WWE: The Honky Tonk Man joins 2019 Hall of Fame class
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
He's cool, he's cocky, he's bad ... and he's the newest inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. The Honky Tonk Man joins Brian Campbell to discuss his legendary career, including his still-record 64-week run with the intercontinental championship, the loudest pop in the history of professional wrestling, the origin of the guitar shot and whether he has any regrets in his career. BC is then joined by co-host Adam Silverstein to break down the interview, Honky Tonk Man's place in WWE history and the 2019 Hall of Fame class as it stands with D-Generation X as the headliner.
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| 0:00.0 | 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0,000, ignition, lift off. Oh, yeah. |
| 0:27.5 | Get ready for some bonus audio coming your way. |
| 0:31.5 | It's the SOC. |
| 0:33.2 | The state of combat is back on CBS Sports with your boy, BC, the Brian Campbell. |
| 0:39.2 | And you better believe it's back with a bang, pro wrestling, bonus style, |
| 0:44.1 | Hall of Fame, bonus style. |
| 0:46.8 | Yes, we are coming at you, underwritten, backed and jacked, of course, by that performance, |
| 0:52.5 | enhancing audio. |
| 0:54.4 | And it's not only your boy, B.C. |
| 0:56.1 | It's the bad guy himself, Adam Silverstein, sitting across from me, |
| 1:01.0 | thousand miles away. |
| 1:03.1 | And Silver King, we got quite an exclusive guest for this little bonus chat. |
| 1:08.4 | You want a WW Hall of Famer? |
| 1:10.4 | You want the exclusive reaction right here. |
| 1:13.0 | You got it, brother. |
| 1:14.3 | Yeah, absolutely, BC. |
| 1:15.9 | And you know how much we around here love that intercontinental championship. |
| 1:22.0 | Well, today we have someone joining the show who has an argument to be the greatest |
| 1:27.3 | intercontinental champion |
| 1:28.5 | of all time, at least for a 64 week period. |
| 1:32.0 | 64 amazing weeks. |
| 1:33.8 | Hit them with the theme music. |
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