1. Larry Sweeney performed primarily on the American independent circuit, but competed in Canada, Mexico, Japan and Europe.
28 Facts About Larry Sweeney
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Larry Sweeney wrestled under the ring name 'El Zapatista' and participated in a three-ring, 120-man battle royale.
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Larry Sweeney did not decide to pursue a career in professional wrestling until 2002, when he was living in India and training in amateur wrestling at the Sri Satpal Pehlewan Akhara at the Chattrasol Stadium in Model Town, Delhi, India.
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Larry Sweeney received training from Buddy Rose and Colonel DeBeers in Portland, Oregon, before debuting on May 1,2004, in Ludlow, Massachusetts.
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Larry Sweeney went on to hold the title for 11 months before losing it to Mike Quackenbush in May 2006; in the meantime he had become a regular for many of the larger independent wrestling companies in the US.
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On July 31,2006, Larry Sweeney made an appearance on Raw, broadcast live from the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, where he played an imposter Nick Hogan in a segment titled "Orton Knows Best".
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On July 20,2007, Larry Sweeney was crowned the first CWE Undisputed Champion after defeating Eddie Kingston and Chris Hero in separate matches in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Larry Sweeney made his debut with the Hawaii-based promotion Action Zone Wrestling on January 7,2008, CIMA at their event Battleclash III, a match billed on his 'ain't no doubt about it' DVD as the 66th Pearl Harbor anniversary showdown.
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Larry Sweeney participated in a Boxer vs Wrestler match against Larry Barnes on April 5,2008, in New Rochelle, New York, at New Rochelle High School for the New York State Wrestling Federation.
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Larry Sweeney promoted two shows, in April 2007 and October 2008, at Colgate University and announced plans to run shows at schools and carnivals, primarily in the Midwest.
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On October 30,2004, Larry Sweeney's stable met a group led by Jigsaw in an eight on eight torneo cibernetico match.
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Larry Sweeney was pinned by Jigsaw, after his stable mate Spyrazul turned on him and then unmasked himself as Quackenbush.
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Larry Sweeney entered the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix with Share Cropper, but they were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Shane Storm and Mister ZERO.
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Larry Sweeney refused to do this and after Crossbones pulled off his towel to reveal the diaper, Larry Sweeney fired all of his stable mates and disbanded Sweet 'n' Sour International.
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Larry Sweeney recaptured the Texarkana title in Canada, but on November 18,2006, at Talent Borrows, Genius Steals Kingston defeated him in a "Yellow Belly Strap match" to win the feud.
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Larry Sweeney continued to team with Mitch Ryder and Shayne Hawke as the Fabulous Three and together they made it to the quarter-finals of the 2008 King of Trios tournament, before losing to the Golden Trio of Delirious, Hallowicked and Helios.
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However, in the match against the Fabulous Two Larry Sweeney turned on Castagnoli by hitting him with brass knucks and re-joined Ryder and Hawke.
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On January 25,2009, at Revelation X Larry Sweeney called out Castagnoli, despite knowing that he was at the time wrestling in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah.
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On December 23,2006, Larry Sweeney made his debut in Ring of Honor, interfering on behalf of the Kings of Wrestling in their win against the Briscoe Brothers.
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Larry Sweeney ordered him to beat down Bobby Dempsey with the rest of the group but instead he delivered suplexes to every member aside from Larry Sweeney, who escaped from the ring.
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On June 28,2008, in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, Larry Sweeney proudly welcomed the newest member of Sweet N' Sour, Inc.
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On October 19,2008, Larry Sweeney made an appearance at Shimmer Women Athletes taping, the sister promotion of ROH.
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Larry Sweeney cut a promo about how his client in ROH Sara Del Rey would get her Shimmer Championship rematch in ROH.
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On December 19,2009, at Final Battle 2009, ROH's first live pay-per-view, Larry Sweeney returned to the company as a color commentator, but did not make any appearances after that.
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On July 26,2010, Larry Sweeney returned to Chikara at Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show, where he, disguised as Vokoder, a cyborg, previously portrayed by Tim Donst, stared down his Bruderschaft des Kreuzes partner Pinkie Sanchez.
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Larry Sweeney managed to eliminate Sanchez from the match, before being eliminated himself by Claudio Castagnoli.
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Larry Sweeney posted a blog entry on Chikara's official site on December 29,2010, where he announced he would return to the promotion in 2011, but he died before doing so.
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Larry Sweeney graduated from New Trier High School and Oberlin College.