![]() ![]() All the stout wrestlers either took steroids (ala Hercules) or realistically just stopped joining the business. ![]() George Steele actually led a double life and WAS a gym teacher most of the year in the 1970s and even today. Or what you would expect the gym teacher to look like without his clothes on. Harley Race, Pedro Morales, Johnny Rodz, and Blackjack Mulligan are just some of the Hall of Famers with a similar look. This 1970s look existed almost until the 1990s. He had “retired football player” all over his body. Read more at the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame website.Does Randy Orton remind anyone else of Ryan Gosling? Now in his 60s, Valentine will still suit up and compete in the ring. Unhappy with the situation, he quit the company, but not pro wrestling. ![]() A promised tag team title reign never came about and Valentine was signed to wrestle in Japan. The Elvis inspired team was managed by Jimmy Hart. He then dyed his hair black and paired with the Honky Tonk Man as Rhythm And Blues. Their matches against The British Bulldogs are classics in the pro wrestling archives.Īs well, Valentine joined forces for a short while with Dino Bravo as the “New Dream Team” but the chemistry just wasn’t the same. But, underneath the pomp and circumstance were two exceptional grapplers. Managed by the colorful Johnny Valiant, The Dream Team injected a new-found excitement into the tag team scene. Valentine played a major role in the WWF’s wrestling revival in the 1980s as a singles grappler and then as a WWF tag team champion with Brutus Beefcake. The angle would go down in history books as the start of a bloody, bitter and entertaining feud. Valentine’s biggest fame came in September 1984, when he ripped the Intercontinental title from the waist of Tito Santana by snapping his knee in the figure four leg lock in London, Ontario. He freelanced around the country, including challenging WWWF World champion Bob Backlund. He also feuded with Wahoo McDaniel over the Mid-Atlantic title belt, and held the U.S. In the Carolinas, he came into his own, using the Valentine name, and teaming with Ric Flair, who also was mentored by Johnny Valentine. Even if you are as good, they still don’t want to look at it that way.” “When you’re the son of a famous person they expect a whole lot out of you or they say you’re trying to be like your father. There was pressure living up to the Valentine name. Though starting to make a name for himself, Valentine still couldn’t as of yet climb out from under his father’s shadow. Teaming with Don Fargo as his partner, Greg became Johnny Fargo. “I am proud to say to everybody that I came from Stu Hart’s Dungeon because it’s like the boot camp of wrestling.įrom the frigid cold of Calgary, The Hammer went on to Detroit to be further educated by The Sheik (Ed Farhat). Valentine credits Hart with giving him the skills to evolve into a main event caliber wrestler. He was bowled over in under five minutes. Valentine trained at the Hart Dungeon for a little less than a year and his first match was in Calgary against Angelo Mosca. Greg had become fascinated with the world of pro wrestling after traveling around with his father throughout Texas and decided that he didn’t want to return to college. At the age of 19, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (Jonathan Wisniski) was put on a Calgary-bound plane by his father, esteemed pro wrestler Johnny Valentine. ![]()
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