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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: For most of his career, Bruno was very plain-spoken and stoic, not letting things get to him and never complaining about any wrong done to him, like both times when he lost his title. Larry Zbyszko’s turning on him though made Bruno ''angry''. In interviews, he called Zbyszko a “Judas” and a “son of a bitch”, and he was so focused on payback that he got disqualified in a match against Zbyszko at Madison Square Garden because he deliberately struck a referee that was trying to pull him off of Zbyszko while he was pounding him. That sold just how personal it was to fans, that Zbyszko had done what no one else had done: make Bruno break his normal demeanor.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Bruno built his career off kicking ass.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Bruno built his career off kicking ass.
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* IdealHero: His kindness, altruism, rigid sense of morality (''never'' making a FaceHeelTurn) and utter respect for the WWWF's rules is what established Bruno as one in the eyes of the fans.
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* LivingLegend: A great example of one but this was also his moniker.
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* LivingLegend: A great example of one but this was also his moniker. So legendary was Bruno that he was once granted a private audience with the current pope at the time, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Paul VI]].
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* KillerBearHug: Well-known for using the bearhug during his matches, with his Herculean strength and build helping the move's reputation as a devastating submission hold.
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* SquashMatch: When he finally did win the championship from Buddy Rogers, this was the manner in which it happened.
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* SquashMatch: When he finally did win the championship from Buddy Rogers, this was the manner in which it happened. He beat him in ''48 seconds''.
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Bald Of Awesome is going to be renamed and redefined per TRS decision. Also ZCE
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* BaldOfAwesome: As he aged, he went bald, but was never any less badass.
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* SignatureMove: ''Double Axe Handle'' and the ''Double Sole Kick'' either rope-assisted or while lying in the canvas.
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* SignatureMove: ''Double Axe Handle'' and the ''Double Sole ''Kangaroo Kick'' either rope-assisted or while lying in the canvas.
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New Entries.
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** When Ring Warriors first attempted to establish itself in the United States, it had Bruno Sammartino do color alongside the play-by-play of Gordon Solie.
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* CoolOldGuy: Fans see him in this light nowadays. Notably, he was one of a rare handful of wrestlers who hadn't tarnished their own legacy by turning out to be total pricks in private, i.e Wrestling/HulkHogan or Wrestling/UltimateWarrior. Not having cooked his brain with steroids or cocaine probably helped. While some people have complained that Bruno had a massive ego and often had no time for fans, the majority agree that [[AwesomeEgo he'd genuinely earned that right]].
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* CoolOldGuy: Fans see him in this light nowadays. Notably, he was one of a rare handful of wrestlers who hadn't tarnished their own legacy by turning out to be total pricks in private, i.private (i.e Wrestling/HulkHogan or Wrestling/UltimateWarrior.Wrestling/UltimateWarrior). Not having cooked his brain with steroids or cocaine probably helped. While some people have complained that Bruno had a massive ego and often had no time for fans, the majority agree that [[AwesomeEgo he'd genuinely earned that right]].
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* FinishingMove: ''Canadian Backbreaker Rack''.
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* SignatureMove: ''Double Axe Handle'' and the ''Double Sole Kick'' either rope-assisted or while lying in the canvas.
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Badass Mustache and Badass Beard are being merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed. To qualify for Manly Facial Hair, the facial hair must be associated with masculinity in some way. Please read the trope description before readding to make sure the example qualifies.
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* BadassMustache: After he began losing his hair, he instead started growing one of these.
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* GoodOldWays: In his era, {{Kayfabe}} was [[SeriousBusiness the law of the land]], attending a wrestling show was fun for the whole family, with any objectionable content kept at a bare minimum (bleeding was the extent of it, and sexual content was not used at all), and the wrestlers weren't all abusing drugs and steroids like they would as the years went by. Also, Bruno takes pride in his Herculean physique being forged naturally (that is, through years of hard work and smart nutrition), and had been outspoken about his contempt for the steroid and drug abuse that so plagued the wrestling industry in the 1980s and beyond. This was one of the biggest reasons why he estranged himself from [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vincent K. McMahon's]] [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWF/E]], the other being the increasing amounts of family-unfriendly content being shown in the arenas and on TV. As wrestling had seen a disturbing number of wrestlers die barely into their 40's in recent decades, its hard to argue with the man.
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* GoodOldWays: In his era, {{Kayfabe}} was [[SeriousBusiness the law of the land]], attending a wrestling show was fun for the whole family, with any objectionable content kept at a bare minimum (bleeding was the extent of it, and sexual content was not used at all), and the wrestlers weren't all abusing drugs and steroids like they would as the years went by. Also, Bruno takes pride in his Herculean physique being forged naturally (that is, through years of hard work and smart nutrition), and had been outspoken about his contempt for the steroid and drug abuse that so plagued the wrestling industry in the 1980s and beyond. This was one of the biggest reasons why he estranged himself from [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vincent K. McMahon's]] [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWF/E]], the other being the increasing amounts of family-unfriendly content being shown in the arenas and on TV. As wrestling had seen a disturbing number of wrestlers die barely into their 40's in recent decades, its it's hard to argue with the man.
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** When Ring Warriors first attempted to establish itself in the United States, it had Bruno Sammartino do color alongside the play-by-play of Gordon Solie.
** When Ring Warriors first attempted to establish itself in the United States, it had Bruno Sammartino do color alongside the play-by-play of Gordon Solie.
