Jimmy Valiant (Alive)
James Valen
1942 - Present
"Handsome" Jimmy Valiant
"Boogie Woogie Man"
"Jimmy Valiant" Video
Born in Tennessee, Jimmy Valiant started wrestling in 1964 as Big Jim Valen, which morphed into Handsome Jimmy Valiant when he wrestled for the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 1970s. He soon formed a dominant tag team with his "brother," Johnny Valiant. One of the dominant wrestlers in Memphis, Valiant feuded with the likes of Jerry Lawler and even recorded a song, "The Ballad of Handsome Jimmy." In the 1980s, Valiant morphed once again into "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant. Today, Valiant runs Boogie's Wrestling Camp in Shawsville, Virginia.
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pfunk - 2009-01-03 17:52:38
ooh ooh way ooh way ooh ooh ditty talkin bout the boy from new york city....wow i read a post on top ten memphis rapper and someone had him at number 9, lawler was #1 ( i agree with that),but the boogie woogie should be number 2
ROADKING - 2009-07-26 21:27:24
MAN I REMEMBER JIMMY WHEN I USED 2 WATCH HIM ON TV LONG AGO , HE DIDNT HAVE A BEARD AN WAS ABOUT THE BEST LOOKIN GUY I THINK IVE EVER SEEN , BESIDES ELVIS AN THE 2 CLINTS , EASTWWOOD AN WALKER OF CHEYENNE FAME . JIMMY WAS SUMTHIN , HE HAD THE LADIES THROWIN THEMSELVES AT HIM EVERY WEEK , I NEVER SAW ANYTHUNG LIKE IT IN WRESTLIN , THEYD SCREAM N HOLLAR 4 HIM , IT WAS SUMTHIN 2 SEE ! I STILL AM A FAN EVEN 2 THIS DAY AN ID LUV 2 GO 2 HIS CAMP IN VIRGINIA 2 MEET HIM AN SHAKE HIS HAND HE,S STILL MY HERO IN WRESTLEN AN ALWAYS WILL B !
Handsome Jimmy - 2009-07-29 22:41:00
I watched Handsome Jimmy for many years, he was the ultimate idea of a great wrestler and performer. Some of the matches he had with Jerry Lawler were legendary and I miss seeing him today. My friends Nicknamed me Handsome Jimmy in junior high because I could talk like him and we wrestled a lot in the backyard. Jimmy will always be my all time favorite wrestler and I wish him the very best. Whereever you are Jimmy I love ya man.
cocoaine katie - 2009-08-09 12:42:16
Whooooooooooo Mercy Handsome Jimmy The Best catch phrase every in wrestling. Much better than Hulkamania. You are the man Handsome Jimmy Valiant, truly the boogie woogie man of all time. Love cocoaine katie
Jay - 2009-01-02 17:29:11
Jimmy V. wass ripped off by Hulk Hogan, both in look, gimmick and style.