The 2011 Boards PW Draft - Picks Thread (FINAL) ROUND 15

SlickRic

for MNG...

i don't know if this will be appreciated; i've taken a stab in the dark at a team who, IMO, are extremely underrated. And looking at the New Age Outlaws, i see an opening for a team to feud with. i don't know if he was planning Magnum TA and Duggan to feud. if he did, he can either break them up, or create a triangle match of sorts?!

anyway, a team who aren't everyone's cup of tea, but are always entertaining. multiple time champions in different companies; when you think of them, don't think of the TNA version, think of the version who feuded with the likes of the Hart Foundation in the early 90s.

The Nasty Boys

they're also stiff as sin, which will suit the likes of Brody!

here's a squash match...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDnqsx6u8Zw

here they are versus LOD...

i hope you like MNG

Mr.Nice Guy

For Teamshadowclan...

OK I've done a (long) search and haven't seen this guy picked so hopefully he's available. I know Teamshadowclan and others have said his roster seems a bit heel heavy and could do with more babyfaces, so I wanted to pick one for him who could also fit in nicely with the other guys on his roster. With that being the case let me hear you say...

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...What's Up?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiv9RQVXlG4

R-Truth

A former NWA Champion when at TNA, and a former US Champion, Ron 'R-Truth' Killings is pretty over with the young audience in the WWE, can work well in the ring and is a solid babyface to have imo.

Hope you like.

Mr.Nice Guy

This neighbourly Round 9 is almost at a close since we're nearly 3/4 of the way through. Round 9 will be completed once glenjamin makes a pick for campo's roster and we will then turn our attention towards Round 10.

Round 10 is a normal round and will likely coincide with the opening of the Evaluation/Write-up thread as has happened in other years. It's a bit late to open that now but I'll try and have it up in a day or two. With that out of the way here is the draw for Round 10...

Round 10 Draw:

1. Bubs102
2. Cactus Colm
3. Mr Nice Guy
4. Diabhal Beag
5. Voltwad
6. Teamshadowclan
7. Furious-Red
8. Bounty Hunter
9. glenjamin
10. CMPunked
11. Thebostoncrab
12. SlickRic
13. Dare 2 Defy
14. Dieselqueen
15. campo
16. Ger. C
17. Spongey1975
18. flahavaj
19. waltersobchak
20. JP Liz

So then to sum up, glenjamin will finish off Round 9 by picking for campo and then Bubs and his pick gets Round 10 under way.

Good luck, happy pickings, etc. :cool:

Lord TSC

Ok, here's a guy who probably deserved to get further than he ever did...

Al Snow

Furious-Red

For Dare 2 Defy i shall give you.........................

ESSA RIOS

* Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

* Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[16]

* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

* CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Héctor Garza[11]
* CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo, Jr.[17]
* Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Damian 666 and Halloween[18]

* International Wrestling Association

* IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[19]

* Pro Wrestling Illustrated

* PWI ranked him #446 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003

* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

* America's X Cup (2004) – with Juventud Guerrera, Abismo Negro, Héctor Garza and Heavy Metal[3]

* Universal Wrestling Association

* UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[20][21]

* World Wrestling Federation

* WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]

* Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

* Rookie of the Year (1997)

D2D

For Liz, I give you....

Hamada and Taylor Wilde

JP Liz V1

For Glenjamin I pick

Steve Blackman

Mr.Nice Guy

Looks like campo has wound up with Gillberg:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056108101&page=98

That brings Round 9 to a close. Bubs has PM'd me a list of picks so he gets the first one on his list which is...



Kaientai

Sho Funaki accomplishments:

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #103 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2001[52]

Texas Wrestling Alliance
TWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[53]

Universal Wrestling Association
UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)[5]

World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[3]
WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)[4]

Taka Michinoku accomplishments:

All Japan Pro Wrestling
AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]

Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[2]

Independent Wrestling World
IWW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Kaientai Dojo
FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with TOMO Michinoku[2]
Strongest-K Championship (2 times)[2]
Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Handsome Joe
UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ryota Chikuzen[2]
Strongest-K Tournament (2007)

Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]

New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dick Togo[2]

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #191 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003

Tokyo Sports Grand Prix
Best Technical Wrestler (2005)

World Entertainment Wrestling
WEW Six Man Tag Team titles (1 time) - with Gosaku Goshogawara and Tetsuhiro Kuroda[2]

World Wrestling Federation
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]

Other titles
UWA World Trios Championship (1 time, current) - with Francis Togo and Antonio Honda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qbrLOzoFM0

I'll PM whoever is next in line. :cool:

glenjamin

As MNG said above, campo's pick for my pick for campo is:

Gillberg

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #120 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1999

World Wrestling Federation
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Campo's Roster
Mr Anderson
Vince McMahon
Wade Barrett
Drew McIntyre
Kevin Nash
Yokozuna
Jack Swagger
Rikishi
Scotty 2 Hotty
Jerry Lynn
Gillberg

Cactus Colm

for my next choice I will take the great tag team of:

Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin)

* Cauliflower Alley Club
o Posthumous Award (2007) with Betty Joe Hawkins

* Championship Wrestling from Florida
o NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bugsy McGraw[11]
o NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)[12]
o NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Jos LeDuc[13]

* Georgia Championship Wrestling
o NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[14]
o NWA National Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Big John Studd (1), Masked Superstar (1), and Bill Irwin (1)[8]

* Lutte Internationale
o Canadian International Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bill Irwin[15]

* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o PWI ranked him #77 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with The Masked Superstar in 2003[16]

* Mid-South Wrestling Association
o Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
o Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Grappler[6]

* World Class Championship Wrestling
o NWA American Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Super Destroyer #1/Bill Irwin[9]
o WCCW Television Championship (2 times)[17]

* World Wide Wrestling Federation
o WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yukon Pierre[18]

* Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
o Best Wrestling Maneuver (1982) Superplex

and

The Masked Superstar (Bill Eadie)

* Championship Wrestling from Florida

* NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)[5]

* Eastern Sports Association

* IW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[12]

* Georgia Championship Wrestling

* NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[3]
* NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Austin Idol[13]
* NWA National Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[4]
* NWA National Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with King Kong Bundy (1), Super Destroyer (1), and Big John Studd (1)[14]

* Great Lakes Championship Wrestling

* GLCW Tag Team Champions (1 time, current) – with Smash

* Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

* NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masked Superstar 2[15]
* NWA Television Championship (1 time)[16]
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (2 times) – with Paul Jones[17]

* NWA Big Time Wrestling

* NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[18]

* NWA Mid-America

* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) – with Masked Superstar 2[19]

* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o PWI ranked him #112 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[20]

* Pro Wrestling Report
o PWR Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)[21] - with Smash

* Southeastern Championship Wrestling

* NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Southern Division) (1 time)[22]
* NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masked Superstar 2[23]

* United States Xtreme Wrestling

* USXW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Smash

* World Wrestling Federation

* WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Smash[7]

Mr.Nice Guy

My next pick is one of the greatest managers and talkers in the history of the business.



Jim Cornette

Accomplishments

Cauliflower Alley Club
Other honoree (1997)

National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Manager of the Year (1985, 1993, 1995)

World Wrestling Federation
Slammy Award for Blue Light Special for Worst Dresser (1996)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Best Booker (1993, 2001, 2003)
Best Non-Wrestler (2006)
Best on Interviews (1985–1988, 1993)
Manager of the Year (1984–1990, 1992–1996)
Best Pro Wrestling Book (2009) Midnight Express 25th Anniversary Scrapbook
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

Cornette is a great guy to have on my roster who can work as an effective mouthpiece or equally in a commissioner type role.

MNG roster thus far:

1. Triple H
2. Christian
3. The New Age Outlaws - Road Dogg & Billy Gunn
4. Bruiser Brody
5. Jumbo Tsuruta
6. Big Van Vader
7. Magnum T.A. & Hacksaw Jim Duggan
8. Barry Windham
9. The Nasty Boys
10. Jim Cornette

The Volt

Can one organisation really fit Lax Luger AND this man in it?




Roster so far:
The Rock
Mr. Perfect
Christopher Daniels
Evan Bourne
Lex Luger
Killer Kowalski
Big John Studd
Austin Aries
Roderick Strong
Rhyno
Trish Stratus
Kensuke Sasaki
Chris Masters

Diabhal Beag

Deleted my first pick BTW.

Championships and accomplishments

All Pro Wrestling
APW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Little Dic Grimes (1) and Frank Murdoch (1)[7]
APW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[8]
Power Pro Wrestling
PPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[9]
PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Erin O'Grady[10]
PPW Young Guns Championship (2 times)[11]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #270 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2001[12]
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
King of the Deathmatch Tournament (2001)

VIC GRIMES

Lord TSC

Stand back guys! There's a large body of wind moving perpedicular to our current location!

The Hurricane

Furious-Red

Thought it was time to bring some Puppies to the FCW so please welcome ........................................

Madison Rayne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknwaiJ0iqQ

* Ohio Championship Wrestling
o OCW Women's Championship (2 times)[5]

* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o PWI ranked her #6 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female Top 50 in 2010[51]

* Pro Wrestling Report
o Female Wrestler of the Year (2010)[52]

* Shimmer Women Athletes
o Shimmer Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nevaeh[4]

* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
o TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship (1 time)1 – with Lacey Von Erich and Velvet Sky[53]
o TNA Women's Knockout Championship (3 times, current)[

And

Tara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZGSc0rp4bI

# Pro Wrestling Illustrated

* PWI Woman of the Year (2004)[122]
* PWI ranked her #5 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2009[123]

# Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

* TNA Women's Knockout Championship (4 times)[1]

# World Wrestling Entertainment

* WWE Women's Championship (2 times)[

Current FCW Roster

1Sheamus
2Rey Mysterio
3Morrison,
4Mercury
5Pope Angelo DeNiro
6Test
7Matt Morgan
8Albert
9X-Pac
10Jay Lethal
11Al Snow
12Madison Rayne
13Tara

Bounty Hunter

The BWA's next draft pick was last year selected by SlickRic who said the following about them when they were taken a full 5 rounds before im doing so this year:

just about the premiere tag-team in the world, and have been for years now.

they have held the ROH World Tag Team Championship a record six times as a team and now in search of BWA gold they are of course...

Jay & Mark Briscoe

Best known for working in Ring of Honor (ROH), the Briscoe Brothers are the only wrestlers, other than Christopher Daniels, currently working for the company who were featured on its first-ever event in February 2002

* Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
o Tag Team of the Year (2007)

BWA Roster 2011:
Mitsuharu Misawa
Kenta Kobashi
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jushin "Thunder" Liger
The Great Sasuke
Rikidōzan
Ultimo Dragon
Sid Vicious
Bobby Lashley
Junkyard Dog
The Briscoes

glenjamin

Goldust

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1991)
PWI ranked him #11 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1996

World Championship Wrestling
NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)- with Barry Windham
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Josh and Tom Zenk
WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ricky Steamboat (1) and Barry Windham (1)

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Booker T
WWF Hardcore Championship (7 times)
WWF Intercontinental Championship (3 times)
Slammy Award for Best Couple (1997) with Marlena
Slammy Award for Frequent Tweeter (2010)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
5 Star Match (1992) with Nikita Koloff, Sting, Ricky Steamboat, and Barry Windham vs. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, and Larry Zbyszko in a WarGames match at WrestleWar
Most Embarrassing Wrestler (1997)
Most Improved (1991)
Rookie of the Year (1989)
Worst Gimmick (1995)[ as Goldust
Worst Gimmick (1997) as The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust
Worst Gimmick (2007) as Black Reign

WTF Roster
Bryan Danielson
Goldberg
The Ultimate Warrior
The Midnight Express - Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
'Classy' Freddie Blassie
Low Ki
The Brian Kendrick
The Hart Dynasty - Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith
Dean Malenko
Steve Blackman
Goldust

CMpunked

Shane McMahon has personally handpicked the next few wrestlers to be added to the CMW roster:

Posted by Shane McMahon
Hello fans of CMW, not long now until our inaugural show of CMW Revolution kicks off LIVE on tv3 coming very soon.
But onto business.

My next pick on behalf of CMW is someone who isnt afraid to bleed for this wrestling company, whos mind is so diverse, complex and intriguing that he is truly an enigma.
When i reached out to him to join CMW he asked me could he bring a friend with him.
I was hesitant with him at first as i know he is a solitary man, but when he explained his connection with his 'friend', i knew all the CMW fans would love them too.

So let me present to you, the newest member of the CMW roster:

Now onto his friend.
To put it simply, this friend is someone who Raven has no intentions about allowing him to leave his side.

Ravens Friend is:


The CMW Hardcore championsip.
And Mr. Raven also wants me to announce it will be contested under the 24/7 Ruling as he requested.
Remember to tune in to CMW Revoltion very soon.
CMW, where anything can happen.

CMW Roster:
1. Hulk Hogan
2. John Cena
3. RVD
4. Ted DiBiase Jr
5. Cody Rhodes
6. Umaga
7. Justin Gabriel
8. Heath Slater
9. Santino
10. Kozlov
11. Shane McMahon
12. Beautiful People
13. Raven

thebostoncrab

Fusion Pro Wrestling normally wouldn't look at someone who wrestles this style, but we are about bringing the best in pro wrestling to you, the public. So we are pleased (and a bit worried for the rest of our roster) to welcome a man who has been a pure brute force in the ring for many years now, and a person who has some anger in him over not becoming the household name that everyone though he would when he hit Hollywood.

Ladies and gentle, Fusion Pro Wrestling welcomes Necro Butcher to our roster.



Fusion Pro Wrestling
1) Samoa Joe
2) Chris Benoit
3) Batista
4) Takeshi Morishima
5) Miss Elizabeth
6) El Generico
7) Colt Cabana
8) Davey Richards
9) Eddie Edwards
10) Chris Hero
11) Claudio Castagnoli
12) Nikita Koloff
13) Necro Butcher

SlickRic

here's what Cactus Colm rightfully said last year about my next pick...

They literally set the template for how Samoan wrestlers would be portrayed for the next two decades, as well as training a large number of future world champions.

you can't say much more than that.

legends of the ring, just before the eras of vintage tag-team wrestling, but they were well ahead of their time.

and you don't train the likes of Bret Hart and help mould him into a future world champion if you don't have something about you.

as still as fúck, but immense. the quintessential Samoan wrestlers. they'll beat the fúck out of you, and mumble something unintelligible at you while they do it.

Afa & Sika (The Wild Samoans)

they're Hall of Fame Video probably says more than I could...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSGwRasybh8

Slick's Roster:
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Jake Roberts
Arn Anderson
Tully Blanchard
Brian Pillman
Ray 'The Crippler' Stevens
Peter Maivia
Bob Sapp
Tito Santana
Rick Martel
Muhammad Hassan
Yoshihiro Tajiri
Mikey Whipwreck
The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika)

D2D

The 12th member of the D.W.O roster is...........

Zack Ryder



I'm bringing in "the man with the tan who can get more girls than you can", Zack Ryder. He definitely has a bright future here in the D.W.O. Prepare to hear the phrase "Woo Woo Woo" a lot more, broski!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QDq-2DXlE

Deep South Wrestling
DSW Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Bryan Majors

New York Wrestling Connection
NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Bryan Myers

Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Bryan Majors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked Ryder #117 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010

World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Curt Hawkins
Slammy Award for Most Annoying Catchphrase (2010)



...... but of course, Zack isn't coming alone

The 13th member of the D.W.O roster is

Curt Hawkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHHq2BNySE

Deep South Wrestling
DSW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Brett Majors

Florida Championship Wrestling
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta

New York Wrestling Connection
NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bret Matthews

Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brett Majors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked Hawkins #141 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008

World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Zack Ryder

Y2G Championship Wrestling
Y2G Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)





Current D.W.O Revolt roster:
1) AJ Styles
2) Jeff Hardy
3) Kane
4 & 5) Max & Jeremy Buck (Generation Me)
6) Crash Holly
7 & 8) Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (Age of the Fall)
9) Kofi Kingston
10) Amazing Red
11) Essa Rios
12 & 13) Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder

D.Q

My next pick is Jesse and Festus. My write up etc will come later. Some headache from re reading who has picked who...

campo

My next pick and apologies to volt i know he would love this guy in his perfect stable it is Michael McGillicuty and also brett dibiase also known as the fortunate sons

Gerard.C

Introducing the newest members of the PWF....

Cryme Tyme



Jeah!

Premier Wrestling Federation Roster:
1 - Undertaker
2 - Razor Ramon
3 - Sabu and Taz
4 - Ken Shamrock and Big Boss Man
5 - Giant Baba
6 - Homicide and Hernandez
7 - Abyss
8 - Super Crazy and Psicosis
9 - Laycool
10 - JTG and Shad Gaspard

Spongey1975

The SWF welcomes

The Natural Disasters



SWF Roster
1. Edge
2. Sting
3. Randy Orton
4. Matt Hardy
5. MVP
6. Lou Thesz
7 & 8. The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton)
9. Jeff Jarrett
10 & 11. The Dream Team (Greg "The Hammer" Valentine & Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake)
12. Macho Libre
13 & 14. The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon)

flahavaj

Nest pick for Team Flah:
The man known as the "Hulk Hogan of Mexico" a wrestler that has achieved fame everywhere he has wrestled, a big star in WCW as well as the mouthpieve of both the 3 Live Kru and LAX in TNA, he has bridged the divide into mainstream celebrity status in Mexico, as well as being the biggest star in liucha until Mistico came along. The man who was such a good worker that the great Bret Hart learned the Sharpshooter from him. Some people a have a strong Japanese contingent, but no one can match Team Flah's amazing and unique lucha libre division......

Konnan

waltersobchak

Next WECWF pic is Juventud Guerrera. Write up tomorrow lads

JP Liz V1

My next pick is Douglas Williams

Ring of Honor

• FWA British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
• ROH Pure Championship Tournament (2004)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brutus Magnus
• TNA Television Championship (1 time)
• TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brutus Magnus
• TNA X Division Championship (2 times)

LWE Roster:

Chris Jericho
The Motor City Machine Guns - Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin
London Brawling - Desmond Wolfe and Brutus Magnus
Billy Kidman and Paul London
Kerry Von Erich
Alberto Del Rio
Carlito and Primo Colon
Stephanie McMahon
Hamada and Taylor Wilde
Douglas Williams

D.Q

This is a very difficult choice to make. I never thought I would get number 1, so I was GOING to bring in a guy who has a lot of history with one of my main event guys. However, getting pick number 1 has opened up another door for me, and I feel I would be an absolute fool not to take the opportunity.

This man has serious history with Buddy Rogers.

Rogers claimed until his dying day that he had suffered a heart attack a week before the match and was dragged out of a hospital to have the match

This man has serious history with an Orangutan.

While working in construction in 1956, Sammartino wrestled an orangutan at a carnival. After taking much punishment, Sammartino punched the orangutan in the stomach and was disqualified by the animal's owner. Sammartino left the cage with swollen eyes and shredded clothes. Because of the disqualification, the owner refused to pay Sammartino the $50 he was promised for the match.

A great career, including the longest WWE championship reign ever...(then the wwwf championship) which lasted an astounding 8 years. JBL wont be so quick to boast about his reign now

Championships and accomplishments

Grand Prix Wrestling
GPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Édouard Carpentier
Maple Leaf Wrestling
NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (1 time) - with Whipper Billy Watson
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Match of the Year (1972) Battle royal on January 14, Los Angeles, CA
PWI Match of the Year (1975) vs. Spiros Arion on March 17, New York, NY
PWI Match of the Year (1976) vs. Stan Hansen on April 26, New York, NY
PWI Match of the Year (1977) vs. Billy Graham on April 30, Baltimore, MD
PWI Match of the Year (1980) vs. Larry Zbyszko at Showdown at Shea in a steel cage match
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1976)[12]
PWI Stanley Weston Award (1981)
PWI Wrestler of the Year (1974)
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
Class of 2002
World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis)
WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dick the Bruiser[13]
World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation
WWF International Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dominic DeNucci (1) and Tony Marino (1)
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Spiros Arion
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
World Wide Wrestling Alliance
Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Feud of the Year (1980) vs. Larry Zbyszko
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
Other titles
Madison Square Garden walk of fame
Received the Key to the City in Franklin, Pennsylvania as part of IWC's Night of Legends 3 on March 24, 2007

A true ambassador for the sport, he was a true star back in the post war era of pro wrestling. He was known to sell a few tickets.

Sammartino's wrestling style was more mat-oriented which was typical of wrestlers from his era. His brawling, power moves, and personal charisma helped him become the most popular American wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s. During the period when Madison Square Garden was the WWWF's primary arena, Sammartino headlined more Garden cards than any other wrestler (211), including 187 sellouts

So ladies and gentleman, it is with great pride, and pleasure that I can introduce a true star to the DQWF. The Italian Superman, The Living Legend, Bruno Sammartino.

thebostoncrab

Fusion Pro Wrestling is proud to welcome one of the most beloved wrestlers of all time. At a time when The New Four Horsemen are attempting to destroy our beloved sport, we here are Fusion Pro Wrestling felt that we had to reach out to this man, who loves this sport more than anyone that has stepped foot into a wrestling ring.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hands together for The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes!



Fusion Pro Wrestling
1) Samoa Joe
2) Chris Benoit
3) Batista
4) Takeshi Morishima
5) Miss Elizabeth
6) El Generico
7) Colt Cabana
8) Davey Richards
9) Eddie Edwards
10) Chris Hero
11) Claudio Castagnoli
12) Nikita Koloff
13) Necro Butcher
14) Dusty Rhodes