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Post by Mister Pigwell on Feb 26, 2019 13:47:28 GMT -5
HTM is one of those overdue kinda ones. He's an iconic WWF character. Kinda the living embodiment of their cartoony side but not in a way that's wrestlecrap or embarassing to look back on.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 26, 2019 14:13:26 GMT -5
The Honky Donky Man
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Post by lildude8218 on Feb 26, 2019 15:07:05 GMT -5
Now Koko can induct Honky
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 26, 2019 15:11:27 GMT -5
Honky was one of the best heels of his time, I'm kinda shocked he wasn't inducted sooner.
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Post by auph10imitated on Feb 26, 2019 15:36:00 GMT -5
I’d forgotten about Honky Tonk Man
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 26, 2019 16:05:03 GMT -5
Jimmy Hart has to induct him, right?
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Post by Zen411 on Feb 26, 2019 16:16:27 GMT -5
Has to be inducted by jimmy hart.
Would be fun to see him enter the area in a pink Cadillac with Peggy sue.
No Jeff Jarrett style sing along please. Cool cocky bad is great song but I don't want to see Sgt slaughter and tamina singing it.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 26, 2019 16:23:08 GMT -5
Long overdue
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Post by Mid-Carder on Feb 26, 2019 16:56:41 GMT -5
Long overdue. He was a draw in his day.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Feb 26, 2019 19:00:52 GMT -5
Wow I don’t know why I thought he was in already
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 19:04:27 GMT -5
Honky was a heat magnet during that IC run, Good pick. Kind of surprised he wasn’t already in though.
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Post by floundertime on Feb 26, 2019 19:45:31 GMT -5
I don’t know if Jimmy Hart will induct HTM if the rumors of the Hart foundation going in are true. 2 Jimmy speeches in a night, we sure would hear a lot about Jimmy Hart’s famous bar and tiki deck. BTW they have directv to watch NFL ticket baby!!!!
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Post by prichardmark on Feb 26, 2019 20:41:36 GMT -5
Alright HTM. About f***ing time!!!!
Unreal run with the IC strap. The Master of getting Heat
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Post by The Heenan Family on Feb 26, 2019 21:17:04 GMT -5
Jimmy Hart is certainly the perfect person to induct Honky. That said, if he does, he's probably not going in with the Hart Foundation on the same night.
It will be interesting to see if WWE sticks to their formula this year. For instance, they usually induct one woman per year and right now Chyna fills that spot. But I could see them pushing for another female induction since Chyna is dead and going in during a group induction. Though I'm sure they'll do something special for her even with the group induction. So we'll see.
Another thing that WWE does is to make sure they have a living non-white inductee. In the past that has not included the Warrior Award, the Legacy Wing (obviously), and Celebrity Wing. Only 1993, because there was only one inductee, has there been an all white class. They could rely on the celebrity inductee or the Warrior Award to fill that spot this year, but it would be a break from the norm. Since The Rock, Batista, Rey Mysterio, R-Truth, Mickie James, and Shelton Benjamin aren't retired yet, we're looking at someone like Tatanka, D Lo Brown, Haku, The Great Khali, Kamala, Harlem Heat, Sabu, Butch Reed, Konnan, Tiger Jeet Singh, Jazz, The Boogeyman, Slick or Vickie Guerrero probably. Unless they look to Japan for Tajiri, The Great Muta, Jushin Thunder Liger, Bull Nakano, Tiger Mask, Genichiro Tenryu, Ultimo Dragon, or Kenta Kobashi.
Since WWE sent some officials recently over to Japan to discuss NXT with local promotions, it's possible they came back with a Hall of Fame arrangement for someone.
I think Haku would be interesting because they'd probably get the Rock to induct him. Khali could go in if they want to further their expansion into India. Tatanka is probably the simplest induction since he's one of their ambassadors.
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Post by HonkyTonkMan on Feb 26, 2019 21:51:12 GMT -5
WWE posted this video onto YouTube during the evening of Tuesday, February 26th. WWE aired this exact same video during the February 26th airing of SmackDown Live.
I'm far beyond thrilled that The Honky Tonk Man is finally going to be getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
I've never thought of him as a very good wrestler,
but, he has always been and will always be my favorite professional wrestling star.
He was a truly great heel, he had truly great promo skills, he had truly great entrance music,
he had truly great ring attire for the vast majority of his WWF tenure, and he was always truly highly entertaining.
In my opinion, his inspired by Elvis Presley gimmick is surely the greatest gimmick in professional wrestling history. Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977) has always been and will always be my favorite singer and entertainer.
The Honky Tonk Man's Intercontinental Championship reign from June 2, 1987 to August 29, 1988 is still the greatest
Intercontinental Championship reign that there's ever been.
Congratulations to The Honky Tonk Man for this long overdue and well deserved induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
I know that somewhere around a decade ago, he rejected an offer to get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame because he hated WWE's "90-day no compete clause for any professional wrestling promotion outside of WWE
following the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony" policy that WWE had enforced upon their Hall of Fame inductees.
Back then, he wanted to remain extremely busy on the Independent circuit and he didn't want to stay at home for 90 consecutive days without receiving a brand new paycheck.
He turned 66 years of age of January 25th and I have absolutely no idea when his most recent match on the
Independent circuit had occurred.
I've never followed the Independent circuit and I definitely won't ever follow the Independent circuit.
I would suppose that at this stage of his life that he currently doesn't wrestle in anywhere near as many matches
on a yearly basis on the Independent circuit as he had done in years past.
The only Honky Tonk Man matches that I've ever seen have been from Memphis Wrestling, WWF/WWE and WCW.
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Post by CubsFan71 on Feb 26, 2019 22:12:18 GMT -5
Honky Tonk Man with a live mic. This could get interesting
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Post by saneiac on Feb 26, 2019 23:43:15 GMT -5
I know that somewhere around a decade ago, he rejected an offer to get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame because he hated WWE's 90-day no compete clause for any professional wrestling promotion outside of WWE following the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony policy that WWE had enforced upon their Hall of Fame inductees. Back then, he wanted to remain extremely busy on the Independent circuit and he didn't want to stay at home for 90 consecutive days without receiving a brand new paycheck. My understanding of his initial refusal was that by the time WWE contacted him about the Hall of Fame, he was already booked to appear for an indy promotion on that same weekend, and he refused to back out of that booking for Vince. As for why he hasn't gone in since, it could be the 90 day no compete clause, or it could be Vince holding a grudge for 10 years. Either way, this is long overdue.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Feb 26, 2019 23:47:16 GMT -5
Honky also did the New Day way before the New Day: when he debuted as a face, his act just wasn’t working. Rather than become a typical angry, scary heel, he took the face mannerisms that the fans hated, and played them up to amazing heat.
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Post by auph10imitated on Feb 27, 2019 11:34:31 GMT -5
The Steiner Brothers aren't in yet.
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Post by edgestar on Feb 27, 2019 12:03:09 GMT -5
Honky Tonk Man, AND Rockabilly, getting inducted together!
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