(1951-09-20) September 20, 1951 (age 72) Seattle, Washington, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Julie Wisniski
(m. 1995)
Children
2
Family
Johnny Valentine (father) Brian Knobbs (brother-in-law)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Baby Face Nelson[1] The Blue Knight[1] Boxcar Willie[1] Greg Valentine[1] Johnny Fargo[1] Johnny Valentine Jr.[1]
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Billed weight
243 lb (110 kg)[2]
Billed from
Seattle, Washington[2]
Trained by
Ed Farhat[1] Stu Hart[1]
Debut
April 24, 1970
Retired
2019
Jonathan Anthony Wisniski (born September 20, 1951) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.
Over five decades, Valentine held more than 40 championships, including the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship. An alumnus of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2004 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.[2]
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wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine. Over five decades, Valentine held more than 40 championships...
in wrestling. Wisniski is the father of professional wrestler Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He held numerous regional titles, including the NWA United States...
included recent signings Andre the Giant, GregValentine, and Rick Rude. He (as well as Rude and Valentine) made their debuts on the January 9, 1991 tapings...
throughout his career, and is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with GregValentine. He also competed for major singles titles on pay-per-view and television...
Prior to the event, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine had feuded with Tito Santana over the Intercontinental Heavyweight belt. Valentine defeated Santana on...
Sportatorium; where he won the North American heavyweight title defeating GregValentine. A week later he dropped the title to John Hawk. He then formed a very...
self-absored heel), and after feuding with former tag-team partner GregValentine, was receiving his first huge push toward the WWF Intercontinental Championship...
Hawk (1), GregValentine (1), and Big John Studd (1) NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (3 times) – with GregValentine (2) and Blackjack...
Muraco, Santana was targeted by Greg "the Hammer" Valentine, and in September 1984 in London, Ontario, Canada, Valentine defeated Santana to win the title...
WWE.com article recognized him as a 6-time champion. WWE recognizes GregValentine as a 2-time champion. His first reign is not recognized by WWE. WWE...
Championship, The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) against GregValentine and The Honky Tonk Man, and Demolition (Ax and Smash) against Powers...
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third main feud heading into WrestleMania was between The Dream Team (GregValentine and Brutus Beefcake) and The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite...
1999, she appeared on the Heroes of Wrestling pay-per-view managing GregValentine in a match against George Steele. Also in 1999, she was awarded the...
Bob Orton and a non-title victory over WWF Intercontinental Champion GregValentine at the Steel Cage Turmoil round robin tournament in Hartford, CT on...
Championship. They held the titles until losing them to Ray Stevens and GregValentine in April 1980, but they regained the titles in a rematch in May until...
promising young performer against the likes of "Playboy" Buddy Rose, GregValentine and Killer Khan. Eventually, he was paired-up in tag team matches with...
title. The eleventh bout was a singles match between Earthquake and GregValentine. Earthquake won a short squash match by pinfall following an Earthquake...
Archived from the original on April 23, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2007. "GregValentine's first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved...
returned as part of The Oddities until leaving in 1999. He lost to GregValentine at Heroes of Wrestling on October 10, 1999. Then on January 10, 2000...
and 1990s, billed as 'GregValentine' (named after the American wrestler of the same name) while Spencer wrestled as Scott Valentine. Both worked as tag...
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