As a disabled veteran with a brain injury i can definitely tell he has a tic i have one as well its not drugs its from being hit in the head so many times just wanted to post that because of the other comments
Uncle Elmer wasn’t very bright. He didn’t realize that the WWF was the best-paying, most prestigious organization around for pro wrestlers. The fact that he wasn’t fired after his _first_ no-show, was merciful on Vince McMahon’s part. Uncle Elmer was just asking to get fired after his _second_ no-show.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A lot of the territory guys (like Elmer) didn't think the WWF was the best or the most prestigious at that time. Lots of guys showed up, hated it, and ran back to the territories. Plenty of guys were offered contracts and said no thanks and stayed down south. But I agree about the no-shows.
to hear it from some of the guys it sounded like he had a pretty bad cocaine habit. like he was a regularly cigarette smoker but he laced his cigs with coke
@@Axs_Nice_Hair See, WWE fanboys don't know the history of WWF.. A lot of them think WWF was just this be all end all which isn't true at all.. AWA, NWA, Mid South were all important prestigious promotions during the 1970s, 1980s.. WWF was seen as the secondary promotion to go to, to get paid even though your character would take a different hit (Dusty Rhodes) than what your character was in other promotions.. in the 1990s WCW had WWF's number and they failed to dial it.. WCW in the 1990s made WWF look second rate until The Rock and Stone Cold came into play and changed that for WWF.. Plus WCW was starting to let their success take their foot off the gas..
I remember Hillbilly Jim from back in Memphis, too... he was "Harley Davidson." I think he teamed up with "Dirty Rhodes" -- a Dusty Rhodes imitator. I may be wrong about that part... but he was teamed with some other odd character. Anyway, "Harley" wasn't there long, but he made a good impression.
Plowboy is from Pascagoula, MS. He began his career with Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling as the Pascagoula Plowboy Tiny Frazier. Before his wrestling career he worked at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.
0:06 Stan Frazier leaves CWA ( Memphis ) after 3/19/1985 show. Signs with WWF become Uncle Elmer debuts for WWF 6/17/1985. On WWF Saturday's Night MainEvent # 6: 5/3/1986 on TV 📺 From Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Civic Center: Thursday, May 1,1986 (Live! ) Heenan Family'' King Kong Bundy defeated Uncle Elmer in 2 minutes & 35 seconds ( This is the match were Hillbilly Jim is talking about here , Uncle Elmer was fired by WWF afterwards, returning to CWA Memphis again 5/12/1986 at Mid- South Coliseum as Giant Hillbilly.
Lanny was a great guy , worked with him W/ Dale Mann’s group . I’m from Lake Cumberland area , I remember calling a couple of your matches when you did Harley Davidson gimmick. You were super nice to me , back then .
With all due respect to Hillbilly Jim, the Hillbilly schtick never really got over. He did, but not Cousin Luke and Elmer. All the evidence you need is a 1985 Saturday Night's Main Event where the Hillbilly Team had a six-man tag against Piper, Orton, and Jesse Ventura. People started booing the Hillbillies. This was lomg before kayfabe was routinely broken, so the announcers ignored the crowd, but the Piper team did win.
A shoot interview with one of my favorite old school wrestlers?!? Yes, please!! Mania 3 Jim v Bundy and the 'midget wrestlers' is one of my favorite matches!! One of the Saturday Night Main events has a wedding with Unlce Elmer.
Lots of people commenting on Jim's eye twitches. They only or mainly occur when there is a pause in his speech as he is trying to gather his thoughts or choose his words. It looks like something he is mainly in control of, not a tic, that he does to maintain the momentum of his speech. Others might stammer or um and ah or y'know or repeat a habitual phrase with such a pause but Jim never does. He screws up his left eye and keeps the pause so brief it doesn't break the flow. It is like some guitarists pull strange concentration faces as they play, somehow scrunching the eye muscles seems to help concentration Jim speaks well, doesn't repeat himself, and is honest and direct, there's a few ex-wrestlers who can claim that but not that many
Say what you will about Uncle Elmer, but he was by far the biggest draw and the best character in the Hillbillys. Shame he couldnt be more professional because the HillBillys were nothing without him, FACT. R.I.P. Stanley C. Fraizer.
We need more Hillbillies in wrestling, that is whats wrong with wrestling today. Bring back the uncle Elmer gimmick for LA Knight or Seth Franklin Rollins
For a guy like Hillbilly jim, he never had any type of pro-wrestling training he did pretty good for himself before he retired in 1990. But he never captured a WWF championship during his time in WWF (now WWE).
I remember Cousin Junior. He was decent. I also remember Cousin Luke. I seem to remember he was way better than expected, but he didn't stick around long. Might have been an inury or something
I don't remember too much about that wedding - but I do remember Jesse Ventura on commentary saying something to the effect of 'somebody get the slop bucket, I think I'm getting sick'
And flim flam confidence men are like that,get themselves over at expense of others ,carnies,marks, fakers,you do realize its an unserious occupation,Rock wrestled 7 years and he's never mentioned as best worker when in actuality he's the greatest of all time
I love how wrestlers’ stories almost never match reality. And I say this as someone who like Hillbilly Jim - both the gimmick and the real man in real life. Listen to what he says about the Bundy-Elmer SNME match and then go watch it (it’s here on TH-cam). He basically says that Vince had Bundy squash Elmer. Bundy did win, yes, but the match was anything but what Hillbilly Jim describes. It was a short match and Elmer controlled about 80% of it. Elmer missed a second splash, fell, Bundy dropped an elbow and won. Boring match. Short match. And one in which Bundy certainly did NOT dominate. The match doesn’t even vaguely resemble what is described here. And I’m certain, given the matchup, Elmer wasn’t ever slated to win. So, even Bundy’s win, after having been losing most of the match, wasn’t a change due to anger at Elmer. I’m sure Bundy was always slated to win. So, other than the quick ending, which made Elmer look bad (couldn’t kick out of a mild elbow drop?), there is zero evidence that Bundy was instructed to hammer on Elmer.
BILLY HILLYS HAVE NO TIME TO BE RACIST THEY NEED TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOGS AN AS FAR AS TALKING THEY CANT BECAUSE THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CHEWING TOBACCO JUICE.
Shout out to the legendary Hillbilly Jim 🔥
Stream his full shoot interview now (2012)
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I loved Jim back in the day. He wasn't the best but still a favorite of mine. Character was fun and he seemed like a good guy himself.
Hillbilly Jim one of my childhood favorites
I wish as I get older I can keep the memory Jim has. He remembers everything so fluent.
He’s just like that out in public.
40 years later, Jim still looks younger than Elmer looked.
This shoot interview was probably done in 2001-02. He would have been around 50 at the time.
As a disabled veteran with a brain injury i can definitely tell he has a tic i have one as well its not drugs its from being hit in the head so many times just wanted to post that because of the other comments
Come on now, everyone knows that wrestlers don't do drugs. Prayers and vitamins, brother.
Yeah what many would refer as ''shell shock''.
Wrestlers calling non-wrestling things (ie. Watch jewels) gimmicks is always the funniest thing to me.
Another of the old-school characters I could listen to for hours!
He tweaks as much as a McDonalds manager...
I noticed that too. Do you know if he has Tourette’s?
Just how he is
I got to see a 6 man tag. With all the hillbillies. Hillbilly jim. Uncle Elmer and cousin luke 👏
Would you consider Jerry Blackwell and Haystack Calhoun Hillbillies?
Uncle Elmer wasn’t very bright. He didn’t realize that the WWF was the best-paying, most prestigious organization around for pro wrestlers. The fact that he wasn’t fired after his _first_ no-show, was merciful on Vince McMahon’s part. Uncle Elmer was just asking to get fired after his _second_ no-show.
He's the kind of guy who thought he was irreplaceable.
He was wrong.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A lot of the territory guys (like Elmer) didn't think the WWF was the best or the most prestigious at that time. Lots of guys showed up, hated it, and ran back to the territories. Plenty of guys were offered contracts and said no thanks and stayed down south. But I agree about the no-shows.
to hear it from some of the guys it sounded like he had a pretty bad cocaine habit. like he was a regularly cigarette smoker but he laced his cigs with coke
Warrior stood McMahon up plenty of times.. 😂 And McMahon kept hiring him back..
@@Axs_Nice_Hair See, WWE fanboys don't know the history of WWF.. A lot of them think WWF was just this be all end all which isn't true at all.. AWA, NWA, Mid South were all important prestigious promotions during the 1970s, 1980s.. WWF was seen as the secondary promotion to go to, to get paid even though your character would take a different hit (Dusty Rhodes) than what your character was in other promotions.. in the 1990s WCW had WWF's number and they failed to dial it.. WCW in the 1990s made WWF look second rate until The Rock and Stone Cold came into play and changed that for WWF.. Plus WCW was starting to let their success take their foot off the gas..
Man..I loved watching the hillbillies as a kid. I can still remember Uncle Elmer's wedding on Saturday Night's Main Event
Great story, as told by a great guy!!
I remember Hillbilly Jim from back in Memphis, too... he was "Harley Davidson." I think he teamed up with "Dirty Rhodes" -- a Dusty Rhodes imitator. I may be wrong about that part... but he was teamed with some other odd character. Anyway, "Harley" wasn't there long, but he made a good impression.
No. You're right about Rhodes
lawler brought him out and introduced him to lance.
The Lear Jet would keep my nerves on edge!
RIP Plowboy Frazier
The HillBilly Jim versus King Kong Bundy feud was pretty darn good.
Plowboy is from Pascagoula, MS. He began his career with Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling as the Pascagoula Plowboy Tiny Frazier. Before his wrestling career he worked at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.
He worked out in California in the early 70s under a mask as " The Convict."
0:06 Stan Frazier leaves CWA ( Memphis ) after 3/19/1985 show. Signs with WWF become Uncle Elmer debuts for WWF 6/17/1985. On WWF Saturday's Night MainEvent # 6: 5/3/1986 on TV 📺 From Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Civic Center: Thursday, May 1,1986 (Live! ) Heenan Family'' King Kong Bundy defeated Uncle Elmer in 2 minutes & 35 seconds ( This is the match were Hillbilly Jim is talking about here , Uncle Elmer was fired by WWF afterwards, returning to CWA Memphis again 5/12/1986 at Mid- South Coliseum as Giant Hillbilly.
this was the match with Uncle Elmer's bucket of Fried Pig Parts!!!!
Bundy called him uncle elmo 😂
Lanny was a great guy , worked with him W/ Dale Mann’s group . I’m from Lake Cumberland area , I remember calling a couple of your matches when you did Harley Davidson gimmick. You were super nice to me , back then .
In 85 they flew the Concorde Transatlantic for just Phil Collins to be in both Live Aids
Gene Lewis (Cousin Luke) was in the very first live match I ever saw.
With all due respect to Hillbilly Jim, the Hillbilly schtick never really got over. He did, but not Cousin Luke and Elmer. All the evidence you need is a 1985 Saturday Night's Main Event where the Hillbilly Team had a six-man tag against Piper, Orton, and Jesse Ventura. People started booing the Hillbillies. This was lomg before kayfabe was routinely broken, so the announcers ignored the crowd, but the Piper team did win.
Vince's final straw with Elmer is when he ate the entire buffet for the staff then clogged the toilet up with a 20 pound BM.
LOL
Then.
Better keep an eye on Bronson Reed and Nia Jax so we don't have a repeat of that episode.
@@stevehady915 Did it happen with Yokozuna?
A 💩 bigger than Trump 😂
Soo' Uncle Elmer & hil Billy Jim That's was nice WWF Charakter 'e 😢.
Jim is a great story teller
Hillbilly was one of my favorites as a kid because he is from my home state of Kentucky! Don't go messin with a country boy!
A shoot interview with one of my favorite old school wrestlers?!? Yes, please!! Mania 3 Jim v Bundy and the 'midget wrestlers' is one of my favorite matches!! One of the Saturday Night Main events has a wedding with Unlce Elmer.
My uncle loved these guys
I always wanted to see Cousin Junior and Cousin Luke be a tag team
I was at that show in Providence.
Love Hillbilly Jim, Cheers!
Hmm, thought Uncle Elmer would have been fired for getting high from sniffing glue. LOL! Get it? Elmer's glue, Uncle Elmer.
Plow boy was awesome in Memphis!
Lots of people commenting on Jim's eye twitches. They only or mainly occur when there is a pause in his speech as he is trying to gather his thoughts or choose his words. It looks like something he is mainly in control of, not a tic, that he does to maintain the momentum of his speech. Others might stammer or um and ah or y'know or repeat a habitual phrase with such a pause but Jim never does. He screws up his left eye and keeps the pause so brief it doesn't break the flow. It is like some guitarists pull strange concentration faces as they play, somehow scrunching the eye muscles seems to help concentration
Jim speaks well, doesn't repeat himself, and is honest and direct, there's a few ex-wrestlers who can claim that but not that many
Jim seems like a great guy.
Say what you will about Uncle Elmer, but he was by far the biggest draw and the best character in the Hillbillys. Shame he couldnt be more professional because the HillBillys were nothing without him, FACT. R.I.P. Stanley C. Fraizer.
Stan Frazier, plowboy Frazier,the convict, lone ranger, giant rebel,giant hillbilly,kimala 2, Playboy Frazier,uncle Elmer, I loved him. RIP
Dozer driving watermelon farming cologne selling rascal
Looks great for a Wrestler his age
This is years old.
@@tonyclifton2230he hasn’t changed much
Love me some hillbilly
Uncle Elmer was a funny guy and they should have kept him.
We need more Hillbillies in wrestling, that is whats wrong with wrestling today. Bring back the uncle Elmer gimmick for LA Knight or Seth Franklin Rollins
No hillbilly gimmick for Seth Rollins. Before long, he will be wearing his mother's clothes instead of Beckys.
I haven't so far heard anything good about Uncle Elmer.
Well he is tall. Best I can do
Probably from selling fake Rolexes😂
"Dont never take no pills from Uncle Elmer" Tony Atlas
He was known to be generous with his town rats.
Saw him in Blytheville American Legion. Looked like he was 7' or better...lol
For a guy like Hillbilly jim, he never had any type of pro-wrestling training he did pretty good for himself before he retired in 1990. But he never captured a WWF championship during his time in WWF (now WWE).
Don't go messing with a country boy
Hillbilly reminds me that he could be Takers legit brother
Cook up some fresh old possum critters.
Jim should’ve went heel would’ve been awesome
Not getting 18 people on a Lear
I remember Cousin Junior. He was decent. I also remember Cousin Luke. I seem to remember he was way better than expected, but he didn't stick around long. Might have been an inury or something
I loved uncle elmer. They had him get married on tv and gave him the fastest match on record then gone. Its as if he wanted out
I don't remember too much about that wedding - but I do remember Jesse Ventura on commentary saying something to the effect of 'somebody get the slop bucket, I think I'm getting sick'
Roddy Piper showed out 😂😂😂
Great story. Fake rolexs huh. I knew he was a little off, Elmer that is. Hillbilly Jim is a great interview.
Dude is coked out of his mind 😮
Why does he keep doing that with his eyes
Probably Blepharospasm.
What's with his eyes?
Whats with the crazy face twitching???😮😮😮😮
This is what I want to know
Probably a tic of some kind.
Probably hemifacial spasms
Nerves?
Your on mine. @@popachellione6799
You should reupload with both the right and left audio channels.
You're right - this ones on us. The file didn't export with both audio channels, we will upload a new version including the full interview shortly.
Didn’t he come back as Bastion Booger? A gross disgusting gig where he’s walking down the road isle in what looked like a diaper
Talking about Elmer broke him out in hives
Hillbilly-looks-like-a-pimp😂🤣🤠🥳😎👹💩🤡💀👿🤖👽💥
the great hillbilly invasion
They ever say why Jim is blinking and winking so much? Does Jim have tourettes or a nervous tick or something? Is he alright?
As far as about hearing good things ask Koko Ware about Frazier
koko be ware made nothing but a fool out of himself in the ring
@@johnverley I can see your point
Great story. Funny
And flim flam confidence men are like that,get themselves over at expense of others ,carnies,marks, fakers,you do realize its an unserious occupation,Rock wrestled 7 years and he's never mentioned as best worker when in actuality he's the greatest of all time
Why is this guy twitching so much
I was wondering that myself, particularly his left eye. It looks like a tic.
Meth
Meth baby
I'm guessing it's a side effect from medication.
hes had three strokes
nice twitches
He didn't bathe ?
Probably not that Lou went away but that he was in the minors.
Uncle Elmer 2028
I love how wrestlers’ stories almost never match reality. And I say this as someone who like Hillbilly Jim - both the gimmick and the real man in real life. Listen to what he says about the Bundy-Elmer SNME match and then go watch it (it’s here on TH-cam). He basically says that Vince had Bundy squash Elmer. Bundy did win, yes, but the match was anything but what Hillbilly Jim describes. It was a short match and Elmer controlled about 80% of it. Elmer missed a second splash, fell, Bundy dropped an elbow and won. Boring match. Short match. And one in which Bundy certainly did NOT dominate. The match doesn’t even vaguely resemble what is described here.
And I’m certain, given the matchup, Elmer wasn’t ever slated to win. So, even Bundy’s win, after having been losing most of the match, wasn’t a change due to anger at Elmer. I’m sure Bundy was always slated to win. So, other than the quick ending, which made Elmer look bad (couldn’t kick out of a mild elbow drop?), there is zero evidence that Bundy was instructed to hammer on Elmer.
Providence Civic Center go PC Friars
He got more ticks than a dog
I never hear anything good about sports entertainment fans.the only good in me is Jesus Christ.
His tics are from trauma nervous like
Elmer screwed up big time !
wtf is he doing with his eyes?
Why does he have facial ticks?
What the hell is going on with his eyes and his facial tweaks
The sound only comes out of one channel. Can you please fix and reupload with corrected audio??? Thanks!
His eyes twitching out he must got some nerve damage in there😂
He's seen some terrible things in those locker room showers in the old days.
Does Hillbilly Jim have tourettes? That facial tick could be caused by that.
Frazier as the lone ranger was hilarious
wtf is up with his eye.
Plowboy Frazier, R.I.P. was as nice of person as you'd wanna meet
HJ's face looks like he's doing a Jaggy Jobby.
👁 ➖️
It's cut but rf said Elmer was racist and hillbilly conformed it he was hard-core racist the way Jim says it
That's the worst thing on planet earth.
@@stealthbomber2127 predators are the scum of the earth but racists aren't far behind
How in the world can a Billy Hilly be a racist this most be a joke.
BILLY HILLYS HAVE NO TIME TO BE RACIST THEY NEED TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOGS AN AS FAR AS TALKING THEY CANT BECAUSE THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CHEWING TOBACCO JUICE.
I wonder where you can find these old RF shoots unedited?
Can't hear it
Turn your volume up
wtf with his eye
what in the world is he making all these weird facial expressions the entire time. Come on buddy , just tell the story .
Elmer makes George Gulas look like Lou Thez
for fucks sake
he was the worst
Elmer selling Trump watches before Trump
Uncle Elmer was fired because he wouldn't let Pat Patterson milk him like a cow.
JIM seems like a great dude