VIP AUDIO 5/28 – 10 YRS AGO Interview with Bruno Sammartino, pt. 3 of 4 (4-13-06): Being chosen as WWWF Champ, Shea Stadium matches with Pedro and Zbyszko, Inoki-Ali, Stan Hansen, pension (21 min)

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VIP AUDIO 5/28 – 10 YRS AGO Interview with Bruno Sammartino, pt. 3 of 4 (4-13-06): Being chosen as WWWF Champ, Shea Stadium matches with Pedro and Zbyszko, Inoki-Ali, Stan Hansen, pension (21 min)

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SUMMARY: In this third 21 minute installment of a 90-plus minute On Point interview with the top WWF star of the pre-WrestleMania era, Bruno Sammartino, Torch columnist James Caldwell talks with Bruno about being chosen for the WWWF Title in the ’70s, the politics behind Vince Sr. begging Bruno to return to the company because he was a top draw, his two famous Shea Stadium matches with Pedro Morales and Larry Zbyszko, pension plans and worker’s compensation in wrestling, why wrestlers never went along with his ideas to clean up the business, why the Inoki-Ali fight flopped, why he did not fight Ali in the wrestler-boxer match, breaking his neck against Stan Hansen, and much more.

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