Omg I would have loved Ricky steamboat Bret Hart,, Dynamite kid ,Owen Hart ,Chris Benoit ,Dean Malenko ,Rick rude & Macho Man tournament of some kind. Either Rick rude in the dangerous alliance. Or Rick rude in the Heenan family. The macho Man with Elizabeth. If it's Bobby healing somehow he knocks a little bit down and hurts her which sends macho Man into a rage, if it's Paul Heyman he's grabbing her and semi coming on to her which sends macho Man in a rage. Rude comes to help his manager macho's madness starts, and he hits rude in the face with the ring bell. Next night rude is like you tried to ruin my ravishing look for something. I would have been in heaven watching that
@@bobtranquilli9985 Allen was a Blow Hard who CLAIMED to have Beaten-up everyone from Andre The Giant to Zeb Coulter...... Was he Legit... Yes. Was he a Tremendously Self Centered Liar... YES YES YES
Yes he does; he just says it like a gentleman. He's doesn't need to be nasty, but he most certainly does have "bad things to say" about a few former wrestlers.
I’ve watched this interview with Greg Valentine in separate 5 minute increments and he’s been great! I love it when they are honest! Very interesting, very insightful!
Valentine has to be one of the nicest people alive (at least that is how he comes off in these videos). He seems to be very authentic, and straight forward, and pretty much has positive things to say about everyone.
When I was real young I always liked "The Hammer" and his figure four leg lock but to actually sit and listen to him is another thing . He is simply a humble man and a great story teller....what a legend. All Hail "The Hammer"
Loved the Hammer back in the day. Starting to wonder what someone would have to do to piss the guy off :) One of the most healthy attitudes I've ever seen during these types of interviews
All the comments are the same. Greg Valentine might be the greatest guy ever. Forget wrestling, I am talking of all time. I cannot believe how impressed I am with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
Isn’t it amazing how these celebrities/athletes/etc do some dime a dozen thing for a fan and 50 years later we still remember it as a highlight.. they probably do it 200 times a day. I always respect the people who understand the power they have to make someone’s day and what’s no big deal for them IS for a little kid out there
What a difference in an interview between Hammer and Hart. Bret acts miserable, acts like he hardly ever enjoyed anything with the business . Valentine is respectful to even the ones he didn't enjoy wrestling with. Seems like a pretty straight shooter without burying everyone he crossed paths with. His interviews have been very entertaining
Back in those days, wrestlers didn't show their moves all at once. They used them as spots, because they were treated special then. They'd use holds to fill the time between. Now, all they do is overuse & kill moves.
I remember wrestling in the street with other kids & we would be our favorite ones. I'd always be a heel. I wore my dad's cowboy boots & had a fingerless black glove to apply the claw like BlackJack Milligan & also had the figure 4 like Valentine. Today's wrestlers couldn't touch the guys like Steamboat, Valentine, Backlund, Snuka....etc...
"Today's wrestlers couldn't touch the guys like Steamboat, Valentine, Backlund, Snuka....etc..." Because there were so many different instructors back in the day who each had their own style; you could train with Verne Gagne, Billy Robinson, Stu Hart or Hiro Matsuda, learn the basics and ins-and-outs of wrestling, but no 2 students would necessarily come out the same and creativity and tailoring their training to their strengths was key. Plus the territory system was great in helping wrestlers hone their craft, as you would come across the best of the best and maybe have to wrestle a different style in different territories because what worked on the East Coast didn't necessarily work in Mid-South, or Dallas-Fort Worth, or the Pacific Northwest etc. Compare that with the current day, which really only gives you 2 choices: (a) learn to be high spot monkeys in the indys, or (b) the WWE system i.e. "we'll teach you to do it the WWE Way", which winds up producing clones who only know how to wrestle heavily scripted matches, can't write/cut their own promos, and whose creativity has essentially been stripped away from them.
Yeah, reminds me of Mick Foley. They don’t immediately come to mind when you think of big wrestlers but they are just huge when you see them in person. Broad shoulders, big hands, tall and stocky.
I met him at a Comic Con show and when I was a kid my father took me to see his father, Johnny Valentine, wrestle the Sheik and win the championship belt.
I saw Ricky Steamboat wrestle from the front row. I remember it was a great match and so much fun and excitement. It was in Oakland, Ca back in the '80.s Thing was I got a high five from Ricky after the match as he was walking by and he was not giving them out to a lot of people. I felt on top of the world! Thanks, Greg.
I have always been a fan , you have always been real since the first time I watched you 👍 it seems like life time ago . Much respect , loved your work and honesty ✊✊✊✊✊
@@rolltide9547 Steamboat said he resented losing the IC title to “an Elvis impersonator” and that his shoulder wasn’t even down when Honky pinned him. He wanted to lose the belt to Butch Reed but he didn’t show up to wrestle Steamboat when he was booked to win it.
Jericho asked for Steamboat and was adamant about it because even though he respected the others, he knew they weren’t able to do almost anything anymore - he knew steamboat could still go. He’s told this story.
I had Ricky steamboat and Greg valentine’s wrestling dolls. With that WWF ring I got for Christmas I had some classic matches between those two. And forget about the dog collar matches I had with JYD vs Valentine where I’d use red marker for blood on Valentines blonde hair. Kids don’t play like that today I tell ya.
I always like ‘The Hammer’. Great heel. Good worker. I would have love to see him wrestle fellow heels like Ted Dibiase, Rick Rude and Curt Hennig back in their WWF days, but heel vs heel matches very rarely happened back then.
Dibiase was awesome as a heel or a babyface, BUT when he worked as a babyface, he'd easily remind people of his Dad who worked in main events with Dory Funk Sr back in the 40's & 50's.
Love the Hammer - He does such a good job of restraining himself and not just saying "Randy Pfoffo was FUCKING NUTS period" LOL You know he was thinking it.
I've been a Greg Valentine fan as long as I can remember, he was so cool! He wore a "I Broke Wahoo's Leg" shirt after he injured Wahoo McDaniels in the Mid Atlantic territory, he's one of the wrestlers I've always wanted to meet and haven't! So Hammer, if ya see this, give me a shout out!!
His WM match with Randy was legendary, but those older Mid-Atlantic matches against Flair, in and out of a cage, were also phenomenal. They could and did wrestle to a 60-minute draw, or have dozens of near-falls or false finishes. Anything the occasion called for, those pros were up to the task. Classics.
This guy should have Johnny Ace's spot in WWE. He knows the craft. He knows bullshit when he sees it and is one of the few people credible enough to save this dying company.
People like you described aren't wanted anymore. They want butt-kissers and politicians who are puppets for executives. It's that way in any organization. Which is why most corporations today are so despicable.
Jay Strongbow: the legendary, war-bonnet wearing Native American, billed as hailing from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, who was IRL a business-minded Italian American born in Nutley, NJ.? The Indian gimmick (and ones around various African nations) never ceased to crack me up. At least Wahoo was of real native roots & really born in Oklahoma.
My question is Greg Valentine's from Seattle so if he's from the northwest why didn't he ever work for Don Owens at PORTLAND WRESTLING. Maybe he did and I missed it but I sincerely doubt it.
I just did something I never thought I'd do. I did it in the memory of the greatest wrestling organization and wrestlers of all time, which Ricky Steamboat represented and personified. I bailed when the WWF became the WWE. Screw the WWE. What the hell was that supposed to be? It was a slow-release death-warrant, that's what it was. Way-to-go, guys. Are you telling me the World Wildlife Fund couldn't find a way to peacefully co-exist with an organization that had the same acronym - but an entirely different moniker _and_ mission? Really? Hell, they could have cut a deal with McMahon for a percentage of his royalties. Even .01%, cumulatively, over the years would have made their organization immensely rich and the association would have helped McMahon, as well. McMahon and the CFO of the World Wildlife Fund had to have been two of the stupidest lifeforms inhabiting the planet, at the time. Edit: I failed to mention the "big reveal." For the first time, I publicly subscribed to a channel dedicated to *professional wrestling. A bitter-sweet moment.
You can find a Steamboat/Hammer match on YT from Madison Square Garden around 1985 excellent match, well done psychologically, exciting...just good contrast of styles type match between two skilled pro's Valentine was also maybe part of the last true "Call it in the ring" generation. Flair was born in 1949 and he was exactly the same way. Savage was the beginning of the guys who liked to meticulously plan stuff out. You just didn't see that much It's nice to see guys like Valentine who spent decades in the business and still kept their wits about them...the business consumes so many
I like Greg Id like to meet him. He just seems like a straight shooter and someone who enjoyed the ride that was his career. He doesn't like to badmouth old colleagues but he seems to be honest about them at the same time.There is a great Valentine vs Steamboat match from 1985 available on TH-cam. Two technical greats in their prime. I recommend it. I still think Greg should have joined the Horsemen though when he had the chance. He had the pedigree and relationship with Ric Flair. He would have fit in perfectly.
Always enjoyed Greg Valentine. I knew at an early age how talented he is an what he & his father Johnny Valentine did for our entertainment. Glad to call them Legends of wrestling. Glad my dad & grandfather took me to msg at an early age ❤️🙏
I was at Greg's first taping for Detroit's weekly wresting show. They taped two shows back to back and for the first taping they had him dressed as a butler and even had him wearing a bowler hat! He was not happy, pacing around the studio before the taping. For the second show he came out and wrestled one of the " divers" which was we called jobbers. He was now in his element.
Bret Hart he was a good Westler but he was very cocky to me he seemed like he was better then everyone else but he was tough as well a very aragent guy I think that the late great Owen hart.he seemed.like a much like a much nicer guy Bret had a much bigger ego up the irons maiden manic rip Owen Hart🎵🎵🎶🎸🎸🤟🤟🇬🇧🇬🇧
As a kid I couldn't stand the Hammer because I really hated the heels but listening to him now he seems like a great man that's not bitter or bashing the industry! Wish more of the veterans spoke like Greg on these interviews.
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Ricky Steamboat, was my all time favorite should be a lot more celebrated that he is
Omg I would have loved Ricky steamboat Bret Hart,, Dynamite kid ,Owen Hart ,Chris Benoit ,Dean Malenko ,Rick rude & Macho Man tournament of some kind.
Either Rick rude in the dangerous alliance.
Or Rick rude in the Heenan family.
The macho Man with Elizabeth.
If it's Bobby healing somehow he knocks a little bit down and hurts her which sends macho Man into a rage, if it's Paul Heyman he's grabbing her and semi coming on to her which sends macho Man in a rage. Rude comes to help his manager macho's madness starts, and he hits rude in the face with the ring bell. Next night rude is like you tried to ruin my ravishing look for something. I would have been in heaven watching that
Hes the reason I fell in love with wrestling. So fluent, smooth, and believable
The IC match w/Macho at Wrestlemania 3 is my favorite match w/Steamboat
His career was cut short because he met a woman and she insisted that he quit
So refreshing to see an old school wrestler who doesn't seem bitter or resentment at anyone. He comes across as very nice and genuine.
He is. He’s a sweetheart in every sense of the word. And very funny too!!
Exactly. Unlike SBG.
The industry was cutthroat. That bitterness was inevitable for some.
should listen to Barry darsow and Bill Eadie shoots
Greg tells it like it is with no b.s.
I think Greg is the classiest Veteran wrestler.of all the interviews thru the decades. Straight shooter,and never seems to bullshit anyone.
Reminds me of the late, great Bad News Allen.
King Kong was pretty much the same. Check some of his shoot videos.
@@bobtranquilli9985 Allen was a Blow Hard who CLAIMED to have Beaten-up everyone from Andre The Giant to Zeb Coulter...... Was he Legit... Yes. Was he a Tremendously Self Centered Liar... YES YES YES
@@bobtranquilli9985agreed i liked his interview too.
This guy doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone. What a class act.
Didn't care too much for Scott Steiner
Yes he does; he just says it like a gentleman. He's doesn't need to be nasty, but he most certainly does have "bad things to say" about a few former wrestlers.
I’ve watched this interview with Greg Valentine in separate 5 minute increments and he’s been great! I love it when they are honest! Very interesting, very insightful!
Man, I’m loving he hammer! As a kid I didn’t, I liked all the baby faces, but as a man he’s top notch. Much respect Greg
For such a legendary heel I dont hear Valentine burying too many people. Always a class sct.
That is because he had the right attitude: it’s a business. You’re there to work and make a living.
Just the Ultimate Warrior and HBK and rightfully so.
Anyone who likes old school hard nosed wrestling owes themselves a watch of some of the Hammers matches
Valentine has to be one of the nicest people alive (at least that is how he comes off in these videos). He seems to be very authentic, and straight forward, and pretty much has positive things to say about everyone.
Too nice for the wrestling business
Even now hammers’ hands look like friggin bear paws
The Hammer came in to the restaurant I worked at in Charlottesville one time. Had 2 steak and fries dinners and 2 pitchers of beer. Before his match.
😂
Greg Valentine has always been my favorite.
Steamboat was so damn SMOOTH. He was my top choice back in the day.
Ric and Greg will always tell you how great is was to work with him.
When I was real young I always liked "The Hammer" and his figure four leg lock but to actually sit and listen to him is another thing . He is simply a humble man and a great story teller....what a legend. All Hail "The Hammer"
Can’t stop watching these Greg the hammer videos. Always was one of my favorite guys.
I love these interviews of Greg "The Hammer" Valentine - Keep em coming!
Steamboat was trained in Minnesota by Gagne. Thats why he was polished and ready in a year and a half!
AWA
Certainly did help to have the great Johnny Valentine as a dad.
That, and his freakish athletic ability as well as his willingness to be coachable.
"I'll figure Four your ass like Greg the Hammer". - Q-Tip from Tribe Called Quest in one of their old school songs.
Steamboat was an amazing in ring performer.
He does not get his just due.
I don't think I've ever heard a bad word said about the man.
My all time favorite
Loved him growing up but mic skills held him back i would think
@@burrob78 I can't remember how well he did or didn't do
Always had a good match and one of the greatest hells ever.
You absolutely are a walking encyclopedia.
Such a humble dude, I like his interviews thank you for the video
Loved the Hammer back in the day. Starting to wonder what someone would have to do to piss the guy off :) One of the most healthy attitudes I've ever seen during these types of interviews
All the comments are the same. Greg Valentine might be the greatest guy ever. Forget wrestling, I am talking of all time. I cannot believe how impressed I am with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
Saw the Hammer in Toronto as a kid....he winked at me...lol
The Hammer would spin that shin guard around slap you in the figure four and snap you leg for claiming he winked at you!! Lol
The guy was a phenomenal technical wrestler
@@josephdinse4573 In that case...maybe he had something in his eye. lol
Don’t project what u may do and/or your reasoning behind it onto other people. Lol
Isn’t it amazing how these celebrities/athletes/etc do some dime a dozen thing for a fan and 50 years later we still remember it as a highlight.. they probably do it 200 times a day. I always respect the people who understand the power they have to make someone’s day and what’s no big deal for them IS for a little kid out there
Greg moving up fast to my favorite shooter. Love the Hammer!
met him in the early 2000s.he came to my hometown and wrestled.only time ive seen him b a babyface.shook his hand afterwards. that boy is big,lol.
Greg was a great wrestler and a great worker. Also very engaging and gives great interviews.
"He got more into himself", awesome choice of words, going to remember that one.
Love these Valentine podcasts...thank you!
He seems like a man at peace with himself and his career. Best Intercontinental champ
What a difference in an interview between Hammer and Hart. Bret acts miserable, acts like he hardly ever enjoyed anything with the business .
Valentine is respectful to even the ones he didn't enjoy wrestling with. Seems like a pretty straight shooter without burying everyone he crossed paths with.
His interviews have been very entertaining
Man, I love watching these Greg Valentine interviews. The guy is so interesting and honest, generous to his former colleagues, and totally sincere.
Ran across some EARLY footage of Valentine a few days ago. Dude always had that star quality.
Any recommendations ?
Always a fan of the Hammer.
Back in those days, wrestlers didn't show their moves all at once. They used them as spots, because they were treated special then. They'd use holds to fill the time between. Now, all they do is overuse & kill moves.
Christ bless hammer! Thx for sharing.
Greg Valentine didn't bad mouth anyone in his shoot interviews i've seen..... respect to him for keeping it classy.
Him and Tully Blanchard are my favorite wrestlers
Valentine was my dude. Still is and I see why I liked Valentine all these years later.
I remember wrestling in the street with other kids & we would be our favorite ones. I'd always be a heel. I wore my dad's cowboy boots & had a fingerless black glove to apply the claw like BlackJack Milligan & also had the figure 4 like Valentine. Today's wrestlers couldn't touch the guys like Steamboat, Valentine, Backlund, Snuka....etc...
"Today's wrestlers couldn't touch the guys like Steamboat, Valentine, Backlund, Snuka....etc..."
Because there were so many different instructors back in the day who each had their own style; you could train with Verne Gagne, Billy Robinson, Stu Hart or Hiro Matsuda, learn the basics and ins-and-outs of wrestling, but no 2 students would necessarily come out the same and creativity and tailoring their training to their strengths was key.
Plus the territory system was great in helping wrestlers hone their craft, as you would come across the best of the best and maybe have to wrestle a different style in different territories because what worked on the East Coast didn't necessarily work in Mid-South, or Dallas-Fort Worth, or the Pacific Northwest etc.
Compare that with the current day, which really only gives you 2 choices: (a) learn to be high spot monkeys in the indys, or (b) the WWE system i.e. "we'll teach you to do it the WWE Way", which winds up producing clones who only know how to wrestle heavily scripted matches, can't write/cut their own promos, and whose creativity has essentially been stripped away from them.
Love the Hammer interviews and the Ken Patera ones these guys have some great stories.
Greg the hammer tells it like it is
What a treat for Greg The Hammer 🔨 Valentine to wrestle both Ricky the Dragon 🐉 Steamboat and Macho Man 😎 Randy Savage in the same night😊
I had the privilege of sitting a table away from him at a village inn about 10 years ago. He is a massive individual.
Yeah, reminds me of Mick Foley. They don’t immediately come to mind when you think of big wrestlers but they are just huge when you see them in person. Broad shoulders, big hands, tall and stocky.
It's crazy how big these guys are in real life. They're giants.
I met him at a Comic Con show and when I was a kid my father took me to see his father, Johnny Valentine, wrestle the Sheik and win the championship belt.
Never liked the Hammer but enjoy his commentary and now respect the hell out of him.
I have a lot of respect for Greg,wish I got to meet him when I worked for Vince from 88-90
If you are looking to break into wrestling get your self a collection of Steamboat videos and watch them learn his work ethic........
The Hammer is a classic act
I saw Ricky Steamboat wrestle from the front row. I remember it was a great match and so much fun and excitement. It was in Oakland, Ca back in the '80.s Thing was I got a high five from Ricky after the match as he was walking by and he was not giving them out to a lot of people. I felt on top of the world! Thanks, Greg.
Ricky was an awesome worker, the problem with Ricky was that he wasn't that great at promos.
Love The Hammer Class Act Total Professional
Greg valentine was one of the best old school wrestlers I liked him back in the day.
I like listening to Hammer
I have always been a fan , you have always been real since the first time I watched you 👍 it seems like life time ago . Much respect , loved your work and honesty ✊✊✊✊✊
"The Hammer" is a pleasure to watch and listen to. Not a bad word about anyone. A true class act.
I really enjoy Valentine's interviews
Ricky Steamboat. I'd forgotten all about him. He was a whipper-snapper, to be sure. But a damned good one.
Never heard one of the greatest workers all time called a whipper snapper.
Steamboat deserves better than a term used in a 1950s children's book.
NWA Legend
@@markjclark2620 Yep.
It's Hammer Time! Can't touch this...
Greg loves the checks lmao
Steamboat has always been one of my favorite faces.
One of the least bitter ex-wrestlers you'll ever see.
Greg worked out at my gym once in the late 80s
In 40 years I have never heard a bad word about Steamboat.
Look at Honkytonk Man interviews on here. He throws some shade at the dragon.
@@AaronsAvenger He would be the first then. Probably just jealous.
@@rolltide9547 Steamboat said he resented losing the IC title to “an Elvis impersonator” and that his shoulder wasn’t even down when Honky pinned him. He wanted to lose the belt to Butch Reed but he didn’t show up to wrestle Steamboat when he was booked to win it.
His stories are in depth great detail!
Jericho asked for Steamboat and was adamant about it because even though he respected the others, he knew they weren’t able to do almost anything anymore - he knew steamboat could still go. He’s told this story.
I had Ricky steamboat and Greg valentine’s wrestling dolls. With that WWF ring I got for Christmas I had some classic matches between those two. And forget about the dog collar matches I had with JYD vs Valentine where I’d use red marker for blood on Valentines blonde hair. Kids don’t play like that today I tell ya.
I always like ‘The Hammer’. Great heel. Good worker. I would have love to see him wrestle fellow heels like Ted Dibiase, Rick Rude and Curt Hennig back in their WWF days, but heel vs heel matches very rarely happened back then.
Dibiase was awesome as a heel or a babyface, BUT when he worked as a babyface, he'd easily remind people of his Dad who worked in main events with Dory Funk Sr back in the 40's & 50's.
Love the Hammer - He does such a good job of restraining himself and not just saying "Randy Pfoffo was FUCKING NUTS period" LOL You know he was thinking it.
I've been a Greg Valentine fan as long as I can remember, he was so cool! He wore a "I Broke Wahoo's Leg" shirt after he injured Wahoo McDaniels in the Mid Atlantic territory, he's one of the wrestlers I've always wanted to meet and haven't! So Hammer, if ya see this, give me a shout out!!
Steamboat was my favorite!
His WM match with Randy was legendary, but those older Mid-Atlantic matches against Flair, in and out of a cage, were also phenomenal. They could and did wrestle to a 60-minute draw, or have dozens of near-falls or false finishes. Anything the occasion called for, those pros were up to the task. Classics.
as a kid didnt give the hammer the respect but as an adult looking back seeing these interviews Greg is now in my top 10
A very classy man...
This guy should have Johnny Ace's spot in WWE. He knows the craft. He knows bullshit when he sees it and is one of the few people credible enough to save this dying company.
People like you described aren't wanted anymore. They want butt-kissers and politicians who are puppets for executives. It's that way in any organization. Which is why most corporations today are so despicable.
Ricky the Dragon Steamboat are three words I'd never expect to have been put together.
how come you cant find the wwf clip around 1979 of the Hammer breaking the knee of Chief Jay Strong Bow
Jay Strongbow: the legendary, war-bonnet wearing Native American, billed as hailing from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, who was IRL a business-minded Italian American born in Nutley, NJ.? The Indian gimmick (and ones around various African nations) never ceased to crack me up. At least Wahoo was of real native roots & really born in Oklahoma.
He looks a lot like his dad.
I can tell this interview was done in a Las Vegas Venetian or Polazzo hotel room.
I know Steamboat Richard Blood real name Awesome guy !!
I always thought he should have used his real name in the ring.
My question is Greg Valentine's from Seattle so if he's from the northwest why didn't he ever work for Don Owens at PORTLAND WRESTLING. Maybe he did and I missed it but I sincerely doubt it.
I hated him when I was a kid and if I saw this back then my brain would have fried on how nice of a guy he is. Lol
I just did something I never thought I'd do. I did it in the memory of the greatest wrestling organization and wrestlers of all time, which Ricky Steamboat represented and personified. I bailed when the WWF became the WWE. Screw the WWE. What the hell was that supposed to be? It was a slow-release death-warrant, that's what it was. Way-to-go, guys. Are you telling me the World Wildlife Fund couldn't find a way to peacefully co-exist with an organization that had the same acronym - but an entirely different moniker _and_ mission? Really? Hell, they could have cut a deal with McMahon for a percentage of his royalties. Even .01%, cumulatively, over the years would have made their organization immensely rich and the association would have helped McMahon, as well. McMahon and the CFO of the World Wildlife Fund had to have been two of the stupidest lifeforms inhabiting the planet, at the time.
Edit: I failed to mention the "big reveal." For the first time, I publicly subscribed to a channel dedicated to *professional wrestling. A bitter-sweet moment.
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine's one of the greatest heels of all-time
You can find a Steamboat/Hammer match on YT from Madison Square Garden around 1985
excellent match, well done psychologically, exciting...just good contrast of styles type match between two skilled pro's
Valentine was also maybe part of the last true "Call it in the ring" generation. Flair was born in 1949 and he was exactly the same way. Savage was the beginning of the guys who liked to meticulously plan stuff out. You just didn't see that much
It's nice to see guys like Valentine who spent decades in the business and still kept their wits about them...the business consumes so many
Hammer the man
I like Greg Id like to meet him. He just seems like a straight shooter and someone who enjoyed the ride that was his career. He doesn't like to badmouth old colleagues but he seems to be honest about them at the same time.There is a great Valentine vs Steamboat match from 1985 available on TH-cam. Two technical greats in their prime. I recommend it.
I still think Greg should have joined the Horsemen though when he had the chance. He had the pedigree and relationship with Ric Flair. He would have fit in perfectly.
Always enjoyed Greg Valentine. I knew at an early age how talented he is an what he & his father Johnny Valentine did for our entertainment. Glad to call them Legends of wrestling. Glad my dad & grandfather took me to msg at an early age ❤️🙏
I was at Greg's first taping for Detroit's weekly wresting show. They taped two shows back to back and for the first taping they had him dressed as a butler and even had him wearing a bowler hat! He was not happy, pacing around the studio before the taping. For the second show he came out and wrestled one of the " divers" which was we called jobbers. He was now in his element.
Bret Hart he was a good Westler but he was very cocky to me he seemed like he was better then everyone else but he was tough as well a very aragent guy I think that the late great Owen hart.he seemed.like a much like a much nicer guy Bret had a much bigger ego up the irons maiden manic rip Owen Hart🎵🎵🎶🎸🎸🤟🤟🇬🇧🇬🇧
I always loved Valentines matches a real solid looking guy, great matches.
Even as the blue knight
Actually he did wrestle Randy Savage a second time in WCW in a singles match. And once more in a Tag Team match.
Steamboat never beat Valentine.
Old school tough. Those chops.
Wasn't a fan of Greg because he was a heel and not a flashy heel (i was a kid) but he seems like rhe coolest guy
Never in my life has anyone said a bad thing about Ricky Steamboat
As a kid I couldn't stand the Hammer because I really hated the heels but listening to him now he seems like a great man that's not bitter or bashing the industry! Wish more of the veterans spoke like Greg on these interviews.
I can't believe Greg's hair still looks Great!
Savage definitely squashed him in wcw.
I always thought that Greg the Hammer was the real toughest guy in WWF
The Hammer is a true classic.Love the Hammer
"The Hammer."
Class personified.
Valentine and Wahoo had some great matches.