Greg "the Hammer" Valentine
Real name: Jonathan A. Wisniski
Home: Seattle, WA
Membership: House of Humperdink, the Dream Team, the Dream Team II, Rhythm & Blues, partners with the Grand Wizard, Johnny V, Captain Lou Albano, Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart
A.K.A.: Baby Face Nelson, the Blue Knight, Boxcar Willie, Johnny Fargo, Johnny Valentine, Jr.
Finisher: Figure-four leglock
Background: Sometimes you get an epic story of lust and unfulfilled ambitions, and sometimes you get a dude who just likes hitting people.
Valentine was the latter.
He went through pretty much a who's who of managers, ran with everyone from Ric Flair to Roddy Piper. Why? Money mostly. He was good at hurting folks, willing to get paid for it, and didn't mind wearing a silly costume. When McMahon Jr. took over, Valentine took to the new scheme of things like a duck to water. He fought Hogan, Santana, Steamboat, pretty much the entire Superstars team at one point or another.
Then he went and got old. Too old to be running around in tights. He was partnered with the Honky Tonk Man for a bit but that went nowhere. He left New York and bummed around the country for a bit, pulling real crimes like he used to but now he tends to leave the heavy work to the younger folk.
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