Thursday, March 28, 2024
Greg Valentine

Greg Valentine

Born:
09/20/1951
,
Seattle, Washington
Birthname:
Jonathan Anthony Wisniski
Height & Weight:
6'0"
,
243 Ib

Titles Won:

  • WWF Intercontinental Championship
  • WWF Tag Team Championship – with Brutus Beefcake
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)

He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine. In the course of his career, which has spanned over four decades, Valentine has held more than 40 championships, including the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. An alumnus of the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in May 2016.

Notable Feuds

vs. Chief Wahoo McDaniel

vs. Pedro Morales

vs. Ric Flair

vs. Roddy Piper

vs. Junkyard Dog

vs. Don Muraco

vs. Ronnie Garvin

Other Notable Achievements

AWF Heavyweight Championship

AWF Tag Team Championship – with Brutus Beefcake

AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jerry Miller

AWF Tag Team Championship – with Tommy Rich

BBOW Heavyweight Championship

CGPW Heavyweight Championship

IWCCW Heavyweight Championship

IWA Heavyweight Championship

LPW Hall of Fame (Class of 2011)

NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)

NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship – with Ric Flair

NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times)

NWA Television Championship (2 times)

NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (4 times) – with Baron von Raschke (1), Ray Stevens (1), and Ric Flair (2)

WCW United States Tag Team Championship – with Terry Taylor

NWA North American Heavyweight Championship

NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

NWA “Beat the Champ” Television Championship (2 times)

NEWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2013)

NSWA Tag Team Championship – with The Honky Tonk Man

NWA North American Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (2 times) – with Bill Watts (1) and Gorgeous George, Jr. (1)

NWA Western States Tag Team Championship – with Don Fargo

NWF World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Don Fargo

Prime Tag Team Championship – with Jim Neidhart

Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2016

Portland Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

PWF Heavyweight Championship

PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1975, 1979, 1983)

PWO Tag Team Championship – with Jim Neidhart

PWR Heavyweight Championship

WCPW League Heavyweight Championship

WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship

WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship