Two Johnny Valentine Stories

Johnny Valentine Puts Lighter Fluid in the Alaskan's Inhaler

Johnny Valentine was as well-known and famous among the boys as a heavy ribber as he was among the fans for being a phenomenal wrestler. Stories abound of wrestlers returning to the dressing room to find feces in their shoes or gym bag (left there by Johnny Valentine.)

The unfortunate ones didn't find it until they put their shoes on or smelled something in their bag, much to Johnny's sick delight.

This is the story of a famous rib that Johnny pulled on Jay "The Alaskan" York, an asthmatic who regularly used an inhaler in the dressing room, usually right after his match.

While Jay was in the ring wrestling, Johnny put lighter fluid in the Alaskan's inhaler, and then sat down in the corner to wait for the fun to begin.

Shortly thereafter, the bell rang signifying the ending of the match, and the dressing room burst open. In stumbled Jay "The Alaskan" York, looking for his inhaler.

The Alaskan picked it up, and after a deep inhale of that lighter fluid, collapsed to the floor gasping for breath. 

It appeared that York almost died right there on the dressing room floor! And Johnny Valentine just sat there and laughed. He thought that this was the kind of rib that was funny.

That was the kind of heavy rib that Johnny Valentine was famous for. But "The Alaskan" had a heavy receipt in store for Johnny Valentine...

Johnny and the Alaskan Double-cross the Boys (with Harley Race Finish)

After Johnny Valentine put lighter fluid in Jay York's inhaler, the general impression was that "The Alaskan" didn't think the rib was very funny.

The word was out that Johnny Valentine had better watch out, because the Alaskan carried a gun - and wanted revenge!

Sure enough, one night Jay York walked in the dressing room, pulled a gun on Valentine, and shot a hole right through Valentine’s expensive Haliburton luggage.

The story is that Johnny Valentine just sat there; he didn't duck or put "The Alaskan" over, even though he had a gun in his face. 

Eventually Jay York backed off; he had made his point. Well, apparently after that exchange, Johnny Valentine and "The Alaskan" got together to pull a rib on the rest of the boys. Only in the wrestling business!

On this night, Jay York burst into the dressing room again, wild-eyed, pulled a gun and threatened Valentine, only this time he fired a round directly into Valentine's chest, and Johnny took a bump backwards onto the floor from the bench he was sitting on.

Then, to take the rib a step further, York turns the gun towards the rest of the boys in the dressing room (as if to get rid of any witnesses, to get a shock out of them).

"Drop it!" shouted Harley Race.

As Jay York turned, he saw Harley Race leveling an automatic weapon right at him.

"Wait, Harley, it's a rib!" yells Jake York, as Johnny Valentine got up off the floor laughing. 

Valentine had just been shot with a blank as they tried to double-cross the boys, but it could have ended in tragedy had Harley Race been a little quicker on the trigger!

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