Pedro morales bruno sammartino vs wild samoans youtube. Watch classic videos of the living legend, the longestreigning wwe champion of all time, bruno sammartino. Bruno sammartino is a former wrestler best known in the wwwf wwf. Search bruno sammartinos opponents and partners at the internet wrestling database. Bruno was pissed because that screwed up the finish, which was designed to bury the fargos and end their run. Bruno sammartino backstage incidents pro wrestling. Pedro morales went to a one hour and 16 minutes time limit draw.
Til bruno sammartino at the age of 51, and iron sheik. Killer kowalski applies the claw to bruno sammartino s chest. In this post we remember when bruno sammartino wrestled his final wwe match as he teamed up with hulk hogan. Bruno started yelling at cimino, and cimino, who was a small guy but a former boxer, got up on the ring apron. Bruno sammartino was born on october 6, 1935 in pizzoferrato, abruzzo, italy as bruno laopardo franceso sammartino. It took nearly 20 years for it to come out the entire andy k.
For one, it was seven and a half years straight as wwwf champion. Bruno sammartino defeated stan stasiak to recapture the wwwf world title. Bruno took a poke at him, and cimino stumbled on the ring steps. Hardcore wrestling fans will love to read this book and newer and younger fans should be introduced to one of the alltime greats who wrestled in supremacy through the 60s and 70s one of the longest running wwf champs of alltime. Bobo brazil c vs bruno sammartino video dailymotion. Bruno sammartino was finally dethrowned by the russian bear ivan koloff. Remember whenbruno sammartino and hulk hogan teamed. He is called the jackie robinson of professional wrestling. The wrath of madden descends upon kevin in the car, a. Brazils first title defence after his brutal and relentless victory against rogers. The italian superman sammartino was born in abruzzi, italy and immigrated to the u. Bruno sammartino backstage incidents pro wrestling sports. Han oli etniselta taustaltaan amerikanitalialainen.
He routinely toured the northeastern states on a regular basis and was a major draw for almost his entire run there. These two never met in the ring together so this is a must see. Set to be released 9506complete matches set for the collection are as follows. Til bruno sammartino at the age of 51, and iron sheik kicked. Sports talker mark madden pushes to the edge and his listeners love it. Look back at the legendary career of the man who held the wwe championship for more than 11 years, bruno sammartino. The story of bruno sammartino is a tale of pride and of a man whose wish was to retain his credibility and stick to his convictions. Dec 28, 2017 this feature is not available right now. Wwe hall of famer bruno sammartino has died at the age of 82. In this edition of the chronicles of wwe, or as heelsinc likes to refer to it as what the world was watching, well be covering some very rare surviving 8mm footage from nine different wwwf events from madison square garden during the year of 1973. He died on april 18, 2018 in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa. Bruno sammartino, who will be inducted as part of the 20 class of the wwe hall of fame on april 6 at new yorks madison square garden. History of the wwwf the year was 1966 tvofyourlife.
Jul 22, 2009 former wwe wwwf champion bruno sammartino recently sat down with me for an exclusive interview. Bruno leopoldo francesco sammartino october 6, 1935 april 18, 2018 was an italianamerican professional wrestler, best known for his work with the world wrestling federation wwf, now wwe. Bruno sammartino, on the mend pittsburgh postgazette. While not quite the shooter lou thesz was, and not the street fighter harley race was, bruno was a well respected tough guy with unreal human strength. Bruno sammartino is one of the most heralded and respected heavyweight wrestling champs of alltime.
Remember whenbruno sammartino and hulk hogan teamed together. A collection of bruno sammartino pictures, bruno sammartino images, photos. 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. Though he believed it literally at the time, sammartino would experience riches firsthand as the longestreigning wwe champion and the most beloved competitor in the history of the squared circle. Bruno sammartino was announced on monday as the latest inductee into the wwe hall of fames induction class of 20.
For the other, its 21 years and counting as the dark king of wrestlemania. Bruno sammartino speaks on wwe, ric flair, sonny liston. Oct 20, 2016 8 things you did not know about bruno sammartino. Fuji in a televised bout from an episode of wwwf all star wrestling from 1974. He has a massive neck, rockhard biceps and meaty, menacing hands. A look at the hall of fame career of bruno sammartino under. Wrestling historian fred hornby and i have been working on this project of bruno sammartinos matches at madison square garden. Please share as many memories as you have of this match. I was very surprised when i read that and saw it on the news, i did not understand it and i still do not understand the decision to drop wrestling from the olympic games. We spoke for over 90 minutes about everything from his thoughts on the wwe hall of fame, to ric flairs criticism of bruno, and even sparring with sonny liston. Pedro morales madison square garden 2871 wwwf championship. Bruno sammartino is asked by bill apter if he would grant a wwwf title shot to former champion and friend pedro morales. Former wwe wwwf champion bruno sammartino recently sat down with me for an exclusive interview.
What have you made of amateur wrestling being dropped from the 2020 olympics. Bruno sammartino was a fighter nothing fake about it. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The living legend has a very low regard for hulk hogan, and once wrestled an orangutan in his youth. As a teen, sammartino emigrated from italy to pittsburgh with no knowledge of english, let alone any pittsburghese. Bruno sammartino is a 2 time wwf international tag team champion, 1 time wwwf united states tag team champion and 2 time wwwf world heavyweight champion. Bruno sammartino is considered by many to be the greatest wwwf champion of alltime. Vince mcmahon welcomes bruno sammartino back home to wwe ahead of the decorated champions induction into the wwe hall of fame class of 20 in the new documentary bruno. Bruno sammartino speaks on wwe, ric flair, sonny liston, and more. You can support the development of the website and database backend via patreon. Apr 18, 2018 wrestling pioneer bruno sammartino has died, wwe announced wednesday.
A look at the hall of fame career of bruno sammartino. Pedro morales vs jose estrada by yellowdogedxpress1. During world war ii, with his family, the future pro wrestler hid from german soldiers. The news was first revealed by pittsburgh journalist ron cook, who described him as one of pittsburghs alltime great sportsmen and great people. Search bruno sammartino s opponents and partners at the internet wrestling database. Discover information about bruno sammartino and view their match history at the internet wrestling database. In 1972, more than 22,000 fans turned out to shea stadium to watch morales battle bruno sammartino in the main event of the inaugural showdown at shea supercard, remembered in its obituary. With the vast number of wrestling matches which raise the bar for quality entertainment, its hard to keep up with all of the great matches out there. Now, we go old school and older school as we make the match. Bruno leopoldo francesco sammartino was born october 6th 1935 in pizzoferrato, italy. Oct 06, 2008 this is the match where bruno sammartino wins the wwwf championship from buddy rogers in madison square garden on may 17,1963. If you buy stuff from amazon using this link, we receive a minor promotional bonus. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music.
The longestreigning wwe champion of all time, bruno sammartino, has been announced as an inductee in the 20 class of the wwe hall of fame. Due to the hardships he endured in italy because of german occupation when he came to the usa he was very thin and spoke very little english. History of wwe championship dvd set complete match. Oct 28, 2015 bruno sammartino was a fighter nothing fake about it. Aug 17, 2016 craig wilson in this latest series of posts, titled remember when. One of pittsburghs alltime great sportsmen and great people. There was indeed a lot of arm drags on brunos part. Pedro morales msg opponents awesome list 19711973 the. During his childhood in a small italian mountain town, bruno sammartino heard stories about how the streets in the united states were paved with gold. Pedro morales vs ivan koloff, wwwf championship match, 08. History of wwe championship dvd set complete match listings. As a teen, sammartino emigrated from italy to pittsburgh with no knowledge of. In this post we remember when bruno sammartino wrestled his final wwe match as he teamed up with hulk hogan for the one and only time.
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 longest. Bruno leopoldo francesco sammartino born october 6, 1935 is an italianamerican former professional wrestler, best known for being the longestrunning champion of the world wide wrestling federation wwwf, holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total, as well as the longest single wwe championship reign in mens professional wrestling history. Bruno shea stadium match welcome to the board golgo. Andre the giant vs bruno sammartino at shea stadium wwe. If you buy stuff from amazon using this link, we receive a minor promotional bonus from amazon, not from you. Born in italy, sammartino immigrated to western pennsylvania and first caught the eye of wrestling promoters with. A nimble bear of a man, he looks like he could have played for a steelers team in the 70s.
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 backstage fight with a former football player. Here is just a list of the results of bruno sammartino, just so you can see the schedule of madison square garden years ago. Giant gram 2000 was produced for the sega dreamcast in 2000. Mar 18, 2009 pedro morales vs ivan koloff, wwwf championship match, 08.
Bruno sammartino the wwf wrestler bruno sammartino. History of the wwwf the year was 1974 tvofyourlife. The running joke around here was that it was 75 minutes of armbar holocaust. The problem with professional wrestling is that its way too easy for the lines to be blurred and for events that seem so real to not be. Bruno sammartino vs bruiser brody all japan october 7th, 1981 roy luciers wrestling classics. Msg promo bruno sammartino vs superstar billy graham bob backlund vs ernie ladd by yellowdogedxpress1. Sammartino oli world wide wrestling federationin mestari yhteensa yli 11 vuotta ja oli yksi suosituimmista painijoista 1960ja 1970luvuilla.
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