Bruno Sammartino

The Living Legend

  • Height: 5'10"
  • Weight: 265 lbs.
  • From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Date of Birth: 10.06.1935
  • Date of Death: 04.18.2018 (aged 82)
  • Years Pro: 1959-1987
  • Known Relatives: 
    • David Sammartino (son)

MANAGERS

  • Arnold Skaaland

 

TAG TEAMS

  • none

 

FACTIONS

  • none

MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WON

  • WWWF World Championship
    • 05.17.1963 - 01.18.1971
  • WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (with Spiros Arion)
    • 07.24.1967 - 07.29.1967
  • WWWF International Tag Team Championship (with Dominic DeNucci)
    • 06.18.1971 - 07.02.1971
  • WWWF World Championship
    • 12.10.1973 - 04.30.1977

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

  • PWI Match of the Year
    • 1972 - Bruno Sammartino wins Los Angeles battle royal
  • PWI Wrestler of the Year
    • 1974
  • PWI Match of the Year
    • 1975 - Bruno Sammartino vs. Spiros Arion at WWWF Live at the Garden
  • PWI Match of the Year
    • 1976 - Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen at WWWF Live at the Garden
  • PWI Inspirational Wrestler of the Year
    • 1976
  • PWI Match of the Year
    • 1977 - Bruno Sammartino vs. Billy Graham at WWWF Live at the Garden
  • PWI Match of the Year
    • 1980 - Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko at WWF Showdown at Shea
  • PWI Lifetime Achievement Award
    • 1981
  • WWE Hall of Fame
    • 2013