Eugene Arthur "Mean Gene" Okerlund (born December 19, 1942) is a semi-retired American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan. He is currently signed to lifetime employment with WWE and works for promotional programs mostly for WWE Network programming and occasionally makes special appearances on TV shows. He is also the co-host of Vintage Collection.
He left the radio industry for a position at the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the early 1970s, where he occasionally filled in for ailing ring announcer and interviewer Marty O'Neill, eventually becoming O'Neill's permanent replacement by the end of the decade.
He would stay with the AWA until the end of 1983, when he was one of many AWA personnel to join the expanding World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He would stay with the WWF for nine years as their top interviewer, and was host of such WWF shows as All-American Wrestling and Tuesday Night Titans.
I am the one, I'll liberate you
I can black out the sun
With my temptation
Knowing that I exist, it drives me further
To the edge of a bliss, I've never known
Waste, leave you broken, crawling over what remains
Make you, break you into what I feed on
I am the one, I'll re-create you
With a mind of your own to my own liking
I can feel what you think
When you're not looking
I can break down the walls and watch it all
Waste, leave you broken, crawling over what remains
Make you, break you into what I feed on
(chorus)
You made me come
You brought me here