Bruno Sammartino

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 06, 1935 (89 years old)
Death date
Apr 18, 2018

Bruno Sammartino

Known For

Bruno Sammartino
1h 36m
Movie 2019

Bruno Sammartino

A documentary about World Wrestling Federation Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino.

Bruno
0h 46m
Movie 2018

Bruno

Witness the life and career of the most celebrated athlete in Madison Square Garden history, the "Living Legend" Bruno Sammartino!

Bruno
0h 45m
Movie 2018

Bruno

A special celebration of the incredible life and career of WWE Hall of Famer, Bruno Sammartino. Join WWE in honoring one of the most decorated and celebrated WWE Champions of all time in this exclusive documentary "Bruno," featuring some of Sammartino's greatest matches, moments and more.

Andre the Giant
1h 25m
Movie 2018

Andre the Giant

An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.

Sweet Daddy Siki
1h 18m
Movie 2017

Sweet Daddy Siki

Reginald "Sweet Daddy" Siki is a professional wrestling icon, successful country music singer, and household name. This is his story, told by wrestling icons, celebrities, fascinating historians, family, friends, and the legend himself.

Biography

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (WWWF Heavyweight Championship during his second reign) for more than 11 years (4,040 days) across two reigns, the first of which is the longest single reign in the promotion's history at 2,803 days. He is overall a two-time world champion in professional wrestling. Dubbed "The Italian Strongman" and "The Strongest Man in the World" early in his career, Sammartino later earned the title "The Living Legend". Known for his powerful bearhug finishing move, he is widely regarded as the greatest professional wrestler of all time. Sammartino became a vocal critic of the drug use and raunchier storylines that became prevalent in the professional wrestling industry after his retirement but he reconciled with WWE in 2013 and headlined their Hall of Fame ceremony that year. Terry Funk commented that Sammartino "was bigger than wrestling itself"