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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...
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    He is the son of former WWWF/WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Bruno Sammartino. Bruno was against David going into professional wrestling, as he did...
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    .. Ask Questions Later. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1550228366. "Bruno Sammartino @SammartinoBruno". Twitter. April 8, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2015. I had a...
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    age of two, he was nicknamed "Bruno" by his father because of his resemblance to professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino. Mars is one of six children and...
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    professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, Bruno Sammartino, during the early 1980s as well as his work as a wrestler and color...
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    longest reign is Bruno Sammartino with a reign of 2,803 days while the record for longest combined reign is also held by Sammartino at 4,040. John Cena...
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    Garden, in which he and Spiros Arion defeated WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino and Dominic De Nucci. During this time, The Grand Wizard became Graham's...
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    Madison Square Garden this week featuring Monsoon and BRUNO SAMMARTINO drew 19,706 (paid) fans. Sammartino won by drop kicking Monsoon out of the ring. It must...
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  • Sammartino or Sanmartino is an Italian surname that may refer to: Bruno Sammartino (1935-2018), Italian-born American professional wrestler David Sammartino...
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    apocryphal tournament in Rio de Janeiro. He lost the championship to Bruno Sammartino a month later on May 17, 1963, after suffering a heart attack shortly...
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  • inaugural champion Buddy Rogers in 1963 and the second champion Bruno Sammartino. After Sammartino became champion, a new title belt on a blue strap was created...
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  • (February 3, 2013). "WWE to induct Bruno Sammartino into HOF". ESPN. Retrieved June 19, 2015. "X-Pac habla de Bruno Sammartino y su introducción al WWE Hall...
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  • the Buffalo, NY area and had a smaller wrestler dressed as Robin. Bruno Sammartino, who had purchased the promotional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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    the Mongols tag team, one of the masked Executioners and feuded with Bruno Sammartino over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship as Volkoff. In the 1980s...
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    of The Phil Donahue Show, with Hodgson, Orton, former WWF wrestlers Bruno Sammartino and "Superstar" Billy Graham, and wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer...
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  • August 2023. Bruno Sammartino, the longest-reigning WWWF World Heavyweight Champion, was once critical of the Hall of Fame. Sammartino disapproved of...
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    Episodeguides.freeiz.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012. Sammarino, Bruno. (2008). Bruno Sammartino: An Autobiography Of Wrestling's Living Legend. CreateSpace...
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    combined reign as a world champion in North America and is third (behind Bruno Sammartino and Lou Thesz) for the longest single world title reign. He is one...
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  • late-1960s, where he challenged then WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino on several occasions, including a 1968 main event at Madison Square...
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    Lou Thesz, Harley Race, The Sheik, Wahoo McDaniel, Fritz von Erich, Bruno Sammartino, Johnny Powers, Antonio Inoki, Jack Brisco, and Jerry Brisco. He alternated...
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  • did not recognize the title reign of Bruno Sammartino and The Battman and instead recognized the reign of Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci as the shortest...
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    Gorgeous George later faced off against, and lost to, an up-and-coming Bruno Sammartino. He lost his precious hair again, when he was defeated by the Destroyer...
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    Bruno Sammartino defeated inaugural champion Buddy Rogers and became the longest-reigning champion at 2,803 days; pictured here in his second reign with...
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    through the 1960s included Wayne Munn, Jim Londos, Antonino Rocca, Bruno Sammartino, Stu Hart and Cowboy Bill Watts. Joseph Raymond Mondt was born in Garden...
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  • Bruno Sammartino was the first recipient...
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    Sydney. Afterwards, he teamed with Kowalski and his Italian friend Bruno Sammartino feuding with Japanese heels Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa. On July...
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    agility and stamina, often wrestling Sammartino to one-hour time-limit draws. Monsoon first wrestled Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Championship on...
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  • Legacy Award. Silkin grew up as a wrestling fan during the reign of Bruno Sammartino in WWWF. Silkin owned the promotion Ring of Honor from 2004, when he...
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  • Sam. Jim Williams: Powerlifting's Greatest Bench Presser. p. 2. "Bruno Sammartino and strength". Physicalstrategies. 2006-12-03. Retrieved 2012-08-24...
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    Altomare). He became a protégé of WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino and they both beat up The Sicilians, winning in two straight falls...
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