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Not only is Tony Gonzalez okay with Antonio Gates taking over his all-time tight end touchdown record ... his ridiculously beautiful wife is too ... both giving a thumbs-up to Gates to take a part of TG's legacy.

Gonzalez currently holds the all-time NFL record for TD catches by a TE at 111, but Gates is on his heels with 109 ... and will probably pass him any week now with the way the Chargers chuck the ball.

So, when we got Gonzalez out in BH with his gorgeous (sorry we keep saying it, Tony, but it's true) wife, October, we had to know ... how does it feel to get your name wiped off the history books?