Making his name in the tag team division, Johnny Valiant lived up to
his family name along with his brothers, Jimmy and Jerry. After
retiring from being an active wrestler, Johnny then became a manager by
leading the team of Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (Greg Valentine) and
Brutus Beefcake, known as the Dream Team, leading them to the World
Wrestling Federation (WWF, now called World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE)) World Tag Team Titles and the team of Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos,
calling themselves the Destructive Crew, to the American Wrestling
Assocation (AWA).
Valiant not only worked in the WWE and AWA, but as well as World
Wrestling Association (WWA) and National Wrestling Alliance
(NWA).
He and tag teammate and brother Jimmy Valiant became the first tag
team together to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
On April 5, 2018, he was killed by an oncoming truck as he attempted to run across McKnight Road in Ross Township, PA. Police have said it appears to be just a tragic accident.