The Honky Tonk Man

The Honky Tonk Man is a reminder that being unforgettable can matter more than being beloved. As a Tennessee-born heel during the WWF's late-1980s boom, he built a swaggering, Elvis-flavored persona designed to irritate, and that's exactly why crowds couldn't look away. I've always thought the great villains do harder work than the heroes, and his WWE Hall of Fame induction confirms the craft paid off. What I find charming is how committed he stays to the gimmick, still keeping an official site decades later. He understood that pro wrestling is theater, and he never once broke character on me.

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Name (English)

The Honky Tonk Man

Name (Japanese)

ホンキー・トンク・マン

Reading

ほんきー・とんく・まん

Real name

ウェイン・ファリス

Born

January 25, 1953 (age 73)

Origin

Bolivar, Tennessee, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Awards & achievements

• WWE Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.honkytonkman.net/
• Xhttps://x.com/OfficialHTM
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Honky%20Tonk%20Man
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953428

Tags

• Tennessee
• professional wrestler

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.