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championship. Valentine and Ellis lost the belts to Buddy Rogers & Handsome Johnny Barend in a match where Arnold
Skoaland subbed for Ellis, but the belts were still up, on Washington, DC TV. Rogers and Barend then defeated the real team of Valentine & Ellis 2 pins to 1 in a main event at Madison Square Garden.
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the title. He wrestled in Japan in the mid-1960s and had a series of matches against
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on March 2. He lost the Tag title on March 6, and the United
National title on March 8. Back in the National Wrestling Federation, in August 1973, Valentine beat Jacques Rougeau, Sr. to win the North American Heavyweight Championship. He lost it to Johnny Powers in late 1973.
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463:, who wrestled with Wisniski, has described him as a quiet person who kept to himself. He was also known for making his demands clear to employers and not backing down, and many stories continue to circulate about practical jokes, or
269:. In order to make the matches as believable as possible, Valentine insisted the men he faced in the ring hit him as hard as possible. From that he earned a strong reputation as being a very tough man. On January 1, 1950,
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Valentine in the finals of a United States title tournament. He also competed in the NWA's Capitol Wrestling territory. Jerry Graham, who was a co-holder of the Northeast version of the
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who was not yet born) to retake the title. In
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the plane was carrying. Part way through the flight, the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed near
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took his place and won the belt from Funk. In October 1972, Valentine defeated
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578:50th State Big Time Wrestling
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4412:Dean Ambrose
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4377:Daniel Bryan
4271:Chris Kanyon
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