HALL OF FAME

2 TIME WORLD CHAMPION

Bruno Sammartino

The Living Legend

STATISTICS

  • Height: 5'10"
  • Weight: 265 lbs.
  • From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Years Pro: 1959-1987

OTHER RING NAMES

  • none

TRAINER

  • Ace Freeman
  • Rex Peery

TAG TEAMS

  • Annihilation Inc. (Bruno Sammartino & Dick the Bruiser)

FACTIONS

  • none

MANAGERS

  • Arnold Skaaland - WWWF / WWF

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Birth Name: Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino
  • Date of Birth: 10.06.1935
  • Place of Birth: Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy
  • Date of Death: 04.18.2018 (aged 82)
  • Place of Death: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Known Relatives: 
    • Carol Sammartino (wife 1959-his death in 2018)
    • David Sammartino (son)

 

CHAMPIONSHIPS WON

    • International Tag Team Championship (with Billy Watson)

    09.27.1962 - 02.28.1963

    • Toronto United States Championship

    11.22.1962 - 12.14.1962

    • WWWA Tag Team Championship (with Argentina Apollo)

    04.18.1963 - 05.15.1963

    • WWWF World Championship

    05.17.1963 - 01.18.1971

    • WWWA Heavyweight Championship

    11.16.1963 - 12.31.1963

    • 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

    • Grand Prix Tag Team Championship (with Edouard Carpentier)

    07.14.1973 - 10.02.1973

    • WWA Tag Team Championship (with Dick the Bruiser as Annihilation Inc.)

    07.21.1973 - 01.05.1974

    • WWWF World Championship

    12.10.1973 - 04.30.1977

    • WWC North American Championship

    05.05.1978 - 07.22.1978

     

    AWARDS WON

    • PWI Match of the Year (Los Angeles Battle Royal)

    1972

    • PWI Wrestler of the Year

    1974

    • PWI Match of the Year (vs. Spiros Arion at WWWF at Madison Square Garden)

    1975

    • PWI Match of the Year (vs. Stan Hansen at WWWF at Madison Square Garden)

    1976

    • PWI Inspirational Wrestler of the Year

    1976

    • PWI Match of the Year (vs. Billy Graham at WWWF at Madison Square Garden)

    1977

    • PWI Match of the Year (vs. Larry Zbyszko at WWF Showdown at Shea)

    1980

    • PWI Lifetime Achievement Award

    1981

    • WWE Hall of Fame

    2013