Valentine really forced Santana to step his game up when they started feuding over the Intercontinental Championship, because Santana respected Valentine's style. I fondly remember how cautious and how reluctant Santana would be to speed up the pace of his matches when he received his first big singles push in 1984. He was a great wrestler, but Santana could be extremely boring to watch, especially if he was too cautious. Valentine motivated Santana to step his game up. I'll never forget that.
Valentine is a complete loser. His poorly-executed finisher hurt so many wrestlers that nobody would work with him anymore. You treat people like crap, you injure people, and the world responds by saying - you suck! What a complete moron. Don't believe me? Ask anyone that ever worked with him. Oh and he looks like Archie Bunker wearing a wig. Tito - much respect.
People forget, this was a feud that major over in a big way back then. I remember when they televised the 'blowoff' match in the cage (something rarely seen on TV in those days), and fans going apeshit when Santana won the I-C belt back.
I ran into Greg Valentine the other day, I guess I said something wrong when I was like "Hey Hammer can I get your autograph." He just looked at me grunted and said "Fuck off you stupid mark."
I have had the pleasure of working with Tito and Greg, and becoming friends with Greg... Two awesome individuals... They were great workers, and laid it all on the line, night after night. I am still waiting for Greg to apply the figure 4 to me!
@lukecage34 No they're not. I have this interview & they never talk like it's real. The two promos at the end are there responses to the question "What would a promo for one of your matches sound like?" (or something like that). And if they're talking like it's real, then was Santana talking about how they were being told about what the return match would be?
@jabmalassie ...i think he was one of the few who didn't indulge in steroid use back then...god knows everyone else did! could be why he didn't become a "main eventer" since vince favors the big muscly guys. (not to take away just how great he really was)
@terracottapie why do you ask such stupid cowardly questions behind your keyboard? if you want to know so much go look up Valentine and ask him. I doubt you would because most people on youtube are a bunch of shit talking pussies but go ahead and ask him. he would probably give you a chop that would know you out of your shoes... with his old lady arms
Valentine, Beefcake, HTM..those guys were the worst to get an autograph from...they acted like your an inconvience for them..Hey, do yourself a favor dudes, just be glad there are people who still give a rats patootie about them...now I wonder why we do
Look, Greg did a show in a town near me. I think it was Carolina Championship Wrestling. Anyway, he was sitting at a table signing autographs and I had this event brochure that I wanted him to sign so I got in line. When its my turn to get an autograph he waves his hand once from side to side as if to say "get that shit outta here". I didnt know what he meant so I stood there for a second and he said very meanly " IM not signing those!!". He should be happy people still care, what a prick
@hailwindham keep in mind these guys came from an era VERY different from the last 15-20 years. they seriously didn't make a lot of money and now probably don't have a lot to live on for retirement, etc. any money they made back then went up their nose or to hotel rooms (wrestling companies paid per show, not accommodations, etc). a lot of the same ways are still in place, but they make more annually, rather than get paid per show. that was something vince was smart to implement-contracts.
@hailwindham That's unfortunate. Was that the 1st & only time you met "The Hammer"? I myself have heard he's very nice & accomodating to his fans. I can only guess perhaps that he was having a bad day & was irritable as we all get at times when having a bad day. Still, when you finally get to meet for the first time someone who's work you've admired for many years & he treats you in that manner (even if it's not personal), it is a huge disappointment.
I don't know what it is but Greg Valentine just looks depressed all the time. I saw him a few months ago at Wizard World Chicago and he just really looked like he didn't want to be there. I wanted to go over and say hi but I just felt like I should leave him alone. Could just be his natural expression though. Some people look that way and it's not an indicator of their mood.
@D2Kprime that's greg's facial expression all the time. one reason he was always a heel. he has a natural "scowl". you should have gone up to him. he's a very nice person to talk to. he'll talk your ears off about wrestling if you let him. i know this because i, like you, thought the same thing when i first saw him many years ago. i just went up and spoke. he's a good Christian man with a huge heart. learned alot about him through him. great flair stories he told as well.
@stansimms72 : Well that is good to hear. Maybe I will go up to him next time assuming he's there. Another reason I didn't want to go over there is because the Honky Tonk Man was also there and he was kinda being a prick. Like you I had a similar experience when I met Jerry Lawler at C2E2 last year. He was very nice. Only charged me 5 bucks to take a picture with him. He talked with me for about 10 minutes. Told me some interesting things about Vince McMahon I didn't know.
@D2Kprime funny you mention that. i thought Honky Tonk Man was a prick as well. I actually told him he was sorry. He actually wanted to charge me 5 bucks to take a picture with him with MY camera. Have you ever met Jimmy Valiant? He's just as bad. He's so money hungry I think he'd try to get blood from a turnip. Nice guy to talk to about the old days but, he's constantly money this money that.
@stansimms72 : Well, 5 bucks for a picture isn't a bad deal. Jerry Lawler charged me that when I took a picture with him with my camera at C2E2. However, most of the wrestlers were charging like 35 bucks for pictures at Wizard World. I'm still kicking myself that I didn't by a picture from Kevin Nash that had the entire Kliq on it for 25 bucks. That would have been worth the money. He also had a picture of himself in the 'Super Shredder' costume from TMNT 2: Secret Of the Ooze.
These two were Excellent Tactical wrestlers. Their matches were very entertaining. Guys like those two and Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Dynamite Kid, Jimmy Snuka, among some others were very good and entertaining 'In the Ring' and didnt have to over-do the 'Roids and drama story lines(although they did some of each). This was WWE/F's first and probably best Golden Age for a reason.
"'BodyDonnas'-V-'Horowitz'" is kinda my "dream" 1 of these "My Side Of The Story"...w/ Tammy/Sunny repping her/Cris Candido/even Tom "Zip" Pritchard...that would be VERY COOL!!!!!...imh&ho...
greg the hammer valentine looks like this fat old bitch I used to work with named Sherry. Well... she wasn't that old, maybe 40 or so, but you could tell she had been smoking cig's and drinking until she passes out every night.
powerful statement from valentine when he said 'me and tito didn't need hogan to headline the card'. ashame that valentine was bogged down for nearly two years by having to run around with brutus fruitcake though(although the dream team was good)
What is this? I thought it was real at first and then realized it was a couple of trailer trash actors who fake everything. The fat dude looks like he is drugged out on pain killers and scotch/
Greg and Tito had a HOT feud going on at the time of Wrestlemania but they chose not to put the match on the card which I thought was a big mistake. Does anyone know why? Instead Valentine wrestled JYD and Tito wrestled some jobber by the name of The Executioner.
@mongoose704 Probably because they afraid Valentine vs Santana would've upstaged the main event (and it probably would've). And The Executioner was "Playboy" Buddy Rose in a mask.
@FerretJohn Odd considering how important this event was to the WWF, how worried Vince was about it that Vince wouldn't throw everything at it just in case the main event didn't come off well which was a possibility with Mr. T. wrestling. At least with Valentine-Santana even upstaging it, you're guarnateed a good show with good work and psychology and it won't come off looking fake.
exactly bro!!! way too many wrestlers have the same damn builds!!! Look up the Florida Champ Wrestling website, And it looks like a goddamm chip and dales poster. So fuckin gay!! At least we still have Finlay with his tuff build.
Its possible they had gfamily ties....rock and haku and rikishi all related...x pac and justib credible related...Hawk and Jesse ventura related...We see first second and third gen wrestlers come through all the time..big family business.
Greg the hammer was driving and i was a passenger. Then wendy richter and fabulous moolah came into the car. halfway, greg the hammer started to smoke marijuana. then i started to smoke marijuana cause i like to smoke marijuana...............................
Tito was a great wrestler, he had a lot of talent in the ring, Vince should have given him more credit, Greg was near the top when he was with NWA mid-atlantic, but was never pushed to the level he should have when he got to the WWF Vince was to tied up in pushing Hogan to the top.
I met them at WWE Axxess in Houston. I told them that they carried the card. They matched each other move for move, hold for hold. Their matches were far more entertaining than Hulk Hogan's Match. Both of these guys should have become World Heavyweight Champions but neither one was ever given the opportunity.
yes when it comes to pure wrestling talent, Valentine, and Santana were two of the best, but at that time Vince had a vision of a super hero or hollywood star, thats why hogan was pushed so hard and the true in ring performers were left out, its wrong but money overtook talent
It's NOT wrong...it's business. It's like movie studios that will put a Forest Whitaker movie over a Will Smith movie because Whitaker is a better actor. Meanwhile, Smith makes over $100 million in EVERYTHING he does. That's not good business sense. If they were so great, it would've merited them being top of the bill guys. I get tired of hearing that certain guys should've been world champions. No...that belt was merely a symbol of someone that was the top draw in the business. That was Hogan
Last time I saw Tito was probably in like 2001, he was my gym teacher when I was in 6th grade, and he was in amazing shape then... I would love to see him again.
I remember watching Greg Valentine in the early 1970's when he was wrestling in the Cleveland-Buffalo area. He was only in his early 20's. I consider him to be one of the greatest wrestler of all-time.
I think the Hammer is looking good at his age. Bloody good wrestler I thought. I remember nearly 20y ago he dyed his hair black cos he and Honky Tonk Man had a tag team, fuck he looked silly. Even he must have thought so
Well the Horsemen were an NWA later WCW gimmick. Paul Orndorff joined WCW in 1990 and feuded against the horsemen with the dudes with attitude. Orndorff the next time he was in WCW was in 1992 when Flair was in the WWF. After that Orndorff again encountered the horsemen again on Nitro in 1995. Agree he seemed a fit and this came up in the last angle he did with them on Nitro before he retired.
the ending was really tight when they were badmouthing each other and then it shows that they were in the same room the whole time filming together and then they get up and shake each other's hand!
Looking back, I would guess that Tito Santana was a homosexual. He always seemed to get caught in a bearhug whenever he could. Just happened every match he had with a reasonably strong guy.
I think if these two feuded today or even ten years ago during the attitude era, Tito would have been the heel and Valentine would have been the face no doubt.
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i keep hearing how great santana was,but watching his matches he wasnt that great probably decent at best yet for some reason he gets this tag for being greatly underappreciated dont see how he won the ic belt the tag belts when he wasnt that good to start off with anyway underrated more like overrated
@mambapito.....Just saw The hammer at Horror con in cherry hill, NJ last March...He was and still is my favorite all time....still has it all upstairs, but you can tell his age now....it was great to finally meet him!
The WWF from the early and mid 80's was my favorite era (Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, WWF cartoons, WWF ice cream bars, thumbwrestlers, Saturday Night's Main Event, and of course Valentine & Beefcake, and Strike Force)!
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OMG! Greg Valentine is the last wrestler I'd expect to see a vid on YouTube. He's uncharismatic, and a boring wrestler. Who the hell would make a video about him!
Greg sucks ass!! When I was a kid he hasseled me over a couple of bucks for an autograph and brutis beafcake told him to leave me alone..I wish I could meet him now..I would stomp his old ASS!!!
The figure four leglock was one of my favorite finishing moves. I think Valentine originated the move. Then Tito Santana and Ric Flair started doing it as well. But all three are great wrestlers nevertheless.
I don't think so, the difference is, HHH is married to the boss' daughter. I don't think he will be bumpin' too much longer. He doesn't have to. He can sit backstage, or in headquarters and write script. He doesn't need to work.
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who else thinks valentine looks like a 57 year old white woman. lol
realdeal119 3 weeks ago
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realdeal119 3 weeks ago
the battle.. the tried and true fight to see which man will fall asleep first!! They're both so.. TIRED!!
Aznar245 1 month ago
Valentine really forced Santana to step his game up when they started feuding over the Intercontinental Championship, because Santana respected Valentine's style. I fondly remember how cautious and how reluctant Santana would be to speed up the pace of his matches when he received his first big singles push in 1984. He was a great wrestler, but Santana could be extremely boring to watch, especially if he was too cautious. Valentine motivated Santana to step his game up. I'll never forget that.
lildwayne21 1 month ago
yo people, easy on gregg.its like 40 yrs later...he's still alive.
posthumanhero 1 month ago
Valentine is a complete loser. His poorly-executed finisher hurt so many wrestlers that nobody would work with him anymore. You treat people like crap, you injure people, and the world responds by saying - you suck! What a complete moron. Don't believe me? Ask anyone that ever worked with him. Oh and he looks like Archie Bunker wearing a wig. Tito - much respect.
scarplace 2 months ago
greg looks like a battered housewife speaking out against his abusive husband
GoTarryn 3 months ago
@GoTarryn hahahhaha
lepapdurap 2 months ago
People forget, this was a feud that major over in a big way back then. I remember when they televised the 'blowoff' match in the cage (something rarely seen on TV in those days), and fans going apeshit when Santana won the I-C belt back.
NevrSilent 3 months ago 2
Greg the Hammer looks like his loving the oxys.
HansBooBee 4 months ago
I ran into Greg Valentine the other day, I guess I said something wrong when I was like "Hey Hammer can I get your autograph." He just looked at me grunted and said "Fuck off you stupid mark."
perkoff 4 months ago
@perkoff really?
terryfink 4 months ago
@perkoff I would have told him.. "Whatever has-been.. "
Aznar245 1 month ago
two awesome legends
mdhotstuff 5 months ago
I have had the pleasure of working with Tito and Greg, and becoming friends with Greg... Two awesome individuals... They were great workers, and laid it all on the line, night after night. I am still waiting for Greg to apply the figure 4 to me!
xxTxRattlerxx 5 months ago
this interview is as interesting as a warrior hogan match
javelin1010 5 months ago
i also agree that greg the hammer valentine had the best figure four leg lock. i think that santana learned it from him.
orion3448 5 months ago
when fueds really meant something and the crowd bought it
oscarforce1 6 months ago
@oscarforce1 all feuds in the 80s were awesome and that is when wrestling was actually good . the golden days of wrestling as they called it.
vinnybunbats 5 months ago
Valentine looks like one of Thor's turds lol
Commander76 7 months ago
OMG! greg looks like hammered shit these days!
HarryPalma 8 months ago
@HarryPalma True but at least he doesn't got baling spots like hbk did, lol.
kolz4ever1980 6 months ago
Tito looks good. Greg? Well, I will always have my memories. Both were terrific Intercontinental Champs, back when that meant a shit.
motleyhar 8 months ago
i think its cool that greg valentine kept his long hair all of these years
LEEKYLE99 8 months ago
lol. these guys are talking like wrestling is real. lol
lukecage34 9 months ago
@lukecage34 No they're not. I have this interview & they never talk like it's real. The two promos at the end are there responses to the question "What would a promo for one of your matches sound like?" (or something like that). And if they're talking like it's real, then was Santana talking about how they were being told about what the return match would be?
JasonL77 8 months ago
Tito looked liked he lived a clean life. The guy looks good .
jabmalassie 10 months ago
@jabmalassie ...i think he was one of the few who didn't indulge in steroid use back then...god knows everyone else did! could be why he didn't become a "main eventer" since vince favors the big muscly guys. (not to take away just how great he really was)
viciouscanadianvixen 10 months ago
The one question I have to ask after watching this video: why does Greg the Hammer Valentine still wear sleeveless shirts with his old lady arms?
terracottapie 10 months ago
@terracottapie why do you ask such stupid cowardly questions behind your keyboard? if you want to know so much go look up Valentine and ask him. I doubt you would because most people on youtube are a bunch of shit talking pussies but go ahead and ask him. he would probably give you a chop that would know you out of your shoes... with his old lady arms
nexivdr 8 months ago
@nexivdr haha, nice
motleyhar 8 months ago
@terracottapie Knock
nexivdr 8 months ago
Valentine, Beefcake, HTM..those guys were the worst to get an autograph from...they acted like your an inconvience for them..Hey, do yourself a favor dudes, just be glad there are people who still give a rats patootie about them...now I wonder why we do
turnbuckletoys 10 months ago
Never cant believed he had the IC title at wrestlemania this guy was a joke the 80 's version of shreik
323rangers 11 months ago
Look, Greg did a show in a town near me. I think it was Carolina Championship Wrestling. Anyway, he was sitting at a table signing autographs and I had this event brochure that I wanted him to sign so I got in line. When its my turn to get an autograph he waves his hand once from side to side as if to say "get that shit outta here". I didnt know what he meant so I stood there for a second and he said very meanly " IM not signing those!!". He should be happy people still care, what a prick
hailwindham 1 year ago
@hailwindham keep in mind these guys came from an era VERY different from the last 15-20 years. they seriously didn't make a lot of money and now probably don't have a lot to live on for retirement, etc. any money they made back then went up their nose or to hotel rooms (wrestling companies paid per show, not accommodations, etc). a lot of the same ways are still in place, but they make more annually, rather than get paid per show. that was something vince was smart to implement-contracts.
viciouscanadianvixen 10 months ago
@viciouscanadianvixen ted turner had contracts before vince.
nexivdr 8 months ago
@nexivdr ...oh ok...sure he did...try again. ted turner hadn't even purchased the rights to wcw before vince began using them.
viciouscanadianvixen 8 months ago
@hailwindham That's unfortunate. Was that the 1st & only time you met "The Hammer"? I myself have heard he's very nice & accomodating to his fans. I can only guess perhaps that he was having a bad day & was irritable as we all get at times when having a bad day. Still, when you finally get to meet for the first time someone who's work you've admired for many years & he treats you in that manner (even if it's not personal), it is a huge disappointment.
sborges1968 8 months ago
Tito santano is my Spanish teacher! he's mr solis, he's funny to
theAssinatorTicTic 1 year ago
I don't know what it is but Greg Valentine just looks depressed all the time. I saw him a few months ago at Wizard World Chicago and he just really looked like he didn't want to be there. I wanted to go over and say hi but I just felt like I should leave him alone. Could just be his natural expression though. Some people look that way and it's not an indicator of their mood.
D2Kprime 1 year ago
@D2Kprime that's greg's facial expression all the time. one reason he was always a heel. he has a natural "scowl". you should have gone up to him. he's a very nice person to talk to. he'll talk your ears off about wrestling if you let him. i know this because i, like you, thought the same thing when i first saw him many years ago. i just went up and spoke. he's a good Christian man with a huge heart. learned alot about him through him. great flair stories he told as well.
stansimms72 1 year ago
@stansimms72 : Well that is good to hear. Maybe I will go up to him next time assuming he's there. Another reason I didn't want to go over there is because the Honky Tonk Man was also there and he was kinda being a prick. Like you I had a similar experience when I met Jerry Lawler at C2E2 last year. He was very nice. Only charged me 5 bucks to take a picture with him. He talked with me for about 10 minutes. Told me some interesting things about Vince McMahon I didn't know.
D2Kprime 1 year ago
@D2Kprime funny you mention that. i thought Honky Tonk Man was a prick as well. I actually told him he was sorry. He actually wanted to charge me 5 bucks to take a picture with him with MY camera. Have you ever met Jimmy Valiant? He's just as bad. He's so money hungry I think he'd try to get blood from a turnip. Nice guy to talk to about the old days but, he's constantly money this money that.
stansimms72 1 year ago
@stansimms72 : Well, 5 bucks for a picture isn't a bad deal. Jerry Lawler charged me that when I took a picture with him with my camera at C2E2. However, most of the wrestlers were charging like 35 bucks for pictures at Wizard World. I'm still kicking myself that I didn't by a picture from Kevin Nash that had the entire Kliq on it for 25 bucks. That would have been worth the money. He also had a picture of himself in the 'Super Shredder' costume from TMNT 2: Secret Of the Ooze.
D2Kprime 1 year ago
Valentine-Santana feud is one of the top 10 greatest feuds in pro wrestling history
jcp1977 1 year ago
hhh looks very diff
2TWISTEDBALLS 1 year ago
Greg Valentine and Tito Santana -are- professional wrestling
lhwchamp 1 year ago
1:33 The crowd got quiet? Wow...They probably weren't sure if Greg Valentine really did break his leg...
KungFuRascals3 1 year ago
I would rather slap my momma than take a punch from "The Hammer"
hillbillyluchador 1 year ago
These two were Excellent Tactical wrestlers. Their matches were very entertaining. Guys like those two and Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Dynamite Kid, Jimmy Snuka, among some others were very good and entertaining 'In the Ring' and didnt have to over-do the 'Roids and drama story lines(although they did some of each). This was WWE/F's first and probably best Golden Age for a reason.
gregxiu 1 year ago
I love the music in the background..
NJPlayer79 1 year ago
Doesn't Greg Valentine play in Slayer???
LSweet2007 1 year ago
@LSweet2007 Dude Really? Greg Valentine never played in Slayer. You're confusing him with Jeff Hanneman
jcp1977 1 year ago
I have to say production on videos like this is getting better and better man
letslipthedogs 1 year ago
wow this is cool....im gonna watch all of these.
calixa 1 year ago
"'BodyDonnas'-V-'Horowitz'" is kinda my "dream" 1 of these "My Side Of The Story"...w/ Tammy/Sunny repping her/Cris Candido/even Tom "Zip" Pritchard...that would be VERY COOL!!!!!...imh&ho...
jerzeefranky3475 1 year ago
greg the hammer valentine looks like this fat old bitch I used to work with named Sherry. Well... she wasn't that old, maybe 40 or so, but you could tell she had been smoking cig's and drinking until she passes out every night.
violentwilliam 1 year ago
@violentwilliam Used to work with...
riiight.
mongoose704 1 year ago
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this has to be funniest comment ever: "Greg Valentine looks like a battered housewife waiting for her clothes to dry at the laundry mat. "
tarrynhoff 1 year ago
When they shake hands it looks like Greg is gonna slap Tito
GrandFunker 1 year ago
i miss shit like this
Vizzoid 1 year ago
the way this video was edited is annoying as fuck!
stndrds79 1 year ago 5
@stndrds79
I agree. There's no way you can get feel for the interview if they only say 3 words a clip.
reivenlocke 1 month ago
powerful statement from valentine when he said 'me and tito didn't need hogan to headline the card'. ashame that valentine was bogged down for nearly two years by having to run around with brutus fruitcake though(although the dream team was good)
BrianMilligan1 1 year ago
What is this? I thought it was real at first and then realized it was a couple of trailer trash actors who fake everything. The fat dude looks like he is drugged out on pain killers and scotch/
TheMiseryGuts 1 year ago
no they don't fake everything they hit each other legit asshole!
oldschool6804 1 year ago
IMO, the Valentine/Santana fued was the last great WWF/E fued before the WWF/E went sports entertainment..
bwall002 1 year ago
Greg and Tito had a HOT feud going on at the time of Wrestlemania but they chose not to put the match on the card which I thought was a big mistake. Does anyone know why? Instead Valentine wrestled JYD and Tito wrestled some jobber by the name of The Executioner.
mongoose704 1 year ago
@mongoose704 According to Vince, he has never made a mistake in his life mate.
mike1964180 1 year ago
@mike1964180
Nonsense,
only Chuck Norris has never made a mistake.
mongoose704 1 year ago
@mongoose704 Probably because they afraid Valentine vs Santana would've upstaged the main event (and it probably would've). And The Executioner was "Playboy" Buddy Rose in a mask.
FerretJohn 1 year ago
@FerretJohn Odd considering how important this event was to the WWF, how worried Vince was about it that Vince wouldn't throw everything at it just in case the main event didn't come off well which was a possibility with Mr. T. wrestling. At least with Valentine-Santana even upstaging it, you're guarnateed a good show with good work and psychology and it won't come off looking fake.
I never knew that about the 'cutioner.
mongoose704 1 year ago
Valentine is a badass.
He´ll stretch your ass.
hoghash78 2 years ago 3
That was hammer, Too legit to quit
Airsoftcleaner 1 year ago
Awesome. 2 of the best.
Chuloloc 2 years ago 2
HBK does a perfect figure 4 leg lock and he also has his own variation of it as well that looks awesome.
fmthebaron 2 years ago
two great ic champs
mumrah22 2 years ago
Funny thing is though, these maybe somewhat kayfabed, but these two had genuine heat with each other.
stevestoner13 2 years ago
Seems like they have a lot of class...respect for each other....they may not like each other but they put on some great matches...two real pros
TheNyghtShyft 1 year ago
Two great wrestlers.Thanks for posting the video.
hendodabest 2 years ago 3
exactly bro!!! way too many wrestlers have the same damn builds!!! Look up the Florida Champ Wrestling website, And it looks like a goddamm chip and dales poster. So fuckin gay!! At least we still have Finlay with his tuff build.
punky7dunk333 2 years ago 4
greg the hammer looks alt like triple h, santana looks like hercules
MrHellohel 2 years ago
Its possible they had gfamily ties....rock and haku and rikishi all related...x pac and justib credible related...Hawk and Jesse ventura related...We see first second and third gen wrestlers come through all the time..big family business.
TheNyghtShyft 1 year ago
@punky7dunk333 very true
MrHellohel 1 year ago
I miss these choad wrestlers like Valentine, WWE needs to bring them back, too many people now have the same build. mix it up
MCOneMan 2 years ago 3
wow
damron13 2 years ago
Greg the hammer was driving and i was a passenger. Then wendy richter and fabulous moolah came into the car. halfway, greg the hammer started to smoke marijuana. then i started to smoke marijuana cause i like to smoke marijuana...............................
antiiraqwar 2 years ago
Tito was a great wrestler, he had a lot of talent in the ring, Vince should have given him more credit, Greg was near the top when he was with NWA mid-atlantic, but was never pushed to the level he should have when he got to the WWF Vince was to tied up in pushing Hogan to the top.
MrROCKNBLUES79 2 years ago
I met them at WWE Axxess in Houston. I told them that they carried the card. They matched each other move for move, hold for hold. Their matches were far more entertaining than Hulk Hogan's Match. Both of these guys should have become World Heavyweight Champions but neither one was ever given the opportunity.
JuliusC1973 2 years ago
yes when it comes to pure wrestling talent, Valentine, and Santana were two of the best, but at that time Vince had a vision of a super hero or hollywood star, thats why hogan was pushed so hard and the true in ring performers were left out, its wrong but money overtook talent
MrROCKNBLUES79 2 years ago
It's NOT wrong...it's business. It's like movie studios that will put a Forest Whitaker movie over a Will Smith movie because Whitaker is a better actor. Meanwhile, Smith makes over $100 million in EVERYTHING he does. That's not good business sense. If they were so great, it would've merited them being top of the bill guys. I get tired of hearing that certain guys should've been world champions. No...that belt was merely a symbol of someone that was the top draw in the business. That was Hogan
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago
This should bring Tito back - he looked like he kept himself in great shape!
smazz104 2 years ago
Last time I saw Tito was probably in like 2001, he was my gym teacher when I was in 6th grade, and he was in amazing shape then... I would love to see him again.
Cat70789 2 years ago 2
when the ic belt meant alot
WWFHEAD 2 years ago 15
Truthfully, the IC belt was never the same after Ultimate Sandbagger won it.
NigelMcGuinnessMark 2 years ago 2
I loved Greg and Titos matches especialy the cage match.
UltMitSinner78 2 years ago 3
Greg Valentine did the figure 4 better than Ric Flair
keith1r 2 years ago 4
Wow, somebody who agrees with me. Greg the Hammer Valentine had the best Figure 4 Leg Lock. Yes, it was better than Ric Flair's.
JuliusC1973 2 years ago 39
He also has one of the better "fall on his face" collapses too hahaha Loved it when he did that.
outlaw6066 2 years ago 4
I can think of a couple wrestlers that had better figure 4's than Flair actually, and yes Valentine was one of them, the other is Keiji Mutoh
NigelMcGuinnessMark 2 years ago
@JuliusC1973 Hell yeah man! I agree 100%
GialloHorror 1 year ago
@JuliusC1973 Greg was a fire plug of a man.... he wasn't the biggest, strongest but you know he was one of the toughest SoBs to enter that ring.
XJadynX 1 year ago
@JuliusC1973 yea he actually locks it..flair just holds it
stali28 11 months ago
@JuliusC1973 Neither compared to Johnny Powers "Powerlock." Gregs father Johnny , wasnt too damn bad either.
MadisonCutlass44057 10 months ago
@JuliusC1973 I was never a Valentine fan, but I can't deny that his figure 4 was tighter than size 10 spandex on Bundy.
BMFRaw 8 months ago
@JuliusC1973 Flair was KING of the figure 4, he "put wrestlers out" of wrestling with that move.
scumgod13 5 months ago
The Hammer looks like he could be the fifth head on Mt. Rushmore.
wmlr1234 2 years ago
Wat da fuk is this
lemanusimoa 2 years ago
Rest in peace? Greg Valentine isn't dead
DopeboyTay 2 years ago
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Rest In Peace, Hammer. Thanks for all the memories in my childhood. *tear*
tomwalker389 2 years ago
The Hammer.
Those were the days.
Inter-Continental battles.
The figure 4.
Great job on this whoever did it.
I would think there is a HUGE market for documentary type stuff with these old wrestlers from the 80's.
Everybody loves nostalgia.
dunskie 2 years ago
this is GREAT shit man dont get me wrong, but kill the background music.
thank you very much for bringing us all the great stuff though!
GeorgeWBushes 2 years ago
2 Greats!
bigbluedinosaur 2 years ago
I have a friend who took a piss in an airport right next to Greg Valentine.
True story.
yardape99 2 years ago 4
HAHA! Thats funny I met him in an airport in chicago when I was 9!
fatony51 2 years ago
a lot of wrestlers of today, could learn a ton of stuff from thease legends of the mat.
AvEryBadApPLe 2 years ago 14
thats my spanish teacher.
Sippel12 2 years ago 7
I remember watching Greg Valentine in the early 1970's when he was wrestling in the Cleveland-Buffalo area. He was only in his early 20's. I consider him to be one of the greatest wrestler of all-time.
airjor1 2 years ago 2
Greg Valentine looks like a bulldog.
rosario508 3 years ago 4
I think the Hammer is looking good at his age. Bloody good wrestler I thought. I remember nearly 20y ago he dyed his hair black cos he and Honky Tonk Man had a tag team, fuck he looked silly. Even he must have thought so
catlover28 3 years ago 3
WOW Greg The Hammer Valentine rules man !!!!
bobi180985 3 years ago
what happen?
icarrillos 3 years ago
Ha tido Santana is my Spanish Teacher At my SCHOOL
sportygirl078 3 years ago 2
paul orndoff would have been a great horsemen I wonder why they never did that back then?
gadsden5555 3 years ago
Well the Horsemen were an NWA later WCW gimmick. Paul Orndorff joined WCW in 1990 and feuded against the horsemen with the dudes with attitude. Orndorff the next time he was in WCW was in 1992 when Flair was in the WWF. After that Orndorff again encountered the horsemen again on Nitro in 1995. Agree he seemed a fit and this came up in the last angle he did with them on Nitro before he retired.
mononokehime316uk 3 years ago
I don't know. Orndorff was not a team guy. But, I could see him being similar to Tully Blanchard if he was with the group.
Koolazzmike 2 years ago
the ending was really tight when they were badmouthing each other and then it shows that they were in the same room the whole time filming together and then they get up and shake each other's hand!
MSH786 3 years ago
GTH is pretty cute nowadays. LOL
gbrown4x4 3 years ago
god valentines lookin ruff hell i look better than him
crowbar2009 3 years ago
these two icons are great
rammstein11004 3 years ago 3
Great to see them.
seka1986 3 years ago
HAHA Mr. Solis!!! Tito Santana used to be my spanish teacher in 8th grade wooo
patriot22 3 years ago
Greg Valentine's face is so weathered that his head could be placed on Mount Rushmore and no one would be the wiser.
NJMFan1 3 years ago
LMAO @ Mount Rushmore!! So true, NJMFan.
TrueTalkTV 3 years ago
"Valentine... thats a mirror into the future for HHH"
hahahahahaha!!!! ive never thought of that, to bad for stephanie lol
murder667 3 years ago
Greg Valentine is one of the ugliest people I've ever seen.
undisputedgreatest 3 years ago
Valentine... thats a mirror into the future for HHH
MyMateBruce 3 years ago 3
hillarious
tobin834 3 years ago
Hammer was great. An all time fav of mine.
LivingDedMan 3 years ago
This is considered instigating. Now they are gonna be at each others throats again.
heattttt 3 years ago
One of the greatest fueds of all time.
mbep 3 years ago 2
maybe they should also do snuka and muraco
kes1963 3 years ago
Greg Valentine looks like Cookie from the Bozo Show.
vrjustin82 3 years ago
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Greg the hammer is my number one teacher a to the z. Tito Santana he was a Mexican. Better than nothing.
LKelley998 3 years ago
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Looking back, I would guess that Tito Santana was a homosexual. He always seemed to get caught in a bearhug whenever he could. Just happened every match he had with a reasonably strong guy.
DarsowGolf 3 years ago
Greg's lookin' rough...
*Talks to Ron Simmons*
DAMN.
SenseiV1 3 years ago
I think if these two feuded today or even ten years ago during the attitude era, Tito would have been the heel and Valentine would have been the face no doubt.
POWERSAW1980 3 years ago 2
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i keep hearing how great santana was,but watching his matches he wasnt that great probably decent at best yet for some reason he gets this tag for being greatly underappreciated dont see how he won the ic belt the tag belts when he wasnt that good to start off with anyway underrated more like overrated
leroyspeaks 3 years ago
bro, it's FAKE!!!! any bum can be made into the greatest. Floyd Mayweather beat the BIG SHOW!! lol
jaylowdasportsgod 3 years ago 4
Two icons of the WWF who were very underrated
mambapito 3 years ago 23
@mambapito.....Just saw The hammer at Horror con in cherry hill, NJ last March...He was and still is my favorite all time....still has it all upstairs, but you can tell his age now....it was great to finally meet him!
throbbin87 1 year ago
@throbbin87 sweet! What was he doing at Horror Fest? Was he a guest or just a regular attendee?
mambapito 1 year ago
@mambapito....He was a guest, they have one or two wrestlers every year. This was in March of this year, in August of 09 it was the Iron Shiek....
throbbin87 1 year ago
Warolrd kicked both there asses
ChicoxxBanana 3 years ago
The Hammer, one of the greatest to not win the World Championship.
Dietpepsivanilla 3 years ago 8
Roddy Piper, Scott Hall (when healthy) too Mr. Perfect won the AWA World Championship so not sure that counts :(
ChromeFamily 2 years ago
greg valentine looks like hhh 10 years from know
darksideon 3 years ago 5
The WWF from the early and mid 80's was my favorite era (Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, WWF cartoons, WWF ice cream bars, thumbwrestlers, Saturday Night's Main Event, and of course Valentine & Beefcake, and Strike Force)!
technodazed 3 years ago 2
Lol I saw Greg wrestle a couple of years ago.
ExterminationSquad 3 years ago
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OMG! Greg Valentine is the last wrestler I'd expect to see a vid on YouTube. He's uncharismatic, and a boring wrestler. Who the hell would make a video about him!
JuanKong1 3 years ago
Got a point
ChicoxxBanana 3 years ago
Kayfabe Productions
fromaguanga 3 years ago
Greg sucks ass!! When I was a kid he hasseled me over a couple of bucks for an autograph and brutis beafcake told him to leave me alone..I wish I could meet him now..I would stomp his old ASS!!!
dinglegonzo 3 years ago
they need to have a re-match Greg Valentine vs Tito Santana in wwe for one night only
attie3 3 years ago 2
its a work all a work baby why didnt somebody tell me it was all a work
mrk123collin 3 years ago
Kind of a Grumpy Old Men version of a wrestling promo. Gotta love the continuing animosity... Hell, I'd still watch a match between them!
SFValleyDweller 3 years ago
Tito is my spanish teacher!
Tony123C 3 years ago 6
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PIEGUYRULZ 3 years ago
The figure four leglock was one of my favorite finishing moves. I think Valentine originated the move. Then Tito Santana and Ric Flair started doing it as well. But all three are great wrestlers nevertheless.
paulp1021 3 years ago
what?????omg!!!what about the nature boy buddy rodgers?
florand 3 years ago
Buddy Rogers may very well have originated the figure four. I'm not too familiar with him. I'm not too familiar with Nature Boy Buddy Rogers
paulp1021 3 years ago
Look at Greg Valentine really close. That's what Triple H is going to look like in 15-20 yrs or so.
funk7000 3 years ago 5
I don't think so, the difference is, HHH is married to the boss' daughter. I don't think he will be bumpin' too much longer. He doesn't have to. He can sit backstage, or in headquarters and write script. He doesn't need to work.
xxTxRattlerxx 3 years ago
Even worse is that HHH has been put over past what is is really due. Another blow hard sports entertainment disaster & embarassment IMO.
SFValleyDweller 3 years ago
This was the feud that first drew me into wrestling. Tito's knee being torn up, Valentine smashing the IC title belt... Classic shit.
dp100eboggan 3 years ago 4
Tito is my spanish teacher, and basketball coach (not a very good one) hes also a lunch aide!! ZOMGROFLLLLLL
kwkkwjiefbhufgwyueeg 3 years ago
Greg Valentine looks like a battered housewife waiting for her clothes to dry at the laundry mat.
hohumming 3 years ago 3