Bruno Sammartino

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2017

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

He's a legend, a pioneer, and held the World Championship for 12 years! Bruno Sammartinos on TIJ! It's an epic interview covering Bruno's childhood in Italy, including how he lived in a cave in the mountains for 2 years to escape the Nazis in WWII before finally emigrating to the United States. He explains how he discovered bodybuilding as a teen, when he first met Arnold Schwarzenegger, why he turned down the NFL & the Pittsburgh Steelers to wrestle for WWF and Vince McMahon, and how he became World Champ. You'll hear why he was blackballed from pro-wrestling, how he found his way back, what he thinks about his own WWE Hall of Fame induction, and how he ended up in a ring wrestling an orangutan! He's also sharing stories about some of his incredible matches with the likes of Ivan Koloff, Killer Kowalski, Bill Watts, and Larry Zbyszko.

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0:00.0	TALKY'S CHERICAL BABY TALKY'S CHERICAL
0:13.7	All right, welcome to Talkies, Jericho.
0:15.0	It is the plot of Thunder and Rockin' Rollin' Today.
0:17.1	I've got the original wrestling legend here.
0:20.9	The pioneer who set the tone and table for all WWE Champions, including myself.
0:26.0	talking about the amazing legendary Bruno San Martino.
0:29.9	Very proud to have him on the show today.
0:33.1	He held the World Championship, the WWE World title,
0:35.7	for two months shy of 12 years.
0:38.3	12 years, man.
0:39.8	Can you imagine that nowadays is 12 days.
0:42.1	Bruno grew up in Italy during World War II,
0:44.6	emigrated to the United States,
0:45.9	got into weightlifting and bodybuilding.
0:48.1	He was about to play football for the Pittsburgh Steelers
0:50.2	until they got a better offer from professional wrestling.
0:53.1	He had to support a wife and a young child
0:55.2	and pro wrestling offered him a lot more money than the NFL.
0:58.1	So he decided he had to shot.
0:59.1	And that's, wow, they all began the rest of his history.
1:01.4	That's just part of the incredible story you're going to hear today.
1:03.1	His mother was on the run from the Nazis
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