Former WWE Champion Bob Backlund wants to partner with fellow WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump to follow through on the president’s goal to Make America Great Again. Backlund and Trump were both ...

Bob Backlund, the scrappy, clean-cut All-American boy who defeated Superstar Billy Graham to become the WWWF heavyweight champion in 1978, is now 68 years old and a longtime resident of Glastonbury, ...

BROOKHAVEN – After a career in which he packed arenas in the United States and abroad, former World Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund added Burman’s Health Shop on Edgemont ...

Robert "Bob" Backlund was born on August 14, 1949. He was a standout athlete in high school and went on to win the NCAA Division 2 Amateur Wrestling Championship during his time at North Dakota State ...

Kurt Angle's debut on the WWE main roster in Autumn 1999 was the beginning of one of the most impressive rookie years in WWE history. The Olympic Gold Medalist won both the WWE European and ...

The latest addition to the WWE's Hall of Fame, Bob Backlund, may no longer be a household name, but the Minnesota-born superstar is one of the most celebrated wrestlers in WWE history. In honor of his ...

As American as apple pie, Bob Backlund experienced success as both an adored hero and a loathed villain in a WWE career that spanned across three decades. The kid from Princeton, Minn., quickly became ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced today that Extra Host Maria Menounos will induct Bob Backlund into the WWE Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at Madison Square Garden ...

Outspoken. Opinionated. Political and a great American. Donald Trump? No, rather another person who has graced the WWWF/WWE ring, takes pride in his country -- and has run for office -- former ...

Last week, we noted that a story was circulating that Bob Backlund had made a scene during Verne Gagne's funeral. Apparently, during Greg Gagne's eulogy for his father, Backlund started "cutting a ...

BROOKHAVEN – After a career in which he packed arenas in the United States and abroad, former World Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund added Burman’s Health Shop on Edgemont ...