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Then the crowd fell quiet. Out of the dressing room stepped Stan Hansen, the blond bruiser who smashes his opponents with silver dollars he keeps in his phony arm brace. As the hisses died away a roar of applause exploded, and Bruno Sammartino--jumped into the ring...

Author: By N. NASH Eberstadt, | Title: Who REALLY Runs Professional Wrestling? | 10/22/1976 | See Source »

...which managed to waddle its way out of the central scrublands of Georgia. Its name: Crusher Blackwell, all 572 pounds of it. Crusher used to make a fool of himself in front of television cameras by singing ridiculous little jungles like "Jingle bells, jingle bells, I'm gonna stomp Sammartino's head flat." Often he would forget these pathetic rhymes when he was only half way through them. Blackwell was unpopular from his first bout onwards, but despite his unpopularity he drew enormous crowds and was therefore able to charge an enormous price for performing. He retired to Plains...

Author: By N. NASH Eberstadt, | Title: Gnashed Teeth | 5/20/1976 | See Source »

Bruno "the Italian living legend" Sammartino sprawls against the turnbuckle, the air knocked from his chest, the life gone out of his legs. Ivan "the Russian Bear" Koloff advances menacingly, his bald head and tattooed arms proclaiming unredeemable evil. With the 18-foot chain that binds them together, Koloff begins to strangle the World Champion of the east coast. He twists the Russian chain elaborately around Bruno's powerful throat...

Author: By Joseph Straus, | Title: The Great Russian Chain Match | 4/15/1976 | See Source »

...Bruno Sammartino flattening Pedro Morales with a flying elbow. The Mighty Zulu punishing Man Mountain Mike with a bone-crunching knuckle headlock. Mention wrestling, and that is what comes to mind for most Americans. Not for the citizens of Stillwater, Okla. For them, wrestling offers far, far more than the dubious diversion of watching overweight meatballs belting each other in mock mortal combat. Reason: Stillwater is the home of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the most successful team in college wrestling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Grappler Dynasty | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

...Ford Enterprises rolled into the Boston Garden not too long ago and brought back some home-town favorites: the infamous Caruso, the Black Demon, Little Brutus and his midget tag-team,' and of course Bruno Sammartino. While Caruso (left) amused the crowd with his rope-chokes and ring-side histrionics and Manuel Soto, a local darling, summarily stomped the Black Demon (right), everyone waited for the big match between Sammartino and Turo Tanaka, "Professor of Jujitsu...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT? ...and you thought Big Time Wrestling was dead | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

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