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James Fanning
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-08-06,Hammond, Indiana, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
James Harold Fanning is a former professional wrestler and author better known as "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant. Fanning started wrestling in 1964 as "Big Jim Vallen". He went to the WWWF in the 1970s as "Handsome Jimmy Valiant" and formed a team with Johnny Valiant that would dominate the tag team scene for a while as WWWF Tag Team champions. In the later 1960s in the WWA, they were managed by Bobby Heenan. Valiant had entered the WWWF in 1971 as a babyface, originally known as "Gentleman Jim Valiant," but quickly switched to heel.[4] He had title matches against champion Pedro Morales in secondary arenas, such as Philadelphia, and feuded with short-term tag partner Chief Jay Strongbow. Jimmy and his kayfabe brother Johnny held the tag belts from 1974 to 1975 and main evented Madison Square Garden against Chief Jay Strongbow and Bruno Sammartino. During the late 1970s – early 1980s, Valiant was a central player in the Memphis, Tennessee wrestling scene. He feuded regularly with Jerry Lawler and teamed with Bill Dundee to dominate the tag team matches of that time. Despite the Memphis promotion desperately wanting to keep him in Memphis full-time, even offering to buy him a house in Memphis according to Jerry Lawler's biography, Valiant decided to move on after holding the AWA Southern Heavyweight title for roughly a year. In the early 1980s, Valiant returned as a babyface to NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions. January 1984, Valiant was attacked by Paul Jones and The Assassins. They tied him to the wrestling ring ropes so that Jones could cut his beard off. This led to a grudge match with hyped supershow called 'Boogie Man Jam '84' in Greensboro, North Carolina. For this match, Dusty Rhodes was in Valiant's corner and tied by a rope to Paul Jones. Valiant defeated Assassin II, who was unmasked and revealed as Hercules Hernandez. Due to the beard cutting attack, he feuded heavily with Paul Jones and his army of wrestlers, from 1984 through to late 1986. This army of wrestlers included The Barbarian, Baron von Raschke, Teijo Khan, and The Assassins. During this three-year feud, Valiant received help from Héctor Guerrero and Manny Fernandez. Although Jimmy Valiant would lose a Loser Leaves Town Tuxedo Street Fight to Paul Jones at Starrcade 1984 in Greensboro, North Carolina the feud with many from the Paul Jones stable continued, which would come to include Abdullah The Butcher. In 1985, Valiant and Ragin' Bull Manny Fernandez formed a team called B and B Connection. During The Great American Bash 1986 summer shows, Paul Jones adopted a military style look in his long feud with Valiant and labeled his stable of wrestlers The Army. Valiant would beat Shaska Whatley in a hair vs hair match, but with outside interference lost a hair vs hair match to Paul Jones only weeks later. In the fall of 1986, The Ragin Bull Manny Fernandez, Valiant's best friend accepted Jones' money and turned on Valiant, starting a feud between the two. Paul Jones at this point shortened his army to his newly acquired tag team of Ragin Bull and Rick Rude. The war between Valiant and Paul Jones climaxed at Starrcade 1986 with Valiant putting up the hair of his valet Big Mama against the hair of Paul Jones in a No DQ Match which Valiant won.

Filmography

I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story

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I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story
2016-10-13

WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count

10

WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count
2016-11-26

Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'

6

Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'
2011-02-24

NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge

7

NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
1984-11-22

NWA Starrcade 1983

7

NWA Starrcade 1983
1983-11-24

NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering

7.2

NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
1985-11-28

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

0

NWA The Great American Bash 1985
1985-07-16

NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers

7.7

NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
1986-11-27

NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

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NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986-07-26

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

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NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
1987-07-31

PWUSA Star Wars

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PWUSA Star Wars
1985-02-24

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

8

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012-05-15

Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon

0

Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon
2022-11-27

The Absolute Truth About Pro Wrestling

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The Absolute Truth About Pro Wrestling
2005-10-01

5

Toxic Tutu
2017-10-28

WrestleMassacre

2

WrestleMassacre
2018-08-03

Tag Team Champions

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Tag Team Champions
1986-03-01

The Super Bowl of Wrestling

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The Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978-01-25

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

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NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
1983-10-23

5

Toxic Tutu
2017-10-28

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

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The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988-04-23

AWA The Road to Super Clash III

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AWA The Road to Super Clash III
1988-09-18

WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón

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WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
1988-09-10

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88

0

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88
1988-10-15

AWA SuperClash III

10

AWA SuperClash III
1988-12-13

0

NWA Boogie Jam
1984-03-17

TWA Autumn Armageddon '90

0

TWA Autumn Armageddon '90
1990-09-15

NWA Night of Champions

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NWA Night of Champions
1984-05-30

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

10

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1986-04-19

NWA Lords of The Ring

0

NWA Lords of The Ring
1984-06-30

NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
1986-07-05

NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
1986-07-26

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

0

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987-04-11

Ultimate Death Match 2

0.8

Ultimate Death Match 2
2010-01-02

Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

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Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
1998-01-17

Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

0

Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
1998-01-17

Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

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Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
1998-01-17

Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

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Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
1998-01-17