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James Valen
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Ring name(s) "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant
Big Jim Vallen
"Boogie Woogie Man"
Charlie Brown
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1. 91 m)
Billed weight 252 lb (113 kg)
Born August 6, 1942 (1942-08-06) (age 65)
Franklin County, Tennessee
Resides Willingboro, New Jersey
Billed from New York City
Trained by Verne Gagne
Debut 1964
Retired 2005

Jimmy Valiant (b. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Franklin County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Willingboro is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Philadelphia. Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and August 6, 1942) is a former professional wrestler. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff

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Career

Jimmy Valiant was born as James Valen in Franklin County, Tennessee, near Tullahoma. Franklin County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Tullahoma is a city in Coffee and Franklin counties in the south-central part of the U He later moved to Willingboro, New Jersey. Willingboro is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Philadelphia.

He started wrestling in 1964 as Big Jim Vallen. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. He 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 former WWWF Tag Team champions. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. John L Sullivan (Thomas Sullivan World Wide Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Federation * WWF Hall of Fame

During the late 1970s - early 1980s, Valiant was a central player in the Memphis, Tennessee wrestling scene. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. He feuded regularly with Jerry Lawler and teamed with Bill Dundee to dominate the tag team matches of that time. Jerry Lawler (born November 29 1949 is an American Musician, Film Actor, Politician, professional wrestler and wrestling William Cruickshanks (born October 24 1943 is a Professional wrestler better known as "Superstar" Bill Dundee. He even recorded a song, "The Ballad of Handsome Jimmy" that began, "I've been rolling into Mempho . . . TWA . . . [T]ell all the women Handsome Jimmy's on the way. . . " Despite this being a song to be used in wrestling arenas as his entry music, it became a mainstay on some Memphis radio stations for a few years. Despite the Memphis promotion desperately wanting to keep him in Memphis full-time, even offering to buy him a house in Memphis according to Jerry Lawler's biography, Valiant decided to move on after holding the AWA Southern Heavyweight title for roughly a year. Jerry Lawler (born November 29 1949 is an American Musician, Film Actor, Politician, professional wrestler and wrestling

In the early 1980s, Valiant went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions as "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant and called his fans "The Street People". The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA Jim Crockett Promotions was a Professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett Jr His theme music around this time was "Boy From New York City", by The Manhattan Transfer. The Manhattan Transfer is the name of two incarnations of an American vocal group with Tim Hauser being the only link between the two groups

He feuded heavily with Paul Jones and his "Army" of wrestlers that included The Barbarian, Shaska Whatley, Baron Von Raschke, Teijho Khan, Manny Fernandez and The Assassins (then comprised of Jody Hamilton [the original Assassin] and Hercules Hernandez [Assassin II]). Paul Jones (born Paul Frederick) is a retired Professional wrestler and manager Sione Havea Vailahi (born September 6, 1958) is a professional wrestler best known under the name of The Barbarian. Pezavan Whatley Whatley was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans James Donald Raschke (born October 17, 1940 in Omaha Nebraska) was a Professional wrestler best known as Baron Von Raschke. Tom Cassett was a Professional wrestler better known as Teijho Khan. Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez (born July 27 1954 in Lovelady, Texas) is an American Professional wrestler currently wrestling for different Joseph "Jody" Hamilton (born August 1938 is a retired American Professional wrestler and current wrestling promoter and trainer Raymond Fernandez ( May 7, 1956 - March 6, 2004) was a professional wrestler who primarily wrestled in Florida and Valiant, Jones and Whatley all had their heads shaved during this three year-long feud, and Assassin II was unmasked and revealed as Hernandez after losing a match to Valiant in Greensboro, NC at a supershow called 'Boogie Man Jam '84', which also featured an NWA World title match with Ric Flair defending vs Ricky Steamboat (who came out of retirement for this particular match) that went to a one hour draw, and it also featured an NWA US title match which pitted Champion Dick Slater (who was a heel) vs. Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Richard Henry Blood (born February 28, 1953 in West Point, New York) Richard Van Slater (born May 19 1951 better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled a face Greg Valentine in a cage match. John Anthony Wisniski Jr (born September 20, 1950) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer"

Valiant had help from Hector Guerrero, Junkyard Dog, Pez Whatley (before he turned and became Shaska), Manny Fernandez (his partner in the B and B Connection until he turned on Valiant), Dusty Rhodes and Ron Garvin. Hector Manuel Guerrero Llanes (born October 11, 1954) is a Mexican - American professional wrestler, better known simply by his The nicknames "Junkyard Dog" & "JYD" may also refer to former pro-basketball player Jerome Williams, or Australian Football coach Pezavan Whatley Whatley was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez (born July 27 1954 in Lovelady, Texas) is an American Professional wrestler currently wrestling for different Virgil Riley Runnels Jr (born on October 12 1945) better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American Ron Garvin (born Roger Barnes on March 30 1945) is a Canadian former professional wrestler and referee most known for his time in the

In the late 1980s, he teamed with Guerrero (who was then masked as Laser Tron) and Bugsy McGraw and feuded with The New Breed. Bugsy McGraw is the ring name of former Professional wrestler Michael Davis. When Jim Crockett Promotions became WCW, Valiant left and returned to Memphis to wrestle in the USWA. The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a Professional wrestling promotional organization based in Memphis Tennessee.

Since then, Valiant has primarily wrestled in the independents and has managed to wrestle in 5 decades, his last match occurring on January 29, 2005 at WrestleReunion. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WrestleReunion (or Wrestle Reunion is a Professional wrestling promotion and Fan convention, founded by Sal Corrente (aka "The Big Cheese" He is now retired from active competition in the sport and enjoys his time with his wife Angel and training wrestlers at Boogie's Wrestling Camp located in Shawsville, Virginia. Shawsville is a Census-designated place (CDP in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.

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Championships and accomplishments

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