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.”