Triple Ache
02-01-2008, 06:22 AM
Promo for Larry Sweeney.
YouTube - Larry Sweeney promo from Chikara (Brick)
Rank this promo from 1-10
1=Crap
10=Future Hall Of Famer
My only comment is what is this guy doing in the indy circuit?
Info about Larry Sweeney from Wikipedia.com
Career
Sweeney decided to train in professional wrestling while living in India and training in amateur wrestling at the Sri Satpal Pehlewan Akhara (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sri_Satpal_Pehlewan_Akhara&action=edit) at the Chattrasol Stadium in Model Town, Delhi, India, in 2002. After returning to the states and completing his studies at Oberlin College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College), he enrolled in the Chikara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_Pro_Wrestling) Wrestle Factory in Allentown, Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown%2C_Pennsylvania), in September 2003, under head trainer Mike Quackenbush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Quackenbush) and co-instructors Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) and Skayde (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skayde&action=edit). Sweeney also received training from Buddy Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rose) and Colonel DeBeers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_DeBeers) in Portland, Oregon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon) before debuting on May 1, 2004 in Ludlow, Massachusetts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow%2C_Massachusetts). Since then, Sweeney has been a mainstay in many promotions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion) on the American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) independent circuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit). He won the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Lions_Cup) in his seventh professional match, and has gone on to hold numerous independent professional wrestling championships.
Sweeney formed a team with professional wrestling's favorite farmer, The Sharecropper (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Sharecropper&action=edit), and gained entry into the 2005 CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix, but the two lost in the first round. On June 16, 2005, he defeated veteran wrestler Glen Osbourne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Osbourne) for the PWE Heavyweight Championship in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanicsburg%2C_Pennsylvania). He went on to hold the title for 11 months before losing it to Mike Quackenbush in May of 2006; in the meantime he had become a regular for many of the larger independent wrestling companies in the US.
Formerly partners and good friends, Sweeney has been embroiled in an ongoing feud in various promotions across North America with Eddie Kingston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kingston), most vehemently in CHIKARA, where he ran over Kingston with a vehicle following an ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana TV Championship match. The two engaged in several vicious strap matches in late 2006, but there was no decisive winner in the overall feud.
On July 31, 2006, Sweeney made an appearance on RAW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw), broadcast live from the Meadowlands Arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowlands_Arena) in New Jersey, where he played an imposter Nick Hogan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hogan) in a segment titled "Orton Knows Best (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_Knows_Best)." Later that year, he was the subject of the 'Introducing' feature article in the national magazine The Wrestler.
2007 has seen him go on to a feud with with Bryan Alvarez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Alvarez), author of the Figure 4 newsletter, over the ICW/ICWA Texarkana Television Championship. On May 11, 2007 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKeesport%2C_Pennsylvania), he won the prestigious IWC Super Indy Title (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IWC_Super_Indy_Title&action=edit) after defeating "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lethal), Azrael (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azrael), and Shima Xion (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shima_Xion&action=edit) in a one-night tournament. He has since gone on to feud for the title with "Fabulous" John McChesney, who defeated him for the title on July 7. After chasing McChesney for over six months, Sweeney regained the title on January 19, 2008. On July 20, Sweeney was crowned the first CWE Undisputed Champion after defeating Eddie Kingston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kingston) and Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) in separate matches in Youngstown, Ohio.
After competing in a War Games match for the NWA Upstate (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA_Upstate&action=edit) promotion in Rochester, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%2C_New_York), in April, 2007, Sweeney passed out due to blood loss. Sweeney competed in this bloody cage match after successfully defending the ICW/ICWA title against Eddie Kingston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kingston) in a devastating strap match the night before at Colgate University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_University). Sweeney is noted for having competed against a good number of professional wrestling legends in his relatively short career, including Brad Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Armstrong_%28wrestler%29), Tracy Smothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Smothers), Bob Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Armstrong), Bill Dundee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dundee), Sonny Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Rogers&action=edit), X-Pac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Waltman), Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Williams_%28wrestler%29), and Kamala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_%28wrestler%29). He also arm-wrestled the Iron Sheik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik) in July, 2006 for Totally Tool Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Totally_Tool_Wrestling&action=edit), and has competed against one of his wrestling mentors, Steve Corino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Corino), on several occasions.
Ring of Honor
On December 22, 2006, Sweeney made his debut in Ring of Honor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor), interfering on behalf of the Kings of Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Professional_Wrestling) (Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) & Claudio Castagnoli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Castagnoli)) in their win against the Briscoe Brothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briscoe_Brothers) (Jay & Mark Briscoe). The following night, Hero announced that Sweeney was in ROH as his new agent. Since then, Sweeney has gone on to form Sweet 'n' Sour Inc., an agency consisting of Sweeney's "clients" Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) and Sara Del Rey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Del_Rey), personal trainer Tank Toland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Toland), and Bobby Dempsey. Matt Sydal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Sydal) was briefly apart of Sweet & Sour Inc., but left when Sweeney signed him to a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment). Since then, former WWE Tough Enough winner Daniel Puder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Puder) has joined Sweet & Sour Inc. To date, Sweeney has wrestled only one match in ROH, defeating Claudio Castagnoli at Final Battle 2007.
In wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
12 Large Elbow Drop (Diving top rope elbow drop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_el bow_drop))
'68 Comeback Special (Hangman's neckbreaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckbreaker#Shoulder_Neckbreaker) followed into a DDT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT_%28professional_wrestling%29))
Boa Constrictor (Seated inverted facelock submission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Dragon_sleeper))
Sweeney Stomp (Multiple stomps while circling a fallen opponent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Stomp))
Leg hook brainbuster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainbuster#Fisherman_brainbuster)
Slingshot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Slingshot ) leg drop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_le g_drop)
Belly to belly piledriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_%28professional_wrestling%29#Tombstone_ piledriver)
Bionic elbow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Bionic_Elbow)
Piledriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_%28professional_wrestling%29#Texas_pile driver)
Slingshot suplex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex#Slingshot_Suplex)
Spinebuster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Spinebuster)
Falling fist drop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#fist_drop)
Double underhook suplex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex#Double_Underhook_Suplex)
Shoulderbreaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Shoulderbreaker)Nick names
"Sweet & Sour"
"Super Agent"
Championships and accomplishments
American Combat Wrestling
ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
CHIKARA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_%28professional_wrestling%29)
Young Lions Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_Young_Lions_Cup) (1 time)
Championship Wrestling Experience
CWE Undisputed Championship (1 time, first)
International Wrestling Cartel
IWC Super Indy Championship (2 times, current)
IWC Super Indy VI tournament winner (2007)
National Wrestling Superstars
NWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Larry Cameron
Pro Wrestling Entertainment
PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1
WORLD-1/PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with King Kaluha
Ultimate Championship Wrestling
UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Other
ICW-ICWA Texarkana Television Champion (20 times)
YouTube - Larry Sweeney promo from Chikara (Brick)
Rank this promo from 1-10
1=Crap
10=Future Hall Of Famer
My only comment is what is this guy doing in the indy circuit?
Info about Larry Sweeney from Wikipedia.com
Career
Sweeney decided to train in professional wrestling while living in India and training in amateur wrestling at the Sri Satpal Pehlewan Akhara (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sri_Satpal_Pehlewan_Akhara&action=edit) at the Chattrasol Stadium in Model Town, Delhi, India, in 2002. After returning to the states and completing his studies at Oberlin College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College), he enrolled in the Chikara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_Pro_Wrestling) Wrestle Factory in Allentown, Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown%2C_Pennsylvania), in September 2003, under head trainer Mike Quackenbush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Quackenbush) and co-instructors Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) and Skayde (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skayde&action=edit). Sweeney also received training from Buddy Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rose) and Colonel DeBeers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_DeBeers) in Portland, Oregon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon) before debuting on May 1, 2004 in Ludlow, Massachusetts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow%2C_Massachusetts). Since then, Sweeney has been a mainstay in many promotions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion) on the American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) independent circuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit). He won the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Lions_Cup) in his seventh professional match, and has gone on to hold numerous independent professional wrestling championships.
Sweeney formed a team with professional wrestling's favorite farmer, The Sharecropper (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Sharecropper&action=edit), and gained entry into the 2005 CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix, but the two lost in the first round. On June 16, 2005, he defeated veteran wrestler Glen Osbourne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Osbourne) for the PWE Heavyweight Championship in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanicsburg%2C_Pennsylvania). He went on to hold the title for 11 months before losing it to Mike Quackenbush in May of 2006; in the meantime he had become a regular for many of the larger independent wrestling companies in the US.
Formerly partners and good friends, Sweeney has been embroiled in an ongoing feud in various promotions across North America with Eddie Kingston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kingston), most vehemently in CHIKARA, where he ran over Kingston with a vehicle following an ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana TV Championship match. The two engaged in several vicious strap matches in late 2006, but there was no decisive winner in the overall feud.
On July 31, 2006, Sweeney made an appearance on RAW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw), broadcast live from the Meadowlands Arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowlands_Arena) in New Jersey, where he played an imposter Nick Hogan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hogan) in a segment titled "Orton Knows Best (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_Knows_Best)." Later that year, he was the subject of the 'Introducing' feature article in the national magazine The Wrestler.
2007 has seen him go on to a feud with with Bryan Alvarez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Alvarez), author of the Figure 4 newsletter, over the ICW/ICWA Texarkana Television Championship. On May 11, 2007 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKeesport%2C_Pennsylvania), he won the prestigious IWC Super Indy Title (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IWC_Super_Indy_Title&action=edit) after defeating "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lethal), Azrael (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azrael), and Shima Xion (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shima_Xion&action=edit) in a one-night tournament. He has since gone on to feud for the title with "Fabulous" John McChesney, who defeated him for the title on July 7. After chasing McChesney for over six months, Sweeney regained the title on January 19, 2008. On July 20, Sweeney was crowned the first CWE Undisputed Champion after defeating Eddie Kingston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kingston) and Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) in separate matches in Youngstown, Ohio.
After competing in a War Games match for the NWA Upstate (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA_Upstate&action=edit) promotion in Rochester, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%2C_New_York), in April, 2007, Sweeney passed out due to blood loss. Sweeney competed in this bloody cage match after successfully defending the ICW/ICWA title against Eddie Kingston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kingston) in a devastating strap match the night before at Colgate University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_University). Sweeney is noted for having competed against a good number of professional wrestling legends in his relatively short career, including Brad Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Armstrong_%28wrestler%29), Tracy Smothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Smothers), Bob Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Armstrong), Bill Dundee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dundee), Sonny Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Rogers&action=edit), X-Pac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Waltman), Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Williams_%28wrestler%29), and Kamala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_%28wrestler%29). He also arm-wrestled the Iron Sheik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik) in July, 2006 for Totally Tool Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Totally_Tool_Wrestling&action=edit), and has competed against one of his wrestling mentors, Steve Corino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Corino), on several occasions.
Ring of Honor
On December 22, 2006, Sweeney made his debut in Ring of Honor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor), interfering on behalf of the Kings of Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Professional_Wrestling) (Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) & Claudio Castagnoli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Castagnoli)) in their win against the Briscoe Brothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briscoe_Brothers) (Jay & Mark Briscoe). The following night, Hero announced that Sweeney was in ROH as his new agent. Since then, Sweeney has gone on to form Sweet 'n' Sour Inc., an agency consisting of Sweeney's "clients" Chris Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hero) and Sara Del Rey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Del_Rey), personal trainer Tank Toland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Toland), and Bobby Dempsey. Matt Sydal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Sydal) was briefly apart of Sweet & Sour Inc., but left when Sweeney signed him to a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment). Since then, former WWE Tough Enough winner Daniel Puder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Puder) has joined Sweet & Sour Inc. To date, Sweeney has wrestled only one match in ROH, defeating Claudio Castagnoli at Final Battle 2007.
In wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
12 Large Elbow Drop (Diving top rope elbow drop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_el bow_drop))
'68 Comeback Special (Hangman's neckbreaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckbreaker#Shoulder_Neckbreaker) followed into a DDT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT_%28professional_wrestling%29))
Boa Constrictor (Seated inverted facelock submission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Dragon_sleeper))
Sweeney Stomp (Multiple stomps while circling a fallen opponent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Stomp))
Leg hook brainbuster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainbuster#Fisherman_brainbuster)
Slingshot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Slingshot ) leg drop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_le g_drop)
Belly to belly piledriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_%28professional_wrestling%29#Tombstone_ piledriver)
Bionic elbow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Bionic_Elbow)
Piledriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_%28professional_wrestling%29#Texas_pile driver)
Slingshot suplex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex#Slingshot_Suplex)
Spinebuster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Spinebuster)
Falling fist drop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#fist_drop)
Double underhook suplex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex#Double_Underhook_Suplex)
Shoulderbreaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Shoulderbreaker)Nick names
"Sweet & Sour"
"Super Agent"
Championships and accomplishments
American Combat Wrestling
ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
CHIKARA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_%28professional_wrestling%29)
Young Lions Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_Young_Lions_Cup) (1 time)
Championship Wrestling Experience
CWE Undisputed Championship (1 time, first)
International Wrestling Cartel
IWC Super Indy Championship (2 times, current)
IWC Super Indy VI tournament winner (2007)
National Wrestling Superstars
NWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Larry Cameron
Pro Wrestling Entertainment
PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1
WORLD-1/PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with King Kaluha
Ultimate Championship Wrestling
UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Other
ICW-ICWA Texarkana Television Champion (20 times)