Hillbilly Jim - Why Uncle Elmer was FIRED from WWF

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

Shout out to the legendary Hillbilly Jim 🔥 Stream his full shoot interview now (2012) ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

[@walksontherock]

I loved Jim back in the day. He wasn't the best but still a favorite of mine. Character was fun and he seemed like a good guy himself.

[@stevemtc1]

He was the best had the best body the best ability and dressed the best. Sedno1eva

[@UnkleRuckusNoRelation]

I got to hang out with Jim back in the 90's my girlfriend worked at Movie Gallery and they were selling off all their wrestling videos and they had him just come up there in his wrestling overalls and promo the sale. He was a nice guy.

[@Mollikar]

Jim is special because he is one of the few guys who had a phenom quality a real Undertaker kind of vibe when he stared down a dude.

[@fjccommish]

40 years later, Jim still looks younger than Elmer looked.

[@wpgjets4life]

This shoot interview was probably done in 2001-02. He would have been around 50 at the time.

[@chriskay1449]

@@wpgjets4life It states 2012.

[@IzzyIrizarry-ci7jr]

Hillbilly Jim one of my childhood favorites

[@somepothead4849]

I got nothing but good memories of Hillbilly Jim.

[@GreedyGodz]

I wish as I get older I can keep the memory Jim has. He remembers everything so fluent.

[@TheKingofgames86]

He’s just like that out in public.

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

As a disabled veteran with a brain injury i can definitely tell he has a tic i have one as well its not drugs its from being hit in the head so many times just wanted to post that because of the other comments

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Come on now, everyone knows that wrestlers don't do drugs. Prayers and vitamins, brother.

[@stephanecourchesne9700]

Yeah what many would refer as ''shell shock''.

[@drizzyfest6285]

Im sure you dont do drugs pal

[@NathanLJustice]

or early Parkinson's.

[@mattburgess9312]

My late father watched wrestling from the early 1950's on " the 7th tv in Harrington:. Our town was under 1800 people so he knew everyone who had tv before him. In 1980 we got cable and watched together. We Loved watching Bobby Heenan saying " Uncle Elmer. The Buffet Buster" .Great Memories

[@cardiffst]

Another of the old-school characters I could listen to for hours!

[@905JimRaynor]

The HillBilly Jim versus King Kong Bundy feud was pretty darn good.

[@ryanmorby7626]

Wrestlers calling non-wrestling things (ie. Watch jewels) gimmicks is always the funniest thing to me.

[@Scorch1028]

Uncle Elmer wasn’t very bright. He didn’t realize that the WWF was the best-paying, most prestigious organization around for pro wrestlers. The fact that he wasn’t fired after his _first_ no-show, was merciful on Vince McMahon’s part. Uncle Elmer was just asking to get fired after his _second_ no-show.

[@SethHolmes]

He's the kind of guy who thought he was irreplaceable. He was wrong.

[@mox19380]

to hear it from some of the guys it sounded like he had a pretty bad cocaine habit. like he was a regularly cigarette smoker but he laced his cigs with coke

[@kenrickkahn]

Warrior stood McMahon up plenty of times.. 😂 And McMahon kept hiring him back..

[@kenrickkahn]

​​@@Axs_Nice_Hair See, WWE fanboys don't know the history of WWF.. A lot of them think WWF was just this be all end all which isn't true at all.. AWA, NWA, Mid South were all important prestigious promotions during the 1970s, 1980s.. WWF was seen as the secondary promotion to go to, to get paid even though your character would take a different hit (Dusty Rhodes) than what your character was in other promotions.. in the 1990s WCW had WWF's number and they failed to dial it.. WCW in the 1990s made WWF look second rate until The Rock and Stone Cold came into play and changed that for WWF.. Plus WCW was starting to let their success take their foot off the gas..

[@kenrickkahn]

​​@@Axs_Nice_Hair A lot of people do that too when it comes to sport teams.. Some people are just comfortable in certain regions of the country.. If WCW was around I would choose WCW cause I am from the South and would feel more comfortable around other southern wrestlers and southern management.. If I had a choice to play for the Atlanta Falcons and New York Giants I will choose Atlanta each and every time cause it fits my personality better.. Nothing wrong with getting in where you would be more happier at..

[@joecabeca3032]

Man..I loved watching the hillbillies as a kid. I can still remember Uncle Elmer's wedding on Saturday Night's Main Event

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

I got to see a 6 man tag. With all the hillbillies. Hillbilly jim. Uncle Elmer and cousin luke 👏

[@Errol-x4h]

Would you consider Jerry Blackwell and Haystack Calhoun Hillbillies?

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

0:06 Stan Frazier leaves CWA ( Memphis ) after 3/19/1985 show. Signs with WWF become Uncle Elmer debuts for WWF 6/17/1985. On WWF Saturday's Night MainEvent # 6: 5/3/1986 on TV 📺 From Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Civic Center: Thursday, May 1,1986 (Live! ) Heenan Family'' King Kong Bundy defeated Uncle Elmer in 2 minutes & 35 seconds ( This is the match were Hillbilly Jim is talking about here , Uncle Elmer was fired by WWF afterwards, returning to CWA Memphis again 5/12/1986 at Mid- South Coliseum as Giant Hillbilly.

[@Atomykpimp]

Hillbillies vs Freebirds could have been one hell of a Match!!!

[@RickSmiley]

This interview is 12 years old (2012) Jim looks great!

[@dauntlessasmr7910]

If I had a sweet gig like that, I'd go out of my way to make my boss happy. Some people have no clue what they got.

[@rhettro6208]

Plowboy is from Pascagoula, MS. He began his career with Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling as the Pascagoula Plowboy Tiny Frazier. Before his wrestling career he worked at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.

[@scottlevison7994]

He worked out in California in the early 70s under a mask as " The Convict."

[@nunyabizness9787]

I remember Hillbilly Jim from back in Memphis, too... he was "Harley Davidson." I think he teamed up with "Dirty Rhodes" -- a Dusty Rhodes imitator. I may be wrong about that part... but he was teamed with some other odd character. Anyway, "Harley" wasn't there long, but he made a good impression.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

No. You're right about Rhodes

[@contour157]

lawler brought him out and introduced him to lance.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

RIP Plowboy Frazier

[@openmodalguitar61]

Lots of people commenting on Jim's eye twitches. They only or mainly occur when there is a pause in his speech as he is trying to gather his thoughts or choose his words. It looks like something he is mainly in control of, not a tic, that he does to maintain the momentum of his speech. Others might stammer or um and ah or y'know or repeat a habitual phrase with such a pause but Jim never does. He screws up his left eye and keeps the pause so brief it doesn't break the flow. It is like some guitarists pull strange concentration faces as they play, somehow scrunching the eye muscles seems to help concentration Jim speaks well, doesn't repeat himself, and is honest and direct, there's a few ex-wrestlers who can claim that but not that many

[@004752]

Great story, as told by a great guy!!

[@MrBigcityal]

In 85 they flew the Concorde Transatlantic for just Phil Collins to be in both Live Aids

[@joejacobs3537]

He tweaks as much as a McDonalds manager...

[@Nonquack]

I noticed that too. Do you know if he has Tourette’s?

[@TheKingofgames86]

Just how he is

[@joelperry8187]

The Lear Jet would keep my nerves on edge!

[@David-j7c6w]

Lanny was a great guy , worked with him W/ Dale Mann’s group . I’m from Lake Cumberland area , I remember calling a couple of your matches when you did Harley Davidson gimmick. You were super nice to me , back then .

[@WWLTD]

Gene Lewis (Cousin Luke) was in the very first live match I ever saw.

[@petergraves9677]

With all due respect to Hillbilly Jim, the Hillbilly schtick never really got over. He did, but not Cousin Luke and Elmer. All the evidence you need is a 1985 Saturday Night's Main Event where the Hillbilly Team had a six-man tag against Piper, Orton, and Jesse Ventura. People started booing the Hillbillies. This was lomg before kayfabe was routinely broken, so the announcers ignored the crowd, but the Piper team did win.

[@stacking4life86]

this was the match with Uncle Elmer's bucket of Fried Pig Parts!!!!

[@christophercervantes5376]

Bundy called him uncle elmo 😂

[@HavocSavage-n4i]

Jim lives 3 camper trailers down from me !! 😂

[@jeremyhemp8241]

Hillbilly was one of my favorites as a kid because he is from my home state of Kentucky! Don't go messin with a country boy!

[@michaelbrewer7180]

Hmm, thought Uncle Elmer would have been fired for getting high from sniffing glue. LOL! Get it? Elmer's glue, Uncle Elmer.

[@KennethMachnica-vj3hf]

This is one of the funniest things, ever. I seem to remember Roddy Piper ringing Elmer's cow bell and asking him if he had been "milked" today. 😮

[@ducklife420]

Jim is a great story teller

[@jeffdavis7319]

I could do with out the lip smacking noise

[@ellgwapo.1754]

Soo' Uncle Elmer & hil Billy Jim That's was nice WWF Charakter 'e 😢.

[@Marty-b2z]

Jim seems like a great guy.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

My uncle loved these guys

[@Nicholas-dreamlove]

Love Hillbilly Jim, Cheers!

[@maxv3208]

The commenters on this post don't understand the business side of wrestling. In those days, it was not uncommon for a headliner to hold a promoter up for more money. Promoters were notorious for shortpaying and firing wrestlers without hesitation. A gimmicky wrestler knew he could be dumped at any time, so occasionally if a gimmick wrestler made it to the top of the card, he would threaten to no show a big event to get an extra $20-100k. It actually made sense to do this if you were a one-off gimmick like Elmer because you would make more money in that one event than you would make the rest of the year. You also knew you could get fired at anytime once the gimmick wore off. That Elmer gimmick wasn't going to last too long plus Elmer was unreliable, so Elmer decided to cash out while he had the chance. It was actually a smart move by Elmer because he most likely was going to be fired soon anyway.

[@jeff-ds2pr]

Vince's final straw with Elmer is when he ate the entire buffet for the staff then clogged the toilet up with a 20 pound BM.

[@imcoop]

LOL

[@terminat1]

Then.

[@stevehady915]

Better keep an eye on Bronson Reed and Nia Jax so we don't have a repeat of that episode.

[@mkl62]

@@stevehady915 Did it happen with Yokozuna?

[@noahboddee5238]

A 💩 bigger than Trump 😂

[@jerryalexander8803]

I always wanted to see Cousin Junior and Cousin Luke be a tag team

[@PaulWolf111]

Say what you will about Uncle Elmer, but he was by far the biggest draw and the best character in the Hillbillys. Shame he couldnt be more professional because the HillBillys were nothing without him, FACT. R.I.P. Stanley C. Fraizer.

[@Ori0n1975]

No way. Hillbilly Jim was by far the most popular of that group.

[@PaulWolf111]

@@Ori0n1975 For you maybe.

[@namco003]

A shoot interview with one of my favorite old school wrestlers?!? Yes, please!! Mania 3 Jim v Bundy and the 'midget wrestlers' is one of my favorite matches!! One of the Saturday Night Main events has a wedding with Unlce Elmer.

[@stephensouzajr]

I was at that show in Providence.

[@mikeattard3543]

I remember Cousin Junior. He was decent. I also remember Cousin Luke. I seem to remember he was way better than expected, but he didn't stick around long. Might have been an inury or something

[@jav3134]

We need more Hillbillies in wrestling, that is whats wrong with wrestling today. Bring back the uncle Elmer gimmick for LA Knight or Seth Franklin Rollins

[@foreverunsaved6661]

No hillbilly gimmick for Seth Rollins. Before long, he will be wearing his mother's clothes instead of Beckys.

[@KevinEllisGuitars]

Plow boy was awesome in Memphis!

[@JamesPero-u1c]

Love me some hillbilly

[@LoneWolf-zd7lh]

For a guy like Hillbilly jim, he never had any type of pro-wrestling training he did pretty good for himself before he retired in 1990. But he never captured a WWF championship during his time in WWF (now WWE).

[@Charles-e8e9m]

Stan Frazier, plowboy Frazier,the convict, lone ranger, giant rebel,giant hillbilly,kimala 2, Playboy Frazier,uncle Elmer, I loved him. RIP Dozer driving watermelon farming cologne selling rascal

[@christopherbako]

I haven't so far heard anything good about Uncle Elmer.

[@johnliberty3647]

Well he is tall. Best I can do

[@stevep4574]

Probably from selling fake Rolexes😂

[@ducklife420]

"Dont never take no pills from Uncle Elmer" Tony Atlas

[@dadvastator967]

He was known to be generous with his town rats.

[@arkansasgreg]

Saw him in Blytheville American Legion. Looked like he was 7' or better...lol

[@BH-zc6hu]

I loved uncle elmer. They had him get married on tv and gave him the fastest match on record then gone. Its as if he wanted out

[@foreverunsaved6661]

I don't remember too much about that wedding - but I do remember Jesse Ventura on commentary saying something to the effect of 'somebody get the slop bucket, I think I'm getting sick'

[@kingsports1113]

Roddy Piper showed out 😂😂😂

[@Kingsized_Kevin]

Looks great for a Wrestler his age

[@tonyclifton2230]

This is years old.

[@TheKingofgames86]

@@tonyclifton2230he hasn’t changed much

[@lornef1]

Uncle Elmer was a funny guy and they should have kept him.

[@bitplaya7432]

You should reupload with both the right and left audio channels.

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

You're right - this ones on us. The file didn't export with both audio channels, we will upload a new version including the full interview shortly.

[@ajsimms8457]

Hillbilly reminds me that he could be Takers legit brother

[@bryanzimmermann4372]

Great story. Fake rolexs huh. I knew he was a little off, Elmer that is. Hillbilly Jim is a great interview.

[@GSHIPP]

Don't go messing with a country boy

[@Sam-ch3fk]

Cook up some fresh old possum critters.

[@Charles-e8e9m]

As far as about hearing good things ask Koko Ware about Frazier

[@johnverley]

koko be ware made nothing but a fool out of himself in the ring

[@Charles-e8e9m]

​@@johnverley I can see your point

[@steveapken6803]

Not getting 18 people on a Lear

[@JayMil365]

Jim should’ve went heel would’ve been awesome

[@gladememmott3001]

Whats with the crazy face twitching???😮😮😮😮

[@tonygarea7925]

This is what I want to know

[@terminat1]

Probably a tic of some kind.

[@A0L2S9K3]

Probably hemifacial spasms

[@popachellione6799]

Nerves?

[@gladememmott3001]

Your on mine. ​@@popachellione6799

[@LarryJones-v1f]

What is "Hillbilly Jim's real name?

[@sabbathunter]

What is up with Jim's eye twitch.

[@QuentinDude]

Hillbilly-looks-like-a-pimp😂🤣🤠🥳😎👹💩🤡💀👿🤖👽💥

[@rogerbolman2718]

Why does he keep doing that with his eyes

[@DevilFish69]

Probably Blepharospasm.

[@Charles-e8e9m]

And flim flam confidence men are like that,get themselves over at expense of others ,carnies,marks, fakers,you do realize its an unserious occupation,Rock wrestled 7 years and he's never mentioned as best worker when in actuality he's the greatest of all time

[@teddylong2590]

Dude is coked out of his mind 😮

[@DaRealPatrickP]

What's with his eyes?

[@belinda8780]

Great story. Funny

[@garyedwardgray7549]

I love how wrestlers’ stories almost never match reality. And I say this as someone who like Hillbilly Jim - both the gimmick and the real man in real life. Listen to what he says about the Bundy-Elmer SNME match and then go watch it (it’s here on KZbin). He basically says that Vince had Bundy squash Elmer. Bundy did win, yes, but the match was anything but what Hillbilly Jim describes. It was a short match and Elmer controlled about 80% of it. Elmer missed a second splash, fell, Bundy dropped an elbow and won. Boring match. Short match. And one in which Bundy certainly did NOT dominate. The match doesn’t even vaguely resemble what is described here. And I’m certain, given the matchup, Elmer wasn’t ever slated to win. So, even Bundy’s win, after having been losing most of the match, wasn’t a change due to anger at Elmer. I’m sure Bundy was always slated to win. So, other than the quick ending, which made Elmer look bad (couldn’t kick out of a mild elbow drop?), there is zero evidence that Bundy was instructed to hammer on Elmer.

[@GregF-k7w]

Don’t go messin with a country boy….

[@josephfrezza5822]

The sound only comes out of one channel. Can you please fix and reupload with corrected audio??? Thanks!

[@kazar_redbull1]

Talking about Elmer broke him out in hives

[@adammartinez7384]

Why is this guy twitching so much

[@CatsClaw44]

I was wondering that myself, particularly his left eye. It looks like a tic.

[@Womenandwine]

Meth

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

Meth baby

[@ts.elliot5870]

I'm guessing it's a side effect from medication.

[@stevenbean9706]

hes had three strokes

[@stevenbean9706]

the great hillbilly invasion

[@paulnightwolf9043]

His eyes twitching out he must got some nerve damage in there😂

[@toddmorrissey8372]

He's seen some terrible things in those locker room showers in the old days.

[@jmbooze9346]

Didn’t he come back as Bastion Booger? A gross disgusting gig where he’s walking down the road isle in what looked like a diaper

[@theunexpectedmechanic4684]

No, That was Mike Shaw , who was a territory worker. He worked in Canada as Makhan Singh, and as Norman the Lunatic in WCW. Plowboy Frazier died in 1992.

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

Probably not that Lou went away but that he was in the minors.

[@Turnheadcough]

Jim looks like he suffers from tics like I do the twitches and weird twisting of shoulders the eye squinting and faces I bet he does it trying to hide them think people think it’s just an quirk. I also do the same stuff, you think it works so your ok with it but once you realize everyone notices it and they mock you for it it either crushes you or you deal with it. I hid in bathrooms for years hated being in the middle hated girls until I had a spurt in 8th grade to 170lbs and 6’2” and I realized everyone was smaller so hearing people up was a thing then and I grew 2 more inches a year later 😂. Sucks it’s hereditary now both my sons have it Years I’ve thought that watching Jim just felt like finally saying it

[@macriggs3667]

nice twitches

[@diggadirt393]

👁 ➖️

[@efrainzavala1919]

He didn't bathe ?

[@MrButaqua]

Providence Civic Center go PC Friars

[@C.I.A.Retired]

Uncle Elmer 2028

[@joes0406]

Why does he have facial ticks?

[@johannbachmann4532]

Plowboy Frazier, R.I.P. was as nice of person as you'd wanna meet

[@ThePlumbum1]

He got more ticks than a dog

[@stevenbean9706]

Elmer screwed up big time !

[@CHARLESBRONSON-qu2sy]

His tics are from trauma nervous like

[@stephenshanebeaty]

What the hell is going on with his eyes and his facial tweaks

[@Charles-e8e9m]

I never hear anything good about sports entertainment fans.the only good in me is Jesus Christ.

[@rodneyelwood2533]

wtf is he doing with his eyes?

[@willsee1404]

lol I do not know

[@djcdm8499]

It's cut but rf said Elmer was racist and hillbilly conformed it he was hard-core racist the way Jim says it

[@stealthbomber2127]

That's the worst thing on planet earth.

[@Stonymoj]

​@@stealthbomber2127 predators are the scum of the earth but racists aren't far behind

[@AngelSanchez-dw4gs]

How in the world can a Billy Hilly be a racist this most be a joke.

[@AngelSanchez-dw4gs]

BILLY HILLYS HAVE NO TIME TO BE RACIST THEY NEED TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOGS AN AS FAR AS TALKING THEY CANT BECAUSE THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CHEWING TOBACCO JUICE.

[@surfersting2508]

I wonder where you can find these old RF shoots unedited?

[@MrMontythemouse]

HJ's face looks like he's doing a Jaggy Jobby.

[@paulthompkins4150]

Does Hillbilly Jim have tourettes? That facial tick could be caused by that.

[@PitfallHarry72]

Does he have Tourette Syndrome?

[@satyricon9955]

wtf is up with his eye.