“I love Bruno, he’s the reason I wanted to be a wrestler.” — Ivan Koloff Ivan Koloff shocked the world by ending Bruno Sammartino’s legendary 7½-year reign as WWWF world heavyweight champion on Jan.

The 2013 WWE Hall of Fame class included the likes of Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Trish Stratus, Booker T, and Bruno Sammartino ...

Long before Brock Lesnar pinned Undertaker to end “The Streak,” Ivan Koloff slayed a dragon of his own to become world champion. On a cold January evening in New York City, in front of more than ...

He was professional wrestling's ultimate good guy. The son of Italian immigrants, Bruno Sammartino fled the Nazis as a child and built a career beating a string of bad guys that thrilled fans and made ...

PITTSBURGH — Wrestling icon and local Pittsburgh legend Bruno Sammartino was laid to rest Monday. Sammartino died last week at the age of 82. Bagpipes played in the background as hundreds of people ...

It's harder to find someone in wrestling who almost everyone respects. The late WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino is one of those, renowned for his longevity as WWE's top star during the 1960s and ...