Bruno Sammartino has passed away. RIP Bruno. My thoughts and prayers are with his family today. The @WWE Championship turns 55 years old next week. Bruno Sammartino reigned as #WWE Champion for ...

Thoughts and prayer go out to his family. The @WWE Championship turns 55 years old next week. Bruno Sammartino reigned as #WWE Champion for more than 11 years; over 20% of the title's history.

Before Bruno Sammartino started his nearly eight-year World Wide Wrestling Federation Championship reign in 1963, Buddy Rogers had held the title for a few weeks. Vince McMahon Sr. commissioned a ...