HONKY TONK MAN ON STAMPEDE WRESTLING

THE HONKY TONK MAN ON STAMPEDE WRESTLING
Longest reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion of all time "The Honky Tonk Man" talks about his time wrestling for Stu Hart's "Stampede Wrestling" in this clip. He addresses the weather, getting stretched by Stu, being forced to change his wrestling name, interactions with the Hart kids, Dave Shultz, Bret Hart, switching to the Vancouver territory and then how he transitioned to WWE.
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[@Argonautx66]

Stu was beast mode in his youth. WWII kept him from Olympic competition. Truly a man’s man.

[@JDFproject]

What an entertaining story teller. So nice to see a legend who's mind isn't mush.

[@gripsimpson]

One of the best and favorite guys of mine to listen to. Great details. Awesome Stu Hart impression.

[@Chupacvabra]

Amazing hearing a southern guy talking about life in the great white north.

[@johansmallberries9874]

Puerto Rican uppercut is friggin hilarious

[@Dakatari]

It's great hearing Stu Hart stories there should be a documentary or a movie on Stu Hart and the Hart family.

[@misterslats]

Surviving The Dungeon from about 15 years ago. If I can find it again online I'll post the link here. I know there's dvd extras and outtakes online but I'm not sure about the full documentary anymore.

[@Dakatari]

@@misterslats I would love to watch or read more about the Hart family

[@jessetorres9502]

Bret's book is a great resource

[@CooteRJ_84]

He seems like a nice guy. Had an action figure of him when I was a kid and people thought it was Elvis. LOL

[@nondweller]

Same. Loved his action figure

[@imustgoshopping6189]

Still have mine. It’s the only figure I somehow kept

[@misterslats]

In 1983 Al Tomko had run All-Star into the ground and didn't have the stick to keep Stu out of British Columbia so Stu got Stampede Wrestling on BC TV, partnered with Brian Adams's manager, and ran some of his biggest shows of all time in British Columbia. 7000 people paid gate for Bruce Hart vs. Tiger Williams at the PNE arena. 9000+ for a supershow with Dyno, News, Andre, Dr. D, etc. They were cleaning up in Vancouver, Victoria, and Nanaimo right up until the WWF told Stu "you can either let us buy you out or we'll just come in and take the territory within a years time". Stu was conflicted cuz adding BC to his loop had been a huge success but ultimately he saw the writing on the wall and as one of only four territories that were offered buyouts from the WWF he decided he'd better take it instead of getting bulldozed out later for nothing. Then Vince swerved Stu anyway and didn't make his first $100,000 yearly payment knowing Stu couldn't sue as he did the deal on a handshake. Vince has been screwing Harts for years.

[@christopherumberger6142]

I got to meet Honky Tonk Man a few years back at a show in Bland Virginia. Great guy

[@ianfleischhacker6154]

As a kid, he was the heel I despised. Everything he did worked. He was 100% on point, every time.

[@chrisscott541]

Always go to honky tonk man to here stories in the mean time and in between time THIS is another edition of stampede wrestling

[@brucemaguire3238]

I was at the WWF in Calgary. Honky Tonks match and heat from the crowd was simply amazing

[@majormike9664]

God Bless Stu Hart. All these young tough guys scared as hell of him even though he was near 70 yrs old !!!. what a BADASS he was.

[@johnnybond5143]

Nova Scotia shout out! I remember watching Leo Burke wrestle in cape Breton... he's a Stampede guy

[@landrykkb]

+Johnny Bond I'm a Caper,too.

[@johnnybond5143]

the good ol Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling days

[@landrykkb]

Johnny Bond I watched it manys a Saturday afternoon on ATV.

[@peteandrepete528]

Living on P.EI. I would watch that a lot of it too.The only show I liked more than that was HNIC.We only had tfc (two fucking channels) so there wasn't a whole lot to pick from .Sometimes you got 3fc but only if the french channel was coming in lol.

[@andrewstrong8955]

Stampede was on TV in Toronto, along with International wrestling from MTL...and all star wrestling.from BC...

[@robertcaul4426]

Andrew Strong hey I miss those days we got awa and the Detroit area too it made 6 hrs 6 different territories every saturday

[@Slickshapiro13]

smc chandler all star was shown coast to coast on CTV affiliates. Bctv was the Vancouver affiliate

[@charleslennonbaker]

Thank you! Great interview(s)! This man should have his own KZbin channel!

[@thesixshooter6506]

Honky Tonk Man seems to be a really nice guy... well-spolen, informative, and respectful of his peers and the fans. Very impressive. And I always LOVED his character. You rock Honky Tonk Man... in and out of the ring.

[@savagehenry1234]

Nova Scotia shout out - Grand Prix Wrestling!

[@peteandrepete528]

I live on the Island and I used to love the old Grand Prix.

[@PlanetaryHealer-in2sf]

Honky Tonk Man gives a great interview! He also seems very intelligent.

[@jonstark3034]

Puerto Rican upper-cut that's some funny stuff always liked him even dressed up like him when i was 12 for Halloween.

[@sese6227]

Did everyone think you were Elvis? lol

[@rosaleenswami1186]

i really miss old school wrestling

[@SharksRule86]

Wrestlers tell the most interesting stories.

[@osvaldoflores2088]

Honky tonk man he's a great story teller

[@jerfacekilla]

2:20 Haven't laughed so hard in a long time...

[@MrROTD]

I grew up on Stampede and All Star Wrestling, loved it it was brutal.

[@snoxbox]

HTM is so good at telling stories.

[@nobrakes3765]

Tonky Tonk sounds like a good dude.

[@kurtwpg]

Funny about the Al Tomko stuff. Living in eastern Canada, Stampede was more of a legend, but it was Tomko's promotion I actually got on TV.

[@mrparkinson]

Al Tomko paid double? You wouldnt know that ever happened if you watched his show in the late 80s. That said, I do kinda miss All Star Wrestling...

[@MichaelLevineHair]

All Star was so bad, I never believed it even as a little kid. I lived for Stampede. And for a while Big Tine from Portland aired in Vancouver and that was awesome too. But nothing beat Stampede. Gama and Bad News were such great heels.

[@davehenderson3739]

Honky tonk Wayne has always been a class act.

[@jeromebourchier1812]

Does a good Stu! Miss Stampede so, so much!

[@thorpestanford5359]

I grew up watching stampede wrestling

[@tomwalker389]

2:24 20" arms. To give you some perspective, Lex Luther came in at 20 ½".

[@guycalgary7800]

I remember seeing him at the stampede thoroughbred races when I was a kid .

[@4ArchieLee]

Thee Best style ever!!! Stampede Style 💯

[@michaelshort9214]

I remember his arrival well, I think though that Dr D brought him in as Ragin Cajun, at the time he was one of my faves next to Dynamite!

[@phildirt3]

everybody does stu

[@jasonfagan3104]

Dis Really Elvis Presley though. For real man !

[@billestew7535]

Bad news Allen, Archie [the stomper] Goldie, and Honkey Tonk were the greatest heels at Stampede, I never consider the Dynamite Kid as a heel because he was so talented and J.R Foley could put almost any manager to shame because he was a comic genius

[@tonyrodrigues9425]

Love hearing htm stories

[@jpVari]

this is not an insult to honkey tonk, but the line from hogan "you're as good as anyone else" when it came to getting a break for a friend is so fucking funny.

[@jameslott4606]

lol that was a great shoot

[@jameslott4606]

stu hart and the dungeon i wouldnt want to get streached by stu.

[@johngallagher72]

A Puerto Rican uppercut ...bwahahaha

[@bieberninja1]

14:13 what else happened in that bathroom?.....heh heh

[@umagnus77]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@personalemail1632]

ya Saskatchewan never gets a mention

[@Lyle134]

Honky Tonk Wayne wrestled in Regina, Saskatoon, Weyburn, Melfort, Saskatchewan.

[@personalemail1632]

Lyle134 I remember seeing him in Saskatoon when I was young.

[@ronaldmcdonald3678]

We’re throwing a party Ed Whalen, and your not invited.

[@Ravens-ft2hn]

Im native i like that

[@johndallas4546]

Anyone got a picture of his 20" arms?

[@cuntbag6969]

Some people say Honky looks like Elvis...I'm not one of those people.

[@ronanc5914]

Pre Internet,did many people believe wrestling wasn't scripted?

[@sese6227]

@@jamescarter3196 No 🤣 Most people knew it was fake, well before the internet came ever came along.

[@twicebaked4205]

believing in Santa Claus and that wrestling was 'real', ended at about the same time for me, which was quite young. lol

[@kalewilliams2603]

new jack corny honky

[@kidwicked99]

stampede was shown in bc. wasn't just on across the prairies

[@bigbadbarbiepodcastchannel2682]

300-400-800 miles? @ 11:07

[@outdooraddventure]

I don't know why people bad mouth Hulk Hogan Hogan got a lot of people jobs even guys like Bobby love Hogan

[@genxtasy9914]

Bret was always late for everything

[@412StepUp]

Why is Bret hart always late? That seems like that is the problem for every company he worked for his entire career. Does he think he can show up whenever he wants, but everybody else is in time?

[@TheHannibalTV]

Yes even in the Stampede days.

[@nondweller]

I'm gonna guess that hes very obsessive. He probably goes through a very long routine before work and just cant get out of the house on time.

[@josephmiller9424]

David Sultz was Superstar Billy Graham Hogan took Superstar act Stone Cold did DR.D watch his old promos

[@gladstonehome4943]

Hi I +4K

[@laurenceamspoker782]

Eh Eh Eh

[@Ravens-ft2hn]

Indian Territories Lol

[@hayesc0]

Such exaggerations lol.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Stampede Wrestling sucks...Where Ryback trained is a House of Legends

[@Konni1969]

Go get a King James Bible. Read it with your own ego turned off and find Jesus Christ. Time is short.

[@pwea1anda2]

what's that got to do with wrasslin' ??????

[@lawrence142002]

Or we could all just do our own thing and shut up about it.

[@jamiephillips3947]

Religion is made up