WWF History - Rhythm & Blues on Brother Love

[2614uofm]

Brother Love was ahead of the Tannin game!

[unclebobpart2]

Hey Honky Tonk... how about coming back for one night only, and hitting that criminal immigrant beaner in the head with a guitar! Get rid of mysterio for good.

[pbrick6301]

Don Cornelius is on record saying that Rhythm and Blues was right up there with Commodores and Stevie Wonder. I agree.

[denniswinship]

I saw the honky tonk man in gloucester massachusetts in had a poloroaid picture.

[jackierob]

"They will soon be appearing on MTV, American Bandstand, and Soul Train!!!"

I damn near fell out of my seat when Brother Love said "Soul Train" lol!

CLASSIC CLIP!!!

[neetrab]

OMG! I totally forgot about the bush wackers..lol

[83BM]

I don't think ive ever seen a wrestler who had has much hate and heat as Honky did, he was probably the greatest heel of all time.

[remy2k7]

Soul Train? Lmao!!

[dreshadshae]

this is when wrestling was the sh*t! the great old days when wrestling was good. it's all bullsh*t now!

[thedarkside7979]

Wrestlers in this era could really give an interview

[NEXXTLEVELPROMOTION]

brother rhythm and brother blues

[Holden308]

You had to feel sorry for The Hammer. He didn't want or deserve to have to play 2nd fiddle to Honky Tonk.

[Shack83]

@Holden308 For real, I just looked at that gimmick and could tell he didn't want no part of it.

[mrkoolnerd]

@Holden308 he needed a change in gimmick though

[sckrbt]

I hated brother love when I was a kid. Now that I'm an adult, I still hate him.

[bridgmon007]

I miss all this old wrestling soo much!! I don't know anyone that thinks it's better now!

[Njoekiezoekie]

these wrestlers knew how to generate real heat because of their characters, like good old Honky, not like Cena now because he gets heat because the fans see how fake he is. :)

[hgonz14]

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine looks so uncomfortable with the black hair and gimmick that it is awesome. I miss these days of wrestling.

[JayBBluejay]

@hgonz14 Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and The Honky Tonk Man's tag team Rhythm and Blues didn't last very long when Greg and Honky turned on each other.

As for Greg Valentine, you could tell that he didn't like the gimmick of dying his hair black, wearing tights that said "Only The Lonely", and carrying a guitar to look like Roy Orbison. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine was happier breaking the legs on his opponents than breaking guitars on the opponents' heads.

[mangere77]

you just don't get heat like this these days... just amazing!

[unicorn187]

Rock'nRoll BUSHWHACKAS! Smash that Guitar like it was your phallic symbol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YA!

[snakesinahouseparty]

preach on, you big gay elvis.

[blastardinc]

The Hammer is a Ric Flair knock-off.

[unsanitized]

They will soon be appearing on MTV, American Bandstand and Soul Train.

[willjarmon]

@unsanitized By April 1990 Bandstand had been off the air about 6 months, NEVER could have been on Soul Train, and maybe they could have been on MTV. I know this is an act so please dont anybody say "Well DUH!!" LMAO

[bumpinmag]

preech brother honky!!

[domirules28]

i loved when greg valentine turned on honky tonk man and jimmy hart and became a fan favorite in early '91

[Bangoustine]

excellent gimmick, brother love with the red face

[cruehead355]

lol, i miss these days of wrestling when it was fun to watch and get a good laugh. nowadays its stupid

[A0n79fRtW]

I'd rather watch these promos that take me on a trip down memory lane than the current mundane borefest product on television now. This was when wrestlers could actually draw mega reaction and heat from the fans during promos.

[seabass11]

@A0n79fRtW Totally...Dude, listen to those fans booing the shit out of Brother Love! And then when Rhythm & Blues are introduced, they get even more heat! You're exactly right. No one can cut a promo anymore, the heels don't get heat like this anymore, and so the babyfaces don't get over like they used to. I hate being one of those "shit was better in my day" people, but at least in this case it's true.

[A0n79fRtW]

@seabass11

Nowadays, the WWE is so robotic like that they consider us some "WWE Universe" now. Wrestling is so boring now that I spend more time watching old WWE and NWA and AWA 1980s videos than I do the live 2010 product now.

[bridgmon007]

I hardly watch it anymore. But all the older stuff is great!!!

[GLazz85]

@A0n79fRtW Its because everything is scripted. Noone is allowed to go off on their own. It sux

[jnryfn]

@A0n79fRtW Well said! I could watch these all day!!!! Honky was da shit!

[Latinoxtc]

Greg hated dying his hair jet black and you could tell by his body language here. He just seemed not that into the role, still however this team pulled it of. And that theme was one of the best ever in the WWF. Ahh the good old days.

[mtbinpa31]

The WWE could take a lesson from any of their previous matches and creative team, especially from 1985 to the early 90's, now 34, I had no idea how good the wrestling was designed then.

[konman001]

I agree...nowadays WWE has gone down the toilet. Sure the matches are more risky, wrestlers pack on more muscle and they got more fireworks. . . but they do not have genuine charisma and the act has been reduced down to sexual scandals and toilet dirt.

[mdhotstuff]

This was the ONLY time period that I was unhappy with Greg Valentine. The real hammer, would have taken his guitar and beat the wholly shit outa those two clowns

[Hawkee316]

Greg "the hammer" valentine with black hair I forgot about that RLOF

[ironman36]

I don't know folks. Is it me or it seems that the wrestling back then seemed less phony?

[heavymetalrockstar]

Greg was a great intercontinental champion.

[catlover28]

We dont like crappy music in new Zealand, so the Bushwhackers did what they thought was right, lol!!!! I remember this, and I loved The Hammer and Honkey tonk! Fuck that song was awful though.And I bet Hammer didnt really like having black hair!

[russelltrigger]

Honky Tonk was a legend and was the best I/C champ ever!!

[fastmoverinbound]

before this was`nt honkey tonk man dutch mantell

[mdhotstuff]

No .. HTM was known as Wayne Ferris in Mid South.........

[Leshog70]

did'nt Greg Valentine look like the late Roy Orbison in that get up

[ryanboyce1]

lol leather studded jacket and spandex underwear. priceless

[altown34]

damn all vince needs to do is look back in the late 80's and early 90's to these great gimmicks to get the ratings to rise again

[spider1974]

Whatwas Valentine thinking??

[orgasmtron]

lmao brother love

[brnleague99]

Honky Tonk Man is and will always be the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time.

[domirules28]

@brnleague99: mr perfect > honky tonk man in terms of greatest ic champ ever...

[atworkstation]

@brnleague99 He held that title for 15 months. Since then, no one has ever held on to the Intercontinental Title for that long.

[brnleague99]

@atworkstation I know. He was the best IC title of all time.

[cpossberg]

I booed when I watched them at WM6 too...It wasn't a "good kind" of heat--> they were the drizzling shits!!

[Sweetguy9009]

As ECW Original The Sandman put it there are two types of heat in this great sport of pro wrestling that we all know and love. Heat because you did something fans didn't like. And there is heat because you stink. Greg Valentine former United States Champion and I.C. Champion. A great man and a WWE Hall of Famer. Honky Tonk a product of WWE's Rock N Wrestling Era and couldn't draw a dime if he wasn't working with Hollywood Hogan or The Warrior.

[Jrewing4life]

Honkey never was a great wrestler but he was a great entertainer.... and he sure got farther in life than you dumbass:]

[seandroid]

ultra heels. don't see them anymore.

[tirayi]

LISTEN to that crowd boo! I mean what Heat. Unheard of now. cept Cena maybe. But Honky sure knew how to work a crowd. Seems all the more impressive now in these strange wrestling days. How they could take a little and turn it into the greatest nights entertainment week after week after week. Tell the story right and they could get a pop from a Clothes line.

[joescout]

what great heel "they sure don't make em like they use to" maybee edge and vickie

[hgonz14]

I used to always laugh looking at Valentine with the Jet Black hair, whomever came up with the idea to dye his hair was a genius.

[DominicMetal1979]

I always thought Brother Love and The Honkey Tonk Man were the same person. I guess not, but it's funny to see them both on stage together.

[warriorsleftnut]

i actually bought that album it is the star of my record collection along with "alone with my baby tonight" by jeff jarrett lolololol honky tonk man was an excellent entertainer!!!should have had more title runs!!!

[JMaxwell85]

hahaha....Brother Rhythm, Brother Blues. Gotta love Brother Love.

[gokevingo]

I hated brother luv

[McCainis4me]

Fuck yourself Brother Love. You suck and you always will suck. Why don't you buttfuck Jimmy Hart you dickwad.

[DominicMetal1979]

Haha, sounds like you're still 'back there,' 20 years ago, fighting this stuff. LOL you should hook up with the Iron Sheik.

[joescout]

thank you no body well matbe flair could cut a promo like honky tonk man

[chuy40]

rhythm and blues, priceless, thanx for uploading

[WWEFanatic2007]

Hunka Hunka Honky Love rocks!