Someone googled the words rabi after bruno and the number one result was a post of mine about Bruno Sammartino. Shortly after this post, following a performance of A Match Made In Manhattan, an old friend of mine who I hadn't seen in many years told me that he read my blog. He said that he particularly liked the post on Bruno Sammartino. Then he told me that the blog he really likes is Renegade Rebetzin. Everyone should have their favorite blog. But why do they have to tell me about it?

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Bruno Sammartino

When I was a kid my brother and I made a Saturday night ritual of watching wrestling. It was on the mostly Spanish UHF channel 47. The announcer was Vince McMahon. The stars included chief Jay Strongbow, Pedro Morales, and Bruno Sammartino. This was before wrestling got big and dark. Back then there were a lot of good guys.It all came back to me when I saw this news story. May G-d bless Bruno. He really is one of the good guys.

SAMMARTINO REFUSES HALL OF FAME INVITATION - The Associated Press ran a story about Bruno Sammartino who refused an invitation to be inducted in the 2005 WWE Hall Of Fame. Sammartino - 69 - said that he refused because he believes today's wrestling is "vulgar, profane and bad for children. I've completely divorced myself from the wrestling world. I don't believe in it," he said. "I would wonder where my principles are if I accepted," Sammartino added.