12 Pro Wrestling DVDs: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO!

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Please note that these are transfers from VHS and the picture quality is not perfect. These are plain silver discs with no artwork.
There is no repeat footage in this set.
DVD #A101: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume 1
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
from New York, 1977- Graham defends the title for the first time against Bruno in MSG, and the pre-match anticipation is amazing. Good match that turns into a brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KILLER KOWALSKI
from New York, 1974. Good, bloody brawl that turns into a pull apart.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v RODDY PIPER
from Boston, 1985. Bob Orton runs in for the DQ.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KEN PATERA
from Philadelphia, 1978.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v LARRY ZYBYSKO
from New York, 1980- excellent psychology used in this match, especially when one considers the overall history of this feud.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GREG VALENTINE
from New York, 1979.
This DVD runs over 2 hours.
DVD #A102: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume 2
UP CLOSE WITH BRUNO SAMMARTINO
, from 1992. Bruno speaks candidly with Tony Schiavone about the state of wrestling, his background, and more.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & PAUL ORNDORFF v RODDY PIPER & BOB ORTON
from Philadelphia, 1985.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
from New York, 1976. For some reason this match is joined in progress, but over fifteen minutes of action is shown.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
from New York, 1975. A good match that ends in a pull-apart brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KEN PATERA
from Philadelphia, 1980.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & TITO SANTANA v RANDY SAVAGE & ADRIAN ADONIS
from New York, 1986.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v LARRY ZYBYSKO
from Philadelphia, 1980. Excellent match!
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SPIROS ARION
jip from New York, 1975. About 12 minutes are shown. Arion fights dirtier and dirtier until Bruno "goes berzerk" and beats the crap out of him, tossing the ref aside in the fracas. The babyface dressing room empties to pull Bruno off.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 53 minutes.
DVD #A103: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume 3
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v RANDY SAVAGE
from Boston, 1987.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v ERNIE LADD
from New York, 1976.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v PAT PATTERSON
, 8mm highlights from Boston, 1979.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v PAT PATTERSON
, 8mm highlights of a Lumberjack Match from Boston, 1979.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
with Gorilla Monsoon referee from New York, 1977.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GIANT BABA
from Japan, 1967.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO, TITO SANTANA & JAKE ROBERTS v HONKYTONK MAN & HART FOUNDATION
in an Elimination Tag Team Match from Boston, 1987.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v HERCULES HERNANDEZ
from Houston, 1987. Bruno's final match available on video and his second-to-last match.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 54 minutes.
DVD #A104: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
4
BRUNO SAMMARTINO
is featured on Evening Magazine from 1979. Good feature for it's time.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
in a Cage Match from New York, 1975.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v FRED BLASSIE
, clips from the 1960's.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BRUISER BRODY
from Japan, 1981. This is from a hand held camera in the crowd.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & PAUL ORNDORFF v RODDY PIPER & BOB ORTON
from Boston, 1986.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
from Philadelphia, 1977. Graham defends the title in an excellent match that's interesting because referee Dick Wohrle has a working mic, and you can hear him passing the spots between the wrestlers.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v STAN HANSEN
in a Cage Match from Boston, 1976. About six minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Bruno steals Hansen's loaded lariat and pounds Stan into submission- very bloody match.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DICK THE BRUISER v THE VALIANT BROTHERS
from Chicago, 1975. About five minutes of wild brawling!
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v LARRY ZBYSZKO
from New York, 1980. A really good match that's different from either of the Philadelphia bouts.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v HANS SCHMIDT
from the 1960's.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v STAN STASIAK
from New York, 1971. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Stasiak holds the world title for eight days, losing it in this match. They miss the pin, but catch the celebration of Bruno regaining the title.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v NIKOLAI VOLKOFF
from Philadelphia, 1979. Bruno basically destroys Volkoff, KOing him with the ring bell.
BRUNO & DAVID SAMMARTINO v BRUTUS BEEFCAKE & JOHNNY VALIANT
from New York, 1985.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 45 minutes.
DVD #A105: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
5
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KEN PATERA
in a Texas Death Match from New York, 1977.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
, from New York, 1971. About eight minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Bruno's eight year reign as world champ comes to an end as Koloff gets a clean pin.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SPIROS ARION
in a Texas Death Match from New York, 1975.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DICK THE BRUISER v ERNIE LADD & BARON VON RASHKE
from Indianapolis, 1974.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GIANT BABA
from Japan, 1967.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v NIKOLAI VOLKOFF
from Allentown, PA, 1975.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DAVID SAMMARTINO v PAUL ORNDORFF & BOBBY HEENAN
from Philadelphia, 1985.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v WALDO VON ERICH
from New York, 1975. Excellent but short brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GEORGE STEELE
from Boston, 1975. This footage is transferred from 8mm. Hard to picture Steele managed by the Grand Wizard, but here it is. Pretty good- they pound each other with a huge table outside the ring.
This DVD runs over two hours.
DVD #A106: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
6
BRUNO SAMMARTINO
appears on a live Piper's Pit at Madison Square Garden, 1985. Of course, it ends in a brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v RODDY PIPER
in a Cage Match from Boston, 1986. Before the match, Piper hangs posters of Chicago Bears players in the cage (the Bears had destroyed the hometown New England Patriots in the Super Bowl six days earlier). Good, bloody brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SPIROS ARION
from Boston, 1975. About five minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Arion had just turned on Bruno and Strongbow on TV, so there's plenty of heat for this one.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SPIROS ARION
from Boston, 1975. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm.. Bruno wants revenge, but Arion keeps running away.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SPIROS ARION
in a Cage Match from Boston, 1975. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Good finish- Bruno beats the daylights out of Arion, and calmly walks out of the cage.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v NIKOLAI VOLKOFF
from New York, 1979. Volkoff takes a beating here.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BARON VON RASHKE
from New York, 1977. Bruno's foot gets caught in the ropes, so Von Rashke clobbers him with a chair! Von Rashke then applies the claw, and a DQ is called. Pretty good match.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BRUISER BRODY
from New York, October 4, 1976. Clips from 8mm film.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v MR. FUJI
from Philadelphia, 1974.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DAVID SAMMARTINO v PAUL ORNDORFF & BOBBY HEENAN
in a Lumberjack Match from Philadelphia, 1985.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v MAGNIFICENT MAURICE
, clips from the 1960's.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GEORGE STEELE
from New York, 1977.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 33 minutes.
DVD #A107: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
7
LARRY ZBYSZKO does an interview, expressing his frustration over being looked at as nothing more than Bruno's protege. Zybysko says he's tired of being seen as Bruno's protege, and challenges Bruno Sammartino to a match on TV. The picture for this segment is below par, but everything else is fine.
LARRY ZBYSZKO announces his retirement after Bruno turns down his challenge. Sammartino comes out and agrees to wrestle Zybysko on TV with one stipulation- that he will wrestle Zybysko defensively, and will not try to hurt his protege.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v LARRY ZBYSZKO
from Allentown, PA, 1980. Zybysko fares well, but it's obvious that Bruno is just a little bit better. When Bruno lets Zybysko out of the bearhug, Zybysko is visibly angry and frustrated. Zybysko gets outmaneuvered and finds himself on his rear outside the ring, and Bruno opens the ropes to help Larry back in. Zybysko cheap-shots Sammartino and pounds him, eventually grabbing a chair and using it to crack Bruno in the head three times. Bruno is reduced to a bloody pulp, and is taken out on a stretcher.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v LARRY ZYBYSKO.
In a Cage Match from New York, 1980. Forgotten history after Bruno wipes Larry out, Zybysko chases him out of the cage and raises his hand. This was supposed to be the beginning of a babyface turn that would catapult Zybysko all the way to the world championship. It never happened, as Zybysko had a falling out with the promotion. So Zybysko shoots one of the biggest angle in history- and leaves a year later, never to return. Zybysko could have still drawn in 1982 or 1983.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SPIROS ARION
in a Greek Death Match, where the loser must submit, from New York, 1975.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & GIANT BABA v HARLEY RACE & BUCK ROBELY
from Japan, 1981. This is from a hand held camera in the crowd.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
in a Cage Match from Philadelphia, 1978. Graham's final successful title defense.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v NIKOLAI VOLKOFF
from New York, 1976.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GEORGE STEELE
in a Cage Match from Philadelphia, 1970.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 52 minutes.
DVD #A108: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
8
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v RANDY SAVAGE
in a Lumberjack Match from Boston, 1987.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v STAN HANSEN
jip from New York, 1976. This is the match where Hansen legitimately breaks Bruno’s neck due to an in-ring mishap, which is not shown. What is shown is about ten minutes of the match, Hansen "loading up" his elbowpad, and hitting Bruno with the lariat, which was the storyline reason for Bruno's injury.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
from New York, 1978.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KEN PATERA
from Philadelphia, 1980.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
with Gorilla Monsoon referee from New York, 1975.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & TITO SANTANA v RANDY SAVAGE & ADRIAN ADONIS
in a Cage Match from New York, 1986.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v LARRY ZBYSZKO
from Philadelphia, 1980. Another terrific match with great ring psychology.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & ILIO DIPAULO v HANS SCHMIDT & BULLDOG BROWER
from the 1960's.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & CARIPUS HURRICANE v GIANT BABA & ANTON GEESINK
from Japan, 1973.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DAVID SAMMARTINO v STEVE LOMBARDI & MR. X
from Uniondale, NY, 1985.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 38 minutes.
DVD #A109: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
9
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v STAN HANSEN
in a Cage Match from New York, 1976.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DOM DeNUCCI v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM & SPIROS ARION
, 2 out of 3 falls from Boston, 1975. About eight minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Geez, I remember reading about this match when I was in grade school. Controversial finish as Bruno has Arion pinned, but Graham jumps from the top rope onto Bruno's back, then pins him.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR GRAHAM
from Boston, 1975. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Good match, Bruno wins on a COR, then gets jumped by Graham afterward.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & GORILLA MONSOON v SUPERSTAR GRAHAM & IVAN KOLOFF
, from Boston, 1976. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. After a ref bump (something you never used to see), Bruno gets pinned AGAIN, this time by Koloff.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
from Boston, 1976. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Good brawl, goes to a DDQ.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
from Boston, 1976. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Bruno gets counted out.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
in a Chain Match from Boston, 1976- About six minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Good, bloody brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KEN PATERA
with Gorilla Monsoon as referee from New York, 1977. Please note that this match has no sound.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BULLDOG BROWER
, brief clips from New York, 1971. Brower is rendered a bloody mess.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v PROFESSOR TORU TANAKA
, 8mm highlights from Boston, 1977.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v DANNY MILLER
, silent 8mm highlights from St. Louis, 1973.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 35 minutes.
DVD #A110: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
10
BRUNO SAMMARTINO's
announcement and induction into the Hall of Fame from 2013.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v KEN PATERA
from New York, 1977.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
from Baltimore, 1977. Superstar wins the title!
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v HONKYTONK MAN
from Philadelphia, 1987.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & GIANT BABA v TIGER JEET SINGH & UMANOSUKE UEDA
from Japan, 1981. This was Bruno's original retirement match, he didn't wrestle again until 1985.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 46 minutes.
DVD #A111: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
11
BRUNO SAMMARTINO is featured on "Greatest Sports Legends", hosted by Tom Seaver. Another good feature. Shows highlights vs Stan Hansen, Gorilla Monsoon, Ernie Ladd, and more.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v IVAN KOLOFF
from New York, 1979. Good match.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BOBBY DUNCUM
from Boston, 1975. About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm. Good brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BOBBY DUNCUM
rematch- About seven minutes of footage transferred from 8mm from Boston, 1975. A wild, pull apart brawl.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v BOBBY DUNCUM
in a Texas Death Match with Gorilla Monsoon special referee from Boston, 1975. About four minutes of footage transferred from 8mm.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO v GIANT BABA
from Japan, 1967.
This DVD runs 1 hour and 52 minutes.
DVD #A112: The Best of BRUNO SAMMARTINO, Volume
12
Volume 12 is a 2006 shoot style interview with Bruno Sammartino from 2006 conducted by Jim Cornette.
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