1. Larry Winters was an American professional wrestler and trainer who competed in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and East Coast independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s.
26 Facts About Larry Winters
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Larry Winters has wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, the National Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Federation, Pro Wrestling USA and the World Wrestling Council.
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Larry Winters was one of the top stars of Joel Goodhart's Tri-State Wrestling Alliance.
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Larry Winters was one of many former TWA wrestlers later brought into Eastern Championship Wrestling by Tod Gordon.
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On October 28,1984 Larry Winters made an appearance for the World Wrestling Federation where he lost to Ron Shaw at a house show in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Around 1985, Larry Winters began wrestling for the American Wrestling Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Larry Winters took part in tag team as well as singles matches.
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Larry Winters made several appearances for short-lived Pro Wrestling USA, specifically shows co-promoted by the AWA and the National Wrestling Alliance, facing Buddy Roberts and Boris Zhukov.
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On November 24,1985, at an interpromotional show for AWA and Jim Crockett Promotions, Larry Winters lost to Boris Zhukov at the Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
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On October 2,1987, Larry Winters wrestled NWF Heavyweight Champion DC "Mad Dog" Drake at the Al Lang Stadium in St Petersburg, Florida.
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When Goodhart opened the Ringmasters Wrestling School in Northeast Philadelphia, Larry Winters was hired as head trainer.
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Larry Winters faced his old rival Larry Zbyszko in the Montreal-based Lutte Internationale.
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Joel Goodhart began promoting wrestling shows and Larry Winters became one of the earliest stars of the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance following its formation in 1990.
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On January 27,1990, Larry Winters beat DC Drake in a "stretcher" match at the TWF's Winter Challenge supercard in Philadelphia.
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Larry Winters returned to Original Sports Bar two months later where, on February 24,1991, he won a battle royal.
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DC Drake was substituting for Larry Winters and was the man pinned when the titles changed hands.
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Days after Goodhart announced the close of the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, Larry Winters met with Steve Truitt, Bob Artese and Tod Gordon at Gordon's Philadelphia office.
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Shortly after losing the tag team titles, Stetson unexpectedly turned on Larry Winters while participating in a 16-man battle royal for the ECW Pennsylvania Championship.
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Larry Winters continued feuding with Stetson for the next two months.
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Larry Winters was one of the many original ex-TWA wrestlers let go from the promotion by Paul Heyman in order to bring in his own wrestlers.
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Tod Gordon claimed that Larry Winters was released due to his age and his reluctance to engage in more "hardcore"-style wrestling.
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On March 3,2002, Larry Winters defeated Jeff Rocker for the Cutting Edge Wrestling Federation but lost to Tony Stetson in a lumberjack match for Liberty All-Star Wrestling on April 20.
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In 2007, Larry Winters made several appearances for Tod Gordon's Pro Wrestling Unplugged.
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Larry Winters managed the team in separate single matches on November 17,2007.
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On October 24,2009, Larry Winters was one of several former TWA stars who took part in the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance Reunion Show at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey.
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Larry Winters died from a heart attack on January 27,2015.