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November 04, 2002

Did You Know There Was


Did You Know There Was A Time. . . When spectators under the age of 14 weren't allowed to watch professional wrestling? That's just one interesting tid bit you'll find in this unbylined piece from the Washington Times about wrestling great Bruno Sammartino:

Wrestling fans in the 1960s and early 1970s knew there was no one more honorable in professional wrestling than Sammartino, who first won the heavyweight title by pinning Buddy Rogers in 68 seconds at Madison Square Garden in 1963 and held the title twice for a total of 11 years.
     
That concept may be foreign to those who couldn't conceive of the word "honorable" associated with professional wrestling, in any era. But Sammartino gave the business as much honor and credibility as it could possibly have because of the way he carried himself. He was the only professional wrestler to have a segment in the old "Greatest Sports Legends" television series.
     
He was one of the world's strongest men, bench-pressing nearly 600 pounds. And he did it without steroids or any other foreign substances (however, he was hit with many foreign objects while wrestling). He spoke intelligently in interviews, not belligerently, and never came across like the buffoons and clowns that followed him in the Vince McMahon Jr. era that has dragged the business down to the level where, admittedly, it has made more money than Sammartino or anyone from his day could have dreamed.

But Sammartino wants nothing to do with any of that money. Read the article and find out why.

CORRECTION: I've fixed the link. Sorry for the confusion.

Eric 11:12 AM


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