Fun times in Cleveland seems like a misnomer, but this week we head to The Land and get a look at some of the secret wrestling history that played into Bruno Sammartino becoming WWWF Champion!
This plus Bruno's path to the title, Buddy Rogers final act in Capitol Wrestling, Johnny Powers and how he connects to not only these two, but our story, the comparisons between this situation and the Montreal Screwjob, Bruno and Buddy being the proto-CM Punk and Cody Rhodes, along with Powers being an early model of who Cody Rhodes would become.
https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ohio/cleveland/cleveland-history.html
https://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pittsbuffclev/pitts12.htm
http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=027360
http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=010574
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Federation
https://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pittsbuffclev/pitts6-2.htm
https://www.cleveland.com/pdextra/2010/07/l-l-l-l-lets_get_ready_to_reme.html
https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=381
https://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pittsbuffclev/pitts15.htm
https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2023/01/07/johnny-powers-dead-at-79/
http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=024833
https://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pittsbuffclev/pitts11.htm
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