\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2018/04/18/bruno-sammartino-dead-wwe-hall-of-fame-pittsburgh-wrestling/stories/202001010030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Great entertainer I read that he was offered an ownership interest when Jr took it big, but turned it down to keep his salaried position. Potentially worth a lot of money lost, but he got out when he wanted to and railed against the product in his later days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Wow, I didn't know he was still with us. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Condolences to his family,his friends and his fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Legend sold our MSG over 200 times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 RIP! I remember him at the Aud, early 60's. I believe he sometimes teamed with Ilio DePaolo. That was the real deal! Couldn't believe he eventually got involved with WWF, which I always viewed as fake wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Bastages won't let me view link in incognito mode. What is with the war with incognito mode... No more screenshots, now this... Edited April 19, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 From a wrestling magazine in the 60's, and I am doing this from memory. "Few who witnessed it will forget Bruno Sammartino picking up and throwing 400 pound Haystacks Calhoun out of the ring." Different time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 RIP Bruno. Greatest rassler ever, but zero mic skills, so I was never really a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Rico said: RIP Bruno. Greatest rassler ever, but zero mic skills, so I was never really a fan. He wasn’t able to keep up with Ventura on the mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 18 hours ago, sherpa said: From a wrestling magazine in the 60's, and I am doing this from memory. "Few who witnessed it will forget Bruno Sammartino picking up and throwing 400 pound Haystacks Calhoun out of the ring." Different time. I never understood it. I was only a wrestling fan in the early 70s. My favorite was Ladd...................And, I used to get some of the magazines, and they'd always feature Bruno. But, I never saw him on TV and I never saw him at the bouts I would go to (sometimes taken by Ilio Dipaolo because I was friends with his daughter)..............We got Haystacks, Ernie, Bobo, all them but I never saw Bruno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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