Carson’s Pro Wrestling World

Home of the repeat customer

1313 Linden Street Allentown Pa. 18102

Phone (610) 770-7314

Email : prowrestling1@aol.com

Bud Carson owner of Carson’s Pro Wrestling World

This portion of my website is dedicated to the Living Legend Bruno Sammartino. I’ve been friends with Bruno for some time now , collecting Bruno memorbilia has always been a passion of mine. My first signing with Bruno was in January 2000. A very gracious man , humble and polite , Acknowledging every fan with respect and friendship , I knew that this was the way I wanted to run my business and patterned myself after the great living legend. In the coming months I will be posting some very rare and  interesting memorbilia pertaining to Bruno. Along with some very interesting facts about the wrestling career of the great Bruno Sammartino.
 

 Bruno Sammartino
Real Name: Bruno Laopardo Franceso Sammartino
Birthday: October 6, 1935
Hometown: Born in Pizzoferrato, Italy
Moved to Abruzzi, Italy
Moved to  Pittsburg Pennsylvania
Marital Status:   Married  to wife Carol
Height & Weight: 6'1" - 260 lbs
Debut:  October 23, 1959  vs Miguel Torres

Finishing Move: The Bearhug and
The Backbreaker
 

Bruno’s title history

(Toronto) International Tag Team w/Whipper Billy Watson;

WWWA (Pittsburgh) United States Tag Team titles w/Argentina Apollo;

WWWF World Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (May 17, 1963);
WWWF United States Tag Team titles w/Spiros Arion (July 24, 1967);

WWWF International Tag Team titles w/Dominic DeNucci (June 18, 1971);

WWWF World Heavyweight title defeating Stan “The Man” Stasiak (December 10, 1973);

(Montreal) Grand Prix Tag Team titles w/Eduard Carpentier;

WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Dick the Bruiser;
 

BRUNO SAMMARTINO’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL MATCH WAS IN WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 23RD 1959  , HE WRESTLED MIGUEL TORRES AND WON.   LESS THAN A MONTH LATER ON NOVEMBER  19TH HE WRESTLED ARNOLD SKAALAND IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON AGAIN , ARNOLD AND BRUNO BECAME FRIENDS , ARNOLD WENT ON TO MANAGE BRUNO THROUGHOUT HIS  TWO CHAMPIONSHIP REIGNS.

HERE IS A LIST OF  FAMOUS OPPONETS THAT BRUNO WRESTLED IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR :  , SWEDE HANSON ,  TONY ALTIMORE , ABE JACOBS ,  THE ZEBRA KID , SKULL MURPHY ,  , ANGELO SAVOLDI , BULL CURRY ,  JERRY GRAHAM , FRITZ VON ERICH , THE SHEIK , CHET WALLICK , GEORGOUS GEORGE , EDDIE GRAHAM , JACKIE FARGO , KILLER KOWALSKI , JOHNNY VALENTINE , KARL VON HESS , PEDRO GODOY , PAMPERO FIRPO , HAYSTACKS CALHOUN , LOU ALBANO , THE TOLOS BROTHERS ,

 AND ON APRIL 27TH IN MONTREAL QUEBEC CANADA BRUNO TEAMED WITH THE GREAT ANTONINO ROCCA  TO WRESTLE KILLER KOWALSKI AND NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS , IT WAS A DRAW

BRUNO LIFTS THE 600 POUND HAYSTACKS CALHOUN