| Larry Weil | |
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| Ring name(s) | "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe Larry Weil |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (120 kg) |
| Born | June 26, 1951 Paulsboro, New Jersey, United States |
| Debut | July 4, 1974 |
| Retired | August 1991 |
| Website | MonsterFactory.com |
Larry Weil (b. June 26, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler, manager and trainer better known under his ring name, "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe. He currently runs the Monster Factory professional wrestling school. He went to highschool in Paulsboro, New Jersey, and was the original trainer of Kevin Von Erich, and many many other well known wrestlers.[1]
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Wrestling
Sharpe won his first championship while working for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta. Forming a tag team with Ripper Collins, he won the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship on September 24, 1976. The team held the title for less than one month, dropping it to Ed and Jerry Morrow on October 15.[2]
He then competed in the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council. He joined up with Jack Evans to form a tag team known as the Hollywood Blondes. On December 17, 1977, they defeated Carlos Colón and Victor Jovica to win the WWC North American Tag Team Championship. The title was declared vacant on April 22 the following year because of a controversial match against Jovica and Chief Thunder Cloud. The teams met for a rematch on May 6, and the Hollywood Blondes regained the championship. Three weeks later, however, they lost the title to Colón and Thunder Cloud.[3] Sharpe's final title was the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship. He did not win the belt, but was rather awarded it in November 1978 when the previous champion, Don Muraco, won the NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship and was forced to vacate the Hawaiian championship. As the top contender to the Hawaiian championship, Sharpe was given the title. He held it for less than a month before dropping it to Mando Guerrero on November 22.[4]
Monster Factory
The Monster Factory is a professional wrestling school in Bellmawr, New Jersey run by Larry Sharpe. He opened his wrestling school with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers in 1983, and wrestled part-time until retiring in August 1991. The school's first famous pupil was Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, whose success brought a lot of attention to the school.[5]
In February 2008, the school was threatened by a fire which had started at the building adjacent to the school, ANA Laboratories, and the building was evacuated by the school trainers. The fire was confined to the laboratory until its roof collapsed however, according to Camden County Chief Fire Marshal Paul Hartstein, only a firewall prevented the fire from reaching the school. The school had been in the middle of drills when the fire broke out although all the students were safely evacuated to the outside parking lot. [6]
The Monster Factory has been rated as one of the top 10 wrestling schools in the country by about.com[7]
The school has also developed its own independent wrestling promotion known as Old Time Wrestling(OTW)[8]
Some of the Monster Factory's graduates include:
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Current trainers
- Larry Sharpe
- Ed Atlas
- Jim Molineaux
Championships and accomplishments
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- Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship – with Ripper Collins[2]
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- WWC North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jack Evans[3]
References
- ^ Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, February 14, 2007, page 1.
- ^ a b "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship". Wrestling Titles. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/calg-t.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ a b "World Wrestling Council North American Tag Team Title". Wrestling Titles. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-na-t.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ a b "NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Titles. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/hi/hi-h.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ Wrestling Observer Newsletter, January 29, 2007, page 1
- ^ Martin, Adam; Miles, Dan (2008-02-02). "2/2 Championship Wrestling TV and close call at Monster Factory school". WrestleView.com. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1201977938.shtml.
- ^ http://prowrestling.about.com/od/howtobecomeawrestler/tp/bestwrestlingschools.htm
- ^ http://www.oldtimewrestling.net/
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