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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 ...
In 1977, he challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. [12] This was a huge draw around the northeastern part of the United States and at Madison Square Garden , and was one of Sammartino's last great challengers before losing the title to Superstar Billy Graham , which ended his second, shorter WWF title reign.
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).
Bruno Sammartino vs. Superstar Billy Graham: PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year: André the Giant: PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year: Ken Patera: PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year: Bob Backlund: PWI Rookie of the Year: Ricky Steamboat: PWI Manager of the Year: The Grand Wizard: PWI Announcer of the Year: Gordon Solie
Sammartino (bottom) lifts Ken Patera (top) with a gorilla press, circa 1985. Sammartino joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in September 1984, with his father as his manager. [2] He received a big push while teaming with his father, he was also pushed in singles matches.
Many wrestling stars have come there to sign autographs and mingle with fans: Ken Patera, Larry Zbyszko, Demolition (a tag team), Jimmy Hart, Eric Bischoff, Ron Simmons. And fans come from as far ...
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 ...
Working well with Sammartino, he was invited for a full run in the WWWF. He told WWWF TV commentator Ray Morgan that he was the nephew of Ray Steele and had an extensive amateur background. He sold the story by using an array of armlocks on opponents, weakening them for his finisher, the flying hammerlock (Steele would lift his opponents off ...