CWA Dutch Mantell/Wayne Ferris vs. Eddie Gilbert/Koko Ware

This is a tag match from the CWA promotion in the old Memphis Territory. Dutch Mantell teams up with Wayne Ferris, the man who would go on to become the Honky Tonk Man and they take on a very young Eddie Gilbert and Koko B. Ware.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Eddie
• Gilbert
• Honky
• Tonk
• Man
• Koko
• B.
• Ware
• Dutch
• Mantell
• Wayne
• Ferris
• CWA
• USWA
• Memphis
• Wrestling
• Jimmy
• Hart

[robman00027]

Wayne Ferris is the Honky Tonk Man

[joetodaro]

no.....REALLY?

[mikefl9190]

No shit, dumb ass

[joetodaro]

lol

[playboydig12]

Koko's dropkick was the absolute BEST in the business. Jacques Rougeau and Johnny Wilhoyt had good ones, too. Ahh, the memories.

[lambert581]

The amazing thing is Ferris regular partner Larry Latham became Moondog Spot in Memphis & WWF/E

[mamacornettesmoney]

@scorpioswrath Yeah, he did look like Handsome Jimmy. In fact, when Ferris turned heel, it was because he'd been haning with Valiant and copying some of valiant's style and it pissed Jerry Lawler off.

[marinegny70]

@mamacornettesmoney you are correct, Ferris was using the name "punk rock" wayne ferris in the southeastern area of alabama, and was in a fued with Austin Idol, and Idol "knocked" him out, and spray painted a black streak down his hair and nicknaming him"skunk rock"...and ferris dyed is hair black , and started the "HTM" ring style....

[scorpioswrath]

HTM is kinda looking like Jimmy Valiant in the 80's in this one.

[SadisticScott]

I love Southern style. I'm Canadian, as a much as I loved Calgary Stampede back in the day, there is something about old school Southern style that I love. I think it's the in-match storytelling in just about every match.

[cocololocoloco]

After looking up for some information on the internet, Dutch & Wayne/Danny Condrey won the Norht American tag belts from Carlos Colon & Jose Rivera

[cocololocoloco]

Wayne Faris went to wrestle in Puerto Rico as Dangerous Danny Condrey & was the tag partner of Dirty Dutch. Both won the North American tag titles from the Invaders. Wayne also won the Caribbean Heavyweight Title from Chief Jay Strongbow.

[mamacornettesmoney]

I think he actually first started developing it in Southeastern (which became Continental), then he went to Stampede and Vancouver with it.

[actionsub]

As an ironic update, Wayne Ferris will be inducting Koko Ware into the 2009 class of the WWE Hall of Fame.