1. Jimmy Valiant went to the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 1970s as "Handsome Jimmy Valiant" and formed a team with Johnny Valiant that would dominate the tag team scene for a while as WWWF Tag Team champions.
20 Facts About Jimmy Valiant
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Jimmy Valiant had title matches against champion Pedro Morales in secondary arenas, such as Philadelphia, and feuded with short-term tag partner Chief Jay Strongbow.
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Jimmy and his kayfabe brother Johnny Valiant held the tag belts from 1974 to 1975 and main evented Madison Square Garden against Chief Jay Strongbow and Bruno Sammartino.
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Jimmy Valiant feuded regularly with Jerry Lawler and teamed with Bill Dundee to dominate the tag team matches of that time.
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Jimmy Valiant even recorded a song, "The Ballad of Handsome Jimmy", which was used in wrestling arenas as his entry music and became a mainstay on some Memphis radio stations for a few years.
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Jimmy Valiant spent a brief amount of time in Jim Crockett Promotions in the late 1970s as the heel "King James Jimmy Valiant" managed by Lord Alfred Hayes.
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In 1979, Jimmy Valiant returned to the WWWF with Johnny occasionally wrestling and went into the manager role.
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Jimmy Valiant managed Johnny and Jerry Valiant as they won the tag belts.
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January 1984, Jimmy Valiant was attacked by Paul Jones and The Assassins.
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Jimmy Valiant defeated Assassin II, who was unmasked and revealed as Hercules Hernandez.
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Jimmy Valiant would beat Shaska Whatley in a hair vs hair match, but with outside interference lost a hair vs hair match to Paul Jones only weeks later.
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When Jim Crockett Promotions became World Championship Wrestling, Jimmy Valiant left and returned to Memphis to wrestle in the United States Wrestling Association.
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Jimmy Valiant now enjoys his time with his wife Angel and training wrestlers at Boogie's Wrestling Camp located in Shawsville, Virginia.
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Jimmy Valiant currently wrestles under the ACW Banner around the Roanoke Virginia Area.
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Jimmy Valiant has recently wrestled with George South, Stan Lee and Ricky Morton in ASW Wrestling and New OCW in Ashland, KY with Matty B and Violet Rayne against Beau and Misty James and Scotty Ace.
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Jimmy Valiant remains in the wrestling world today with continuing to appear at independent shows signing autographs while his students appear in a few matches on the card.
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Jimmy Valiant keeps in touch with fans through his official Weekly website.
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On May 14,2022, Jimmy Valiant came out of retirement at 79 years old winning a 6-man tag team match at Patriotic Wrestling Federation in York, South Carolina.
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Jimmy Valiant debuted for Beside the Ring Wrestling in Mountain City on August 31,2024.
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Jimmy Valiant has six grandchildren: Lonna, Jenae, Beau, Chassie, Clarissa and Delilah.