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209. What Italian Strongman won the WWF Championship on this Day?

209. What Italian Strongman won the WWF Championship on this Day?

A month has passed since the World Wide Wrestling Federation split from the National Wrestling Alliance and named their new world champion, but they’re not settled on that first champion. They pivot to an Italian Strongman on this day in 1963. Do you know the name of the new champion, and why the WWWF made such a quick pivot?

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Answer: Bruno Sammartino

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