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The Hammer is the type of guy you can enjoy hours and hours listening to his wrestling stories…now at days the modern wrestlers are not even close to the wrestlers I grew up watching as kid during the 80s.

@MrKastaway66

2 жыл бұрын

I think the whole thing is different, including the audience.

@oneillphotography9772

Жыл бұрын

Agreed Would Love To Meet Him Sit Down Over Dinner And Just Listen To Him

@dspf68

Жыл бұрын

agreed. could listen to those stories for days.

Greg is like a wrestling grandpa telling us kids his old war stories with his old buddies. My own father and grandfather are long gone, so it's nice to have this.

@salvagemonster3612

2 жыл бұрын

So your grandpa was a wrestler?

@TheSportsfan35

2 жыл бұрын

Greg's Dad was the same way, he always had alot of stories about the guys he worked with like with Wahoo & Buddy Rogers among others.

@HearBobbyRoar

2 жыл бұрын

He looks like an old grandma

@glengabruch4664

2 жыл бұрын

I met Fred Ottman AKA Tugboat/ Typhoon a few years back. Super cool guy. Greg Valentine was scheduled to be there too, but was unfortunately ill and unable to attend. I was really looking forward to meeting him, as I always enjoyed his tough as nails, believable in ring persona. Awesome entertainer and he seems like the coolest and nicest guy. 👊

Greg seems like a chill dude. Never has anything bad to say about other wrestlers

@patrickfennell6372

2 жыл бұрын

Noticed most heels are really great interviews and are always polite and always have good things to say about other wrestlers and personalities.

@filthiestfish

2 жыл бұрын

He spoke very badly of Earthquake in another shoot

@jeffmon6357

2 жыл бұрын

Greg is awesome. I believe he was the first wrestler I've seen on tv. He wasn't in wwe then I can't recall the territory or promotion he was with back then. It should have been 1983

@TheSportsfan35

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickfennell6372 Harley & Dory are the same way, they would always talk good about other workers.

@TheSportsfan35

2 жыл бұрын

@@filthiestfish He didn't have a problem with him, he had a problem with Vince booking him in a squash with Tenta at WM 7.

I make a mistake whenever I click on one of these Greg Valentine videos... I fall way down the rabbit hole

I think Greg Valentine played a great villain for his time and is an interesting person to see interviewed. Keep up the great work!

Greg and his father Johnny were both great.

@josephvitielo1693

2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget uncle Dale

@robdykejr

2 жыл бұрын

Best WWF IC champ in the 80's.👍🏻

@robdykejr

2 жыл бұрын

@Mongoose 1980 : Debatable...Macho's IC title was just a stepping stone for bigger things to come,similar to Warriors'. Valentine's run also holds up to Honky-Tonk's long run.

@robdykejr

2 жыл бұрын

@Mongoose 1980 : I will give Macho the better athletically in-ring performances especially against Steamboat. But agreed,Hammer was a better "seller" and had an excellent power-ground game than any other IC champ before or after him.

Greg was so right about Adrian still being agile and able to still perform at a high level despite gaining all that weight.

Adrian Adonis .. the first Wrestler I ever met and got a autograph of. He was such a nice guy. He was talking to everyone. Joking around. Really easy to talk to. And Greg has always been a very straight up guy. Always calm and kind around fans.

Adrian was some kind of talent. Even when his girth surpassed his height, Adonis could move around the ring like a 220 pound flyer. Just an amazing talent; another great who left us too soon.

Piper and Adonis were great friends as well. I’ll never forget my parents taking me to see wwf at Baltimore civic center, the night was being televised for the “superstars of wrestling” that would come on every weekend, it was the flower shop vs. pipers pit and they “broke” Pipers leg. Man great great memories!

@mexmexican8619

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a damn shame Piper wasted Adrian’s leather jacket on Ronda Rousey

@shirleypena4133

2 жыл бұрын

@@mexmexican8619 I agree!!

@jason-hy8ci

Жыл бұрын

​@@mexmexican8619YES, Sir! 👍

I absolutely love Greg. He's such a nice older dude. Stay healthy Greg. I'm pretty sure not 1 soul on Earth don't like you. And most love you.

The Hammer is a true wrestling legend and his wrestling knowledge of it's history is like the man...priceless!

Damn man, I knew about the accident, but I didn’t know he was robbed after he died. Cold blooded shit

@angieperides7500

2 жыл бұрын

He was robbed as well as the other wrestlers as they died. Then the POS went to the motel rooms and stole

stay healthy hammer. you were one of my favorites and have grown into a great embassador for classic wrestling fans

Adonis was ahead of his time and a great performer. His team with Murdoch had some good matches. I never knew until watching these on KZread. Msg shows .

I never knew that valentine was actually a pretty decent guy. he was always a heel and really good at it. the real man is awesome. I would love to meet this guy again and shake his hand, good man right there.

The Hammer is more of a legend with these interviews than he ever was as a wrestler, and he is a big time legend as a wrestler. These interviews are some of the best on KZread.

@reilneid6436

2 жыл бұрын

These interviews are GREAT but his in ring wrestling & his promos for 40yrs are much more legendary.

I like Greg's interviews seems like a cool guy that doesn't exaggerate the hell out of things or flat out tells lies. He was a part of my childhood when there was only 3 stations on television.

Adrian Adonis is yet another guy that it is a disgrace not being in the WWE Hall Of Fame!! When I went back and re-watched some of these KZread clips of The Flower Shop....hilarious!! He owned that character.

Adrian died in Newfoundland. It was incredibly sad. I was in Newfoundland at the time, it was big news.

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine was ALWAYS the guy who made it easy to HATE. Nobody had the heel down like this amazing man. Thank you for all you did Greg.

There aren't a whole lot of these guys left. Greg is fortunate to have outlived them.

"It was a gimmick, he wasn't gay!" Thanks for clarifying that Greg 🤣😂

@ronsharer2986

2 жыл бұрын

I actually liked that gimmick. It was funny watching him especially when he got mad and stomped his feet and the dress would fly up. It was hilarious and Jimmy Hart made it even better.

@angieperides7500

2 жыл бұрын

He came up with the gimmick

Love these. I wish they was all longer. I can listen to Greg speak forever. So cool.

Greg Valentine pre WWF had some of his best matches...

OMG! The 'Adorable Adrian Adonis' doll. One of many of the action figures I had!'

I love when brutus came out for the first time as the barber you could see how much disdain he had for it until he realized how much it put him over

Greg is just a top top guy. Never rubbishes people. A real old school wrestler. Call it in the ring. Top guy!

Adonis used to be a wrestling machine in the AWA

@chazzanschutz6096

2 жыл бұрын

Him and Jessie 'The Body' Ventura were a great heel team back then.

Saw Valentine wrestle many times at the Greensboro Coliseum. He was usually a heel then. Love these stories! Thanks!

I love listening to the Hammer tell stories. He seems like a very kind gentle person.....out of the ring 😉

I met the Kelly twins once in the 80s. All these wrestlers were out of control. they lived extreme lives.

Adonis was the most agile big guy I remember seeing in the ring. Even more so than Bam Bam Bigelow.

Adonis died near Lewisport NL. I know because I live in NL. and loved wrestling at that time. NL = Newfoundland. From what I've known he died in a car that went off the highway because the driver was trying to avoid a moose. It's actually a kinda problem here. Newfoundland is a very large island with lots of pine trees and the moose tend to wander onto the highway at times. Huge animals

@brucemaguire3238

2 жыл бұрын

My friends brother was the mortician. I was told it was quite gruesome 😥😥

@joegreen268

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucemaguire3238 details?

Hammer interviews are always great. Very chill guy who tries to look for positive in guys.

Adrian looking like Joey Buttafuoco in the thumbnail 😂

This sounds like a good friend telling a cautionary tale about a buddy.

The hammer Wisniski is one of my favorite wrestlers. Hes well liked ,respected by his peers ,fans Nice guy..

Last time l saw Adonis wrestle he was teamed with Cowboy Bob Orton in the AWA in 1988. Adrian wore the pink tights, but his hair was back to it's natural dark color.

Yeah greg definitely seems like a good dude

As always, Greg valentine is a class act from the old school that you just don’t see anymore!

Moving story about Adrian Adonis - I was a fan , him and Murdock was awesome team saw msg vs windam & rotundo

Bakersfield not Fresno. But great story! Btw I’m from Bakersfield and lived in Fresno since 1997.

Adonis was a hell of a wrestler.

He flew from Japan to LA and spent the night with my mother

Adrian "the original goldust" Adonis

@jonathanturbide2232

2 жыл бұрын

That's Adrian Street, not Adrian Adonis.

Greg valentine tells WAY better stories then Don Muraco. He really remembers the old times And Don doesn’t remember ANYTHING!!

@rodmunch4879

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Don seems like a good guy but offers no insight and talks like he has hot tamales in his mouth.

@robdykejr

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodmunch4879 : Don partied to much while filming "Fuji Vice".

@y2flu

5 ай бұрын

Don was always high. One thing guys from that era always say about him is that he had the best weed (and other drugs).

These interviews with The Hammer are great!

I remember Adonis first coming to WWWF with Jesse Ventura and they were billed as the East-West Connection

@drwlpwasright5132

2 жыл бұрын

That's correct. Adonis and Ventura were a tag team in the WWF in late 1981 to early 1982. Adonis and Murdoch was in the summer of 1984, and they were the only WWF heel tag team champions that never had a manager.

You can see hammers heart bleeds for Keith he use to follow the hammer around and wanted to be like him.

thank you great video

Shoutout from Fresno, CA!!

Adrian had been training with Bobby Davis, Buddy Rogers old manager, and supposedly was getting back in shape when he died.

@angieperides7500

Жыл бұрын

He lost over 100 lbs

Adrian was one of my favorites.

@robdykejr

2 жыл бұрын

He was a great heel character. 😀👍🏻

I don't think they ever explained what "Relax with Trudy" was all about on the briefcase. I think that there was also Canadian heel Mad Dog Lefebvre that died in the car also, he used to team up with Frenchy Martin against the Rougeau Bros in Quebec.

@angieperides7500

2 жыл бұрын

No it was Dave McKigney the “Bear Man”

@widowmaker1315

2 жыл бұрын

The briefcase contained the drag clothing that Adrian would dress up in secretly while"relaxing". This was the beginning of the transition to the Adorable Adrian gay angle. "Trudi" was supposed to be Adrian's feminine alter ego, although they dropped that part of the angle. The briefcase was revealed to contain women's undergarments that Adrian had been wearing.

I used to love watching Adrian and Jesse on AWA in the late 70's... I remember watching those matches on Main Even tand SUperstars of Wrestling back in the day.

Adonis should be in the WWE HOF!!!

@joeyphenomenal

Жыл бұрын

💯💥 absolutely

@williamberry8895

Жыл бұрын

Yes he should. Why they made him do the gay shit in the 80s of all times is stupid. Today it wouldn't be as big a deal.

@jason-hy8ci

Жыл бұрын

DEFINITELY!.... He gave Vince a ton of Heat, which obviously translates to $$$. How SOON Vince Forgets. SMH

@Nunzi3

Жыл бұрын

WHY isn’t he??!!

@suicidality2744

Жыл бұрын

​@@Nunzi3 Adonis daughter has said her father had a financial dispute with Vince over his Wrestlemania 3 payoff. She said Vince promised him 20 grand to shave his head but only paid him half. Adrian basically told Vince to F off. He really quit and got fired at the same time.

Adrian was a character by a long shot. Even said that Lumpy was his favorite character from Leave It To Beaver. He was a tough bird. His Goodnight Irene sleeper hold worked well on numerous opponents like Mean Old Bob Sweetan, who I called Mr. Troublemaker. Bob and Adrian are no longer with us. Keith Franke, Jr was his true life name.

Hey ìm from New Brunswick but honestly can't say I remember seing greg live but it was along time ago so it's possible lol

You can tell Greg, hurts over talking about a lot of this stuff man.. Thank for talking about Legend

In 30 years or so it's going to be kind of sad listening to all these current wrestlers stories.....yeah so in 2017 me and Seth Rollins were playing some call of duty and we ordered some pizza and got yelled at bye HHH it was a helluva time ...lol these new guys are going to have no stories at all because they don't do anything crazy anymore

@tayc9855

2 жыл бұрын

Gah you're so right. Sad

I read somewhere that Adrian was training like crazy to get back into shape and come back to the WWE right before his passing.

@angieperides7500

Жыл бұрын

True, lost over 100lb

Good guy to listen to.

Adonis was a gifted worker

It's just like what Jesse Ventura once said. 'Adrian is one of those wrestlers that doesn't look in shape, but is.'

Keith was a good man. If he liked you, then you were golden but if he did not like you, then you had to watch your back.

Man, if that guy could've kept his weight down, he could have had a really good run. Seems like he was a charismatic dude. He was really agile for a guy that size.

Crazy how guys describe being in “ring shape”. I’ve heard them say all the cardio training in the world can’t prepare you for it

I'll never forget Adrian Adonis getting beat up by Spivey. I didn't personally witness it but Spivey beat him up REALLY bad and when he returned you could see it in his eyes it messed him up mentally as well

greg forgot about adrian and jessie the body as a tag team , the wwf did adrian wrong with the gig

Greg knows EVERYONE in the business.......the hammer got booked everywhere.................

I think Adonis is one of the greatest heels of all-time.

He really cleaned himself up. I could be wrong but I felt like he looked burned out years ago. He looks great.

I am in complete agreement with The Hammer, because I seen Adrian in person more than once, early in his career and with Jesse V. as tag team. Adrian played a heel the majority of the time and did a fantastic job and he took some major blows in the ring and kept on going. It was a sad ending. He was a true great.

even back then Adrian's body and character change bothered me. I was still a young teen and didn't understand the drug culture in wrestling yet. having watched him in the early days with the tough "biker" type gimmick and then watch the weight gain and change to more flamboyant version of Gorgeous George wasn'teasy to see. what a talent he was.

A guy named The Canadian Wildman who owned a wrestling bear was killed in that crash as well. I am not sure what happened to Ginger the bear but I heard the Wolfman took care of her.

GHV looks like he did all right in retirement! Saw him in the old Boston Garden on a regular basis !!

Love the hammer my cousin would give me the elbow when we were kids and boy did it hurt. At 11 years old everything hurt. God bless the hammer

Fort Erie.

I feel like Valentine could play a villain in a sin city sequel

😊🙌 Greg The 🔨Valentine! a Wrestling God!

I saw Adorable Adrian vs Hulk Hogan when I was a kid. Hit him in the back with a pretzel at the Meadowlands.

What actually lead to Adonis and Beefcake. Was that Adonis teamed with Brutus and Greg in a 6 man. He went to cut like one of the other wrestlers hair but cut Brutus. That set up Brutus cutting Adonis' hair at WM3

@Cavillier1970

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they faced the Can-Am Connection & Lanny Poffo, and this was all a build up to the Piper/Adonis WM3 war & with the Dream Team & Dino Bravo joining and cutting out Beefcake which turned him face.

I could listen to The Hammer all day. He’s the best

how come you cant find the wwwf clip of Greg Valentine breaking Chief Jay Strongbow knee in Hamburg, Pa in 1979????

@ronniecrim9043

2 жыл бұрын

I remember him breaking Wahoo McDaniel's leg.

@littlegp18

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniecrim9043 he did the Wahoo angle and came to the wwwf and did the same angle to Strongbow. Not much in the line of cable tv back then so pulling off angles like that were easy

@KeithFroehlich07

29 күн бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpN1t5ekh7zXerg.htmlsi=es0vlEJsL9hLlrQl

Adrian Adonis did his job well he made you dislike him so much, I used to have old school wrestling magazines, Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis we're always in them

I believe Adrian was trained by Fred Atkins.

@Jim-Tuner

2 жыл бұрын

true.

@angieperides7500

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@neiss616

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up with Keith. I dont remember him wrestling on Maple Leaf wrestling. He may have been too young. Anyway, did he wrestle fir MLW

@donkeyrockusa

2 жыл бұрын

@@neiss616 he made 2 appearances in ‘82, and many appearances’84-‘’87 for the WWF.

@Jim-Tuner

2 жыл бұрын

@@neiss616 Yes he did. The earliest match I could find was March 23, 1975 at Maple Leaf Gardens where he lost to Pampero Firpo. He wrestled then under the name "Keith Franke". He wrestled infrequent dates there in 1975-76. It was his first couple years in pro wrestling.

The total voice of sensibility in the history of this business. Will always look at these.

He did have the second meanest looking elbow drop in the biz. Of course beaten out only by Greg himself.

Kinda looks like Artie Lange in the thumbnail.

I remember that. It was alright after you the show in Corner Brook My mom told me about the car accident out near Gander. That was the last time wwf/wwe done a show in Corner Brook. Only do shows in St John's. How I know all of this because I have seen the production truck drive on the highway while I was on the golf course here in Corner Brook.

Good night Irene 😴

is that a young Paul Heymen I see in the picture with Adrian Adonis?

@Davepool-hs7vr

2 жыл бұрын

It looks like Heymen

@jonathanturbide2232

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Heyman was Adonis's manager during his short run in the AWA in 87 to early 88. They were a good combo.

@jonathanturbide2232

2 жыл бұрын

@Sven Nordqvist Yes sir, there's a good number of matches from his 87-88 run in the AWA right here on KZread if you want to see for yourself. He was partner with Cowboy Bob Orton for a short while, and he wrestled Greg Gagne in the finale to crown the first AWA tv champion. He came in during a weird period for the AWA where they hired a few recognizable names but only for a few tapings (Adonis, Orton, Tommy Rich, original Midnight Express), by the beginning of 88 he was already gone from the promotion.

@angieperides7500

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanturbide2232 he worked for AWA after he quit WWF and he broke his ankle

@jonathanturbide2232

2 жыл бұрын

@@angieperides7500 Yep, very true Angie. I believe his injury happened in a tag match against the Rockers, I remember seeing it after someone had uploaded the full broadcast on their channel (sadly the channel was taken down weeks later). Your dad was awesome, you can be so proud. 👍🏻

Fun fact: Moose are the largest deer in the world.

Adrian when I first saw him in wwf was tagged with Jessie the body and pretty sure this was his first run in WWF

Adrian could also take bumps in his hotel bathroom 😒🤣

Adrian Adonis looked like a young Artie Lange.

Someone said Greg is like an old grandpa telling old stories. That’s a load of crap. The Hammer is the real deal like Sammy the Bull Gravano KZread. It’s totally real. Thanks Hammer.

At the time of the accident Adrian was doing that shot in Newfoundland for a friend. He was actually on his way back to the WWF with Dick Murdoch. Conflicting reports on whether he already signed his future WWF contract or not. He did an appearance with Dick in Japan wearing the leather and when the Japanese woman handed him his flowers as they customarily do before the match Adrian tossed the flowers into the stands. He was probably sick of looking at flowers at that point. 😁