Bruno Sammartino Interview

[CWK]

Originally Posted by DAMN iNATOR You're right about the first half of your post, CWK. However, Bruno Sammartino back in the day was the best thing since sliced bread back in the WWWF days. I'm sure he was recognized everywhere, I mean hello, WAKE UP CALL...he was champ for almost 8 (to borrow a word from Kurt Angle) "frickin'" years... And don't give me the old "it was more based on territories bit, either...any guy who held the belt that long surely toured every inch of the country.

You could be right about the champion touring the whole country, I think though in those days, the WWWF was based almost 100% in the northeast U.S. and mostly in the New York market. I do know that the wrestler who had the NWA title toured all over the country hitting all of the territories.

[Seth82]

Originally Posted by CWK You could be right about the champion touring the whole country, I think though in those days, the WWWF was based almost 100% in the northeast U.S. and mostly in the New York market. I do know that the wrestler who had the NWA title toured all over the country hitting all of the territories.

IIRC the WWWF champion occasionally made stops in other territories

I know Bob Backlund appeared as champion in Florida