Not only did they not announce that Koloff won nor did they present him with the belt, he just left after the bell rang because back in the territory days, if fans threatened to riot then they made good on that promise. The closest comparison in modern times to Bruno losing the belt after 7 years was the streak ending at WMXXX.
Bruno, Would draw at the BoysClubb, sorry girls were not allowed with the boys. Wonder why! On Saturdays at the club. When Bruno was on the card, he would draw a much bigger crowd. The T/V room held about 12 chairs, taken by the usual fans. The Jabronis were on the floor in the front. & standing up in the rear! The Italian superman
I always thought this match was lost because I only saw the classic photo of Ivan about to leap from the top rope! I'm glad it was found, now I'm hoping someone finds a copy of "London After Midnight" with Lon Chaney, Sr.!
This song reminds me of the day my mom died my mom died when I was 17years old i miss my mom so much but I will always cherish her memories keep rip mom
Buddy had a minor heart attack six weeks before this match, and only got out of the hospital 5 days before. Absolutely crazy. 😂 The match was under a minute long because they were scared he'd have a major one and die in the ring.
What's really fascinating to me seeing this is that is literally just MSG's old boxing ring. Note how the ring posts to which the turnbuckles attacks is not at the corner but inside by about a foot. That was a fairly distinct feature of the old the MSG ring, which had originally been built for the third MSG when it opened in 1925 at 8th Ave and 50th St. When the current Garden opened in 1968 they brought the ring with them. It wasn't actually retired until 2007, and 82-year run. It's now at the Bocing Hall of Fame in upstate New York.
In reality Rogers had a poorly timed heart attack. So he to drop the title to Sammartino in under a minute. But Rogers should be celebrated as the first WWE champion but Sammartino will forever be the greatest WWE champion of all time. R.I.P. to both. And I didn’t know Vince was on commentary in the 60’s. Man he around so long. 😂
A moment that will be talked about till the last humans last breath no one thought Bruno would lose he was Superman he couldn’t lose he’d be the campion for 8 years it was almost impossible but when Ivan won no one knew what to do the arena fell silent Bruno thought his eardrums burst from how quite it was what a moment
I'm so glad it changed. That is the SLOWEST FRIGGIN INTRO AND IT'S SO SILENT AND BORING!! THE WORDS COVER HALF THE SCREEN TOO 😭😭 Watch it at 1.5x speed. It's like the current one at 1.5 x speed
In all seriousness though this was amazing. I was born in Brooklyn, 100% Italian, in 1978. My real first memories as a human being revolve around watching wrestling upstairs in my grandma's apartment,and catching a very VERY few of Bruno's matches (or at least replays) in 1981 before he left for Japan (October 4th, 1981, Meadowlands, his last US match at the time vs George Steele! I only remember that date reading about it years later cuz I was exactly 3 years, 5 months old lol...) And wrestling has been in my life, my entire life, since then... my Grandmother LOVED the Italian Living Legend, and my Dad would tell us about Bruno as we got older, on our way to the Ridgewood Grove Arena for local shows hahaha... I wish I was older to have seen this, or to understand its importance, and not just thru my Grandma like havin a stroke cuz the " 'Talian " guy lost lol ...all I know is hearing about this was when my damn near STRICT heel fandom kick started!
Stasiak actually didn’t know he was going to beat Morales for the title until the agent for the show was going over the finish with him In the locker room beforehand. The agent was describing the finish as Stasiak was half-listening while lacing up his boots because he had worked with Pedro many times before and was happy making main event money. Stasiak did a double-take when the agent told him he was pinning Pedro, then was stunned to find out it was for the title. He found out that he was winning the belt in order to drop it to Bruno at MSG the next week.
