Greg Valentine

What I admire about Greg "the Hammer" Valentine is how thoroughly he embodied the working wrestler rather than the flashy star. Son of the legendary Johnny Valentine, he could have coasted on the name, but instead he ground out more than four decades and over forty championships through sheer craft and that punishing figure-four leglock. His Hall of Fame nod feels less like a tribute to charisma and more like recognition of reliability and longevity. To me, he represents a vanishing kind of pro who built a legacy not on spectacle but on the slow accumulation of respect inside the ring.

Name (English)

Greg Valentine

Name (Japanese)

グレッグ・バレンタイン

Reading

ぐれっぐ・ばれんたいん

Born

September 20, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

Origin

Seattle, Washington, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler / actor

Awards & achievements

• WWE Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttp://gregthehammervalentine.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Valentine
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335828

Tags

• Washington
• professional wrestler
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

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