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Every year, the readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter are asked to cast votes on the Most Disgusting Promotional ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Bob's Discount Furniture is set to open 20 new stores this year across 12 states, a handful of which will be getting their first-ever location. The openings are part of the chain's growth strategy ...
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'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 ...
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 ...
Former "Bob's Burgers" voice actor Jay Johnston was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison following his guilty plea in July for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol.
Bob Bruggers, a linebacker on the expansion Miami Dolphins in 1966 who later became a professional wrestler and Broward bar owner, died Friday. He was 80. Bruggers was an undrafted signee who made ...
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 ...