20 Greatest Ever WWE Bromances

By Andrew Soucek /

16. Bruno Sammartino And Larry Zbyszko

Bruno Sammartino and Larry Zbyszko were a bromance before anyone knew what the word meant. Sometimes a bromance is just one guy helping another succeed. In this case, it was the legendary Bruno taking the youthful Larry under his wing, and helped him gain entry into the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1973. Once there, he started learning from the top star in the company, and began perfecting his craft. He went west for a few years, before returning once more as Sammartino€™s storyline protege. Not all bromances can have a storybook ending, though. This one took a bad turn, when in a classic wrestling moment Zbysko turned on his mentor and bashed him with a chair over the head multiple times. It became one of the biggest angles of all time. As they say, time heals all wounds. Even that chair beating was forgotten, and Larry was able to have a successful career because of the legend. When he entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015, he couldn€™t stop gushing about his inductor Bruno, and how he got him into the wrestling business, and simply didn't have to do it. He wouldn't have made it without him. And because of that, it created one of the greatest bonds in the history of the business.