Here is just a very small list of the results of Bruno Sammartino, just so you can see the schedule of Madison Square Garden years ago.  Now we are lucky if there are two shows a year at MSG.

Wrestling historian Fred Hornby and I have been working very hard on this project of Bruno Sammartino’s matches at Madison Square Garden.  BUT I NEED YOUR HELP, IF POSSIBLE.  We need attendance for the shows we weren’t able to get attendance records.

We also added the three Shea Stadium shows….

This is a very important project for us.  If you can help, please email me @ [email protected]

1/2/1960   Bruno debuted at Madison Square Garden defeated Bull Curry in 5:09 with a backbreaker.  Bull Curry substituted for Killer Kowalski 21,950 paying $64,680.23

1/25/60   Bruno defeated Skull Murphy  15,675 paying $47,289.50

2/22/60   Bruno had a Draw with Killer Kowalski  18,896 paying $54,675.09

3/7/60   Bruno defeated Argentina Zuma  8,912 paying $25,170.07

3/19/60   Bruno defeated Karl von Hess  6,450 paying $19,222.00

5/21/60   Bruno over Haystacks Calhoun (Bruno was the first wrestler to lift 601 lb. wrestler) 18,000 paying $53,000

6/4/60   Bruno & Tony Rocca defeated Pampero Firpo & Great Antonio  13,000

7/16/60   Bruno & Ilio DiPaulo beat the Tolos Brothers (John & Chris) 15,850 paying $45,092-

8/6/60   Bruno & Tony Rocca defeated Pampero Firpo & Jerry Graham  16,752 paying $52,157-

8/27/60   Bruno & tony Rocca defeated the Tolos Brothers 11,000

10/1/60   Bruno & Ilio DiPaulo defeated Jackie Fargo & Larry Hamilton 10,000

10/24/60   Bruno lost to Tony Rocca via DQ.  12,654 paying $34,918.35

11/14/60   Bruno DRAW Tony Rocca  12,815 paying $35,693.19

12/12/60   Bruno & Tony Marino vs Jerry Graham & Red Grupe  SHOW CANCELLED

1/23/61   Bruno & Primo Carnera beat Crusher Lisowski & Danny McShain  14,783 paid $45,115.13 semi main

2/27/61   Bruno over Haystacks Calhoun  Attendance 20,400 paid $62,562.07 semi main event

8/25/61   Bruno won via DQ Eddie Graham  semi main  18,752 $53,641.70

9/18/61   Bruno beat Yukio Suzuki semi event  12,391  $33,807.06 semi main

10/16/61   Bruno & Art Thomas  Won via DQ over Mark Lewin & Don Curtis semi main

11/13/61   Bruno Lost count out against Shohei Baba   20,253 paying $61,995.50 semi main

12/11/61  Bruno & Apollo Beat Great Togo & Yoshiro Soto  13,430 paying $36,763.95 semi main

1/22/62 Bruno & Apollo Lost to Shohei Baba & Yukio Suzuki  20,777 paying $63,561.45 semi main

2/26/62  Bruno & Apollo Won via DQ Kangaroos (Roy Heffernan & Al Costello 19,633 paid $59,322.45 semi

3/25/63 Bruno & Bobo Brazil won Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard 13.150 semi main

5/17/63   Bruno defeated Buddy Rogers before a sell out of 19,649 paying back then $58,966.00

6/21/63   Bruno defeated Great Mortier in 20:36 Attendance 8,552

7/23/63  Bruno defeated Great Mortier  14,495

8/2/63   Bruno & Bobo Brazil lost to Buddy Rogers & Johnny Barend  14,667  $45,631.55

8/23/63   Bruno defeated Killer Kowalski 20:58    19,712 Paid $59,328-

9/16/63   Bruno & Bobo Brazil DRAW over Gorilla Monsoon & Hans Mortier   Attendance 17,576 paid $50,808.74 Mortier sub for Rogers

10/21/63   Bruno D CO Gorilla Monsoon 18,969 paid $58,049.38

11/18/63  Bruno defeated Gorilla Monsoon COR 19,706  Paid $59,806.82

12/16/63   Bruno won over Dr. Jerry Graham 11,670 paid $34,877.52 

2/17/64   Bruno won over The Giant Baba in 13:38     14,764  paid  $44,218.46

3/16/64 Bruno defeated Dr. Jerry Graham in 8:33    18,717 paid $58,996.09

5/11/64  Bruno Draw Gorilla Monsoon 70 mins.  16,300 paid $49,507.83

6/6/64   Bruno defeated Gorilla Monsoon in 26:12    16,781

7/11/64   Bruno lost to Freddie Blassie via DQ. in 23:36 Attendance 18,981  $59,186.76

8/1/64   Bruno won over Freddie Blassie  18,875

8/22/64  Bruno Draw  with Waldo Von Erich 81 mins.  16,958

9/21/64  Bruno Defeated Waldo Von Erich on CO. 14,915 paying 446,176.88

10/19/64   Bruno defeated Waldo von Erich in 14:57 before a SRO sell out  18,722 paying $59,044.29

11/16/64 Bruno defeated Gene Kiniski in 17:21    16,816 paid $47,987.22

12/14/64   Bruno defeated Gene Kiniski 11,803 paid 435,726.35

1/25/65   Bruno & Cowboy Bill Watts won via DQ against Gene Kiniski & Waldo Von Erich  13,875 paid $35,726.35                                                                                                                                      

2/22/65   Bruno Won via DQ over Bill Watts  19,801 paid $61,384.17

3/29/65   Bruno won via DQ over Bill Watts  19,614 paid $61,877.32

5/17/65  Bruno won over Bill Watts 12,984 paid $38,982.75  (unable to continue)

7/12/65  Bruno defeated Bill Miller 17,134 paid $54,547.83

8/2/65   Bruno lost to Dr. Bill Miller via COR   15,064 paid $47,744-

8/23/65  Bruno defeated Dr. Bill Miller  16,113 paid $48,655-

9/27/65   Bruno defeated Tarzan Tyler approx. 13,000

10/20/65  Bruno defeated Cowboy Bill Watts  13,624 paid $42,694.24

11/15/65  Bruno & Johnny Valentine lost to Bill & Dan Miller 13,913 paid $43,529.49

12/13/65   Bruno & Johnny Valentine defeated Bill & Dan Miller  10,090 paid $33,609.24

1/24/66  Bruno won via DQ over Baron Scicluna 12,354 paid $40,025.35

2/21/66  Bruno defeated Baron Scicluna 14,303

3/18/66  Bruno defeated Prince Iaukea  10,859

11/7/66  Bruno defeated Bulldog Brower  14,159

12/12/66  Bruno defeated Tank Morgan 12,029 paid $35,412-

1/30/67  Bruno defeated Bull Ortega 14,760 paid $48,523.91

2/27/67  Bruno lost to Gorilla Monsoon via COR  13,827 paid $46,674-

3/27/67   Bruno Draw Gorilla Monsoon  17,395 paid $52,212.76

5/15/67  Bruno defeated Gorilla Monsoon  11,804 paid $40,277.33

6/19/67  Bruno defeated Professor Tanaka 11,515 paid $30,000

7/31/67   Bruno & Spiros Arion lost DQ to Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Tanaka  10,891 paid $32,489-

8/21/67   Bruno & Spiros Arion defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Tanaka 11,750 paid $31,045-

9/25/67   Bruno Draw Hans Mortier  9,351 paid $27,110.12

10/23/67  Bruno defeated Hans Mortier  6,612 paid  $18,136.10

1/29/68   Bruno defeated Toru Tanaka in 16:31  Last match held at old MSG 50^th Street & 8^th Avenue   14,130 paying $42,875.10

2/19/68   Bruno won with the backbreaker on Bull Ramos before 13,059 fans in the first match at the new MSG. (Hornby had 12,989)

3/11/68   Bruno defeated Kentucky Butcher in 14:53   Attendance  13,148

5/20/68   Bruno DRAW George Steele  10,506 paid  $38,512.88

6/22/68   Bruno defeated George Steele  10,580 paid $36,922.75

7/13/68   Bruno won over Ernie Ladd vis COR  9,783

8/17/68   Bruno & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Prof Tanaka 

9/23/68   Bruno defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick (Bob Orton Sr)  9,382 paid  $33,592.68

10/21/68   Bruno lost via DQ to Original Sheik  10,443

11/18/68   Bruno defeated Original Sheik via DQ.  11,122

12/9/68   Bruno defeated the Sheik in a Texas Death Match  10,943 paid $42,091.55 Sheik unable to continue

1/27/69  Bruno & Victor Rivera lost to Killer Kowalski & Gorilla Monsoon  11,568 paid  $44,855.20

2/17/69   Bruno D. DQ vs Killer Kowalski  9,639 paid  $35,044.20

3/7/69  Bruno defeated Killer Kowalski COR  11,326 paid $41,890.65

5/14/69  Bruno & Victor Rivera defeated Killer Kowalski & Prof. Tanaka  7,670

6/30/69  Bruno defeated George Steele  5,527

7/21/69  Bruno & Victor Rivera vs. Tanaka & Arakawa   Show was cancelled

10/1/69  Bruno lost to Waldo von Erich vis DQ 

10/27/69  Bruno defeated Waldo von Erich  11,128 paid $42,012

12/8/69  Bruno lost to Ivan Koloff  (lots of blood)  10,878 paid $42,234