10 Forgotten Final Matches Of WWE Legends

10. Bruno Sammartino

WrestleReunion #2 on Aug 27th 2005 against Larry Zbyszko

There's no question that the late Bruno Sammartino is a WWE legend. His run of 2,803 days with the WWWF Championship is still the ultimate benchmark for long reigns in the wrestling industry; the fact that he then went on to hold the belt for a further 1,237 days in inconceivable in the 21st century.

Reigning when the WWE dominated in the Northeast, he headlined Madison Square Garden in legendary matches against Gorilla Monsoon, Nikolai Volkoff, Ivan Koloff and more during his storied career as the face of the company.

One of his most iconic feuds involved a trilogy of matches against Larry Zbyszko in 1980, with their Steel Cage match at Showdown at Shea attracting more than 35,000 fans to the former home of the Jets and Mets.

It was only fitting that when Bruno decided to hang up his boots, he went out in one last showdown with Zbyszko.

Having not wrestled since defeating Butch Reed in 1987, Sammartino arrived at WrestleReunion 2 in 2005 in the corner of Diamond Dallas Page who was taking on old rival Larry himself. With DDP defeated, Bruno stepped into the ring one last time. The bell rang and he charged at Zbyszko, throwing punches until referees split them up and declared the match a no-contest.

The WWE's greatest ever champion was nearly 70-years-old, but still came out looking strong in his final match.