The Bruno Vortex

By Mark Madden

THE BRUNO VORTEX



 



The following passages actually appeared in a major daily newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino, a Pittsburgh native:



 



* In 1963, after he was shut out of U.S. wrestling shows because he refused to take dives, Sammartino was wrestling out of Toronto as a Canadian champion.

* Then promoter…

Mark Madden
Mark Madden

Currently: Radio host, WXDX-FM, Pittsburgh
Sports columnist, Beaver County Times/timesonline.com

Previously: Sportswriter/columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
TV analyst/900#/magazine writer/internet host & writer, World Championship Wrestling
Radio host, ESPN Radio 1250, Pittsburgh

Hobbies: Supporter, Pittsburgh Penguins & Liverpool Football Club

"I know more about fake wrestling than anybody besides Jim Ross & Paul Heyman."

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