11 Wrestling Stars We Never Thought Vince McMahon Would Make Up With

#1. Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Sammartino didn't get along with Vincent Kennedy McMahon, or like his vision.

Bruno Sammartino is one of the biggest legends in wrestling. He held the WWE Championship for a record-long reign (and for a total of two reigns that added up to over a decade cumulatively), and was the face of the company in its nascent years, long before Vincent Kennedy McMahon took over from his father.

When McMahon got control of WWE, he made some big changes including edging pro wrestling away from the presentation of a legitimate sport, towards a business emphasizing colourful characters and storytelling, anchored around Hulk Hogan. Sammartino openly disagreed with these adjustments and was all the more vocal in condemning where WWE went from there as it headed into the Attitude Era.

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Despite being an outspoken critic of WWE for decades, and McMahon saying he’d given up on rebuilding his relationship with the company, Triple H did extend the olive branch. In an unlikely turn, 2013 saw Sammartino make up with WWE as he accepted a Hall of Fame induction and conducted a number of interviews for the WWE Network.

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Michael Chin was born and raised in Utica, New York and currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and son. He authored the short story collections You Might Forget the Sky was Ever Blue from Duck Lake Books and Circus Folk from Hoot ‘n’ Waddle. Visit him at miketchin.com.

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