The wrestling industry has always had drama behind-the-scenes, as wrestlers butted heads with management back in the day as ...

As American as apple pie, Bob Backlund experienced success ... where he won the NCAA Division II heavyweight wrestling championship – Backlund had the rare combination of good looks, pure ...

Hilarious lines like Bobby Heenan remarking that Backlund's "shoes were up at his knees" when he first entered (implying that ...

Time to take another look at the match that'd become known as 'The Bob Backlund Classic'. OK, so nobody calls it that. Maybe, ...

At the peak of his wrestling career, in the 1980s, Vaziri faced off against other greats in the ring including Bob Backlund, Sgt Slaughter and Hulk Hogan. He defeated Backlund for the WWF World ...

Brock Lesnar and CM Punk have also held wrestling's most prestigious title belt for well over a calendar year. 1. Bruno Sammartino, 2,803 days 2. Bob Backlund, 2,135 days 3. Hulk Hogan ...

The Iron Sheik became WWE Champion the day after Christmas in 1983 when he defeated Bob Backlund at Madison Square ... which put professional wrestling in the mainstream light for the first ...