Bruno sammartino backstage incidents pro wrestling. Bruno sammartino s first reign as wwe champion may have lasted total of 2,803 days, but long before the italian superman was filling madison square garden to capacity he had an epic match. Wwwf live event results 19701979 the official wrestling. Wwf greatest wrestling matches superstar billy graham vs bruno sammartino 4. The wwe universe will learn about the greatness of the living legend starting with a fantastic series of videos posted on you tube by the wwe. Stick to wrestling give us sixty minutes, and perhaps indeed we will. World wrestling television bruno sammartino vs killer kowalski. Sammartino began lifting weights as a young man and grew to become one of the strongest men on the planet. If you like this site, please consider a small donation that will keep the site alive and advertisingfree in the future. As for sammartino, a short two months after suffering a fractured sixth vertebra, bruno was back in action where he would have a rematch against stan hansen. On the wwe youtube, there is this championship match. The matches between bruno sammartino and ken patera created one of the biggest championship rivalries of the 1970s. The match ended in a double disqualification after sammartino was thrown out of the ring by beefcake and slammed by beefcakes manager johnny valiant, prompting bruno sammartino to assault valiant. According to wrestling observer radio, new monday night raw executive director paul heyman wants goldberg to be a recreation of bruno sammartino in the 1980s.
Click download or read online button to get bruno sammartino book now. Bob backlund vs superstar billy graham lumberjack match 12 28 1982 msg youtube by yellowdogedxpress1. Wrestling historian fred hornby and i have been working on this project of bruno sammartino s matches at madison square garden. The fabulous moolah tag match july 30, 1979 by wwe. Killer kowalski applies the claw to bruno sammartino s chest. Bruno also lost his mind at brian hildebrands benefit show, screaming at mark madden for no reason. Bruno sammartino news, photos, videos and biography. Bruno had an altercation with bob orton jr backstage at one of herb abrams abortions, i mean wrestling shows. Bruno sammartino news, pictures, videos and biography. The great finish to the bruno sammartino vs stan hansen cage match. There, he held the wwf world heavyweight championship wwf heavyweight championship during his second reign for more than 11 years 4,040 days across two reigns, the first of which is the.
Bruno sammartino vs larry zbyszko january 1980 rasslemania. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. After setting a world record in 1959 by benchpressing 565 pounds, sammartino caught the eye of vincent j. Bruno leopoldo francesco sammartino october 6, 1935 april 18, 2018 was an italianborn american professional wrestler, best known for his work with the world wrestling federation wwf, now wwe. Now we are lucky if there are two shows a year at msg. Bruno was the one the people wanted, said fellow wrestling luminary terry funk, who grew up admiring sammartino and later worked with him in japan. Exclusive ernie ladd vs bruno sammartino msg 3176 full match. Bruno sammartino and stan hansen the botch that broke bruno. Til bruno sammartino at the age of 51, and iron sheik. Til bruno sammartino at the age of 51, and iron sheik kicked a football player and 5 other mens asses when sammartino was about 51 years old, he was involved in a. Bruno sammartino faces off against stan hansen in one of the best steel cage matches. Bruno sammartino defends the wwwf championship against stan hansen in a steel cage match from madision square garden from august, 1976.
Here is just a list of the results of bruno sammartino, just so you can see the schedule of madison square garden years ago. Discover information about bruno sammartino and view their match history at the internet wrestling database. Wwwf, new york, ny this is for sammartino s wwwf title. Be sure to subscribe and turn on post notifications for some awesome wwe content. Big time wrestling the greatest show on earth by dave burzynski. Relive bruno sammartino s final televised wwe match. Bill miller wwe title wwwf msg show jul 12th 1965 60 minutes. Exclusive ernie ladd vs bruno sammartino msg 3176 full match by wwe. Watch classic videos of the living legend, the longestreigning wwe champion of all time, bruno sammartino. Roman reigns unable to greet fans after match due to wound, bruno sammartino. During the 80s, sammartino, who was long past his prime, came in for some matches where he was treated as a major legend but rarely won anything of significance. All information about cookies and data security can be. The rock praises bruno sammartino as the top wwe hero, wwe free match from survivor series 2004, video from the bellas birdiebee launch. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Bruno kept calling randys dad horton, which was pretty funny. This led to a series of tag team matches that brought bruno out of retirement in an effort to get davids career advanced. Bruno sammartino download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Bruno takes on george the animal steele at madison square garden, may1977. Match statistics bruno sammartino wrestlers database. Bruno got hot and was screaming over nothing, and orton laughed it off. Bruno sammartino vs randy savage lumberjack match 1987 rasslemania. I liked it ok enough, even if i didnt think it was, like, good. Bruno sammartino vs spiros arion wwwf, 3171975 tape.
Since we are based in europe, we are forced to bother you with this information. Rest in peace bruno sammartino dubbed the living legend during his lifetime, sammartino was widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Bruno sammartino is not only heading into the wwe hall of fame, but he is being introduced to a brand new audience. Larry zbyszko turns on bruno sammartino by jnlister.