Wayne Farris

Acting

Born Jan 25, 1953

From Bolivar, TN

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

Known For

WWE WrestleMania III

WWE WrestleMania IV

WWE WrestleMania V

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

Filmography — Acting

WWE WrestleMania III

WWE WrestleMania IV

WWE WrestleMania V

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

WWE SummerSlam 1988

WWE WrestleFest '90

Midnight Massacre

WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story

WWE Survivor Series 1988

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

Hulkamania 4

WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell

WWE SummerSlam 1989

WWE WrestleFest

WWE World Tour '90

The Life and Death of Owen Hart

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man

WWE Hall of Fame 2019

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87

WWF Summer Flashback!

WWE The Main Event

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88

WWE Mega Matches

The Ken Patera Story

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

Demolition: Witness the Power

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

The Brains Behind the Brawn

Macho Madness

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

Battle of the WWE Superstars

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

WWE Greatest Hits

Dynamite Kid: A Matter of Pride

WWE U.K. PPV

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88

The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver

George "The Animal" Steele

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '88

WWE Funniest Moments

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

The Best of the WWF: volume 13

WWE The Hart Foundation

The Ultimate Warrior

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88