Bruno Sammartino in GA?

[coach]

Did Bruno ever make any appearances in GA?

[ricksegers]

I only remember once back in the mid 70's he was on GCW on Saturday night and he was announced for the City Auditorium the following weekend. That's all I can remember about Bruno in GA.

[Rich Tate]

Here is everything I have documented on Bruno, including a simple program reference, a no-show, and a match:

August 30, 1968 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium

(Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Johnny Walker (01) & Silento Rodriguez and Tank Morgan & Oki Shikina went to a draw > Midget Women’s Match: Darling Dagmar over Diamond Lil > Handicap Match: Louie Tillet over the Rising Suns (Motoshi Okuma & Shinya Kojika) > Ray Gunkel over Guillotine Gordon > Stan Vachon & Butcher Vachon over Tarzan Tyler & Brute Bernard > Leo Garibaldi over Jack Crawford > the Professional over Dick Steinborn / Notes: Crawford managed Tyler and Bernard. There were two referees for the Garibaldi-Crawford match. In the program for this card, it was mentioned that Gene Kiniski believed the Professional was Bruno Sammartino under a mask. It was announced that Jim Starr would be wrestling on the card on September 6, 1968, and that Bob Boyer would be wrestling in Atlanta soon.

August 7, 1973 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium

(Ann Gunkel – Promoter / All-South Wrestling Alliance) > John Black and Koa Tiki went to a draw > Randy Curtis over Bull Zomar by disqualification > Georgia Tag Team Title Match: Tommy Seigler & the Super Gladiator* over Jack Armstrong & the Great Cornelio to retain the title > Georgia Brass Knucks Title Match: Rock Hunter* over El Mongol to retain the title > World Light Heavyweight Title Match: the Golden Gladiator* and Argentina Apollo went to a draw; the Gladiator retained the title > Georgia Heavyweight Title Match: Ray Candy* over Assassin #2 (01) by disqualification to retain the title > United States Tag Team Title Match: Ernie Ladd & Tom Renesto over Tarzan Tyler & Ox Baker to win the title / Notes: Renesto substituted for Bruno Sammartino to team with Ladd in the match against Tyler and Baker. Sammartino was also advertised to participate in an autograph session for fans. It is unclear as to the origin of the United States Tag Team Title, and who was the defending champion in the match. Seigler and the Gladiator had been the reigning Georgia Tag Team Champions since they went over Hunter and Assassin #2 on July 31, 1973, in Atlanta. Hunter managed Assassin #2. Candy had been the reigning Georgia Heavyweight Champion since he went over Assassin #2 on March 13, 1973, in Atlanta. Hunter had been billed as the reigning Georgia Brass Knucks Champion since January 30, 1973. The Gladiator had been billed as the reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion since May 29, 1973. Charlie Smith was credited as being a referee for this card.

April 25, 1975 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Omni Coliseum

(Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Ricky Gibson over Lorenzo Parente at 11:30 > Roger Kirby and Don Muraco went to a draw at 20:00 > Chris Taylor over Don Greene at 4:00 > Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller over Don Kent & Dudley Clements > Harley Race over Ray Candy > Jerry Brisco & Rocky Johnson and Jerry Lawler & the Assassin (01) went to a draw > Bruno Sammartino > Andre the Giant over Abdullah the Butcher / Notes: Rock Hunter managed the Assassin, Tanaka, and Abdullah. Mr. Wrestling #2 (01) joined Sammartino at ringside during his match with Tanaka. Ron West and Bobby Simmons were credited as being referees for this card.