WWE: Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine talks life on the road, Hall of Fame career
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell is joined by WWE Hall of Famer Greg "The Hammer" Valentine to talk about his role in the "350 Days" documentary profiling the highs and lows of life on the road for a professional wrestler. Valentine relives his run in the 1980s as a WWF intercontinental champion during the launch of the WrestleMania era and why he was never considered for a run at the heavyweight title. "The Hammer" also shares behind the scenes stories on his epic dog collar match with Roddy Piper at Starrcade '83, backstage regrets in WWE and why it was important to him to make a professional wrestling match look like a real fight.
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| 0:00.0 | Five, four, three, two, one, zero, ignition. |
| 0:12.8 | Let's off. Oh, yeah. |
| 0:26.2 | Back in better than ever. |
| 0:27.8 | It's the State of Combat podcast with Brian Campbell on CBS Sports. |
| 0:32.6 | And it's back with a bang. |
| 0:34.8 | Coming at you with a fairly lethal dose this week, of course, of that performance-enhancing audio, |
| 0:41.1 | but also with a bonus interview today, pro wrestling style. |
| 0:45.5 | Buckle up. |
| 0:46.2 | This is going to be a long one, but this is going to be a fun one. |
| 0:49.6 | Your boy, B.C., going up and down the road with the great W.W. WWE Hall of Famer Greg the Hammer Valentine |
| 0:57.8 | who's not only going to preview the very fine pro wrestling |
| 1:02.2 | documentary 350 days which is coming to iTunes DVD very shortly |
| 1:08.5 | you're going to want to check that out. More information to come. |
| 1:11.5 | But the hammer is going to take us through an incredible pro wrestling journey from his days in |
| 1:17.5 | NWA going dog collar with the late Roddy Piper at Starcade 83 all the way through his |
| 1:23.9 | IC title run in the then WWF teaming with the hockey talk man, his exit from |
| 1:31.3 | the sport in the midst of the attitude era. |
| 1:34.6 | Really pulling no punches here. |
| 1:36.6 | Greg the Hammer Valentine slinging it and bringing it a very fun chat at length with the |
| 1:42.5 | Hall of Famer. |
| 1:43.6 | And if you like what you hear on this show, I don't need to tell you much more. |
| 1:47.4 | You know what to do. |
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