Rhythm & Blues The Rhythm & Blues was a tag team composed of The Honky Tonk Man and Greg " The Hammer " Valentine in the World Wrestling Federation from 1988 to 1991 and later on in the independent circuit for a short run . History . Background . Both the Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine were a part of manager Jimmy Hart ' s stable of wrestlers in the WWF , and both had previously held the WWF Intercontinental Title . Greg Valentine had also held the WWF Tag Team Championship with Brutus Beefcake as one half of The Dream Team . Team . In 1988 , The Hart Foundation turned face and started a feud with former manager Jimmy Hart for picking The Fabulous Rougeaus over them . Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine teamed up ( under the team name of “ Double Trouble , “ though the announcers rarely used this name ) to defend Jimmy Hart through the early parts of 1989 with the two teams facing off at WrestleMania V with the Hart Foundation winning the match . After the loss Honky Tonk Man and Valentine focused on singles feuds with " Superfly " Jimmy Snuka and ” Rugged ” Ronnie Garvin respectively . After the Fabulous Rougeaus left the WWF , Jimmy Hart reunited the Hammer and the Honky Tonk Man , gave them the team name “ Rhythm and Blues , ” and made changes to Greg Valentine ’ s appearance . Valentine had always been a blonde , ungimmicked wrestler who favored the traditional wrestling robe , but when teamed with the Honky Tonk Man , Valentine ’ s hair got dyed jet black , he was given Elvis style shades , a white jacket and a guitar he quite obviously did not know how to play . Commentator Gorilla Monsoon nicknamed Greg Valentine “ Boxcar ” when he saw his changed appearance ( most likely after Blues singer “ Boxcar Willie ” ) . In an interview for " World Wrestling Insanity " , the Honky Tonk Man states the team name was a suggestion made by Rick Rude . Probably their most famous / infamous moment came at WrestleMania VI when they were driven to the ring in a pink Cadillac driven by the then unknown Diamond Dallas Page . In the ring , they debuted their new song , " Hunka Hunka Hunka Honky Love ! " But their song was interrupted by The Bushwhackers who attacked them and broke their guitars much to the delight of the fans . The two teams had a lengthy feud over the summer of 1990 before Rhythm and Blues challenged the tag - team champions the Hart Foundation for the titles during the fall . The team had several shots at the gold but came up short every time . At the 1990 Survivor Series , Rhythm and Blues partnered with Ted DiBiase on his " Million Dollar Team " along with the debuting Undertaker , taking on Dusty Rhodes ' " Dream Team " of the Hart Foundation and Koko B . Ware . DiBiase would go on to be the only survivor for his team . Break up . Near the end of 1990 the Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine started arguing when Greg Valentine got tired of Jimmy Hart ’ s interference in their matches . This was supposed to lead to a feud between Greg Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man but the Honky Tonk Man left the federation in January 1991 thus nullifying the feud . At some point after both men left the WWF the team reunited in the Northern States Wrestling Alliance where they won the tag team titles once .