Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
FMW Power Splash Final PPV October 22nd 2001 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Brainbuster PPV October 29th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Brainbuster PPV September 26th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Backdraft: The Final Encounter (US) May 5th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Brainbuster PPV January 5th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW vs ECW Magnitude December 11th 1999 - January 5th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Hayabusa's Final Days August 20th - 25th 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW 2 Days/3 Days May 31st - August 23rd 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Brainbuster PPV February 27th 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Over the Top Finals PPV January 5th 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Over the Top Tournament PPV December 13th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Entertainment Wrestling Live! PPV April 30th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Legend Dawns July 18th 1995 - March 17th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW White Love '98 January 6th - March 17th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Battle Station January 16th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW vs ZEN: Wanted January 7th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Battle Station January 6th 1998 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Kawasaki Legend '97 September 28th 1997 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW King of Fight II September 16th & 25th 1997 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Shiodome Legend '96 August 1st 1996 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Kawasaki Legend '96 May 5th 1996 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Battle Station March 30th 1996 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Douran '96 August 23rd - September 24th 1996 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Women's Barbed Wire '95 December 22nd 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Year End Sensation '95 December 21st 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Grandslam '95 (Volume 1) August 25th - September 2nd 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Grandslam '95 (Volume 2) August 25th - September 2nd 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Battle Station August 25th 1995 £5 vhs / £6 dvd
FMW Battle Station July 30th 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW New Century July 18th - 30th 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Onita's Last Stand May 5th 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Atsushi Onita Lateral Biography January 5th - May 4th 1995 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Kawasaki Legend '94 May 5th 1994 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Battle Station January 8th 1994 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW The Conflict December 8th 1993 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Kawasaki Legend '93 May 5th 1993 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
FMW Fall Spectacular '91 September 23rd 1991 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
Est. 1989
This entire card is overshadowed by a grim incident in the main event, in which Hayabusa lands directly on his head when delivering a moonsault. His spinal cord was severed, rendering one of the world's most graceful wrestlers wheelchair-bound and quadriplegic. A heartbreaking end to a fabulous career. Chocoball Mukai vs Happy Ikeda… Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs Kyoko Inoue & Yuka Nakamura… Flying Kid Ichihara & Satoshi Makita vs Ricky Fuji & Yaz Urano… Onryo vs Shinjuku Shark… Biomonster DNA vs Hisakatsu Oya… Mr. Gannosuke, Kintaro Kanemura & Nosawa vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Goemon & Yoshito Sasaki… Hayabusa vs Mammoth Sasaki
The never-ending Hayabusa-Fuyuki feud went in an interesting direction on this card, with young high-flyers Onryo (dust-billowing zombie) and Goemon (big, billowing trousers) added to the mix. Both XPW (Supreme and Homeless Jimmy) and NOAH (Tamon Honda and Naomichi Marufuji) check out the competition. Chocoball Mukai & Satoshi Makita vs Naohiro Yamazaki & Tomokazu Morita… Jado vs Shinjuku Shark… Kyoko Inoue & Flying Kid Ichihara vs Asuza Kudo & Emi Motokawa (mixed tag match)… Gedo vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda vs Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji (WEW Tag Team Title Match)… Masato Tanaka, Hideki Hosaka & Mammoth Sasaki vs Kintaro Kanemura, Supreme & Homeless Jimmy… Hayabusa & Onryo vs Kodo Fuyuki & Goemon
The 60-minute main event here features 40 year-old cancer sufferer Kodo Fuyuki, who does a very determined job for a man in his condition - but it would've been improved if he'd actually done the job. Also features former WWF worker Alex 'The Pug' Porteau, who found himself in a reassuringly familiar situation: staring at the ceiling in three minutes flat. Just like home, eh? Chocoball Mukai & Tomokazu Mortia vs Satoshi Makita & Yoshito Sasaki… Ricky Fuji, Asuza Kudo, Emi Motokawa & Jun Kasanagi vs Kyoko Inoue, Flying Kid Ichihara, Shinjuku Shark & Kaoruko Arai… Gedo & Jado vs Alex Porteau & Brian Madness... Masato Tanaka, Hisakatsu Oya & Naohiro Yamazaki vs Kintaro Kanemura, Hideki Hosaka & Mammoth Sasaki… Mr. Gannosuke & Goemon vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Onryo… Kodo Fuyuki vs Hayabusa (WEW World Title 'Ironman' Match)
US version of a great PPV, with American/English commentary and all the misguided humour you expect from these Tokyo Pop releases. Sabu returns to FMW for a fine spotfest with Mr. Gannosuke, the Big Japan vs FMW feud hits a peak with a rollicking brawl between Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa, and H wrestles his last match before reverting to the Hayabusa gimmick, colliding with friend and rival Masato Tanaka. Ricky Fuji vs Crazy Boy… Yoshito Sasaki & Hideki Hosaka vs Matty Smalls & Fatu (WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title Match)… Kaoruka Arai vs Shoichi Arai (cat fight - Flying Kid Ichihara as special referee)… Kaori Nakayama, Chocoball Mukai & Kyoko Inoue vs Yuka Nakamura, Emi Motokawa & Azusa Kudo… Kintaro Kanemura vs Ryuji Yamakawa (WEW Hardcore Title Change)… Gedo, Jado & Koji Nakagawa vs Willie Williams, Willie Takayama & Megame Boss (WEW Six-Man Tag Title Match)… Sabu vs Mr. Gannosuke… Kodo Fuyuki vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda (WEW World Title Change)… H vs Masato Tanaka
The last night of the Magnitude tour in full. Willie Takayama vs Tarec Pasca… Genki Misae vs Kaori Nakayama… Koji Nakagawa, Jado & Gedo vs Hideki Hosaka, Yoshinori Sasaki & Naohiro Yamazaki… Kintaro Kanemura vs Flying Kid Ichihara… Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue, Balls Mahoney & Pitbull 1 vs H, Mr. Gannosuke, Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji (mixed eight-person tag match)… Masato Tanaka vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda (WEW Title Change)
Commercial tape of a particularly fruitful period in the ECW/FMW relationship. Yoshihiro Tajiri vs Super Crazy… Kintaro Kanemura vs Axl Rotten… Masato Tanaka vs Balls Mahoney… H & Mr. Gannosuke vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya… H & Mr. Gannosuke vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Masato Tanaka… Kintaro Kanemura vs Flying Kid Ichihara… Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue, Balls Mahoney & Pitbull 1 vs H, Mr. Gannosuke, Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji (mixed eight-person tag match)… Masato Tanaka vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda (WEW Title Change)
Commercial tape documenting (wait for it!) Hayabusa's final days. Most of the matches are clipped, but the best are shown at length or, in the case of Hayabusa vs Mr. Gannosuke, in full. The tape closes with a feature on Eiji Ezaki's transformation into H, including his first maskless match in more than five years. Ricky Fuji vs Shoichi Arai… Jado vs Flying Kid Ichihara… Dark Hayabusa, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya vs Koji Nakagawa, Kintaro Kanemura & Hido… Mr. Gannosuke vs Masato Tanaka… Mr. Gannosuke & Jado vs Flying Kid Ichihara & Naohiro Yamazaki... Masato Tanaka & Ricky Fuji vs Kodo Fuyuki & Shoichi Arai… Giant Steele vs Yoshito Sasaki… Koji Nakagawa & Gedo vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya... Kintaro Kanemura vs Hayabusa… Jado vs Flying Kid Ichihara… Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa & Gedo vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hisakatsu Oya & Yoshito Sasaki… Masato Tanaka vs Kintaro Kanemura… Hayabusa vs Mr. Gannosuke (Hayabusa's last match)… Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke, Kintaro Kanemura, Jado & Hido vs H, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji & Yoshito Sasaki (H's first match)
Two commercial tapes in one four-hour package, including all the big matches from five dates at Korakuen Hall - culminating with a marathon three-day residence at the tail end of August. In addition to the following matches there are are dozens of highlights from the undercards. Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hideki Hosaka vs Hido, Kintaro Kanemura, Mr. Gannosuke, Kodo Fuyuki & Koji Nakagawa (elimination match)… Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Hido, Kintaro Kanemura & Mr. Gannosuke ('losers eat dog food' ladder match)… Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Gannosuke… Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Masato Tanaka & Hayabusa vs Jado, Mr. Gannosuke & Kintaro Kanemura… Koji Nakagawa vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Gedo, Jado & Koji Nakagawa vs Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Gannosuke… Masato Tanaka & Ricky Fuji vs Kodo Fuyuki & Shoichi Arai… Hayabusa vs Kintaro Kanemura (WEW Brass Knuckles Title Match)
FMW's Brainbuster events are the equivalent of the WWF's old 'In Your House' - the bread-and-butter monthly PPV. This instalment lurches from a dismal start to a cracking main event, with an enjoyable Battlarts vs FMW six-man tag in between. Yoshito Sasaki vs Ryuji Hijkata… Super Leather vs Naohiro Yamazaki… Masao Orihara & Takeshi Ono vs Ricky Fuji & Flying Kid Ichihara… Kodo Fuyuki vs Gedo… Daisuke Ikeda, Katsumi Usuda & Mohammed Yone vs Koji Nakagawa, Kintaro Kanemura & Hido… Mr. Gannosuke & Hideki Hosaka vs Hayabusa & Hisakatsu Oya… Masato Tanaka vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda
Hayato Nanjyo, Flying Kid Ichihara & Naohiko Yamazaki vs Hideki Hosaka, Mr. Pogo II & Yoshito Sasaki… Super Leather vs Ricky Fuji… Takashi Ono & Masao Orihara vs Gedo & Hido… Kodo Fuyuki vs Kintaro Kanemura… Hayabusa vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Masato Tanaka vs Koji Nakagawa… Mr. Gannosuke vs Hisakatsu Oya (Over the Top Tournament Final)
Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Mohammed Yone… Hido vs Masao Orihara… Mr. Gannosuke vs Kintaro Kanemura… Hisakatsu Oya vs Hayabusa (all Over the Top Tournament Quarter-finals)… Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa & Gedo vs Super Leather, Ricky Fuji, & Flying Kid Ichihara… Shane Douglas vs Tommy Dreamer (ECW World Title Match)… Sabu & Rob Van Dam vs Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley (ECW Tag Team Title Change)… Mr. Gannosuke vs Hido… Hisakatsu Oya vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda (both Over the Top Tournament Semi-finals)
Puroresu's first PPV introduced sports entertainment as a fact of FMW's day-to-day existence. The first, subtle hint is the unsettling sight of Team No Respect dancing in their underwear. Thankfully, there is wrestling to be seen: ECW beefs up the undercard, Hayabusa propels Mr. Gannosuke to his best match in years, and Kintaro Kanemura has a similar effect on the much-maligned Jinsei Shinzaki. Hido vs Hideki Hosaka… Hisakatsu Oya vs Koji Nakagawa… Hisakatsu Oya vs Chris Chetti… Gedo & Jado vs John Kronus & Ricky Fuji… Jinsei Shinzaki vs Kintaro Kanemura… Bam Bam Bigelow vs Masato Tanaka… Horace Boulder & Super Leather vs The Gladiator & Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Kodo Fuyuki vs Atsushi Onita… Hayabusa vs Mr. Gannosuke (FMW Unified Title Change)
This Tokyo Pop release, with vaguely English commentary, is the ideal introduction to FMW. Bad Nurse Nakamura vs Sung Misato… Horace Boulder & Ricky Fuji vs Super Leather & Hido… Megumi Kudo vs Shark Tsuchiya… The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya vs Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niyama… Mr. Pogo vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (no rope, barbed wire, lights out death match)… Masato Tanaka vs W*ING Kanemura… Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather vs Horace Boulder & Mr. Pogo (barbed wire board, coffin death match)… Hayabusa vs The Gladiator
Commercial tape featuring an exhausting quantity of matches, many from the FMW vs ZEN feud. Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Gannosuke… Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Hisakatsu Oya vs Kintaro Kanemura, Jado & Mr. Gannosuke… Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa, The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka vs Kintaro Kanemura, Jado, Gedo & Mr. Gannosuke… Kintaro Kanemura & Mr Gannosuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Hisakatsu Oya… Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhito Kuroda… Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Kintaro Kanemura, Jado & Mr. Gannosuke… Kintaro Kanemura & Mr. Gannosuke vs Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Ricky Fuyuki vs Hayabusa… Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Kintaro Kanemura & Mr. Gannosuke… The Gladiator vs Hisakatsu Oya… Hayabusa vs Masato Tanaka… Super Leather vs Jinsei Shinzaki… Kintaro Kanemura, Horace Boulder, Hido & Mr. Gannosuke vs Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Koji Nakagawa & Hideki Hosaka… The Gladiator vs Kintaro Kanemura… Hayabusa vs Jado… Ricky Fuyuki & Gedo vs Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Kintaro Kanemura, Horace Boulder, Jado & Mr. Gannosuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki, Masato Tanaka, Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji… Hayabusa vs The Gladiator
Taped in Yokkaichi. Mr. Pogo II vs Naohiro Yamazaki… Kaori Nakayama vs Miss Mongol… Super Leather vs Hideki Hosaka… Ricky Fuji vs The Gladiator… Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Kodo Fuyuki & Hido… Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Hisakatsu Oya vs Mr. Gannosuke, Kintaro Kanemura & Jado (World Six-Man Street Fight Title Match). This tape includes WAR J-1 Tournament Finals 1998; see the WAR list for details.
Presented by FMW's in-house rebels (ZEN), this show echoed WCW's nWo Souled Out PPV. The style is similar, but the substance is a considerable improvement. Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Jado & Kodo Fuyuki… Super Leather vs Mammoth Sasaki… Ricky Fuji vs Mr. Pogo II vs Pandita (three-way dance)… Masato Tanaka vs The Great Fake (Hideki Hosaka)… The Gladiator vs Hisakatsu Oya (gallows ladder match)… Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa vs Mr. Gannosuke, Hido & W*ING Kanemura (tornado streetfight, handcuff death match)
Taped at Korakuen Hall. Hisakatsu Oya vs Mr. Pogo II… Ricky Fuji vs Flying Kid Ichihara… Super Leather vs Hideki Hosaka… The Gladiator vs Ricky Fuji… Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa vs Hido & Kodo Fuyuki… Kintaro Kanemura, Mr. Gannosuke & Jado vs Hisakatsu Oya, Masato Tanaka & Hayabusa (World Six-Man Streetfight Title Match). Bonus-wise, this tape includes BJPW New Year Great Series 1998.
Two-hour commercial tape featuring Vader, Ken Shamrock, Terry Funk, lots of C4, and another of those outstanding Tanaka-Gladiator matches. FMW always put on a show for the Kawasaki faithful, and this belter is no exception. Royal Rumble match… Crusher Maedomari & Miss Mongol vs Kaori Nakayama & Miwa Sato… Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Gannosuke vs Gedo & Jado… Aja Kong vs Shark Tsuchiya… Terry Funk vs Kodo Fuyuki… Vader vs Ken Shamrock (cage match)… The Gladiator vs Masato Tanaka… Atsushi Onita vs W*ING Kanemura (no rope, electrified barbed wire, dynamite land mine time bomb death match). This tape includes three bonues matches taken from CMLL TV, circa 1994: Hayabusa & Ultimo Dragon vs El Satanico & Emilio Charles Jr… Negro Casas & El Dandy vs Vampiro & Apollo Dantes… Pierroth & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Dos Caras & Blue Demon Jr.
From Samurai TV. Ricky Fuji vs Hayato Nanjyo… Kaori Nakayama vs Miss Mongol… Crusher Maedomari vs Miwa Sato… Gedo & Jado vs The Head Hunters… Kodo Fuyuki vs Super Leather… W*ING Kanemura, Hido & Hideki Hosaka vs Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mr. Pogo II… Hayabusa, Jinsei Shinzaki & Koji Nakagawa vs The Gladiator, Mr. Gannosuke & Hisakatsu Oya… Miss Mongol vs Crusher Maedomari… Shark Tsuchiya vs Miwa Sato… Hisakatsu Oya vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Masato Tanaka vs Ricky Fuji… The Gladiator & The Head Hunters vs W*ING Kanemura, Hido & Hideki Hosaka… Terry Funk, Mr. Gannosuke & Super Leather vs Hayabusa, Jinsei Shinzaki & Koji Nakagawa. This tape also includes BJPW Falls Count Anywhere Death Match - details on the Big Japan list.
This is the card where Mr. Pogo became paralysed after falling into a mesh of barbed wire. Not that anyone noticed. Also features Masato Tanaka's breakthrough singles match, as he faces W*ING Kanemura to decide the first FMW Independent World Champion, and Taka Michinoku in a hair vs hair outing. Momaru Okamoto vs Hideko Makimura… Kaori Nakayama vs Miwa Sato… Royal Rumble… Taka Michinoku vs Hayato Nanyjo (Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Megumi Kudo vs Shark Tsuychiya, Yoshika Maedomari & Bad Nurse Nakamura (handicap)… Hayabusa vs Koji Nakagawa… Masato Tanaka vs W*ING Kanemura (Independent World Heavyweight Title Tournament Final)… Terry Funk vs Mr. Pogo (no rope, exploding barbed wire, double hell death match)
This is the US version of the show, released under the slightly misleading title 'FMW King of the Death Matches'. This means English/American commentary and between-match sketches with a delightful pair called the Snake Girls. Very cultural. There are two tremendous matches, too: Cactus Jack, making a rare appearance during Mick Foley's tenure as Mankind, meets W*ING Kanemura in a glass crush death match, while the tag team main event is just incredible. Hayato Nanjyo vs Jason the Terrible… Chigusa Nagayo vs Shark Tsuchiya (streetfight)… The Head Hunters & Super Leather vs Horace Boulder, Hisakatsu Oya & The Gladiator… Cactus Jack vs W*ING Kanemura (barbed wire barricade, spider net, glass crush death match)… Combat Toyoda vs Megumi Kudo (retirement match for WWWA & Independent World Titles)… Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo (2,000,000 volt, no-rope, electrified barbed wire, double hell, tornado tag team death match)… Taka Michinoku vs Koji Nakagawa (Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title Change)
Taped at Korakuen Hall. Bison Kimura vs Combat Toyoda… W*ING Kanemura, Hido & Hideki Hosaka vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa… The Head Hunters vs Jason & Super Leather. This tape also includes the equally wild MPW Streetfight in Sapporo - details on the Michinoku Pro list.
Much-loved commercial tape, featuring appearances by Terry Funk, the Gladiator and the Head Hunters. Hayabusa vs Koji Nakagawa… Hideki Hosaka, Hido & W*ING Kanemura vs Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hayato Nanjyo (no rope, barbed wire, explosive street fight death match)… Hideki Hosaka, Hido & W*ING Kanemura vs Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa (no rope, barbed wire, explosive double hell death match)… Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Hisakatsu Oya, Super Leather & The Head Hunters ('winner takes all' pole match)… Taka Michinoku vs Ricky Fuji (Independent Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… The Head Hunters vs Hido & Hideki Hosaka… Masato Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Terry Funk, The Gladiator & Horace Boulder (World Six-Man Street Fight Title Match)… Hayabusa vs Hisakatsu Oya… Rie vs Shark Tsuchiya (streetfight)… Megumi Kudo, Rie & Kaori Nakayama vs Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Miwa Sato… Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama vs Shark Tsuchiya & Miss Mongol… Terry Funk & The Gladiator vs Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka (streetfight)
Commercial tape of a ladies-only card at Korakuen Hall, featuring the first ever women's barbed wire death match. Chikayo Nagashima & Chihiro Nakano vs Sonoko Kato & Aki Kanbayashi (Miss Mongol)… Miwa Sato vs Bomber Hikaru… Kanako Motoya & Hiromi Sugo vs Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura… Chigusa Nagoya vs Bad Nurse Nakamura… KAORU vs Combat Toyoda… Megumi Kudo vs Shark Tsuchiya (no rope, barbed wire death match)
Emphasising the sea-change FMW underwent in 1995, the main event here isn't the traditional, gimmicked-to-the-hilt bloodbath (those are on the undercard): it's a fabulous six-man tag team match, aided and abetted by Michinoku Pro. Gekko vs Gosaku Goshogawara… Kaori Nakayama vs Miwa Sato… Bad Nurse Nakamura vs Yukari Ishikura… Katsutoshi Niiyama vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda vs Horace Boulder & Hisakatsu Oya (FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title Match)… Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Pogo… Megumi Kudo & Aja Kong vs Combat Toyoda & Bison Kimura… Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Jason & Hideki Hosaka vs W*ING Kanemura, Hido & Super Leather (Caribbean barbed wire, spider net, double hell death match)… The Great Sasuke, Hayabusa & Koji Nakagawa vs Taka Michinoku, Super Delfin & Ricky Fuji
First of two commercial tapes from an excellent tour. Mr. Pogo vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (no rope, barbed wire, fire death match)… Masato Tanaka vs The Gladiator… Hayabusa vs W*ING Kanemura… Masato Tanaka vs Super Leather… Miwa Sato vs Bad Nurse Nakamura (clips)… Chigusa Nagayo & Chikayo Nagashima vs Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato… Megumi Kudo, Combat Toyoda, Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura vs Shark Tsuchiya, Bad Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato (handicap, streetfight, captain's fall match)… Mach Hayato vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda (clips)… Katsutoshi Niiyama vs Hideki Hosaka (clips)… Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa vs Horace Boulder & Ricky Fuji (clips)… Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs W*ING Kanemura (barbed wire baseball bat, barbed wire boards, bunkhouse death match)… Hayabusa vs Hisakatsu Oya… Hayabusa vs The Gladiator
Includes the final stages of a tournament for the FMW World Brass Knuckles Title, which Atsushi Onita vacated upon his retirement. W*ING Kanemura vs Masato Tanaka… Super Leather vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (spike nail death match)… Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda (World Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title Match)… Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyota vs Miwa Sato, Eriko Tsuchiya, & Bad Nurse Nakamura (barbed wire handicap match)… Hayabusa vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga… Hayabusa vs The Gladiator (World Brass Knuckles Title Tournament Final)
Taped at Korakuen Hall. Chigusa & Chikayo Nagashima vs Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato… Masato Tanaka vs The Gladiator… Hayabusa vs W*ING Kanemura
Korakuen stuff. Ricky Fuji vs Hayato Nanjyo… Hisakatsu Oya vs Katsutoshi Niiyama… Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather… Hayabusa vs The Gladiator. The £7 vhs / £8 dvd tape also includes AJPW Giant Series '95: 23rd Anniversary Show, although the Battle Station is available as a stand-alone for £5 vhs / £6 dvd.
The title was five years premature, but the gist of it was on the money: this tour established a new, post-Onita FMW. There's much fawning over the new top man, Hayabusa, with a lengthy sit-down interview and a music video. The old order wasn't dead, but it was doing its best to get there: this tape features Mr. Pogo setting Mitsuhiro Matsunaga on fire. Dragon Winger (Hayato Nanjyo) vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Miwa Sato vs Bad Nurse Nakamura…W*ING Kanemura vs Hideki Hosaka… Masato Tanaka vs Koji Nakagawa… Super Leather & Hido vs Ricky Fuji & Horace Boulder… Megumi Kudo vs Shark Tsuchiya… Hayabusa & Katukoshi Niiyama vs Mike Awesome & Hisakatsu Oya… Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs Mr. Pogo (barbed wire board death match - Matsunaga set on fire!)… Dragon Winger (Hayato Nanjyo) vs Ricky Fuji… Megumi Kudo, Combat Toyota & Kaori Nakayama vs Miwa Sato, Bad Nurse Nakamura & Shark Tsuchiya… Masato Tanaka vs W*ING Kanemura… Hisakatsu Oya vs Katukoshi Niiyama… Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Leatherface vs Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder (barbed wire board, coffin death match)… Hayabusa vs Mike Awesome
Kawasaki Stadium show, in which the 'retiring' Atsushi Onita passes the torch to new sensation Hayabusa in a steel cage match with added bells, whistles, bombs and barbed wire. Onita returned (of course), but this card remains the pivot on which FMW's fortunes turned - from this day on it was always more than just the 'Onita show'. Released as a fascinating two-tape set with the Onita Lateral Biography. Rikio Ito vs Gosaku Goshogawara… Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Katsuji Ueda (wrestler vs kickboxer match)… Battle Ranger & Mach Hayato vs Amigo Ultra & Ultra Taro… Crusher Maedomari, Shark Tsuchiya & Kaori Nakayama vs Combat Toyoda, Miwa Sato, & Yukari Ishikawa… Judge Dredd & Koji Nakagawa vs Ryo Myoke & Douktare… The Sheik vs Damian… Takashi Ishikawa, Apollo Sugawara & Kishin Kawabata vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Hideki Hosaka & Hido… Megumi Kudo vs Bad Nurse Nakamura (FMW Unified Women's Title Change)… Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs Horace Boulder & The Gladiator… Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs Mr. Pogo & W*ING Kanemura (World Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title Change)… Atsushi Onita vs Hayabusa (World Brass Knuckles Title Match - exploding barbed wire, steel cage, time bomb death match)
Released to accompany Onita's Last Stand, this documents Onita's 'final year' in painstaking detail. Twelve bouts, tons of interview footage, and copious replays from Onita's patented explosives-themed death matches. Atsushi Onita vs Sambo Asako (streetfight)… Atsushi Onita, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke, Katsutoshi Niiyama, Koji Nakagawa, Masato Tanaka & Gosaku Goshogowara vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator, Hisakatsu Oya, W*ING Kanemura, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Hideki Hosaka & Hido (scramble money battle royal)… Atsushi Onita vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… Atsushi Onita, Mr. Gannosuke, Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator, W*ING Kanemura & Hideki Hosaka (no rope, barbed wire, tornado streetfight death match)… Atsushi Onita vs Mr. Pogo (World Brass Knuckles Title Match - streetfight)… The Great Nita, Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs Mr. Pogo, Hido & The Gladiator (streetfight)… The Great Nita, Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka (streetfight)… The Great Nita vs The Great Pogo… The Great Nita vs The Great Pogo (no rope, barbed wire barricade, lumberjack, double hell death match)… Atsushi Onita, Katsutoshi Niiyama, Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Horace Boulder (barbed wire barricade battle royal)… The Great Nita, Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka (streetfight -Nita's retirement match)… Atsushi Onita vs Mr. Pogo (World Brass Knuckles Title Match - no rope, barbed wire barricade, double hell death match)
Excellent inter-promotional card, headlined by Genichiro Tenryu's first foray into an exploding, electrified steel cage. Most of the undercard matches are clipped to some extent, but the best are shown in near-complete form. The final three are shown in full, which should please the sadists. Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Gosaku Gashogawa… Battle Ranger, Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka vs The Great Sasuke, Hanzo Nakajima & Shiryu… Combat Toyoda, Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya vs Eagle Sawai, Noriyo Tateno & Mitsuko Endoh… Satoru Asako & Mr. Gannosuke vs Goro Tsurumi & Hideki Hosaka… Katsuji Ueda vs Katsutoshi Niiyama… Sabu & Damian vs Dr. Luther & Yone Genjin… Megumi Kudo vs Yumiko Hotta (WWWA & Independent Women's Title Match)… Big Titan, The Gladiator & Ricky Fuji vs Gedo, Jado & Hiromichi Fuyuki… Terry Funk vs The Sheik… Mr. Pogo & Hisakatsu Oya vs Tarzan Goto & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title Street Fight)… Genichiro Tenryu vs Atsushi Onita (exploding barbed wire, electrified steel cage death match)
Taped in East Osaka. Gosaku Goshogawara vs Mr. Chin… Koji Nakagawa vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda… The Gladiator vs Damian… Megumi Kudo, Miwa Sato, Bad Nurse Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno vs Crusher Maedomari, Shark Tsuchiya, Combat Toyoda & Tsuppari Mack… Sabu vs Big Titan… Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke & Battle Ranger vs Hisakatsu Oya, Hideki Hosaka & Dark Ranger… Jinsei Shinzaki & Masaru Toi vs Ricky Fuji & John Simms (no rope, barbed wire death match)… Mr. Pogo & Goro Tsurumi vs Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama
Karumi Dome card featuring (literally) the blow-off of the Onita-Matsunaga feud - a no-rope, electrified barbed wire, explosives death match. Michinoku Pro adds the fast to a furious undercard, while Sabu and his 'calming influence', Mad Uncle Sheik, again form a team. Keiko Iwame, Bad Nurse Nakamura, Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno vs Michiko Ohmukai, Michiko Nagashima, Carol Midori & Utako Hozumi (highlights)… Super Delfin, Jinsei Shinzaki & Gran Naniwa vs Taka Michinoku, Battle Ranger & Sato (highlights)… Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari… Bull Nakano vs Combat Toyoda… The Great Sasuke vs Damian (World Independent Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Dr. Luther & Dr. Hannibal vs The Sheik & Sabu… Megumi Kudo vs Takako Inoue… The Gladiator, Big Titan & Ricky Fuji vs Sambo Asako, Katsuji Ueda & Gregory Berichev (streetfight)… Mr. Pogo vs Tarzan Goto… Atsushi Onita vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (World Brass Knuckles Title Match - no rope, electrified, exploding barbed wire, barbed wire boards death match). Bonus SMW/USWA camcorder matches at the end.
The main event of this Kawasaki Stadium card is a masterclass in death match psychology, as taught by two of the great professors of the genre. Former boxing hero Leon Spinks appears in the penultimate match, proving that life always has a few unresolvable mysteries up its sleeve. Big Titan, Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator vs Atsushi Onita, Tarzan Goto & Sambo Asako (streetfight highlights, April 22nd 1993)… Eiji Ezaki vs Koji Nakagawa… Rie Nakamura vs Keiko Iwami… Eagle Sawai, Utako Ozumi, Yasha Kurenai, Midori Saito & Mikiko Futagami vs Miwa Sato, Shark Tsuchiya, Crusher Maedomari, Kumiko Matsuda & Yukie Nabeno… Sabu & The Sheik vs Dr. Luther & Dr. Hannibal… The Great Sasuke, Kendo & Battle Ranger vs Espanto IV, Espanto VS & Super Delfin… Shinobu Kandori vs Victoria Kazuniya… Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada… Ricky Fuji, Big Titan & The Gladiator vs Tarzan Goto, Great Punk & Katsuji Ueda (barbed wire street fight)… Gregory Berichev vs Leon Spinks… Atsushi Onita vs Terry Funk (no rope, barbed wire, time bomb, land mine death match)
Commercial release of FMW's first ever Kawasaki Stadium card, headlined by an Onita-Pogo bang bang cage death match. Young, maskless Eiji Ezaki (later Hayabusa) works his first major card - in the opening match. Undercard is clipped. Eiji Ezaki vs Masashi Honda… Women's battle royal, won by Miwa Sato… Horace Boulder & The Shooter vs Jimmy Backlund & Kim Hyun Han… Amigo Ultra, Akihito Ichihara & Ultracito vs Pandita, Yukihide Ueno & Chicito… Combat Toyoda vs Reggie Bennett (FMW WWA Women's Title Match)… Svetlana Gundarenko vs Megumi Kudo… Big Titan & The Gladiator vs Sambo Asako & Ricky Fuji… Gregori Veritchev vs Katsuji Ueda (shoot style match)… Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto (no rope, explosive barbed wire cage death match). As a bonus, this tape also includes 45 minutes of early 1990's AJW TV.
design & content © 2003-2004 Elliot Sparks