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href="#Second_World_Heavyweight_Championship_reign_(1972–1977)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Second World Heavyweight Championship reign (1972–1977)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_World_Heavyweight_Championship_reign_(1972–1977)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_career_and_initial_retirement_(1978–1981)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_career_and_initial_retirement_(1978–1981)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.3</span> <span>Later career and initial retirement (1978–1981)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_career_and_initial_retirement_(1978–1981)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Return_to_the_WWF_(1984–1988)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_the_WWF_(1984–1988)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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hreflang="hi" data-title="ब्रूनो समार्टीनो" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bruno Sammartino" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95" title="ברונו סמרטינו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ברונו סמרטינו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a 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lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Саммартино, Бруно" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bruno Sammartino" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Bruno Sammartino" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Carol Sammartino<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1959)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3; including <a href="/wiki/David_Sammartino" title="David Sammartino">David Sammartino</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em"><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling career</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Bruno Sammartino</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed height</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 10 in (178 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-wwe_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwe-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">265 lb (120 kg)<sup id="cite_ref-wwe_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwe-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Abruzzo" title="Abruzzo">Abruzzo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trained by</th><td class="infobox-data">Ace 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.sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks" style="border: 4px double #3633FF;border-spacing:0.2em 0;"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling" title="Category:Professional wrestling">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wrestling_-_Sikeston,_MO_1938_-_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg/175px-Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg/263px-Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg/350px-Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="865" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_professional_wrestling" title="History of professional wrestling">History of professional wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Years_in_professional_wrestling" title="Template:Years in professional wrestling">By year</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_wrestling_championships" title="Early wrestling championships">Early wrestling championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Dust_Trio" title="Gold Dust Trio">Gold Dust Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom" title="1980s professional wrestling boom">1980s boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)" title="Black Saturday (professional wrestling)">Black Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Title_Tournament" title="NWA World Title Tournament">1994 NWA World Title Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling_mass_exodus" title="2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus">2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Wars" title="Wednesday Night Wars">Wednesday Night Wars</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable promotions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_Pro-Wrestling" title="All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling">All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consejo_Mundial_de_Lucha_Libre" title="Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre">Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_Ladies_of_Wrestling" title="Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling">Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Promotions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Promotions">Joint Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Wrestling" title="Maple Leaf Wrestling">Maple Leaf Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_Ground_Wrestling" title="Soft Ground Wrestling">Soft Ground Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling" title="Stampede Wrestling">Stampede Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Joshi_Pro-Wrestling" title="Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling">Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UWF_International" title="UWF International">UWF International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Wrestling" title="Women of Wrestling">Women of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_promotions" title="List of professional wrestling promotions">Others</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable people</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"><small><b>Early 20th Century</b></small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt" title="George Hackenschmidt">George Hackenschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gama" title="The Great Gama">The Great Gama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Sandow" title="Billy Sandow">Billy Sandow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lewis_(wrestler)" title="Ed Lewis (wrestler)">Ed Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfefer" title="Jack Pfefer">Jack Pfefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Londos" title="Jim Londos">Jim Londos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Lutteroth" title="Salvador Lutteroth">Salvador Lutteroth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>Mid 20th Century</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_George" title="Gorgeous George">Gorgeous George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Santo" title="El Santo">El Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Burke" title="Mildred Burke">Mildred Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah" title="The Fabulous Moolah">The Fabulous Moolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Demon" title="Blue Demon">Blue Demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gotch" title="Karl Gotch">Karl Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bruno Sammartino</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1970s and 1980s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Col%C3%B3n" title="Carlos Colón">Carlos Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Jr." title="Jim Crockett Jr.">Jim Crockett Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Satoru "Tiger Mask" Sayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Shinma" title="Hisashi Shinma">Hisashi Shinma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1990s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">The Great Muta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa" title="Mitsuharu Misawa">Mitsuharu Misawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Antonio Peña">Antonio Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul "Triple H" Levesque</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2000s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADstico" title="Místico">Místico</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2010s and 2020s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">By region</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Professional wrestling in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Cholitas" title="Fighting Cholitas">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Canada" title="Professional wrestling in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_China" title="Professional wrestling in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_India" title="Professional wrestling in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Israel" title="Professional wrestling in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Japan" title="Professional wrestling in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_New_Zealand" title="Professional wrestling in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Professional wrestling in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Russia" title="Professional wrestling in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States" title="Professional wrestling in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Styles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="British wrestling">British wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Mountevans rules</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">Cruiserweight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X_Division" title="X Division">X Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergender_wrestling" title="Intergender wrestling">Intergender</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midget_wrestling" title="Midget wrestling">Midget</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mini-Estrella" title="Mini-Estrella">Mini-Estrella</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">Puroresu</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot style</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/U-Kei_(martial_arts)" title="U-Kei (martial arts)">U-Kei</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_professional_wrestling" title="Women's professional wrestling">Women's</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Attire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_mask" title="Wrestling mask">Masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_singlet" title="Wrestling singlet">Wrestling singlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_shoe" title="Wrestling shoe">Wrestling shoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backyard_wrestling" title="Backyard wrestling">Backyarding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">Blading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_heavyweight_wrestling_championships" title="Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships">World Heavyweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">Dirt sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">Glossary of terms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional 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He is best known for his time with the <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">World Wide Wrestling Federation</a> (WWF, now WWE). Sammartino's 2,803-day reign as <a href="/wiki/WWF_World_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF World Heavyweight Champion">WWF World Heavyweight Champion</a> is the longest in the championship's history as well as the longest world title reign in WWE history. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Italy</a> to a family of seven, Sammartino grew up in poverty. As a child, Sammartino survived the <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Italy">German occupation of Italy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. In 1950, he came to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> with his family, where they would settle in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>. Sammartino would later take up bodybuilding before beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1959. </p><p>Dubbed "the Italian Strongman”<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "the Strongest Man in the World"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> early in his career, Sammartino later earned the title "the Living Legend".<sup id="cite_ref-Schramm_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schramm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Known for his powerful <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Bear_hug" title="Professional wrestling holds">bearhug</a><sup id="cite_ref-hornbaker_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hornbaker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-davies_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finishing move,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino wrestled for various territories in the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA) before joining the WWWF territory. </p><p>Already recognized as a future star, Sammartino won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1963 after beating the inaugural champion, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)" title="Buddy Rogers (wrestler)">Buddy Rogers</a>, in 48 seconds. He then held the title for a reign of a record 2,803 days – nearly 8 years. While doing so, Sammartino became a popular attraction in <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, selling out the arena numerous times throughout his career.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino would later reclaim the WWF Heavyweight Championship in 1973 for another reign of 1,237 days before gradually retiring from full-time competition. </p><p>After his retirement, Sammartino became a vocal critic of the drug use and raunchier storylines that became prevalent in the professional wrestling industry after his retirement but he reconciled with WWE in 2013 and headlined <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">their Hall of Fame</a> ceremony <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2013)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2013)">that year</a>. <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a> commented that Sammartino "was bigger than wrestling itself".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was born in <a href="/wiki/Pizzoferrato" title="Pizzoferrato">Pizzoferrato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abruzzo" title="Abruzzo">Abruzzo</a>, Italy, to Alfonso and Emilia Sammartino on October 6, 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-hornbaker_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hornbaker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the youngest of seven children, four of whom died during his early childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he was four, his father emigrated to <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trib_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trib-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Pizzoferrato was invaded by troops of the <a href="/wiki/Waffen_SS" class="mw-redirect" title="Waffen SS">Waffen SS</a>, leading Emilia to hide Bruno and his siblings in a remote hideout at the top of a nearby mountain called Valla Rocca.<sup id="cite_ref-issues_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issues-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trib_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trib-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time, his mother would sneak into their German-occupied town for food and supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-trib_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trib-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1950,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she and the children joined her husband in Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Sammartinos arrived in the U.S., Bruno spoke no English and was sickly from the privations of the war years.<sup id="cite_ref-trib_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trib-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This made him an easy target for bullies at <a href="/wiki/Schenley_High_School" title="Schenley High School">Schenley High School</a>. He turned to weightlifting and wrestling to build himself up.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His devotion to weightlifting nearly resulted in a berth on the 1956 U.S. Olympic team, which went instead to eventual gold medalist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Anderson_(weightlifter)" title="Paul Anderson (weightlifter)">Paul Anderson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1959, Sammartino set a world record in the bench press with a lift of 256 kilograms (565 lb), done without elbow or wrist wraps. When he brought the bar down, he did not bounce it off his chest, but set it there for two seconds before attempting the press.<sup id="cite_ref-davies_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He trained in wrestling with Rex Peery, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a> team coach.<sup id="cite_ref-hornbaker_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hornbaker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also became known for performing strongman stunts in the Pittsburgh area, and sportscaster <a href="/wiki/Bob_Prince" title="Bob Prince">Bob Prince</a> put him on his television show. It was there that he was spotted by local <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> promoter Rudy Miller, who recruited the young man into the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-hornbaker_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hornbaker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_career">Professional wrestling career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional wrestling career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1959–1963)"><span id="Early_years_.281959.E2.80.931963.29"></span>Early years (1959–1963)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years (1959–1963)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sammartino made his professional debut in Pittsburgh on December 17, 1959, <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinning</a> Dmitri Grabowski in 19 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-davies_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino's first match in <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_(1925)" title="Madison Square Garden (1925)">Madison Square Garden</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> was on January 2, 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-NWA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> defeating <a href="/wiki/Bull_Curry" title="Bull Curry">Bull Curry</a> in five minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-slamobit_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slamobit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vincent_James_McMahon,_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg/220px-Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg/330px-Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg/440px-Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1085" data-file-height="613" /></a><figcaption>Sammartino (right) with <a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a> and WWWF promoter <a href="/wiki/Vincent_J._McMahon" title="Vincent J. McMahon">Vincent J. McMahon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Feeling like he was being held back in the New York territory in favor of <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA) star <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)" title="Buddy Rogers (wrestler)">Buddy Rogers</a>, Sammartino gave his notice to <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Wrestling_Corporation" title="Capitol Wrestling Corporation">Capitol Wrestling Corporation</a> (CWC) owner <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Vince McMahon Sr.">Vince McMahon Sr.</a> and planned to go to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> to work for <a href="/wiki/Roy_Shire" title="Roy Shire">Roy Shire</a>. While on his way to California, he missed two bookings in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and as a result was suspended in those territories. California honored the other state's suspension, leaving Sammartino out of work.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver12_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his autobiography, Sammartino states that he believed McMahon set him up, by double-booking him and not informing him of his match in Baltimore, as a way of punishment.<sup id="cite_ref-sammartino_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sammartino-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino was forced to return to Pittsburgh and found work as a laborer.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver12_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the advice of wrestler <a href="/wiki/Yukon_Eric" title="Yukon Eric">Yukon Eric</a>, Sammartino contacted <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> promoter <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tunney" title="Frank Tunney">Frank Tunney</a> hoping to take advantage of Toronto's large Italian population.<sup id="cite_ref-slamobit_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slamobit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino made his <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> debut in March 1962 and very quickly, with the help of self-promotion in local newspapers and radio programs, became an attraction. His ability to speak Italian also ingratiated him with that immigrant population.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver12_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With <a href="/wiki/Whipper_Billy_Watson" title="Whipper Billy Watson">Whipper Billy Watson</a>, Sammartino won his first <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">professional wrestling championship</a> in September 1962, the local version of the <a href="/wiki/NWA_International_Tag_Team_Championship_(Toronto_version)" title="NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version)">International Tag Team Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-slam_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slam-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon, he was in demand by other promoters in different Canadian territories.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver12_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sammartino also challenged <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA World Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a> twice for the championship in Canada. One match ended in a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Draw" title="Professional wrestling">draw</a> and the other with Thesz scoring a fluke pin after a collision, despite Sammartino controlling the 20 minute match from the beginning. This match was <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Book" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">booked</a> by NWA promoter <a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a> as a preliminary to the forming of the WWWF, to ensure the dominance of the senior organization and its championship.<sup id="cite_ref-won1995_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-won1995-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation/World_Wrestling_Federation_(1963–1981)"><span id="World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation.2FWorld_Wrestling_Federation_.281963.E2.80.931981.29"></span>World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (1963–1981)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (1963–1981)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_World_Heavyweight_Championship_reign_(1963–1971)"><span id="First_World_Heavyweight_Championship_reign_.281963.E2.80.931971.29"></span>First World Heavyweight Championship reign (1963–1971)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First World Heavyweight Championship reign (1963–1971)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg/170px-WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg/255px-WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg/340px-WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1061" data-file-height="1493" /></a><figcaption>Sammartino in his second reign as <a href="/wiki/WWE_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Champion">WWWF Heavyweight Champion</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After the first WWWF World Champion, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)" title="Buddy Rogers (wrestler)">Nature Boy Buddy Rogers</a>, was hospitalized three times in April 1963 for chest pains, Vince McMahon Sr. and <a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a> made a command decision to make an emergency title switch. Between <a href="/wiki/Antonino_Rocca" title="Antonino Rocca">Antonino Rocca</a> and Bruno Sammartino they went with the younger Sammartino who was 27 years old at the time. The match was scheduled to be concluded quickly so as not to risk Buddy's health any further. Promoters Mondt and McMahon Sr. cleared up Sammartino's suspension by paying his $500 fine, allowing him to return to wrestling in the United States. Sammartino won the title on May 17, 1963, defeating Rogers in 48 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino and Rogers faced each other two months later at Madison Square Garden in a tag team match, with Rogers and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Barend" title="Johnny Barend">Johnny Barend</a> defeating Sammartino and <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Brazil" title="Bobo Brazil">Bobo Brazil</a> by 2 falls to 1. Rogers pinned Sammartino for the third and deciding fall. Rogers retired prior to their scheduled title rematch on October 4, 1963, in Jersey City, New Jersey's Roosevelt Stadium. Sammartino instead that night had his first match against new number one contender, <a href="/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon" title="Gorilla Monsoon">Gorilla Monsoon</a>. Because Monsoon won the match by <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Disqualification" title="Professional wrestling">disqualification</a>, Sammartino retained his belt. </p><p>On December 8, 1969, he teamed with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Marino" title="Tony Marino">Tony Marino</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/WWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWF International Tag Team Championship">WWF International Tag Team Championship</a> by defeating The Rising Suns (<a href="/wiki/Professor_Tanaka" title="Professor Tanaka">Tanaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitsu_Arakawa" title="Mitsu Arakawa">Mitsu Arakawa</a>). Company policy meant that Sammartino could not hold two championships simultaneously, so he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Rivera_(professional_wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Víctor Rivera (professional wrestler)">Victor Rivera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Intertag_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intertag-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship for seven years, eight months, and one day (2,803 days).<sup id="cite_ref-slamobit_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slamobit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBSremembers_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBSremembers-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 18, 1971, Sammartino lost the championship at Madison Square Garden to <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Koloff" title="Ivan Koloff">Ivan Koloff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino recalled the shocked silence that greeted the result, remarking he thought he had damaged his ears.<sup id="cite_ref-Schramm_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schramm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, he won the International Tag Team Championship for the second time by teaming with <a href="/wiki/Dominic_DeNucci" title="Dominic DeNucci">Dominic DeNucci</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Intertag_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intertag-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino took a hiatus from the company in 1971 and 1972 working in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and various territories. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_World_Heavyweight_Championship_reign_(1972–1977)"><span id="Second_World_Heavyweight_Championship_reign_.281972.E2.80.931977.29"></span>Second World Heavyweight Championship reign (1972–1977)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World Heavyweight Championship reign (1972–1977)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg/220px-Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg/330px-Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg/440px-Bruno_Sammartino_Mario_Trevi_a_New_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="723" /></a><figcaption>Sammartino and <a href="/wiki/Mario_Trevi" title="Mario Trevi">Mario Trevi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Later in 1972, Sammartino was asked back by McMahon Sr. to regain the title. After refusing McMahon Sr.'s initial offer, Sammartino was offered a percentage of all the gates when he wrestled and a decreased work schedule that only included major arenas. Soon after, Sammartino and then champion <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Morales" title="Pedro Morales">Pedro Morales</a> teamed up for a series of tag team matches. In a televised match, <a href="/wiki/Professor_Tanaka" title="Professor Tanaka">Professor Toru Tanaka</a> blinded both men with salt and they were maneuvered into fighting each other. When their eyes cleared, they kept fighting each other. Two weeks later, all syndicated wrestling shows in the WWWF showed a clip of Sammartino and Morales signing a contract for a title match at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>. When McMahon Sr. gestured for them to shake hands, both wordlessly turned and walked away. On September 30, 1972, Sammartino and Morales wrestled to a 65-minute draw at Shea Stadium in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies2001_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies2001-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eventually, on December 10, 1973, Sammartino regained the WWWF Heavyweight Championship by defeating <a href="/wiki/Stan_Stasiak" title="Stan Stasiak">Stan Stasiak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Schramm_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schramm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his second reign, on April 26, 1976, Sammartino suffered a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Legit" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">legitimate</a> neck fracture in a match against <a href="/wiki/Stan_Hansen" title="Stan Hansen">Stan Hansen</a> at Madison Square Garden, when Hansen <a href="/wiki/Botch_(professional_wrestling)" title="Botch (professional wrestling)">improperly executed</a> a move and dropped Sammartino on his head.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-slamobit_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slamobit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two months, Sammartino returned and faced Hansen in a rematch on June 25, 1976, at <a href="/wiki/Showdown_at_Shea_(1976)" class="mw-redirect" title="Showdown at Shea (1976)">Shea Stadium</a>, which was on the closed circuit TV undercard of the <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Ali</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> match for WWWF cities. The match was rated 1976 "Match of the Year" by <i><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1977, Sammartino informed McMahon Sr. that he felt he could no longer continue as champion due to his injuries. On April 30, 1977, he was defeated by Superstar Billy Graham for the title.<sup id="cite_ref-Schramm_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schramm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His second title run lasted three years, four months, and twenty days (1,237 days).<sup id="cite_ref-slamobit_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slamobit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBSremembers_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBSremembers-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite a very long series of rematches against Graham, Sammartino was unable to regain the title. His final attempt was in Philadelphia, just a few days before Graham was scheduled to lose the title to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Later_career_and_initial_retirement_(1978–1981)"><span id="Later_career_and_initial_retirement_.281978.E2.80.931981.29"></span>Later career and initial retirement (1978–1981)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later career and initial retirement (1978–1981)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his second reign ended, Sammartino leisurely toured the U.S. and the world. He wrestled then NWA World Heavyweight Champion <a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a> to a one-hour draw in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>. He also wrestled and defeated <a href="/wiki/Blackjack_Mulligan" title="Blackjack Mulligan">Blackjack Mulligan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hayes_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Hayes (wrestler)">Lord Alfred Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Murdoch" title="Dick Murdoch">Dick Murdoch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Shibuya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenji Shibuya">Kenji Shibuya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(wrestler)" title="Ray Stevens (wrestler)">"Crippler" Ray Stevens</a>. Also during this time, Sammartino began serving as color commentator for the WWF's syndicated programs, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Championship_Wrestling" title="WWF Championship Wrestling">WWF Championship Wrestling</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_All-Star_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF All-Star Wrestling">WWF All-Star Wrestling</a></i>. </p><p>On January 22, 1980, his former student <a href="/wiki/Larry_Zbyszko" title="Larry Zbyszko">Larry Zbyszko</a> <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Turn" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">turned</a> on him at the <a href="/wiki/WWE#World_Wrestling_Federation,_Inc._(1999–2002)" title="WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Championship_Wrestling" title="WWF Championship Wrestling">Championship Wrestling</a></i> show. Sammartino, shocked and hurt by Zbyszko's betrayal, vowed to make Zbyszko pay dearly. Their feud culminated on August 9, 1980, in front of 36,295 fans at Shea Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-WWFresults309_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWFresults309-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the main event of 1980's <a href="/wiki/Showdown_at_Shea_(1980)" class="mw-redirect" title="Showdown at Shea (1980)">Showdown at Shea</a>, Sammartino defeated Zbyszko inside a steel cage.<sup id="cite_ref-WWFresults309_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWFresults309-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his autobiography, <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> claimed that his match with <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a> was the real reason for the huge draw at Shea Stadium; however, the <a href="/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">feud</a> between Sammartino and Zbyszko sold out everywhere in the build-up to the show. In contrast, Hogan and André headlined exactly one card in <a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains, New York</a> before they wrestled at Shea, and they drew 1,200 in a building that held 3,500.<sup id="cite_ref-WWF6389Book_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWF6389Book-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sammartino retired from North American wrestling full-time in 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a match that opened the <a href="/wiki/Meadowlands_Arena" title="Meadowlands Arena">Meadowlands Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a>. Sammartino pinned <a href="/wiki/George_Steele" title="George Steele">George "The Animal" Steele</a> in his match. Sammartino then finished up his full-time career by touring Japan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_the_WWF_(1984–1988)"><span id="Return_to_the_WWF_.281984.E2.80.931988.29"></span>Return to the WWF (1984–1988)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Return to the WWF (1984–1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg/220px-Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg/330px-Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg/440px-Bruno_Sammartino_1987.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="4707" data-file-height="6480" /></a><figcaption>Sammartino, circa 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>It was during this time Sammartino found out through <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Savoldi" title="Angelo Savoldi">Angelo Savoldi</a>, a recently fired office employee of Capitol Wrestling Corporation, that he had been cheated by Vince McMahon Sr. on the promised gate percentages for his entire second title run. Sammartino filed suit against McMahon Sr. and his Capitol Wrestling Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit was eventually settled out of court by McMahon Sr's son, <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> after his father had died, and included an agreement for Sammartino to return to the company as a commentator.<sup id="cite_ref-CBSremembers_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBSremembers-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the inaugural <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_I" title="WrestleMania I">WrestleMania</a> on March 31, 1985, Sammartino was in his son <a href="/wiki/David_Sammartino" title="David Sammartino">David</a>'s corner for his match against <a href="/wiki/Brutus_Beefcake" title="Brutus Beefcake">Brutus Beefcake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-timesherald_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesherald-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match ended in a double-disqualification after the Sammartinos began brawling with Beefcake and his <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">manager</a> Johnny Valiant. He returned to in-ring action soon after with his son, as they wrestled against Beefcake and Valiant at Madison Square Garden. The Sammartinos also teamed against "Mr. Wonderful" <a href="/wiki/Paul_Orndorff" title="Paul Orndorff">Paul Orndorff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby "the Brain" Heenan</a> in various arenas.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sammartino's highest-profile feud during this run was with "Macho Man" <a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a>. An irate Sammartino attacked Savage during a TV interview, after Savage bragged about injuring <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a>, by driving the timekeeper's bell into Steamboat's throat during a televised match. Sammartino defeated Savage in a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Lumberjack_match" title="Professional wrestling match types">lumberjack match</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship</a> via disqualification at the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowed Savage to keep the championship, as titles cannot change hands via countout or disqualification. He was often teamed with <a href="/wiki/Tito_Santana" title="Tito Santana">Tito Santana</a> and his old enemy George "the Animal" Steele (who was a <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">fan favorite</a> at this point in his career) to wrestle Savage and <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Adonis" title="Adrian Adonis">"Adorable" Adrian Adonis</a>. The climax of their feud came was a victory for Sammartino and Santana in a steel cage match in Madison Square Garden. Sammartino also engaged in a feud with "Rowdy" <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> after Piper insulted his heritage on a segment of <i><a href="/wiki/Piper%27s_Pit" class="mw-redirect" title="Piper's Pit">Piper's Pit</a></i> at Madison Square Garden. Sammartino faced Piper in both singles and tag team matches. Sammartino teamed with Paul Orndorff in his matches against Piper, while Piper would tag with his "bodyguard", <a href="/wiki/Bob_Orton_Jr." title="Bob Orton Jr.">Ace "Cowboy" Bob Orton</a>. Sammartino would eventually get the upper hand in the feud, by defeating Piper in a steel cage match at the Boston Garden. In 1986, Sammartino competed in a 20-man battle royal at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_2" title="WrestleMania 2">WrestleMania 2</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rosemont_Horizon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosemont Horizon">Rosemont Horizon</a> in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-timesherald_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesherald-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sammartino's final match was at a WWF house show in Baltimore on August 29, 1987, where he teamed up with Hulk Hogan to defeat <a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Bundy" title="King Kong Bundy">King Kong Bundy</a> and <a href="/wiki/One_Man_Gang" title="One Man Gang">One Man Gang</a> in the main event. Sammartino continued doing commentary on <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Superstars_of_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Superstars of Wrestling">Superstars of Wrestling</a></i> until March 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-slam_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slam-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-wrestling_roles_and_WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(1988–2018)"><span id="Non-wrestling_roles_and_WWE_Hall_of_Fame_.281988.E2.80.932018.29"></span>Non-wrestling roles and WWE Hall of Fame (1988–2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Non-wrestling roles and WWE Hall of Fame (1988–2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the WWE, Sammartino became an outspoken critic of the path on which Vincent K. McMahon had taken professional wrestling. He particularly criticized the use of steroids and "vulgar" storylines.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared in the media in opposition to the WWE on such shows as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Donahue_Show" title="The Phil Donahue Show">The Phil Donahue Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Geraldo_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Geraldo (TV series)">Geraldo</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Sammartino worked as a commentator for the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Herb_Abrams)" title="Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams)">Universal Wrestling Federation</a>. On October 28, 1989, Sammartino made a special appearance at the NWA <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> event <a href="/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1989)" title="Halloween Havoc (1989)">Halloween Havoc</a>, where he was the <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)#Special_referees" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">special guest referee</a> in a "<a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Thundercage" title="Professional wrestling match types">Thunderdome</a>" cage match which featured <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> taking on <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">The Great Muta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-slam_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slam-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino worked several WCW events in a minor analysis role in the early 1990s, as well as a brief run doing color commentary with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night" title="WCW Saturday Night">Saturday Night</a></i> in 1992. He also acted as special guest referee in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) for a series of matches between Flair and Randy Savage in June 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-slam_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slam-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, he signed an independent deal with <a href="/wiki/Jakks_Pacific" title="Jakks Pacific">Jakks Pacific</a> to produce an <a href="/wiki/Action_figure" title="Action figure">action figure</a>, which is part of the WWE Classic Superstars line, Series 10.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 25, 2010, Sammartino was honoured at the 74th annual Dapper Dan Dinner, a popular awards and charity fundraising event in Pittsburgh, with a lifetime achievement award, for which fellow former <i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Wrestling" title="Studio Wrestling">Studio Wrestling</a></i> personalities <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cardille" title="Bill Cardille">Bill Cardille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_DeFazio" title="Johnny DeFazio">"Jumping" Johnny DeFazio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominic_DeNucci" title="Dominic DeNucci">Dominic DeNucci</a>, Frank Durso, and <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">referee</a> <a href="/wiki/Andy_DePaul" title="Andy DePaul">Andy "Kid" DePaul</a> were all present.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg/220px-Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg/330px-Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg/440px-Triple_h_and_bruno.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="2760" /></a><figcaption>Sammartino with <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> at WrestleMania Axxess in April 2014, unveiling a statue created in Sammartino's image and honor</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2013, Sammartino accepted an invitation for induction into the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Fame</a>, after having declined several times in prior years. He finally accepted the offer to join because he was satisfied with the way the company had addressed his concerns about <a href="/wiki/Anabolic_steroid" title="Anabolic steroid">rampant drug use</a> as well as vulgarity.<sup id="cite_ref-WWE_HOF_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE_HOF-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ceremony took place at Madison Square Garden on April 6, 2013, and Sammartino was inducted by <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sammartino appeared on October 7, 2013, episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a></i> and received a birthday greeting in his hometown of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 28, 2015, Sammartino inducted Larry Zbyszko into the WWE Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sammartino is included in two DVDs summarizing his career and life: <i>Bruno Returns to Italy With Bruno Sammartino</i> (2006) and <i>Bruno Sammartino: Behind the Championship Belt</i> (2006).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (August 2019)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Both were only released in Pittsburgh. Sammartino is honored on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Video game appearances </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Notes </th> <th><abbr>Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Legends_of_Wrestling_II" title="Legends of Wrestling II">Legends of Wrestling II</a></i> </td> <td>Video game debut </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Showdown:_Legends_of_Wrestling" title="Showdown: Legends of Wrestling">Showdown: Legends of Wrestling</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K14" title="WWE 2K14">WWE 2K14</a></i> </td> <td>Downloadable content </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K23" title="WWE 2K23">WWE 2K23</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K24" title="WWE 2K24">WWE 2K24</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BrunoSeasonParade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/BrunoSeasonParade.jpg/220px-BrunoSeasonParade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/BrunoSeasonParade.jpg/330px-BrunoSeasonParade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/BrunoSeasonParade.jpg/440px-BrunoSeasonParade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="737" /></a><figcaption>Sammartino at <a href="/wiki/Celebrate_the_Season_Parade" title="Celebrate the Season Parade">Celebrate the Season Parade</a> in Pittsburgh, 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>Sammartino was married to his wife Carol from 1959 until his death in 2018. They had three sons together, <a href="/wiki/David_Sammartino" title="David Sammartino">David</a> and fraternal twins Danny and Darryl. They were grandparents of four grandchildren. The Sammartinos lived in <a href="/wiki/Ross_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania</a> near Pittsburgh from 1965 on.<sup id="cite_ref-trib_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trib-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he said he had been estranged from David since retiring from wrestling against David's wishes for a tag team.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 6, 2013, Sammartino received the Key to the City in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jerseyjournal_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jerseyjournal-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> May 17, 2013 was declared "Bruno Sammartino Day" in <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny County, Pennsylvania</a>. In 2013, Sammartino appeared as one of the Board of Governors in the nationally televised <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Day" title="Columbus Day">69th Annual Columbus Day Parade</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backstage_incidents">Backstage incidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Backstage incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1960s, Sammartino was involved in a fight with former Pennsylvania Athletic Commissioner Joe Cimino. Cimino was new to his post and intervened in a match finish involving Sammartino, who took a shot at Cimino in the ring and the argument continued backstage. Sammartino ended up in a screaming match with Cimino on Pittsburgh's local <i>Studio Wrestling</i> program, and Cimino suspended him for a month. Irvin Muchnick mentioned the incident in his book, <i>Wrestling Babylon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Muchnick2011_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muchnick2011-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his autobiography, <i>The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story: Rebellion, Wrestling and Redemption</i>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Watts" title="Bill Watts">Bill Watts</a> told of witnessing a backstage incident between Sammartino and Gorilla Monsoon.<sup id="cite_ref-Watts2006_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watts2006-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watts wrote that Monsoon "soon found himself in deep water" when messing with Sammartino, and he did not go into further detail on the incident out of respect for Monsoon.<sup id="cite_ref-Watts2006_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watts2006-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 26, 2004, Sammartino and Ric Flair were involved in the "Who snubbed who?" non-confrontation at the <a href="/wiki/Mellon_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Mellon Arena">Mellon Arena</a> in Pittsburgh. Flair had denigrated Sammartino's wrestling ability in his book <i><a href="/wiki/To_Be_the_Man" title="To Be the Man">To Be the Man</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flair2005_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flair2005-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flair said Sammartino refused to shake his hand at the event, while Sammartino said Flair saw him coming down the hall, turned, and rushed away.<sup id="cite_ref-Flair2005_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flair2005-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sammartino underwent heart surgery in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-slamobit_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slamobit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on April 18, 2018, at the age of 82 from multiple organ failure due to heart problems<sup id="cite_ref-issues_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issues-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following a two-month hospitalization.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WWE honored his life with a <a href="/wiki/Ten-bell_salute" title="Ten-bell salute">ten-bell salute</a> before a house show in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town, South Africa</a> later that day, and again on the 23 April episode of <i>Raw</i> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mayor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Peduto" title="Bill Peduto">Bill Peduto</a> remembered him as "one of the greatest ambassadors the city of Pittsburgh ever had."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Championships and accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Cover.jpg/220px-WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Cover.jpg/330px-WRESTLING_NEWS_-1_1976_All_Star_Edition_Living_Legend_BRUNO_SAMMARTINO_Cover.jpg 1.5x, 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Carpentier</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/International_Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame">International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li>Class of 2021<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/International_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Sports Hall of Fame">International Sports Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li>Class of 2013<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Keystone_State_Wrestling_Alliance" title="Keystone State Wrestling Alliance">Keystone State Wrestling Alliance</a></b> <ul><li>KSWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Wrestling" title="Maple Leaf Wrestling">Maple Leaf Wrestling</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWA_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship_(Toronto_version)" title="NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)">NWA United States Heavyweight Championship <i>(Toronto version)</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/NWA_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship_(Toronto_version)#Title_history" title="NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_International_Tag_Team_Championship_(Toronto_version)" title="NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version)">NWA International Tag Team Championship <i>(Toronto version)</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/NWA_International_Tag_Team_Championship_(Toronto_version)#Title_history" title="NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version)">1 time</a>) – with <a href="/wiki/Whipper_Billy_Watson" title="Whipper Billy Watson">Whipper Billy Watson</a><sup id="cite_ref-slam_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slam-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NWA_Hollywood_Wrestling" title="NWA Hollywood Wrestling">NWA Hollywood Wrestling</a></b> <ul><li>Los Angeles Battle Royal (1972)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></b></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated_awards#Inspirational_Wrestler_of_the_Year" title="List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards">Inspirational Wrestler of the Year</a> (1976)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated_awards#Match_of_the_Year" title="List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards">Match of the Year</a> (1972) <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling)" title="Battle royal (professional wrestling)">Battle royal</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Match of the Year (1975) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/Andres_Labrakis" class="mw-redirect" title="Andres Labrakis">Spiros Arion</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Match of the Year (1976) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/Stan_Hansen" title="Stan Hansen">Stan Hansen</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Match of the Year (1977) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/Superstar_Billy_Graham" class="mw-redirect" title="Superstar Billy Graham">Superstar Billy Graham</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Match of the Year (1980) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/Larry_Zbyszko" title="Larry Zbyszko">Larry Zbyszko</a> at <a href="/wiki/Showdown_at_Shea_(1980)" class="mw-redirect" title="Showdown at Shea (1980)">Showdown at Shea</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated_awards#Stanley_Weston_Award_(Lifetime_Achievement)" title="List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards">Stanley Weston Award</a> (1981)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated_awards#Wrestler_of_the_Year" title="List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards">Wrestler of the Year</a> (1974)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_25-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ranked No. 200 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum">Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum</a></b> <ul><li>Class of 2002<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></b> <ul><li>Ranked No. 10 of the 20 Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time <sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Wrestling_Alliance" title="World Wide Wrestling Alliance">World Wide Wrestling Alliance</a></b> <ul><li>Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>World Wide Wrestling Association</b> <ul><li>WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, final)<sup id="cite_ref-WWWA1964_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWWA1964-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>WWWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with <a href="/wiki/Argentina_Apollo" title="Argentina Apollo">Argentina Apollo</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wide Wrestling Federation">World Wide Wrestling Federation</a> / <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWWF_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWWF World Heavyweight Championship">WWWF World Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_Champions" title="List of WWE Champions">2 times</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schramm_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schramm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWWF_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWWF United States Tag Team Championship">WWWF United States Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWWF_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="WWWF United States Tag Team Championship">1 time</a>) – with <a href="/wiki/Spiros_Arion" title="Spiros Arion">Spiros Arion</a><sup id="cite_ref-slam_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slam-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWWF International Tag Team Championship">WWWF International Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" class="mw-redirect" title="WWWF International Tag Team Championship">2 times</a>) – with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Marino" title="Tony Marino">The Battman</a> (1) and <a href="/wiki/Dominic_DeNucci" title="Dominic DeNucci">Dominic DeNucci</a> (1)<sup id="cite_ref-Intertag_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intertag-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Fame</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2013)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2013)">Class of 2013</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-WWE_HOF_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE_HOF-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_Axxess#WWE_Bronze_Statues" class="mw-redirect" title="WrestleMania Axxess">WWE Bronze Statue</a> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Association_(Indianapolis)" title="World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis)">World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis)</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWA World Tag Team Championship">WWA World Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="WWA World Tag Team Championship">1 time</a>) – with <a href="/wiki/Dick_the_Bruiser" title="Dick the Bruiser">Dick the Bruiser</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Council" title="World Wrestling Council">World Wrestling Council</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWC_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWC North American Heavyweight Championship">WWC North American Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWC_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship#titlehistory" title="WWC North American Heavyweight Championship">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></b></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Feud_of_the_Year" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Feud of the Year</a> (1980) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. Larry Zbyszko</span><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame">Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame</a> (Class of 1996)<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">While Sammartino is commonly understood to have sold out Madison Square Garden 187 times, records indicate that he only did so approximately 45 times. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">During Sammartino's second reign the title was known as WWWF Heavyweight Championship, due to the WWWF rejoining the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Sammartino&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wwe-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wwe_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Okerlund" title="Gene Okerlund">Gene Okerlund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherri_Martel" title="Sherri Martel">Sherri Martel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Atlas" title="Tony Atlas">Tony Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Celebrity" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Perry_(American_football)" title="William Perry (American football)">William Perry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2007)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2007)">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Fuji" title="Mr. Fuji">Mr. Fuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Curt Hennig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel" title="Nick Bockwinkel">Nick Bockwinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sheik_(wrestler)" title="The Sheik (wrestler)">The Sheik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Samoans" title="Wild Samoans">Wild Samoans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afa_Anoa%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Afa Anoa'i">Afa Anoa'i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sika_Anoa%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Sika Anoa'i">Sika Anoa'i</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2008)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2008)">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Brisco Brothers <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Brisco" title="Gerald Brisco">Gerald Brisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brisco" title="Jack Brisco">Jack Brisco</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Graham" title="Eddie Graham">Eddie Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mae_Young" title="Mae Young">Mae Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Maivia" title="Peter Maivia">Peter Maivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> <ul><li>See also: 2012</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Johnson" title="Rocky Johnson">Rocky Johnson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2009)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2009)">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Watts" title="Bill Watts">Bill Watts</a></li> <li>The Funk Brothers <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk_Jr." title="Dory Funk Jr.">Dory Funk Jr.</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Finkel" title="Howard Finkel">Howard Finkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koko_B._Ware" title="Koko B. Ware">Koko B. Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Von_Erich_family" title="Von Erich family">Von Erich family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Von_Erich" title="Chris Von Erich">Chris Von Erich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Von_Erich" title="David Von Erich">David Von Erich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Von_Erich" title="Fritz Von Erich">Fritz Von Erich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Von_Erich" title="Kerry Von Erich">Kerry Von Erich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Von_Erich" title="Kevin Von Erich">Kevin Von Erich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Von_Erich" title="Mike Von Erich">Mike Von Erich</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2010s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2010)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2010)">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_George" title="Gorgeous George">Gorgeous George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Vachon" title="Maurice Vachon">Maurice Vachon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase" title="Ted DiBiase">Ted DiBiase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendi_Richter" title="Wendi Richter">Wendi Richter</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Celebrity" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Uecker" title="Bob Uecker">Bob Uecker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2011)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2011)">2011</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher" title="Abdullah the Butcher">Abdullah the Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Armstrong" title="Bob Armstrong">Bob Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Duggan" title="Jim Duggan">Jim Duggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Warriors" title="Road Warriors">Road Warriors</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk" title="Road Warrior Hawk">Road Warrior Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal" title="Road Warrior Animal">Road Warrior Animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ellering" title="Paul Ellering">Paul Ellering</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Lynn_Sytch" title="Tammy Lynn Sytch">Sunny</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Celebrity" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Carey" title="Drew Carey">Drew Carey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2012)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2012)">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)">The Four Horsemen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arn_Anderson" title="Arn Anderson">Arn Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Windham" title="Barry Windham">Barry Windham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Dillon" title="J. J. Dillon">J. J. Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tully_Blanchard" title="Tully Blanchard">Tully Blanchard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Simmons" title="Ron Simmons">Ron Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler)" title="Yokozuna (wrestler)">Yokozuna</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Celebrity" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tyson" title="Mike Tyson">Mike Tyson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2013)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2013)">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bruno Sammartino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trish_Stratus" title="Trish Stratus">Trish Stratus</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Celebrity" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2014)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2014)">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Col%C3%B3n" title="Carlos Colón">Carlos Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Roberts" title="Jake Roberts">Jake Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lita_(wrestler)" title="Lita (wrestler)">Lita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bearer" title="Paul Bearer">Paul Bearer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Celebrity" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T">Mr. T</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2015)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2015)">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madusa" title="Madusa">Alundra Blayze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bushwhackers" title="The Bushwhackers">The Bushwhackers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bushwhacker_Butch" title="Bushwhacker Butch">Bushwhacker Butch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushwhacker_Luke" title="Bushwhacker Luke">Bushwhacker Luke</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Zbyszko" title="Larry Zbyszko">Larry Zbyszko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)" title="Rikishi (wrestler)">Rikishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Connor_Michalek" title="Connor Michalek">Connor Michalek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2016)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2016)">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Boss_Man" title="Big Boss Man">Big Boss Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabulous_Freebirds" title="Fabulous Freebirds">Fabulous Freebirds</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hayes_(wrestler)" title="Michael Hayes (wrestler)">Michael Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roberts" title="Buddy Roberts">Buddy Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Garvin" title="Jimmy Garvin">Jimmy Garvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Gordy" title="Terry Gordy">Terry Gordy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_(wrestler)" title="The Godfather (wrestler)">The Godfather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Moore" title="Jacqueline Moore">Jacqueline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Hansen" title="Stan Hansen">Stan Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Lunden" title="Joan Lunden">Joan Lunden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lewis_(wrestler)" title="Ed Lewis (wrestler)">Ed Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt" title="George Hackenschmidt">George Hackenschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Burke" title="Mildred Burke">Mildred Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Connor_(wrestler)" title="Pat O'Connor (wrestler)">Pat O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor_Art_Thomas" title="Sailor Art Thomas">Sailor Art Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2017)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2017)">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Phoenix" title="Beth Phoenix">Beth Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page" title="Diamond Dallas Page">Diamond Dallas Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express" title="Rock 'n' Roll Express">Rock 'n' Roll Express</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Morton" title="Ricky Morton">Ricky Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(wrestler)" title="Robert Gibson (wrestler)">Robert Gibson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Long" title="Theodore Long">Theodore Long</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_LeGrand" title="Eric LeGrand">Eric LeGrand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bearcat_Wright" title="Bearcat Wright">Bearcat Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Jerry_Graham" title="Dr. Jerry Graham">Dr. Jerry Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haystacks_Calhoun" title="Haystacks Calhoun">Haystacks Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Grable" title="Judy Grable">Judy Grable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Byers" title="June Byers">June Byers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Lindsay" title="Luther Lindsay">Luther Lindsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Burns" title="Martin Burns">Martin Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2018)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2018)">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Boyz" title="Dudley Boyz">Dudley Boyz</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bubba_Ray_Dudley" title="Bubba Ray Dudley">Bubba Ray Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Von_Dudley" title="D-Von Dudley">D-Von Dudley</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Goldberg" title="Bill Goldberg">Goldberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillbilly_Jim" title="Hillbilly Jim">Hillbilly Jim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_(wrestler)" title="Ivory (wrestler)">Ivory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Henry" title="Mark Henry">Mark Henry</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Jarrius "JJ" Robertson</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Malenko" title="Boris Malenko">Boris Malenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cora_Combs" title="Cora Combs">Cora Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dara_Singh" title="Dara Singh">Dara Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_Matsuda" title="Hiro Matsuda">Hiro Matsuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Londos" title="Jim Londos">Jim Londos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Alfred_Hayes" title="Lord Alfred Hayes">Lord Alfred Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_R._Jones" title="Rufus R. Jones">Rufus R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Santo" title="El Santo">El Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sputnik_Monroe" title="Sputnik Monroe">Sputnik Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Stasiak" title="Stan Stasiak">Stan Stasiak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2019)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2019)">2019</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brutus_Beefcake" title="Brutus Beefcake">Brutus Beefcake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Generation_X" title="D-Generation X">D-Generation X</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Dogg" title="Road Dogg">Road Dogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Gunn" title="Billy Gunn">Billy Gunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">Sean Waltman</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlem_Heat" title="Harlem Heat">Harlem Heat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray" title="Stevie Ray">Stevie Ray</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_Foundation" title="Hart Foundation">Hart Foundation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Neidhart" title="Jim Neidhart">Jim Neidhart</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Honky_Tonk_Man" title="The Honky Tonk Man">The Honky Tonk Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrie_Wilson" title="Torrie Wilson">Torrie Wilson</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Sue Aitchison</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Brody" title="Bruiser Brody">Bruiser Brody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rose" title="Buddy Rose">Buddy Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Shinma" title="Hisashi Shinma">Hisashi Shinma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(wrestling)" title="Jim Barnett (wrestling)">Jim Barnett</a></li> <li>Joseph Cohen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_Vachon" title="Luna Vachon">Luna Vachon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primo_Carnera" title="Primo Carnera">Primo Carnera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Tanaka" title="Professor Tanaka">Professor Tanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Jones" title="S. D. Jones">S. D. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel" title="Wahoo McDaniel">Wahoo McDaniel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2020s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2020s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2021)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2021)">2020</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bella_Twins" title="The Bella Twins">The Bella Twins</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Bella" title="Nikki Bella">Nikki Bella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brie_Bella" title="Brie Bella">Brie Bella</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">Davey Boy Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jushin_Liger" title="Jushin Liger">Jushin Liger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling)" title="New World Order (professional wrestling)">New World Order</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">Sean Waltman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Shatner" title="William Shatner">William Shatner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Titus_O%27Neil" title="Titus O'Neil">Titus O'Neil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baron_Michele_Leone" title="Baron Michele Leone">Baron Michele Leone</a></li> <li><a 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Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Rich Hering</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Sawyer" title="Buzz Sawyer">Buzz Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_the_Bruiser" title="Dick the Bruiser">Dick the Bruiser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Johnson_(wrestler)" title="Ethel Johnson (wrestler)">Ethel Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Boesch" title="Paul Boesch">Paul Boesch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pez_Whatley" title="Pez Whatley">Pez Whatley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2022)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2022)">2022</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharmell" title="Sharmell">Sharmell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steiner_Brothers" title="Steiner Brothers">Steiner Brothers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Steiner" title="Rick Steiner">Rick Steiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Vader</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Warrior" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shad_Gaspard" title="Shad Gaspard">Shad Gaspard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2023)" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2023)">2023</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">The Great Muta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacy_Keibler" title="Stacy Keibler">Stacy Keibler</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Celebrity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Kaufman" title="Andy Kaufman">Andy Kaufman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Warrior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_White_(referee)" title="Tim White (referee)">Tim White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2024)" title="WWE Hall of Fame 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