Wayne Farris

Biography

Roy Wayne Farris, better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American professional wrestler. A 1975 graduate from University of Memphis with a B.S. degree in Education, Farris coached high school football for two seasons at Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee. Currently working on the independent circuit, he previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF)--now WWE. He is best known for his first run with WWF, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a record 64 weeks, and lost it to Ultimate Warrior in the very first pay-per-view of SummerSlam. He is the cousin of professional wrestler and color commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Known For

Raw

as The Honky Tonk Man

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

as The Honky Tonk Man

WWE WrestleMania III

as The Honky Tonk Man

WWE WrestleMania V

as The Honky Tonk Man

WWE WrestleMania IV

as The Honky Tonk Man

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

as The Honky Tonk Man

The True Story of WrestleMania

as The Honky Tonk Man (archive footage)

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

as The Honky Tonk Man

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story

as Himself

WWE Survivor Series 1987

as Honky Tonk