PRIME Archive: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Shoot Interview (FULL)
Filmed: November 2008
WWE Hall of Famer Greg the Hammer Valentine sits down for a candid interview that aired in segments over the span of five weeks on PWO/PRIME TV. Greg addresses the following topics:
Getting into professional wrestling
Traveling with his father, Johnny Valentine
Training to be a wrestler
Advantages and disadvantages to being a second generation wrestler
Teaming with Ric Flair in Mid-Atlantic Wrestling
Starting with Mid Atlantic Wrestling
Ending the career of Johnny Weaver
Rivalries with Chief Wahoo McDaniel and Chief Jay Strongbow
Wrestling Roddy Piper in the infamous Dog Collar Match at Starrcade 1983
Breaking Ric Flair's nose
Re-entering the World Wrestling Federation in 1984
Feud with Tito Santana over the Intercontinental Title
WrestleMania 1
The Dream Team with Brutus Beefcake
Rivalry with The British Bulldogs
WrestleMania 3
Teaming with Honky Tonk Man as Rhythm & Blues
Resisting dying his hair black and whose idea it was
Thoughts on WCW & Eric Bischoff
Thoughts on the nWo
Thoughts on the Monday Night War
Being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
Appearing at the Ric Flair Retirement Ceremony the night after WrestleMania 24
PWO & the independent circuit
What WWE & TNA need to do to spike business
Thoughts on UFC and MMA
Thoughts on Vince McMahon
Competition
What does the future hold?
How would Greg Valentine like to be remembered?