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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Cam (Owner) <br> [[D.Miller]] (Scout Chief)  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Cam (Pres./co-Champs. Manager) <br> [[King BW]] (GBYWN Chairman) <br> [[D.Miller]] (Scout Commissioner) <br> [[Rad Hazard]] (co-Champs Manager) <br> [[Joe Randa]] (Admin) <br> [[Shooter]] (Admin) <br> [[Sic Ric]] (Admin) <br>  [[Devin Bliss]] (Admin)  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Global Backyard Wrestling Nation <br> Backyard Wrestling News
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://gbywn.top-talk.net GBYWN Website]  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://thegbywn.com GBYWN Website]  
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'''Global Backyard Wrestling News''' ('''GBYWN''') formerly known as '''Backyard Wrestling News''' ('''BYWN''') is a globally outreaching, [[backyard wrestling]] social, media-sharing online forum community devised and owned by [[Cam]] (also known as Shawn Kozone) in 2006, who ran his own federation [[Carolina Xtreme Wrestling]] that folded in October 2008.  
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'''Global Backyard Wrestling News''' ('''GBYWN''') is a globally outreaching, [[backyard wrestling]] social, media-sharing online forum community devised and created by [[Cam]] in 2006 and is currently being operated by a set of administrators.  
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Cam socially impacted the backyard wrestling community despite critics, incorporating game and competitive features such as the GBYWN Backyard Simulation Game and the GBYWN Spring Challenge with assistance from voluntary creative staff, and integrating numerous backyard wrestling promotions varying in style and quality that apply their federation and share media, a privilege previously earned through a "GBYWN Dollars" money system.
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Through some doubt, the community rose from scratch to heightened popularity beginning in 2007 eventually surpassing top competitor such as [[Backyard Wrestling Link]]. Attributed much to its early success was its 24/7 operation and attractive multi-featured urban-like community. Multiple backyard wrestling federations have been integrated varying in style and quality and given entitlement to promoting their videos within.
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As a consistently altering project since its initial stage, it took vast promotion and development to garner wide recognition on a once low-visited site. But after increasingly growing with well over 800+ registered members, it is generally seen by a handful to be the preeminent backyard wrestling social online territory today.
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GBYWN has been viewed to an extent as a controversial community that currently remains as the highest commercialized backyard wrestling site with over 1000+ registered members and generally seen by a handful to be the modern and preeminent backyard wrestling social online following.
==History==
==History==
===Origin===
===Origin===
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In early 2006, [[Shawn Kozone]] (only known by that name then) opened a wrestling site called Wrestlezone 4000 in which did news coverage on professional wrestling companies such as World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Non-stop Action Wrestling before hacked, whilst acknowledging backyard wrestling with no initial interest until Dreadvenom (The Frank) of [[Backyard Wrestling Association]] lured his preoccupation into the practice as Kozone only knew of BWA.
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In early 2006, [[Mr.Xtreme]] (only known by that name then) opened a wrestling site called Wrestlezone 4000 in which did news coverage on professional wrestling companies, some time before the site would be hacked. Mr. Xtremebecame aware of backyard wrestling, but however, held no initial interest until Dreadvenom (The Frank) of Backyard Wrestling Association directed him to BWA, the only federation Mr.Xtreme would know of for the time being.  
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In March 2006, after creating a freewebs wrestling site entitled 321wrestling under the slogan "we got two words for you, suck it" borrowing a catchphrase from World Wrestling Entertainment's D-Generation X, while in competition with two of his friends' more successful 365wrestling site on freewebs, Kozone closed his site going on hiatus from freewebs, testing Tripod that met his disapproval, sending him back to freewebs in June to create new wrestling site, 500wresting to allegedly overthrow 365wrestling.  
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In March 2006, Mr.Xtreme, operating site 321wrestling, engaged in competition with his friends' more successful site, 365wrestling, having a rivalry of Freewebs wrestling sites. He would later after disposing his site and taking a hiatus, allegedly return in June to overthrow his friends with his new 500wrestling website. Meanwhile, his backyard wrestling interest heightened after discovering promoted federations on The Frank's [[National New Age Alliance]] (NNAA) webpage, inspiring the foundation of his own federation alongside his brother City Boy, and friend, Wild Wyatt known as Brutal Backyard Wrestling (later turning into [[Carolina Xtreme Wrestling]]).
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His interest furthered in backyard wrestling at the discovery of backyard wrestling site [[National New Age Alliance]] (NNAA) operated by The Frank, that promoted several heard-of internet promotions, inspiring Kozone to form his own federation alongside his brother [[City Boy]] and friend, Wild Wyatt known as Brutal Backyard Wrestling (later turning into Carolina Xtreme Wrestling). In September, following the folding of 500wrestling, Kozone was prompted to adopt a nickname - Cam (later notorious in the backyard wrestling community), going under ownership of said biggest WWE and TNA news site ever on freewebs, 123pin.
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In September 2006, after folding 500wrestling, Mr.Xtreme adopted the nickname Cam abbreviated from actual name, Cameron. Cam gained ownership of the regarded biggest wrestling site on Freewebs, 123pin. Now highly fond of backyard wrestling, he formed a backyard wrestling Freewebs affiliate sub-site, Backyard Wrestling News (BYWN). This site was incorporated to 123pin without the expectation of succeeding, but when the subsite began surpassing the status of his most successful wrestling site, he immediately terminated it for BYWN.
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Shortly, Cam formed a backyard wrestling-oriented freewebs subsite, Backyard Wrestling News (BYWN), incorporated to 123pin without expectation of exceeding. When the subsite began surpassing the status of his most successful wrestling site, he immediately terminated it for BYWN.
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===Backyard Wrestling News (2006-2007)===
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BYWN ran moderately, but at times declined to mere visitation and with Cam determined, this fuelled the need to develop and mass advertise it on the internet. Cam provided quick consistent updates and promoted it across countless freeweb wrestling sites pulling in many backyard wrestlers and federations as the guestbook began hosting frequent conversations. Interviews, ranking and competitive community features including "Federation of the Week" and "Federation of the Month" took implementation which assisted to grow interest in BYWN. Federations well received by Cam at that time included [[Championship Wrestling Association]], [[Extreme Wrestling Alliance]], [[Backyard Wrestling Association]], [[In Your House Wrestling Alliance]], [[Revolutionary Household of Wrestling]] and many more.
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Not easily succeeding with a non-professional website receiving some accusations and criticism of being of "bland and unprofessional nature", BYWN underwent outlook modification for further attractiveness as changes were made giving it an urban, hang-out-spot feeling, continuously offering a guestbook, chatbox, embedded videos usually of selected videos of the week, and additional rap music themed in the background for a brief point.
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Initially a small known site that had not received much visitation, Cam worked to develop it by providing constant updates and promoting it across countless freeweb wrestling sites, significantly ones based on backyard wrestling appealing to many mixed-aged personnels and practitioners of the underground sport, who used the Freewebs-feature guestbook for means of communication. Interviews, ranking and competitive community features including "Federation of the Week" and "Federation of the Month" took implementation which assisted to grow interest in BYWN.  
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The regulation then was to join the community and stay participating for promotional benefits as opposed to just only visit to promote, where applicants were granted full accessibility to promotional rights which was later for a time earned through a money system feature called "GBYWN Dollars" as well as "federation qualifications". Also in January 2007, an opposition was faced in the arrival of a community known as [[World Backyard Wrestling]] (WBYW) attempting a rivalry but BYWN already had a stronghold. Subsequently, Cam realized the potential for worldwide outreach to backyard wrestlers and federations and renamed Backyard Wrestling News as "Global Backyard Wrestling News".
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Not easily succeeding with a plain, non-professional website receiving some accusations and criticism of being of "bland and unprofessional nature", BYWN underwent outlook modification for further attractiveness as changes to BYWN were made giving it a vivid, virtual home-like tailor-made feeling, offering a guestbook, forums (that were initially barely visited), and additional rap music themed in the background for a brief point.  
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===Global Backyard Wrestling News (2007-present)===
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====The Beginning of Championships, Controversy, and Rivalry with Breakfall.net====
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The site comprised of ads supporting then-presidential candidate, Barack Obama, embedded videos of backyard wrestling content and other pictures. The regulation then was to join the community and stay participated for promotional advantages as opposed to just only visit to promote, where applicants were granted full accessibility to promotional rights which once was earned through a money system called "GBYWN Dollars" and federation qualifications. Subsequently, Cam realized the world-wide outreach to few general wrestling fans and backyard wrestlers of the community and renamed Backyard Wrestling News as Global Backyard Wrestling News.
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While the [[Backyard Wrestling Link]] was a leading force, GBYWN continued its advancement in gaining community popularity assembling several federations under banner. 2007 was a notable year for the community getting much notice and federations such as [[Trampoline Championship Wrestling]], [[2KW]], Allied Wrestling Syndicate, and [[Kick Ass Wrestling]] joining the alliance. It would be around this time a small Freewebs forum board was soon introduced which was infrequently used to the guestbook and chatbox parts of the website.
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In June 2007, backyard wrestler [[Cassias Chaos]] claimed himself the [[GBYWN West Coast Championship|GBYWN Champion]]. Statements were proclaimed that he brought the idea up for the site to have a champion. In July 2007, a new and exceptionally high profile, user-generated, social backyard wrestling network website called Breakfall.net (BFN) stemmed from a discontentment with the backyard wrestling community and based around the Australian backyard wrestling scene. Boldly, Cam contacted the website founder [[Chris Cryptic]] sending him a notification of a pending community rivalry which went lightly received.
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Both sites battled for visiting numbers where Breakfall led the race periodically having more resources and being steps ahead with technology forcing GBYWN in need of a table-turning strategy while experiencing plaguing issues with some of its members that were eventually banned. The competition further ignited when "The Cheese Kid" Steven Alvarez stated that he intended to develop a GBYWN video game, where quickly thereafter, Cam restricted the game to featuring backyard wrestlers that were forum members only. Many of the banned members defecting to Breakfall, who felt they had BYW seniority, made their complaints known influencing Steven Alvarez to no longer want to create the game.
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Toward the end of 2007, the banned members were allowed back into the community. In April 2008, a new Forumotion forum was opened. Subsequently, defamatory activities became a natural tendency, perpetrated and reflective in the entire deletion of topics, posted obscenities and other provocations prompting the borderline closure of the site. Notable reasons for such behaviour were contemption for the "GBYWN Power 25" feature and having been banned.  
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Meanwhile, Breakfall proceeded to lampoon the community and its "GBYWN Dollars" idea. However soon enough, their own webmaster [[Jonathan Bravata]] began to no-show his duties with maintaining the site. The situation deteriorated in the malfunction of the registration code disallowing new members to sign up. Opportunistically, the competition was beated out to the high maintainance activity and advertisement awareness coupled with new interactive features of GBYWN while Breakfall was stuck in a rut. Eventually, Backyard Wrestling Link even faded out from existence. Gradually, such conflicts in GBYWN that were problematic were resolved, particular features discontinued, and the forum was revamped with the addition of a portal, and chatbox, later defeating the purpose of having the main website.
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An aim towards more standardization in relation to the wrestling quality of posted media has been sought after for some time, leading to videos with lack thereof, being overlooked for more established yarders and federations. This inevitably led to some citing the social territory as controversial and accusing many people of "playing favorites" and "forming a large clique" that comment on their own videos.
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In 2009, GBYWN procured a professional domain at thegbywn.com.
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===Global Backyard Wrestling News===
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==Global Backyard Wrestling Nation (2009-present)==
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With such alteration, GBYWN began blossoming with its multiple assembled federations under banner, gaining fandom and favoritism and becoming a household name among all backyard wrestling communities including a community once at its highest popularity, [[Backyard Wrestling Link]]. Within the process, Cam acquired a website creative team out of active members and short URL address using bigbig.com in 2007.  
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GBYWN established themselves as a global alliance and as did [[Battle Born Wrestling]] which its Chairman [[Rad Hazard]] operated. In November 2009, after a plan had been within talks between Cam and Hazard, Hazard exclusively broke the news on the first episode of his reincarnated ''[[Backyard Wrestling Weekly]]'' series that both entities - one a forum community and alliance of its own (GBYWN) and the other a territorial federation alliance (BBW) - would fuse for the result of becoming "Global Backyard Wrestling Nation". This meant that Cam retained his presidency maintaining the forum community and having overall say and that Hazard would be the "Chairman of the Board" by handling championship affairs and doing his part with managing other alliance-related duties.
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In that same year, [[World Backyard Wrestling]] arrived as a community to attempt to rival and desparage GBYWN, but had shortly fell through the cracks. In July, [[Breakfall.net]] premiered online primarily focused with Australian backyard wrestling federations as GBYWN accomplished a rival relationship with them overtime, who criticized GBYWN's talent level as opposed to their own and once proceeded to write gossip columns to ridicule their operation, most notiably, the "GBYWN Dollars" feature.  
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Federations soon began being inducting into the GBYWNation alliance on Backyard Wrestling Weekly. Over a course of episodes for the first time ever, the [[Global Backyard Wrestling News awards|GBYWN End Year Awards 2009]] was featured in a media presentation. The forum itself was converted to the new name only shortly, however, as Cam reverted the community back to "Global Backyard Wrestling News" based partly on Hazard himself wanting the alliance differentiated from the community as well as Cam's decision. As a result, it was made that "Global Backyard Wrestling Nation" refer to the alliance side of the agreement.
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Moreover, Breakfall.net ceased to be as commercialized and interactive with special features and competitions, a fact that remained additional to other communities including Backyard Wrestling Link which is scarcely heard of today, ultimately making for the preeminence of GBYWN that persisted on  presenting system rankings, games and competitive competitions throughout its activity. To even heighten the conversing experience, the "GBYWN Shoutbox" (chatbox) came into play after a consensus to have the site solely on its forum, which gradually turned into a portal-site forum.
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By late 2010, Hazard had effectively established himself as the "Chairman of the Board of Directors" of the GBYWNation federation alliance which reached lengths in causing some confusion between the two GBYWN's being the alliance and the forum. Hazard sanctioned over 30 GBYWN championships across the Nation, and while a wildly fun idea in theory, became a hindrance as many titles lacked defenses and overall prestige and value, even so much that very few holders became disinterested and vacated their belt. This went unbeknownst to Cam because of his brief hiatus, but upon his return, met his disapproval citing the championship operation as a "corrupt system". When negotiations were brought to a deadlock between Cam and Hazard, both parties agreed to once again utilize two separate alliances with Cam reactivating the GBYWNews brand while Hazard continued his GBYWNation brand under a new name, the [[GBYWA|Global Backyard Wrestling Alliance]] (GBYWA) in order to differentiate the brand's initials from one another.
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At a time, the community endured denigrating issues when members (which few had "mod powers") felt unjust and cheated out of the ''GBYWN Power 25'' feature managed by Cam, which led to premature action taken at the perpetual deletion and sometimes offensively profane abuse of the boards that looked to tarnish its reputation and drive Cam at the brink of discarding the site. Moreover, the problem was resolved between Cam and the members in which personal conflicts had also lain between. Following renewals and a redesign to the forums, Cam discontinued most of all features that arose problems helpfully alleviating his work and now adheres to the forums continuously introducing new ideas with the help of creative.
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Hazard insisted on running the GBYWA for a time, as this highly conflicted with GBYWN, elevating more confusion in the community by duplicating its championships and history within his idea of expanding GBYWN outside of the basis of a forum. Hazard attempted to run a campaign to procure "Board of Directors" behind the concept, even Cam, promoting that "the 12 are coming". However, it was all thrown out and GBYWN proceeds to operate as it is.
==Features and Challenges==
==Features and Challenges==
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GBYWN has utilized a number of features and challenges in maintaining a socially-attractive, virtually home-appealing mixed-age-group community filled with mostly backyard wrestlers allowing members to converse, share media and promote themselves. A chat box entitled the “GBYWN Shoutbox”, one of many other features formerly used on its website, is an applied addition to the forums which gives all personnel, interactive conversing privileges within the forum community.
 
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Many of other competitive features incorporated into the community had only precipitated disputes between the backyard wrestlers, who cited some decisions as “unjust” and “inaccurate” leading to its disuse, coupled with the fact that it weighed in heavy on the hands of community owner, Cam, who was generally responsible for its updates that required to be alleviated to bring equilibrium between his life responsibilties.
 
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With that, GBYWN retired features such as the GBYWN Power 25 which was a ranking board accused as being a biase system that rewarded backyard wrestlers for victories rather than skill. “GBYWN Dollars” which stood for a money system, that was once temporarily implemented to give those representing their federations who partook in community games, contests and activities such as the fantasy wrestling "GBYWN Backyard Simulation Game", unofficial dollars eligible for purchasing promotion for their federation, however, is now used as forum reward points that can be used towards things such as graphics. Cam had also retired "GBYWN Weekly" and "Monthly Awards", prior to abandoning in the use of the main site, now only serving as a redirect link.
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GBYWN has utilized a number of features, add-ons and interactive challenges in maintaining a socially active virtual community allowing members to enjoy their stay besides conversing, sharing media and promoting. A few features incorporated into the community had only precipitated disputes between yarding members, who cited its operation as “unjust” and “inaccurate” leading to its disuse. This goes coupled with the fact that it weighed in too heavy on the hands of GBYWN President, Cam, who was generally responsible for its updates.
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*'''GBYWN Backyard Simulation Wrestling Game:''' A fantasy wrestling game which allows one to become a GM and manage bookings of events in their fantasy league that appear in typewritten results involving backyard wrestlers from various real-life backyard wrestling federations.
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*'''GBYWN Backyard Simulation Wrestling Game:''' Was a fantasy wrestling game which allows one to become a GM and manage bookings of events in their fantasy league that appear in typewritten results involving backyard wrestlers from various real-life backyard wrestling federations.
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*'''GBYWN Dollars:''' Stands for a money system, which was once implemented to reward unofficial dollars to those representing their federations who partook in community games, contests and activities eligibility to purchase promotion or a right. It has recently been brought back and is being used as a reputation scale, whereas, posts made by all in the community are approved or disapproved on a "+" or "-" vote that arise and decrease reputation within.
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*'''GBYWN Dollars:''' Stands for a money system, which was once implemented to reward unofficial dollars to those representing their federations who partook in community games, contests and activities the eligibility to purchase promotion or a right. It has recently been brought back and is being used as a reputation scale, whereas, posts made by all in the community are approved or disapproved on a "+" or "-" vote that arise and decrease reputation within.
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*'''GBYWN Pro Wrestling Game:''' A game that rewards points for casting predictions on pro wrestling bookings.
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*'''GBYWN Music:''' An archive of free music for backyard wrestlers composed by [[Jake Xinn]] and Fatality.
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*'''GBYWN Cribz:''' A feature that allows members to record videos based on their personal living.  
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*'''GBYWN Pro Wrestling Game:''' Was a game that rewards points for casting predictions on pro wrestling bookings.
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*'''GBYWN Columns:''' A blogging feature used for members to advertise and discuss feelings.
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*'''GBYWN Cribz:''' Was a feature that allowed members to record videos based on their personal living.  
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*'''GBYWN Columns:''' A blogging feature used for members to publicize and discuss feelings.
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*'''GBYWN Gazette:''' A monthly news column covering global notes, news, and updates in backyard wrestling. The column is published by [[Dee Miller]].
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*'''GBYWN Power 15:''' Was a ranking system to chart the top backyard wrestlers. Feature was changed back to GBYWN Power 25.
*'''GBYWN Power 25:''' Was a ranking system that promoted ascension on grounds of victories and popularity more than ability and eventually stirred controversy in the community leading to its discontinuation.
*'''GBYWN Power 25:''' Was a ranking system that promoted ascension on grounds of victories and popularity more than ability and eventually stirred controversy in the community leading to its discontinuation.
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*'''GBYWN Slam of the Week:''' Was a weekly video clip from Cam's YouTube channel featuring the most dearing spot posted on the site during the week.
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*'''GBYWN Video of the Week:''' A weekly ranking that selects the top video of the week.
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*'''GBYWN Wrestler of the Week:''' A weekly ranking that selects the top wrestler of the week.
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*'''GBYWN Spring Challenge:''' This is the biggest aunnual competition in GBYWN occuring around spring, permitting any and everyone involved within to partake. The concept behind the competitive feature is that participants record and submit a match of any kind that must be full-length, which will be judged by special personnel of the community known as "Big Bros" upon review based on varying factors such as wrestling ability, psychology, match flow, and overall entertainment value. Previously, decisions were only made solely by [[Cam]].
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*'''GBYWN Spring Challenge:''' This is the biggest annual competition in GBYWN occurring around spring, permitting any and everyone involved within to partake. The concept behind the competitive feature is that participants record and submit a match of any kind that must be full-length, which will be judged by special personnel of the community known as "Big Bros" upon review based on varying factors such as wrestling ability, psychology, match flow, and overall entertainment value. Previously, decisions were only made solely by [[Cam]].
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*'''GBYWN Tag Team Challenge:''' An annual challenge which bases on Tag team matches. The best tag match is rewarded.
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*'''GBYWN Tag Team Challenge:''' Was a challenge which was based on Tag team matches. The best tag match is rewarded.
*'''GBYWN Promo Challenge:''' An annual challenge that emphasizes competition on promo skills. The best promo is rewarded.
*'''GBYWN Promo Challenge:''' An annual challenge that emphasizes competition on promo skills. The best promo is rewarded.
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*'''GBYWN Talent Show:''' A contest that allows participants to showcase any ability in or outside of backyard wrestling.
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*'''GBYWN Talent Show:''' Was a contest that allowed participants to showcase any ability in or outside of backyard wrestling.
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*'''GBYWN Head 2 Head (H2H):''' Was a weekly challenge which placed backyard wrestling federation videos against one another competitively for votes issued to the better video based on opinion.
===BYWTube===
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In recent wake of copyright owner's over-effective action of requesting mutation and removal of videos containing infringement on YouTube, [[backyard wrestling]] videos have become victimized as a result for possessing unpermitted borrowed material from various bands and music artists. As a back-up source, [[Cam]] created Backyard Wrestling Tube (BYWTube) on a custom social media-sharing network, Ning, that is steadily gaining more members.
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In wake of action taken by copyright owners requesting mutation and/or removal of videos containing infringement on YouTube, [[backyard wrestling]] videos have become victimized as a result for possessing unpermitted borrowed material from various bands and music artists. As a back-up source, [[Cam]] created Backyard Wrestling Tube (BYWTube) on a custom social media-sharing network, Ning, that steadily gained membership.
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However in May of 2010, Ning announced that membership would require a monthly fee to continue using the service. By the end of summer, BYWTube was not invested in and eventually ceased in operation.
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{{main|GBYWN Federations}}
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Over 100 distinctive backyard wrestling federations have aligned themselves with GBYWN since 2006. With the fact that several promotions have closed up shop, there are still a very abundant amount of organizations still existing today with GBYWN including [[2KW]], [[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling]], [[2 Xtreme Wrestling]], [[Northeast Championship Wrestling]] and several more.
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==Championships==
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{{small|These GBYWN championships are assigned to different geographical territories hosting backyard wrestling federations and must be also regionally contested and defended within assigned location.}}
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*Any regional championship is required to be defended and contested in not only the federation the holder wrestles for, but also in other federations in the geographical territory of regions the title is bound to. Some secondary and all world championships are not expected or required to be defended or contested in full capacity of its boundaries due to being farfetched for backyard wrestling, and are rather just the top championships that represent the alliance.
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|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
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! colspan="4" style="font-size: larger;" | <center>World Championships</center>
|-
|-
|<center>[[GBYWN World Heavyweight Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[GBYWN World Heavyweight Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>[[FX]] </center>
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|<center>[[Murph]] </center>
-
|<center>June 6th, 2009</center>
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|<center>August 14, 2011</center>
-
|<center>[[BWA 4th Anniversary: Global Domination]]</center>
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|<center>WZW Domination 9</center>
 +
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
 +
|<center>[[GBYWN International Championship]]</center>
 +
|<center>[[Chalis]] </center>
 +
|<center>March 6, 2011</center>
 +
|<center>LCWA Grapscallions</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN World Tag Team Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[GBYWN World Tag Team Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>Outshined ([[Devin Bliss]] & [[The Pen Name]]) </center>
+
|<center>[[Day One]]  <br> ([[Sic Ric]] & [[Bsnow]]) </center>
-
|<center>June 6th, 2009</center>
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|<center>October 30, 2010</center>
-
|<center>BWA 4th Anniversary: Global Domination</center>
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|<center>[[REVIVAL|REVIVAL Just Another Supershow 666]]</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Deathmatch Championship]]</center>
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! colspan="4" style="font-size: larger;" | <center>Secondary Championships</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN United States Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>[[Rad Hazard]] </center>
 +
|<center>June 11, 2011</center>
 +
|<center>BXW Paul Kunkle Memorial 2</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Women's World Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN United States Tag Team Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>The Wrecking Crew <br> (Marcus Centofante and J-2 Step) </center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>Episode 20</center>
 +
|<center>New Era 20</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
 +
|-
|<center>[[GBYWN United Kingdom Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[GBYWN United Kingdom Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>[[Alex Arik]]</center>
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|<center>Tim Lee</center>
-
|<center>June 13, 2009</center>
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-
|<center>SSPW When It All Goes Wrong</center>
+
-
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
+
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Canadian Championship]]</center>
+
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Spain Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>[[Francis Morante]]</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Australian Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>Dan Zeplin </center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>October 24, 2010</center>
 +
|<center>[[ICWS|ICWS Halloween Hell]]</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN New England Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Canadian Championship]]</center>
 +
|<center>''Vacant'' </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Northeast Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A </center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Mexican Championship]]</center>
 +
|<center>Captain Mexico</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid-Atlantic Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>[[Sic Ric]]</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN X-Division Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>[[SWC Lenny Budd Memorial (2009)|SWC Lenny Budd Memorial 2009]]</center>
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|<center>Chris Tiffer </center>
-
|<center>April 25, 2009</center>
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|<center>June 27, 2010</center>
 +
|<center>BWA 5th Anniversary: Supercard of Destiny</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Great Lakes Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>Vacant</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Hardcore Championship]]</center>
 +
|<center>Kris Fenix</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid South Atlantic Championship]]</center>
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! colspan="4" style="font-size: larger;" | <center>Regional Championships</center>
-
|<center>N/A </center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Midwest Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>[[King BW]]</center>
 +
|<center>May 29, 2011</center>
 +
|<center>[[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]]</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
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|-
|<center>[[GBYWN South Atlantic Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[GBYWN South Atlantic Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>Inactive</center>
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|<center>Henry Rotten </center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>March 20, 2011</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>ACW 12 Year Anniversary</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Gulf Coast Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>Vacant</center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Northeast Championship]]</center>
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|<center>''Vacant'' </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid-West Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>Alex Ohlson </center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Midwest Tag Team Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>June 5th, 2009</center>
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|<center>The Scharnhorst Bros</center>
-
|<center>BWA 4th Anniversary: Global Domination</center>
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|<center>May 28, 2011</center>
 +
|<center>''[[ICW|ICW Xplosion]]''</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Great Plains Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A </center>
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|<center>[[GBYWN Northeast Tag Team Championship]]</center>
 +
|<center>St. Vengeance and Joe Hall </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Midlands Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A </center>
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|<center>[[Revival Championship]]</center>
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|<center>[[Sic Ric]]</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
-
|<center>[[GBYWN Mountain West Championship]]</center>
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|-
-
|<center>N/A </center>
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|<center>[[New Era Championship]]</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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|<center>J-2 Step</center>
-
|<center>N/A</center>
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-
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
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-
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid-South Championship]]</center>
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-
|<center>[[Steven Hardy]] </center>
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-
|<center>N/A</center>
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-
|<center>N/A</center>
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-
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
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-
|<center>[[GBYWN Southwest Championship]]</center>
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-
|<center>N/A </center>
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-
|<center>N/A</center>
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-
|<center>N/A</center>
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-
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
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-
|<center>[[GBYWN Pacific Northwest Championship]]</center>
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-
|<center>[[Nails]]</center>
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-
|<center>N/A</center>
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-
|<center>N/A</center>
+
-
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
+
-
|<center>[[GBYWN West Coast Championship]]</center>
+
-
|<center>[[Jerry Chaos]] </center>
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|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|}
|}
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===Defunct championships===
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*[[GBYWN North American Heavyweight Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN North American X-Division Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN England X-Division Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN New England Heavyweight Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN World Pure Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN World Strong Style Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN West Coast Championship|GBYWN West Coast Heavyweight Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN New England Heavyweight Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Northeast X-Division Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Great Lakes Tag Team Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Gulf Coast X-Division Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Midwest Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Midwest X-Division Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Mid South Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN West Coast Tag Team Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN West Coast Hardcore Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Mid South Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN South Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Mid-South Championship|GBYWN Mid-South Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Deathmatch Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Women's World Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN United States Heavyweight Championship]]
 +
*[[GBYWN United States Tag Team Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN United States X-Division Championship]]
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*[[GBYWN Spain Championship]]
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*GBYWN Internet Championship
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*[[NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship|GBYWN Michigan Heavyweight Championship]] (later became the [[NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship]])
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*[[GBYWN Pacific Coast Championship]]
==Awards==
==Awards==
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{{main|Global Backyard Wrestling News awards}}
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: ''Main article: [[Global Backyard Wrestling News awards]]''
==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://backyardwrestlingnews.webs.com/ Official GBYWN site]
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*[http://backyardwrestlingnews.webs.com/ GBYWN site (Original)]
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*[http://gbywn.top-talk.net Official GBYWN Forum]
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*[http://thegbywn.com Current Official GBYWN Website & Forum]
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*[http://youtube.com/kozone5000 GBYWN YouTube Channel]
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*[http://youtube.com/GBYWNation GBYWN YouTube Channel]
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*[http://youtube.com/GBYWNtribute GBYWN Tribute Nation]
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*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Backyard-Wrestling-News/176180505753875 GBYWN Facebook]
*[http://BYWTube.ning.com BYWTube]
*[http://BYWTube.ning.com BYWTube]
[[Category:Backyard wrestling communities]]
[[Category:Backyard wrestling communities]]
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{{GBYWN}}

Current revision as of 21:03, 18 August 2012

Global Backyard Wrestling News
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Details
Acronym GBYWN
Established 2006
Creator Cam
Key People & Other roles Cam (Pres./co-Champs. Manager)
King BW (GBYWN Chairman)
D.Miller (Scout Commissioner)
Rad Hazard (co-Champs Manager)
Joe Randa (Admin)
Shooter (Admin)
Sic Ric (Admin)
Devin Bliss (Admin)
Type of site Forum
Formerly Global Backyard Wrestling Nation
Backyard Wrestling News
Advertising Facebook
Federations under banner 80+ (Active)
Current status Active
External links GBYWN Website

Global Backyard Wrestling News (GBYWN) is a globally outreaching, backyard wrestling social, media-sharing online forum community devised and created by Cam in 2006 and is currently being operated by a set of administrators.

Through some doubt, the community rose from scratch to heightened popularity beginning in 2007 eventually surpassing top competitor such as Backyard Wrestling Link. Attributed much to its early success was its 24/7 operation and attractive multi-featured urban-like community. Multiple backyard wrestling federations have been integrated varying in style and quality and given entitlement to promoting their videos within.

GBYWN has been viewed to an extent as a controversial community that currently remains as the highest commercialized backyard wrestling site with over 1000+ registered members and generally seen by a handful to be the modern and preeminent backyard wrestling social online following.

Contents

History

Origin

In early 2006, Mr.Xtreme (only known by that name then) opened a wrestling site called Wrestlezone 4000 in which did news coverage on professional wrestling companies, some time before the site would be hacked. Mr. Xtremebecame aware of backyard wrestling, but however, held no initial interest until Dreadvenom (The Frank) of Backyard Wrestling Association directed him to BWA, the only federation Mr.Xtreme would know of for the time being.

In March 2006, Mr.Xtreme, operating site 321wrestling, engaged in competition with his friends' more successful site, 365wrestling, having a rivalry of Freewebs wrestling sites. He would later after disposing his site and taking a hiatus, allegedly return in June to overthrow his friends with his new 500wrestling website. Meanwhile, his backyard wrestling interest heightened after discovering promoted federations on The Frank's National New Age Alliance (NNAA) webpage, inspiring the foundation of his own federation alongside his brother City Boy, and friend, Wild Wyatt known as Brutal Backyard Wrestling (later turning into Carolina Xtreme Wrestling).

In September 2006, after folding 500wrestling, Mr.Xtreme adopted the nickname Cam abbreviated from actual name, Cameron. Cam gained ownership of the regarded biggest wrestling site on Freewebs, 123pin. Now highly fond of backyard wrestling, he formed a backyard wrestling Freewebs affiliate sub-site, Backyard Wrestling News (BYWN). This site was incorporated to 123pin without the expectation of succeeding, but when the subsite began surpassing the status of his most successful wrestling site, he immediately terminated it for BYWN.

Backyard Wrestling News (2006-2007)

BYWN ran moderately, but at times declined to mere visitation and with Cam determined, this fuelled the need to develop and mass advertise it on the internet. Cam provided quick consistent updates and promoted it across countless freeweb wrestling sites pulling in many backyard wrestlers and federations as the guestbook began hosting frequent conversations. Interviews, ranking and competitive community features including "Federation of the Week" and "Federation of the Month" took implementation which assisted to grow interest in BYWN. Federations well received by Cam at that time included Championship Wrestling Association, Extreme Wrestling Alliance, Backyard Wrestling Association, In Your House Wrestling Alliance, Revolutionary Household of Wrestling and many more.

Not easily succeeding with a non-professional website receiving some accusations and criticism of being of "bland and unprofessional nature", BYWN underwent outlook modification for further attractiveness as changes were made giving it an urban, hang-out-spot feeling, continuously offering a guestbook, chatbox, embedded videos usually of selected videos of the week, and additional rap music themed in the background for a brief point.

The regulation then was to join the community and stay participating for promotional benefits as opposed to just only visit to promote, where applicants were granted full accessibility to promotional rights which was later for a time earned through a money system feature called "GBYWN Dollars" as well as "federation qualifications". Also in January 2007, an opposition was faced in the arrival of a community known as World Backyard Wrestling (WBYW) attempting a rivalry but BYWN already had a stronghold. Subsequently, Cam realized the potential for worldwide outreach to backyard wrestlers and federations and renamed Backyard Wrestling News as "Global Backyard Wrestling News".

Global Backyard Wrestling News (2007-present)

The Beginning of Championships, Controversy, and Rivalry with Breakfall.net

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Photo snapshot of the
GBYWN Forum.

While the Backyard Wrestling Link was a leading force, GBYWN continued its advancement in gaining community popularity assembling several federations under banner. 2007 was a notable year for the community getting much notice and federations such as Trampoline Championship Wrestling, 2KW, Allied Wrestling Syndicate, and Kick Ass Wrestling joining the alliance. It would be around this time a small Freewebs forum board was soon introduced which was infrequently used to the guestbook and chatbox parts of the website.

In June 2007, backyard wrestler Cassias Chaos claimed himself the GBYWN Champion. Statements were proclaimed that he brought the idea up for the site to have a champion. In July 2007, a new and exceptionally high profile, user-generated, social backyard wrestling network website called Breakfall.net (BFN) stemmed from a discontentment with the backyard wrestling community and based around the Australian backyard wrestling scene. Boldly, Cam contacted the website founder Chris Cryptic sending him a notification of a pending community rivalry which went lightly received.

Both sites battled for visiting numbers where Breakfall led the race periodically having more resources and being steps ahead with technology forcing GBYWN in need of a table-turning strategy while experiencing plaguing issues with some of its members that were eventually banned. The competition further ignited when "The Cheese Kid" Steven Alvarez stated that he intended to develop a GBYWN video game, where quickly thereafter, Cam restricted the game to featuring backyard wrestlers that were forum members only. Many of the banned members defecting to Breakfall, who felt they had BYW seniority, made their complaints known influencing Steven Alvarez to no longer want to create the game.

Toward the end of 2007, the banned members were allowed back into the community. In April 2008, a new Forumotion forum was opened. Subsequently, defamatory activities became a natural tendency, perpetrated and reflective in the entire deletion of topics, posted obscenities and other provocations prompting the borderline closure of the site. Notable reasons for such behaviour were contemption for the "GBYWN Power 25" feature and having been banned.

Meanwhile, Breakfall proceeded to lampoon the community and its "GBYWN Dollars" idea. However soon enough, their own webmaster Jonathan Bravata began to no-show his duties with maintaining the site. The situation deteriorated in the malfunction of the registration code disallowing new members to sign up. Opportunistically, the competition was beated out to the high maintainance activity and advertisement awareness coupled with new interactive features of GBYWN while Breakfall was stuck in a rut. Eventually, Backyard Wrestling Link even faded out from existence. Gradually, such conflicts in GBYWN that were problematic were resolved, particular features discontinued, and the forum was revamped with the addition of a portal, and chatbox, later defeating the purpose of having the main website.

An aim towards more standardization in relation to the wrestling quality of posted media has been sought after for some time, leading to videos with lack thereof, being overlooked for more established yarders and federations. This inevitably led to some citing the social territory as controversial and accusing many people of "playing favorites" and "forming a large clique" that comment on their own videos.

In 2009, GBYWN procured a professional domain at thegbywn.com.

Global Backyard Wrestling Nation (2009-present)

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The Global Backyard Wrestling Nation
logo.

GBYWN established themselves as a global alliance and as did Battle Born Wrestling which its Chairman Rad Hazard operated. In November 2009, after a plan had been within talks between Cam and Hazard, Hazard exclusively broke the news on the first episode of his reincarnated Backyard Wrestling Weekly series that both entities - one a forum community and alliance of its own (GBYWN) and the other a territorial federation alliance (BBW) - would fuse for the result of becoming "Global Backyard Wrestling Nation". This meant that Cam retained his presidency maintaining the forum community and having overall say and that Hazard would be the "Chairman of the Board" by handling championship affairs and doing his part with managing other alliance-related duties.

Federations soon began being inducting into the GBYWNation alliance on Backyard Wrestling Weekly. Over a course of episodes for the first time ever, the GBYWN End Year Awards 2009 was featured in a media presentation. The forum itself was converted to the new name only shortly, however, as Cam reverted the community back to "Global Backyard Wrestling News" based partly on Hazard himself wanting the alliance differentiated from the community as well as Cam's decision. As a result, it was made that "Global Backyard Wrestling Nation" refer to the alliance side of the agreement.

By late 2010, Hazard had effectively established himself as the "Chairman of the Board of Directors" of the GBYWNation federation alliance which reached lengths in causing some confusion between the two GBYWN's being the alliance and the forum. Hazard sanctioned over 30 GBYWN championships across the Nation, and while a wildly fun idea in theory, became a hindrance as many titles lacked defenses and overall prestige and value, even so much that very few holders became disinterested and vacated their belt. This went unbeknownst to Cam because of his brief hiatus, but upon his return, met his disapproval citing the championship operation as a "corrupt system". When negotiations were brought to a deadlock between Cam and Hazard, both parties agreed to once again utilize two separate alliances with Cam reactivating the GBYWNews brand while Hazard continued his GBYWNation brand under a new name, the Global Backyard Wrestling Alliance (GBYWA) in order to differentiate the brand's initials from one another.

Hazard insisted on running the GBYWA for a time, as this highly conflicted with GBYWN, elevating more confusion in the community by duplicating its championships and history within his idea of expanding GBYWN outside of the basis of a forum. Hazard attempted to run a campaign to procure "Board of Directors" behind the concept, even Cam, promoting that "the 12 are coming". However, it was all thrown out and GBYWN proceeds to operate as it is.

Features and Challenges

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The GBYWN Promo Challenge
2010 banner.

GBYWN has utilized a number of features, add-ons and interactive challenges in maintaining a socially active virtual community allowing members to enjoy their stay besides conversing, sharing media and promoting. A few features incorporated into the community had only precipitated disputes between yarding members, who cited its operation as “unjust” and “inaccurate” leading to its disuse. This goes coupled with the fact that it weighed in too heavy on the hands of GBYWN President, Cam, who was generally responsible for its updates.

Site features
  • GBYWN Backyard Simulation Wrestling Game: Was a fantasy wrestling game which allows one to become a GM and manage bookings of events in their fantasy league that appear in typewritten results involving backyard wrestlers from various real-life backyard wrestling federations.
  • GBYWN Dollars: Stands for a money system, which was once implemented to reward unofficial dollars to those representing their federations who partook in community games, contests and activities the eligibility to purchase promotion or a right. It has recently been brought back and is being used as a reputation scale, whereas, posts made by all in the community are approved or disapproved on a "+" or "-" vote that arise and decrease reputation within.
  • GBYWN Music: An archive of free music for backyard wrestlers composed by Jake Xinn and Fatality.
  • GBYWN Pro Wrestling Game: Was a game that rewards points for casting predictions on pro wrestling bookings.
  • GBYWN Cribz: Was a feature that allowed members to record videos based on their personal living.
  • GBYWN Columns: A blogging feature used for members to publicize and discuss feelings.
  • GBYWN Gazette: A monthly news column covering global notes, news, and updates in backyard wrestling. The column is published by Dee Miller.
  • GBYWN Power 15: Was a ranking system to chart the top backyard wrestlers. Feature was changed back to GBYWN Power 25.
  • GBYWN Power 25: Was a ranking system that promoted ascension on grounds of victories and popularity more than ability and eventually stirred controversy in the community leading to its discontinuation.
  • GBYWN Slam of the Week: Was a weekly video clip from Cam's YouTube channel featuring the most dearing spot posted on the site during the week.
  • GBYWN Video of the Week: A weekly ranking that selects the top video of the week.
  • GBYWN Wrestler of the Week: A weekly ranking that selects the top wrestler of the week.
Challenges
  • GBYWN Spring Challenge: This is the biggest annual competition in GBYWN occurring around spring, permitting any and everyone involved within to partake. The concept behind the competitive feature is that participants record and submit a match of any kind that must be full-length, which will be judged by special personnel of the community known as "Big Bros" upon review based on varying factors such as wrestling ability, psychology, match flow, and overall entertainment value. Previously, decisions were only made solely by Cam.
  • GBYWN Tag Team Challenge: Was a challenge which was based on Tag team matches. The best tag match is rewarded.
  • GBYWN Promo Challenge: An annual challenge that emphasizes competition on promo skills. The best promo is rewarded.
  • GBYWN Talent Show: Was a contest that allowed participants to showcase any ability in or outside of backyard wrestling.
  • GBYWN Head 2 Head (H2H): Was a weekly challenge which placed backyard wrestling federation videos against one another competitively for votes issued to the better video based on opinion.

BYWTube

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BYWTube Logo.

In wake of action taken by copyright owners requesting mutation and/or removal of videos containing infringement on YouTube, backyard wrestling videos have become victimized as a result for possessing unpermitted borrowed material from various bands and music artists. As a back-up source, Cam created Backyard Wrestling Tube (BYWTube) on a custom social media-sharing network, Ning, that steadily gained membership.

However in May of 2010, Ning announced that membership would require a monthly fee to continue using the service. By the end of summer, BYWTube was not invested in and eventually ceased in operation.

Championships

  • Any regional championship is required to be defended and contested in not only the federation the holder wrestles for, but also in other federations in the geographical territory of regions the title is bound to. Some secondary and all world championships are not expected or required to be defended or contested in full capacity of its boundaries due to being farfetched for backyard wrestling, and are rather just the top championships that represent the alliance.
Championships Current champion(s) Date Won Event
World Championships
GBYWN World Heavyweight Championship
Murph
August 14, 2011
WZW Domination 9
GBYWN International Championship
Chalis
March 6, 2011
LCWA Grapscallions
GBYWN World Tag Team Championship
Day One
(Sic Ric & Bsnow)
October 30, 2010
REVIVAL Just Another Supershow 666
Secondary Championships
GBYWN United States Championship
Rad Hazard
June 11, 2011
BXW Paul Kunkle Memorial 2
GBYWN United States Tag Team Championship
The Wrecking Crew
(Marcus Centofante and J-2 Step)
Episode 20
New Era 20
GBYWN United Kingdom Championship
Tim Lee
N/A
N/A
GBYWN Australian Championship
Dan Zeplin
October 24, 2010
ICWS Halloween Hell
GBYWN Canadian Championship
Vacant
N/A
N/A
GBYWN Mexican Championship
Captain Mexico
N/A
N/A
GBYWN X-Division Championship
Chris Tiffer
June 27, 2010
BWA 5th Anniversary: Supercard of Destiny
GBYWN Hardcore Championship
Kris Fenix
N/A
N/A
Regional Championships
GBYWN Midwest Championship
King BW
May 29, 2011
ICW
GBYWN South Atlantic Championship
Henry Rotten
March 20, 2011
ACW 12 Year Anniversary
GBYWN Northeast Championship
Vacant
N/A
N/A
GBYWN Midwest Tag Team Championship
The Scharnhorst Bros
May 28, 2011
ICW Xplosion
GBYWN Northeast Tag Team Championship
St. Vengeance and Joe Hall
N/A
N/A
Revival Championship
Sic Ric
N/A
N/A
New Era Championship
J-2 Step
N/A
N/A

Defunct championships

Awards

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External links

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