I meet him at Walmart in late 80's when he was doing an autograph. He was so nice and so electric. Him and Dusty Rhodes are still 2 of my favorite wrestlers of all time

I think him & JYD would have made a great tag team. the charisma scale for those two would been through the roof.

@claystevenson1821

4 жыл бұрын

Totally see it.

@Filmation77

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah,they could've been the original Street Prophets

@Clark7466

Жыл бұрын

I think George Steele would be great too

@mox19380

5 ай бұрын

that really could've worked

Boogie Woogie was my favorite when I was a kid

Remember Jimmy used to use the song with the chorus "Talking bout the boy from New York City" he could've come back as a babyface because fans knew of him all ready. BTW, if you can find any old matches of Beautiful Bobby from the WWWF, his entrance music would be played by the ring announcer holding a small portable tape player up to his mike.

Dusty Rhodes gimmick in the WWF wasn't that much different to the Boogie Woogie Man in JCP. Jimmy would have got over anywhere.

Jimmy Valiant was also a former WWWF World Tag Team champion, so he already has credibility there.

@frankbonini9128

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda Like When Vince Brought Back Superstar Graham in the Late 80s & Bob Backlund in the 90s ...

Met Boogie woogie man at a small independent show in VA ..didnt know who he was, and 16 years later I'm actually looking into him.

“Paul Jones, you will be a Bald Headed Geek!”

The boogie man jimmy valiant was my favorite

And his never-ending feud with Paul Jones in Mid-Atlantic, etc.

Loved the Boogie Man!

"Grizzly death",Lol...That's awesome!!! 😆

Jimmy worked in the wwwf the Valiant Bros were tag team champs .... Theres a match on KZread between Valiant and Rhodes from MSG ....

Valiant Brothers wrestling MERCY BABY

Big Mama would have gotten over, as well.

Jimmy valliant could work any where loved his match with dusty in msg

The Sheepherders got that act over, Jimmy would with no problem. Jimmy got over wherever he went, whether face or heel or Boogie Man or Handsome Jimmy; Indianapolis, Chicago, Memphis, New York, Charlotte, got over like a million bucks in all of them.

I was watching old episodes of Jim Crockett Promotions' WCW show from January 1986 here on KZread last night, and all these dumb assholes in the comments were talking shit on The Boogie Woogie man, saying he was 44 but looked 74, saying he looked like a batshit crazy wino, saying it was "sad" seeing him "like that" as if he didnt have "it" anymore, and I'm just like...wtf are you idiots talking about? Hes GREAT! Incredibly entertaining promos, incredibly entertaining matches, amazing entrance music...I just dont friggin get it. The big bushy beard was part of the gimmick and seeing him cut an amazing Dusty Rhodes-esque promo with this enormous beard while also wearing this orange beanie is what caught my eye and piqued my initial interest (I'd never heard of Valiant before last night, you see) and then watching his AMAZING brawling, street-fight style of wrestling (which actually looked pretty damn real and definitely was innovative and hell) is what immediately hooked me and made me a new fan of The Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant. I'm absolutely one of the Street People now! Just do not know what makes some dumbassholes spout such dumb ass shit! And they call themselves "old school rasslin fans!" FEH! Bandwagoning hipsters more like. These motherfuckers ain't STREET PEOPLE, daddeh! No suh! 🤘🤘

I'm a rocker and a rolla and a little funky too

I agree that he could've gotten over anywhere. I also think that his antics as the Boogie Woogie Man would have made him a good fit as a third member of the Sheepherders.

I love boogie woogie man.. I see dude love mixed with Adam rose + no way Jose.. I wish he was around today I would b such a mark for him..

"Jimmy Valiant.......the only man who could make The Manhattan Transfer tolerable for at least three minutes"🤣

One of my childhood favorites

Valiant was the best!!!!

Maybe for a few weeks

Jimmy had a nice physique in the late 70s

i though since i was a kid him and jyd would of been perfect the fans myself included ate up how over they was

did vince or crockett run shows in washington dc? i never hear about that city in old school wrestling.

@timf7413

7 жыл бұрын

As I understand it, DC was actually a fairly big town for the old WWWF. James Dudley ran it, and that's why WWE still makes such a big deal out of him. Blassie actually talked a fair amount about working DC in his book.

@RickinBaltimore

7 жыл бұрын

diggitydave3000 What's interesting is that Baltimore was a hotbed for both WWWF and NWA, and just an hour or so NE of Washington. Both ran shows at the Civic Center, and the WWWF did a lot of their production work in Owings Mills, just outside Baltimore.

@WarrenGee7323

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, growing up in the 80’s wwf always came to the Dc area; it was the capital center in landover Md, just 7 minutes outside of DC. When they tore down the arena, they built The MCI arena in downtown Dc. Which is now the capital one arena. Those were great times in the 80’s. WWF came to the capital center every month.

Boogie Woogie!!!

A healthy Jimmy in mid-to-late 80s WWF would've been money! Wish he went for about a 2-year run

The Boogie Woogie Man, Jimmy Valiant.

@paulhendrick5857

7 жыл бұрын

Such a great name .

wasn't Dude Love really inspired by Jimmy Valiant? i mean if it worked in the 90s seems like it would've easily worked in the 80s.

Would Charlie Brown from Outta town have gotten over

I seen a lot of Valiant's Boogie woogie man on KZread, I think it looked ridiculous and than the big fluctuation in his build, for a while there I thought I was looking at two totally different people.

Valiant ripped off Bobo Brazil as sure as Dusty Rhodes ripped off Thunderbolt Patterson

@MisterBeauJanGels

4 жыл бұрын

@keller blair Actually, from the accounts I've read, the Valiants tag team was a carbon copy of Eddie and Jerry Graham.

@dildonius

4 жыл бұрын

Who cares? They were far more over in the end even if that bullshit was true.

@tj2nasty4ya83

4 жыл бұрын

So u not gonna mention ric flair taking nature boy from buddy Rodgers?

Valiant was the fucking worst. His popularity is hands down the most mind boggling thing that ever happened in the history of the wrestling. The only things more horrible than his in-ring work, were his interviews, mannerisms, ring outfits, and every single other thing about him. His existence was only made tolerable by the fact that he was buried on the bottom of the card with those other wastes of space Paul Jones and Pez Whatley, and their appearance offered a good opportunity to get up and get a refreshment

@kpllc4209

7 жыл бұрын

He was great

@ravenplant

7 жыл бұрын

Completely agree, Kevin. And he still wrestled up until a few years back, looking like a skeleton covered in stupid tattoos

@vivahernando1

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Correy you sound like a smart mark .... let me guess ... you just turned 24? My parents were just so so wrestling fans but I mean they loved Jimmy Valiant. Not everyone wanted to watch a 60 minute flair vs steamboat match all the time

@wecoolwecoolbounce5191

7 жыл бұрын

Terrible wrestler

@lildwell2

7 жыл бұрын

vivahernando1 Keep speaking truth to power. These internet smart marks are the worst.

Omg. Jimmy valient was the worst ever. When I was a kid I loved nwa wrestling. I grew up 20 miles from Charlotte. I hated him. He sucked in nwa. He would have sucked if he was the only wrestler in the world

@thehellyousay

5 ай бұрын

awww, muffin, he didn't autograph your t-shirt ...?

@vivahernando1

5 ай бұрын

@@thehellyousaywouldn’t let Jody in the station wagon