The Comedian Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Was Larry Zybysko ever actually any good? All I've seen of his work are a few highly unimpressive matches here and there on old WCW shows. He was good enough for you to choose one of his catchphrases for your screen name apparently... 9
HumanChessgame Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Was Larry Zybysko ever actually any good? All I've seen of his work are a few highly unimpressive matches here and there on old WCW shows. He was good enough for you to choose one of his catchphrases for your screen name apparently... I never thought much of him as a commentator either. When coming up with ah handle, I was just thinking of some sort of wrestling related term to use and thought of this one, partially because I always thought it was corny, yet memorable.
cool arrow Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I always thought "a game of human chess" was a Solie-ism.
Josh Mann Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 If Larry was a baseball player, he's a guy who will hit 6th or 7th and consistently hit .280 for 15 (glorious) years with a .300 year or two thrown in. Although he'd be worse than fucking Nomar in the batter's box. 6
The Nature Boy Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Billy Robinson called his auto bio "Physical Chess" so I think it predates Larry.
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Zybysko was fucking great. The entire heel turn on Bruno with the promos and matches is some of the greatest Pro Wrestling of all time. 2
Josh Mann Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Zybysko was fucking great. The entire heel turn on Bruno with the promos and matches is some of the greatest Pro Wrestling of all time.Shit. He lived off that angle for 30 (glorious) years and deservedly so. I made my baseball analogy earlier, but he killed the ball that season.Larry probably would have gone on to be one of the great IC champs ever had he managed to not get himself blackballed. Taking nothing away from Don Muraco, but there is probably an alternate timeline where it's Larry who takes the big Superfly splash in the Garden, not Muraco.
Big Fresh Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I never liked Larry Zybysko. The Bruno angle was great and after that? Nothing. For 30 years, nothing. He also wrote the single worst book I've ever read.
Josh Mann Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I'm not even THAT big a fan of his, but him carrying the IC title had he stayed in New York after the Bruno program would have been a realistic career trajectory.
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I never liked Larry Zybysko. The Bruno angle was great and after that? Nothing. For 30 years, nothing. He had the great Georgia angle where he bought the National title from Killer Tim Brooks, his AWA run had great matches with Bock and he was the guy who turned Bock Face, him helping Hennig to turn heel ruled, there was that awesome AWA title match with Saito, his whole AWA run was great, the Dangerous Alliance was awesome, his face turn against Regal kicked ass, and him against Bischoff was a blast. 3
elizium Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I really dug his run as AWA champ, he just seemed to fit the AWA mold so well. It's too bad that the whole thing was falling apart and there weren't really any strong faces for him to go against.
Josh Mann Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 How/why did Larry get blacklisted? He held up Sr. for money, Sr. told him where he could stick it.
Phantom Lord Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I like that the Daniel Bryan chick was a knock off Kate Micucci. I thought that's who she looked like. I'm surprised with all the people he got he just didn't get Kate Micucci.
Fuzzy Dunlop Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Holy shit, FRANK SOBOTKA! Cena shrugging off the sledgehammer shot and knocking Triple H the fuck out with his hat was the best. Shockmaster! Yeah, pretty much the best thing ever. At the end he asks if we honestly wanted it to be an hour long? Well, um, yeah, I totally did. I'm pretty sure '...ah, fuck it, it's Ric Flair, he's AWESOME' should just be the standard argument winning reply to any negative comment about Flair too.
w. josh Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Ryan on DeMott. I find it amusing that a bunch of guys are raising legitimate complaints about physical and mental abuse and unsafe working conditions, and Joey Ryan chimes in with, "Yeah, and they also didn't realize that I'm awesome!" 1
Ace Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I like that the Daniel Bryan chick was a knock off Kate Micucci. Watch it, man! She's a scientist! 1
Ace Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 That cast list is insane. Adam Rifkin, Seth Green, it also says Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, JTG, and Shad are in it, though I didn't see them. Daniels and Kaz are surrounding Josh Peck (of Drake and Josh fame) during the "We fucking hate Triple H!" scene. 1
Greggulator Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Dustin/Ricky vs. The Enforcers is pretty much the best. Zbysco and Arn screaming "HE'S JUST A MAN!" during their panic attack at the beginning of the match is one of my favorite things in wrestling history. 4
EricG Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Gotta find the link, but saw an update on tim donst and his health issues. He should have a blog entry up soon, too. http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20150314/NEWS/150319604 1
doubtingELDANDY Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Was Larry Zybysko ever actually any good? All I've seen of his work are a few highly unimpressive matches here and there on old WCW shows. He was good enough for you to choose one of his catchphrases for your screen name apparently... When I met Larry at Fan Axxes during WM 30 I shook his hand and said, "the human game of chess". He laughed and then repeated it in his gimmick voice. So awesome. I also asked him to sign the HOF section of the program, to which he looked for Bret Hart class and signed over it. Was there heat between Bret and Larry?
Infinit Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Kevin Nash is wrestling in Toronto (well, Mississauga) this Sunday for Destiny Wrestling at Don Kolov Arena (at Santino's Battlearts Gym) He teaming with Randy Reign (who just had an NXT tryout at the Arnold Classic show) against Cody Deaner & RJ City...should be fun, The whole show actually looks pretty great.
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Roman and Randy Gregory= Reign of Doom Over/Under on when WWE will sign Cody Hall?
Jiji Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 He still needs a lot of seasoning. He'll probably finish out the year in New Japan and then he could and should sign with NXT. He's so lanky and a bit awkward physically. I think working in an extremely physical style such as New Japan's is going to do him a lot of good.
Brysynner Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Just a little piece I wrote elsewhere re: Wrestling Isn't Wrestling The message is so appropriate right now The story always goes on. Even if we don’t like the story right now in this moment, it’s gonna go on. It will eventually get better because that’s how this pro-wrestling thing works. Sure they’ll stick with shit that doesn’t work (Triple H 2000-2010) but there’s other shit that does work and once they’re done with the shit that doesn’t work, odds are they’ll be more good shit. Using Triple H’s career as a whole there are a ton of entertaining years of his career and there are a few really bad years. Some of the stuff that looks bad, looks a little better now that we know the ending of the story arc. In the end some of us may not like the idea of Roman Reigns Main Eventer and some of us do, but guess what the story’s gonna go on. Roman Reigns story will end way before our ability to watch WWE and/or pro-wrestling will. No one is bigger and lasts longer than wrestling. Not Vince McMahon, not Bonnie Hammer, not Ted Turner, not Paul Heyman, not Daniel Bryan, not Roman Reigns, not CM Punk, not me, not you, no one. Wrestling will go on long after we’re all dead and buried because it is so real it’s not real. 1
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