The win by Ivan Koloff over longtime champion Bruno Sammartino was known as “the night the Garden went silent,” a seminal ...

“I’m still a mark when it comes to Bruno,” said Koloff. “I loved working with Ivan,” echoed Sammartino ... Triple H beat Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE ...

Former WWE champion Ivan Koloff ... WWWF world champion Bruno Sammartino in Madison Square Garden to win the title before a stunned capacity crowd on Jan. 18, 1971. Koloff lost the title to ...

Ivan Koloff, a pro wrestling villain who famously ended the reign of Bruno Sammartino in 1971, has died at the age of 74. Per WWE.com: WWE is saddened to learn that Ivan Koloff, best known to the ...

Specifically, Sammartino talked about suggesting Ivan Koloff as ... out there and beat the heck out of somebody maybe half his size and say, 'this is what I'm going to do to Bruno Sammartino ...

Sammartino is considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. The legendary Italian sold out the Madison Square Garden a record 188 times. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of ...

Bruno Sammartino the ultimate babyface in pro wrestling turns 81 on Oct. 6. The greatest champion of the WWWF era remains one of the enduring figures of sports entertainment. Before he reigned as ...

The roaring crowd could always believe in Bruno Sammartino ... make it past the four-month mark. Sammartino seemed so untouchable that when Ivan Koloff beat him in 1971, it was an absolute ...

Koloff was hurtled over the top rope last Friday in Pittsburgh by an enraged Bruno Sammartino. Ivan smacked his back ... in great shape and could probably beat Bruno and Morales in the same ...

Former WWF champion and pro wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino ... of the WWF. Sammartino won the then-WWF championship in 1963 and held it for eight years, losing it to Ivan Koloff in what was ...

Bruno Sammartino ... the title until 1971 when he lost to Ivan Koloff. He went on to hold the world title again from 1973 to 1976. Sammartino, also a renowned weightlifter, was inducted ...

He was 74. The news was confirmed in a statement released by the WWE: “WWE is saddened to learn that Ivan Koloff, best known to the WWE Universe as one of Bruno Sammartino’s most bitter rivals ...