his interview line , " do you believe me ........ I ... BELIEVE ME " - - BOTH MACHO & A GUY NAMED MICHEAL P.S. HAYS could make ya thinj they really WERE nutz
Used to hate dibiase when I was a kid but now I can’t explain how much respect I have for him cause he was beyond incredible! He’d take macho’s over the top sling shot & completely flip around on his head! His compact punches he’d drop on an opponent, I mean I can go on cause he was that good! Hey so was Honky since he’s on screen right now. They could get the crowd on fire with hate, as could macho. Macho my favorite ever The GOAT!!
HTM....... gotta love the guy.... spent his whole career up to this point as a heel... then Vince wants a face. When returning to form, HTM became the G.IC.OAT.
Than Autumn 1986? There were many much better times. Sivi Afi, Cpl Kirchner, Danny Spivey in 86 vs Snuka, Slaughter, Windham in 84. Giant, Big, Super Machines in 86 vs Andre, Mulligan and Masked Superstar in 84. Jimmy Jack Funk in 86 vs Terry Funk in 85. Moolah in 86 vs Wendi Richter in 85. Fat and on drugs JYD in 86 vs less fat and less drugs JYD in 84. Lame face Honky of 86 vs awesome heel Honky of 87. Tonga Kid or Tama? Lame face Rougeaus or awesome heel Rougeaus? 86 Flower Shop 🌺 and Piper's Pit vs 84 & 85 Piper's Pit? WrestleMania 2 may be the worst of all time.
I remember when The HTM came to the WWF as a babyface. But didn’t know he had a match against Macho Man for the IC title while HTM was a babyface and Macho Man as a heel.
Honky Tonk Man was a great heel in the WWF but as a face he never got over. Savage was awesome. He could wrestle. He could talk. He could pretty much do it all in the wrestling business. Even as a heel Savage got more cheers than the Honky Tonk Man ever did.
I get chills because of that and because he was caveman primal smoking inferno hot. RIP my Superman. Fly high upstairs gorgeous one. He was my idol and I was an 11 yr old girl obsessed in 1988
Still don't know how he would jump from the top rope down to the floor!?! That's a 15ft plus drop man! He was so fuckn incredible on the mic, on the mat, his look, his presence, his personality.....you get it. He was so so so good that they had no choice but to turn him baby face. They tried like hell to keep him a heel to. I'm talking bout having him crush one of the biggest baby faces throat with the ring bell sending him off on a stretcher while berating Elizabeth but it didn't matter. Gorilla Monsoon the biggest face commentator would never say anything good about a heel but when macho made his entrance to WrestleMania 3 Monsoon had to say "listen to the ovation for the macho Man" cause he was undeniable! The commentators were laughing here when he yelled @liz lol! He was the best period!!!! Everybody say OH YEAHHH!!!
Honkey tonk man is part of one of the greatest pops in WWF history when he put out an open challenge at summerslam 1988 after beefcake was "injured" and got beat in 30 seconds by the ultimate warrior after holding the IC belt for 14 months. One of the best 4 minutes of footage of old school wrestling. You dont hear crowds pop like that anymore unless someone from the past comes back like Edge did last year.
@@stevendrumm4957 yes he did. I just heard many times 14 months but when you look at the dates it was closer to 15. I just like what he did for the business by putting warrior over. To me the guy played a great heel and was a class act all the way. I always like the honky tonk man. His tag team with valentine should have went over the harts for the tag titles in fall of 90 as well.
What an amazing upload! Also; feels a little bit strange, because at this point Randy Savage was a heel that was getting more and more popular (having a slight setback in "face popularity" bacause of the setup to his feud with Steamboat), while Honky Tonk was a face that everybody hated, right? This feud was done perfectly a year later, with the face-heel roles reversed. Honky was a great heel. Macho was great, period. Thanks again for the upload.
Yea this was a weird time for both of them. Savage always had a large chunk of fans that cheered for him even when he was at his most dastardly heelish (Steamboat throat attack) and Honky flopped as a face but was an all time great heel.
Nothing would bury a face Honky Tonk Man faster than the not heel dude, interviewing Savage, calling him a 'Poor Man's Elvis' literally right before his TV debut.
How I miss the old school promos. This is what got a wrestler over with the fans back in the day. Fans got to see the true charisma/personality of the wrestler. This was entertaining. Today, they work off a script so we don't really see their true character which makes it dull and boring.
I remember when Honky Tonk Man was over at Stampede Wrestling. Teamed up with Dr. David Schultz and then turned on him when JR Foley brought him over to his stable. HTM was pretty good on the mic with his little jingles like "Diamond rings and limosines! I'm a rich girl's lover and a poor girl's dream! Blood's gonna flow like wine! Gimme that fresh roll of $100 bills, J.R.!"
i know what you mean. i've thought the same thing for a long time. howard finkel was the only one who ever said it like that and never heard this guy say it until now.
I never saw this match and I’m from philly but I do remember HTM first came to wwe he was a face but he wasn’t getting over so they turned him heel after that he won the ic belt because steamboat had a problem with Vince and a legend was born tall about right place right time
Kind of odd how at several points Honky Tonk Man is treated as a “mystery man who no one has seen, or heard of before” but yet somehow, some way has ended up in a match for the Intercontinental Championship.
Oh WOW, I had no idea they met before their more famous encounter! You could hear the boos towards HTM from the smark Philly crowd as he entered the ring, but what's odd is that he was slowly winning them over before he was counted out.
HTM didn't really want to be a babyface, he'd had a lot of success with the Elvis gimmick in Canada as a heel and couldn't understand why Vince wanted him as a babyface...
Vince of all people, it's puzzling why he couldn't see a southern Elvis wrestling gimmick would not get over as a face in a northeastern based promotion at the time? This is a guy who dislikes southern people more than most BTW.
@@RealArtfulDodger Elvis impersonators work well to varying degrees in Las Vegas. Elvis impersonator in wrestling...as a babyface? In a rather comical way, it's actually quite comforting to know that Vince being tone-deaf to his audience has always been there. It's a pity that he's not quick to adjust or alter course NOW like he was in the past.
You people aren't so bright. Vince knew what he was doing with HTM. He wanted him brought in as a face to turn heel from the fans hating him instead of as a heel right off the bat. It adds on to the character. The same thing happened years later with Rocky Maivia. The fans despised him and Vince knew that too and made the transition at the right time. I've watched since I was a kid and I believe back then, I could've been a great agent in back or like a Eric Bischoff. There's more to it and was way better back then than the garbage today.
The greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion was the Honkey Tonk Man. He had the longest reign and held the belt longer in that one reign than anyone else ever did. Plus he is cool he is cocky he is bad.
THis one is technically a house show; some of the house shows used to air on the local cable networks associated with the building they took place in (MSG shows would air on MSG for example). So this doesn't really "count"; WWF expected hardly anyone to see these and basically treated them as if they didn't exist on national shows (even ignoring title changes sometimes). However, baby face Honky did make it to national TV on Superstars once or twice before getting turned heel. They even used his real name (Wayne Ferris): czcams.com/video/g1Dq58rgET0/video.html
Vince just saw the merchandise worth.... HTM was a friend of Hogan and Beefcake, and Vince had missed him totally, then when Hogan had a word if Vince could find a spot for him, he just saw money (ie kids in Elvis jump suits and Elvis wigs etc....) and did not take his work into account that he had worked as a heel for so many years and people knew who he was and it would not fly.... he did a hand full of face appearances on tv, then they did the “vote for HTM”
@@terracottapie Honky was featured for a month or so in insert promos on Superstars, and then a couple of televised matches. When they could see he wasn't getting over as a face, they actually did an angle on Superstars where they had a "Vote of Confidence" of sorts...they encouraged fans to write in and vote Yay or Nay as to whether or not they were behind the Honky Tonk Man. Of course, the "vote" did not go in Honky's favor, so he kind of heeled on the fans (as opposed to turning and attacking another babyface wrestler). Then, Jimmy Hart was introduced as his manager, and the classic Honky Tonk Man that everybody remembers came to be.
@@coreysullivan5025 I had totally forgotten about the fan vote of confidence but I do remember the endless HTM face promos where he spoke about shaking hands and kissing babies. I loved how he began his heel turn when he started asking people to wash their hands and bathe their children before they met Honky- those promos were absolute gold!
@@t-max7261 This era was right in my wheelhouse. It was right when I discovered that CHCH in Montreal was running Superstars at midnight on Mondays...my parents' VCR was about to get a workout. Along with the debut of the Honky Tonk Man, other angles going on at this time were: Paul Orndorff's turn on Hulk Hogan. The Machines' run. Roddy Piper returning to feud with Adrian Adonis (which gave us Piper's Pit vs. The Flower Shop). What else?... Slick came in to replace Freddie Blassie. Harley Race and Koko B Ware came in around this time. Billy Graham made a return. etc. etc. Fun times!
When macho had all his hair. What a look, what charisma, what a performer, what a champion, and what a HUMAN !
his interview line , " do you believe me ........ I ... BELIEVE ME " - - BOTH MACHO & A GUY NAMED MICHEAL P.S. HAYS could make ya thinj they really WERE nutz
not sure Savage had all his hair but still more than Hogan
They were both great on the mic!
Don't think I ever saw Honky fumble his lines - and Savage, nuff said!
Wow, a heel Macho Man vs. a babyface HTM. Crazy !! 👍
Oh yeah!
@@WrestlingwithPaul Honky just could never get over as a babyface. He knew that from the start but that was Vince's idea.
@@ronsharer2986 The funniest thing the interviewer buries him before the match even starts by calling him a "poor man's Elvis"
Not really, this was the turnaround
@@ronsharer2986 When he turned heel it was pure gold. He drew INSANE heat.
The Spectrum, what a venue! And Miss Elizabeth was fine. Can't believe this was 1986. We are 2024 now
This was when Honky was the face of a hero. Both men were great wrestlers and entertainers.
Randy "Macho Man" Savage was a total package. He had the talk, presence and the talent. He must have made a mint.
Same with Ted Dibiase
Used to hate dibiase when I was a kid but now I can’t explain how much respect I have for him cause he was beyond incredible! He’d take macho’s over the top sling shot & completely flip around on his head! His compact punches he’d drop on an opponent, I mean I can go on cause he was that good! Hey so was Honky since he’s on screen right now. They could get the crowd on fire with hate, as could macho. Macho my favorite ever The GOAT!!
Just picture all those camera flashes going off when he flew from the top rope against steamboat at WM3
HTM....... gotta love the guy.... spent his whole career up to this point as a heel... then Vince wants a face. When returning to form, HTM became the G.IC.OAT.
Thanks for sharing this obscure gem from the Spectrum, that venue is my favorite! Love that Philly crowd! 👍
Miss the days of watching the Sixers and Flyers on Prism
Prism. only reason to get that channel back then was for Sixers and flyers home games.
Same place where they film the Rocky Balboa versus Apollo Creed rematch
My two favorite wrestlers of all time. They were so much fun. Special bonus seeing Miss Elizabeth as well. There wasn't a better time for the WWF.
Than Autumn 1986? There were many much better times.
Sivi Afi, Cpl Kirchner, Danny Spivey in 86 vs Snuka, Slaughter, Windham in 84. Giant, Big, Super Machines in 86 vs Andre, Mulligan and Masked Superstar in 84. Jimmy Jack Funk in 86 vs Terry Funk in 85. Moolah in 86 vs Wendi Richter in 85. Fat and on drugs JYD in 86 vs less fat and less drugs JYD in 84. Lame face Honky of 86 vs awesome heel Honky of 87.
Tonga Kid or Tama? Lame face Rougeaus or awesome heel Rougeaus? 86 Flower Shop 🌺 and Piper's Pit vs 84 & 85 Piper's Pit? WrestleMania 2 may be the worst of all time.
@@stacyhamilton2619 Wrestlemania 2 was garbage definitely
@@stacyhamilton2619 87 WWF good especially wrestlemania 3
@@christiancharles2866 WrestleMania III was great!
The rest of 87? So-so.
@@stacyhamilton2619 3 is one of the best. Wwe now is so bad, haven't watched WrestleMania since like 20.
I remember when The HTM came to the WWF as a babyface. But didn’t know he had a match against Macho Man for the IC title while HTM was a babyface and Macho Man as a heel.
Rest in Peace Randy and Elizabeth.
Ultimately, Macho Man did use the Intercontinental Championship as a passport to the WWF Championship. Thoroughly deserved.
Honky Tonk Man was a great heel in the WWF but as a face he never got over. Savage was awesome. He could wrestle. He could talk. He could pretty much do it all in the wrestling business. Even as a heel Savage got more cheers than the Honky Tonk Man ever did.
He really didn’t want to be a face, but he let McMahon find out.
Because Honky us a natural heel and was probably rge hottest heel in the world for a year
@@andrewdrennan9436 Exactly
Honky Tonk Man, Wayne Farris is 1st cousin to Jerry the king Lawler
@@binko969they favor each other, especially when Lawler has the Mutton Chops sideburns and Jimmy Hart is about 92 these days
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A fan touched honkeytonks head as he walked to the ring, his hand is probably still stickey 35 years later
I saw that
Who else gets chills watching Macho's entrance? Legendary stuff
Used the same music as a heel, face and back to heel. Such a legendary performer.
I get chills because of that and because he was caveman primal smoking inferno hot. RIP my Superman. Fly high upstairs gorgeous one. He was my idol and I was an 11 yr old girl obsessed in 1988
when you heard pomp and circumstance you knew it was going to be an good match!
Still don't know how he would jump from the top rope down to the floor!?! That's a 15ft plus drop man! He was so fuckn incredible on the mic, on the mat, his look, his presence, his personality.....you get it. He was so so so good that they had no choice but to turn him baby face. They tried like hell to keep him a heel to. I'm talking bout having him crush one of the biggest baby faces throat with the ring bell sending him off on a stretcher while berating Elizabeth but it didn't matter. Gorilla Monsoon the biggest face commentator would never say anything good about a heel but when macho made his entrance to WrestleMania 3 Monsoon had to say "listen to the ovation for the macho Man" cause he was undeniable! The commentators were laughing here when he yelled @liz lol! He was the best period!!!! Everybody say OH YEAHHH!!!
Only on Prism. Damn that’s old school.
They need a Spectrum Wrestling section on Peacock!
Damn this is rare. IC Champ Savage vs new Baby Face Honky Tonk. Great stuff. Thank you!
Honkey tonk man is part of one of the greatest pops in WWF history when he put out an open challenge at summerslam 1988 after beefcake was "injured" and got beat in 30 seconds by the ultimate warrior after holding the IC belt for 14 months. One of the best 4 minutes of footage of old school wrestling. You dont hear crowds pop like that anymore unless someone from the past comes back like Edge did last year.
Honky held the IC Title for nearly 15 months.
@@stevendrumm4957 yes he did. I just heard many times 14 months but when you look at the dates it was closer to 15. I just like what he did for the business by putting warrior over. To me the guy played a great heel and was a class act all the way. I always like the honky tonk man. His tag team with valentine should have went over the harts for the tag titles in fall of 90 as well.
Honky's excuse was amazing after losing the belt to Ultimate.
"I said I'd fight Anybady!
...I didn't say I wanna fight-chew."
honky tonk man is the greatest INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION OF ALL TIME...
12 months later the roles would be completely reversed.
It will never be this good again
Luckily it got a lot better than this through the next decade plus 😅
Wrestling is so shit today.
@@gst013 agreed, but it died for me after the attitude era.
Honky Tonk Man as the face and Savage as the heel. Damn, that was a long time ago
HONKY TONK MANIA IS RUNNING WILD
Mach was the greatest all around talent ever imo , mic skills , ring ability and athleticism and star power .
Greatest match up of all time. Macho Man vs Honky tonk was too much fun.
Mel Phillips, you won't see the intro on the WWE network if this match is on there.
I have to say, despite his crimes, he WAS a good ring announcer
What an amazing upload! Also; feels a little bit strange, because at this point Randy Savage was a heel that was getting more and more popular (having a slight setback in "face popularity" bacause of the setup to his feud with Steamboat), while Honky Tonk was a face that everybody hated, right? This feud was done perfectly a year later, with the face-heel roles reversed.
Honky was a great heel. Macho was great, period. Thanks again for the upload.
Yea this was a weird time for both of them. Savage always had a large chunk of fans that cheered for him even when he was at his most dastardly heelish (Steamboat throat attack) and Honky flopped as a face but was an all time great heel.
"Honky was a great heel. Macho was great, period." - perfectly said!
My grandma loved the Macho Man and used to say the Hunky Tonk Man , so funny, great memories watching wrestling with grandma not smartened up.
Wwf back then was great its to well polished and showbiz like today
Nothing would bury a face Honky Tonk Man faster than the not heel dude, interviewing Savage, calling him a 'Poor Man's Elvis' literally right before his TV debut.
Cal Rudman was a music expert and he just went into business for himself. Watch him do color with Dick Graham in 1980-81.
I believe the poor man's Elvis was actually Roy Orbison
@@ericdale4641 Roy Orbison’s chops were light years better than Elvis Presley. It wasn’t even close.
a year later this match got much more crowd heat.
It's funny how Honky turned heel a few months later and was the hottest heel in the world.
Whenever people talk about the Mt. Rushmore of professional wrestling nobody ever mentions Randy Savage. Why? He is one of the best of all time.
He gives the best promos
He's the greatest of all time in my opinion
I remember watching Prism as a kid and I went to my first wrestling show at the Spectrum.
Incredible wrestling by Savage.
I love Honky’s original music.
How I miss the old school promos. This is what got a wrestler over with the fans back in the day. Fans got to see the true charisma/personality of the wrestler. This was entertaining. Today, they work off a script so we don't really see their true character which makes it dull and boring.
I agree with this 100%
Lol @ 2:16 “I believe me too!” That and referee Joe Marello nearly falling off the apron as he enters the ring
As if you could tell apart what Randy, Warrior, Flair or other coke-fueled wrestlers would roar into the mic.
Shout out to Kal Rudman, I never saw him until today, but I'm impressed.
Of all the belts in wrestling history that IC belt was my favorite !!!
Lord Alfred Hayes saying marcho man cracks me up and I'm English 😆
Hopefully there was no boys harmed by Mel Phillips on this night.
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🤦🤦🤦🤫🤫🤫
The Honky Tonk Man is the greatest intercontinental champion of ALL time!
Macho man was the greatest. Period
I remember when Honky Tonk Man was over at Stampede Wrestling. Teamed up with Dr. David Schultz and then turned on him when JR Foley brought him over to his stable. HTM was pretty good on the mic with his little jingles like "Diamond rings and limosines! I'm a rich girl's lover and a poor girl's dream! Blood's gonna flow like wine! Gimme that fresh roll of $100 bills, J.R.!"
I hope this channel grows with the deception of the network!
Good luck, it's CZcams, there is no freedom here. They actively delete copyrighted material.
Honky Was the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time.
Not a surprise they were quick to turn Honky heel. The audience was not showing him the love.
2:53 The referee trips on the top step going into the ring.
*😂😂 You can hear the people in the crowd laughing at him. 😂😂*
Best promo guy ever, Macho Man
The match itself lasted about 7 minutes, although this clip is 15 minutes long.
I love how he always labeled it The Intercontinental HEAVYWEIGHT Champion...he's the 🐐🐐🐐🐐
i know what you mean. i've thought the same thing for a long time. howard finkel was the only one who ever said it like that and never heard this guy say it until now.
He did call it that!
She was pure class...
I never saw this match and I’m from philly but I do remember HTM first came to wwe he was a face but he wasn’t getting over so they turned him heel after that he won the ic belt because steamboat had a problem with Vince and a legend was born tall about right place right time
Kind of odd how at several points Honky Tonk Man is treated as a “mystery man who no one has seen, or heard of before” but yet somehow, some way has ended up in a match for the Intercontinental Championship.
Maybe this was when honky was a baby face at the very start of his career
House show program. Honky is the man from Memphis.
I get what you're saying. Why the hell is a newcomer getting a title shot already
@@duaneshank6788 probably to see how good a worker he was against one of the best workers, Randy Savage.
Mach man dropping the powerful names including Vince mcmahon the announcer
If that was a Saturday morning interview they would of dubbed it out
I remember when it was Honky Tonk Man who clocked the Macho Man in the head with his guitar.
RIP Macho Man And Elizabeth 💜 and Lord Alford
interviewer Kal Rudman RIP referee Joe Marella RIP announcer Dick Graham RIP 🙏
Oh WOW, I had no idea they met before their more famous encounter! You could hear the boos towards HTM from the smark Philly crowd as he entered the ring, but what's odd is that he was slowly winning them over before he was counted out.
Great upload! Never knew this existed,
Referee Joe Marella’s father was Gorilla Monsoon
I like macho man Randy savage in wrestling
HTM didn't really want to be a babyface, he'd had a lot of success with the Elvis gimmick in Canada as a heel and couldn't understand why Vince wanted him as a babyface...
Vince of all people, it's puzzling why he couldn't see a southern Elvis wrestling gimmick would not get over as a face in a northeastern based promotion at the time? This is a guy who dislikes southern people more than most BTW.
Vince tried to ram him down our throats as a face ..he would get booed out of the building.
@@RealArtfulDodger Elvis impersonators work well to varying degrees in Las Vegas. Elvis impersonator in wrestling...as a babyface? In a rather comical way, it's actually quite comforting to know that Vince being tone-deaf to his audience has always been there. It's a pity that he's not quick to adjust or alter course NOW like he was in the past.
@@RealArtfulDodger Vince put "The Rebel' gimmick on Dick Slater as a face. smh
@@MrSmitty1074 It was a different time in the '80s.
The interviewer burying the face HTM....LOL...
The Honky Tonk man eventually wins the I-C championship a year later
Love how the announcers push this as a first meeting when these two probably wrestled dozens of times in Memphis
Thanks 👋🏻
You’re welcome 😊
Great upload! Thanks!
Come on, who hasn't done a Macho Man impersonation in all honesty?
Or a Honky Tonk!
9:55 Savage once again way ahead of his time.
elizabeth and macho will to me at least always be wrestlings best couple ever
look at Honky’s ring attire LOL
Facts I boo him too
You people aren't so bright. Vince knew what he was doing with HTM. He wanted him brought in as a face to turn heel from the fans hating him instead of as a heel right off the bat. It adds on to the character. The same thing happened years later with Rocky Maivia. The fans despised him and Vince knew that too and made the transition at the right time.
I've watched since I was a kid and I believe back then, I could've been a great agent in back or like a Eric Bischoff. There's more to it and was way better back then than the garbage today.
Macho with a quasi shoot comment about the ic title *supposed* to be a stepping stone to the world title..
Macho beat Honky by countout, because he knew there was no way he could EVER out-wrestle the Tonk in the ring!!
The greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of all time! Randy Machoman Savage
The greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion was the Honkey Tonk Man. He had the longest reign and held the belt longer in that one reign than anyone else ever did. Plus he is cool he is cocky he is bad.
I think HTM holds the record to this day for IC belt tenure. I heard it on RAW not long ago.
No way that number is being broken. Comparatively, the IC Title changed hands three times while I was typing this.
...and I think Macho Man's reign is 2nd !!!
That belt was beautiful.
I didn't realize Macho was the heel til he used Liz as a human shield.
"I LOVE YOUR TIE"!
Love Kal Rudman "Sort of a poor man's Elvis Presley."
Macho man was great for sure
Randy always had the best coke and most beautiful woman
N e pills
He never did the yayo
@@jimodirakallumkal5351 hahahahaha hahahahaha
Randy Savage the GOAT
Not even close. HTM kicked his butt here for the most part
Intercontinental champ? That's impressive! Elizabeth needs more camera time 😂.
Good match
Honky tonk man was the first Rocky Maivia
Hard to believe Vince wanted honky-tonk to be a babyface when he first entered the WWF!
I actually liked the honky tonk man but macho man was the Most entertaining wrestler ever.
Ohhhh yeah!
HTM as the babyface and Savage as the heel.
I had always heard they tried out Honky as a babyface when he first came in but didn't realize he made it to TV as one.
THis one is technically a house show; some of the house shows used to air on the local cable networks associated with the building they took place in (MSG shows would air on MSG for example). So this doesn't really "count"; WWF expected hardly anyone to see these and basically treated them as if they didn't exist on national shows (even ignoring title changes sometimes).
However, baby face Honky did make it to national TV on Superstars once or twice before getting turned heel. They even used his real name (Wayne Ferris): czcams.com/video/g1Dq58rgET0/video.html
Vince just saw the merchandise worth.... HTM was a friend of Hogan and Beefcake, and Vince had missed him totally, then when Hogan had a word if Vince could find a spot for him, he just saw money (ie kids in Elvis jump suits and Elvis wigs etc....) and did not take his work into account that he had worked as a heel for so many years and people knew who he was and it would not fly.... he did a hand full of face appearances on tv, then they did the “vote for HTM”
@@terracottapie Honky was featured for a month or so in insert promos on Superstars, and then a couple of televised matches. When they could see he wasn't getting over as a face, they actually did an angle on Superstars where they had a "Vote of Confidence" of sorts...they encouraged fans to write in and vote Yay or Nay as to whether or not they were behind the Honky Tonk Man. Of course, the "vote" did not go in Honky's favor, so he kind of heeled on the fans (as opposed to turning and attacking another babyface wrestler). Then, Jimmy Hart was introduced as his manager, and the classic Honky Tonk Man that everybody remembers came to be.
@@coreysullivan5025 I had totally forgotten about the fan vote of confidence but I do remember the endless HTM face promos where he spoke about shaking hands and kissing babies. I loved how he began his heel turn when he started asking people to wash their hands and bathe their children before they met Honky- those promos were absolute gold!
@@t-max7261 This era was right in my wheelhouse. It was right when I discovered that CHCH in Montreal was running Superstars at midnight on Mondays...my parents' VCR was about to get a workout.
Along with the debut of the Honky Tonk Man, other angles going on at this time were: Paul Orndorff's turn on Hulk Hogan. The Machines' run. Roddy Piper returning to feud with Adrian Adonis (which gave us Piper's Pit vs. The Flower Shop). What else?... Slick came in to replace Freddie Blassie. Harley Race and Koko B Ware came in around this time. Billy Graham made a return. etc. etc.
Fun times!
Oh yeah!
Macho at his peak . Wish he never veered from the version .
Was HTM still a short lived WWF baby face at this point?
🔥2022🔥
Randy looks like he's wearing a facemask in the thumbnail, but I guess it's just a shadow over his beard.
The pre-heel Honky Talk man.
Ohhhh yeaaaahhhh!!!
Hated honky tonk as a heel. Here he was a face against Randy. Surprised macho didn't pin him, even though he won by countout.
"Alright Macho let'sh danche"
The way Honky Tonk turned heel is very similar to the way WWE did the Rocks heel turn
Honky Tonk joined the Nation of Domination and wanted to kill whitey? 😂
@@msm1876 What!? 😂😂🤦🏾♂️
@@msm1876 HTM turned heel because the crowd hated him as a face. Same as The Rock once they went to Chicago for Wrestlemania 13.
@@mikedbz8530 yeah, I know! I was just goofing around, LOL!
@@mikedbz8530 I remember the popularity vote with Jesse Ventura. It was hilarious!
I wish Savage would have kept rolling out with these same outfits & robes before he changed to the slim Jim outfits which were bizarre