Wrestler Bruno Sammartino has died.

[edbermac]

Hall of Fame wrestler Bruno Sammartino died at the age of 82, WWE announced Wednesday.

Sammartino is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time and owns the longest reign as WWE champion in history (2,803 days), which he set from 1963 through 1971.

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RIP

[livetohike]

1. R.I.P Bruno. Great memories from my childhood of my

Grandparents watching Studio Wrestling, rooting for Bruno and yelling in Slovak "Tear his hair out!" "Break his back!" "Beat him!" All the while my siblings and I laughing until we cried.

[Historic NY]

2. Me too he was the house favorite.

[matt819]

3. I hate to admit it

but he was my favorite, and, frankly, the only wrestler whose name from that time I could remember.

[doc03]

5. George the Animal Steel and Crusher Remember them?

[livetohike]

6. Jumpin' Johnny DeFazio! Frank Holtz The Fighting Cop from

From Carnegie 🙂

[doc03]

7. I remembeer DeFazio got me on the other two nt

[doc03]

4. I remember watching Studio Wrestling on WIIC channel 11 from Pittsburgh

back in the 60s. American heating sponsored it and Pie Traynor was their spokesperson "Who can?" "American". Bruno was my favorite, I saw him in a newspaper article a few years ago he still stayed in shape clear into his 70s. RIP

[livetohike]

8. Yes. I remember it as if it was yesterday. Bruno was

my favorite too. I just saw a commercial with him in it last week!

[Willie Pep]

9. I didn't get to see Bruno in his prime.

I didn't start watching pro wrestling until the 1980s but I like watching some of the pre-Hulkamania stuff and reading books and listening to podcasts about wrestling and Bruno was a big, big star. In the Northeast he was the biggest attraction for sure.

RIP champ.

[alwaysinflux]

10. Bruno Mars was named after him n/t