That blob was a hell of an athlete and a great worker. Greg also worked with IRS at SummerSlam a few months later. He didn’t quit after jobbing to Quake.
Greg Valentine would have been a natural fit for the 4 Horsemen. He always makes my alternate list with Gino Hernandez and Ted Dibiase as possible Horsemen.
Greg The Hammer Valentine is gold! I didn't respect him much back in 80's and 90's, but this guy is a straight shooter and legend. Definite one of the best.
Earthquake if I am not mistaken was teammates with Olympic Medalist Kevin Jackson on the LSU wrestling team before the program was killed due to Title 9.
It was difficult for Greg Valentine to realize that Vince McMahon perceived him to be an aging wrestler, whose role in the company was to help get the younger talent over. I agree with you that Earthquake was a legit athlete. I think he deserved a longer run as a main event heel in the WWF in the 1990s.
So he was offered a place in The Horsemen in 86....around the time he says, he was teaming with Dino. But he didn't team with Dino until 87 after WrestleMania 3, then claims 7 months later, he had to job to Earthquake at WrestleMania 7???? makes no sense....that was in 91.
And he was fat. Abdullah the Butcher was a big draw, and was fat. So was Bundy, Bam Bam, Crusher Blackwell, etc. He isn't wrong. All due respect to Tenta, but his legacy in the US is nothing close to Valentine. Japan, sure. But not here, not by a longshot.
Hilarious reading all the tenta fans in here “he was a sumo wrestler”. They all know their backgrounds. Hammer knew tenta very well. He knew he was a sumo wrestler, which wasn’t at all his angle. He was a professional fat guy. Why is everyone upset that he called him fat? He should be canceled because he called him fat? 🤦🏻♂️ People in these interviews have said MUCH worse than what the hammer did here. Grown men upset some other grown man called someone fat..a bit of a silly reaction here fellas.
As a kid, I hated Dino Bravo with a passion. As an adult, I think that Dino had one of the greatest positions that any wrestler could ever hope to have, being an upper-midcard heel. Vince McMahon knew he could count on Dino to put on great matches with Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior. As a result, Dino was put in those spots, and he really made the fans believe that Hogan and Warrior were getting their butts handed to them, which made Hogan and Warrior's comebacks seem all the more impressive.
Greg The Lunch Lady Valentine should show some respect to dead, because not only was Tenta a good human, but he would've destroyed Valentine in a shoot...
Complaining about doing a job for someone that you could easily take in a shoot is one thing, complaining about doing a job for Earthquake is ridiculous. Big fat blob or not, John Tenta would wipe the floor with Greg Valentine.
Valentine never said he didn’t want to do the job because he could have beaten Tenta in a real fight. All he said was Tenta was a big fat slob. I’m not going to call him a slob, but Tenta certainly was big and fat.
Greg was talking about Earthquake's weight but not realizing that Earthquake was a legit sumo and would destroy Greg in a shoot. Did he think that he should have beat Earthquake at Wrestlemania 7?! C'mon now..
@@NateNizzle That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I'm talking about sumo as a fighting style, not sumo wrestlers. But I get it. You are so insecure you love your little "GOTCHA!" moment. But it doesn't count when it isn't remotely relatable to what I said. But yeah, "Haku and Barbarian weren't actually tough because they were sumo wrestlers". Don't you realize how stupid you sound?
Valentine's memory is less than perfect. He stated that when he was offered a contract with NWA/JCP he was still tag teaming with Dino Bravo but that Barry Windham already had turned heel and was a member of the 4 Horsemen. But Valentine stopped tagging with Bravo in late November 1987 and Windham didn't turn heel/join the 4 Horsemen until April 20, 1988.
@@tammydevine4715 He probably meant Luger. Luger turned face right around the time that Valentine stopped teaming with Bravo, which was in very late 1987.
As much as I liked Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine in the 1980s, by the early-1990s, it seemed as though he was out-of-place in the evolving WWF and WCW. By that point in his career, Valentine was in no position to refuse to job for the younger talent, and his refusal to lose matches got him released from WWF and WCW respectively in the 1990s. From there, he left to wrestle on the indy circuit, where he faded into obscurity as an active wrestler, until he retired. All that being said, Greg Valentine has a lot of great stories.
He was use to a certain place in the card but that unfortunately becomes a hard pill to swallow as a career is nearing the end. He definitely could have added a few more years as a gate keeper to up and coming talents .
Greg Valentine would've been a good fit for the Horsemen. He would be a better fit than Luger, although the Horsemen did need the muscle so Lex did fit as well.
Rumor has it. Tenta. “ the 🦈 shark “. Gave haku a run for his money in the back….. haku won but tenta put him to the test. Dont know if it was a fight or wrestling match 👋
Lex' Luger turn babyface 12/2 /1987 Miami, Florida, leaving three Horsemen, Barry windham became the 4th Horsemen on 4/20/88 at NWA Clash of The Champions in Jacksonville, Florida. Crockett bought UWF around 4/12/1987. Forming TWN (The Wrestling Network) , So Greg Valentine almost joined in JCP December 87-;Feb.1988.
In the old Pittsburgh Civic arena days . In Moon twp where the first Pittsburgh Airport was. Valentine was always all boozed up down at the Saturn bar. Looks and sounds like he's still all boozed up 50 years later.
Greg has the biggest ego of any midcarder I've ever seen. In all his interviews he says how he hates jobbing to this guy and that guy. He quit WCW in 1992 because they asked him to put over Sting. Smh..
Greg is such a mark for himself. I'd rather watch bread go stale than watch one of his boring matches. John Tenta would have destroyed Greg in a shoot.
Friday, 10/16/1987 ( WWF) New York City, NY Madison Square Garden: The Killer Bees defeated The New Dream Team ( Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo) ( Greg Valentine quit WWF maybe one day back in WWF houses shows on 10/18/ 1987. Greg Valentine vs Earthquake was WrestleMania #7 3/24/1991 from Los Angeles, California
He's had the same hairstyle for 45 years. Not a big fan of change, I'm guessing. Cool guy, though. Would enjoy burning a j with him and talking old wrestling memories.
A lot of guys from the 80s didn't like changing anything even into the 90s when the territories died. I get why as they don't want people not recognising them from their appearance and risk loosing money but many from the time didn't see logic in reinventing themselves.
Hammer got axed to be a Horseman because he wasn't hung enough! LOL!! Wooooo! Love ya Greg... glad you didn't go through with the surgery with Dr Biber in Trinidad Colorado 🤣💯😬
@@ShadowAngel18606 - you probably didnt watch wrestling before 1993. Valentine was a legit star in JCP and then in the wwf about 84-86 he was a pretty big heel figure
@@gary6754 How does that change the fact that he always looked like a butch 50 year old lesbian, had absolutely no charisma whatsoever and no mic skills to save his life? Was he a good midcard heel? Yeah. Was he a capable Tag Team Worker? No doubt. But there's a reason he never was a true stand out star and draw. If i had to compare him to something more modern, i'd say he was the 70's version of Jerry Lynn.
