Greg Valentine on Almost Being One of The Four Horsemen

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Greg Valentine on Almost Being One of The Four Horsemen
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@JP24Mich 7 ай бұрын

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.

@toma.4808 7 ай бұрын

I f*cking love the hammer!😂 hes so brutal and straightforward. Id love to have a few drinks with him and listen to his stories

@kpocketz2163 7 ай бұрын

“But he’s a fat blob, and God bless him, he died, but he was still a big fat blob”

@velikanovesuze764 7 ай бұрын

Hammer of the Horsemen does sound good tho

@theOneOnlyTed 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@tammydevine4715 7 ай бұрын

He'd fit right in!

@shawnwbronx 6 ай бұрын

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.

@jaythor70 6 ай бұрын

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.

@buckster2575 7 ай бұрын

I think he likes tenta just joking around.

@dustinmyers3257 7 ай бұрын

Greg "I ain't doing no job" Valentine Earthquake was a "big fat slob" He was also a legit sumo and amateur wrestling champion in Canada. He was legit.

@stevejamieson8468 7 ай бұрын

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.

@Scorch1028 7 ай бұрын

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.

@cjjonez 7 ай бұрын

There are lots of celebrities that are wrestling fans.

@neilsmith9066 7 ай бұрын

Hammer is the man

@NateNizzle 7 ай бұрын

Greg has his timeline wrong. In 1986 he was still teaming with Brutus. He didn't start teaming with Dino Bravo until after Wrestlemania 3 in 1987.

@rubenarriaga3029 7 ай бұрын

Same time period at least he wasn’t 10 years off

@Scorch1028 7 ай бұрын

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.

@michaelbarker3749 6 ай бұрын

@@Scorch1028apparently you weren’t the only one who hated Dino Bravo. Two to back of the head

@Halbared 7 ай бұрын

Hackman was known to be a big fan.

@kevinbaim2500 7 ай бұрын

Greg "i broke wahoos leg and Ric flairs nose" Valentine. He's the Original Hammer😅 time

@knight_neon 7 ай бұрын

The Hammer would have been a great fit for the Horsemen. He was close to Flair, so it would have worked out.

@RedDevilGinge316 6 ай бұрын

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.

@triumpthat 7 ай бұрын

What a guy

@smyersfishingadventures 7 ай бұрын

The Hammer is the man.

@david29497 7 ай бұрын

People on this video really aint mad about Greg being reluctant to job to Earthquake theyre mad that he said he liked Trump.

@mr.causual5497 7 ай бұрын

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.

@bryannorris3976 6 ай бұрын

Greg is the best. His stories are pretty awesome.

@ronnieparker4311 7 ай бұрын

That would of been killer if Greg had been a horseman ! Space ace Ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️

@Halbared 7 ай бұрын

😂Greg is hilarious.

@dannystaton5386 7 ай бұрын

Happy holidays greg

@bigglilwayne7050 7 ай бұрын

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...

@mayorhaggar1275 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, Greg, but John Tenta was a great man who commands more respect these days than you. Hard truth.

@knight_neon 7 ай бұрын

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.

@mayorhaggar1275 7 ай бұрын

Valentine was fat too@@knight_neon

@stevendrumm4957 7 ай бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

He said Barry was suppose to turn Babyface & he would replace him!

@stevendrumm4957 7 ай бұрын

@@tammydevine4715 He probably meant Luger. Luger turned face right around the time that Valentine stopped teaming with Bravo, which was in very late 1987.

@Scorch1028 7 ай бұрын

His memory is less than perfect, because he took a lot of chair shots to the head over the years. 😆

@mikejejenich-pb5zx 7 ай бұрын

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 👋

@Scorch1028 7 ай бұрын

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.

@needsaride15126 7 ай бұрын

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.

@Rjensen2 7 ай бұрын

Replace Barry with Luger and the timeline fits perfectly.

@battlestarmarc 7 ай бұрын

Valentine could have been a good fit for the 4 Horsemen in the 80's.

@reynaldoreyes9927 7 ай бұрын

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.

@buckster2575 7 ай бұрын

People he's joking about him damn.greg valentine almost NEVER bad mouths anybody. quit getting so butt hurt .

@NateNizzle 7 ай бұрын

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..

@clayton5584 7 ай бұрын

I think it was more about taking quakes finish. I don't blame him

@Rjensen2 7 ай бұрын

Oh, a sumo wrestler, huh? 😂😂😂 Sumo isn't really a legit fighting style. It's a lot like karate or taekwondo or something.

@NateNizzle 7 ай бұрын

@@Rjensen2 OK, tell that to Haku and the Barbarian. They were sumo wrestlers also.

@NateNizzle 7 ай бұрын

@@clayton5584 no, he just didn't want to job to him.

@Rjensen2 7 ай бұрын

@@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?

@kenterminateddq5311 7 ай бұрын

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.

@andrewbarton5590 7 ай бұрын

Must have loved jobbing to Renegade who was a jobber aswell at this point.

@PaulShaw-ex7ri 7 ай бұрын

NWA had David Allan Coe on the great american bash tour backstage pistol whipping the shit out of people. , TOP THAT WWF !

@christophercanada7085 7 ай бұрын

The Hammer would have made an awesome Horsemen.

@roccojamison89gooker51 7 ай бұрын

Vince brings him back? Greg Valentine did not have to go back to WWE in 2004.

@michaelrood2751 7 ай бұрын

I like Greg but he sure did hate doing jobs lol

@rickjones2912 7 ай бұрын

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 .

@j.covington547 7 ай бұрын

I never thought that The Hammer could captivate my attention like he has here! Job well done, Good Brother!!

@webb-cast1030 7 ай бұрын

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.

@btqlover 7 ай бұрын

Damn Straight!! proficient martial artist, soundly trained in Sumo and legit wresting. Valentine would not have had a chance against Tenta.

@tammydevine4715 7 ай бұрын

Yea I was with him until he said that & no need for that & I lost a LOT of respect for him!

@MortGoldbergTalent 7 ай бұрын

Ya, he should be cancelled from the WWE Hall of Fame for that comment.

@edx21x 7 ай бұрын

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.

@MortonT1958 7 ай бұрын

@@MortGoldbergTalent I think that they could do something short of kicking him out of the HOF … perhaps something like a censure should suffice.

@masterfulsky 7 ай бұрын

isnt it strange how memory works there was 4 years between dream team number 2 and valentine losing to earthquake yet he thinks it was 7 months

@seanmcclure 7 ай бұрын

Greg would have been a great enforcer for them. He was a good worker, decent talker, and worked well in tag matches. Fair play to him.

@maxpuppy96 7 ай бұрын

Greg would have been a great horseman. He screwed up, McMahon was done with him after the US title.

@reynaldoreyes9927 7 ай бұрын

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

@BOBBYSOX86 7 ай бұрын

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.

@NateNizzle 7 ай бұрын

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..

@knight_neon 7 ай бұрын

Midcarder? He was 4 time world tag team champion in NWA and Intercontinental champ in WWF, PWI most hated wrestler three times.

@MortGoldbergTalent 7 ай бұрын

Ya, he won those titles! It wasn't like they were given to him!

@knight_neon 7 ай бұрын

@@MortGoldbergTalent You don't give titles like that to midcarders.

@mercurypaints 7 ай бұрын

Plus, he broke Wahoo’s leg!

@gary6754 7 ай бұрын

u have no idea what you're talking about; 70's through 86 Valentine was a pretty big deal.

@dondemmeljr1765 7 ай бұрын

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 🤣💯😬

@metheult 7 ай бұрын

This is what happens to a person when they "love Donald Trump".

@MikeHart72 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I know right. Greg seems a bit out of it in the last few recent interviews I watched.

@gary6754 7 ай бұрын

better than woke trash that loves joe biden

@widowmaker1315 7 ай бұрын

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.

@freddiejohnson6137 7 ай бұрын

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.

@markus5862 7 ай бұрын

Can you blame em? With a river of flowing golden locks like that, I wouldn’t change a damn thing either

@tomh1593 7 ай бұрын

I turned it off when he said he loved Trump....

@kelbob00 7 ай бұрын

😂😂 wow. Grow up.

@konnanelbarbaro 7 ай бұрын

Ha!

@FurQ69 7 ай бұрын

In your head rent free bitch :)

@dcchapman3862 7 ай бұрын

Too bad he said he liked the insurrectionist felon.

@knight_neon 7 ай бұрын

He's a heel, what do you expect? LOL

@jonpike9502 7 ай бұрын

🇺🇲MAGA2024🇺🇲

@alexfonseca2063 7 ай бұрын

Teflon Don 2024

@KKC70 7 ай бұрын

My dog leaves piles on my lawn that have a better chance of being president in 2024 than the obese orange crybaby loser

@theholyvineofdavid647 7 ай бұрын

MAGA is a kosher deception

@buckster2575 7 ай бұрын

Soon to be someone's bitch in prison.

@jasonadair9849 7 ай бұрын

Most boring wrestler of all time

@flash1906 7 ай бұрын

I always thought he would be a good fit.

@ShadowAngel18606 7 ай бұрын

How? A guy with zero charisma or mic skills? HOW would that be a good fit for the Horsemen? It would be worse than Roma and McMichael

@stevendrumm4957 7 ай бұрын

Another problem is that Valentine has the same finishing move as the leader of the 4 Horsemen, Ric Flair.

@gary6754 7 ай бұрын

@@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

@ShadowAngel18606 7 ай бұрын

@@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.