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Johnny Valiant (1200 words) |
 | The man is Johnny Valiant, two-time tag-team champion in the 1970s for Vince McMahon Senior's World Wide Wrestling Federation, and later, well-known manager for Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in Vince McMahon, Jr.'s 1980s incarnation of the World Wrestling Federation. |
| Valiant's flamboyant in-ring persona was as helpful in ascending up the sport's ladder, as it was toward eliciting homophobic jeers from capacity crowds for his then-flashy leather-and-shades attire. |
| Valiant has also been known to talk about the trappings of being a professional wrestling superstar in his generation; becoming so consumed by your character that Dr. Jekyll begins to overwhelm Hyde. |
| Queens Tribune (577 words) |
| Johnny Valiant a sensitive, respectful man from Queens with an appreciation for lifes treasures and a soft spot in his heart for everyday people. |
| After working for parts of four decades as a professional wrestler, Valiant is now embarking on a different stream of entertainment with a one-man show called An Evening With Johnny Valiant. In the show, Valiant, 58, tells the story of his life on the wrestling road intertwined with jibs and jabs. |
| Valiant caught the publics eye as part of the two-time tag team champion Valiant Brothers, and was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1996. |
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