Back in July, musician Bruno Mars shared a photo with his namesake holding a replica championship belt. “I was nicknamed after this professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.

Pro wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino headlined Madison Square Garden one more time, bringing down the house with three standing ovations at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday night.

Bruno passed away in April 2018 at the age of 82, and may have been the WWE Superstar best associated with The Garden. You can scroll the Instagram embed below to see the photos on display last night: ...

The unmistakeable lure of pro wrestling, from Al Vass to Bruno Sammartino (with photos) Updated: Mar. 04, 2014, 2:30 p.m. ... and other than shaking your head to get the cobwebs out, ...

Vince McMahon, AJ Styles, Bret Hart, Arnold Schwarzenegger And Others Remember Bruno Sammartino. By ... Bruno Sammartino proved that hard work can overcome even the most difficult of circumstances.

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2000, file photo, former pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino, 65, poses with a painting of him in his pro wrestling prime weighing 275 pounds in 1965 at age 35, in his Pittsburgh ...

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Bruno Sammartino is one of WWE 's greatest champions and one of pro wrestling's biggest names, even today. The night before WrestleMania 29, WWE will finally induct Sammartino into its Hall of Fame ...

Sammartino's first reign lasted from 1963 to 1971, per WWE.com. The second time around, the crown remained his for over 1,000 days from 1973 to 1977. In the process, Sammartino set records that ...

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 ...

In this Nov. 30, 2000, file photo, former pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino, 65, poses with a painting of him in his pro wrestling prime weighing 275 pounds in 1965 at age 35, in his Pittsburgh home.