Here is just a 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 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

1/20/64  Bruno defeated Dr. Jerry Graham  17,806 paid $52,889

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 paid $40,055-

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

1/19/70  Bruno defeated Ivan Koloff  16,858 paid $61,281.50

3/10/70  Bruno defeated Karl Kovas  14,328 paid $52,860-

6/15/70   Bruno lost to Crusher Verdue when referee stopped the match due to Bruno’s eye bleeding. In 22:43.  20,819  $85,716.18

7/10/70  Bruno defeated Crusher Verdue  20,982

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