Honky Tonk Man - Why I Jobbed to Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

Shout out to the legendary Honky Tonk Man🔥 Watch Every HTM Interview Instantly ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

[@gilson1982]

I am gonna troll his fans hard when he bites the big one.

[@gilson1982]

If he was so great, why didn't he win the Intercontinental title more than once? Why didn’t he ever win the World title?

[@jefferyfite7122]

​@@gilson1982The fact that he held the title for a year tells you he was able to put @sses in the seats. He was great at his job.

[@d.c.5842]

I love the Honky-Tonk man, I was a massive fan of the heels when I was a kid. Thank you, Honky Tonk! 🙏🏾🙌🏾👏🏾

[@TheGalilee416]

As much as I couldn't stand him in his day, he absolutely did his job and loved the business. Respect!

[@Turrican60]

I always loved Honky, back in the day. A great dude. Love from England, big fellah!

[@isaacgraham5727]

Damn, guy was such a pro. Knew exactly how to job out to Warrior in such a way as to get the maximum possible pop for everyone involves. Knew the guy’s strengths and weaknesses and how to utilize his character properly with his own.

[@matthewdavidson4471]

Warrior beating Honky Tonk Man was the single greatest moment of that first SummerSlam. I can’t even remember what the main event was, but I remember that match.

[@dastardlyduke2638]

Agreed, I couldn’t stand the Honkey Tonk Man as a kid. As an adult that’s when I realized how good of a heel he was.

[@kevingavigan1286]

I was at MSG- he's right, the place absolutely erupted when Warrior came out and again when he won. Honkey was the perfect heel because everyone wanted to see him lose.

[@gilson1982]

He was famous for being a loser. That sums up his life.

[@gilson1982]

He was famous for failing. That sums up his life.

[@derekgaliee4351]

​@@gilson1982what ??? Warrior Won Against Vince McMahon in Court bought a home in Arizona and Gym & Got Married & had two daughters. According to Honky Tonk Man & Kamala & Al Perez & Bad News Brown Warrior was Nice to them. Paid for Kamala Hotel& rental car When Vince McMahon didn't want to pay him .

[@kylonbell123]

​@@gilson1982HTM was IC Champion 😂 even when he lost he won that just speaks to his talent

[@gilson1982]

@@kylonbell123 - He never won the I.C. Title more than once. Nor was he ever a World Champion. He ripped off Elvis, he was a flavor of the month and a Hogan stooge.

[@VoxRox1]

I could listen to Honkey speak for hours. He’s a great storyteller

[@Progen77]

I've watched so many shoot interviews with him that I have 😎

[@EnjoySackLunch]

Nah he trashier

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

I couldn’t stand this guy as a kid. 🎸. He did his job well 👏

[@smp-vn3pc]

Honestly I kinda liked him as a kid even though I knew he was a bad guy

[@daviddoyle8956]

I just thought he sucked. No that great a wrestler why do you think later on he was let go.

[@jamesstevens3178]

I couldn't sand him either, but when I watch him back now I love his character

[@CA-fy6gj]

Same. Had that go away heat when I was 8.

[@waynejohnson9017]

Hated him

[@kenterminateddq5311]

2:40 I lost it when Honky Tonk Man imitated Warrior's entrance and theme song. 😅

[@battlestarmarc]

His warm up to do the music was funny too.

[@BarryMilburnJr]

SAME 😂😂😂😂

[@Rockhound6165]

Wayne had one of the most underrated heel turns in history.

[@cassiuscoleman4624]

Being a big fan of Elvis Presley I was an instant fan of the Honky Tonk Man. I get his gimmick immediately and I loved it. A Heel Elvis Presley character? I'm there brother. I hope he sees this because I want him to know that the Honky Tonk Man is one of my favorite old school wrestles and Vince McMahon and the WWE are fools for losing you. You are absolutely THE Greatest WWF Intercontinental Champion...OF ALL TIME!!! Also I agree with him; Steamboat is truly one of the Top Ten greats of the Industry...BAR NONE!!!!

[@HelixCanada]

He was very cool in video games too very fun to play as a character

[@Singleballtheory]

He's right about one thing, decades later I can still muster some of that old hate I had for that character. It's like someone reminding you of a favorite restaurant that went out of business years ago, but you can instantly taste the food at the mere mention of it. My hatred for Honkey Tonk Man (the character) is the exact same way.

[@electroduval831]

I was a Warrior fan because of his quick win over HTM. Summerslam 88 was my first pay per view.

[@brianticas7671]

Must have been great. I saw warrior come back in 1996 a long with Jake the snake 🐍.

[@siegfriedc2332]

Had Summerslam 88 on tape back in the day.

[@harjbhoohe9033]

I remember after that match backstage, Honky was still dazed and said, "Did I win?" I didn't like him back then but he was hilariious 😅 Another funny moment in a tag match against Bushwackers where he had his guitar on one of the Bushwackers head and posed for a photo before he hit him 😂

[@GamingManual]

HTM is old school gold.

[@TOOL-22]

Honky has a great mind for the business, he knew how to draw money & get over as a heel.

[@looneyburgmusic]

Hearing Honky Tonk praise Ricky Steamboat was unexpected. I've always thought Steamboat was one of the greatest technical wrestlers of that era, (just watch any of his matches with Ric Flair or Savage), but never thought someone like Honky would ever acknowledge that...

[@wil.dcoyote8283]

"The day you cut The honky tonks men's hair is the day I'll be retired on a lake" such a boss line💪🏿

[@Skunkman-w5x]

Then he said something about unless you got a retirement package for me 😂😂

[@UAPReportingCenter]

He is absolutely right. I hated him as a kid and that meant he was doing a great job.

[@jeffreythompson6330]

I loved the Honky Tonk Man character! 💯🔥👏

[@MrWaldbums]

Honky Tonk Man was so bad...is what made him cool, but he wasn't supposed to be a Bret Hart or Benoit, he was exactly what he was supposed to be, that's what put him over, one of my favorite heels of all time; great on the Mic, took falls well, broke the rules to win, you can't ask for more than that to get heat from the fans, job well done, thank you, Wayne Ferris!!!

[@davemontano3790]

The same analogy can be used for Warrior and Berg. They weren’t supposed to be putting on a technical spectacle, they were supposed to make fans thing they are unstoppable with brute force no nonsense smash mouth action. If Vince thought it was important to make him train to work correctly then he would have before he gained this poor reputation with his peers. Vince only cared about the money and not so much about his talents health and well being back then. Imagine the warrior with proper training? It could have been beautiful if done right, there is a middle ground that could have been met.

[@halbailman]

I still remember the interview after Summerslam. Honky said to Mean Gene, something like: "I said I'd wrestle anybody. I didn't say I'd wrestle a warrior. God damn it, Mean Gene, they sent a warrior. It's not fair. The belt is mine. I'm the greatest of all time!" A classic character in WWE history. Of course, that IC Title match was when I became a huge fan of the Ultimate Warrior.

[@imogenaris1697]

Arguably in the top 3 greatest heels of all time pantheon, surrounded by Rick Rude ( R.I.P. ), & prime heel, late 70's-late 80's Randy Savage ( R.I.P. ). HTM was a brilliant performer, well-spoken, & highly underrated. He mastered how to work a crown into a frenzy with what he said, good bumps & body language. His interviews in the early part of his IC reign, he was a powder keg on the mic, well before Bubba Ray Dudley's infamous ppv pipe bomb. The pop he got when he dropped the IC belt was like an orgasm reaching climax. This is what pro wrestling is missing today. Honky, the writers, & everyone who was involved with his IC title reign, right up to this build up did everything right. Fans could not wait to finally see Honky get beat! It didn't matter if Warrior was the shits- that was one of the greatest crowd pops of all time

[@damokinawa1291]

Rude,, Million dollar perfect. honky donk man is not top 3!

[@danski6694]

@ 2:41 is the best moment in KZbin history

[@battlestarmarc]

2:36. Honky was a fabulous heel. Super IC champ. He did funny heel promos, especially with mean gene. Honky Tonk and Jimmy Hart were fantastic together. 6:54 Honky's view on the pro wrestling business is logical. warrior rude feud was great.

[@gilson1982]

If he was so great, why didn't he win the Intercontinental title more than once? Why didn’t he ever win the World title? Why were his hands so small? Why was he scared of Dynamite Kid?

[@DavidYesUCan]

We wanted to see him get beat in Stampede every weekend!

[@josephdownes4718]

Always liked the heels growing up and HTM does a pretty good interview

[@olstar18]

That part about ricky steamboat. Is that when he took some time off for his sons birth or when he left the wwf?

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

I loved the Honky tonk man as a kid and got made fun of for doing so! However, ultimate warrior was my favorite, so I wanted him to beat Honkys ass!

[@kazman_6899]

You talk about Piper, Dibiase, Lawler, Flair as the best heels. This guy was as good a heel as anyone. Hella underrated star. And sold like a mfer

[@egomaniac247]

I'm just waiting to hear "Mister Mack-Man"

[@corywickenkamp8173]

Legendary heel. Great interview.

[@tinman67tn]

HTM is a true legand. I was so happy to meet him at a con and get an auto.

[@darkerknight7010]

Didn’t they start his run with the fans voting by phone whether he would be a heel or face?

[@iconiclust]

MacMan 😭👍

[@srv2217]

I have SO MUCH respect for HTM

[@kevinmcbroom4370]

Honkey is a funny ass man😅😅

[@swedejohanson7739]

Honky Tonk man is a legend

[@timothylewis2527]

Man, I hated this guy so much when i was s kid. I'm like his biggest fan now. We love you, Wayne!

[@salvagemonster3612]

Honky and Greg Gagne should have started a wrestling league. They would have sold out everywhere

[@danski6694]

Come to think of it - those Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules matches were my favorite matches ever

[@ratedtriplex]

He failed at his job with me. I loved the Honky Tonk Man.

[@egomaniac247]

I can picture now, some babyface character ripping the wig off and Honky & Jimmy Hart going crazy...

[@905JimRaynor]

Greatest of All Time! ! !

[@BrokenTablesPodcast]

Honky may not know it, but he's def in my top 10 heels of all time. One of the greats. On my heel Rushmore.

[@FerretJohn]

From what I've heard Honkytonk's title length was never intended, he was supposed to lose the IC Title much earlier, but the people they were looking at to dethrone him for one reason or another kept being forced to bow out before it happened.

[@bill_77]

Bring him back...for a few episodes on raw

[@yragcom1]

Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time!!!!

[@brandonmckinley1413]

not everyone hated you. My mom and I were both big Honkey Tonk Man fans.

[@ziggypop79]

Say what you want about warrior but he was in several classic matches

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, TITLE MATCH WRESTLING

[@stevendrumm4957]

It isn't true that Steamboat never wrestled the Honky Tonk Man again after he dropped the IC belt to him. They had at least three return matches for the IC Title, with two of them being at MSG.

[@robertborgeson1821]

Honk was very good at his job. Even when he came back for an extremely brief stint in the attitude era he was darn near perfect. I still dont know why that angle got scrapped.

[@Thjorsson]

He was such a great heel.

[@jerseyforhawks]

I did not root for the HTM back in the day, but, he's a great dude.

[@dnice2000]

Steamboat was one of the goats

[@darnellrobinson6048]

Warrior was never a good worker but his charisma & physique put him over

[@relaxandgetoverit8393]

Obviously dummy. They need to take the comments off of these videos

[@CorneliusFisher-x4g]

​@relaxandgetoverit8393 calm down ms. Sensitive

[@venomlords]

The sky is blue

[@philliphwillis2854]

I do remember it back then in WWF Wrestling in 1985 or 1986 years.

[@philliphwillis2854]

I do remember it back then in WWF Wrestling in 1985 or 1986 years.

[@MyimpressionL]

💥HONKY TONK WAS VERY ENTERTAINING WITH HIS MANAGER 🎉

[@moik5185]

Not sure of the gimmick he mentioned, but I think he's right about _Bad News Brown_ having alot of potential. You can see in interviews that he was pretty bright. Could've cut some decent promos and whatnot.

[@J0nny_Ch1mp0]

Top 10 workers [in no particular order]: Flair, Steamboat, Bret, Eddie G, Shawn, Angle, Perfect, Lance Storm, Rude, RVD. Honorable mention: xpac, Benoit, Dibiase

[@rayshardsmith2546]

No Sheldon Benjamin 🤨

[@J0nny_Ch1mp0]

@rayshardsmith2546 there's always a few that get forgotten. I would put Booker before Shelton. I stopped watching around 03-04.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

Chris Benoit 🐐

[@Mersinliism]

The Honky Tonk Man was a great wrestler with great Performance

[@PassivePortfolios]

Because that's what Vince told him to do.

[@chucky19710]

Saying that Rick Rude taught Warrior how to work is nonsense, because Warrior and Rick Rude worked together before they coming to the WWF, so if we assume that Warrior did not know how to work when he first came to WWF, why did Rick Rude not teach him how to work before the WWF? They had already wrestled each other many times before WWF.

[@MrToddles12]

HTM played an excellent heel I always thought.

[@oooverboard]

Best 30 second match of all time

[@mrmgrace]

I hated Honky Tony man with a real passion!! 😂😂😂😂 what a great worker

[@dbguitars]

I was the opposite. My friends we Warrior fans and I was always HonkyTonkMan fan

[@gregheiden9986]

HTM had good heat. You wanted to see this wrestle so he could get beat.

[@HermitagePrepper]

Very professional

[@devansafer4251]

🎶 no na na na no no no no no noooo!🎶 😂😂😂

[@stevencarter4338]

Honky comes up with different stories abt Warrior . One i watched he said " I never had a problem with Jim "

[@adamirishconundrum851]

Yeah lots of wrestlers actually liked Warrior, just the ones jealous that he was pushed to the moon fast didn't.

[@MavAuto-Pete]

That's the way I say, if we hated million dollar man or whoever so much, they were doing a great job in portraying that character. A credit to most of those heels back in the day, they did a fantastic job. They should of all got roughly same pay as each other. Hogan is no different than any other wrestler, he couldn't work that well and only knew about as many moves as you can count on your fingers.

[@MrDuneedon]

I hated this "match" so much. As a kid watching wrestling in the mid-80s and early 90s, I ALWAYS rooted for the heels -- just found them MUCH more interesting. Loved Honky and HATED the Warrior (and Hogan, too). But hey, I respect the fact that this squash match was basically Honky's call -- and I gotta admit, it was very effective. The crowd pop WAS amazing, even though at the time I was yelling and screaming that it wasn't fair LOL.

[@cvs2kids]

I agree. If he made 7000 and the main even tear made a million, that’s terrible

[@dandrson7903]

Hated him as a kid. Love him as an adult. It was a great character and I watch his old matches and laugh so hard. He was awesome.

[@claytonjones8358]

Was the Utimate Warrior an Indian gimmick? Like Indian (Native American) Indian??

[@777Eliyahu]

Originally he was the dingo warrior, so Australian?

[@richardthompson6366]

Ultimate Warrior was a Road Warrior gimmick as a singles wrestler.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

You know I gotta have the belt in the towns? Well, that sure changed with Brock and Reigns and those cushy schedules. Lucky to get them to wrestle on TV let alone a house show.

[@StannisHarlock]

He's right. I hated him, but when he was gone, I missed him

[@KevinEllisGuitars]

❤Honkey Tonk Man!😊

[@brianj.m.5016]

Greatest ic champ ever!!

[@WeGotWorkToDo]

Best match along with the HHH squash

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Warrior was a cerebral assasain. His technical ability inspired Bret Hart. Thats why Bret was The Hitman. Because Warrior hit a man

[@jeffreyivery4299]

Remember America is A Funny Place To Be If your in the entertainment business Legends like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe and Even John Wayne If Someone in The Wrestling Business goes out there as a Character Of One Of THEM the fans won't like that Why because they have seen this before if he the honky Tonk Man Had of Come out as a different person he might have gotten over with the fans but he didn't and people who are lookalikes to these legends never get over.

[@Swededude74]

2:39 Honky on the Ultimate Warrior! 🤣

[@adamnelson3018]

Honky was the best.

[@ratedtriplex]

Just gonna leave this here for the future 2:32

[@lottoguy6457]

I loved the honked tonk man. Always loved the good heels. Hated the eat your vitamins John cena types.

[@LanceUppercut78]

So he refused to lose clean to Macho Man because according to HTM, it would "bury his character" but lets Warrior squash him worse than any jobber in history? Makes zero sense.

[@HypnoticPhantom]

The reason was the behind the scenes negotiations. According to HTM with Savage, Vince brought HTM and Jimmy to his place along with Savage and Liz and Vince talked about the match like HTM wasn't even there. With Warrior, they included him in the match planning that's why he didn't have an issue jobbing to Warrior.

[@damokinawa1291]

I call BS bout what he said about him n mcmahon brainstorming...

[@mac888spectral7]

Not really. That match with Savage was much earlier in his reign. By the time Warrior got his shot, Honky obviously knew it had gone on plenty long enough.

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

Honky was a pdo. Respect

[@brendanmcpeake3697]

Warrior was pure electricity and excitement! Honky Tonk Man was a pure jobber!

[@williewest2998]

Warrior was a big jacked up steroid guy who flamed out soon as they put the title on him

[@brendanmcpeake3697]

@williewest2998 Warrior was a legend and, if you don't agree, means you were not a wrestling fan in the 90s - simple!

[@williewest2998]

@ a legend that got hot and flamed out quick that can’t be denied

[@brendanmcpeake3697]

@williewest2998 He made his money and then quit a business that he had no time for!

[@williewest2998]

@ nah he flamed out before he quit the business.

[@Lantern72]

HTM, Blanchard, Zybszco, ect

[@rizzalater72]

Steamboat did not drop out of sight. He was back a month later and worked 2 matches with this one hit wonder at MSG.

[@michaelgallagher5519]

I don’t think Honky was nitpicking about a match here or there. He was referring to the fact that Steamboat didn’t immediately follow up with a LONG TERM run to have a feud.

[@rizzalater72]

He still didn't drop out of sight. He didn't leave for good until after WM4.

[@loh711]

Fun Fact: HTM beat Steamboat in June ‘87 (at least it aired in June ‘87). Steamboat didn’t show up again on a WWE PPV until March ‘88-WrestleMania IV. That’s 9 months out of the tv spotlight. HTM is right: if Steamboat stuck around for a bit, they would’ve made killer business.

[@rizzalater72]

@@loh711 Wrong. He was in the Survivor Series of Nov. 87. They gave the feud to Savage. Do better research.

[@rizzalater72]

Lost it to HTM in June of '87 got 2 rematches at MSG in July and August. Wrestled him again the weekend before the SS in Nov. '87. Then was on team Savage for the first SS. Wrestled Rick Rude at MSG in Dec. '87 Then twice more. Second time at the first free televised Royal Rumble in Jan. '88 then again on Superstars in Feb. '88. Left after WM4

[@TheRealClintEkert]

Honky could have beaten UW in shoot, but doubtful in the first 2 minutes. Warrior over HTM in that one. He knew.

[@Mantelar]

Because Vince told me to. Everything else is cope. I watched some of his pre WWF stuff. He would’ve been so much better if they just let him be himself, without the awful gimmick He played a sort of low class Rick Flair. It worked.

[@abehulk3453]

2:41 😂😂😂😂

[@mistermay7986]

I changed the channel when ever he came on

[@BennyThePlayaScala]

Mac Man :)

[@csho6512]

He had to job, he already nixed other angles to losing the belt. The WWF at this time were looking to push HTM down the card, I mean I guess he could have said no... It wouldn't have stopped his fall though.