13 Questions With The Honky Tonk Man

10. Shoot Interviews And Alcohol Don’t Mix

I was going to bring that up. The footage from that shoot interview can be found on YouTube. It is mayhem. You appeared to be three sheets to the wind.

“We were all . . . Yeah. Too many pints. Actually, too many quarts. That’s quite a story [laughs].

“These things come to me as I’m doing the show, but if one of the fans brings something up, it’s like bringing a picture. Every picture tells a story. If they ask a certain question about a certain event in my career, then I have a 20-minute story.

“For example, Ricky Steamboat said that the worst match he ever had was losing to an Elvis impersonator. Are you kidding me? I’m not an Elvis impersonator; I’m a wrestler, you idiot. That’s what makes the shows so good: I can add the facial expressions.”

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The former editor of Power Slam: The Wrestling Magazine, Fin Martin has been writing about pro wrestling for nearly 25 years. His latest eBook, The Power Slam Interviews Volume 1, is available worldwide from Amazon, iBooks and Kobo. In his spare time, he enjoys walking in the Lake District.