WWE Corridor of Famer Jimmy Valiant will return from retirement for one final match on the age of 83.
{Many professional} wrestlers ended their careers solely to come back again for another combat, comparable to Terry Funk, Ric Aptitude, Shawn Michaels and extra.
And Valiant will lace his boots for a last time on April 25 in Lancaster, South Carolina, the place he’ll compete for NAWA Championship Wrestling.
The Boogie Woogie Man initially retired within the Nineteen Nineties however returned within the 2020s for a collection of matches regardless of his superior age.
This time, the previous tag-team champion guarantees this might be his last bow in what has been promoted as Boogie’s Final Dance.
That may formally carry an finish to a profession that began means again in 1964.
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Valiant mentioned in a press launch: “Sure, this might be my last dance.
“I’ve retired earlier than however that is actually my final dance. I’m honored to hold up my boots after 62 years of wrestling professional.
“I had over 15,000 matches and drove 6 million miles on US highways, plus flying attending to these matches.
“I need to dance down that aisle to my theme music, ‘Boy From New York Metropolis‘, one final time to make wrestling in seven many years, from 1964 to 2026, a actuality for me.”
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Valiant’s last opponent has but to be named by the wrestling promotion.
However NAWA have promised that it will likely be a “historic night” for followers.
NAWA promoter Michael Elliott mentioned: “We’re honored to have this second be part of NAWA. It will actually be a historic night.”
Valiant was inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame in 1996 alongside legendary tag staff companion Johnny Valiant.
The oldest wrester to ever compete within the ring is Mae Younger who carried out on RAW in 2010 on the age of 87 when she confronted Layla and Michelle McCool.
