Jimmy Valiant Shoot Interview

Jimmy is one of the true veterans in the business and has worked for every major territory in the 70’s thru the 90’s. He worked for AWA, St Louis, Mid South, Memphis, Texas, Crockett, WWF, USWA and everywhere in between. He also shared with us some of the most fascinating stories of behind the scenes when he worked for Vince McMahon Sr and worked with all of the top greats like Pedro Morales, Bruno Sammartino, tagging with Johnny Valiant and Gorilla Monsoon. Jimmy has worked with Andrew the Giant, headlined MSG, paired with Bobby Heenan and this was all before he blew up in Memphis in the 80’s. When Jimmy worked the Memphis territory that is where his character really had a chance to shine. Wether he was a heel or babyface he knew how to talk on the mic. He had charisma and he drew money. One of the best stories of this entire interview had to have been the story about Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett buying him a home in Memphis while he was working for the Crocketts. There was a power