They brought him back in 2018. They then wheel him out (not literally) to go through the whole 'well you know something Mean Gene, watcha gonna do when [show name] runs wild on you...' routine. Fills time, I suppose. Titus O'Neil is also hosting, though I dunno if they're doing it together or if they're doing a night each.
I've been watching the WWE Network recently and it's made for somewhat irritating viewing. Some of its their fault (since changing to Peacock in the US, there's suddenly an abundance of buffering. Coincidence? Hmmmm), some of it is probably their fault (seemingly random segments from episodes are just missing - such as Golga vs. Marc Mero on the August 3 1998 RAW IS WAR, which is then highlighted anyway on a later episode) but a lot of it seems to come down to music rights and WWE's unwillingness to pay royalties for it. It's so integral in some places it really ruins the whole experience (fan participation mostly, such as The Sandman, The Oddities, and Public Enemy). Other times, segments have just been binned off entirely (The Rock Concert - thankfully on a DVD release; the legendary but mostly forgotten duet between The Rock and Austin on the November 12, 2001 episode of RAW; The Alliance singing "Wind Beneath Our Ring" on the August 20, 2001 RAW IS WAR; the opening love-triangle segment between Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kurt Angle on September 18, 2000 RAW IS WAR...though I can't quite remember what's been scrapped here).
There's also extremely dodgy sound levelling on some taped RAW IS WAR episodes (the announcers are fine, the promos in the ring are
very,
very quiet).
I'm still trying to hunt down the remaining Delta Music ECW DVD releases which have the original music intact (I have 10 of 18). The full list in case the WWE edits also annoy you as much as they do me:
Barley Legal - April 13, 1997
Hardcore Heaven - August 17, 1997
November to Remember - November 30, 1997
Living Dangerously - March 1, 1998
WrestlePalooza - May 3, 1998
Heatwave - August 2, 1998
November to Remember - November 1, 1998
Guilty as Charged - January 10, 1999
Living Dangerously - March 21, 1999
Hardcore Heaven - May 16, 1999
Heatwave - July 18, 1999
Anarchy Rulz - September 19, 1999
November to Remember 1999 - November 7, 1999
Guilty as Charged - January 9, 2000
Living Dangerously - March 12, 2000
Hardcore Heaven 2000 - May 14, 2000
Heatwave 2000 - July 16, 2000
Anarchy Rulz 2000 - October 1, 2000