Long before Brock Lesnar pinned Undertaker to end “The Streak,” Ivan Koloff slayed a dragon of his own to become world champion. On a cold January evening in New York City, in front of more than ...

“I love Bruno, he’s the reason I wanted to be a wrestler.” — Ivan Koloff Ivan Koloff shocked the world by ending Bruno Sammartino’s legendary 7½-year reign as WWWF world heavyweight champion on Jan.

He was professional wrestling's ultimate good guy. The son of Italian immigrants, Bruno Sammartino fled the Nazis as a child and built a career beating a string of bad guys that thrilled fans and made ...

Given that professional wrestling has so many second, third, or even fourth generation wrestling stars walking its halls, it would be easy to mistake it as a sign that every wrestler's kid has a ...