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- Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is an audio podcast that discusses topics, events, wrestlers and memorable moments through the lens of former WWE executive Bruce Prichard co-hosted by Conrad Thompson.
STW was launched in August 2016 on MLW Radio. The episodes typically range from 2 hours to 4 hours in length, and include discussions about previous WWE pay-per-views and former WWE wrestlers.
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HTM is a example of makin the most out of what you got. Much respect.
Best gimmick ever. A bad Elvis impersonator that thinks he's better than the real king. He drew major major heat.
I used to love even as a vicious heel HTM would smile and joke around and get on the mic to the fans “you a beautiful audience, thank you very much”. Maximum Gimmick for minimal effort
Met HTM at a comic convention in Phoenix some years back. He was a good guy and enjoyed getting to chat with him a few minutes.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EPISODE FOR 4 YEARS! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
@Millennial Smark heck, I subbed. nice channel.
Yea! You’re welcome.
@@thegoldentroll you’re welcome to hug these nuts
@@x2bannedyoutubeaccount408 Huh?
The "Rod" you speak of, is called a Truss rod. It runs partially the length of the neck to help keep the neck straight. It can also be tightened and loosened to adjust the neck. It doesn't run through the body of a guitar at all. So it came in no contact at all with Jake, when Honky hit him. Jake was getting F'd up for years and years before this incident. Jake was a typical addict, and lied about the injury!
Love me some Honky Tonk Man! Thanks for finally delivering this episode. I hated him so much as a kid, hahahaha
58:18-Hulk Hogan is responsible for bringing Honky into the WWF; Hulk Hogan suggests Honky for the IC title; and Honky played an intricate part in the formation of The Mega Powers!
Amazing!
I got Peggy Sue beside me, The Hammer’s in the back, real pissed off ‘cause his hair’s jet black.
Clap clap clap. Gold.
Honky was my favorite legend I ever got to work with when I was working. He and polished off a few bottles of Grey Goose while he taught me sone good lessons and told me great stories
You always hear the whole 'fake wrestling ' angle, but as I get older and hear all the great shoots, I have so much respect for these guys. If you think about it, they are 100% athletes. Hardcore athletes. To learn how to not hurt someone, make your opponent look good, sell gimmicks, sell yourself, brutal work schedule, insane pressure to maintain your level of entertainment, promos, life, just I could go on and on. Honky Tonk Man is top tier stuff. The guitar, the dancing, just great memories. I enjoy all these shoots. Hearing how these great stories go down is entertaining. I been sitting in front of my TV the last few days listening to these podcasts. Bruce Prichard is one of my favorites to hear recall stories. JR is close second but Bruce is in deep and stated there. He has something most lack.
That's pretty classic Jake Roberts to blame everyone else for his problems
To be fair it looked like a legit stiff AS FUCK head shot given by Honky.
Starts a 1:55
You're a saviour
Thanks
This was a very good show of a tremendous performer, he is from a different class of stars that were larger than life, heroes are remembered by legends never die and he will live forever
Honky Tonk Man was one of the best heels possible. Hated him. Wanted to see him get his ass kicked and that’s a heel.
Even though smarks and Meltzer fans have ruined wrestling, if WWE could get Honky Tonk man to teach their workers on how to be a real heel, it could get better. But the Meltzer fans would probably ruin that too.
Not sure..... MELTZER DOSENT HAVE FANS.... HE HAS READERS WHO ARE NOT ATHLETICALLY INCLINED AND HIDES BEHIND A KEYBOARD CORRECTING PPL ON THEYRE KNOWLEGE OF THE BIZ.....
Absolutely best post I have read in a week and spot on
So wait... I don't understand the hate on Dave... Guys like him are why you can all listen to these podcasts by wrestlers who claim kayfabe is dead but doesn't stop them from collecting a cheque over it... And c'mon lads grow up you are all trying on some form of a keyboard so is it really cool to act childish?
@@keithcrockett7838 lol he's a wrestling gossip writter... Idk why you guys get mad at him when all he does is say what he heard from the people who work in these companies. Although it does make me laugh to see people crying about Dave like it means something and that by god they are "real" fans.
@@keithcrockett7838 lol he's a wrestling gossip writter... Idk why you guys get mad at him when all he does is say what he heard from the people who work in these companies. Although it does make me laugh to see people crying about Dave like it means something and that by god they are "real" fans.
A guy I know actually worked the UCW show in Canada the day that Honky Tonk Man almost lost his finger. Never thought I'd hear of it in this podcast!
In the first 25 minutes of listening to this, I was interrupted 6 times by ads. So annoying
just download Adblock, couple of clicks and It's free,...no more ads!!!
Its 2020 . . . If you are still seeing Ads, its a you problem at this point. . . There are like 20 Ad Blockers for free
Brutal. At least Cornette only has like one as. Thumbs down for this ridiculous money grab.
You mean you don't use adblockers...in the year 2020. I mean if you're watching on a "smart" TV, I could see your point, but you're probably watching on a "smart" phone or a PC, there's no fucking excuse as to why you don't have an adblocker.
I never see ads. It's great. :)
Honky tonk man is the greatest IC champion of all time!
He's cool, he's cocky, he's bad! Ladies loved getting that " honky, honky, honky love "😂
I remember Honky Tonk Man's first match in WWF. He was referred to by Vince McMahon on commentary by his real name Wayne Ferris. He used a fist drop from the top rope as a finish which missed his opponent by a mile. McMahon was sure to point that out as well.
@feelings Are Not Arguments Yeah and???
Love the respect given to Bobby Eaton in the first few minutes of the show. I get why Eaton was probably never hired by the WWE, Vince may not have liked the Midnight Express, and Bobby would have probably not joined the WWE after he became a solo performer due to WCW offering set contracts, back when the WWE weren't offering that kind of contract.
But it was great hearing Bruce pay Eaton those compliments.
Although i was never a fan of Honky Tonk, he did the job he was hired to do as a heel in WWE. Great show as they all always are 💪👍
@cpk1994 Like i said, Bobby probably wouldn't have gone to the WWF, given him telling Cornette and Stan he couldn't afford to give up his $125,000 per year contract at WCW. And hiring Stan Lane without Bobby isn't the same as hiring The Midnight Express. I'm not saying i know anything for a fact, but I'm leaning to Eaton probably not wanting to go to the WWF due to his comments he made when Stan and Cornette told him they were going.
@@jasonthefilmguywaters9734 RIP bobby eaton
Couldn't agree more bobby Eaton was great. In Centerville, TN a couple of years I got to visit with Tracy Smothers and Bobby showed up, he had driven down Dundee. He came over and set with Tracy. I had given Tracy some cancer meds so to speak. I actually sat at a table and visited with Tracy Smothers and Bobby Eaton in front of my hometown. It was the time of my life at 40 years old. They both passed not long after that.
After Dragon IC run, Savage was on the up to World Champ. Butch Reed as IC Champ would have been great but unfortunately, he would have been too busy inventing Netflix! Lol.
Would like to see a episode on Greg Valentine. Great career.
zzzzzzzz
@@taekwondotime You don't know wrestling.
Your the only one
@@jeffreyloskoskill4901 sooo funny sooooo true 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nobody did a face plant better than the Hammer
Wish the HTM would bring back his podcast anyone agree?
a tip : watch series at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.
@Titan Barrett definitely, have been using flixzone} for months myself :D
These Bios are the best podcast imo. Doot Doot Doot!
Longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all-time and then dropped the title in less than 30 seconds to the Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam '88
Warrior couldn't effectively work a slow paced match with htm at summerslam and be a believable challenge for Hogan at WM6. I tend to believe HTM's side on that. Without a squash match against HTM, his push wouldn't have been as believable. Also, there aren't many people saying how great warrior was at taking care of them. The longer you were in the ring with him, the greater the chance for injury.
@@raulo19999 "At the time" Warrior was still very green so working long-matches wasn't a good-idea. After working with Rude and Savage the Warrior got much better in the ring. People love to talk about his shortcomings, but never want to talk about his gifts or the progress he made as a performer both in the ring and on the mic.
This title change had NOTHING to do with priming him for Hogan as Wrestlemania VI was almost two years from the date Warrior defeated the Honky Tonk Man. The decision for Hogan to drop the title to Warrior came very late in 1989 when they realized that
A. Warrior was outdrawing Hogan in some places and...
B. Hogan got a gig to go film _Suburban Commando._
@@D2Kprime Vince was trying to give him a push to see where it might go not because he already had the idea for WM6. Savage had already been in the business 15 years and was a top babyface at that time alongside Hogan. Hulkamania had a shelf life and was getting close to the expiration date. The idea was to build him up to see if he could carry the company because nobody's gonna last forever and you want to have a backup. Hogan already had Rocky 3 and No Holds Barred (for whatever that's worth). In 88 it wasn't a far fetched idea that Hogan may want to explore tv and movies a little more. Also, warrior had no titles up to that point so to get him over he had to have some convincing wins or he would never be seen as someone near hogan's or Savage's level. As far as talent/gifts, he had charisma and steroids. Same as Hogan but Hogan was taller, larger, and at least he had coherent promos. Warrior could have been so much better than Hogan and had a much longer career if he cared enough to improve his ringwork and be respectful of the business and especially the people in it because the fans bought it for a short time. Instead, he chose to be a mark for himself.
That had to be a rib, right?
Honky couldn't stop the power of the Warrior!
Funny thing about HTM being on Judge Pirro. The promoter that was in the case, Don McNeil of All World Wrestling (AWW) said in his opening statement that “For 17 years I ran the biggest professional wrestling organization in the country.” When he said that, all I could think of was that picture of Vince McMahon and R-Truth laughing their asses off.
What a legendary (and underappreciated) heel. I remember hating him so much as a kid thinking to myself "how does he keep winning?! I could kick his ass!"
The greatest intercontinental champion of all time
Honky Tonk Man the greatest intercontinental champion of all time according to him but according me it's Don Muraco
andrew berube both greats. Honky’s run was higher profile and longer though. They were fantastic in the ring, much love for both.
Mr. Perfect.
Randy Savage
Daddy said sell!
Now we're having a picnic
The urban cowboy film made country music popular in Texas during that time.
He was scheduled to be in the Royal Rumble ‘91 and talked about it on commentary. I think his last TV appearance was the second week of ‘91
I lost my s*it when Bruce said they were f'ing their cousins.
Nobody ever talks about Jake wrestling for 2 years before he started blaming Honky Tonk for that. If his neck exploded why didn't he go straight to the hospital?
A junkie will always blame someone or something besides themselves! Glad he's clean now
Good episode this week. Gonna go watch that 1987 Saturday night main event again. By the way, I didn’t know Cornett sang back up for Honky tonk man 😂😂
He's cool he's cocky he's awesome 😎👍
Maybe I missed it, but was there even a name-drop for Devon Nickelson (The Hannibal TV) on this episode? This is like step-for-step off of the interview he did with Honky Tonk Man. As far as Butch Reed and the IC title situation.....
th-cam.com/video/zAqZS9AFDBI/w-d-xo.html
Pretty self-explanatory. Again, credit to Devon Nickelson at The Hannibal TV
Love that guy. Dude's a legend! Cheers! Corny's been riding him lately. Not cool. But respect.....for the respect!✌
Yeah, Big Daddy Conrad uses the information that Devon worked and payed for to get, on just about every episode he does, and never gives him any credit whatsoever. Devon knows he's doing it too. Devon's even mentioned him doing it in a couple of his videos. I have a feeling that one of these days, Devon's gonna cut a good promo on Conrad. Like he did on "Jim Cornette and is Big Fat Wife" the other day. Hahaha! Which was hilarious when he said it! 😂
Jim had that coming though, 100%!
I love Hannibal TV! I know Conrad has given credit to other shows like Sean Oliver's Kayfabe Commentaries in the past. I am wondering if it is just because Honky has done so many shoot interviews he kinda just lumped all of that stuff together.
JOHNNY HORTON. North to Alaska is another of his famous songs.
@feelings Are Not Arguments welcome to the club friend. I been listening for 46 years myself. Classic country is what's happening.
I'm not much of a country fan, but I have to admit, I love that album
54:00 Honky was spotted at a Cub Game and mentioned on the air by Harry Carey
Also... Dave meltzer has been spreading around that savage was supposed to win the IC title on or before WM4.
Ok so you guys were bleeping your moms. I laughed so hard
To bad Red Rooster couldn’t do the same. Cockadoodle do man
Cornette's drive thru is already at 34k views in 1 day. That's over twice as many views as this episode. The greed and the commercials are obviously hurting this channel. People don't want to see commercials every 2 minutes.
greed? full episodes free on youtube? learn to install a adblocker if you are getting ads
It's because people find Corny more neutral. Pritchard is such a WWE mark - and I say that as a bigger fan of this podcast than Cornett's one.
Do you want a refund?
They did not spend nearly enough time on the whole vote of confidence thing I think they brush through it in like a minute and it was amazing angle it deserved a lot more discussion. I'm not really amused by the whole beans and taters thing which they spend more time talking about.
Amazing angle. The funny thing was Honky had never ever worked as a babyface his whole career so when Vince first met him after bringing him in and says “we’re gonna make you a good guy, we’ll sell a lot of dolls and merch.” And HTM told Vince it would never work so when he gets booed like crazy even after getting rubs from Hogan & JYD they come up with the whole Vote of Confidence thing and (of course it was all a ruse to get fans return addresses and send them out merch catalogues) he turns heel, gets The Colonel Jimmy Hart as a Manger & the test is history.
You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain.... ooooohhhhhh you drive the Honky Tonk Man insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane!!! @:\
(HTM burying Lawler and Ross on commentary lol.)
Seriously? Nobody liked this? :\
Man I really love to get behind the scenes and realizing all the characters were doing all these things. It's crazy. To each their own one person who legit drives me nuts is Bruce Pritchard. I seen him at every aspect, hear him now, here and every time he really gets to every nerve. Like I almost know his actions before he does it. Maybe that's why honestly why he made such a name in a business where getting just that natural reaction is a key prerequisite. Good job. Great job here, heard this after just seeing one of his interviews. Well done here.
HTM should have been given a World title run in WWF/E even as a transitional world champion
I know that SNME episode (Sept 18th, 1990) was also filmed in Toledo Ohio. I'm assuming at the old Toledo Sports arena.
Fantastic heel.
Butch Reed is in the locker room celebrating with HTM following the IC Title win. So we know Reed was in fact in the building and didn't no-show.
Celebration was filmed next night
@@zenoftupac9096 No kidding? Lol. Interesting. I did not know that. Wonder why they didn't just tape it the same night?
It seems counterintuitive to me too , but the reasoning behind taping schedule made sense when explained. This was done on a KC commentaries (99% sure) w/ HTM .... Timeline maybe
That was recorded a good bit afterwards if I recall right
...Is it just me or was Bruce in a bad mood for this one?
SPICY Bruce flavor.
Baby Baby Baby! The Honky Tonk Man Likes To Dance & Sing! WHOOO!!!
at least get thru a 3 min story before the next ad. damn
Take it. Jacob
Hey Bruce! I've got this great idea that I think could revolutionize WWE,how about a contract signing for the main event on Raw, but we won't tell anyone about it until the night of !!!.....
How could these guys not mention one of Honky Tonk's greatest moments ---- the night he was disguised as Kim Chi during the SNME match between Jake and Kamala?... and Jesse's classic comment- "What a classy dresser Kim Chi is!
Why does Bruce sound so salty about HTM? Seems kinda uninterested in talking bout him. lol
The record he got the name "Honky Tonk Man" is by Johnny Horton, not Jimmy.
Correction: Marc Mero was the WCW Television Champion at Starrcade 1994.
Now let's have an 83Weeks episode of Honky Tonk,...Eric will have a baby! LOL.
Eric will say "I don't remember anything."
The truss rod only goes through the neck, not the body of a guitar.
HTM made a crappy gimmick, work. Longest ic champ ever, and , launched and basically made ultimate warrior. I hated the htm. But ya cant hate.
thanks to ricardo, it starts at 2:05
Love Bruce, but was not satisfied with some of his dismissals. I have watched hundreds of shoot interviews by HTM.
The difference is Vince paid 10k to put people over Bischoff wanted it for 1k
Love HTM he’s is and was my favorite wrestler of the 80’s he put the IC tittle on the map that’s just my opinion though hope others agree
When i was a kid, like 9 or 10, there was a younger kid who lives in my apt complex, and his all-time favorite wrestler was The Honky Tonk Man. Of course my favorite at the time was Hulk Hogan.
I always found it odd that Honky Tonk Man was ANYONE’S favorite wrestler, especially such a young kid.
I guess he was ahead of his time in liking bad guy wrestlers.
His stew hart is so funny
Stew?
Bret harts dad
Stu
Stu, not Stew. It's Stuart, not Stewart.
@@scottbreon9448 it's actually Stewart, but he went by Stu.
Happy birthday Honky Tonk Man. It just so happens to be his birthday today.🥳🥳
"Con Stess Shawn Stand." - Conrad "Smrt Mark" Thompson
Honky tonk man was never the WCW world tv champion
Waiting so patiently!
26:52-Made me laugh cuz i started to wonder if Stu ever stretched the shit outta Vince McMahon.
When was HTM the WCW TV champion?
Gold standard chicken shit heel. Plus he had a vicious streak when he put the offence in.
Remember he made his first appearance (not wrestling debut) mid August 86 on Don Muraco’s show which he was just guest hosting The Body Shop in place of Jesse who was filming Predator that whole summer
Greatest intercontinental champion of all time
Wtf a pitch right out of the gate smh.
Dear Bruce + Conrad , can we please get a Trish Stratus episode?? 👩🏼🍑👀👀👀😮😲😮😋😉😉😉💗🖤💗🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦
Johnny Horton, not Jimmy Horton.
It could have been Macho and Ebersols idea to pull the IC off of Tonk. Vince tells Ebersol whatever u decide for SNME is fine. Ebersol sends limo for Macho and liz. They meet without Tonk. The next day Honk is told in the famous meeting that Vince ignored him in. Then, Tonk, says no way!!!!
Warrior's theme is called Unstable
Thanks for that. I was wondering what it was called when Bruce talked about it.
1:29:49 DDP was NOT unknown at that point, he had previously managed AWA World Tag Team Champions Bad Company (Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond - the future Kato who would reunite with Tanaka in the Orient Express mk2)
1:40:09 Yes, this was the incident. The crowd were told that Honky had pulled out because he refused to wrestle in Nashville!
Too many ads
I could've sworn this episode was covered already. Mandela effect??
He's been interviewed a lot in other places so probably that's why. :)
your thining about the elvis episode
I don't know if anybody saw Butch Reed in Mid-south wrestling but I saw him at several house shows in Little Rock and there's no doubt he could have beaten up every wrestler and every fan in the auditorium.
1:55:10 It’s pronounced “Den-bee” you jabroni. All the same, thanks for reading my question. Maybe next time, try answering it.
1:30:00 Steve Allen and the Bolsheviks was more funny
All guitars have rods. It's call a truss rod and it weighs half an ounce. It ain't led.
Plenty of guitars especially cheap acoustics do not have truss rods
Weight does not always equal strength. Carbon-fiber for instance doesn't weigh as much as steel, yet is stronger.
Truss rods are made of steel and let's arrange for a 220-pound wrestler to whack *YOU* in the back of the neck with one and see how well *YOU* fair afterwards.
Jake's neck was already jacked-up, but that guitar-shot finished the deal. Much like the Seth Rollins buckle-bomb on Sting. The buckle-bomb was the final-nail of a career of abuse in the ring for Sting. Wasn't Seth's fault. He was just the at the wrong-place at the wrong-time.
What about "the Kisser" 🙃😄
They should just rename this show "Bullsh*ttin' With Bruce". So much stuff in here that is flat out incorrect.
Mr. Perfect was my favorite of all time, but truthfully his two IC champion runs were nowhere near as memorable as Honky's.
Bruce is wrong . Savage was supposed to win the IC title at Saturday Nights Main event 88 February . Dibiase was supposed to win the world title at WM 4
Yes indeed. Original plan blew up when Honky Tonk Man refused to do the job for Savage. Vince wanted put Macho over rather than Million Dollar Man because he believed he drew better. Also, the house shows where Million Dollar Man is actually billed as WWF Champion did very poorly and the crowd supposedly wasn't feeling it
I thought HTM and Jerry Lawler we're cousins?
They are. Their mothers are sisters.
They are all cousin's down south!!!
@@GG-ju5mi But I bet they can spell "cousins" better than you can! :P
"Original prans."
"This Sa-Veels like... - Conrad "the Clap" Thompson
A consummate heel. Brother Love owes some love to mr Ferris. Cut from the same cloth, and both seem to be decent people who want to make some money pissing people off.
HTM ruled
You guys should do an episode on Jyushin Thunder Liger's career
BOUT DAMN TIME CONRAD!!!!
HTM was Never contacted to be in the gimmick battle royal.
Who ran Knoxville?
Jerry Jarret i believe
Ah hell you might be fired by then
Wish they did this sooner rather the wrestlers are dead or alive
I'm still looking for you Honky Tonk Man! th-cam.com/video/8QAAknL4mmI/w-d-xo.html Ooooooooooooooh Yeeeeeeaaaahh! Dig It!
Tonk is the best heater ever!!!!