Tag Archives: WWWF
WWE Obtains Bruno Sammartino’s Original WWWF Title Belt
In an interview earlier this week, Dan Lambert, the co-founder of the American Top Team MMA training camp, who is also an avid old-school professional wrestling championship belt collector, noted that the WWE recently contacted him for a major piece that he owns, the original WWWF Championship that was held by WWE Hall of Famer Continue Reading »
Wrestling Legend Ox Baker Passes Away Aged 80
WWE sent out the following: Ox Baker passes away WWE is saddened to learn that Ox Baker, a feared villain of the ring for more than three decades, passed away Monday morning at age 80. A 6-foot-5 behemoth from Waterloo, Iowa, Baker originally competed in WWWF in the late 1960s and became one of the Continue Reading »
Original WWWF Championship Belt Recently Discovered
The original World Wide Wrestling Federation (now WWE) Championship that Buddy Rogers dropped to Bruno Sammartino in 1963 has been recently discovered in the attic of wrestler Johnny Barend, this according to a report from Slam! Wrestling who note that Barend’s widow was going through stuff in their house and found two wrestling belts (the Continue Reading »
Dick Woehrle’s Wife Discusses His Time As A WWE Referee
In speaking to NewJersey.com, Judi Woehrle, the widow of the late WWE referee Dick Woehrle spoke out about his career including getting into the wrestling business. Judi noted that Dick got the call to do the wrestling match at a CYO in Scranton and told them that he never did that, but they said that Continue Reading »
WPXI Pittsburgh Release Bruno Sammartino DVD
WPXI Pittsburgh sent out the following: WPXI Pittsburgh’s “Just Pay Half” is back once again and this time you can pick up a DVD from an all-time wrestling great for just $14.99 Bruno Sammartino’s Secrets of a Survivor is available right now on WPXI Pittsburgh’s Just Pay Half store for the low price of $14.99. Continue Reading »