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Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
Bruno Sammartino presses 256 kg (565 lb). [13] raw: 279 kg (615.5 lb) 1967: Pat Casey presses 615.5 lb (279 kg) on March 25, 1967 and becomes the first man to bench press over 600 lb officially. [14] raw: 288 kg (635 lb) 1971: Jim Williams presses 288 kg (635 lb) at the Eastern USA Open. Then in November, he presses 300 kg (661 lb). [15] [16] raw
Bruno Sammartino vs. Waldo Von Erich May 19, 1975: New York City, New York: Madison Square Garden: 24,553 Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Waldo Von Erich for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship [27] 9. WWWF: Showdown at Shea September 30, 1972: Flushing, New York: Shea Stadium: 22,508 Pedro Morales (c) vs. Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World ...
Bruno Sammartino (2) and Dominic DeNucci: June 18, 1971: House show: Pittsburgh, PA: 1 14 This was a two-out-of-three falls match. 5 The Mongols (Bepo and Geeto) July 2, 1971: House Show: Pittsburgh, PA: 2 133 6 Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler: November 12, 1971: House Show: Pittsburgh, PA: 1 36
He would have a feud with WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino in late 1966 and early 1967. On December 12, 1966, Morgan fought Bruno Sammartino to a best of two out of three falls match at Madison Square Gardens. [3] Morgan won the first, while Sammartino won the other two and retained the title.
He also became one of the promotion's top heels, feuding with popular babyface champion Bruno Sammartino in sellout arenas across the country. Despite his huge size, then in excess of 400 pounds, Monsoon had great agility and stamina, often wrestling Sammartino to one-hour time-limit draws.
In 1974, Volkoff returned to the company and appeared in a memorable match at a sold out Madison Square Garden and wrestled one of the sport's most famous champions, Bruno Sammartino. [2] In 1976, he was masked as an Executioner as he became the third member along with Killer Kowalski and Big John Studd. They captured the World Tag Team ...
Myers was soon scouted by World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) champion Bruno Sammartino and began working in Pittsburgh in 1967 on the popular Studio Wrestling TV show broadcast on WIIC-TV (later WPXI-TV) Channel 11. Sammartino had liked the character Myers developed of a wild man with incredible strength.