Global Backyard Wrestling News
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Revision as of 01:33, 2 January 2009
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| Acronym | GBYWN |
| Establishment | 2006 |
| Creator | Cam |
| Key People | Cam (Owner) D.Miller (Scout Chief) |
| Type of site | Free hosting forum |
| Advertising | YouTube |
| Federations under banner | 98 |
| Current status | Active |
Global Backyard Wrestling News (GBYWN) is a globally-exclusive 24/7-running virtual backyard wrestling forum database devised and owned by Cam (also known as Shawn Kozone) in 2006, that is in congregation of numerous varying leagues in which align with the community to receive full accessibility to promotional rights (which at once used to be earned through a money system called the GBYWN Dollars and/or with league qualifications).
GBYWN has been a consistently altering project since its inception which took algorithmic development to garner further promotion and recognition and now currently acquires a team of creative personnel to assist in conceiving improving concepts to excel the community that once existed with a website before fully hosting on its forums. With over 700 registered members, the site despite trailing criticism, is felt to be the preeminent backyard wrestling social online territory today among even rival community, Breakfall.net.
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History
 Photo snapshot of the GBYWN Forum. |
In early 2006, Shawn Kozone who is rather commonly known today as Cam, opened a wrestling site called Wrestlezone 4000 in which did news coverage on professional wrestling companies such as WWE and TNA. Eventually, Cam would become interested in backyard wrestling by the The Frank of BWA, taking view of several videos provided online via YouTube.
Features
Over the years, GBYWN has introduced various features over its two year existence. Ones which include the GBYWN Power 25 (retired), GBYWN Hall of Fame, GBYWN Weekly Awards (retired), GBYWN Monthly Awards (retired) and GBYWN End of the Year Awards. A backyard wrestling simulation game has also been created called GBYWN Backyard Simulation Wrestling along with the GBYWN Game Room utilized to forecast pro wrestling pay-per-view matches.
Federations
Below is a list of federations that went defunct while under association with GBYWN:
- AnyTime Wrestling (ATW) - ended in December 2008
- Championship Wrestling Association (CWA) - ended in October 2008
- Carolina Xtreme Wrestling (CXW) - owned by Cam - ended in October 2008
- Kick Ass Wrestling (KAW) - ended in Summer 2008
- KKW - ended in October 2008
- Pure Wrestling Federation (PWF) - ended in November 2008 for Pure Ontario Wrestling
- Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling (RLSW) - ended in November 2008; intending to do supershows only
Championships
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Awards
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