Paul Jones formed Paul Jones' Army in the early 1980s in Jim Crockett Promotions to help him battle "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant and his friends, Manny Fernandez, Wahoo McDaniel, Pez Whatley and Hector Guerrero.
This led to a grudge match (with hyped supershow called 'Boogie Man Jam '84' in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Due to the beard cutting attack, he feuded heavily with Paul Jones and his "Army" of wrestlers, from 1984 through to late 1986.
[1] During The Great American Bash 1986 summer shows, Paul Jones adopted a military style look in his long feud with Valiant and labeled his stable of wrestlers The Army.
Paul Jones at this point shortened his army to his newly acquired tag team of Ragin Bull and Rick Rude.