Larry Zbyszko

Template:Infobox wrestler Lawrence Whistler, noto con il ring name Larry Zbyszko (Chicago, 5 dicembre 1951), è un ex wrestler statunitense conosciuto principalmente negli anni ottanta e novanta per la sua militanza in federazioni quali AWA, NWA e WCW.

Nel wrestling

• Finisher
  • LarryLand Dreamer (Guillotine choke)
  • Piledriver^[1]
  • Standing reverse figure-four leglock
  • Swinging neckbreaker

• Manager
  • Baby Doll
  • Paul E. Dangerously
  • Eddie Gilbert
  • Gary Hart
  • So Cal Val

• Soprannomi
  • The Living Legend
  • The New Living Legend
  • Wrestling's Living Legend
  • The Crusher

Titoli e riconoscimenti

• American Wrestling Association
  • AWA America's Heavyweight Championship (2)
  • AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2)^[2]
  • AWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1) – con Chasyn Rance & Seth Springer

• AWA Superstars of Wrestling
  • AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (1)^[3]

• Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Other honoree (1996)

• Georgia Championship Wrestling
  • NWA National Heavyweight Championship (2)^[4]

• Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Western States Heritage Championship (1)^[5]
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1) – con Arn Anderson^[6]
  • WCW World Television Championship (1)^[7]

• Legends Pro Wrestling
  • XWF/LPW Hall of Fame (Classe del 2008)

• NWA Hollywood Wrestling
  • NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship (1)^[8]

• New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Classe del 2010

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Match of the Year (1980) vs. Bruno Sammartino in un cage match a Showdown at Shea
  • PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1980)
  • PWI Rookie of the Year (1974)
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year (1991) con Arn Anderson
  • 38° nella lista dei migliori 500 wrestler dei PWI 500 nel 1991^[9]
  • 105° nella lista dei migliori 500 wrestler dei PWI Years nel 2003^[10]

• Southern Championship Wrestling
  • SCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1) – con Mister Saint Laurent

• USA Championship Wrestling
  • USA North American Heavyweight Championship (1)

• World Wide Wrestling Federation
  • WWWF Tag Team Championship (1) – con Tony Garea^[11]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • 5 Star Match (1991) con Ric Flair, Barry Windham, & Sid Vicious vs. Brian Pillman, Sting, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner (24 febbraio, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
  • 5 Star Match (1992) con Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, & Bobby Eaton vs. Nikita Koloff, Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, & Dustin Rhodes (17 maggio, WarGames Match, WrestleWar)
  • Best Heel (1980)
  • Feud of the Year (1980) vs. Bruno Sammartino
  • Most Improved Wrestler (1980)

Note

1. ^ WWE Encyclopedia, Dorling Kindersley, 2009, p. 182, ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
2. ^ AWA World Heavyweight Title history, su wrestling-titles.com.
3. ^ AWA World Heavyweight Title (Superstars of Wrestling) history, su wrestling-titles.com.
4. ^ NWA National Heavyweight Title history, su wrestling-titles.com.
5. ^ NWA Western States Heritage Heavyweight Title history, su wrestling-titles.com.
6. ^ WCW World Tag Team Title history, su wrestling-titles.com.
7. ^ NWA/WCW World Television Title history, su wrestling-titles.com.
8. ^ NWA Beat the Champ Television Title history, su wrestling-titles.com.
9. ^ PWI 500 1991, su theturnbucklepost.com, The Turnbuckle Post. URL consultato il 26 agosto 2012.
10. ^ PWI 500 of the PWI Years, su willywrestlefest.fr, Willy Wrestlefest. URL consultato il 26 agosto 2012.
11. ^ WWWF/WWF/WWE World Tag Team Title history, su wrestling-titles.com, wrestling-title.com.

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