Wayne Farris
Department: Acting
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
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
WWE WrestleMania V
1989
Battle of the WWE Superstars
1990
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989
WWE The Hart Foundation
1987
WWE Mega Matches
1991
The Ultimate Warrior
1989
WWE World Tour '90
1990
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2001
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
2010
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver
1987
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
1997
Midnight Massacre
2025
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
Dynamite Kid: A Matter of Pride
2013
The Life and Death of Owen Hart
1999
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
Hulkamania 4
1989
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
1989
Timeline: The History of WWE – 1987 – As Told By The Honky Tonk Man
2009
JCW Oddball Brawl
2013
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88
1988
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
1989
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
1987
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88
1988
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88
1988
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
1988
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '88
1988
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
1989
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
YouShoot: Honky Tonk Man
2007
YouShoot: Honky Tonk Man 2
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Supercard: Summerslam 88 with The Honky Tonk Man
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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 1: Honky Tonk Man & Raven
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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 2: When Worlds Collide
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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 11: Big Lips & Shaking Hips
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WWE Hall of Fame 2019
2019
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
2008
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
2014
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
WWE WrestleFest
1988
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989
WWE U.K. PPV
1989
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
1990
WWE The Main Event
1988
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
1997
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
Macho Madness
1988
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
1988
George "The Animal" Steele
1987
The Ken Patera Story
1987
WWE Funniest Moments
1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
1987
WWE Greatest Hits
1991
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
1995
WWE This Is Awesome
2022
Raw
1993
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Old School
1973
WWE Old School
1973
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
USWA Championship Wrestling
1977
Clash of the Champions
1988
Clash of the Champions
1988