# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-zbyszko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:22:33.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-zbyszko"
name: "Larry Zbyszko"
slug: "larry-zbyszko"
description: "Lawrence Whistler, better known by the ring name Larry Zbyszko, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, Bruno Sammartino, during the early 1980s as well as his work as a wrestler and color commentator for World Championship Wrestling. Among other accolades, he is a two-time world champion having twice held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Zbyszko was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 28, 2015, by Sammartino."
tagline: "American professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Zbyszko.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1951-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8855421686746986
  historical:           10.73547866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "LivingLegendLZ"
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    handle:    "larryzbyszko"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924226/"
    handle:    "nm0924226"
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    title: "แลร์รี ซบีสซโก"
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    title: "لارى زبيزكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Zbyszko"
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    title: "Larry Zbyszko"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Zbyszko"
    title: "Larry Zbyszko"
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    title: "Larry Zbyszko"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump