Hillbilly Jim Full Career Shoot Interview 

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This is where I am now; I'd rather watch wrestlers of yesterday talk about their time than actually watch today's product.

I was never a big Hillbilly Jim fan back in the 80's, but he's a lot smarter than a lot of his peers and shows some remarkably good common sense. Based on this interview alone, I'd say he's gotta be one of the nicest guys ever in the wrestlling business.

I love that the interviewer asked the questions and just lets Jim talk. As a country hick boy who grew up in south Alabama, Hillbilly Jim was one of my favorites along with the Godwins just because they were a few of the guys who I could relate to.

When I was about 12-13 my brother got me and my best friend tickets to a house show at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit and a hotel room downtown the night before for my birthday. So we're going down to the pool the morning of the show and as we walk by the gym we see this MASSIVE man with his hair in a ponytail and a big beard basically lifting the gym. Lol. Once we realized who it was we went into the gym and spoke. He literally stopped his workout and came over and talked to us for about 5 minutes. Even waited for us to go to the front desk to get pen and paper so that we could get autographs. Literally one of the nicest gentlemen I've ever met! Hopefully Jim will see this comment so that he will know that a 47-year-old man still remembers and appreciates the encounter that he had with him as a child!

This chennel by far has the best Wrestling interviews I ever seen.

When he wrestled in Phoenix one year I was lucky enough to be brought up into the ring with him. I think my momma still has the pics he has always been one of my favs. Always humble and so sweet.

His stories are fucking incredible. He just became one of my favs ever. Funny and all class.

What a lovely, humble, down-to-earth man. Great interview.

Can't wait to see this one and hear him talking. His work in the ring was legendary to me as a kid and teen.

Big part of why I still love bluegrass music lol

Jim seems to be such a nice guy. Very honest and straight up

Never would have thought Hillbilly Jim would do good impressions of other guys, but his Billy Graham & Stu Hart voices are solid

Hillbillie jim is one cool guy

One of the best shoot/interviews I've ever seen you the man HB Jim.

Lots of surprises in this interview. Much respect for Jim, who recalls all those deep memories of the good old times. But like he says, those golden days had a lot hard work on the road and at the gyms. Cheers

Man Jim is a smart guy with alot of wisdom. This is the type of man that us younger guys should try to hang around and pick their brains and absorb as much knowledge as we can

This is the first timē I have heard him talk about working for WWE after he left the ring I didn't know but it proves what a good attitude can do and why alot of the guys from this era and before didnt end up working for the company after the "retired"

To give this comment a little context, I was 9 when WrestleMania 3 took place. I am from the Bay Area and had never been anywhere in the country where I would have had any dealings with "hillbillies". I REALLY didn't like Hillbilly Jim when I was into wrestling. I thought he was really stupid. I have watched almost all of Hannibal's interviews. I really didn't want to watch this one. I am SO glad I did. When you are a kid you don't think beyond the character. Probably the nicest, most gracious, down to earth wrestler I have ever heard speak. It doesn't hurt that he likes Jim Morrison and the Doors....Jimi Hendrix too. Just typing that I realize they are all Jim's LOL. Hillbilly Jim, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Anyway, he is one of my favorites now. Thank you, Hannibal, for the work that you do for these interviews. Getting to see a glimpse of how these guys are in real life has changed my opinion of some of them greatly. Keep it up. P.S. So sad that so many are gone and can't do these. We are all missing out.

Best shoot I have ever listened to. I appreciate Hill Billy Jim even more!

Jim is one of the most engaging and brilliant speakers. You could just listen to him talk for hours.

This is the best interview I've seen from you this guy is as real as it gets

Thank you so much Hannibal, your Hillbilly Jim interview really took me back to the "good ole' days", when guys like "Gorilla" Monsoon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, "Lord" Alfred Hayes, and all the others were on commentary. Back at a time when wrestling was "larger than life" to me.

Growing up in WV I loved this guy,,,hell,,I still do,I'm so glad someone found all these guys,and done all these interviews, sometimes I just need to re live my childhood I suppose❤️

Man he tells a great story. I could listen to him talk for hours. He was a year or two before my time, but after his HOF speech I wanted to hear him speak on his career and industry from over the years. Young guys should definitely pick his brain while they still can.

He was right about being a heel. At one point in his career, he was the second most beloved character being Hogan in wrestling amongst the kids.

This may be the best interview you've done.

Happy belated 70th birthday to hillbilly jim he just turned 70 on july 5 th

Jim is a great Guy and I'm Proud to know him.

I've always loved Hillbilly Jim..

Great career interview, thanks so much.

1987 Providence Civic center I went to go see wrestling Kamala the Uganda headhunter was supposed to be the main fight on the card he never showed up but instead hillbilly Jim was there I was so upset LOL all these years later I watch this interview and it makes me feel good that I got to see him wrestle

Cool how this guy remembers everybody's name, no matter how innocuous, that helped him along the way.

Hannibal, if you haven't started a pod cast, now is that time. You are so respected.

What a great dude, just really comes across genuinely. I would laugh my ass off when Heenan would call him "The big hick from Mudlick."

Jim is one of those guys that if you don't like him, the problem is you. Great insight to a guy we didn't know much about.

Hillbilly Jim was the first LJN WWF doll I got! Great guy!

Watched "Hillbilly Jim" in Florida and on the cartoon back in the early 1980s.

Do go messing with this country boy

I've never witnessed such an extraordinary display of facial gymnastics in my life. Winking, blinking, twitching, lip smacking, lip curling. (Hmm, I wonder if he'd be able to lip curl a barbell. (Laughing) Nah, I'm just ribbing him. He's okay. He's just a overtly confident person, that's all. Great interview.

I remember when I was a kid, a few weeks before he debuted, he was sitting in the crowd and the camera would go to him and Bobby the Brain would say, there is that Big Hillbilly 😂, I loved it

It's great to hear about the Legends backing into the business & the good times they had. I sure enjoyed watching them when I was a kid.

LOVE HILLBILLY!!! Thank you so much for this interview.

I was a big HBJ fan. Loved watching him Sat mornings when I was a kid. I'm happy to see he has had a great life. Other wrestlers should learn from him. Smart man.

I remember growing up and falling in love with wrestling and Hulk, JYD, & Hillbilly Jim were the biggest stars in the world to me because of the cartoon

He’s one of the best interviews you’ve done! As an interviewer it’s got to be great to ask one question and the interviewee is off to the races! Great stuff!!!

From one Kentucky kid to another. Good dude

Mr. Jim lives in my home town, Bowling Green, KY. I've spoken with him. Nice guy! Very approachable. Great guitar player too!

This is a fantastic interview. One of my favorites with the old fellas. Thx for the great content.

Ten mins in and I'm wondering if Hannibal's gonna get to ask any questions🤔 🤣

He could cut his rants down a Lil. You can very much see he is on SAT radio.

When you interviewing Big Lenny

I've never seen anyone talk so much without taking a break to breath.. He'd be a great salesman. He controls the conversation.

Hearing Mr. Morris mention Dayton, OH and Hara Arena @ 46:30 made me so happy! Growing up in Dayton and my father taking me to WWF matches at Hara in the 80s brought back some WONDERFUL memories!!

I just met him today at barnes and noble in bowling green ky

21:17 This hits home. Thanks for the great advice Hillbilly Jim

Thanks as always HANNIBAL, great interview!

Funny how he told his life story without being asked many questions

I love hillbilly Jim! Such a nice man inside and out! God bless 🙏 Jim!

I was just watching some old HBJ segments on youtube, and he was a hell of a country/bluegrass guitarist. He was probably a better guitarist than he was a wrestler, and I mean that in all due respect.

HBJ does awesome impersonations. Like everyone of em

Hillbilly Jim is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs! You watch this and you just want be his next Door neighbor. Class class class.

Great explanation about Andre the Giant personality….

Jim has the most appropriate background for this interview.

He was always one of my favorites as a kid!

Great interview, I am just blown away.

One of very few people I'd love to meet before I leave this world. Love this interview

Love your interviews.

If the hillbilly gimmick didn't work out he could have been called the lip smacker!

A lot of smacking.... Must have been a hell of a apple. Lol

its nice to see that he is legit a nice guy and legit smarter than the character made him seem.

this is cool. i hope one day Hannibal puts all these full shoot interviews on blu-ray. i would buy everyone.

Brilliant interview. Jim is really charismatic and interesting to listen to. Great interviewing as always.

I had Chinese delivered. Watching this interview and eating dinner having a great time listening. Then Jim talks about Fuji and the "Teriyaki Dinner". That was it! I'm done!!

Such a great mind! He remembers every city, and every arena in each city.

This was really good and interesting. Thank you HannibalTv.

The in person shoots are so much better

Jim gets one bit wrong at 28:25 ... Jim Morrison of the Doors was arrested in 1967 at the New Haven Arena, which was demolished in the mid 1970s. This incident is referenced in the Door's song Peace Frog "... blood in the streets in the town of New Haven..." He probably means the September 16, 1984 wrestling match that was a few blocks away at the New Haven Coliseum, which does have its own bit of music history. Van Halen's "Live Without A Net" was filmed there.

Great Interview Thank You Hillbilly Jim. God Bless You.

Very intelligent man. My opinion and ignorance of Southerners is shattered by this smart man. It saddens me when wrestlers I grew up with end up broke or on drugs. It makes me happy to see the "country boy" isn't one of them.

Wasnt no Connnntract......... lol his facial expression priceless 🤣

Lol..Love how Hillbilly can say a story faster then Hannibal can say a word

An intelligent, insightful man. Thanks, Hillbilly Jim.

It was hilarious when Razor Ramone called Hillbilly heyseed--> on the interview brain, vince, hacksaw, & mr. Perfect show. 😅

Hillybilly Jim killing it on the impressions 😂. Great Interview guys!

Hillbilly Jim is one of my all time favourite Babyface's, he was so over back in the day! Fantastic interview, such an awesome guy!

what a guy one favourites as a kid loved him with godwinns could listen him for hours :)

Love the way he approaches life. Always enjoy Hillbilly Jim shoots.

Jim was detail oriented in this interview….

Listen to this guy tell his story in such an entertaining, insightful way and you see what kind of intelligence this man has. One of my favorite interviews.

This was a really good interview, Jim is smart and a great storyteller. 👌

Wow he's in better shape than half the WWE roster

The one WWF wrestler I was able to high five as a kid.

“Jamie pull up Lars Sullivan video”

I mean these 2 statements from the bottom of my heart...... 1) Loved Hillbilly Jim as a kid, I'm 42 now, & seemed liked yesterday, I was watching & enjoying him so much. 2) CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 🐐

Hill Billy is a sound guy. Knows his stuff and looks like he’s done well 🤩

I haven't even finished this video - I wish I could "like" this a THOUSAND times!!! Great interview

Hey dev I heard about jimmy snukas from your rocky Johnson’s interview who passed away to any chance of doing any interview with his son the rock

Love Hillbilly. He always has some good stories. A real tough guy too.

He was a man of the people.