i wish honkey tonk did his own podcast because im sure many would listen to it weekly

He is so truthful and his heart is pure. Nicest guy ever.

People adored him in the late 80s and even today! Everywhere he went the crowd cheered and threw roses at his feet!!!

Dude had a two year run near the top of the card in WWF and he's managed to parlay that into a paying job 30+ years later. God love him...

@gilson1982

8 ай бұрын

He’s an atheist.

@Spooky_515

8 ай бұрын

Back when being a champion meant something. Now days wwe has like 20 titles

@phillipstankey8881

8 ай бұрын

@@Spooky_515 I live near Toledo...the attendance record in our old arena was set by Hulk Hogan for a WWF card the day after Christmas in 1987. That's normally when WWF ran the Garden for a huge show. Found that card online...Honky and Macho Man headlined the Garden day after Christmas. You don't get more over than that

@gilson1982

8 ай бұрын

@@Spooky_515 - Old man.

Honky looks great.......looks like he is happy....

The Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time. His record stood for 34 years.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

Hogan was the World Champion for four-years. That record still stands. Hulk has accomplished a lot however, so he doesn’t milk that like HTM has to milk his only accomplishment that was only given to him cause he was a Hogan stooge.

@joemendoza2292

9 ай бұрын

35 years actually. He lost it in August of 1988 and Gunther just passed the mark in September 2023

@TheVincenzoGaming

9 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 Bruno Sammartino was the World Champ for seven years

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

@@TheVincenzoGaming - I’ll tell you the same thing I told the other guy - Only virgins know that.

@moedog

9 ай бұрын

Longest record doesn’t mean greatest. He doesn’t have a good match under his belt

One of the greatest stick men of all time...national treasure

@halfdayofthejackal9372

8 ай бұрын

Love him

@gilson1982

8 ай бұрын

I had a dirty thought after reading that. And I thought you guys were his groupies.

@canadiantraveller281

7 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 did you really, Chachi, kind of old for that 🤡 comment.

@gilson1982

7 ай бұрын

@@canadiantraveller281 - Or you just don’t have many guy friends.

Always good to see HTM. Seems like he's doing well and comes across happy in this interview.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

He probably got a nice paycheck.

@markleshane9314

9 ай бұрын

You have to pay to talk to Honky he is all business. If it was a big convention it was probably part of the payment to be at the show paid by the media outlets.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

@@markleshane9314 - Yup. He’s just like a hooker.

Living legend 🙌🏼 love the Honky Tonk Man. 🎸 80-90's Era was the best larger than life personas.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

If that Live Cartoon crap was so great, things would have stayed the same.

Loved watching him oblivious to the boos and hatred with a big grin on his face,acting like everyone loved him. Bring back the 80's,it was so good. Saturday night main events were amazing.

Haha love the Honkster!!! Honkamania running wild!!! Wooooooo!!!! ❤ ☺

For awhile, he was a pretty bitter angry dude........ I think he's at peace now. I always liked his work in the WWF.

@ch.kv.

3 ай бұрын

was a work

@chriskennedy2298

Ай бұрын

It wasn't a work . He was horrible in a shoot interview and he was clearly drunk

@CatsClaw44

Ай бұрын

He wasn't bitter nor angry he was working.

@CatsClaw44

Ай бұрын

​@chriskennedy2298 It was a work and the wrestlers even said as much. He just knew that marks like you would buy it.

@chriskennedy2298

Ай бұрын

He was hammered drunk

He is the greatest intercontinental champ of all time!

@eshai27

9 ай бұрын

That would be Randy Savage. In ring and out of the ring.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. The Macho Man also evolved into becoming the World Champion. That’s something Honky Tonk Man never achieved.

@Spooky_515

8 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982you mean something he was never given.

@gilson1982

8 ай бұрын

@@Spooky_515 - Yeah. Cause he didn’t bring in the big bucks. He was a one-hit wonder who wouldn’t be anywhere if it wasn’t for Hogan.

@nerdgiant4101

8 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 negative about everything. Did your dad abuse you?

Still looks great. He's a great example that you don't have to do a bunch of ridiculous stuff in the ring if you can get heat, sell and get the crowd to respond to what you're doing.

Honky has turned into Ron Jeremy

Thanks for doing this!

Honky was so funny. His Elvis gimmick was so cool.

I love this man. Don't know how I didn't find this video when it was uploaded. All the old timers love my favourite wrestler Randy Orton

Great interview!

Greatest ever!!!!

Always fun to listen to HTM. Also, the questions were pretty good. Thanks.

Honky Tonk looking more like a retired Undertaker than the Dead Man himself.

Great seeing him.

I think the majority of people in the business and fans at the time felt the same way about Taker. He was entertaining and unique, but I don't think anyone would've imagined that character being a mainstay. No one foresaw it evolving into a multilayer "phenom".

Mine and my bro's favorite back in the 80s. He looks great!!

Honky is finally starting to show his age

@glengabruch4664

8 ай бұрын

He looks pretty good for being 70 years old.

@glengabruch4664

8 ай бұрын

He looks pretty good for being 70 years old.

@dlbia9569

2 ай бұрын

Looks GREAT for 70 👍🏻🤙🏻💪🏻​@@glengabruch4664

Another Legend on my list of wanting to meet!

Great interview

Honky tonk Man so cool he's a very genuine person

Y'know, I _just_ realized as he ages Honky Tonk Man is starting to look like Cousin Eddie.

@dustdevil9614

8 ай бұрын

Still eatin ur boogers eh kid

I saw a video of him before he was doing the HTM gimmick amd he was damn good looking guy actually! Probably could have been a baby face under the rigjt gimmick.

Big up the old skool legends! .....Honky's looking good for 70 y/o !

Legend

That's so rad bro.

@superpig5000

9 ай бұрын

How's amico?

I liked when he stopped dying his hair

I like Honky's response, he's not the longest reigning, but he's the greatest!

It's great that he's perfectly clear headed

I first saw him on All Star Wrestling from Vancouver. He had a feud with David Schultz. This was almost a year before either one showed up in the WWF.

@mac888spectral7

8 ай бұрын

Schultz was done in WWF by '85, '86 at the latest.

Keep On Truckin Wayne!

Man hasn't changed his hair style for 30 years

Glad to see him get his weight under control.

Keeping himself looking great! XD

Love this Dude! Especially when he wrestle with Macho Man Randy Savage 😎 Please make an appearance on WWE one day! With your outfit & guitar 🎸

honkey still going strong brotherrr

Greatest IC champ

Pure Heat Entertainment

HTM is the longest running IC champ while he was competing in the WWF/E and he,ll settle for that. I.d love him to meet Gunther.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

That must mean Hulk Hogan is the greatest World Champion because he held the title for four years.

@had1toomany114

9 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 You are replying this on multiple posts and it isn't even right. Bruno Samartino had the belt longer than Hogan.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

@@had1toomany114 - Only people with no sex life knows that.

@had1toomany114

9 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 Or people that actually know wrestling and don't talk out of their asses. I went to wrestling a lot as a kid. And yes, I wasn't having much sex at 7 years old. When I was going, Hogan was the champ, but Bruno was still wrestling. The older fans would tell me about him.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

@@had1toomany114 - It’s a fake sport, dude and it’s primary targeted audience are children and teenagers. The majority of people outgrow wrestling when they become adults. Wrestlers probably mock fans like you.

Oh boy...don't let Gunther see this video.

I would love for HTM to make a series of appearances on Impact just to tweak the nose of Santino Marella. Could be fun times.

Yes he is. Honky tonk man is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time.

Jim Cornette and HTM are without a doubt the best storytellers and wrestling.

I was hoping he was gonna ruin Mr. Gunther record run. Could you image the pop if he was in the front row sitting next to Chad's family in disguise as Grandma GABLE. As soon as the big German turns around out comes the Guitar.

I'm cool, i'm cocky, i'm bad 🙌

He seemed very down to Earth...

Hair still Fabulous

I'd so love to get Honky's take on MJF.

One of the greatest and one of the nicest.

It is amazing the people who believed that HTM was a "bitter, angry mark." He was clearly working at the time and the marks bought it hook, line and sinker. He used it to promote his sot interviews and indy matches.

Come to Baltimore Roy

Honky tonk man still knows the business very well

I thought he was thinking of Taker as the one he thought wasn't going to be a success. It seems a common first appraisal.

Always nice to see the interviews and documentaries honky tonk man does he was a great wrestler and never has anything really bad to say about the men and women he worked with all those years ago

@trebillis7399

8 ай бұрын

That aint true. He has said nasty things about Jaek Roberts and even his cousin Jerry Lawlor. Many others Warrior, Bulldogs, Vince, etc. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I like wrestlers to be honest.

other then the hair.. he looks a lot like carrol o'connor aka archie bunker

Yep honky tonk man is the greatest

Now the 2nd longest IC Champ

@PilotZaku

9 ай бұрын

Not yet...Not until Wednesday XD

@jj01221

9 ай бұрын

Who knows maybe he'll appear on NXT 😉😉😉

I just did a double take, thought Kevin Owens was doing the interview. Voice sounds similar

Honky Tonk Man looks like a character from House of 1000 Corpses.

🎸

Honkey Tonk Man is Jerry The King Lawlers cousin.

Wonderful representative of the pro-wrestling profession!

He's still the greatest ICC of all time, regardless of who held it longer.

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

If he’s so great, why didn’t he win the I.C. title more than once?

@humbleking800

9 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 Because it wasn't in the script bird brain

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

@@humbleking800 - Or it’s because he wasn’t talented enough. The man couldn’t wrestle to save his life. He didn’t even know how to play the guitar. Mic skills was all he had.

@paulsoxl7739

8 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982🎯

@gilson1982

8 ай бұрын

@@paulsoxl7739 - You work for Target?

he was a great gimmick wrestler. nothing to take away from him but he sure wasnt no bret hart; Shawn michaels, Austin type of wrestler but he always kept us entertained

could’ve at least spelled his name right I mean after all, it was on the banner behind him.

He's cool he's cocky he's no Walter.

I think Taker worked because he went all in for it not because it was an inherently brilliant idea. If he wasn't doing the makeup and the eyes rolled back and the zombie like movement and was just Texas Red in a hat and duster it would have flopped.

Honky went through a phase about 10-15 years ago where he was coming across as somewhat nasty and bitter in interviews. I don't know what was going on in his life at the time but he seems so much more relaxed and happy these days. Good to see.

Wonder if he has to get permission every time he wants to use the HTM name and gimmick. I heard The Rock just got ownership of that name which, again, I wondered if he always had to get permission.

They should bring him back to let him play his song(guitar shot followed with SR&R) for Gunther lol

An Elvis impersonator at a Comic Con? Sure, why not.

@TranceMasterJack

9 ай бұрын

He needs to bleach his hair back out and go to the blonde bomber.

What did they do with the real Honky Tonk Man and how did they find such a good lookalike? All of the other shoot interviews that I've seen of Wayne Ferris show him cursing everyone. His attitude bears no resemblance to the attitude of this genial Comic Con attendee. I note that the subject of Jake the Snake Roberts and "the guitar shot" wasn't brought up in this segment.

the Honky Tonk man . greatest musician and wrestler of all time.

@csnide6702

8 ай бұрын

he is NOT a musician

The Hockey Tonk Man. I remember him, he had all those great matches against the Brooklyn Baller.

@louio

9 ай бұрын

Hockey?

@Randy-ry9ss

9 ай бұрын

I'm gonna hit him with a honky stick.

My BOY HTM!!

Typo. You wrote hockey tonk man.

They can leave the belt on Gunther for eternity, but HTM will still be the GOAT!

Dude looks great !! I'm sure he takes care of himself.

HTM seems a little older and his voice a little weaker. That comes with age. But HTM is still the greatest Intercontinental Champion ever! Never should have dropped the belt to the Ultimate Warrior. Warrior made that belt look bad where as Honky Tonk Man made lt look like a million bucks!

He was way off bout the Taker 😂

Honky Tonk looks good.

@s.salazar6364

9 ай бұрын

He looks 58 not 70. The jowels are only just starting to develop.

@bara7331

9 ай бұрын

@@s.salazar6364 he looks every bit 70. nice try though

@s.salazar6364

9 ай бұрын

@@bara7331 Nice try???? You mark

@bara7331

9 ай бұрын

@@s.salazar6364 anyone that thinks a wrinkly old man with shoe polish on his head looks 58 and not 70 is the true "mark". not to mention a goofy little bleep that feels the need throw out the stupid over used wrestling words like "mark" you goofy "mark"

If I Wuz U Wayne Farris! I Wouldn’t Refer 2 Mark Calloway As A Boy(IJS)!

Greatest IC Champ ever!

"Honky Tonk Man" was the second worst gimmick after "The Red Rooster", which destroyed Terry Taylor's career.

he looks pretty good! He seems to be a genuinely good guy that loves his fans! as far as Pro Wrestling he’s a national treasure! very humble not a narcissist 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

Give me a break, you mark. HTM is only “nice” when he’s getting paid.

@latex0r

9 ай бұрын

@@gilson1982 well like mr Tonk Man said... he is a PROFESSIONAL wrestler

@gilson1982

9 ай бұрын

@@latex0r - Since he only cares about money he’s more like a professional stripper.

He look to’ve lost a lot of weight

Is he single?

This dude charged me $10 for a fuc*ing polaroid picture with my son back in the 90's. F O.

❤ HTM.

orton got so bored he grew a rat on his lip and then retired

I always loved the wrestler HTM, but met the guy once and he was a total jerk. He was at one of these cons and when I approached him he pretended to have Laryngitis. I was a fan of his and probably would have bought one of his photos, but after that I am like what a jerk and unfortunately think different of him. He is like pay me $20 to see my laryngitis go away. Pathetic.

@LITMOVIESCENES

8 ай бұрын

That's incredible! Lol

😅🤣😂 He STILL wears that stupid haircut !