I met Johnny Weaver at Charlotte fanfest few years ago got my picture with him  
the legend,nice an guy loved him on tv broadcast on
 NWA Pro Wrestling with Bob Caudle & Starrcade 1986 and been at ringside with Dusty Rhodes at Starrcade 1987 and watching on him at Starrcade 1983
 teaming up with Scott McGhee against Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin  
 
God Bless his family at this time  
Johnny thanks for the memories
 
 
 

never heard of him , please some background info?

I grew up watching Johnny Weaver in the seventies, by then he was mainly mid card. But I remember stories from my step dad about Johnny weaver and George Becker kickin butt all over our area. A great talent who had a great mind for the business. He will be missed.   RIP

To JBLCENAFAN, this should be quite helpful:
 
Johnny Weaver's amazing career spanned 4 decades, and included wrestling, booking, broadcasting, and working in the office. He wrestled for many territories in the United States, as well as Canada and Japan. Weaver worked on top most of his entire career, headlining Indianapolis, Amarillo, Toronto, and of course his long run on top in the Mid-Atlantic territory, much of that with perennial tag team partner and mentor George Becker, where the two were household names in the Carolinas and Virginia during the 1960s and early 1970s. Their feuds with Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson, Aldo Bogni and Bronco Lubich, and the Infernos with J.C. Dykes are legendary. But he had a spectacular singles career as well, holding many regional championships and challenging NWA world champions from Lou Thesz to Jack Brisco and all the champs in between.
 
When Johnny was in the latter years of his in-ring career, he helped launch several future stars to main event status in the Mid-Atlantic area, such as Greg Valentine, Roddy Piper, and Tully Blanchard. And even before he left the ring he began an 11 year career as a wrestling broadcaster, first with Rich Landrum on World Wide Wrestling, and later with Bob Caudle, where he co-hosted Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and NWA Pro Wrestling for nearly six years.
 
As Bobby pointed out, if you mention wrestling to most any fan in North Carolina over 50, Johnny Weaver & George Becker will be among the very first names they mention. They were iconic to that generation, similar to how Ric Flair or Steamboat & Youngblood are to the fans now in the early 30's.
 

This is truly a sad day.
 
Greg and Peggy, thank you for your efforts to honor "The Dean of Wrestling." Just totally shocked about this news.  
 
He was a great worker, a great person. I'm so thankful to have met him a number of times and to have seen him work.

I broke out the Starrcade 87 video and saw him in the corner of Dusty , was this built up by some angle or was he just there to keep and eye on J.J.?

JBLCENAFAN,
 
It was part of a very famous angle where Dusty was being taught the Weaver Lock by his mentor, Weaver. In retaliation, JJ Dillion hired foreign menace Hiro Matsuda to teach Luger the Japanese Sleeper. In the build to Starrcade, Matsuda attacked Weaver and locked his "Japanese" sleeper on him for a long time, with Weaver bleeding from the mouth, eyes rolling back into his head, etc. It was presented as a very serious, traumatic moment that sent Rhodes out for blood in house show matches against Matsuda prior to Starrcade.
 
This was towards the start of the angle and before Matsuda's debut I believe:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p60aaIOAf08
 
I wish someone would upload Matsuda's attack on Johnny, as I mentioned, it was played as super serious and life threatening. I don't know if the houses actually went up for the resulting Rhodes vs. Matsuda matches but I know a TON of people, including people like me who were only young children at the time, who remember the angle.

When I got the news of this while surfing the board last night, I was overwhelmed.
 
When I got to North Carolina from Georgia when I was six years old, my earliest memories was finding Howard's Variety Store in Spring Lake, where I could buy my comics. Right up there with that was seeing Johhny Weaver wrestle on TV for the first time.
 
A lot of my life growing up revolved around getting those comics and seeing Johnny Weaver on Channel 5 out of Raleigh every Saturday. I went to see a TV taping with my Royal Ambasador group and Johnny Weaver and George Becker were close enough for me to touch. I still remember what a thrill it was to see Weaver lock on that sleeper. I will always have the memory of that for the rest of my life.
 
Later, seeing Weaver live at the Cumberland County Memorial Arena as he became a mid-carder, was both sad and wonderful at the same time.
 
Today, I imagine that there is one heck of a tag team making their heavenly debut as George Becker and Johnny Weaver are together again, heading the card at the St. Peter's Gate Arena.
 
R.I.P, my hero. Say hello to my Dad for me.
 

I can only echo the same feelings. I worked against Johnny and with him many times. Great worker, great pschology and fine individual that will be missed by many. Was able to bump into him over the past few years at various events and now I am so very glad that happened.

There's a slight twist of irony today. Today we bury Johnny Weaver 6 years ago today we lost Swede Hanson
 
Jeff

Never knew until today he was married to Penny Banner.