RIPPA Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Outside of possible Johnny - were you expecting anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Man, I wish I could find the Valentine-Kitao match from SWS online. Why, you may ask? Because the finish of the match was Kitao winning with a vertical suplex. Yes, in 1990. Anyway, here's a promo that actually makes a pretty good case in favor of scripting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I always felt like the Valentine face turn was sort of a forgotten bit of history. Just skip to the end unless you really want to see Saba Simba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jingus Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm trying to find some stuff he did in Japan in the late 90s, like a match he had in Battlearts against Hisakatsu Oya, but nothin's coming up. It was fun iirc, seeing Greg do kinda-worked-shoot stuff. (Not quite as fun as crazy old Bob Backlund wrestling Daisuke Ikeda, Great Sasuke, and Yuki Ishikawa on the same tournament... but, ah well, take what you can get.) EDIT: geez, and why wasn't the Piper match the very first one posted? I think people tend to remember Piper's insane performance more in that one, and Greg gets that unfortunate "Scott Hall in HBK's ladder matches" syndrome where the less-absolutely-spectacular performer is unfairly forgotten because the OTHER guy put on SUCH a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Oh, man, I love me some randomness. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8xnef_beverly-brothers-tanaka-vs-superfly_sport http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ucv6_dream-team-vs-slater-and-poffo_sport I love that Slater and Poffo get a ring entrance, but the Dream Team doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 God, Valentine was one of my early favorites since it was clear he was a grumpy bastard. Sadly, all I can find of the Santana cage match is clipped to 2 and half minutes. But this Valentine/Beefcake v Santana/Steamboat match is really choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Ronnie Garvin vs Greg Valentine always BRUNG THE STIFF~! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xenmyx_ron-garvin-vs-greg-valentine_sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 http://youtu.be/UTpPJH3gxX4 Just because it has Bobby Eaton And watch this before the WWE figures it is up http://youtu.be/0NWxMzFZZBQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 One of these things is not like the others. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x649eq_hart-valentine-dynamite-vs-tiger-ma_sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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J.T. Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 What Jingus said. Any mention of Piper or Greg Valentine usually conujures up the Dog Collar match when mentioning favorites. Oh my God, Valentine / Santana was one of my favorite WWE feuds. Chock full of the ring psychology. The revenge angle where Tito started using the Figure Four was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The Hammer doing some deathmatch stuff in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Why don't we have more Flair/Valentine. WHY I blame Kris Z for not trying hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 No one ever looked more manly while filling out a bedazzled robe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Are you guys aware that Valentine is old school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 He's also quite methodical, I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Quite the slow starter. Oh god, I have a new favorite tag team ever. No, two favorite tag teams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9JjIS1iEyg I mean I already love Valentine and Terry Taylor, but unless you go on dailymotion for one of those Pro Chicago episodes (like the god damn Arn vs Windham match no one watched in the WCW C shows note), you can only find them vs the 1992 Freebirds. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15rwp4_wcw-pro-on-wgn-march-21-1992_sport?search_algo=1 There's a Bagwell/Z-Man vs Taylor/Valentine match on that show. Not as good as the Dustin Rhodes stuff from later in the year but I Don't have time to find that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 It's too bad there's no footage online of Greg in Jim Crockett's Texas promotion. I mean, check this shit out: Chris Adams, Kevin von Erich, Sam Houston & Tony Norris defeat Black Bart, Dick Murdoch, Greg Valentine & Rod Price (Tony Norris = young Ahmed Johnson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Greg Valentine v. Buddy Rose... from 1997. Slightly clipped there's also a Kevin Sullivan/Greg Valentine v. Virgil/Barbarian indy match from 1994 on YouTube. Perhaps putting Greg Valentine in the Dungeon of Doom would have been better than what WCW did with him. Have Valentine/Beefcake tag matches as Zodiac and Evil Greg Valentine. Also would put a guy in the Dungeon of Doom who can be considered a good worker. I'm just imagining the Kevin Sullivan/Greg Valentine team as a "Valentine does most of the work" team, but maybe it's bizarro One of the fun things about "name v. name" indy matches is that element of "Who is working face and who is the heel". For example, Greg Valentine is the face in the Buddy Rose match posted by me. But who's the face out of Valentine/Sullivan and Virgil/Barbarian? has to be Virgil/Barbarian, right? unless Kevin Sullivan is a face in peril against Virgil and the Barbarian or something ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Today would not be complete without sharing this picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Today would not be complete without sharing this picture. My daughter has TWO of those shirts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Poor Wahoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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