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Bruno Sammartino Did Not Enjoy The Process Of His Statue Being Made & Reveals Who He Wanted To Replace Him

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On the most recent edition of the WWE Network show; Table For 3, it featured two-time Hall Of Famer, Ric Flair, former 13-time World Champion Randy Orton & WWE legend, Bruno Sammartino. During the sit down, Sammartino revealed who he wanted to be replaced by when he initially left WWE due to medical reasons & also made his complaints known about the process of putting together the statue that WWE built for him.

Here are the highlights:

Sammartino On He Wanted To Replace Him:

“Well, after eight years, I told the old man, as we called him, Vince McMahon[Sr.], I said, ‘you’d better get somebody.’ I said, ‘my body is broke, man.’ My body was hurting from head to toe and eventually he did and I felt bad because he got a guy that I respected very much as a performer, it was Ivan Koloff, I suggested to Vince. I thought Ivan Koloff would be great because we had done great business all over. Koloff, he had done so well I told Vince, I said, ‘I think he could carry [the title]’ because the reason why it was hard for a heel to carry the championship for a really, really long, long period of time, because a heel could get over on TV. All he had to do is go out there and beat the heck out of somebody maybe half his size and say, ‘this is what I’m going to do to Bruno Sammartino when I meet him.’ But it was very difficult to get a babyface over as quick.”

“I felt very, very bad that I even mentioned him because [after] three weeks, they took it off of him and gave it on Pedro Morales. Fine, Pedro is a good guy and a good performer, I just felt bad Ivan didn’t get the break.”

WWE’s Statue Of Him:

“Did you have to go to New York where they put the stuff [on your face]? Oh my God! That was terrible. Yeah, to make the mold and you know me, I can’t breathe out of my nose. I said, ‘how long is this going to take?’ because I can’t breathe. They said, ’10 minutes’, it was 30 minutes, You felt like you were suffocating. It’s so hot in there. Then, when they take it off, it doesn’t come out and they’re trying to bust it, it’s nasty.”

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