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ZBYSZKO RE-NAMED AWA CHAMPION

JustinCaseYouForgotPosted on 02/09/08 at 03:17:52

ZBYSZKO RE-NAMED AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION


Minneapolis, MN - February, 5, 2008 - While the nation is turning
out in record numbers for what's been called "Super Tuesday", the
management team of the AWA has announced that the AWA World Heavyweight
Championship, stripped from Zero-1's Masato Tanaka in late 2007 due to
irresponsible leadership by the fledging Zero-1 MAX's Yoshi Nakamura,
has been rightfully returned to "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko.

Zbyszko started rallying for what he claimed was rightfully his
since mid-2007. The situation heated up immediately after the then AWA
Board of Directors stripped Masato Tanaka of the World's title.
Zbyszko, through his newly named "representative" Mister Saint Laurent
and legal representation, started filing documentation, to the new AWA
Management Team, proving he had never lost the title in 1991 when Verne
Gagne's AWA entered into bankruptcy. After considerable deliberation
and review of the bankruptcy file from the early 90's, the AWA agreed
with Zbyszko that he did indeed never actually loose the title.
Accordingly, Larry Zbyszko is once again the recognized and current AWA
World Heavyweight Champion.

As the celebration started with Zbyszko and "Team Vision"
(Zbyszko's running pals' "Not Cocky" Chasyn Rance and Mister Saint
Laurent), the AWA also announced that Zbyszko's first title defense
would be April 18th in Fayetteville, West Virginia against two of the
top 10 contenders in a 3-way dance.



So since he never lost it in the first place, does that mean all the champions they had since then never counted?
pszPosted on 02/09/08 at 03:20:45

I only have one thing to say about this:

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(Anime face, you sickos)
JustinCaseYouForgotPosted on 02/09/08 at 03:22:22

Then again, if the AWA crowned a champion & no one was around to care... does it make a difference?
91Posted on 02/10/08 at 18:20:21

On 02/09/08 at 03:17:52, JustinCaseYouForgot wrote:
So since he never lost it in the first place, does that mean all the champions they had since then never counted?
More importantly, does this mean he's broken Bruno's record?
ZedjaPosted on 02/10/08 at 22:38:59

If Larry Zbyszko fell down in the forest and died and nobody was around would it create a sound? And more importantly, would anybody BUT Larry Zbyszko care?
Rick GarrardPosted on 02/11/08 at 01:55:36

On 02/09/08 at 03:17:52, JustinCaseYouForgot wrote:So since he never lost it in the first place, does that mean all the champions they had since then never counted?
It merely means that the title was "disputed" much like the current dual IWGP title holders in Japan. Have the last two champs face off, and unify the title to make it "Undisputed".

And for what it's worth:... the current AWA World Tag Team Champions are Frankie the Thumper DeFalco and Jake the Milkman Milliman.... two of the greatest AWA jobbers to the stars of all time along with Trampoline Jumping Dennis Stamp. and Tom Rocky Stone.  Sadly Jake's biggest claim to fame was winning the Team Challenge Series Battle Royal for Larry's Legends to win the whole TCS on ESPN.  So basically the AWA has stepped back 20 years with The Leader of the Robotized Sheep Larry Z as the champ... what a spud head.  
pszPosted on 02/11/08 at 03:03:26

So.... Does Larry Z Dream of Electric Sheep?
Rick GarrardPosted on 02/11/08 at 03:58:22

dunno but he always talked about the "robotized sheep" that were following the nWo at least once per Nitro episode and sometimes more.