Global Backyard Wrestling News
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| Details | |
| Acronym | GBYWN |
| Establishment | 2006 |
| Creator | Cam |
| Key People | Cam (Owner) D.Miller (Scout Chief) |
| Type of site | Free hosting forum |
| Formerly | Backyard Wrestling News |
| Advertising | YouTube |
| Federations under banner | 98 |
| Current status | Active |
| External links | GBYWN Website |
Global Backyard Wrestling News (GBYWN) once known as Backyard Wrestling News (BYWN) is a globally-appealing, 24/7-running, backyard wrestling social, media-sharing database devised and owned by 16-year-old Cam (also known as Shawn Kozone) in 2006, who ran his own federation Carolina Xtreme Wrestling that folded in October 2008.
GBYWN stemmed following numberous pro wrestling-related news websites owned by Cam who was a solid Total Non-stop Action Wrestling fan, and after The Frank of BWA led his fascinations into backyard wrestling that would fuel Cam to creat what is globally (various parts of the whole world) known today as GBYWN. With few obstacles and criticism, Cam socially impacted the backyard wrestling world congregating numerous leagues varying in style and quality in which align with the community to receive full accessibility to promotional rights in posting and sharing video and other media (which at once used to be earned through a money system called the "GBYWN Dollars" or with league qualifications and also before the forums were regularly used, Cam would promote videos on the site).
GBYWN has been a consistently altering project since its initial phases which took algorithmic promotion and development to garner further recognition on a once low-visited site. It now currently acquires a GBYWN Scout Chief, D.Miller, and a team of creative personnel to assist in conceiving concepts in improving the community that once existed with a website before fully hosting on its forums. With over 700 registered members, it is generally seen by a handful to be the preeminent backyard wrestling social online territory today against 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 World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Non-stop Action Wrestling. Eventually, Cam would become interested in backyard wrestling by the The Frank of BWA, taking view of several videos provided online via YouTube.
After his fascinations were heavily placed on the practice, Cam pursued the project of Global Backyard Wrestling News later in the year. Initially starting out as an unheard of website, he used YouTube to spread his plain Freewebs site with word of mouth and with videos and successfully gained viewers from people who were backyard wrestlers themselves. While positivity came along, Cam battled the skepticism following behind GBYWN and the claim that "GBYWN wouldn't make it" and proceeded to pour his effort in to development of a growing community.
In the effective changes to GBYWN, Cam tweaked the site from a plain-looking freewebs page to a more non-professional but appealing website and began to apply features that would draw further backyarders and new backyard wrestling fans, incorporating the GBYWN Power 25, Weekly and Monthly Awards, Hall of Fame, Interviews as well as giving breaking updates on events and situations.
Features
GBYWN has utilized a number of features in maintaining a socially-attractive, virtually home-appealing mixed-age-group community filled with backyard wrestlers (and fans) allowing members to converse, share media and promote themselves. A chat box entitled the “GBYWN Shoutbox”, one of more features and one which was formerly used on its website, is an applied addition to the forums which gives all personnel interactive conversing privileges within the forum community.
Many of other rewarding 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 16-year-old owner, Cam, who was generally responsible for its updates that required to be alleviated to bring equilibrium between his virtual and real life and his commitments to school and extra curricular activities.
With that, GBYWN retired features such as the GBYWN Power 25 which was a ranking board regarded as a bias system that rewarded backyard wrestlers for victories rather than skill. The “GBYWN Dollars” stood for a money system temporarily implemented to give those representing their leagues who partook in community games, contests and activities such as the GBYWN Backyard Simulation Game eventually dropped, unofficial dollars eligible for purchasing promotion for their federation. Cam’s duties were also lessened at the discontinuation of the GBYWN Weekly and Monthly Awards, prior to abandoning in the use of the main site.
The features still used today are the annually rewarded GBYWN End of the Year Awards, rewarded to a year’s effort and given to the deserving federations. Personalized instant-messenger-conducted interviews are seen in GBYWN and the GBYWN Game Room for all members to forecast pro wrestling pay-per-view matches. The community is always inventing news ideas to better the community and make it that much bigger among the backyard wrestling world.
Controversy
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
Below is a list of federations that dissociated themselves or suddenly left GBYWN:
Championships
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Awards
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