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The Honky Tonk Man

1953 - Today

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Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1986 to 1991, where he performed under the ring name The Honky Tonk Man. He also performed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, and for Stampede Wrestling between 1982 and 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Honky Tonk Man has received more than 2,298,827 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. The Honky Tonk Man is the 307th most popular wrestler (down from 265th in 2019), the 12,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,894th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of The Honky Tonk Men by language

Over the past year The Honky Tonk Man has had the most page views in the with 329,806 views, followed by German (11,136), and Italian (9,959). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (55.13%), French (37.58%), and Italian (34.76%)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, The Honky Tonk Man ranks 307 out of 1,027. Before him are Namig Abdullayev, Jürg Röthlisberger, Naoya Ogawa, Adam Saitiev, David Douillet, and Kenneth Richmond. After him are Lita, Shota Khabareli, Taha Akgül, Road Warrior Hawk, Cain Velasquez, and Dean Malenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, The Honky Tonk Man ranks 574. Before him are Ilkka Hanski, Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Stanislava Staša Zajović, Greg Evigan, Lynn Whitfield, and Carmen Posadas. After him are Benny Brown, Jeff Kober, Christopher Fairbank, Kay Stenshjemmet, Joaquim Rafael Branco, and Ralf Rothmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, The Honky Tonk Man ranks 12,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Lionel Shriver (1957), Christian Clemenson (1958), Byron Nelson (1912), Julie Carmen (1954), Erich Kunzel (1935), and Bart Conner (1958). After him are Jayma Mays (1979), Stephen Chbosky (1970), Natalie Schafer (1900), Charles R. Drew (1904), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), and Adrienne Ames (1907).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, The Honky Tonk Man ranks 112. Before him are Jeff Jarrett (1967), Luke Harper (1979), Dolph Ziggler (1980), Tito Santana (1953), Greg Valentine (1951), and R-Truth (1972). After him are Lita (1975), Road Warrior Hawk (1957), Cain Velasquez (1982), Dean Malenko (1960), Ron Simmons (1958), and The Boogeyman (1964).

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