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Wayne Farris

Acting

Born: 1953-01-25 in Bolivar, Tennessee, USA

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.

Wayne Farris

Biography

Known For

Raw

WWF Superstars

USWA Championship Wrestling

Mid-South Wrestling

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWE Old School

WWE Old School

Clash of the Champions

Clash of the Champions

WWE This Is Awesome

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

WWF The Main Event

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

WWE WrestleMania IV

WWE WrestleMania III

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

WWE SummerSlam 1989

Macho Madness

Midnight Massacre

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

The Brains Behind the Brawn

WWE Survivor Series 1988

WWE SummerSlam 1988

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story

WWE World Tour '90

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

WWE U.K. PPV

WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell

Hulkamania 4

AWF Warriors of Wrestling