Jerry Lawler on his relationship with his cousin The Honky Tonk Man

EPISODE 47 - DINNER WITH THE KING - Jerry Lawler and Glenn Moore
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Jerry Lawler talks about his relationship with The Honky Tonk Man, including how the heat between to the two is a work, started by Honky Tonk Man.
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[@doraidafeliciano]

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[@DarkRedMike]

I'm Michael H and it was great to hear my name on the podcast and the answer. Wish there will be more episodes.

[@jaroncreed]

why didnt you tell us WHAT the H stands for?

[@riding4beers889]

H stands for Hump

[@MiningForPies]

Schwarze999 H is for Homer!

[@Davidp1985]

The King will never reveal the true nature of his beefs with Honky Tonk, there are several dark situations that won't be discussed

[@aye_its_karate6169]

Nobody gives a rats ass, dude. Go back to being a mark, mark😂

[@CaAnPeSe4ever]

The 'Concession Stand Brawl' is still legendary!

[@ivanwesley8182]

Agreed. Lawler & Dundee vs the Blonde Bombers. I’d never seen anything like that before and I’ve never forgotten it

[@merleshand2442]

A 20minute match would be great 30 years ago

[@priestfan81]

I love both these guys. Both hilarious, both great interviews, both charismatic.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

They need to do the match this year. Cage match, chair shots, guitar smashing, match of the year stuff. Book it.

[@1980bwc]

And the loser has to give up hair dye for 1 year.

[@justina249]

Jerrys already had a heart attack.. Dont need another

[@timwilliams8662]

Lawler had a heart attack will never happen

[@NazgulWitchKing]

Thatd be dope

[@60BloodyChamp60]

Might be the 2nd best shoot match behind Jim Cornette and Vince Russo. I would pay to see both no matter what else was on the card

[@fuscinula]

Nah, it wasn't a work, he just mellowed out over the years.

[@chrisratcliff7466]

When i met the Honky Tonk Man in Harrisburg Illinois he was wearing that same Milwaukee Brewers shirt. That's so funny.

[@countquackula8539]

Sometimes family doesn't mean you're close. I mean it is said Lawler wasn't even close to his son. He's just not a family person.

[@ericarcieri3836]

Listening to hooky tonk man shoots all the time I believe what Lawler is saying to be 100% true.

[@BeeBumper]

Well Honky has contradicted himself so often he has forgotten what is true or not

[@bryonhulcher851]

3:10 michael scott enters the interview lol

[@jrbr549]

I don't know what I think about Lawler. But no man deserves to lose a son to suicide. Just sad.

[@snakeman6124]

Yeeeeeeah it was pretty fishy, I don't think it was suicide at all in my opinion

[@jacobgriffin3579]

Orr Jake What makes you think that?

[@jaroncreed]

@@jacobgriffin3579 The question you should ask is, why did Jerry Lawler THINK his son didnt commit suicide

[@DavidSmith-rv2hw]

@@snakeman6124 your source?

[@ZamboniZone]

​@David Smith late to the party here but you can you tube the story of Brian Christopher.

[@jackbarnes9728]

Jerry is still a legend to 13 year old girls in the Memphis area.

[@JihadBunnydick]

Lol what

[@user-zy3nv1jy1m]

So?

[@basementbomber]

:Lawler is a Legend in his own Land.

[@godswill5590]

So EARTH is Lawlers land?

[@jackbarnes9728]

@@godswill5590 He means the Memphis area.

[@enmijorreos]

​@@jackbarnes9728 well Larry Zbysco is a "Living Legend" in the glamorous fairly town of Larryland..

[@maitreyas.4902]

I like both.

[@TheRmm1976]

From listening to HTM's shoot interviews, Jerry didn't do him any favors before his WWF days even though they were kin... treated him even less than some other workers... I think that's where HTM's beef comes from and I tend to believe him more than Jerry. As Wayne seems like a more honest straight shooter type guy in his interviews and has no reason to lie about it.

[@grantorino2009]

I don't know about this. Wayne was a pretty big star in Memphis way before his WWF days. He drew a lot of heat as a heel and sold some seats.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

It’s wrong for him to get mad and expect Jerry to do him favors in the business. I know nepotism is a thing in the WWE but Wayne shouldn’t have felt so entitled to it. I mean Lawler didn’t even help is son much when he was in the WWE.

[@DarkCloud3000]

@@mysteryjunkie9808 Probably didn't even help him when Bradshaw threatened to rape him.

[@ButWhatIfItIs]

@@DarkCloud3000 I thought it was just Edge he did that to? Y'know, as much as a lot of us adored that era, doesn't mean we have to romanticise the people involved. JBL might of grown up these days, but anywhere other than pro wrestling that man would be seen for how horrible a human being he was. I certainly don't see what's funny about making people that uncomfortable.

[@DarkCloud3000]

@@ButWhatIfItIs No, he soaped Edge but they both laughed about it. He threatened to rape Brian Christopher because he was bragging about date raping a woman, so the guys in the back wanted to scare him. So i’m pretty sure Brian Christopher was worse if it’s true.

[@Beast-1431]

OMG I’ve SEEN THE RESEMBLANCE ALL ALONG!!!!!!!!

[@taekwondotime]

You can tell Jerry is stalling rather than answer the question. I believe HTM, and it wasn't a work. It was a shoot. HTM talked explicitly about Lawler's bad payoffs when he worked for him, talked about him dating women who were 1/3 his age, etc. That's not an "angle" for a match.

[@aye_its_karate6169]

That’s definitely an angle, mark! Don’t you remember when John Cena said CM Punk was dating 13 year olds? It was to drum up business, my nigga. Niggas get personal to get that extra paper, ya feel me, nigga?

[@taekwondotime]

@@aye_its_karate6169 For writing such a tasteful comment, I gave you a LIKE lol. :)

[@blackway643]

@@aye_its_karate6169 shut up goofy. Lawler was actually arrested for messing with young girls.

[@jonhenning]

They should have tagged as the Kings of the South or the Royal Family.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

Yeah they wouldn’t even have to recognize they where cousins on air. There gimmicks and style would’ve worked together

[@salvagemonster3612]

Wayne just seems to live in a different world.

[@sadetwizelve]

1:40 nah it started before the online shit and he KNOWS it.

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

Would have been great to see them as a tag team.

[@adamfein4970]

Easily turn them against each other with neither the King nor the Greatest Intercontinental Champion wanting to play second fiddle... I now have an idea for my 1985 booking simulator scenario. Thanks!

[@collectingmythoughts991]

Waiting for the day that Jim Cornette confesses to doing this same thing with Vince Russo lol. Although pretty sure Cornette is genuinely insane. ;)

[@tommydewayneisaacs2739]

I love Cornette's crazy ass !! 🤣

[@carl5381]

@@tommydewayneisaacs2739 can't stand cornette anymore. He can't let his TDS take a back seat to talk wrestling anymore. He's fully unhinged and just regurgitates media talking points. The man has no brain of his own and I'm wondering about his credibility in the business because of it.

[@korywilliamsO.G.1]

@@carl5381 Cornette's credibility in the business is largely respected by a lot of your favorite people in said business. If you listen to JR, Tony Schiavone, and Arn Anderson, among others, they don't like today's wrestling either. They have ALL admitted to "Going Along to Get Along", just to keep their job.

[@patricksullivan6478]

Keep up the good job .Honk ,King ! Jerry! We ,Need to ok 👄. King .

[@Put_U_Smooth]

I never knew they were related

[@RichardBond-dn2fi]

Think Johnny and Davey Rich are cousins to the King, too.

[@shawnperico7221]

Fun fact..Boliver Tenn is known for the crazy house

[@BIGDAZR]

He’s still sour over the $999 paycheck

[@ajstyles7961]

See Paula I told you he wouldn't appreciate it

[@gchijioke12]

"$999?" *shakes head in disbelief and puts on sad face* "That's not a thousand..."

[@akeemjoffer5779]

😂😂😂 thats a funny ass story

[@royrogersmcfreely9551]

That interview still kills me man, lol

[@markmullins5822]

See Paula I told ya he wouldn't be greatful

[@michaelsorrells4649]

I have read that thing online

[@tonyrogers8132]

HTM refers to Jerry as ‘Chester the molester’ in one interview he did. That’s pretty harsh to be a work.

[@craigusselman546]

Honky Tonk Man is a hero up here in Canada But I dont get along with my cousins either.

[@screamingbaboon664]

Same mate. Cousins can suck my anus.

[@jamesaffleck5533]

Honky Tonk Man could draw a bigger crowd

[@broadwaybiz211]

Wow I never knew they were related

[@BigKat96]

I feel like if you're trying to make a worked shoot angle, it would help if both people were informed that it's a work 😂

[@davidterry919]

Honky Tonk man is a real wrestler and a talented one at that . Thank you Mr Farris for all the years of entertainment.

[@michaelkaminski8339]

The King spinning history like he was still announcing WWE lol.

[@cretinousjester3475]

It would be nice to see them at peace and in a match. Whether against each other or as partners either way. I love wrestling and I hate when families fight.

[@cretinousjester3475]

Well can't blame em. An angle like that would do business in Tennessee. Fitting as its the home state of both these legends. I hope this work works out for the better of both of em.

[@cretinousjester3475]

Adam Price: Yep. I should know.

[@michaelrubin8091]

Gamer the heat is real lawler is lying

[@tonyrhoton6613]

They 200 yr. Old get in a match u must have s..t 4 brains

[@ivanwesley8182]

Not sure I believe Lawler but who knows. When I first started watching wrestling, Ferris was part of the Blonde Bombers, a top heel tag team in Memphis. When he popped up in the WWF, I knew id seen him before but it took me a while to figure out who he was. I thought he was better as a Blonde Bomber, the Honky Tonk Man gimmick sucked.

[@tonyrhoton6613]

Made him rich r u jealous

[@kbarrett63]

Forget the Hatfield's vs McCoy's...the next best battle is the 'King' vs 'Honky Tonk' in a Memphis Bootleg Cuz'n Match !!

[@untitle161]

I believe somewhere in late 2000 I learned that they are cousins.

[@nickybutt9733]

I loved Ol Honky. I trust him.

[@carloslozada470]

They both smiling here so it's a work

[@joshinbama83]

Htm was the best intercontinental champ of all time but he rarely has anything nice to say about anybody. He plays it cool but seems like hes bitter about alot of things. I like jerry too he seems like a nice dude but somebody who you couldn't really trust behind the scenes

[@marktinker21]

Josh W my fave IC Champ was Austin Idol. He wore that belt like the world title.

[@JihadBunnydick]

I can see that

[@sethderusseau3429]

Haha similar to Brett Hart complaining all the time. I still like Brett Hart though.

[@alonelypotato2788]

king : what is the 'H' stands for? "its stands for..... Honky Tonk Man

[@jacksizzle8937]

notice how Jerry acts like he didn't know the table signings were in Philadelphia, as if he doesn't remember, and that only confirms my wonders about, why is Jerry the King Lawler absent from so many Raws in Philly? or shows in Philly? it's very weird, I wonder if maybe he caught a charge in philly, because all those old raws he's never in philly, michael cole is

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

Jerry is a legend amazing how the haters attach to him like parasites.

[@windymcgee6833]

Yeah, funny how people don't like serial pedos

[@ivanwesley8182]

Legend in his own mind maybe. The dude was slow, lazy and boring. A right hand and the pile driver, the only moves the queen had in her arsenal

[@timjensen6968]

You'd think he'd contact you before saying some bad things if it were just an angle or at least immediately afterward.

[@brownsugar2456]

Just be thankful your not brothers Jerry

[@skraddypoo]

Who the hell knows with HTM. He's lied about so much, talked shit about so many - there's potentially Inception levels of kayfabe. He could've been lying to Jerry, he could've been lying on all those shoots, he could be lying to himself.

[@timmypaxton4844]

Iloveyourpaintingsandartworkandtoystoreandbbqribsandsteakes

[@diobrando6177]

Wow his lying so bad in this one

[@fernicusmaximus9282]

He barely had a relationship with his son.......I doubt he was ever close to his cousin. Some families aren't very close.

[@tedoverholt156]

What happened to Carl Fergie?

[@jipsumies3435]

cousin😶

[@benrichards399]

why is tonk dying the ends of his hair?

[@gearheadred]

All wrestlers dye their hair.

[@vasilioshioureas9972]

It's grey hair

[@lawrence142002]

That's exactly what he's doing. I saw HTM do a comedy show here in Pittsburgh last summer and he said it was his little homage to Sputnik Monroe.

[@trebillis7399]

He looks ridiculous. Die the whole thing or not at all. I guess he got tired of supporting Elvis's hair style.

[@lindseychristmas8986]

his Tribute to Sputnik Monroe

[@aldridgejay]

Will King ever address the can of hairspray?

[@XTR02]

Old school wrestlers talk a lot of crap. The thing is wrestlers can express any opinion that they want and they use the “it was a work” safety net whenever a time comes that they need to take back what they said. It’s pathetic and the line between reality and fiction is typically quite apparent.

[@BeeBumper]

Honky is sour over everyone and everything. This isn't honesty, this is pettiness. Honky believes he is responsible for the shoot interview being a thing. We know Sean likes him because he says such silly shlt. It is money, but at the cost of his self respect and dignity. I am sure as long as Oliver gets paid, what does he care? He isn't the lying sackof shlt

[@just2coolkk]

greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time :P ... okay, he is not, but had a really good run with it.

[@superfalcoproducts]

The J-Man main events at the garden with it

[@curtisburgdrof8618]

Damm Shame bad blood both great wrestlers.

[@Scorch1028]

Honky Tonk Man is delusional. He trash talks people, then he forgets that he ever said anything negative about them.

[@James-tx8ll]

Lawler couldn't hold honky-tonk man jock strap!

[@iamgrateful2694]

Hmmm it's crazy because of all the things he said for it to just be ok. Oh well that's wrestlers for ya lol

[@michaelrubin8091]

Htm meant what he said dont believe lawlrr for a minute

[@mr.unknown6094]

All of it the shoot interviews are a work . As Jim wilson said in the Book choke hold absolutely nothing is real . Nothing in Pro wrestling is real absolutely nothing .

[@michaelrubin8091]

Jim wilson is a fucking liar

[@moonbeamskies3346]

No, there are a lot of real things.

[@jacksizzle8937]

listen, Lawler is funny as shit on commentary, the best actually, but to sell out arenas, and short change your cousin with a check of 999.99, when 1500, 2k was deserved to him that's low, and there's so much more about Lawler that makes him a scumbag, and I'm not even saying Honky Tonk man is a great upstanding guy, I think he's a scumbag in some aspects too, but Lawler takes the cake, Honky at least keeps it on the straight and narrow more so than the "king"

[@steve19745]

one big money making scam after another

[@evilwillhunting]

This really doesn't surprise me. Wayne talks shit about a lot of people just as a work. Look at how much he buries Hogan, and they're buddies in RL. Honestly, no matter how acrimonious an out-of-school feud seems, chances are good it's just the wrestlers trying to make money with a pretend feud. I suspect even Jim Cornette and Vince Russo are doing this.

[@ricksearles6704]

jerry sounds old af

[@mr.russell5395]

Rick Searles well, he is 68

[@grellimichael]

and he obviously has a cold

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

I dont think it sounds like him at all period Jerry has that really excited high voice. So strange and ive listened to him my entire life.

[@darcyyaceyko9316]

They look like 2 Elvis impersonators! There is nothing great about either of them.

[@dannyhipolito817]

Except these two are wrestling legends. One’s a king who reigned supreme in the Memphis territory and one’s an Elvis impersonator with a lengthy IC title reign

[@trebillis7399]

I met him once at a Comic Con. The biggest jerk I ever met and reading his comments and others comments about him.....I am not the only one who thinks the same. In addition, why do you think he is not in the HOF? Much worse Wrestlers in there.

[@SpockvsEgon]

He was cool when I met him. Maybe he was having a bad day.

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Tre Billis well he’s in the HOF this year

[@keithsexton4886]

I met him just last week, he was awesome. Everyone has bad days once in awhile.

[@grantorino2009]

Maybe you were the jerk?

[@Desstrik]

No work or tricks.. HTM doesnt like Lawler.

[@trentrez6643]

This sounds like total BS

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Was that all a setup for a "That's what he said joke?"