Mister TV Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, The Natural said: They can't/won't use WWWF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 If HBO are looking to do another documentary about wrestling, look no further. He carried a territory on his back for god knows how long. A true hero in every sense of the word. They don't make them like Bruno anymore. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 24 minutes ago, Rick said: If HBO are looking to do another documentary about wrestling, look no further. He carried a territory on his back for god knows how long. Good point. I'm from the northeast, so for basically anyone I've spoken with that's 50+ and grew up watching wrestling, the two touchstones they mention are invariably Bruno and Gorilla. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterien Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 What a man. What a life. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 What The Natural said on Page One. I'm happy that Bruno mended his fences with the WWE so that his legacy could be preserved and appreciated today. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/23230798/wwe-hall-famer-bruno-sammartino-dies-age-82 That is the story that is on the front page of ESPN.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 37 minutes ago, Rick said: If HBO are looking to do another documentary about wrestling, look no further. He carried a territory on his back for god knows how long. A true hero in every sense of the word. They don't make them like Bruno anymore. Wasn't someone doing a doc on him a few years back? I know they went to the trouble of flying him out to his old village in Italy for some footage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I interviewed Bruno back in 1991 at a wrestling fan convention outside of NYC (anyone else there?), and my interview was posted on the old DVDVR site before the great crash. Due to the magic of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, you can read it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20050406100904/http://www.deathvalleydriver.com:80/Benaka/Sammartino.html Cheers, Lee 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 That's probably the first Bruno match I've seen in full. A couple things: 1. Who would've ever believed Superstar outlived Bruno? 2. It's great seeing them pop the crowd while doing the very least work possible. Despite his rep, Superstar would bump and had great facials. 3. Gorilla was ENORMOUS. RIP Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Technico Support Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I'm shocked. Like everyone else, I expected the guy to live to 100. I'm amazed that I got to see his last match in person. RIP. Without Bruno, there'd be no WWF or WWE and the wrestling world would have been tremendously different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, Technico Support said: I'm shocked. Like everyone else, I expected the guy to live to 100. I'm amazed that I got to see his last match in person. RIP. Without Bruno, there'd be no WWF or WWE and the wrestling world would have been tremendously different. And that would have been what? The house show loops he did in 87? Or was he active again after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, grilledcheese said: And that would have been what? The house show loops he did in 87? Or was he active again after that? Wrestling Data has it as: Quote WWF @ Baltimore 1987/08/29 @ Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America) Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino defeated King Kong Bundy and One Man Gang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, grilledcheese said: And that would have been what? The house show loops he did in 87? Or was he active again after that? Courtesy of thehistoryofwwe.com, here is the card: WWF @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – August 29, 1987 (12,000; sell out) SD Jones defeated Barry Horowitz Sika defeated Jerry Allen Demolition defeated Chavo Guerrero & Sam Houston WWF Women’s Champion Sensational Sherri defeated the Fabulous Moolah Butch Reed defeated Superstar Billy Graham Tito Santana pinned Hercules The Junkyard Dog defeated Kamala via disqualification Brutus Beefcake fought Ted Dibiase to a 20-minute time limit draw WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Bruno Sammartino defeated King Kong Bundy & the One Man Gang when Hogan pinned Bundy (Sammartino’s last match) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Technico Support said: Courtesy of thehistoryofwwe.com, here is the card: WWF @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – August 29, 1987 (12,000; sell out) SD Jones defeated Barry Horowitz Sika defeated Jerry Allen Demolition defeated Chavo Guerrero & Sam Houston WWF Women’s Champion Sensational Sherri defeated the Fabulous Moolah Butch Reed defeated Superstar Billy Graham Tito Santana pinned Hercules The Junkyard Dog defeated Kamala via disqualification Brutus Beefcake fought Ted Dibiase to a 20-minute time limit draw WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Bruno Sammartino defeated King Kong Bundy & the One Man Gang when Hogan pinned Bundy (Sammartino’s last match) That's hella dope that the card had Bruno, Superstar and Hogan. Nice little intersection of WWWF/WWF history there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Now I really wanna know if Teddy was able to drag Beefcake through a 20 minute match. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Oddly, I think my first exposure to Bruno might have been that Greatest Sports Legends show where he grappled around with Tom Seaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Regarding 80s Bruno, I remember loving the hell out of the Savage match at the Boston Garden. It's mostly Randy ping ponging around for him, but it's super fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriusvig Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I had a pleasure to meet him twice and he was a very friendly and kind man. I was a WWF fan growing up in the 90's and I was obsessed with the WWE title. Since he was champ before I was born and he held it so long, he came across as a god and still kinda does, to me. He was the definition of a WWF/E babyface and a man with seemingly infinite integrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I have so much to say yet struggle to find how to say it. Bruno was a basically a God for me. He was the epitome of what a pro wrestler should be, and he was super classy to boot. My mom's told me a few times that while she was in labor with me she was watching him on TV. And before that my parents would go to the arena and watch him. Heck, if Greek relatives came to town they'd take them there and you know they loved him. Fast forward to when he got inducted and they had the USA special. It was pretty cool that while we have a generation gap with what we like in wrestling I could sit with them and watch Bruno talk. They'd tell me stories and say he was the best they've seen. And damnit who am I to argue. I just wish I had some way to meet him, was hoping there was at least some way to get a message across to him somehow. I just wanted to thank him for being somebody that's been revered in my family for generations and for continuing to be a really class act. I'm sad knowing I can't say these things (at least not yet, hopeful once I get to the other side) and I'm sadder knowing he's not alive. RIP Bruno, and thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Not sure where it is originally from but the WWE re-uploaded this today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 His life story remains staggering and impossible to grasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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