Greg Valentine

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John Anthony Wisniski Jr.
Statistics
Ring Names	Baby Face Nelson Johnny Fargo Johnny Valentine, Jr. Greg Valentine The Blue Knight
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Weight	255 lb (115 kg)
Born	September 10, 1950
	Seattle, Washington
Died:
Resides
Billed from
Trained by	Johnny Valentine Stu Hart The Sheik
Debut	1970
Retired

John Anthony Wisniski Jr. (born September 10, 1950) is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.

Championships and accomplishments

• American Wrestling Association

• AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Miller

• American Wrestling Federation

• AWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich

• Independent Association of Wrestling

• IAW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• International World Class Championship Wrestling

• IWCCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Maple Leaf Wrestling

• NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto Version) (1 time)

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ric Flair
• NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (4 times)
• NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (4 times) - with Baron Von Raschke (1), Ray Stevens (1), and Ric Flair (2)

• Midwest Wrestling Federation

• MWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Music City Wrestling

• NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times) (First)

• National Wrestling Federation

• NWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Don Fargo

• NWA Hollywood Wrestling

• NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• NWA Tri-State

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (2 times) - with Bill Watts (1) and Gorgeous George Jr. (1)

• NWA Western States Sports

• NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Don Fargo

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year award in 1975
• PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year award in 1979
• PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year award in 1983
• PWI ranked him # 119 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.
• PWI ranked him # 51 of the best tag 100 teams of the PWI Years with Ray Stevens in 2003.
• PWI ranked him # 94 of the best 100 tag teams of the PWI Years with Brutus Beefcake in 2003.

• Southern Championship Wrestling

• SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Windy City Pro Wrestling

• WCW League Championship (1 time)

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Terry Taylor

• World Wrestling Council

• WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World Wrestling Entertainment | World Wrestling Federation

• WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)
• WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
• WWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brutus Beefcake

• Other Titles

• IWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• NSWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Honky Tonk Man
• NWA Beat the Champ Television Championship (1 time)

See also

• Greg Valentine's career history
• Greg Valentine's event history
• Greg Valentine's gimmicks
• Significant Storylines