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RIP Bruno Sammartino
One of the last links to pro wrestling's pre-WWE/Impact "golden era," and still considered by many fans to be the best ever in the business; credibility issues aside, he could always be counted on to provide a good show - his classic matches with the late Professor Tanaka were some of the biggest draws of the '60s/70s - but his well-known issues with Vince McMahon Jr. unfortunately kept him from receiving the post-retirement recognition he deserved until very recently...
Arrividerci, Champ...
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The " Living Legend " .
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Yeah, one of the first to have a bodybuilder's physique...always classy...his feud w/Superstar Billy Graham was legendary...a friend of mine from Pittsburgh told me how the crowd went near-riot when Graham came out to wrestle Bruno there one night...
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Bruno was a class act in a dirty business.
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A big +1 - and we're not likely to see another...
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Wow! That's a name I hadn't heard in a while. Goes back to seeing the Pride and Joy of Pittsburgh wrestle at the Arena in Philadelphia back in the late 1960s...
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Wow, this sure brings back fond memories of the golden age of wrestling. I was about 7 years old when I first saw Bruno on TV. At that time, I didn't know that wrestling was fake, and he was my hero.
Another good guy was Haystack Calhoun. |