{"id":158360,"date":"2023-05-06T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T22:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=158360"},"modified":"2023-05-06T17:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T22:34:50","slug":"vip-audio-5-6-wkpwp-interview-classic-ad-free-5-yrs-ago-bruno-sammartino-career-retrospective-with-bill-apter-and-george-schire-161-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-5-6-wkpwp-interview-classic-ad-free-5-yrs-ago-bruno-sammartino-career-retrospective-with-bill-apter-and-george-schire-161-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 5\/6 \u2013 WKPWP Interview Classic (AD-FREE): (5 Yrs Ago) Bruno Sammartino career retrospective with Bill Apter and George Schire (161 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1521496544\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>In this week&#8217;s Interview Classic episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (4-27-2018 and 5-4-2018), PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a show dedicated to remembering Bruno Sammartino with guests photographer and magazine writer Bill Apter and historian and book author George Schire looking at Bruno\u2019s first title reign for the WWWF from his victory to become champion to the stunning title loss to Ivan Koloff. 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