Every year, the readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter are asked to cast votes on the Most Disgusting Promotional ...

Robert Lee Bob Backlund is an American professional wrestler with an in-ring career that spanned over 30 years. Over that time, he was a two-time WWWF/WWF ...

As long as there is professional wrestling, there will be a debate over who is the greatest wrestler of all time. Arguments can genuinely be made for countless people, including Bruno Samartino ...

Bob Backlund's first title reign lasted 2,135 days and began on February 20, 1978. He defended the gold 444 times in the same number of days it has taken Roman Reigns to compete in just 54 title ...

Legendary pro wrestler Bob Backlund made a return to WWE in 2000 at the Royal Rumble. He had a short stint during that run before returning seven years later in 2007 on RAW.

Bob Backlund and Hulk Hogan made several claims about each other outside the WWF ring. Hogan claimed that Backlund attempted to change the booking of Hogan’s title win over the Iron Sheik in ...

The Iron Sheik became WWE Champion the day after Christmas in 1983 when he defeated Bob Backlund at Madison Square Garden. The victory was a controversial one, as Backlund's manager Arnold ...

Pushing Bob Backlund in 1993 was like pushing Bob Backlund in 2023. Dailymotion. 10 Wrestlers WWE Pushed At Exactly The Wrong Time. Posted: August 5, 2024 | Last updated: February 23, 2025.

For many Gen Xers, pro wrestler the Iron Sheik—who died this week at 81—will be remembered as a former World Wrestling Federation champion who rose to prominence in the 1980s battling the ...

Inoki was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2010. He defeated Bob Backlund in 1979 to win the WWE championship, but Backlund defeated him in a rematch six days later.