Bruno Sammartino could have easily been the NWA World champion had he chose to leave ... Greats such as Dusty Rhodes, Bob Backlund, Lou Thesz, Verne Gagne, and Harley Race never were able to ...

When a wrestler reaches the heights of being a World Champion in WWE ... There's no denying the in-ring talent of Bob Backlund, as he was someone who could hold his own against anybody inside ...

The size of the b*llocks on WWE and WCW to be promoting ... such dated decisions. Bob Backlund in 1994 was a hugely over heel designed only to serve a purpose as Champion - put the next one ...

Bob Backlund, the scrappy, clean-cut All-American boy who defeated Superstar Billy Graham to become the WWWF heavyweight champion in 1978, is now 68 years old and a longtime resident of ...

Six title changes followed, with the seventh champion being Bob Backlund. During Backlund ... that Booker T also had five different reigns as WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

Fred Rosser, formerly known as Darren Young in WWE, comments on potentially winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship during his brief push as a singles wrestler in 2016, alongside Bob Backlund.

Here is the list of five of the oldest Superstars to have won the WWE Championship. Younger fans may not know of Bob Backlund ... after wrestling in WCW and a short stint at NJPW before that ...

After leaving WCW, Samu is known for his time in ... At the age of 21, you got a shot at the WWF Championship against Bob Backlund. At that young of an age, what was that experience like?

The Iron Sheik became WWE Champion the day after Christmas in 1983 when he defeated Bob Backlund at Madison Square ... left WWE in 1988 and popped up in WCW in 1989 for a brief period.

As American as apple pie, Bob Backlund experienced ... favorite and the seventh WWE Champion in the company’s history at Madison Square Garden in 1978. But when Backlund left WWE for good ...