Sammartino’s story isn’t far from the “easy way, hard way” apocrypha concerning Lou Thesz’ NWA championship win over Rogers in Toronto just four months earlier. That match wasn’t a shoot, either. Legend has it that Rogers was scared of Thesz, so he went along with the planned title switch.
If his WWWF championship win over Rogers was a shoot, Bruno would have…
Belair wins the Battle Royal!
