Its official,
WWE has announced via their website that Bruno Sammartino will be inducted into
the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
The ceremony
which takes place on April 6, the night before WrestleMania 29 already features
former WWE Champions Mick Foley and Bob Backlund and former Women’s Champion
Trish Straus. You can now put the longest-reigning WWE Champion of all-time to
that list.
When asked why
this year was the year, after turning them down year after year Sammartino had
this to say, “Triple H contacted me and started telling me all the things that
had changed and everything that was going on with the WWE. I started watching
it after talking to him and when I saw it, I was very, very impressed.”
Triple H added “I
love the history of this business, without history, there is no tomorrow. To
look back on the history of the WWE, one of the most important figures in the
long story of where this all came from wasn't recognized, and that was Bruno.”
Triple H would
go on to say a very bold statement, “Arguably the biggest name ever in the
history of the business is Bruno Sammartino.”
I’ll have a more
in-depth look at the life and career of Sammartino, along with the rest of the
Hall of Fame inductees as the road to WrestleMania moves forward.
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