One of the greatest stars to grace a WWE ring, Bruno Sammartino holds the record for the longest WWE Championship reign in history at 2,803 days. On May 17, 1963, Sammartino defeated Buddy Rogers ...

Before Bruno Sammartino started his nearly eight-year World Wide Wrestling Federation Championship reign in 1963, Buddy Rogers had held the title for a few weeks. Vince McMahon Sr. commissioned a ...

Plodding around the ring - the champion of the world - Bruno Sammartino. In the ring, being lifted onto a stretcher, the loser - the villain - Killer Kowalski. Everyone had come to see Bruno ...