[va4me]

Of the "old school" guys, there was only one "greatest"

[Cheapskate]

The Crusher was very cool.

[duckman]

I remember seeing Bruno at the Garden back in the 50's when he wrestled Haystacks Calhoon (500lbs). The look on Haystacks when Bruno lifted him for a body slam was priceless.

[metalurgist]

Bruno Samartino, star of "Studio Wrestling" in Pittsburgh, hosted by Bill Cardille, sponsored by American Heating and their spokesman was Pie Trainor. Ringside Rosy was in every audience.

[Rakkasan1]

Bruno Samartino?

[HitmanLV]

Sammartino has grown so bitter in his old age, I am sorry to say it has taken some shine off his legacy.

He compromised himself in the early WWF epansion to get his son a push, but his son had no charisma. If his son had come along a decade before, wrestling was so different that he probably could have made a living off it.

After that failure, Sammartino grew more alienated from the direction the biz was going. Unlcear if wrestling was 'more real' or 'less fake' his his era, he consistently came across as bitter with each passing year.

I prefer oldschool pro wrestling, don't get me wrong. Sammartino seems unable to cope with the game changing, and also unable to cope with it passing him by.

[flying Elvis]

They wrestled wearing mohair blazers back then?