Greg Valentine - What The Sheik Was Like to Live With

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Greg "The Hammer" Valentine discusses his early days training to wrestle and living with the Original Sheik. Streaming now 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
Hear how the legendary Greg Valentine first met the Sheik, legendary villain and promoter in Detroit (Big Time Wrestling). Sheik is also the uncle of ECW legend Sabu.
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Fifteen years before entering the WWF for Vince McMahon, Valentine wrestled all over the country for the Sheik. In those days, Bobo Brazil, one of the first successful African-American wrestlers to break down the color barrier in pro wrestling, would pick up Valentine to carpool.
Bobo Brazil and the 600+ lbs Haystacks Calhoun, would be all be regular guests in the car. Also, in addition to the Sheik, Valentine learned a lot from the West Texas Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Murdoch).
Produced by Title Match Network this past weekend in Las Vegas. Enjoy our brand new exclusive shoot interview from Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.

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@TitleMatchWrestling 3 года назад

Watch More Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (May 2021) Full Playlist 📲 bit.ly/3fMmvW8 Streaming Now 📺TitleMatchNetwork.com

@BRANDON-FJB 3 года назад

Something tells me Greg is living his best life. He looks fantastic, BIG fan

@therealianco51 2 года назад

Leave Hammer alone bruh!!!!

@ricolewis2949 2 года назад

He ain’t going back and forth with you hittas 🤟🏿✊🏿

@konnanelbarbaro 3 месяца назад

@@ricolewis2949"hittas" huh? Hmmm.. ok.

@wesfrye5833 3 года назад

You're a class act, Mr. Valentine

@djpuplex 3 года назад

He's a absolute gem like having the night off.

@apostasiaelegcho5612 2 года назад

Agree 💯%.

@bunbee2023 2 года назад

1000%….Greg is a class act through and through! 👍🏾

@M1tjakaramazov 3 года назад

Valentine sounds like the kind of guy who genuinely has a lot of bad stuff he could say about people, but he chooses not to. The kind of nice guy you definitely wanna keep nice...

@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346 2 года назад

He's looking a whole lot better than he was for a while. And he's a decent guy to fans Doesn't seem bothered by much in the world.

@michaelcorkery7108 3 года назад

I met Greg twice. I had my picture taken with him. He was one of the most hated heels, but friendly to me.

@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346 2 года назад

He's ways been really good to fans. I never liked him until I met the guy and he changed my mind. Always really good to talk to.

@dwade6322 3 года назад

This man needs a PODCAST.

@TheSportsfan35 3 года назад

@ D Wade, Exactly right, if Don Muraco can have a podcast, why can't Hammer have 1?

@bahamadon7950 2 года назад

Call it, “Wahoo’s Leg”

@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346 2 года назад

@@TheSportsfan35 .... Don Muraco has a podcast . Lol... Oh hell. Now I got to go look this up.

@dave-rf2vn 3 года назад

Classic stories wirh the hammer 🔨 he has to be one of the best story tellers of all time

@larslan1975 3 года назад

Love this Hammer series!!!

@mikeintampa250 3 года назад

No one seems to have the depth of experience that Greg does, and it comes out when he tells his stories. He is awesome!

@benng4376 3 года назад

I love The Hammer. He and Tito were my first IC champions. Great memories of a magical era.

@philipciantar4824 3 года назад

I am 59 years old. I was a major wrestling fan in the 70's, thru the early 90's. Greg Valentine was certainly someone I or anyone could admire and respect. Back in the day, he definitely got down and dirty and sacrificed his body for "the show". But I have to say, after watching many of these Title Match Wrestling interview spots with the Hammer, he has a wonderful and respectful and insightful way of telling us about his stories. Absolutely fascinating. I am not sure how involved he is in wrestling today. I do not watch it any more. But Mr. Valentine could only be an asset as a personality of some capacity for any show.

@johnhoosier240 2 года назад

Wrestling today really sucks. No real class like dorey funk jr, Danny Hodges, Greg Valentine, Igor& Ivan Putski, Stan Hansen, The Briscoes, Dale Lewis.Really miss the good stuff.

@SAnd-pd1ou 2 месяца назад

@@johnhoosier240and Piper😢

@JA_WILL 3 года назад

BoBo Brazil -- Remember him when I was a kid in the 1970's. Bobo was a main-eventer so he was making top dollar so it was nice for him to look out for the young guy making no money at the time. It builds character when you don't start out without top Dollar unlike todays crowd who get paid on potential.

@chickey333 3 года назад

Same here... watched Bobo and the Sheik wrestle all the time in the 60's on black and white TV and I believe it was Saturday mornings sponsored by some Olds dealer. Bobo was everyone's favorite guy.

@csnide6702 Год назад

@@chickey333 Huge rivalry Sheik vs Bobo .... great matches....

@theswampfox9584 Год назад

Bobo was the best of his day here in Michigan!

@jeffroegner1499 9 месяцев назад

@@theswampfox9584 you ain't lyin. One coco butt for you. 😁😁

@JerichoMile4 3 года назад

The Sheik was a wildman in the ring ! Abdullah The Butcher in the same class !! Greg Valentine should write a book about professional wrestling !!!

@markdaigle4030 Год назад

I'd buy it.

@georgesouthwick7000 Год назад

Probably no wrestler was more unlike his ring persona than the Sheik. A really nice guy, who helped not just Greg Valentine, but other young wrestlers get started in the business.

@Mike-xe1pn 3 года назад

Man....What a ton of awesome Detroit nostalgia going on in this interview

@HoustonIsImmortal 3 года назад

The Hammer looking slick in his blazer with that fat gold link around his neck!! ✨💪🏻🔨

@princeekeson12 3 года назад

Is that a Cuban link chain? 🧐

@HoustonIsImmortal 3 года назад

@@princeekeson12 ABSOLUTELY. I would expect nothing less from the Master of the Figure-Four Leglock! 🔨🔨🔨

@hanajinks1044 3 года назад

Does "slick" mean douchey where you come from?

@Bushmaster10MM 3 года назад

@@hanajinks1044 Listen, this cat is ol'Skool ! This is a good look for a guy who's looking to be smooth, and in his late 60's.

@hanajinks1044 3 года назад

@@Bushmaster10MM I can't agree..

@brucesturton8521 3 года назад

I remember watching his first match on TV from stampede wrestling ,he wrestled Angelo Mosca..within a year he was co holder of the north American tag team champion. In Buffalo NY.

@jessfrankel5212 3 года назад

Valentine never seems to have a bad word about anyone. Interesting stories from the old days.

@josephforest7605 2 года назад

The late Shane Gibson , a Buffalo N.Y. radio d j ,wrestled Greg for charity, years ago and said Greg is a great guy .

@tysontomko 2 года назад

Except sting lol

@rogerrose2361 2 года назад

@@tysontomko he will not job to sting lol.

@420jamamaw 3 года назад

The hammer has some of the best looking worked punches in the biz

@danpizzi5857 2 года назад

Just awesome content with the Hammer. Can’t get enough. Great interviewer.

@billycox2040 9 месяцев назад

Greg is 5🌟 doing his interviews.

@markpasquale487 3 года назад

I love hearing these stories from the legends

@Dan-xq9qe 3 года назад

Met him once in Guelph Ontario.....awesome person

@BruceMusto 3 года назад

My tv wrestling growing up was Johnny Powers, Dominick Denucci, Bobo Brazil, Dick the Bulldog Brower, the Fargo Brothers, Ernie the "Big Cat" Ladd, Haystacks Calhoun. It was great.

@thelonegerman2314 Год назад

I Don't Remember Any of these Wrestler's , Growing up in NY Watching then WWWF wrestling Vince Macmhon , The Olny ones I remember from the 1970s was Greg Valentine , Dusty Rhodes Would Make Special Appearance I. The wwf , Murdoch, in the 1980s, Superstar Billy Graham, Bob Backlund, this Was Years before Hulkamenia

@johnsmith-lk9jh 3 года назад

Greg Valentine needs to have his own podcast...he is a vault of knowledge of the business!

@ericnichols6811 3 года назад

The Hammer 🔨tremendous story teller. The attention to detail is awesome.

@skinnyman1434 3 года назад

Could listen to his stories all day. I grew up watching his father wrestle at the Ampitheater, with Prince Pullins, the BlackJacks, Dick the Bruiser, Wilbur Snyder, Pat O'Connor, etc. Our Grandmama loved her some Bobo Brazil, I can hear her now " Give him the Coconut Butt Bobo" while she waved that black and white program back and forth. The Ampitheater had these metal partitions in back of the seats, when we wanted our heroes to make a comeback rally everybody in the Ampitheater would kick them hard as we could.....what a sound. I wonder if Greg remembers.

@tjl4041 3 года назад

I have gotten hooked on listening to Greg Valentine.

@xanderharris1104 3 года назад

Seen 2 shows at the ampitheater. Miss that place.

@BruceMusto 3 года назад

Yours is a great story also. Grandmama rocks!!!

@tjl4041 3 года назад

First time I ever heard of Greg Valentine was when cut a promo on TV indicating Salisbury, MD had the ugliest women he had ever seen. If I remembered right, WWF had to issue an apology because Greg insulted the ugliest women he ever saw. He drew heat because the Civic Center sold out and that was the first WWF event I attended.

@suzanneflowers2230 2 года назад

You've got family memories worth more than gold.

@troylowe814 3 года назад

Growing up watching Bobo Brazil in Indiana, you could tell he was the real deal, every bit the "good guy" in and out of the ring. Glad to see that confirmed by Valentine. Someone should make a biopic of Bobo, he was a trailblazer.

@Ken-uo7iw Месяц назад

A Bobo story. The WWWF put on a show at the Alexandria, VA roller rink. My dad knew the folks who owned it. The asked him if he could give a wrestler a ride to union station. I sat in the front seat facing the backseat so I could talk with Bobo. He was very nice to this 10 year old kid.

@aubreyhouston5555 3 года назад

I really enjoy listening to the stories he tells....❤😊

@johnhoosier240 2 года назад

Remember being about 10 yrs old when I first saw GV. Always one of the best.

@aaronking7326 3 года назад

The ONE And ONLY Hammer ....

@bigglilwayne7050 3 года назад

Not to be confused with Van Hammer lol

@carriewindham5853 3 года назад

@@bigglilwayne7050 Let's not forget Beauregard 'The Icelandic Hammer' Wainwright(Yeah, I made that up.).

@tbeaul1 3 года назад

❤The 🔨

@thelonegerman2314 Год назад

@fixpacifica 2 года назад

I loved watching Bobo Brazil vs Sheik matches when I was a kid growing up in Ohio. The Sheik was terrifying, and Bobo was everyone's hero.

@danielsweet858 Год назад

In the early 60's WCPO Ch 9 in Cincinnati broadcast Big Time Wrestling & Shock Theater with occasional crossovers. One night The Sheik went on a rampage destroying the set & 'broke' The Bargain City Kid's arm.🙃👍 Good times. Wrestling and horror movies!

@lickitysplitt 2 года назад

Greg Valentine and Don Morocco were my two favorite wrestlers in the 80s. Great sellers. You never felt cheated watching those two perform.

@scottbaron121 2 года назад

Morocco was a fantastic heel, in the Valentine mold.

@mulehead126 2 года назад

These interview clips are great! I always liked The Hammer!

@gdownz1044 Год назад

God Bless the hammer 🔨 I can totally relate to the sandwiches story.. I think Greg should write a book about the old days of wrestling cause as an older guy I'm really loving these stories and he's only touching the surface. Again as he says "The Good Old Days" 👍

@pranaykhalkho1698 3 года назад

Greg Valentine looking great. I love seeing these wrestlers taking care of them selves after the pro life. They deserve it.

@mrbillyb1966 3 года назад

I love the hammer is so candid and so cool

@chosento2988 3 года назад

Straight up! The shin guard was the very First gimmick I remember ever seeing and thinking the figure 4 with that thing reversed was HELL ON EARTH💪😎👍

@gregzeigler3850 4 месяца назад

Greg isn't lying. Ohio was big on wrestling. I remember as a boy(I'm 60 now) watching Bobo Brazil fighting the Sheik. Also remember Bobo Brazil fighting Wild Bull Curry. I saw Andre the Giant and Rick Flair, Hank the money man James. It was a good time to be a kid, with all that "magic" going on.

@montauk6 3 года назад

One of the greatest feuds forever lost in time: The Sheik and Johnny Valentine

@oldcountryboy 3 года назад

I could listenI To the hammer All day and never get tired It's cool to hear the other side Of wrestling

@RavishingBeyond 3 года назад

Sheik was the most underrated curled toe boot performer in wrestling history.

@chrischar9428 2 года назад

Not many could stab with a pencil

@fixpacifica 2 года назад

@@chrischar9428 I used to think it was a big metal spike.

@johnhoosier240 2 года назад

Similar to Scandar Akbar

@chrischar9428 2 года назад

@@johnhoosier240 not even close. Best as I saw akbar wrestled

@kenterminateddq5311 3 года назад

I wish Valentine went to ECW when Sabu was there. That would be an intriguing match.

@robertblaney5033 3 года назад

If you wrestled the Sheik, you were going to bleed before the night was over. You might even get a little fire in your face. I’m 65 years old & the sheik terrified me as a kid. 😁

@robh.5595 3 года назад

Damn right! I grew up near Detroit, so I saw The Sheik and Abdullah The Butcher often...both scared us as kids, and both guaranteed there'd be blood!

@wakeupamericaandresist2413 3 года назад

I have always respected , he is a mans man, always put the work in ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@motownXJdad9565 3 года назад

i remember watching a ll those guys on Big Time Wrestling here in detroit as a kid

@noahwiggins2452 Год назад

I could listen to Mr. Valentine all day! What a wealth of history and information!

@davidholdren1358 Год назад

I'm Toledo born, raised and still live here, and I didn't know most of this, especially Greg, Dick and Dusty living here for a while!

@debbieclark7031 Год назад

I love hearing Greg tell his interesting stories so much.

@gtaylor1564 2 года назад

I'm from toledo ohio and I remember seeing them guys coming out of the pool hall I always wanted to set down and have a beer 🍺 with them but I wasn't old enough to get into the pool hall

@rogerwagnon3176 3 года назад

I'm turning 67 and I remember watching the Shiek wrestle Bobo at the Sandusky (Ohio) National Guard Armory. The show also featured the Outlaws (Murdoch and Dusty), The fabulous Kangaroos, Ben Justice, the Stomper, Mighty Igor and others. The Shiek was scary

@Rogue615 3 года назад

I always like when these wrestlers keep there same long hair over the years from there wrestling days when they get older. Greg seems like a really nice and cool guy Id enjoy talking and spending time with him.

@Brando-Lee3725 2 года назад

Man , these are some great vids ! I been watching all of them them , thank you ! Some of the first matches i seen were the Dream Team ! But i bought ALL the 80s wrestling mags and he was always involved in some bloody wars ! Then i rented a VHS that had the dog collar match with Piper ! I watched it a million times as a kid ! His dad was a tough SOB too !

@nealfeldpausch715 3 года назад

The house he is talking about is located in Williamston Mi. It is now an events facility. Infamous in the area for Wedding receptions. Beautiful property.

@govtfunded 3 года назад

Wheatfield! Actually attended a wedding there recently lol!

@cmushocker Год назад

I grew up in Williamston, my parents still live there. My dad went to school with the Farhat’s son and they were good friends. They used to clean pools together. He told me some stories over the years about being in the house n such. Saw the wrestling ring outside behind the house. Wrestlers were always coming and going. A lot of guys trained there, Sabu and RVD were among the last. Crazy to think that a small hicktown like Williamston had such a big professional wrestling scene!

@boba2172 2 года назад

This man is very good at telling the strory

@tonypastor705 3 года назад

I loved seeing his dad, Johnny wrestle.

@KayFabe87 3 года назад

Sabu told a great story to Sean Oliver during a KayFabe commentaries interview about BoBo Brazil staying at the Sheik's house while they were feuding. And even in the house they strictly adhered to kayfabe. The Sheik ate his meal in one room while Brazil ate his in another room. That is dedication to the craft.

@lexbeltran1354 3 года назад

Forget about the Iron Shiek, Sheik Adnan Al Kaissie, etc. There was only one Sheik, Ed Farhat

@motownXJdad9565 3 года назад

Big Time wrestling!!!!

@JackieAprileJr 3 года назад

Fack that! Iron Shiek breaka da back, fuck d ass, make dem humble...old country way

@stevenp9209 3 года назад

both were crazy sounds like

@Bushmaster10MM 3 года назад

@@JackieAprileJr "HE WILL HHHHOMBLE YOU"

@apostasiaelegcho5612 2 года назад

All three were great.

@zachmartin1458 2 года назад

Bobo had the most underrated promo of all time. When it was time to get real, he'd tilt his head, squinch those eyes, get that constipated look on his face, voice raise just slightly, hold up the African Soupbone...you just knew somebody was going to get hurt.

@reilneid6436 3 года назад

Any dislikes don't know REAL professional wrestling. Both all-time legend's. RIP Sheik.

@davidfulton179 9 месяцев назад

In both versions of the WWA, Bobo Brazil held the top "World Title" belt on multiple occasions. These were not small, insignificant territories, and Bobo was NOT Bearcat Wright. I think if anyone has a claim to being the first Black world champion, it should go to Bobo. Also, he was the US champion in many, many territories. Including a half-dozen times for Capital Wrestling. Historically, (I'm talking Pioneer Days) the US Championship was THE title you wanted. I mean, it means squat now, and was pretty marginal even in the 70s and 80s, but wow! Bobo did it all. I just wish he was better known to the general public.

@AlA-ok5jh 3 года назад

haystack calhoun wrestled sometimes in the vancouver bc . he was an exciting wrestler. one taped match I seen on tv was Don leo jonathan & haystack calhoun vs don jardine & dutch savage. Very rough match...jardine & savage used the thumb to the throat jabs.... Greg Valentine is looking good.

@joeschmo5021 3 года назад

Gary Hart has a video on here about Don Jardine stories. You need to check it out. DJ was a real badass.

@AlA-ok5jh 3 года назад

Yes heard the same. DJ a real bad ass. Temper or whatever. Will check it out. Thanks.

@FranBushardt 10 месяцев назад

Great Stories!!

@gregoryleggett9773 10 месяцев назад

As a young black kid growing up in Indianapolis, I can only remember three black wrestlers that Bruiser would bring in. They were Sailor Art Thomas, Ernie Ladd, and Bobo Brazil.

@patrickobrien4642 3 года назад

Happy to hear Hammer bring up my hometown, Toledo!

@dondemmeljr1765 4 месяца назад

LOL! Were tha sandwiches Babyface bologna or Hammer ham hustled? Got worked and educated early! 🤣💯👌

@jcneverquits 3 года назад

I when I hear Sheik, I instantly remember Sabu!

@BBBYpsi 3 года назад

Satbu is his nephew

@jeffroegner1499 9 месяцев назад

Didn't know haystacks partnered with groucho....very cool. 😜🤪

@jimscarnivorekitchen4731 3 года назад

Long live the Hammer!!

@Bigelite094 3 года назад

Wow was that Haystack Calhoun with Groucho Marx?

@DoubleJackpot Год назад

Loved watching him in Houston, does he have an email? this guy is genuine and awesome

@lasagne23 3 года назад

Bobo Brazil, a real legend

@grawakendream8980 3 года назад

Greg’s hair has the longevity of a Lou Thesz. Whose hair actually had the longevity of a Lex Luger

@brianjansen3103 3 года назад

Scientists follow him around with scissors & a baggie to study his hair looking for a new material to design aerospace technology

@grawakendream8980 3 года назад

@@brianjansen3103 LOL

@pranaykhalkho1698 3 года назад

@@brianjansen3103 bro lol

@devmag52 2 года назад

@@brianjansen3103 😂

@xTheGr81x 2 года назад

This is great stuff! Last time I saw The Hammer wrestle was Survivor Series at Boston Garden.

@thelonegerman2314 Год назад

@chrispatty2025 3 года назад

Awesome video!

@kingmiller1982 3 года назад

🔨 is the Man!!

@jctorontojctoronto 3 года назад

Look for the original sheiks book. Red means Green. Terrific. Saw Sheik wrestle numerous times inc brampton arena outside toronto in 74 vs billy red lyons..was ringside w high school buds and overheard sheik telling lyons in a corner clench 'im dropping it' that was the stabbing object. So lyons could turn the tables on farhat...a monday night 15 minute double dq bloodfest. Plus, --a favorite sheik promo of mine..taped about same time.hamilton ontario forum arena..sheik trapped between two hockey nets raging and ranting as mgr. abdullah farouk threatened the upcoming opponent. So good.

@robertcarter9266 Год назад

Bubba Brazil was one of my first all-time favorites back in the day next Myers wrestling in Columbus also Chief whiteout a few others but it was interesting

@mikekinsela7210 2 года назад

2:12 I lived near dayton ohio in the 70s and 80s and it really was the place to be if you loved Pro wraslin. They always had shows in Tipp City Springfield Dayton ( Hara arena) cincy columbus and we would go all the time. Seen bobo Haystacks porky pig Ect Ect . Pampero Firpo was one of my favorites back in those days.

@user-rc2ce4cc4j 9 месяцев назад

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine could has been a great world heavyweight wrestling champion during the golden era. I wonder, why the major wrestling companies, he worked for, did not make him the top guy. Just imagine; WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION...GREG "THE HAMMER" VALENTINE. Peace.

@edwardfarnsworth5915 2 года назад

There aren't many shoot interviews about the Ohio territory. There's a library of interviews about wrestling in The Southeastern US. Any peek behind the curtain about wrestling in my home state is pretty rare.

@valetudo1974 2 года назад

The first time I saw Greg Valentine wrestle was against Tito Santana for the WWF Intercontinental title and boy were they both had great physical matches.

@stevewonsowicz8707 3 года назад

Big fan love your stories

@Surferjo 3 года назад

great stories ty

@benphelan8992 2 года назад

This man needs to do an autobiography. 👊🏻

@poppiarlin5612 3 года назад

Great stories.

@billday6744 Год назад

The shiek wrestled here in Northern Ohio in the early to mid 70s on the studio matches he scared me just watching .

@someparts 3 года назад

Great stuff. Haven't heard much about Bobo.

@thelonegerman2314 Год назад

@jimmiesmith5811 9 месяцев назад

I remember bobo here in chicago the good old days of the amphitheatre

@maximuscheese4789 Год назад

Movie Idea based on Greg the Hammer Valentine, Title " Last Man Standing."

@thrax_843 3 года назад

Greg “the hammer” is a wundafuh luvah😂

@kayodephillips5435 3 года назад

Mr Valentine is a class at I stay right here in Dayton Ohio born and raised they probably wrestle out there hara arena

@mikeyfn-a6684 3 года назад

Man that hair..the man looks great for his age 😳

@Davepool-hs7vr Год назад

Baby Face Nelson 😂

@triumpthat 3 года назад

Wow Toledo who knew

@paulseaton4783 2 года назад

Big Fan of the Hammer

@calvinfreeman4590 3 года назад

Greg Valentine best powerbomb in the business.

@Millwall77 3 года назад

Powerbomb? You must mean piledriver.

@Bushmaster10MM 3 года назад

@@Millwall77 Definitely not a Powerbomb guy !

@stevemastnick5034 5 месяцев назад

Loved his dad Johnny Valentine. Hard-hitting bad ass.

@big3ye378 3 года назад

Man he is one cool customer. Come a long way since Babyface Nelson

@MA_808 9 месяцев назад

google ''The Sheik' Was a WWII Army Veteran Who Revolutionized Pro Wrestling'

@ronaldshank7589 3 года назад

Ya can't work out by the swimming pool, out in the hot sun...sounds like he's throwing a little shade towards the Then-WWF. Vince McMahon and company were well known for having planning sessions at Vince's Mansion.