Larry Zbyszko
Lawrence Whistler is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his legendary feud with his mentor Bruno Sammartino in the 1980s. Throughout his career, he was a two-time world champion, winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He began his career in 1972, training under Sammartino's tutelage, and quickly made a name for himself in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), where he captured several titles, including the tag team championship with Tony Garea.
In 1980, after a confrontation with Sammartino, Zbyszko became one of the most hated villains in wrestling history, sparking one of the most intense rivalries of all time. Over the course of his career, he also worked in other promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, and American Wrestling Association (AWA), earning a reputation as a skilled and cunning technical wrestler.
In the late 80s and early 90s, Zbyszko also worked as a commentator and member of the WCW roster, where his legacy as "The Living Legend" continued. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015, with Bruno Sammartino doing the honors. He also had a brief stint in the independent circuit and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) before officially retiring in 2015.
Zbyszko is regarded as one of the greatest villains in wrestling history, known for his ability to elicit intense reactions both inside and outside the ring.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2547 |
| Birthday | 1951-12-05 |
| Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Also Known As | Larry Zbyszko, |
1987
NWA Starrcade 1987
5.917/6
Ric Flair battles Ron Garvin for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage Match. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defend the NWA Tag Team...
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NWA Starrcade 1987
2006
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
7.5/2
Bound for Glory (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on October 2...
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TNA Bound for Glory 2006
2006
TNA Sacrifice 2006
0/0
Sacrifice (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) eventproduced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on May 14, 20...
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TNA Sacrifice 2006
2005
TNA Destination X 2005
8/1
Featuring Jeff Jarrett vs. Diamond Dallas Page in a Ringside Revenge match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Orlando, FL.
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TNA Destination X 2005
1988
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
6/3
Nikita Koloff defends the NWA Television Championship against Bobby Eaton. Larry Zbyszko challenges Barry Windham for the UWF Western States Champions...
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NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
2005
TNA Against All Odds 2005
6.5/2
Against All Odds (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on Fe...
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TNA Against All Odds 2005
1991
WCW WrestleWar 1991
8/3
The Four Horsemen battle Sting, Brian Pillman, and The Steiner Brothers in a WarGames Cage Match. The Fabulous Freebirds face Doom for the WCW World T...
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WCW WrestleWar 1991
1991
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
7/3
El Gigante, Sting & The Steiner Brothers battle Abdullah the Butcher, Cactus Jack, The Diamond Studd & Big Van Vader in the Chamber of Horrors Match....
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
1992
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
0/0
WCW/New Japan Supershow II (known as Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1992 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The mai...
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WCW/New Japan Supershow II
2005
TNA Sacrifice 2005
7/1
Sacrifice (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion that took place...
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TNA Sacrifice 2005
2005
TNA Slammiversary 2005
8/1
Slammiversary (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took...
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TNA Slammiversary 2005
1997
WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
10/1
Hollywood Hogan faces "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in a Steel Cage Match. "Macho Man" Randy Savage battles Diamond Dallas Page. Lex Luger faces Scott Hall with...
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
1997
WCW Starrcade 1997
7/2
The yearlong rivalry between the nWo and WCW reaches its boiling point at Starrcade. Hollywood Hulk Hogan puts the World Heavyweight Championship on t...
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WCW Starrcade 1997
1998
WCW Souled Out 1998
10/1
"Macho Man" Randy Savage takes on the Lex Luger. Bret "Hit Man" Hart faces Ric Flair. Kevin Nash faces The Giant. Chris Jericho battles Rey Mysterio....
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WCW Souled Out 1998
1985
PWUSA Star Wars
0/0
February 24, 1985 at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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PWUSA Star Wars
1985
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
0/0
April 19, 1985 at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
1985
AWA Super Clash
7.9/4
AWA Super Clash '85 – The Night of Champions was the first Super Clash professional wrestling supercard event promoted by the American Wrestling Assoc...
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AWA Super Clash
2023
The Unbreakable Bunch
0/0
Veteran pro wrestlers, on their final tour, face aliens who invaded a sleepy Florida town. They unite with locals in a battle for the ages: The Pro Wr...
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The Unbreakable Bunch
1980
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
0/0
WWF stadium show in the summer of 1980 from Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York.
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WWE Showdown at Shea '80
2015
WWE Hall of Fame 2015
6.8/4
See the Class of 2015 take their place in history during the WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
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WWE Hall of Fame 2015
1985
Most Unusual Matches
9/1
Jesse "The Body" Ventura takes the WWE Universe on a trip down memory lane with some of the wildest matches in history; this presentation features eve...
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Most Unusual Matches
1985
Best of the WWF Volume 1
0/0
The best action that the WWF has to offer.
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Best of the WWF Volume 1
2012
Timeline: The History of WWE – 1980 – As told By Larry Zybszko
0/0
1980 in the WWF. Business isn’t so hot. Backlund isn’t drawing the houses they thought he would and business is moribund at best. That is, until a you...
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Timeline: The History of WWE – 1980 – As told By Larry Zybszko
1988
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
8.5/2
Clash of the Champions II took place on June 8, 1988 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. There were 2400 people in attendance and the sho...
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NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
1990
AWA SuperClash IV
10/1
Masa Saito puts the AWA World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Larry Zbyszko and much more action in this rarely seen supercard.
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AWA SuperClash IV
2006
TNA Victory Road 2006
0/0
Victory Road (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on July 1...
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TNA Victory Road 2006
2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
0/0
Take a journey through the greatest Pay-Per-View Matches in WCW History with names including Sting, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, nWo, The Four Horsemen, Boo...
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WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2010
Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
7.7/3
Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat is one of the most legendary performers in the history of sports entertainment. The popular superstar made his name in th...
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Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
2014
WWE: The Best of Sting
7.7/5
a film by Kevin Dunn.
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WWE: The Best of Sting
1985
AWA StarCage
8.5/2
Pro Wrestling's first all-Cage Match event! featuring King Tonga, Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie & The Masked Superstar vs. Jerry Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter, G...
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AWA StarCage
2014
The Sheik
7.4/28
When Khosrow Vaziri became the World Wrestling Federations Iron Sheik and camel-clutched his way to fame in the 1980s, he achieved the American Dream...
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The Sheik
2006
Legends Never Die
0/0
Death Has Fallen on Deaf Ears in the World of Professional Sports. Step into the ring and watch all the action as fists fly when Legendary Wrestlers R...
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Legends Never Die
1986
AWA WrestleRock 1986
10/1
Nick Bockwinkel challenges Stan Hansen for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
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AWA WrestleRock 1986
1986
Tag Team Champions
0/0
A tribute to the WWF's dynamic duos precision, timing, and teamwork that make them champions.
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Tag Team Champions
1992
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
0/0
The Clash of the Champions XX was a major professional wrestling supercard produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast live on TBS on...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
1988
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
7/1
The third and final Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 22 and 23, 1988. Scheduled to feature 24 teams,...
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The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1989
AWA Battle Royale '89
5/4
The American Wrestling Association holds an 18-man over-the-top-rope Battle Royale to determine a new AWA World Heavyweight Champion in St. Paul Minne...
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AWA Battle Royale '89
1985
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
0/0
The Biggest stars of the mat game converge in Boston to help The Muscular Dystrophy Association!
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AWA Wrestling For a Cure
1992
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
6/1
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII took place on January 21, 1992 at The Expo Center in Topeka, Kansas. There were 5,500 fans in attendance and the show...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
1989
AWA War in The Windy City
0/0
The American Wrestling Association invades Chicago with some of the most incredible pro wrestlers on the planet.
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AWA War in The Windy City
1986
AWA Battle by the Bay
0/0
All the stars of The American Wrestling Alliance converge in the San Francisco bay area for an all-star card!
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AWA Battle by the Bay
1986
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
0/0
It's Christmas chaos in The St. Paul Civic Center with an all-star card!
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AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
1987
AWA SuperClash II
10/1
Curt Hennig challenges Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in the main event. Plus, The Midnight Rockers partner with Ray Steve...
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AWA SuperClash II
1991
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
7/1
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91 took place on September 5, 1991 at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center in Augusta, Georgia. There...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
1991
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
0/0
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII took place on November 19, 1991 at The Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. There were 6,922 fans in attendance...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
1991
WCW Starrcade 1991
8/1
Dream tag team pairings are drawn from the Lethal Lottery and compete in the Battlebowl Battle Royal. Featuring WCW favorites including Sting, Lex Lug...
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WCW Starrcade 1991
1992
WCW SuperBrawl II
8/1
"Stunning" Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko face Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes. Jushin "Thunder" Liger battles Flyin' Brian Pillman for The WCW Light Heav...
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WCW SuperBrawl II
1994
WCW Slamboree 1994
7/1
Sting battles Vader in the main event for the vacant WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan take on the Nasty...
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WCW Slamboree 1994
1992
WCW WrestleWar 1992
6/1
Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff take on The Dangerous Alliance in a WarGames Steel Cage Match. Ron Simmons faces...
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WCW WrestleWar 1992
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
0/0
WCW International World Heavyweight Champion Sting and WCW World Heavyweight Champion "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, battle to unify the two titles. "The...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
1995
WCW All Nighter 1995
0/0
WCW All Nighter is a late night special that originally aired at midnight on Saturday morning January 21, 1995. The show opened with Tony Schiavone, B...
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WCW All Nighter 1995
2014
Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
4.6/15
The Franchise Shane Douglas accidentally kills a wrestler in the ring. The wrestler's brother Angus seeks revenge by surrendering his soul to an ancie...
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Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
10/3
Join the stars of yesterday and today for this star-studded spectacular. Davey Boy Smith challenges Big Van Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Champi...
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