Hulk Hogan Makes His Return To RAW This Monday To Honor The Late “Mean” Gene Okerlund
WWE made the announcement earlier today that WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan will be making his return to WWE Television on this Monday’s upcoming episode of WWE Monday Night RAW.
It was also announced that Hogan will be at RAW to honor the late, great, Mean Gene Okerlund who passed away earlier this week at the age of 76 due to natural causes.
WWE made the announcement via their social media accounts which also included a a press release regarding Hogan’s return to honor the late Mean Gene.
““Let me tell you something, ‘Mean’ Gene …”
So began many of Hulk Hogan’s most memorable proclamations, making interviewer and backstage personality “Mean” Gene Okerlund a cornerstone of Hulkamania in the 1980s. Now, in the wake of Okerlund’s recent passing, Hogan returns to WWE programming this Monday night on Raw to honor his longtime friend.
In a Twitter post Tuesday night, Hogan called “Mean” Gene “the best partner I ever had” while describing their incredible off-the-cuff chemistry during their backstage interviews. That synchronicity even led to an unusual tag team partnership when Hogan and Okerlund battled George “The Animal” Steele and Mr. Fuji in 1984. Their training sessions before that match, which can be seen below, were perhaps even more entertaining than the bout itself.
Hogan and Okerlund’s friendship spanned the decades, from WWE to WCW and back to WWE. On Monday night, Hogan honors his brother.
Don’t miss this milestone moment on Monday Night Raw, beginning at 8/7 C on USA Network.”
You can see WWE’s tweet announcing Hulk Hogan’s return to RAW below.
BREAKING: @HulkHogan will return to #Raw THIS MONDAY to honor the late, great @WWE Hall of Famer “Mean” Gene Okerlund! https://t.co/UiOf3kY4Rl
— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2019
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