Bruno Sammartino was one of the wrestlers who helped bring the WWF to relevance. When he passed away on Wednesday, the organization was the one to announce it. Yet, there was a 25-year stretch ...

Emilia Sammartino Bruno ... States in 1950 — and Bruno met his father for the first time — he weighed 80 pounds. Drawn to the gym and weightlifting, within 10 years the proverbial “98 ...

PITTSBURGH — Bruno ... by calling an old friend. Dr. Joseph Maroon — the Steelers team doctor for 25 years and a nationwide expert on concussions — three times operated on Sammartino's ...

In the meantime, if during a word association exercise, you reply to “Bruno” with “Mars”, I’m going to start swinging. Sammartino ... into this then 8 year old’s life: pro wrestling ...

Bruno Sammartino fled to the mountains of Italy with his family during World War II and came to the United States at 14, weighing just 80 pounds. Within 10 years, he built himself into a 275 ...

We noted back in late June that WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino, who turns 80 in October ... while in San Jose for WrestleMania 31 this year. Bruno was walking in his home just over a month ...

Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) — Bruno ... time and some repairs, but Sammartino's accomplishments were finally honored by his enshrinement in the WWE Hall of Fame this year at Madison Square Garden ...

During his childhood in a small Italian mountain town, Bruno Sammartino ... 20,000 fans at the old Madison Square Garden. Bruno held the WWE Championship for nearly eight years, by far the longest ...

Before there was Andre the Giant and the Rock, there was gregarious, bear-like Bruno Sammartino ... The bullied 75-pound, 13-year-old would become obsessed with weightlifting, and the rest ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Bruno ... the beat," Sammartino says. "And it's so unique because, he's telling my story. When I came into this country, I was a human skeleton – 14-years-old, 83 to 84 ...

Bruno Sammartino fled to the mountains of Italy with his family during World War II and came to the United States at 14, weighing just 80 pounds. Within 10 years, he built himself into a 275-pound ...