Title History
- WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino (January 5, 1974);
- WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino (February 7, 1974);
- WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating Tony Garea & Dean Ho (May 8, 1974);
- NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating Dean Ho & Ken Mantell (July 16, 1976);
- NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating The Royal Kangaroos (December 4, 1976);
- WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating Moose Cholak & Paul Christy (February 12, 1977);
- NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant [presumably recognized upon arrival] (January 1978);
- WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant defeating Wilbur Snyder & Dominic Denucci (July 22, 1978);
- WWA (Indianapolis) World Heavyweight title defeating Dick the Bruiser (April 25, 1981);
- AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Valiant;
Career Highlights
- Lucious Johnny formed an extremely successful heel tag team with Jimmy Valiant known as the Valiant Brothers..
- Johnny V. became a manager in the WWF and led his “Dream Team” of Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake to the WWF Tag titles..
- Johnny V. had a short stint in the AWA managing the “Destruction Crew” of Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos to the AWA Tag titles..
- Lucious Johnny now does very successful professional comedy routines in New York City..
- Johnny Valiant will be doing one of his “An Evening with Johnny Valiant’ shows on 7/11 at the Darress Theater in Boonton, NJ..
- December 10, 1984 – MSG Network: Johnny V defeated Steve Lombardi.
- January 6, 1985 – WWF House Show: The Brisco Brothers (Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco) defeated Brutus Beefcake & Johnny V.
- January 21, 1985 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated Salvatore Bellomo.
- February 21, 1985 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated Rick McGraw.
- February 23, 1985 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated Tony Garea.
- February 28, 1985 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated Billy Anderson.
- March 6, 1985 – WWF House Show: George Wells defeated Johnny V.
- April 26, 1985 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated SD Jones.
- May 20, 1985 – MSG Network: Bruno Sammartino & David Sammartino defeated Brutus Beefcake & Johnny V.
- June 14, 1985 – WWF House Show: Ivan Putski defeated Johnny V.
- July 20, 1985 – WWF House Show: The US Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo) defeated Greg Valentine & Johnny V to retain the World tag team titles.
- August 2, 1985 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated Jose Luis Rivera.
- September 1, 1985 – WWF House Show: Cousin Junior defeated Johnny V.
- November 30, 1985 – WWF House Show: The Junkyard Dog defeated Johnny V.
- February 22, 1986 – WWF House Show: Tony Atlas defeated Johnny V.
- March 16, 1986 – MSG Network: Captain Lou Albano & The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) defeated Johnny Valiant & The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine).
- August 8, 1986 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated Steve Pardee.
- November 16, 1986 – Wrestling Challenge: Captain Lou Albano & The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) defeated Johnny V & The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine).
- November 22, 1986 – Superstars: Johnny V & The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine) defeated Hillbilly Jim, Pedro Morales & Tito Santana by disqualification.
- February 15, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Hillbilly Jim & The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau) defeated Johnny V & The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine).
- February 19-20, 1987 – WWF House Show: The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau) defeated Dino Bravo & Johnny V.
- May 2, 1987 – Superstars: Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V.
- June 7-10, 1987 – WWF House Show: Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V.
- July 18, 1987 – Superstars: Brutus Beefcake & The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau) defeated Johnny V & The Dream Team (Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine) in a dark match.
- August 28, 1987 – WWF Paul Boesch Retirement Show: Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V in a hair vs hair match.
- October 9, 1987 – WWF House Show: The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) defeated Dino Bravo & Johnny V.
- November 1, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Koko B. Ware & The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) defeated Johnny V & The Dream Team (Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine).
- January 13-14, 1988 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated David Sammartino.
- February 8, 1988 – WWF House Show: Johnny V defeated George Skaaland.
- February 8, 1988 – WWF House Show: Jerry Allen defeated Johnny V.
- March 5, 1988 – WWF House Show: Brady Boone defeated Johnny V.
- March 6, 1988 – WWF House Show: Koko B. Ware defeated Johnny V.
- March 13, 1988 – WWF House Show: SD Jones defeated Johnny V.
- March 4, 1989 – AWA: Johnny Valiant defeated Danny DeNucci.
- May 20, 1989 – AWA: Johnny Valiant defeated Terry Gibbs.
- July 6, 1989 – AWA: Scott Norton defeated Johnny Valiant. Derrick Dukes & Tommy Jammer defeated Johnny Valiant & Wayne Bloom.
- August 26, 1989 – AWA: Johnny Valiant & The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom) defeated Derrick Dukes, The Russian Brute & Tommy Jammer.
- November 11, 1989 – AWA: Scott Norton defeated Johnny Valiant.
- November 18, 1989 – AWA: The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Jackie Fulton) & Jerry Blackwell defeated The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom) & Johnny Valiant.
- July 16, 1997 – USA: George Steele defeated Johnny Valiant.
- September 10, 2005–Piledriver Pro: The Patriot & Kid USA w/Johnny Valiant beat Sheik of Baghdad & Tiger Kahn w/The Iron Sheik.
- June 10, 2006 – WWWA: Johnny Valiant defeated Ykushi.
- April 4, 2018: Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Johnny Valiant died today after he ran into a busy road and was hit by a pickup truck. A rep for the Ross Township police department confirms Valiant was struck by the vehicle early Wednesday morning in Pennsylvania and later died at the hospital.