Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino ya da bilinen adıyla: Bruno Sammartino (6 Ekim 1935 - 18 Nisan 2018), İtalyan asıllı Amerikalı emekli profesyonel güreşçi. 1959-1988 yılları arasında WWE'de çalışmıştır. WWWF World Heavyweight Championship kemerini 11 yıl elinde tutmasıyla tanınmıştır.^[1]

Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino (2005)
Doğum adı	Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino
Doğum	6 Ekim 1935(1935-10-06) Pizzoferrato, İtalya Krallığı
Ölüm	18 Nisan 2018 (82 yaşında)
Eş(ler)i	Carol Sammartino (e. 1959)
Profesyonel güreş kariyeri
Takma ad(lar)ı	Bruno Sammartino
Boyu	1,78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Kilosu	120 kg (260 lb)
Eğitildiği yer	Abruzzo, İtalya Pittsburgh
Eğiten	Ace Freeman Rex Peery
Başlangıç	1959
Emeklilik	1987

Eski profesyonel güreşçi Bruno Sammartino 18 Nisan 2018'de 82 yaşında ölmüştür.

Profesyonel güreş kariyeri

Güreşte

• Bitirici Hareketleri
  • Bearhug^[2]
  • Hammerlock
  • Canadian backbreaker rack
• İmza Hareketleri
  • Abdominal stretch
  • Armbar
  • Arm drag
  • Belly to back suplex
  • Body slam
  • Dropkick
  • Full nelson
  • High knee
  • Hip toss
  • Punch Flurry
  • Running big boot
  • Shoulder block
• Lakapları
  • "The Strongest Man in the World"
  • "The Italian Strongman"
  • "The Living Legend"
  • "The Italian Superman"

Başarıları

Sammartino, WWE Hall of Fame

• Grand Prix Wrestling
  • GPW Tag Team Championship (1 kez) – Édouard Carpentier ile
• International Sports Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2013^[3]
• Maple Leaf Wrestling
  • NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (1 kez) – Whipper Billy Watson ile
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (1 kez)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Match of the Year (1972) Battle royal on January 14, Los Angeles
  • Match of the Year (1975) vs. Spiros Arion on March 17, New York City
  • Match of the Year (1976) vs. Stan Hansen on June 25, Queens, New York
  • Match of the Year (1977) vs. Superstar Billy Graham on April 30, Baltimore
  • Match of the Year (1980) vs. Larry Zbyszko at Showdown at Shea in a steel cage match
  • Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1976)^[4]
  • Stanley Weston Award (1981)
  • Wrestler of the Year (1974)
  • PWI ranked him No. 200 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003^[5]
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Class of 2002
• World Wide Wrestling Alliance
  • Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)
• World Wide Wrestling Federation
  • WWWF Championship (2 kez)
  • WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 kez) – Spiros Arion ile
  • WWWF International Tag Team Championship (2 kez) – Dominic DeNucci (1) ve Tony Marino (1) ile
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2013)
• World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis)
  • WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 kez) – Dick the Bruiser ile^[6]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Feud of the Year (1980) vs. Larry Zbyszko
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)