13 Questions With The Honky Tonk Man
6. Heat Magnet
Fans detested The Honky Tonk Man. The boos rang out as soon as you opened your mouth.
“My whole approach to the character was very simplistic. I had little key terms and pieces of verbiage that I knew would touch people, that I knew would hit the spot and make them explode.
“When I had the Intercontinental belt, I would go on TV and say, ‘Here I am, Mean Gene. I still have it, I still have the belt. I can’t be beat; no one can beat me. I’m the greatest of all-time!”