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Blank. · 12-09-2016, 10:38 AM

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Bruno Sammartino:

The year is 1963. Buddy Rogers is the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The NWA committee has their annual meeting in Las Vegas and decides to have Buddy Rogers drop the title. The northeast territories (Vince McMahon Sr. and Toots Mondt) are displeased with this and decide to not officially recognize the title loss. The WWWF is formed and Buddy Rogers is recognized as the first ever WWWF World Heavyweight Champion. 22 days later Rogers loses the championship to Bruno Sammartino in 48 seconds.

There are two different stories as to why that happened. Rogers claimed he had a heart attack earlier in the day and was given a shorter match as well as a loss so he could take some needed time off. Sammartino claims that Rogers was a territory killer, that's why he had the title taken off him by the NWA and that's why the WWWF had the title taken off him that night.

Rogers loss would give way to one of the most incredible things in wrestling that has yet to be outdone and will most likely never be outdone, Sammartino would carry the title for 2,803 days. Or 8 years. He would eventually win the title back for another 3 years. Sammartino also holds the record for selling out Madison Square Garden more time than any other person in history. He headlined it 211 times and it sold out 187 times.

12-09-2016, 10:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	#9 Bruno Sammartino: The year is 1963. Buddy Rogers is the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The NWA committee has their annual meeting in Las Vegas and decides to have Buddy Rogers drop the title. The northeast territories (Vince McMahon Sr. and Toots Mondt) are displeased with this and decide to not officially recognize the title loss. The WWWF is formed and Buddy Rogers is recognized as the first ever WWWF World Heavyweight Champion. 22 days later Rogers loses the championship to Bruno Sammartino in 48 seconds. There are two different stories as to why that happened. Rogers claimed he had a heart attack earlier in the day and was given a shorter match as well as a loss so he could take some needed time off. Sammartino claims that Rogers was a territory killer, that's why he had the title taken off him by the NWA and that's why the WWWF had the title taken off him that night. Rogers loss would give way to one of the most incredible things in wrestling that has yet to be outdone and will most likely never be outdone, Sammartino would carry the title for 2,803 days. Or 8 years. He would eventually win the title back for another 3 years. Sammartino also holds the record for selling out Madison Square Garden more time than any other person in history. He headlined it 211 times and it sold out 187 times. Last edited by Blank.; 12-09-2016 at 12:17 PM.