Gene Okerlund Autographs
Eugene Arthur Okerlund (December 19, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host. He was best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Okerlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan. He was signed to a lifetime contract with WWE and later worked for promotional programs. He has been described by some journalists as the greatest interviewer in the history of professional wrestling.
Eugene Arthur Okerlund was born on December 19, 1942, in Brookings, South Dakota to Arthur and Helen Okerlund. He grew up in Sisseton and was raised on an Indian reservation. He graduated from Sisseton High School in 1960. He was an all-around athlete, participating in basketball, baseball, football and track. After studying broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska, Okerlund landed a job as a disc jockey at KOIL, a popular radio station in Omaha, Nebraska. Okerlund later moved to Minneapolis where he worked for WDGY as a radio host under the alias of Gene Leader. He later left that position to become Program Director at KDWB. Okerlund also worked in Minneapolis for a local television station in the front office.
Okerlund played with the Harold Johnson Orchestra and fronted the band Gene Carroll and the Shades. The band released "Is It Ever Gonna Happen" on the album In This Corner, on Norton Records in 1962.
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Traded items with a signature of Gene Okerlund
The most expensive item with a signature of Gene Okerlund (Mean Gene Okerlund Original Art Sketch Card GPK WWF WWE WCW Signed Auto 1/1 BAS) was sold in March 2026 for $10,025.00 while the cheapest item (MEAN GENE OKERLUND SIGNED WCW 8X10 PROMO PHOTO WWE TNA) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was November 2019 with an average selling price of $9.00 for an autographed item of Gene Okerlund. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $249.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.31 was July 2022. In average, an autographed item from Gene Okerlund is worth $8.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Gene Okerlund were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Ric Flair, Diamond Dallas Page, Giant, Mean Gene Okerlund Signed Baseball JSA | $199.00 |  |
| Ric Flair, Diamond Dallas Page, Giant, Mean Gene Okerlund Signed Baseball JSA | $199.00 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Art Card Limited 12/50 Edward Vela Signed (Wrestling -) | $6.93 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Art Card Limited 12/50 Edward Vela Signed (Wrestling -) | $6.93 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 11/50 Edward Vela Signed | $1.33 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 11/50 Edward Vela Signed | $1.33 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 3/50 Edward Vela Signed | $1.31 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 5/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 5/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 8/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 8/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 9/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| 'Mean' Gene Okerlund Sketch Card Limited 9/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| Hulk Hogan & Gene Okerlund Dual Auto Signed 16 x 20 WCW / WWE WFF Photo PSA DNA | $249.99 | |
| Hulk Hogan & Gene Okerlund Dual Auto Signed 16 x 20 WCW / WWE WFF Photo PSA DNA | $249.99 | |
