Gene Okerlund, who as a ringside interviewer and commentator served for decades as a straight man to the outsize personalities who suffuse the world of professional wrestling, has died. He was 76.

At WCW’s Spring Stampede in 1997, legendary announcer “Mean” Gene Okerlund interviewed Booker T, his brother Stevie Ray, and their manager “Sister” Sherri. They were preparing for a Four Corners Match ...