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHAT A
727
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:08,722
PLEASURE IT IS FOR ME TO BE PART
728
00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:11,024
OF TELEVISION WRESTLING'S NUMBER
729
00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:12,592
ONE BROADCASTING.
730
00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:13,793
TONY, IT'S SO GREAT TO WORK WITH
731
00:18:13,827 --> 00:18:14,627
YOU.
732
00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:16,262
AND JESSE, AFTER A LONG ABSENCE,
733
00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:18,398
YOU AND I FINALLY REUNITE.
734
00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:19,165
WELL, I--
735
00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,533
EXCUSE ME.
736
00:18:20,567 --> 00:18:22,335
--FEEL GREAT, "MEAN" GENE.
737
00:18:22,369 --> 00:18:24,204
HIS TRANSITION OVER THERE WAS
738
00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:25,672
LIKE THIS MONUMENTAL SHIFT OF
739
00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:27,407
LIKE ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS HAD
740
00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,410
MOVED.
741
00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:31,411
HI AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
742
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,046
I'M "MEAN" GENE OKERLUND HERE ON
743
00:18:33,046 --> 00:18:34,714
TBS.
744
00:18:34,748 --> 00:18:36,182
NOT JUST IN FRONT OF THE
745
00:18:36,216 --> 00:18:37,183
CAMERA, BEHIND THE SCENES AS
746
00:18:37,217 --> 00:18:38,585
WELL.
747
00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:40,153
AND HE WAS INGRAINED IN ALMOST
748
00:18:40,186 --> 00:18:41,755
EVERY TOP THING THAT WAS
749
00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:42,689
HAPPENING.
750
00:18:42,722 --> 00:18:44,724
THOUSANDS OF FANS ARE HERE TO
751
00:18:44,758 --> 00:18:46,693
SEE ONE MAN, WELCOME, HULK
752
00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:50,730
HOGAN.
753
00:18:50,764 --> 00:18:51,664
WHAT'S HAPPENING, BROTHER?
754
00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:52,599
PEOPLE CAN SAY LIKE WHILE
755
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:53,700
HOGAN GOING OVER THERE OR
756
00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:54,968
SAVAGE--
757
00:18:55,068 --> 00:18:56,069
YOU ARE--
758
00:18:56,069 --> 00:18:57,704
YOUR MUSTACHE IS CROOKED.
759
00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:58,605
YOUR BEARD IS A LITTLE
760
00:18:58,638 --> 00:18:59,539
SIDEWAYS, TOO.
761
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:00,540
BUT I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THAT.
762
00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:01,408
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
763
00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:02,342
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE PERSONAL
764
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,343
POTSHOTS AT YOU.
765
00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:04,177
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
766
00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:05,045
BUT THE SHIFT WAS ALREADY
767
00:19:05,078 --> 00:19:05,745
HAPPENING.
768
00:19:05,779 --> 00:19:07,047
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, A VIPER
769
00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,382
RT/10.
770
00:19:09,416 --> 00:19:10,717
I'D HATE TO SEE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
771
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:11,718
IN THIS GOING OVER A CLIFF.
772
00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:13,586
I'D HATE TO LOSE THE CAR.
773
00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:15,288
WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING A PUZZLE
774
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,724
TOGETHER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL
775
00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:19,125
THE PIECES.
776
00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:20,260
WHAT A CARD TONIGHT, TONY.
777
00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:21,061
I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU THIS
778
00:19:21,094 --> 00:19:21,895
IS, BUT THE MOST SPECTACULAR
779
00:19:21,928 --> 00:19:22,495
THING I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED
780
00:19:22,529 --> 00:19:23,196
WITH.
781
00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:24,464
HE MADE IT LOOK LIKE WE WERE
782
00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,866
THE PLACE TO BE.
783
00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:28,935
THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE FUTURE
784
00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:31,137
OF WRESTLING.
785
00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:33,606
YOU CAN CALL THIS THE NEW WORLD
786
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,811
ORDER OF WRESTLING, BROTHER.
787
00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:39,612
WHEN THE NWO CAME ALONG, I
788
00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:41,781
REMEMBER GETTING HIT IN THE NOSE
789
00:19:41,815 --> 00:19:44,617
WITH A BEER CAN THAT SOMEBODY
790
00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:47,587
HADN'T DRINK.
791
00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:48,588
IF YOU'RE GONNA THROW A BEER
792
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:49,656
CAN, DRINK A LITTLE BIT OF IT,
793
00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:50,890
PLEASE.
794
00:19:50,924 --> 00:19:52,425
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO?
795
00:19:52,459 --> 00:19:53,727
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
796
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,461
HEY.
797
00:19:54,494 --> 00:19:55,495
DON'T TOUCH ME.
798
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:56,162
I'LL GET A [INDISTINCT]
799
00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:56,863
LAWYERS.
800
00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,064
TONY, BOBBY, DUSTY.
801
00:19:58,098 --> 00:19:58,698
-- IT.
802
00:19:58,732 --> 00:20:00,066
LET'S GET BACK TO YOU.
803
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,102
THE MOVE FOR ME WAS THE BEST
804
00:20:02,135 --> 00:20:04,137
THING I COULD HAVE EVER DONE.
805
00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:08,008
BACK LIVE ON TNT, A
806
00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:10,744
JAM-PACKED GEORGIA DOME.
807
00:20:10,777 --> 00:20:12,445
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
808
00:20:12,479 --> 00:20:13,580
WOULD DETHRONE WWE AT THE TOP OF
809
00:20:13,613 --> 00:20:18,551
THE INDUSTRY.
810
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,086
THANKS IN PART TO THE LEGENDARY
811
00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,888
ANNOUNCER'S MAINSTREAM
812
00:20:21,921 --> 00:20:23,323
CREDENTIALS AND ENTERTAINING
813
00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:26,993
INTERVIEWS.
814
00:20:27,027 --> 00:20:31,197
MEAN, WOO, MY GOD, GENE.
815
00:20:31,231 --> 00:20:32,098
I'VE KNOWN "MEAN" GENE MY
816
00:20:32,132 --> 00:20:33,733
WHOLE LIFE.
817
00:20:33,767 --> 00:20:34,734
JUST WATCHING HIM AND MY DAD
818
00:20:34,768 --> 00:20:35,802
INTERACT.
819
00:20:35,835 --> 00:20:36,636
HEY.
820
00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:37,671
HE JUST RIFLED A GUCCI SHOE.
821
00:20:37,704 --> 00:20:42,275
SOME OF THE GREATEST STUFF.
822
00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,544
WHAT IS GOING ON?
823
00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:47,080
BISCHOFF, I AIN'T LEAVING.
824
00:20:47,113 --> 00:20:47,747
OH.
825
00:20:47,781 --> 00:20:49,015
WAIT A MINUTE.
826
00:20:49,049 --> 00:20:50,950
JUST A SECOND.
827
00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:52,519
THE WCW BECAME A VIABLE
828
00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:55,188
COMPETITOR.
829
00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:59,693
IT JUST TOOK OFF, SKYROCKETED.
830
00:20:59,726 --> 00:21:03,263
GOT AN EIGHT-YEAR RUN WITH
831
00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:06,066
TURNER, OF COURSE, I'VE ALWAYS
832
00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,401
FELT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT
833
00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:09,736
I'D COME BACK HOME TO WWE.
834
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,171
[MUSIC]
835
00:21:11,204 --> 00:21:13,673
WITH OVER 60,000 FANS AND A
836
00:21:13,707 --> 00:21:15,909
WORLDWIDE TELEVISION AUDIENCE,
837
00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:19,145
WE WELCOME YOU TO WRESTLEMANIA
838
00:21:19,179 --> 00:21:23,083
17.
839
00:21:23,083 --> 00:21:24,617
BY EARLY 2001, WCW HAD BEEN
840
00:21:24,651 --> 00:21:27,787
PURCHASED BY VINCE MCMAHON,
841
00:21:27,821 --> 00:21:29,155
LEADING TO A REUNION BETWEEN
842
00:21:29,189 --> 00:21:31,658
GENE OKERLUND AND THE WWE
843
00:21:31,691 --> 00:21:33,593
UNIVERSE ON THE MOST APPROPRIATE
844
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:38,531
STAGE, WRESTLEMANIA.
845
00:21:38,565 --> 00:21:41,735
"MEAN" GENE OKERLUND.
846
00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:43,737
IS THIS SOMETHING, "MEAN" GENE?
847
00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:44,804
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
848
00:21:44,838 --> 00:21:46,239
I LOVE IT.
849
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:48,108
AND A CHANCE FOR ME TO WORK
850
00:21:48,108 --> 00:21:50,276
WITH BOBBY HEENAN AGAIN.
851
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:52,379
GOD, THAT WAS EXCITING.
852
00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:54,247
THE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR, IT'S
853
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,783
SO THICK, YOU CAN CUT IT WITH A
854
00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:58,251
KNIFE.
855
00:21:58,284 --> 00:21:59,619
KEEP YOUR KNIFE TO YOURSELF.
856
00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:01,087
CAN I SAY THAT?
857
00:22:01,121 --> 00:22:02,288
SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.
858
00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:04,090
THAT WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR
859
00:22:04,124 --> 00:22:04,824
US.
860
00:22:04,858 --> 00:22:05,458
WHOA.
861
00:22:05,492 --> 00:22:06,126
OH.
862
00:22:06,159 --> 00:22:07,427
THEY'RE LICKING "MEAN" GENE
863
00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:08,428
OKERLUND.
864
00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:10,397
THAT'S RIGHT, HE TOOK MY
865
00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:12,132
HAIR.
866
00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:13,433
EVERY OLD HORSE THAT HAD EVER
867
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:14,567
BEEN IN THE STABLE WAS IN THIS
868
00:22:14,601 --> 00:22:17,303
GIMMICK BATTLE ROYAL.
869
00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:18,872
I CAN GO RIGHT ON DOWN THE LIST.
870
00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:20,306
DIDN'T YOU USE TO DATE HER?
871
00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,675
THIS BRINGS BACK SOME VERY
872
00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:22,809
FUN MEMORIES FOR ME.
873
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,411
YOU DID DATE HER.
874
00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:26,079
THE ONLY REASON THE IRON
875
00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:28,348
SHEIK WON IT IS BECAUSE HE WAS
876
00:22:28,381 --> 00:22:31,151
TOO FEEBLE TO GET OUT OF THE
877
00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,652
RING, SO WE HAD TO LEAVE HIM IN
878
00:22:32,686 --> 00:22:35,722
THERE TO CROWN HIM THE WINNER.
879
00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:38,091
THE IRON SHEIK WINS THE BATTLE
880
00:22:38,091 --> 00:22:40,560
IN FRONT OF THIS RECORD CROWD AT
881
00:22:40,593 --> 00:22:42,429
THE ASTRODOME FOR WRESTLEMANIA.
882
00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:45,899
BOBBY, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN
883
00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:47,634
THE WORLD WRESTLING
884
00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:48,735
ENTERTAINMENT.
885
00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:49,602
THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.
886
00:22:49,636 --> 00:22:50,170
HEY, GET YOUR HAND OUT OF MY
887
00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:51,104
POCKET.
888
00:22:51,104 --> 00:22:52,639
FORGET ABOUT IT.
889
00:22:52,672 --> 00:22:54,774
STOP IT.
890
00:22:54,808 --> 00:22:56,810
"MEAN" GENE COMING BACK TO
891
00:22:56,843 --> 00:22:59,112
WWE JUST FELT RIGHT.
892
00:22:59,112 --> 00:23:01,214
GENE'S IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE
893
00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:02,382
INDUSTRY IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE
894
00:23:02,415 --> 00:23:04,884
TO MEASURE, BUT THERE WAS ONE
895
00:23:04,918 --> 00:23:06,219
HONOR THAT FITTINGLY PLACED HIM
896
00:23:06,252 --> 00:23:08,388
IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN.
897
00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:11,591
I GOT A CALL FROM VINCE
898
00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:13,960
MCMAHON, HE SAID, "I GOT SOME
899
00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:16,596
GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.
900
00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:17,764
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE FIRST
901
00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:18,698
ANNOUNCER INDUCTED INTO THE WWE
902
00:23:18,732 --> 00:23:19,499
HALL OF FAME".
903
00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:21,067
IT'S USUALLY YOU WHO'S
904
00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:21,935
HOLDING THIS MICROPHONE, AM I
905
00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:23,536
DOING THIS RIGHT?
906
00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:24,304
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
907
00:23:24,337 --> 00:23:25,372
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, TODD,
908
00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:26,072
THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A
909
00:23:26,106 --> 00:23:26,806
PROP.
910
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:27,540
THEY'VE GOT A BIG BOOM MIKE THAT
911
00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:28,441
COVERS US.
912
00:23:28,475 --> 00:23:29,209
IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN THROW THIS
913
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:31,111
ONE ON THE TOILET.
914
00:23:31,144 --> 00:23:32,245
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO
915
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:33,079
BE GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME,
916
00:23:33,113 --> 00:23:33,747
THE FIRST ANNOUNCER EVER GOING
917
00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:34,714
IN?
918
00:23:34,748 --> 00:23:35,715
WELL, I TELL YOU, WELL, WE'RE
919
00:23:35,749 --> 00:23:37,384
BREAKING SOME GROUND.
920
00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:38,518
I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO
921
00:23:38,551 --> 00:23:41,221
DEATH.
922
00:23:41,254 --> 00:23:43,723
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BIG IT WAS
923
00:23:43,757 --> 00:23:46,860
UNTIL I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED IT.
924
00:23:46,893 --> 00:23:49,329
TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO INDUCT
925
00:23:49,362 --> 00:23:51,364
"MEAN" GENE IN THE HALL OF FAME
926
00:23:51,398 --> 00:23:54,134
AND WE GO WAY BACK.
927
00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:55,802
AND "MEAN" GENE WAS LIKE THE
928
00:23:55,835 --> 00:23:57,504
FOUNDATION OF THIS COMPANY.
929
00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:59,439
AND "MEAN" GENE BECAME THE VOICE
930
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:03,610
OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING.
931
00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:05,645
THIS HONOR HERE TONIGHT
932
00:24:05,679 --> 00:24:07,847
ABSOLUTELY THRILLS ME.
933
00:24:07,881 --> 00:24:10,383
AND I WILL SAY THIS, I'VE BEEN
934
00:24:10,417 --> 00:24:12,719
PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE WWE
935
00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:14,554
AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FOR
936
00:24:14,587 --> 00:24:17,824
35 YEARS AND I'M GONNA DO IT FOR
937
00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:24,230
ANOTHER 35 IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
938
00:24:24,264 --> 00:24:25,298
OH, EVERYBODY LOVED SEEING
939
00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:27,367
GENE BACK.
940
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,868
HIS PASSION WAS THIS, YOU
941
00:24:28,902 --> 00:24:31,971
KNOW, YOU COULD SEE HIM WHEN HE
942
00:24:32,072 --> 00:24:33,506
WAS AROUND, HE JUST LIT UP.
943
00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,108
YOU'D NEVER HEAR ANYBODY TELL A
944
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:37,243
STORY ABOUT GENE BEING MISERABLE
945
00:24:37,277 --> 00:24:37,944
ON SET OR GENE HAVING A BAD DAY.
946
00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,612
IF HE WAS AROUND THIS, HE WAS
947
00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:40,513
LOVING IT.
948
00:24:40,547 --> 00:24:43,083
WHOA, MOOLAH AND MAE YONG,
949
00:24:43,083 --> 00:24:44,384
WHAT A SMALL WORLD.
950
00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:45,085
HEY.
951
00:24:45,085 --> 00:24:46,920
GENE "MEAN"?
952
00:24:46,953 --> 00:24:49,789
AND WHO WERE YOU EXPECTING?
953
00:24:49,823 --> 00:24:51,091
HE LOOKS LIKE A TOOL.
954
00:24:51,091 --> 00:24:52,625
I KNOW YOU ARE.
955
00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:55,962
BUT WHAT AM I?
956
00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,497
GENE OKERLUND REGULARLY
957
00:24:57,530 --> 00:24:59,199
APPEARED ON WWE TELEVISION IN A
958
00:24:59,232 --> 00:25:01,301
VARIETY OF ROLES.
959
00:25:01,334 --> 00:25:03,203
AND WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE WWE
960
00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:06,573
NETWORK IN 2014, GENE BECAME AN
961
00:25:06,606 --> 00:25:09,042
ANCHOR FOR A NEW ERA OF
962
00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:11,378
PROGRAMMING, STARRING IN THE HIT
963
00:25:11,411 --> 00:25:15,115
REALITY SHOW, LEGENDS' HOUSE.
964
00:25:15,148 --> 00:25:16,049
EIGHT OF THE GREATEST IN A
965
00:25:16,049 --> 00:25:17,050
HOUSE FOR THAT LONG A PERIOD OF
966
00:25:17,050 --> 00:25:18,351
TIME?
967
00:25:18,385 --> 00:25:22,522
GIVE ME A BREAK.
968
00:25:22,555 --> 00:25:24,324
OH, THAT'S MINE.
969
00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:25,392
I THOUGHT I HAD THAT --
970
00:25:25,425 --> 00:25:28,361
[MUSIC]
971
00:25:28,395 --> 00:25:29,629
WELL, THAT WAS A VERY
972
00:25:29,662 --> 00:25:31,564
INTERESTING MONTH OUT OF MY
973
00:25:31,598 --> 00:25:33,500
LIFE--BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS
974
00:25:33,533 --> 00:25:35,201
TOTALLY LOCKED UP.
975
00:25:35,235 --> 00:25:36,236
THIS IS LIKE A PRISON.
976
00:25:36,269 --> 00:25:37,671
THANK GOD FOR PATTERSON, I'D
977
00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:39,572
NEVER MADE IT.
978
00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:40,840
PAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
979
00:25:40,874 --> 00:25:43,710
I'M LOOKING FOR FLIES.
980
00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:46,713
SHAME ON YOU.
981
00:25:46,746 --> 00:25:48,081
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I WAS SO
982
00:25:48,081 --> 00:25:49,949
HAPPY THAT HE WAS THERE.
983
00:25:49,983 --> 00:25:51,184
I MEAN, I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH
984
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:53,086
HIM, REALLY.
985
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,587
YOU WANNA SMELL IT, GENE?
986
00:25:54,621 --> 00:25:55,789
GET THE --
987
00:25:55,822 --> 00:25:56,756
OUT OF HERE.
988
00:25:56,790 --> 00:26:00,226
KEEP JIMMY HART AWAY FROM IT.
989
00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:01,027
WHAT HAPPENED?
990
00:26:01,061 --> 00:26:02,028
HI, JIMMY, HEY, GOOD TO SEE
991
00:26:02,062 --> 00:26:03,196
YOU PAL.
992
00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:04,364
HI, GENE.
993
00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:05,231
HOW YOU DOING?
994
00:26:05,265 --> 00:26:06,032
HOW YOU BEEN?
995
00:26:06,066 --> 00:26:06,733
OH.
996
00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:07,500
THE GREATEST THING ABOUT A
997
00:26:07,534 --> 00:26:08,201
45-YEAR LEGACY IS HE DIDN'T LOSE
998
00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:09,102
A STEP.
999
00:26:09,135 --> 00:26:10,103
I DON'T EVEN KNOW I'D DONE A
1000
00:26:10,136 --> 00:26:12,172
LOT OF COMEDY.
1001
00:26:12,205 --> 00:26:14,808
THEY HAD ME REPLACE DON RICKLES
1002
00:26:14,841 --> 00:26:16,309
ONE TIME, CAB DRIVER IN THE
1003
00:26:16,343 --> 00:26:17,377
MORNING, NOT THE DON RICKLES YOU
1004
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:18,244
KNOW.
1005
00:26:18,278 --> 00:26:20,480
HE CREATED THIS WONDERFUL
1006
00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:22,949
PERSONA THAT HE COULD SHOWCASE
1007
00:26:23,049 --> 00:26:25,719
FOR 45 YEARS.
1008
00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:26,920
THANK GOODNESS I'M NOT
1009
00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,189
WEARING MY RUG TODAY.
1010
00:26:29,222 --> 00:26:31,191
HOLY BALLS.
1011
00:26:31,224 --> 00:26:32,859
AS WE SAY IN THE FURNITURE
1012
00:26:32,892 --> 00:26:39,666
BUSINESS, "CHAIRS."
1013
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:40,767
"MEAN" GENE'S WORK ETHIC IN
1014
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,569
PASSION NEVER WANED.
1015
00:26:42,602 --> 00:26:44,270
AS LONG AS HE COULD, HE WANTED
1016
00:26:44,304 --> 00:26:45,972
TO DO WHAT HE LOVED MOST,
1017
00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:47,941
ENTERTAIN.
1018
00:26:47,974 --> 00:26:49,876
WELCOME TO ANOTHER RED HOT
1019
00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:53,913
EDITION OF WWE VINTAGE.
1020
00:26:53,947 --> 00:26:55,582
HOLY BALLS.
1021
00:26:55,615 --> 00:26:56,316
I'D LIKE TO THINK I'M
1022
00:26:56,349 --> 00:26:57,517
BLESSED.
1023
00:26:57,550 --> 00:26:58,785
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN
1024
00:26:58,818 --> 00:27:00,787
MUSICIANS THAT WILL NEVER STOP
1025
00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,522
BECAUSE IT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO.
1026
00:27:02,555 --> 00:27:04,257
THAT WAS GENE, EVEN TO THE VERY,
1027
00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:05,692
VERY END.
1028
00:27:05,725 --> 00:27:07,160
WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE
1029
00:27:07,193 --> 00:27:09,062
MEMORIES COME TO LIFE, THIS IS
1030
00:27:09,095 --> 00:27:13,466
WWE STORY TIME.
1031
00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:15,135
NAILED IT.
1032
00:27:15,168 --> 00:27:19,439
GENE, YOU WANT YOUR WATER?
1033
00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:21,608
THAT'S A PERSONAL QUESTION.
1034
00:27:21,641 --> 00:27:22,575
WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE,
1035
00:27:22,609 --> 00:27:23,877
AND HE'S DONE HIS LAST
1036
00:27:23,910 --> 00:27:25,078
INTERVIEW, HE WILL GO DOWN AS
1037
00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,813
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
1038
00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:37,057
[MUSIC]
1039
00:27:43,396 --> 00:27:44,364
A MELANCHOLY HAPPY TRAILS TO
1040
00:27:44,397 --> 00:27:46,299
GENE OKERLUND, THE ICONIC
1041
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:47,734
WRESTLING ANNOUNCER AND
1042
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:48,702
INTERVIEWER, WHO PASSED AWAY AT
1043
00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:51,471
76.
1044
00:27:51,504 --> 00:27:54,207
I WANT ALL OF YOU GUYS TO
1045
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,776
KNOW, "MEAN" GENE LOVED
1046
00:27:56,810 --> 00:27:58,078
ENTERTAINING EVERYBODY HERE IN
1047
00:27:58,078 --> 00:28:02,682
THE WWE UNIVERSE.
1048
00:28:02,716 --> 00:28:09,022
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
1049
00:28:09,022 --> 00:28:10,090
"MEAN" GENE, WE LOVE YOU, MY
1050
00:28:10,123 --> 00:28:11,891
BROTHER.
1051
00:28:11,925 --> 00:28:22,102
[MUSIC]
1052
00:28:22,469 --> 00:28:23,436
COME ON, ALL THE WAY TO THE
1053
00:28:23,470 --> 00:28:24,671
TOP, COME ON, GENE-O.
1054
00:28:24,704 --> 00:28:25,672
GOD, IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT
1055
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:27,040
GENE AS ONE-DIMENSIONAL.
1056
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,308
HE WAS AN OVERALL PACKAGE FOR
1057
00:28:28,341 --> 00:28:30,043
THIS BUSINESS, HE MADE OUR
1058
00:28:30,043 --> 00:28:32,045
BUSINESS BETTER.
1059
00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:34,681
MACHO MADNESS AND HULKAMANIA,
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TWO MEGA POWERS, BEING HERE.
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00:28:37,117 --> 00:28:41,554
[MUSIC]
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00:28:41,588 --> 00:28:42,422
GENE HAD AN AWESOME LUST FOR
1063
00:28:42,455 --> 00:28:43,556
LIFE.
1064
00:28:43,590 --> 00:28:45,191
HE LITERALLY LIT UP EVERY ROOM
1065
00:28:45,225 --> 00:28:46,459
HE WAS IN.
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00:28:46,493 --> 00:28:47,327
YAY.
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00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:48,428
OH.
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00:28:48,461 --> 00:28:49,162
WHOA.
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00:28:49,195 --> 00:28:50,296
HE WAS SO MUCH FUN TO BE
1070
00:28:50,330 --> 00:28:51,464
WITH.
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00:28:51,498 --> 00:28:52,332
WELL, I'M NOT LIKE YOU, AN
1072
00:28:52,365 --> 00:28:53,833
ALCOHOLIC.
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00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:55,935
WE WERE NOT TRYING TO HAVE
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00:28:55,969 --> 00:28:57,637
FUN, WE JUST DID.
1075
00:28:57,671 --> 00:28:58,438
I'M NOT ABOUT TO LAY DOWN ON
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00:28:58,471 --> 00:28:59,272
MY BACK AND LET SOMEONE COVER
1077
00:28:59,305 --> 00:29:00,006
ME.
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00:29:00,006 --> 00:29:02,075
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:03,009
BLEW EVERYTHING UP, MAN, IT
1080
00:29:03,043 --> 00:29:03,877
WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
1081
00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:04,577
YOU HAD TO SEE THIS GUY WHEN HE
1082
00:29:04,611 --> 00:29:09,582
WAS FULLY BLOWN.
1083
00:29:09,616 --> 00:29:10,483
THIS COURT IS --
1084
00:29:10,517 --> 00:29:13,086
ADJOURNED.
1085
00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:14,154
YOU CAN LOOK AT SO MANY
1086
00:29:14,187 --> 00:29:15,722
PEOPLE THAT HE WORKED WITH OVER
1087
00:29:15,755 --> 00:29:17,424
THE YEARS AND HIS ABILITY TO
1088
00:29:17,457 --> 00:29:19,359
PLAY A STRAIGHT MAN.
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00:29:19,392 --> 00:29:20,694
YOU'RE A SICK MAN, ROBERT.
1090
00:29:20,727 --> 00:29:21,461
OH, THAT'S TRUE, I AM, AT
1091
00:29:21,494 --> 00:29:22,362
LEAST YOU KNOW THAT.
1092
00:29:22,395 --> 00:29:24,097
OR TO BE A FULL-ON COMEDY
1093
00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:25,298
GUY.
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00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,300
THIS IS THE VAULT FOR THE
1095
00:29:27,334 --> 00:29:28,068
FAMILY JEWELS.
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00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:29,302
AND JUST EXCELLING AT BOTH.
1097
00:29:29,336 --> 00:29:31,171
HE COULD DO ANYTHING, HE WAS
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00:29:31,204 --> 00:29:32,072
AMAZING.
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00:29:32,105 --> 00:29:33,139
THAT'S "MEAN" GENE FOR YOU.
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THE INTERVIEWER
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EXTRAORDINAIRE, MY HERO, "MEAN"
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00:29:37,077 --> 00:29:39,179
GENE HIMSELF.
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00:29:39,212 --> 00:29:41,281
I WOULD NOT BE IN WWE TODAY
1104
00:29:41,314 --> 00:29:43,216
IF IT WASN'T FOR "MEAN" GENE.
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00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:52,692
[MUSIC]
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00:29:52,726 --> 00:29:54,060
RAW 25, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
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00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:55,662
TO GET INTERVIEWED BY "MEAN"
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00:29:55,695 --> 00:29:58,098
GENE OKERLUND.
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00:29:58,131 --> 00:29:59,332
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
1110
00:29:59,366 --> 00:30:01,134
"MEAN" GENE.
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00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:02,302
I WAS SO GLAD THAT I GOT TO DO
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00:30:02,335 --> 00:30:03,536
IT.
1113
00:30:03,570 --> 00:30:04,804
I USED TO WATCH YOU AS A KID.
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00:30:04,838 --> 00:30:06,439
THIS IS GREAT.
1115
00:30:06,473 --> 00:30:07,307
I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT "MEAN"
1116
00:30:07,340 --> 00:30:08,074
GENE AS FAMILY.
1117
00:30:08,108 --> 00:30:08,975
NATURE BOY HERE WITH YOUR
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00:30:09,009 --> 00:30:10,643
FAMILY.
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00:30:10,677 --> 00:30:16,282
"MEAN," WHOA, MY GOD, GENE.
1120
00:30:16,316 --> 00:30:17,417
SEEING HIM AT RAW 25 WAS
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00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:19,185
AWESOME.
1122
00:30:19,219 --> 00:30:22,288
"MEAN" WHOO GENE.
1123
00:30:22,322 --> 00:30:23,323
BOY, IF RIC FLAIR CAUGHT ME
1124
00:30:23,356 --> 00:30:25,158
DOING THIS--
1125
00:30:25,191 --> 00:30:26,026
KIND OF THINKING LIKE, "WOW,
1126
00:30:26,059 --> 00:30:26,993
I GREW UP WATCHING YOU AND MY
1127
00:30:27,027 --> 00:30:28,428
DAD AND NOW YOU'RE INTERVIEWING
1128
00:30:28,461 --> 00:30:29,429
ME."
1129
00:30:29,462 --> 00:30:31,097
WHOO.
1130
00:30:31,131 --> 00:30:31,898
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
1131
00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:32,999
"MEAN" GENE.
1132
00:30:33,033 --> 00:30:34,300
AS YOU WERE.
1133
00:30:34,334 --> 00:30:35,769
STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR -- BOY,
1134
00:30:35,802 --> 00:30:36,603
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO DOWN AND
1135
00:30:36,636 --> 00:30:38,004
DO SOME PUSHUPS.
1136
00:30:38,038 --> 00:30:39,372
THIRTY YEARS, YOU CAN LOOK IN
1137
00:30:39,406 --> 00:30:40,407
DIFFERENT COMPANIES, YOU CAN PUT
1138
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,875
DIFFERENT MEN AND WOMEN BACK
1139
00:30:41,908 --> 00:30:43,643
THERE, BUT NO ONE'S EVER DONE IT
1140
00:30:43,677 --> 00:30:44,477
LIKE "MEAN" GENE.
1141
00:30:44,511 --> 00:30:45,578
OH.
1142
00:30:45,612 --> 00:30:46,513
WHOA.
1143
00:30:46,546 --> 00:30:47,981
OH.
1144
00:30:48,014 --> 00:30:58,024
[MUSIC]
1145
00:30:58,058 --> 00:30:59,325
EVEN WHEN "MEAN" GENE PUT HIS
1146
00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:01,094
GUARD DOWN, HE WAS STILL COOL.
1147
00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:02,062
HE WANTED ME TO BE ABLE TO
1148
00:31:02,062 --> 00:31:03,063
GET ONE OF THE PYTHONS UP, MAN.
1149
00:31:03,096 --> 00:31:05,298
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
1150
00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:06,466
I--NO, I'M NOT KIDDING AT
1151
00:31:06,499 --> 00:31:08,468
ALL, NOT THAT PYTHON.
1152
00:31:08,501 --> 00:31:09,669
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER
1153
00:31:09,703 --> 00:31:10,570
ONE.
1154
00:31:10,603 --> 00:31:12,572
IF ONE DAY I'M CALLED UP TO
1155
00:31:12,605 --> 00:31:14,140
THE BIG HOUSE, I WANT YOU TO
1156
00:31:14,174 --> 00:31:16,343
BURY ME FACE DOWN, AND THEN ALL
1157
00:31:16,376 --> 00:31:21,481
OF MY CRITICS CAN KISS MY -- .
1158
00:31:21,514 --> 00:31:23,416
WRESTLING HAS--GOD, HAS BEEN
1159
00:31:23,450 --> 00:31:25,251
EVERYTHING TO ME AND IT TURNED
1160
00:31:25,285 --> 00:31:27,420
OUT TO BE A GREAT TIME.
1161
00:31:27,454 --> 00:31:31,491
IT'S A GOOD LIFE.
1162
00:31:31,524 --> 00:31:33,460
[CROWD CHEERING]
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