Nothing against wrestling or his great uncle Bruno’s legacy, but Zach Sammartino never was a grappler. “I always focused my offseason on training for football. Football was always my dream,” ...

During his childhood in a small Italian mountain town, Bruno Sammartino heard stories about how the streets in the United States were paved with gold. Though he believed it literally at the time, ...

“I love Bruno, he’s the reason I wanted to be a wrestler.” — Ivan Koloff Ivan Koloff shocked the world by ending Bruno Sammartino’s legendary 7½-year reign as WWWF world heavyweight champion on Jan.