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Bruno Sammartino
American professional wrestler (1935–2018)
| Bruno Sammartino | |
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Sammartino as WWWF World Heavyweight Champion in 1971 | |
| Birth name | Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino |
| Born | (1935-10-06)October 6, 1935 Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | April 18, 2018(2018-04-18) (aged 82) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Sammartino (m. 1959) |
| Children | 3; including David Sammartino |
| Ring name(s) | Bruno Sammartino |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Abruzzo, Italy[2] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Trained by | Ace Freeman Rex Peery[3] |
| Debut | October 23, 1959 |
| Retired | August 19, 1987 |
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). Sammartino's 2,803-day reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion is the l
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Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (WWWF Heavyweight Championship during his second reign) for more than 11 years (4,040 days) across two reigns, the first of which is the longest single reign in the promotion's history at 2,803 days. He is overall a two-time world champion in professional wrestling.
Dubbed "The Italian Strongman" and "The Strongest Man in the World" early in his career, Sammartino later earned the title "The Living Legend". Known for his powerful bear-hug finishing move, he is widely regarded as the greatest professional wrestler of all time. Sammartino became a vocal critic of the drug use and raunchier story-lines that became prevalent in the professional wrestling industry after his retirement but he reconciled with WWE in 2013 and headlined their Hall of Fame ceremony that year. Terry Funk commented that Sammartino "was bigger
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Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-Americanprofessional wrestler. He was born in Pizzoferrato, Italy. He became a wrestler in 1959. He would often beat opponents with his bearhug.
On May 17, 1963, Sammartino beat Buddy Rogers to become the second World Wide Wrestling Federation Champion. He held this title for over seven years, a record for professional wrestling world champions. He had his first match in Japan in 1967. He lost to Ivan Koloff on January 18, 1971. On December 10, 1973, Sammartino beat Stan Stasiak to once again be the champion. Billy Graham won the championship from Bruno on April 30, 1977[1] in Baltimore. World Wide Wrestling Federation became the World Wrestling Federation in March 1979. Sammartino wrestled less often after but he did have classic feud with Larry Zbyszko that ended in a steel cage match at Shea Stadium in 1980. He retired in 1987.[2] Sammartino was also a commentator with Vince McMahon.[3][4]
In 2013, he accepted an invitation for induction into
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