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Honky Tonk Blues

jhip74Posted on 06/05/04 at 20:25:04

I recently read the Honky Tonk Man's latest commentary from June 2 on his website www.thehonkytonkman.com, he asked for opinions on it so I wrote him the following letter. I urge you to read the commentary (it is about Mick Foley) before reading my letter.

After reading your June 2nd commentary on your website. I have to I was
alittle shocked.

I was shocked that you refer to yourself in the third person (and even
then
iit's just enitials), like Dwayne Johnson does on TV when he's in
character.
That's about as lame as Jim Helwig only refering to himself as "Warrior"

from now on.

I also found the amount of cursing alittle out of hand. Is that the only
way
you can express yourself? To many it shows more ignorance than anything
else.

I'm no mark for Mr. Foley (I don't mark for anyone). But I am a fan. And

yes, maybe now he is hanging on to faded glory. But at least he's
entertaining to listen to, and read about. Speaking of faded glory;
isn't it
about time you stop calling yourself "the greatest Intercontinental
Champion
of all time"? Longest reigning? Yes. But hardly the greatest. In my
opinion,
if it weren't for Jimmy Hart, you wouldn't have gotten over at all. And
if
it weren't for your cousin Jerry Lawler, you may not have even seen the
light of day in the old WWF. But that is just my opinion.

But I did fall for it. "It" being: I saw you had a beef with Mr. Foley
on
another wrestling site and felt the need to check it out to see what it
was.
So, I added a hit to your website. So you got the publicity that you
wanted.
I feel dirty for falling for a cheap trick like that. Just like most fas
do
when they fall for one of Mick Foley's "Cheap pops".

I doubt I'll get a real response from you anyway. I wrote to another
wrestler's website when he asked for the fans response & all I got was a

generic "Thank You" letter in my email. So, just like your in ring
performance...I expect little from you.

I did recieve a letter back (to my surprise) and it reads as follows:

"Much like Mick Foley's book, your email contains little to no facts and
just a whole lot of bullshit. Big surprise."

I did not edit the content of either letter. Now I ask the fans to give not only me their opinions but HTM as well.




AceBrentonJrPosted on 06/05/04 at 21:55:07

I agree with you. And to think I actually used HTM in my circuit and even gave him an upset win over Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a championship three way elimination match (he pinned Michaels for the belt), He lost it on the next card however! I'm either going to fire his ass from my circuit now, or I'm going to put him in a barbed wire pinfall only cage match (loser leaves town) against Foley, and to quote Tazz (By Golly, If Foley wins, the fed will be a better place)
xsouporheroxPosted on 06/07/04 at 03:35:44

HTM has a long history or trying to to put himself over and put others down. Go to 1wrestling.com or pwinsider.com and search through their respective Q&A sections for questions about HTM's antics.
AceBrentonJrPosted on 06/07/04 at 18:32:39

The only reason HTM was IC champ in the first place was because he had a good friendship with Mr. Leg Drop