Independent circuit (2000–present) The Honky Tonk Man

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since 2000, honky tonk man has worked independent wrestling shows on world. honky tonk man, along ryan smith , host of others, ran series of controversial wrestling websites 2000–2006. thehonkytonkman.com featured frequent updates honky tonk man himself, highly interactive message board community, extensive photo gallery, audio updates, , more. notable online feuds began between honky tonk man , jerry king lawler, rowdy roddy piper, , others. these intense online rivalries became major drawing point fans. website unexpectedly closed without explanation in december 2006. site forwards various new ventures of former website manager ryan smith, remains tight-lipped closing.

the honky tonk man has wrestled southern championship wrestling in castroville, texas, , msw in eastern canada. on april 23, 2008, honky tonk man seen wrestling in presque isle, maine north atlantic american wrestling association promotion. appeared on heavy on wrestling on june 14, 2008, in superior, wisconsin. wrestled fan favorite, defeating big brody hoofer , hitting cameron steele guitar. appeared @ pdx wrestling (the new-age portland wrestling, run sandy barr s son josh) teaming local fan favorite against 2 villains.

on april 26, 2008, honky inducted xwf hall of fame creator jack blaze @ 2008 xwf superbrawl event. xwf later renamed lpw (legends pro wrestling) honky still honored in hall of fame class 2008. on june 28, 2008 in chicago ridge, illinois, made special guest appearance ring of honor storyline sweet n sour larry sweeney had brought him on board sweet n sour inc. faction. praised crowd , sing , dance them until sweeney stepped in , told him not doing either until demands met.

on july 27, 2008, honky tonk man had index finger of right hand severed during public appearance in canada before ultimate championship wrestling show in charlottetown, prince edward island. making appearance @ boston pizza in charlottetown several hours before show when wanted take photo him both men clashing guitars. when guitars collided, neck of honky tonk man s guitar turned , sliced honky tonk man s finger, severing it. honky taken queen elizabeth hospital doctors stitched finger , bandaged it. honky made appearance @ ultimate championship wrestling show several hours later. unable wrestle scheduled match due injury , replaced trash canyon, whom managed ringside. honky tonk man, although injured , in obvious pain, sang theme song twice in ring.

in august 2008, honky tonk man appeared @ wrestling supershows across canada. honky tonk man made appearances in swcw in oklahoma city, oklahoma. on october 24, 2008, wrestled big time wrestling (his first match in 4 months), beating l empereur. on january 7, 2009, appeared in world pro wrestling event in colusa, california, teaming doink clown (a new masked version) face wpw world tag team champions first class express, jerry grey , mighty henrich. match ended in no contest doink turned on honky , 3 triple-teamed him. on may 7, 2009, honky tonk man , bushwacker luke defeated kowboy mike hughes , wildman gary williams ucw tag team championship. on january 31, 2011, honky tonk man made dynamic wrestling alliance debut defeating col. jonathan james @ golden opportunity ii event in middletown, ohio.

on june 5, 2016, honky tonk man wrestled in impact pro wrestling in new zealand, @ armageddon expo in wellington. teamed brook duncan , britenay defeat team of ipw new zealand heavyweight champion curt chaos, taylor adams , mr burns.