Honky Tonk Man on Greg Valentine & Why Vince Ended Rhythm & Blues

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

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[@pbsimmons2303]

Rhythm and blues were slow and slower that at that time it was like watching paint dry like they were 10 yrs ago in the indys

[@crazyralph6386]

Never knew that Rick Rude came up with the R&B name. That’s awesome!

[@tarzlegacy9446]

I love how Honky Tonk says "MAC-MANN" 😂

[@sergrod1]

😅😅😅

[@gertpacu3926]

I still think they should have teamed Anvil, and the Hammer. It was right in front of their faces and they screwed it all up.

[@752brickie]

Ha ha ha me too!

[@walterclark3198]

Rick rude also came up with the legion of doom name for the road warriors. Plus he use to live with them. Also Rude was a bouncer at night clubs. Rest in peace Rick Rude.

[@briangoodie3420]

@@walterclark3198 I thought Hogan came up with the Road Warrior name. Lol.

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

Rude was a legit steamroller absolute ass kicker

[@flanary262]

Jake Roberts created the name as he was part of the legion of doom in the Nwa with the road warriors .

[@jsnunya]

Honky is like the wrestling version of Chappelle's "Playa Haters Club" sketch, and I cant get enough

[@knicknack4511]

Facts!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertheadley3483]

"I have to go put some water in Mac-Man's mommas dish." - Honky Tonk Man

[@JohnMayernich]

The way he says Mac Man is cracking me up!

[@Ran_Man77]

HTM has the best shoot interviews...he has lots of stories to tell.

[@electric-up2tr]

Yes and they’re all made up and mostly not true. Wayne is a jackass.

[@Supertron1]

They tried to make HTM a commentator because Vince liked the idea of having a three-man team and they still needed someone to replace Jesse Ventura as the heel commentator. Piper filled the role that Bruno and Superstar had, as the babyface commentator, since Piper was a good guy by that point.

[@NunYabidness-e1j]

Be my baby Tonight was a chart topping hit by Rhythm and Blues.. Greg in black hair was comical but it worked i loved watching these two in ring on the mic

[@daviddoyle8956]

'Be my baby to night' was a song that Road Dog Jesse James wrote and JJ lyp sync it but that was years later.

[@cailcampbell5890]

I remember when Honky Tonk (Wayne), Man was one half of the Memphis Mafia. That was a great tag team!

[@walterclark3198]

Greg Valentine and Honky Tonk Man were great as a team. Vince didn't know what he had.

[@MikePScott624]

Yea definitely good heels . They drew heat

[@daviddoyle8956]

Vince breaks up a lot of good teams or couple's odd specially when there a hit.

[@royfarris5889]

They were supposed to take the belts from the harts until lod came in and were promised the belts from vince

[@morrnmanderson7376]

@@royfarris5889 yea bro, the video literally just said that lol

[@solecreator4844]

I used to comment on Rhythm & Blues' act at Wrestle Mania VI, where they were supposed to sing their latest hit with Jimmy Hart holding the golden record in his hands of that so called new hit of theirs. Which first of all astonished me, because I thought that the golden record was for real, so I was always wondering who bought their singles. The first thing that was great about their act, was when they came in with the Pink Cadillac. After all those years of hearing the Honky Tonk Man's entrance song : "Coming through your town in my Pink Cadillac..." Finally we got to see his Pink Cadillac. Great stuff. They sang their new number one hit once and just when they were about to do the "encore" because the fans in attendance really asked for it... Yeah right... All of sudden there were two goofy guys at ringside, pretending to sell magazines or whatever and the Honky Tonk Man noticed they were the Bushwhakers. The Bushwackers stepped into the ring. I think one of them gets knocked down with the guitar or not, but the Bushwackers quickly got the advantage and destroyed the guitars in the middle of the ring, while Rhythm & Blues ran away with Jimmy Hart... on foot. I know the air time might have been the reason, but I always found it a missed opportunity where they could have tossed in an unexpected extra match. No matter what the outcome. Or maybe Rhythm & Blues win after distracting the referee and one of them Bushwackers get knocked cold with a guitar. And afterwards the Bushwackers destroy the guitars. Anyways, the more I rewatch that event and that particular segment, I do feel it was a missed opportunity.

[@elway2k]

Always neat to hear the old school wrestlers mention Scranton Pennsylvania. Thats where I would see them wrestle, back in the 80's/90's, at the Scranton CYC.

[@trump-totalwar6509]

i went a few rounds with shawn michaels in scranton restrooms many times back in the day. hillbilly jim too.

[@beardifull462]

Respect to Honkey Tonk man I met him and he seems like nice such a good dude

[@fatharold1788]

he really knows the business

[@shallendor]

One of my favorite Tag Teams, with 2 of my favorite Singles Wrestlers!

[@HermitagePrepper]

Greg doesn't get enough credit for his physique. He looks strong as a bull.

[@johndalessandro6433]

Even as a kid i knew pro wrestling was pre determined. I already was pretty sure but as a kid i went to pittsburgh civic arena and looked in the gap of the double doors to the lockeroom area and seen Tony Gareeha talkin to and shakin' hands with one of the moondogs. But, i still enjoyed watchin' wrestling, just like i enjoyed watching a good movie that is not real. Greg Valentine was one of my top 3 wrestlers i loved. Even knowing that the matches where pre determined, i would still get caught up in Greg's matches because he was believable. He would make you mad at him because he showed he could win legitimately but would still take shirtcuts and cheat. He had a good wrestling body, his stiffness was apparent. He did the little things that convinced you he was a very capable wrestler and knew how to cause pain and injury to an apponent. He was a blue collar type of guy also, nuthin fancy just strait foward ass kicker

[@pabloredwood2856]

Clairton Pa Checkin' In! From '81-'85 I went to matches every month at the Civic Arena. Got a chance 2 see all the WWF greats

[@jimodirakallumkal5351]

The MacMan and the dusty impersonation " baby" is awesome. I wonder how many he can do

[@ChrisHughes-q1v]

I've always liked Honky.

[@johnm2617]

Thank you very much people! This belts for you 😅😅😊 Booo Boooo < Thank you so much ! Me and peggy sue love you ** Dude always had me laughing my azz off !!

[@dishingpaul9174]

Once Vince got lod it killed the tag team division for good. First they killed rhythm and blues than demolition my favorite tag team of all time also killed power and glory is a other awesome tag team. Lod is a first ballot hall of fame tag team of all time no question bout that but in wwf they wasn’t that good compared to demolition bull dogs and the heart foundation.

[@christopherbako]

I heard everything he said. Especially never forgot that Rick Rude named them.

[@Adam-vs2in]

LOD and the nasty boys weren’t even around until after WM6 so up until that time you had- the rockers, hart foundation, demolition, bushwhackers, orient express, Andre and Haku who had a short title run. That was about it around that time. Powers of pain were split, rougeau brothers were split, brain busters were gone. I don’t remember a whole lot of teams around at that point. I think they just done away with honky and valentine because there was just nothing there.

[@steve9473]

Yup, and the only thing anybody remembers from them is their brief feud with The Bushwhackers. Aside from that, Honky and Valentine were past their usefulness.

[@daviddoyle8956]

Power of Pain was a copy cat of L.O.D. hair cuts size they where a bad tag team and even worse as single wrestlers. Rhythm and Blues was a terrible idea it was a joke and a embarrassment.

[@cooltaylor1015]

Honkey always has something interesting to say

[@YorkBallersInc]

Rhythm and blues was awesome.

[@cooltaylor1015]

I don't remember Honkey vs. Snuka at all. I remember him losing the IC Title, failing to regain it,and immediately moving on to tags with Valentine

[@darkstaroblivion]

HTM won't see this but , Iam a scare actor and really emulate him . His abilities to adapt to different types of styles is amazing

[@stevendrumm4957]

A lot of those tag teams that Honky mentioned were not in the WWF at the time that Rhythm and Blues were a tag team (1990).

[@daviddoyle8956]

Drugs messes your memory up and he likes to point finger at everyone else.

[@CannedHam2479]

Rhythm & Blues, Power and Glory, and Demolition got buried to accomodate the LOD Im the biggest LOD fan of all time, but in hindsight WWF never shouldve brought them in. Tag division wouldve been better off without them imho

[@henrylicious]

Or at the very least, build up some other teams so they have a solid program from the beginning.

[@CannedHam2479]

@ Agreed

[@Dustin-im8vr]

Man rhythm and blues could of been magic

[@oRealAlieNo]

When i was a kid i thought htm was elvis.

[@patron7906]

This is a bit of trivia for you but I do believe that in actuality the HTM gimmick was in part somewhat based off of being an Elvis impersonator. If you pay close attention, you can see more than a couple similarities between HTM and Elvis. Both of them were musicians, the guitar and both HTM and Elvis wore the jumpsuits. A lot of people do not pick up on that. Oh and also both had black hair. Once you actually pay attention and notice it, it's hard not to notice it. I am glad I could educate you here, you are very welcome.

[@morse3850]

Me too. I honestly thought as a little kid that Elvis faked his death and became a wrestler

[@andreasstavrinou6219]

Shake'Rattle, Roll.

[@alexcorrea4828]

These are great

[@Chris-sm6xu]

Wayne was always a be 2:54 tter talker than worker. Glad to see he’s finally doing what he’s good at.

[@flintironstag2381]

Sometimes opposites work. Look at booksr T and goldust.

[@stevendrumm4957]

I like Honky, but he often gets his timelines mixed up.

[@derrick_smitty]

What year is this interview from?

[@MrJobsworth1979]

2000

[@derrick_smitty]

@ thanks

[@2Duggy]

Guess why dusty didn’t call. 😂😂😂

[@ROBERTTONUS]

how old is honky in this interview?

[@cutekanjii]

HTM was the King of the shoot interviews! He just didn't give a sh*t lol 😂 and would just tell it like it is. You can tell he's being honest. Most of them in the shoot interviews you could tell weren't as they were still warey of playing the politics game, making sure not to say the wrong thing about the wrong people for fear of perhaps not getting back in with vince & the company. Even if they were retired as they all still lived with the prospect of another payday or that Hall of Fame. Since most of the shoot interviews were done in the 00s, lots of the 80s & 90s wrestlers were still alive, and hoping for that phone call with a connecticut dialling code. McMahon probably made the hall of fame a big deal at that time, as a means of using it as a carrot to hang over their heads to keep them quiet. Because remember before the mid 00s the HOF really wasnt as big a deal, it was more of a private behind the scenes thing, not a big payday. Then there is always the stick as well as the carrot! With what we know now about Vincent K McMahon and his alter ego Vinny Lumsden he holds gruges and punishes people.

[@jrodgibby]

Wait a second Snuka was over since 81.

[@richmagro]

Who’s “MACK-MAN” ?

[@wakdcanuck2827]

Vincent McMahon

[@davidlevy706]

Who's Curt Henning?

[@briangoodie3420]

Honkeytonk man is wrong on tag team partners looking alike. Road warriors, Demolition, Rockers, Killer Bees, Nasty Boys, to name a few where same partner styles work good together.

[@Nepthu]

I always thought Greg Valentine looked like a huge wimp. Anytime he won a match, I thought it was bullshit. 😆

[@robertheadley3483]

Greg Valentine looked so miserable in R&B.

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

That's because he had to dye his luscious, golden, amazing blonde mop.

[@AlejandroSanchez-z1v]

Ricky Martin? Livin la vida loca?

[@aidanlynn]

Rhythm and Blues could have had a short run with the tag belts. Harts lose to R&B in October / November 1990, Rockers beat R&B at Rumble 1991, Rockers lose to Nasty Boys at WM7, Nastys lose to LOD at Summerslam. Easy.

[@mahmud9973]

Hello

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

HTM screwed up. He could have had Jerry Lawler's spot as lead commentator.

[@daviddoyle8956]

Rhythm & Blues was terrible even for a gimmick by WWF standards. They had a awful set at WM 6 but at the time I guess there was not a lot Vince had to work with. Honky shouldn't talk when it comes to substance abuse he likes to point the finger at everyone else lets face it most the wrestlers and people in the back were lubed up on this or that.

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Valentine was a very good wrestler great heel. Decent on the mic. Tht dumb gimmick dying his hair and giving him a guitar. 🎸. Took away some from his career.

[@mr.joedirt8583]

Honkey is so bitter. He bashes just about everybody he talks about.

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

Stone cold is biter

[@mr.joedirt8583]

@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide He bites? I didn't know that.

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

@@mr.joedirt8583 Steve austin hated his own life

[@mr.joedirt8583]

@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide Prove it. I've seen him literally say, "I have no regrets. I wouldn't go back and change a thing."

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

@@mr.joedirt8583 talk is cheep

[@TheRealVerbalAbuser]

That team could've lasted another 2 or 3 years.

[@nonyabusiness9192]

I wish this announcer would shut up.

[@bobbenbrown123]

Exactly honky tonk man is a fountain of knowledge and knew the ins and outs of the business

[@AceGoodheart]

Honky has a pretty negative mindset. He would not be a wrestler that I'd hang around with.

[@williamhervey6409]

What a whining bitter old man.

[@NycLogics]

A rip off Elvis and still dressing like him lol comes off so bitter.

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

You would be too if you'd been lied too and ripped off as much as he was

[@electric-up2tr]

HTM the most overrated wrestler or entertainer going.

[@James-ki5ix]

HTM don't remember too well about which tag teams were still around when he and the hammer got R&B started. The bulldogs left in November of 88,powers of pain split up before around February of 1990, brain busters left after survivor series 89 thae ragu brothers left after that Royal rumble match vs bushwhackers in 1990