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José Gonzáles vs. Kevin Sullivan ended in a time-limit draw: Singles match: 20:00: 3: Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf (c) defeated The Executioners (#1 and #2) Two-of-three-falls match for the WWWF World Tag Team Championship: 19:58: 4: André the Giant defeated Chuck Wepner by countout: Singles match: 07:15: 5: Bruno Sammartino (c ...
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
Ken Patera, from a Czech-American family, was strong and extraordinarily athletic, with many people in his family also successful in athletics. His brother, Jack Patera , played football for the Baltimore Colts and was the head coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 1976 until 1982.
Lawrence Whistler (born December 5, 1951), better known by the ring name Larry Zbyszko, is an American retired professional wrestler.He is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, Bruno Sammartino, during the early 1980s as well as his work as a wrestler and color commentator for World Championship Wrestling.
Their reign was cut short in August 1977 when the belts were vacated due to White Wolf suffering a neck injury at the hands of Ken Patera's Swinging Neckbreaker. [3] In October 1978, Strongbow came to blows with his tag-team partner, 'High Chief' Peter Maivia in a match with The Yukon Lumberjacks , both of them feuding over who should start the ...
André the Giant vs. Killer Khan: PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year: Tommy Rich: PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year: Ken Patera: PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year: Kevin Sullivan: PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year: Bob Backlund: PWI Rookie of the Year: David Sammartino: PWI Editor's Award: Bruno Sammartino: PWI Manager of ...
Managed by Fred Blassie, Von Raschke's highest-profile match of his 1970s WWWF run came in March 1977, where he wrestled WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino for the title at Madison Square Garden in New York. Von Raschke lost the match by disqualification when, after Sammartino became tied up in the ropes, he shoved the referee ...
During his time with the AWA, Graham feuded with Gagne, The Crusher, The Bruiser, Wahoo McDaniel, Billy Robinson, Ken Patera and Ivan Koloff, the latter becoming his tag-team partner. [2] By this time, Graham was integrating into his performances not only arm wrestling contests but also weightlifting challenges (mainly involving ex-Olympian Ken ...