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Honky Tonk Man is now HOF Bound!

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He’s cool, he’s cocky, he’s bad, and now, he’s a WWE Hall of Famer.

The Honky Tonk Man, the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history, is the latest inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2019. The news was first reported by CBS Sports. The 2019 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place on Saturday, April 6, the eve of WrestleMania 35, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Tickets for the ceremony are available now.

With slicked-back hair and long sideburns reminiscent of a certain rock ‘n’ roll icon, The Honky Tonk Man first arrived on the scene in WWE in 1986 with a wide-eyed smile on his face, trying to earn the adulation of the WWE Universe. But WWE fans didn’t quite take to the Elvis lookalike, despite the stamp of approval from Hulk Hogan, as they jeered the newcomer relentlessly. A frustrated Honky Tonk Man called for a vote of confidence from the WWE Universe, and when the results came back overwhelmingly negative, the rockabilly wrestler snapped.

Enlisting the managerial services of fellow WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart, The Honky Tonk Man unleashed his evil side, setting out to make his opponents twist and shout in agony. And if the damage he inflicted on his opponents wasn’t enough, he subjected the WWE Universe to his unique talents as a singer, facetiously thanking fans and telling them they were “a wonderful audience” as he belted out his own entrance music.

The new attitude was apparently just what the crooner needed, as he racked up victory after victory on his way to becoming Intercontinental Champion in June 1987 with a shocking victory over Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Following his big win, The Honky Tonk Man went on to claim that he was the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time. At first, that boast may have rang a little hollow, but his claims began to hold a little more water as his reign continued.

By hook or by crook, The Honky Tonk Man held onto the Intercontinental Championship for nearly 13 months before his reign ended in lightning-quick fashion at the hands of Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam 1988. His record-breaking 454 days as Intercontinental Champion is a feat that has stood the test of time, as no Superstar has come close to eclipsing his unprecedented championship reign.

The Honky Tonk Man was, surprisingly, also willing to share the spotlight later in his WWE career, whether it was as one half of the tag team/band Rhythm & Blues with Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, or as the manager of Rockabilly (fellow 2019 inductee Billy Gunn of D-Generation X).

But once again, the spotlight will be on The Honky Tonk Man as he takes his place in sports-entertainment history. Don’t miss The Honky Tonk Man’s enshrinement during the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, April 6, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., during WrestleMania 35 Week. Tickets for this historic evening are available now!

Better watch that catering spread or it'll come out of your paycheck you fucking mark

THIS should be great!!

Always hated this guy!

Lol he's such a giant piece of shit. Good for Honky

Pretty decent heel in his day, well deserved.

I always thought he was in already there you go

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Originally Posted by Iceman King Gertner (Post 5228978)

Lol he's such a giant piece of shit. Good for Honky

He gave Jerry Grey money a few months back. He's a good dude.

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Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 5228961)

Better watch that catering spread or it'll come out of your paycheck you fucking mark

Don't take your eyes off a motherfucker.

Surprised he wasn't already in

He had turned them down before

This will be an extremely entertaining speech.

So, who's inducting him? I say Gallows & Anderson.

The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart. Nobody else will do except the owner of the Jimmy Hart Hall of Fame Tiki Deck and Bar BABY!

Why are they inducting the prison guard from Lucha Underground? :?: :?: :?:

Excellent. Hated him growing up ....

Do you guys think they will ever induct Lex Luger? He deserves to be in, but the whole thing with Liz and stuff.

I like Honky more everytime I hear him tell brazen lies in shoot interviews. He's good value because he'll lie looking right into the camera.

He just doesn't care.

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Originally Posted by Iceman King Gertner (Post 5229423)

Do you guys think they will ever induct Lex Luger? He deserves to be in, but the whole thing with Liz and stuff.

If he had been a better bullshitter(utterly soulless) like Honky then his book wouldn't have been so sketchy over the Liz stuff and he'd be in there now.

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Originally Posted by Black Widow (Post 5228970)

Always hated this guy!

So much for you always being pro-honky, huh? :-\

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Originally Posted by Iceman King Gertner (Post 5229423)

Do you guys think they will ever induct Lex Luger? He deserves to be in, but the whole thing with Liz and stuff.

The weird thing he's in the video game pretty much every year now too, so the company isn't averse to giving him royalties and using his image.

The benefits of using Luger in a video game are all WWE's. The same could not be said for putting him in the HoF.

One can be ignored, the other comes far too close to acceptance and encouragement.

He's also done alot of work with the WWE with their Wellness Policy. I can see an uproar is today's society if he gets in.

I imagine he’ll go in soon enough. If they were worried about a backlash, they wouldn’t have been working with him at all in recent years.

More deserving individuals than him still not in the hall of fame

Actually in all seriousness Al's done a shitload for the business in terms of training and development, so I could totally see him going in to pad out a class one year even though his video package will focus mostly on his Attitude Era run.

Only Mosh was a joke.

Stevie and Steve absolutely should be in there. Val Venis too just for keeping a gimmick that actually made sense when he joined Right To Censor.

RTC was ahead of it's time, itwould have been perfect just now but maybe a little obvious.

Anyone who was in WWE for a decade or so and who kept a recognisable gimmick that drew fans should be considered potential HoF material.

Even if their stints just add up to a decade, as long as they had a few good runs.

The turnover in WWE was mental in my time. I think if you get ten years in a WWE ring you are of the elite.

Has The Brooklyn Brawler ever been considered or is he already in?

I've never understood the uproar for a fake Hall of Fame for a fake sport

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Originally Posted by Seanny One Ball (Post 5229763)

I doubt Brawler will ever get in.

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Originally Posted by Iceman King Gertner (Post 5229768)

I've never understood the uproar for a fake Hall of Fame for a fake sport

Yeah, it's effectively just the equivalent of giving a long-time employee a gold watch. It's harmless.

People wigging out now will be even more mad when Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler are going into the HOF in a decade.