Jim Cornette on If Jimmy Valiant Would Have Fit Into 1980's WWF

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[@dustyhead3126]

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

[@jgfear]

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

[@claystevenson1821]

Totally see it.

[@Filmation77]

Yeah,they could've been the original Street Prophets

[@Clark7466]

I think George Steele would be great too

[@mox19380]

that really could've worked

[@dabunnyman9133]

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.

[@jta1973]

Boogie Woogie was my favorite when I was a kid

[@skyblaze1134]

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.

[@medmar76]

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

[@frankbonini9128]

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

[@OldSchoolRasslin]

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

[@andyinpa1]

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

[@seangoodwin3046]

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.

[@shanehowell8169]

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

[@111RAMONES]

Loved the Boogie Man!

[@breakboytee7460]

The boogie man jimmy valiant was my favorite

[@steveaguiar1934]

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

[@Dqalex]

Valiant Brothers wrestling MERCY BABY

[@markkeneson6806]

Big Mama would have gotten over, as well.

[@SuperFlanders123]

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

[@johnwade7963]

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

[@patrickwall8517]

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.

[@biggieshaq]

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

[@tj2nasty4ya83]

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..

[@nellbowie7986]

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

[@Clark7466]

One of my childhood favorites

[@jallenw.67]

Valiant was the best!!!!

[@marcuspolo9106]

Maybe for a few weeks

[@JS-lo8hr]

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

[@timf7413]

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]

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]

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.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

This popped into my head earlier today and out of nowhere I see your comment. Synchronicity brother

[@Toxicplyer]

Jimmy had a nice physique in the late 70s

[@juliusthompson9306]

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

[@MRDXKLIQ101]

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

[@juliusthompson9306]

Boogie Woogie!!!

[@mox19380]

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.

[@stanmcserr8576]

The Boogie Woogie Man, Jimmy Valiant.

[@paulhendrick5857]

Such a great name .

[@greedyd5524]

Would Charlie Brown from Outta town have gotten over

[@oveidasinclair982]

I seen a lot of Valiant's Boogie woogie man on KZbin, 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.

[@blacquesjacques7239]

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

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

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

[@dildonius]

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

[@tj2nasty4ya83]

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

[@KKC70]

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]

He was great

[@ravenplant]

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

[@vivahernando1]

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]

Terrible wrestler

[@lildwell2]

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

[@jodyturner8099]

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]

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

[@vivahernando1]

@@thehellyousaywouldn’t let Jody in the station wagon