Note: 1st 5 bouts digested, last 2 Onita bouts complete
All Japan Kickboxing Featherweight Championship: Matsuda vs. Hayashida
Ishu Kakutogisen: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ismael Changaney (sp?). Wrestler vs. kickboxer match
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Ryuji Murakami vs. ?
Rumi Kazama vs. Cuty Suzuki
Ishu Kakutogisen: Atsushi Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi 4R
FMW 10/10/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, Ishu Kakutogisen: Atsushi Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi R5 1:13
Boat People Joe vs. Monkey Magic Wakita 10:59
Jimmy Backlund vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda 5:45
Martial Arts Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Billy Mack R3 2:28
Handicap: Witch Warrior vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Kumiko Matsuda & Miwa Sato 4:06
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Sambo Kid 9:59
Martial Arts Match: Masashi Aoyagi vs. Atsushi Onita 16:57
Note: Undercard digested
Koshi Mathuo vs. Masaru Umezawa
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Monkey Magic Wakita 7:29
Jimmy Backlund vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Sambo Kid 8:35
Bad Girl vs. Witch Warrior 7:38
Hair Vs. Hair: Tarzan Goto vs. Billy Mack 2:41
Martial Arts Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi 17:53
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Monkey Magic Wakita 7:51
Sambo Asako vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda 5:00
Chain: Dick Murdoch vs. Crusher Dennis 3:57
Martial Arts Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 7:33
Karate: Takayuki Mukumoto vs. Tomohiko Otsukda 4:00
Karate: Tetsuo Yamagata vs. Fabulous Arsei 4:00
Karate: Akitoshi Saito vs. Kazuo Yoshioka 4:00
Delta Dawn vs. Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Kumiko Matsuda 7:04
Fumihiro Asako vs. Monkey Magic Wakita 7:22
Crusher Dennis vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda 6:43
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Tarzan Goto 8:58
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Dick Murdoch vs. Joe LeDuc & Masanobu Kurisu 9:28
Little Devil vs. Tiger Jackson 6:46
Crusher Dennis vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda 6:57
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Shoji Akiyoshi 7:19
Fumihiro Asako vs. Monkey Magic Wakita 7:01
Indian Strap: Delta Dawn vs. Despina Montagas 6:02
American Street Fight Chain: Dick Murdoch vs. Joe LeDuc 10:34
Barbed Wire Death: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Jerry Blayman & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 11:01
1st Mixed Martial Arts Open Tournament 1st Round
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Jang Yong Wow
Katsuji Ueda vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Sambo Asako vs. Lee Gak-Soo
Tarzan Goto vs. Satoshi Imaizumi
Atsushi Onita vs. The Shooter
2nd Round
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Tarzan Goto vs. Sambo Asako
Atsushi Onita vs. Beast the Barbarian
WWA Brass Knuckles Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Beast the Barbarian
Semifinal: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto
Final: Masanobu Kurisu vs. Tarzan Goto 7:58
1st Mixed Martial Arts Open Tournament 1st Round
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Jang Yong Wow
Katsuji Ueda vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Sambo Asako vs. Rick Wonshu
Tarzan Goto vs. Satoshi Imaizumi
Atsushi Onita vs. The Shooter
2nd Round
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Tarzan Goto vs. Sambo Asako
Atsushi Onita vs. Beast the Barbarian
WWA Brass Knuckles Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Beast the Barbarian
Semifinal: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto
Final: Masanobu Kurisu vs. Tarzan Goto 7:58
Disc 1 Battle Renaissance 1st Mixed Martial Arts Open Tournament 1/7/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1st Mixed Martial Arts Open Tournament 1st Round
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Jang Yong Wow
Katsuji Ueda vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Sambo Asako vs. Lee Gak-Soo
Tarzan Goto vs. Satoshi Imaizumi
Atsushi Onita vs. The Shooter
2nd Round
Tarzan Goto vs. Sambo Asako
Atsushi Onita vs. Beast the Barbarian
WWA Brass Knuckles Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Beast the Barbarian
Masanobu Kurisu vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Semifinal: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto
Final: Masanobu Kurisu vs. Tarzan Goto 7:58
Battle Brave In Korakuen 2/12/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Konnan vs. Rey Misterio 13:31
Mixed Martial Arts: Lee Gak Soo vs. Sambo Asako R5 1:11
Barbed Wire Barricades Death: Atsushi Onita vs. Masanobu Kurisu 13:46
Disc 2 Severe Earthquake! Texas Street Fight (Battle Renaissance Final) 4/1/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Megumi Kudo & Reibun Amada vs. Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda
Martial Arts Match: Fumiharu Asako vs. Kim Hyun Hwan 6:35
AWA Light Heavyweight Championship Match: Lee Gak Soo vs. Jimmy Backlund 15:44
Texas Street Fight Match: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu 10:58
FMW Battle Crush Commercial Tape 5/19/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Combat Toyota vs. Magnificent Mimi
Doing The Hair Cut Match: Reibun Amada & Megumi Kudo vs. Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu.
Street Fight Death Match: Masanobu Kurisu vs. Sambo Asako
Atsushi Onita vs. Lee Gak Soo
Disc 3 SUMMER SPECTACULAR in Shiodome Commercial Tape 8/4/90 Tokyo Shiodome
Mixed Match: Ultra Man & Mascarita Sagrada vs. Yukihide Ueno & Piratita Morgan 8:17
All Europe Women's Title Match: Magnificent Mimi vs. Miwa Sato 10:31
Joshi Puroresu Street Fight Match: Noriyo Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo 10:31
Martial Arts Match : Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji & Katsuji Ueda vs. Sambo Asako & Lee Gak Soo & Kim Hyun Hwan 8:34
No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match & WWA Brass Knuckles Title Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto 11:14
Korakuen X2 Summit Showdown Part 1 2/26/91 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari 12:56
El Pandita vs. Yukihido Ueno 7:46
WWA Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Despina Montages 12:03
Sambo Asako vs. Ricky Fuji 9:41
Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto 14:05
Disc 4 Korakuen X2 Summit Showdown Part 2 2/27/91 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Pandita & The Shooter vs. Ricky Fuji & Yukihide Ueno
Wrestler vs. Kickboxer: Billy Mac vs. Katsuji Ueda
WWA World Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo
Sambo Asako vs. Tarzan Goto
World Martial Arts Title Champion Final: Atsushi Onita vs. Grigory Verichev
Bonus 4/1/90
Yukihide Ueno vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda
Yuki Morimatsu vs. Noriyo Toyoda
5/19/90
The Shooter vs. Lee Wang-pyo
Yukihide Ueno vs. Ricky Fuji
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Espectrito
Tarzan Goto & Mitsuteru Tokuda vs. Wild Bullman & The Wizard
8/4/90: Ryo Miyake vs. Akihito Ichihara
2/26/91
Yukie Nabeno vs. Rie Nakamura
Akihito Ichihara vs. Katsuji Ueda
Grigory Verichev vs. Billy Mack
2/27/91
Mayumi Shimizu vs. Keiko Iwami
Despina Goto vs. Kumiko Matsuda
Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari
Konnan vs. Rey Misterio 13:31
Mixed Martial Arts: Lee Gak Soo vs. Sambo Asako R5 1:11
Barbed Wire Barricades Death: Atsushi Onita vs. Masanobu Kurisu 13:46
3/10/90
Judo Jacket: Tarzan Goto vs. Satoshi Imaizumi 7:54
Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako vs. Kim Sung Ha & Lee Gak Soo 12:31
13 Man Battle Royal 7:19
6/2/90
Noriyo Toyoda & Reibun Amada vs. Despina Montagas & Yuki Morimatsu 13:16
Megumi Kudo vs. Miwa Sato 10:36
Stretcher Street Fight: Tarzan Goto vs. Ricky Fuji 11:09
Dick Murdoch vs. Kevin Wacholz 13:43
Atsushi Onita & Lee Gak Soo vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda & Sambo Asako 19:58
Megumi Kudo & Reibun Amada vs. Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda 12:31 of 14:01. Kudo & Amada kept it very simply for their green opposition, which was both good and bad. On the positive side, nothing was blown and everything looked passable, but on the negative side, there were no real sequences and the match basically consisted of Sato & Matsuda being rag dolls for Kudo & Amada to do their moves to. In the end, it was competent, but at the lowest level. Matsuda had some decent kicks, but basically it was a glorified jobber match. *1/2
Beast the Barbarian vs. The Shooter 2:43
Martial Arts Match: Fumiharu Asako vs. Kim Hyun Hwan 6:35
AWA Light Heavyweight Championship Match: Lee Gak Soo vs. Jimmy Backlund 15:44
Texas Street Fight Match: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu 10:58
8/4/90
Mixed Match: Ultra Man & Mascarita Sagrada vs. Yukihide Ueno & Piratita Morgan 8:17
All Europe Women's Title Match: Magnificent Mimi vs. Miwa Sato 10:31
Joshi Puroresu Street Fight Match: Noriyo Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo 10:31. It's amazing how much these two progressed from this early encounter until the Combat's amazing retirement match. This was merely a passable brawl with some clunky wrestling sequences, watchable, but certainly nothing to write home about in any department. Kudo jumped Toyoda with a dive before she could enter the ring, and they brawled on the outside for seemingly half the match, with Reibun Amada helping Toyoda a little, before brawling on the inside with Toyota whipping Kudo with a belt until Kudo got it away from her and returned the favor. Some actual wrestling ensued, but nothing gave you the idea they were trained by Jaguar Yokota, or, well, anyone who really knew what they were doing. They were certainly trying, but they lacked the grace and fluidity of their later years, and in fact seemed better suited to brawling. **
Ishu Kakutogisen: Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji & Katsuji Ueda vs. Sambo Asako & Lee Gak Soo & Kim Hyun Hwan 8:34
No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match & WWA Brass Knuckles Title Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto 11:14
Yuki Morimatsu vs. Yoshika Maedomari 6:30
Akihito Ichihara vs. Jun Onouchi 2:09
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Espectorito
The Shooter #1 vs. Lee Wang Pyo 4:06
Ricky Fuji vs. The Shooter #2 2:40
Magnificent Mimi vs. Megumi Kudo 8:20
Noriyo Toyoda & Reibun Amada vs. Kumiko Matsuda & Miwa Sato 8:37
Lee Gak Soo vs. Yukihido Ueno 7:41
Tarzan Goto vs. The Wizard 7:10
Masanobu Kurisu & Wild Bull Man vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako 9:49
Ricky Fuji vs. Yukihido Ueno 7:50
Lee Gak Soo & Lee Wang Pyo vs. The Shooter #2 & The Wizard 9:09
Fumihiro Asako & Tarzan Goto vs. Masanobu Kurisu & The Shooter #1 10:56
WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Wild Bull Man 5:53
Megumi Kudo vs. Yuki Morimatsu 7:45
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Espectrito 7:20
Yukihide Ueno vs. Ryo Miyake 4:22
Lee Wang Pyo vs. The Shooter 6:14
Noriyo Toyoda & Reibun Amada vs. Magnificent Mimi & Miwa Sato 10:14
Lee Gak Soo vs. Ricky Fuji 7:35
Sambo Asako vs. The Shooter 10:09
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Masanobu Kurisu & Wild Bull Man 6:18
Akihito Ichihara vs. Ryo Miyake 4:17
Ricky Fuji vs. Yukihide Ueno 6:13
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Espectrito 5:58
Magnificent Mimi vs. Noriyo Toyoda 6:26
Hair Vs. Hair: Megumi Kudo & Reibun Amada vs. Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu 12:53
Street Fight: Masanobu Kurisu vs. Sambo Asako 9:59
Martial Arts Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Lee Gak Soo 10:21
Combat Toyota vs. Magnificent Mimi
Doing The Hair Cut Match: Reibun Amada & Megumi Kudo vs. Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu. This is the match where Reibun & Kudo split up. Reibun worked as a heel and was intent on cutting some hair. After Amada pinned Morimatsu, she tried to get Kudo to cut Morimatsu's hair. Kudo refused so Amada slapped her, cut Morimatsu's hair herself, then slapped Kudo again.
Street Fight Death Match: Masanobu Kurisu vs. Sambo Asako
Atsushi Onita vs. Lee Gak Soo
Kumiko Matsuda vs. Yoshika Maedomari 8:49
Noriyo Toyoda & Reibun Amada vs. Despina Montagas & Yuki Morimatsu 13:16
Megumi Kudo vs. Miwa Sato 10:36
Katsuji Ueda vs. The Shooter 1:50
Stretcher Street Fight: Tarzan Goto vs. Ricky Fuji 11:09
Dick Murdoch vs. Kevin Wacholz 13:43
Atsushi Onita & Lee Gak Soo vs. Mitsuteru Tokuda & Sambo Asako 19:58
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Piratita Morgan
Ultraman vs. Yukihide Ueno 6:29
Koichiro Kimura & Tarzan Goto vs. Kim Hyun Hwan & Sambo Asako 11:59
Atsushi Onita & Lee Gak Soo vs. Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji 11:18
Koichiro Kimura vs. Ryo Miyake 2:34
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yuki Morimatsu 11:22
Kim Hyun Hwan vs. Akihito Ichihara 7:06
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Piratita Morgan 6:19
Noriyo Toyoda vs. Kumiko Matsuda 8:02
Lee Gak Soo vs. Yukihide Ueno 8:07
Tarzan Goto vs. Ultraman 6:44
Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako vs. Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji 9:21
The Shooter #2 vs. Akihito Ichihara 4:28
Miwa Sato vs. Eriko Tsuchiya 6:53
Noriyo Toyoda vs. Yuki Morimatsu 8:51
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Piratita Morgan 6:14
Ultraman vs. Yukihide Ueno 7:34
Megumi Kudo vs. Kumiko Matsuda 6:34
Koichiro Kimura & Ricky Fuji vs. Kim Hyun Hwan & Lee Gak Soo 10:47
Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight Death: Mr. Pogo & Tarzan Goto vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako 7:09
7/28/90 Street Fight Death: Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji vs. Atsushi Onita & Mitsuteru Tokuda 10:11
8/20/90 Death: Tarzan Goto vs. Gran Mendoza 8:26
8/25/90
Yukihido Ueno vs. Aya Miyake 10:59
Yuki Morimatsu vs. Eriko Tsuchiya 11:33
Kim Hyun Hwan vs. The Shooter 8:07
Sambo Asako vs. Gran Mendoza 3:15
Street Fight: Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Combat Toyoda & Reibun Amada 15:47
Katsuji Ueda vs. Tarzan Goto 7:59
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo 6:03
Megumi Kudo & Reibun Amada vs. Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda 12:31 of 14:01. Kudo & Amada kept it very simply for their green opposition, which was both good and bad. On the positive side, nothing was blown and everything looked passable, but on the negative side, there were no real sequences and the match basically consisted of Sato & Matsuda being rag dolls for Kudo & Amada to do their moves to. In the end, it was competent, but at the lowest level. Matsuda had some decent kicks, but basically it was a glorified jobber match. *1/2
Beast the Barbarian vs. The Shooter 2:43
Fumiharu Asako vs. Kim Hyun Hwan 6:35
AWA Light Heavyweight Championship Match: Lee Gak Soo vs. Jimmy Backlund 15:44
Texas Street Fight Match: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu 10:58
8/4/90
Mixed Match: Ultra Man & Mascarita Sagrada vs. Yukihide Ueno & Piratita Morgan 8:17
All Europe Women's Title Match: Magnificent Mimi vs. Miwa Sato 10:31
Joshi Puroresu Street Fight Match: Noriyo Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo 10:31. It's amazing how much these two progressed from this early encounter until the Combat's amazing retirement match. This was merely a passable brawl with some clunky wrestling sequences, watchable, but certainly nothing to write home about in any department. Kudo jumped Toyoda with a dive before she could enter the ring, and they brawled on the outside for seemingly half the match, with Reibun Amada helping Toyoda a little, before brawling on the inside with Toyota whipping Kudo with a belt until Kudo got it away from her and returned the favor. Some actual wrestling ensued, but nothing gave you the idea they were trained by Jaguar Yokota, or, well, anyone who really knew what they were doing. They were certainly trying, but they lacked the grace and fluidity of their later years, and in fact seemed better suited to brawling. **
Martial Arts Match : Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji & Katsuji Ueda vs. Sambo Asako & Lee Gak Soo & Kim Hyun Hwan 8:34
No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match & WWA Brass Knuckles Title Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto 11:14
The Shooter vs. Yukihide Ueno 8:42
Miwa Sato vs. Yoshika Maedomari 8:17
Kim Hyun Hwan vs. Akihito Ichihara 4:38
Combat Toyoda & Reibun Amada vs. Megumi Kudo & Yuki Morimatsu 11:16
Sambo Asako vs. Jang Yong Wow 6:41
Tarzan Goto vs. Ricky Fuji 8:29
Street Fight: Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator vs. Atsushi Onita & Jimmy Backlund 7:25
Combat Toyoda & Reibun Amada vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato 12:02
Despina Goto & Tarzan Goto vs. Megumi Kudo & Ricky Fuji 16:42
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita vs. Mongolian Mauler 5:34
Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari 10:34
Billy Mack & The Shooter vs. Akihito Ichihara & Ricky Fuji 6:29
Lee Gak Soo & Ultraman vs. Kim Hyun Hwan & Yukihido Ueno 12:24
WWA Women's Title Decision Match: Combat Toyoda vs. Beastie The Road Warrior 10:20
AWA World Light Heavyweight Title Mixed Style: Katsuji Ueda vs. Jimmy Backlund 12:36
Megumi Kudo vs. Reibun Amada 11:58
Martial Arts Match: Grigory Verichev vs. Sambo Asako 5:15
Martial Arts Match: Tarzan Goto vs. Soul King 5:12
WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title Texas Death: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo 11:08
This tape highlights the best of FMW from 1990. Onita vs. Masanobu Kurisu is the second big fued after Masashi Aoyagi in 1989. Unlike Aoyagi, Onita regularly defeats his rivals this year, though he does the lion's share of the bleeding. Tarzan Goto, who initially teamed with Onita, is the third big fued, highlighted by the 8/4/90 Shiodome match that introduced explosive barbed wire. Goto is by far the best wrestler of Onita's opponents, and they are able to do a quality wrestling match that's aided by the pyro. Similar to the Goto program, Reibun Amada starts as Megumi Kudo's ally, but winds up her foe after turning on her, leading to a big match before Reibun unfortunately retires at the start of 1991. Mr. Pogo is Onita's opponent for FMW's 1st Anniversary show on 11/5/90. This is a thinner version, managed by Victor Quinones and seeming to only use one weapon that isn't laying around ringside in this Texas Death Match. It's much more of a wrestling match with Onita showing a lot of his old junior heavyweight offense, including the tope, and Pogo actually bleeds far more than Onita. Despite the plethora of gimmick spots, the highlight of the tape is Asako giving Bertichev an ipponzeoi over the top to the floor, which I've never seen before.
Note: All bouts digested
Atsushi Onita vs. Beast The Barbarian 1/7/90
Tarzan Goto vs. Atsushi Onita 1/7/90
Tarzan Goto vs. Masanobu Kurisu 1/7/90
Lee Gak Soo v Sambo Asako 2/12/90
Atsushi Onita Masanobu Kurisu *Barbed wire Barricades Death Match* 2/12/90
Reibun Amada & Megumi Kudo vs. Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda 4/1/90
Lee Gak Soo vs. Jimmy Backlund *AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match* 4/1/90
Tarzan Goto & Atsushi Onita vs. Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu *Texas Street Fight* 4/1/90
Combat Toyoda v Magnificent Mimi 5/19/90
Reibun Amada & Megumi Kudo vs. Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu 5/19/90
Atsushi Onita vs. Lee Gak Soo 5/19/90
Masacarita Segrada Jr. & Ultraman vs. Pirata Morgan & Yukihide Ueno 8/4/90
Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda *Street Fight* 8/4/90
Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji & Katsuji Ueda vs. Sambo Asako & Lee Gak Soo & Kim Hyun Han 8/4/90
Atsushi Onita v Tarzan Goto *Exploding Barbed wire Death Match* 8/4/90
Beastie The Road Warrior v Combat Toyoda 11/5/90
Megumi Kudo v Reibun Amada 11/5/90
Sambo Asako vs. Grigory Verichev 11/5/90
Atsushi Onita v Mr. Pogo *WWA Brass Knuckles Title Texas Death Match* 11/5/90
This tape highlights the best of FMW from 1990
Masaomi Morishige vs. Akihito Ichihara 6:08
Yuki Morimatsu vs. Eriko Tsuchiya 6:02
Kim Hyun Hwan vs. Yukihide Ueno 9:44
Combat Toyoda & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 14:02
Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Cody Templeton & Ray Barella 4:03
Boris Gogichashivili & Grigory Verichev vs. Sambo Asako & The Shooter 10:59
Street Fight: Mr. Pogo & Wild Bull Man vs. Atsushi Onita & Ricky Fuji 5:25
Mayumi Shimizu vs. Keiko Iwami. JIP
Yuki Morimatsu vs. Yukie Nabeno
Akihito Ichihara vs. Masaomi Morishge
Combat Toyoda & Shark Tsuchiya & Yoshiaka Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda
FMW Tag Tournament 1R: Gregory Berichev & Boris Gokicheshvili vs. Jimmy Backlund & The Shooter
FMW Tag Tournament 1R: Atsushi Onita & Fumiharu Asako vs. Tarzan Goto & Ricky Fuji
FMW Tag Tournament Semifinal: Gregory Berichev & Boris Gokicheshvili vs. The Gladiator & Mr. Pogo
FMW Tag Tournament Final: The Gladiator & Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari 12:56
El Pandita vs. Yukihido Ueno 7:46
WWA Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Despina Montages 12:03
Sambo Asako vs. Ricky Fuji 9:41
Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto 14:05
Pandita & The Shooter vs. Ricky Fuji & Yukihide Ueno
Wrestler vs. Kickboxer: Billy Mac vs. Katsuji Ueda
WWA World Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo
Sambo Asako vs. Tarzan Goto
World Martial Arts Title Champion Final: Atsushi Onita vs. Grigory Verichev. Veritchev becomes 1st champion.
Ricky Fuji & Yukihido Ueno vs. El Pandita & The Shooter 11:26
Martial Arts Match Fight: Katsuji Ueda vs. Billy Mack R2 0:37
WWA Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo 13:07
Tarzan Goto vs. Sambo Asako 6:57
WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title: Atsushi Onita vs. Grigory Verichev 12:21
Yukie Nabeno vs. Mayumi Shimizu 7:42
Rie Nakamura & Yuki Morimatsu vs. Keiko Iwami & Kumiko Matsuda 7:55
The Shooter vs. Yukihide Ueno 8:55
Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Despina Goto & Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 17:45
Gran Mendoza vs. Ricky Fuji 6:40
Tarzan Goto vs. Jose Estrada Jr. 9:05
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako 7:27
Yukie Nabeno vs. Mayumi Shimizu 5:56
Yuki Morimatsu vs. Keiko Iwami 4:54
Amigo Ultra vs. Yukihide Ueno 9:42
Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Kumiko Matsuda 7:47
Grigory Verichev vs. The Shooter 6:37
Combat Toyoda & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 13:42
Horace Boulder & The Gladiator vs. Ricky Fuji & Tarzan Goto 10:57
Street Fight: El Professo & Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako 11:48
Kumiko Matsuda & Yukie Nabeno vs. Mayumi Shimizu & Rie Nakamura 11:58
Yukihido Ueno vs. Katsuji Ueda R2 1:38
El Professo vs. The Shooter 8:22
Amigo Ultra vs. El Pandita 11:02
Captain's Fall Street Fight: Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo &
Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu 11:32
Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako vs. Horace Boulder & The Gladiator 9:38
WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Title: Grigory Verichev vs. Tarzan Goto 11:04
Barbed Wire Barricade Mat Landmine Blast Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo 13:27
Ishu Kakutogisen: Katsuji Ueda vs. Yukihide Ueno
AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match: Jimmy Backlund vs. Ricky Fuji
The Gladiator & Horace Boulder vs. Sambo Asako & Boris Gokichasibily
Highlights of Mr. Pogo apologizing to Atsushi Onita 5/15/91
WWA Women's Title Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Delta Dawn
Hair vs. Mask Bull Rope Death Match: Tarzan Goto vs. Invader # 4
WWA World Martial Arts Title Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Gregory Veritchev
The Shooter vs. Akihito Ichihara 9:17
Keiko Iwami & Yuki Morimatsu vs. Rie Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno 14:01
Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Mayumi Shimizu 5:12
Ricky Fuji vs. Yukihide Ueno 9:11
Reggie Bennett vs. Kumiko Matsuda 6:20
Combat Toyoda & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 14:06
Bull Rope Death: Tarzan Goto vs. The Gladiator 6:36
No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako vs. Horace Boulder & Mark Starr 8:13
Yoshika Maedomari vs. Rie Nakamura 6:21
Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Yukie Nabeno 8:04
Ricky Fuji vs. Yukihide Ueno 9:13
Combat Toyoda & Reggie Bennett vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 13:07
The Gladiator vs. Akihito Ichihara & Eiji Ezaki 2:28
Tarzan Goto vs. The Shooter 6:26
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako vs. Horace Boulder & Mark Starr 10:33
AWA World Light Heavyweight Title: Ricky Fuji vs. Mark Starr 7:35
Bull Rope Death: Atsushi Onita vs. Horace Boulder 6:43
Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Tarzan Goto vs. Sambo Asako by referee's decision 9:27
Yukie Nabeno vs. Rie Nakamura 7:22
Akihito Ichihara & Amigo Ultra & Ultramancito vs. El Pandita & Pandita Chiquita & Yukihide Ueno 10:36
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Combat Toyoda & Yoshika Maedomari 15:30
Jimmy Backlund & Masashi Honda vs. Eiji Ezaki & Kim Hyun Hwan 10:01
Svetlana Goundarenko vs. Keiko Iwami & Kumiko Matsuda 4:02
Reggie Bennett vs. Eriko Tsuchiya 7:48
Lu Chi vs. Ricky Fuji 5:55
Tarzan Goto vs. The Shooter 10:44
Street Fight: Big Titan & Horace Boulder & The Gladiator vs. Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev & Sambo Asako 14:27
8 Woman Joshi Puroresu Battle Royal
The Shooter & Horace Boulder vs. Kim Hyun Han & Jimmy Backlund
Amigo Ultra & Akihito Ichihara & Ultramancito vs. Pandita & Yukihide Ueno & Pandita Chiquito
WWA Women's Title Indian Strap Match: Combat Toyoda vs. Reggie Bennett
Megumi Kudo vs. Svetlana Gundarenko
Street Fight Stretcher Match: Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Sambo Asako & Ricky Fuji
Martial Arts Match: Grigory Verichev vs. Katsuji Ueda
No Rope Barbed Wire Cage Electric Current Bomb Destructive Blast Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto
Note: Some bouts digested
Eiji Ezaki vs. Masafumi Honda
8 Woman Joshi Puroresu Battle Royal
The Shooter & Horace Boulder vs. Kim Hyun Han & Jimmy Backlund
Amigo Ultra & Akihito Ichihara & Ultramancito vs. Pandita & Yukihide Ueno & Pandita Chiquito
WWA Women's Title Indian Strap Match: Combat Toyoda vs. Reggie Bennett
Megumi Kudo vs. Svetlana Gundarenko
Street Fight Stretcher Match: Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Sambo Asako & Ricky Fuji
Martial Arts Match: Grigory Verichev vs. Katsuji Ueda
No Rope Barbed Wire Cage Electric Current Bomb Destructive Blast Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto
10/91 TV: Amigo Ultra vs. Pandita
Ricky Fuji & Tarzan Goto vs. Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke 15:34
NJ 5/29/90: Big Van Vader & Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow & Steve Williams vs. Kengo Kimura & Koji Kitao & Masa Saito 16:03. No finish
Amigo Ultra & Rie Nakamura & Ultramancito vs. El Pandita & Keiko Iwami & Pandita Chiquita 10:24
Megumi Kudo & Svetlana Goundarenko vs. Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya 11:01
Chong Summusu & Kim Shunki vs. Eiji Ezaki & Yukihide Ueno 16:13
Chris Cruise Christopher vs. Yukie Nabeno 13:21
Rufus Blackborn vs. Akihito Ichihara 2:14
World Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Sabu & The Sheik [1] vs. Horace Boulder & Mark Starr [0] 1:12
World Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako [1] vs. Mercenario I & Mercenario II [0] 8:13
Grigory Verichev & Koba Kurtanidze vs. Katsuji Ueda & The Shooter 15:20
World Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto [1] vs. Big Titan & The Gladiator [0] 10:39
Amigo Ultra & Miwa Sato & Ultramancito vs. El Pandita & Pandita Chiquita & Yukie Nabeno 14:45
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Horace Boulder & Mark Starr vs. Chong Summusu & Kim Shunki 2:59
Chris Cruise Christopher & Svetlana Goundarenko vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari 12:58
Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight: Sabu & The Sheik vs. Eiji Ezaki & The Shooter 1:52
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako vs. Calypso Jim & Katsuji Ueda 10:25
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Grigory Verichev & Koba Kurtanidze vs. Big Titan & The Gladiator 15:16
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Leon Spinks & Rufus Blackborn vs. Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto 9:13
Combat Toyoda & Miwa Sato & Rie Nakamura vs. Kumiko Matsuda & Megumi Kudo & Yukie Nabeno 12:37
El Pandita & Pandita Chiquita vs. Ultramancito & Yukihide Ueno 11:58
Chris Cruise Christopher & Svetlana Goundarenko vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari 11:27
Big Titan & Horace Boulder & The Gladiator vs. Amigo Ultra & Eiji Ezaki & The Shooter 10:15
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Sabu & The Sheik vs. Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako 0:57
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Mercenarios Americanos Mercenario I & Mercenario II vs. Chong Summusu & Kim Shunki 10:03
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Leon Spinks & Rufus Blackborn vs. Calypso Jim & Katsuji Ueda 2 3:43
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Grigory Verichev & Koba Kurtanidze vs. Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto 15:14
Rie Nakamura & Ultramancito vs. Keiko Iwami & Pandita Chiquita 13:41
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Svetlana Goundarenko vs. Combat Toyoda & Yoshika Maedomari & Yukie Nabeno 12:37
Mercenario I & Mercenario II vs. Eiji Ezaki & Katsuji Ueda 13:12
Chris Cruise Christopher vs. Eriko Tsuchiya 10:14
World Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Sabu & The Sheik [5] vs. Chong Summusu & Kim Shunki [0] 0:11
World Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako [4] vs. Leon Spinks & Rufus Blackborn [6] 4:45
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev & Tarzan Goto vs. Big Titan & Mark Starr & The Gladiator 8:03
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya & Kumiko Matsuda 9:55
Amigo Ultra & Eiji Ezaki & Ultramancito vs. El Pandita & Pandita Chiquita & Yukihide Ueno 11:55
Chris Cruise Christopher & Svetlana Goundarenko vs. Rie Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno 9:36
Grigory Verichev & Koba Kurtanidze vs. Mercenarios Americanos Mercenario I & Mercenario II 10:34
Calypso Jim & Katsuji Ueda vs. Horace Boulder & Mark Starr 9:14
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako vs. Chong Summusu & Kim Shunki 6:57
Tarzan Goto vs. Sabu 4:12
World Strongest Tag Tournament: Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Leon Spinks & Rufus Blackborn 5:05
The Sheik vs. Atsushi Onita 5:02
Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Yukie Nabeno & Keiko Iwami & Rie Nakamura
Amigo Ultra & Pandita Chiquita vs. El Pandita & Ultramancito
Megumi Kudo vs. Svetlana Gundarenko
The Sheik & Sabu vs. Eiji Ezaki & The Shooter
WWA Women's Title Match: Miwa Sato vs. Chris Cruise Christopher
Big Titan & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder & Mark Starr vs. Billy Anderson & Lou Fabbiano & Kim Hyun Han & Chong Summusu
World Strongest Tag Tournament Semifinal: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Sambo Asako & Ricky Fuji
Leon Spinks & Rufus Blackborn vs. Katsuji Ueda & Calypso Jim
World Strongest Tag Tournament Finals, WWA Martial Arts Tag Title 1st Champion Decision Match: Gregory Veritchev & Koba Krutanize vs. Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto
Highlights the best of FMW from 1991
Shark Tsuchiya & Rie Nakamura vs. Crusher Maedomari & Keiko Iwami
Mark Starr vs. Yukihide Ueno
Sambo Asako vs. Jim Peterson
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Combat Toyoda & Yukie Nabeno
Kevin Sullivan & Horace Boulder vs. The Shooter & Mr. Gannosuke
Tarzan Goto & Ricky Fuji vs. Big Titan & The Gladiator
Barbed Wire Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. The Sheik
Keiko Iwami & Kumiko Matsuda vs. Rie Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno 15:28
Yoshika Maedomari vs. Yuki Morimatsu 6:58
Dr. Luther vs. Mr. Gannosuke 7:46
Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 34:09
Sambo Asako vs. Ricky Fuji 10:47
Mexcian Street Fight: Amigo Ultra & Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Big Titan & Genghis Khan & Horace Boulder 12:29
Eiji Ezaki vs. Koji Nakagawa 10:07
Ricky Fuji vs. Akihito Ichihara 7:59
Eriko Tsuchiya & Rie Nakamura & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Combat Toyoda & Keiko Iwami & Yukie Nabeno 17:25
Megumi Kudo vs. Yuki Morimatsu 11:10
Centurion & Horace Boulder & Star Man vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Sambo Asako & The Shooter 9:23
No Ropes Barbed Wire Fire Death: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Sabu & The Sheik 4:31
All matches except final are digested
5/15/92 Tijuana, B.C. El Parenke
Ultrataro & Ultrataro Jr. vs. Genghis Khan & Conversion Akal?
Mr. Gannosuke & American Eagle vs. The Shooter & Akihito Ichihara
Kamikaze Ninja (Yukihide Ueno) & Super Muneco vs. Sambo Asako & Lazertron
Rey Misterio & Ultraman 2000 & Eiji Ezaki vs Los Mercenarios Americanos (Billy Anderson & Louie Spicolli & Jesse Hernandez)
Combat Toyoda & Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu
Ricky Fuji & Tiniebla Sr. & Tinieblas Jr. vs Horace Boulder & Tim Patterson & & Kabayan
Atsushi Onita & Mil Mascaras & El Hijo del Santo vs. Tarzan Goto & Negro Casas & Giant Warrior
5/16/92 Los Angeles, CSLA Gym
Akihito Ichihara vs. American Eagle
Los Merenarios Americanos vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Eiji Ezaki & Ultrataro
Kamikaze Ninja (Yukihide Ueno) & Super Muneco vs. Sambo Asako & Lazertron
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu vs. Eriko Tsuchiya & Combat Toyoda & Yoshika Maedomari
Ricky Fuji & Tinieblas Sr. & Tinieblas Jr. vs. Mando Guerrero & Sambo Asako & Genghis Khan
Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto & El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas & Horace Boulder & Tim Patterson
Ricky Fuji & The Great Punk vs. Eiji Ezaki & Mr. Gannosuke 13:31
Mask Vs. Mask: Amigo Ultra vs. Genghis Khan 11:29
Dr. Luther vs. Katsuji Ueda 5:11
Combat Toyoda vs. Gundarenkow Terechikowa 8:27
WWA Women's Title: Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Megumi Kudo 11:20
The Sheik vs. Sambo Asako 0:58
WWA Martial-Arts Tag Title: Horace Boulder & Sabu vs. Grigory Verichev & Tarzan Goto 13:39
WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Title Cage: Leon Spinks vs. Atsushi Onita 8:36
4/23/92 Korakuen, No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match: Horace Boulder & Sabu vs. Sambo Asako & Atsushi Onita
5/6/92 Hyogo Sanda City, No Rope Barbed Wire Fire Death Match: Tarzan Goto & Atsushi Onita vs. Sabu & The Sheik
2/3 Falls: El Hijo Del Santo & Tarzan Goto & Atsushi Onita vs. Tim Patterson & Horace Boulder & Negro Casas
Yuki Morimatsu & Miwa Sato & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Rie Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno & Keiko Iwami
The Shooter & Ricky Fuji vs. Eiji Ezaki & Mr. Gannosuke
Mask vs. Mask Match: Amigo Ultra vs. Genghis Khan
Svetlana Gundarenko vs. Combat Toyoda
Strap Match: Hannibal Lector vs. Katsuji Ueda
WWA Women's Title Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Eriko Tsuchiya
Sambo Asako vs. The Sheik Street Fight
Stretcher Match, WWA Martial Arts Tag Title Match: Gregory Veritchev & Tarzan Goto vs. Horace Boulder & Sabu
Cage Death Match, WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Title Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Leon Spinks
3/25/92 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Big Titan & Genghis Khan & Horace Boulder vs. Amigo Ultra & Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako 14:56
WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Title: Tarzan Goto vs. Leon Spinks
3/26/03/92: Sambo Asako & Atsushi Onita vs. Big Titan & Leon Spinks
4/7/92 Hyakuri Air Base
Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Yuki Morimatsu
Miwa Sato & Megumi Kudo vs. Yoshika Maedomari & Combat Toyoda
The Shooter vs. Ricky Fuji
Sambo Asako & Tarzan Goto vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Atsushi Onita
4/23/92 Korakuen Hall
Eriko Tsuchiya & Combat Toyoda vs. Miwa Sato & Yoshika Maedomari
The Shooter vs. The Sheik
No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match: Horace Boulder & Sabu vs. Sambo Asako & Atsushi Onita
5/2/92 Hiroshima Sun Plaza
Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo
No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. The Sheik
5/6/92 Hyogo No Rope Barbed Wire Fire Death Match: Tarzan Goto & Atsushi Onita vs. Sabu & The Sheik
5/24/92 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum
Yuki Morimatsu & Miwa Sato & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Rie Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno & Keiko Iwami
The Shooter & Ricky Fuji vs. Eiji Ezaki & Mr. Gannosuke
Mask vs. Mask Match: Amigo Ultra vs. Genghis Khan
Svetlana Gundarenko vs. Combat Toyoda
Strap Match: Hannibal Lector vs. Katsuji Ueda
WWA World Women's Title: Megumi Kudo vs. Eriko Tsuchiya
Street Fight: Sambo Asako vs. The Sheik
WWA World Martial Arts Tag Title Stretcher Match: Grigori Veritchev & Tarzan Goto vs. Horace Boulder & Sabu
WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Title Cage Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Leon Spinks
Eiji Ezaki vs. Shoji Nakamaki 7:24
Kumiko Matsuda vs. Yukie Nabeno 12:06
Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Miwa Sato & Yuki Morimatsu 12:02
Mr. Gannosuke vs. The Sheik 2:42
FMW Women's Tag Tournament: Megumi Kudo & Rie Nakamura vs. Combat Toyoda & Keiko Iwami 17:11
13 Man Battle Royal 6:32
Ricky Fuji & Tarzan Goto & The Great Punk vs. Horace Boulder & The Body Snatcher & White African 10:14
Captain Falls No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako vs. Sabu & The Gladiator 8:17
6/25/92 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Title No Ropes Barbed Wire Cage Death: Atsushi Onita vs. The Sheik 3:29
6/30/92 Sekigahara No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Death: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Atsushi Onita 7:03
Atsushi Onita appears on a TV show. biographical footage
10/14/13 Niigata Shu Eagle Messe No Ropes Barbed Wire Everest Current Blast Death: Atsushi Onita & Masato Tanaka vs. NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshihiro Takayama 15:06
Note: most bouts digested
Chris Jericho & Kevin Houle vs. Eiji Ezaki & Koji Nakagawa 10:12
Eriko Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda vs. Rie Nakamura & Yumiko Komatsuzaki & Emi Koizumi 19:00
Shoji Nakamaki Retirement Special Match: Sabu vs. Shoji Nakamaki 2:37
Special Mixed Tag Match: Amigo Ultra & Ultramancito vs. Baltania No.1 & Baltania No.2 10:32
Ishu Kakutogisen Special Match: Smart Lookmatulee vs. Katsuji Ueda 17:32
Street Fight Double Hell Death Match: Big Titan & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder vs. Sambo Asako & The Great Punk & Ricky Fuji 11:49
Special Exhibition Match: John Tolos vs. Killer Kowalski 10:00
Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto vs. Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda 5:40 of 13:54. It's such a shame they edited so much of this match, because it showed the FMW team could hang with the AJW team work wise. However, as they did the job, it was mostly the AJW team running all over them. In any case, this was fun stuff. A fast-paced energized sprint with the AJW team making the match, and Hokuto, in particular, giving the expected fine performance. Very good match.
World Martial Arts Tag Title Match, Ishu Kakutogisen Special Tag Match: Tarzan Goto & Grigory Verichev vs. Leon Spinks & Bryan Theodile 10:39
World Martial Arts Title Match, No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match Atsushi Onita vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 13:54
Chris Jericho & Kevin Houle vs. Eiji Ezaki & Koji Nakagawa 10:12
Eriko Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato & Kumiko Matsuda vs. Rie Nakamura & Yumiko Komatsuzaki & Emi Koizumi 19:00
Shoji Nakamaki Retirement Special Match: Sabu vs. Shoji Nakamaki 2:37
Special Mixed Tag Match: Amigo Ultra & Ultramancito vs. Baltania No.1 & Baltania No.2 10:32
Ishu Kakutogisen Special Match: Smart Lookmatulee vs. Katsuji Ueda 17:32
Street Fight Double Hell Death Match: Big Titan & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder vs. Sambo Asako & The Great Punk & Ricky Fuji 11:49
Special Exhibition Match: John Tolos vs. Killer Kowalski 10:00
Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto vs. Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda 13:54
World Martial Arts Tag Title Match, Ishu Kakutogisen Special Tag Match: Tarzan Goto & Grigory Verichev vs. Leon Spinks & Bryan Theodile 10:39
World Martial Arts Title Match, No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match Atsushi Onita vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 13:54
Note: matches are shown in highlight form
6/30/92
No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match: Onita vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
9/1/92 Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center
WWA World Women's Title: Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda
World Martial Arts Tag Titles: Tarzan Goto & Grigory Verichev vs. Big Titan & Dr. Looser
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Tornado Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Sabu
9/19/92 Yokohama Stadium
8 Woman Tag Match: Erika Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato & Yoshika Maedomari & Kumiko Matsuda vs. Yukie Nabeno & Rie Nakamura & Emi Koizumi & Yumiko Komatsuzaki
Special Mixed Tag Match: Amigo Ultra & Ultramancito vs. Valtania 1 & 2
Katsuji Ueda vs. Samato Lokematri (sp)
Street Fight Triple Stretcher Death Match: Sambo Asako & Ricky Fuji & The Great Punk vs. Big Titan & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyota vs. Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto (AJW team)
World Martial Arts Title Special Tag Match: Tarzan Goto & Grigory Verichev vs. Leon Spinks & Brian Sayodill
World Martial Arts Title No Rope Explosive Barbed Wired Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. Onita wins title.
11/20/92 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
World Street Fight Tag League: Sabu & Karim Sudan vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Tiger Jeet Singh Jr.
World Street Fight Tag League: Tarzan Goto & Big Titan vs. The Gladiator & Horace Boulder
World Street Fight Tag League: Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal vs. Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev
11/27/92 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
World Street Fight Tag League: The Gladiator & Horace Boulder vs. Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal
World Street Fight Tag League: Tarzan Goto & Big Titan vs. Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev
12/6/92 Ryuoka (?) Shi Taiiku Center
World Street Fight Tag League: Tarzan Goto & Big Titan vs. Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal
World Street Fight Tag League: Sabu & Karim Sudan vs. Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev
World Street Fight Tag League: Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev vs. Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal
12/7/92 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan
World Street Fight Tag League: Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Tiger Jeet Singh Jr.
World Street Fight Tag League: Tarzan Goto & Big Titan vs. The Gladiator & Horace Boulder
World Street Fight Tag League Final No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Barricade Mat Tornado Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev vs. Tarzan Goto & Big Titan. Onita & Veritchev win tag league.
Eiji Ezaki vs. Koji Nakagawa 11:36
Combat Toyoda & Yukie Nabeno vs. Kumiko Matsuda & Miwa Sato 16:23
Psycho #1 & Psycho #2 vs. Ricky Fuji & The Great Punk 10:10
Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa 12:31
Sabu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh Jr. 3:37
World's Strongest Street Fight Tag League: Haystacks Calhoun Jr. & Sambo Asako [1] vs. Alligator Man #1 & Alligator Man #2 [1] 7:08
Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Kareem Sudan 3:50
World's Strongest Street Fight Tag League: Dr. Hannibal & Dr. Luther [4] vs. Horace Boulder & The Gladiator [4] 13:51
World's Strongest Street Fight Tag League: Big Titan & Tarzan Goto [3] vs. Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev [0] 12:30
Koji Nakagawa vs. Mr. Gannosuke 10:40
Kumiko Matsuda vs. Keiko Iwami 8:21
Combat Toyoda & Yukie Nabeno vs. Emi Koizumi & Rie Nakamura 9:26
Katsuji Ueda vs. Eiji Ezaki 5:54
Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 17:43
Haystacks Calhoun Jr. vs. Dr. Hannibal 2:11
Elimination: Big Titan & Dr. Luther & The Gladiator vs. Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako & The Great Punk 13:26. No finish.
Rie Nakamura vs. Keiko Iwami 7:17
Katsuji Ueda vs. Koji Nakagawa 6:30
Combat Toyoda & Miwa Sato vs. Emi Koizumi & Naoko Kumazawa 16:31
Dr. Luther vs. Eiji Ezaki 6:21
Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Megumi Kudo & Yukie Nabeno 13:47
Dr. Hannibal & Sabu & The Sheik vs. Haystacks Calhoun Jr. & Mr. Gannosuke & The Great Punk 4:29
Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Ricky Fuji & Sambo Asako 10:35
No Ropes Barbed Wire Death: Tarzan Goto vs. Atsushi Onita 17:49
Tarzan Goto vs. Koji Nakagawa 7:28
Miwa Sato vs. Rie Nakamura 11:28
Mr. Gannosuke vs. Eiji Ezaki 14:44
Street Fight: Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo 15:47
Five On Four Handicap No Ropes Barbed Wire Elimination Street Fight Death: Atila The Hun & Big Titan & Dr. Hannibal & Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator vs. Grigory Verichev & Sabu & Sambo Asako & Tarzan Goto 12:16
Katsuji Ueda vs. Psychic Soldier
Koji Nakagawa vs. Atila The Hun 6:08
Miwa Sato vs. Rie Nakamura 10:51
Dr. Hannibal & The Gladiator vs. Eiji Ezaki & Mr. Gannosuke 9:38
Sambo Asako vs. Ricky Fuji 8:44
Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo 15:55
Big Titan vs. Grigory Verichev 11:44
No Ropes Barbed Wire Death: Tarzan Goto vs. Sabu 9:59
Megumi Kudo vs. Kumiko Matsuda 9:21
Ricky Fuji vs. Eiji Ezaki 10:32
Battle Ranger Z vs. Koji Nakagawa 7:58
Eriko Tsuchiya & Keiko Iwami & Yoshika Maedomari vs. Combat Toyoda & Miwa Sato & Rie Nakamura 18:01
Amigo Ultra vs. Tiger Jeet Singh Jr. 6:05
Big Titan vs. Sambo Asako 7:39
No Ropes Barbed Wire Death: The Sheik vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 1:20
Street Fight: Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto vs. Judge Dread & Sabu 13:22
Koji Nakagawa vs. Eiji Ezaki. Highlights.
Rie Nakamura vs. Keiko Iwame. Highlights.
5 vs. 5 Captain Fall Elimination Match: Miwa Sato & Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari & Kumiko Matsuda & Yukie Nabeno vs. Eagle Sawai & Utako Hozumi & Kurenai Yasha & Midori Saito & Mikiko Futagami. Highlights.
The Sheik & Sabu vs. Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal. Highlights. Sabu breaks two tables after the match.
Chodensenshi Battle Ranger Z & The Great Sasuke & Kendo vs. Super Delfin & Espanto 1 & 2. Highlights.
Shinobu Kandori vs. Victoria Kazumiya. Bad match.
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota. Exciting mach with a ton of high spots. Yamada was by far the best of the four. Better than their Dreamslam match, but the sloppiness held it down some. ****1/4
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Captain Fall Loser Leaves Town Death Match: The Great Punk & Tarzan Goto & Katsuji Ueda vs. Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator & Big Titan. Gorefest. Poor work, but tons of blood and gimmicks. Punk leaves town, what a loss. *
Leon Spinks vs. Grigory Verichev. The only redeeming factor of this was that it wasn't that long. Spinks punches were so pulled they couldn't hurt a fly. Veritchev sold them even though half of them didn't even hit. The hell of awful. Just a disgrace to the sport. -**1/2
No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Time Bomb Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk. The first even match with this combination of stipulations. This built well with both men really putting over the toll of the match. Onita's body was cut to shreds, and Funk bled like crazy also. The actual wrestling was pretty lousy, but it was a great spectacle. One of the all-time great post matches with Onita trying to save Funk from the giant explosion. ***1/2
Battle Ranger Z vs. Koji Nakagawa 11:29
Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari & Yukie Nabeno vs. Kumiko Matsuda & Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato 16:30
Eight Man Battle Royal: Miwa Sato vs. Combat Toyoda vs. Eriko Tsuchiya vs. Megumi Kudo vs. Rie Nakamura vs. Yoshika Maedomari vs. Kumiko Matsuda vs. Yukie Nabeno 8:36
Tarzan Goto vs. Dr. Hannibal 9:26
Penalty Box Street Fight: Genghis Khan & Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator vs. Amigo Ultra & Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako 14:55
Note: First 7 matches digested
Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Chin
Koji Nakagawa vs. Chiaki Matsuyama
Combat Toyoda & Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari vs. Kumiko Matsuda & Keiko Iwami & Nurse Nakamura
Little Frankie vs. Tomezo Tsunokake
Ricky Fuji vs. Mercurio
Yasha Kurenai vs. Yukie Nabeno
Terry Boy & Atsushi Onita, Jr. vs. Cockroaches #1 & #2
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs. Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito
The Great Sasuke & TAKA Michinoku & Chodensenshi Battle Ranger vs. Super Delfin & Jinsei Shinzaki & Gran Naniwa
Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Sambo Asako
Katsuji Ueda vs. Leon Spinks
Terry Funk & Tarzan Goto vs. The Sheik & Sabu
Exploding Ring Barbed Wire Cage Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo
Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Chin 7:47
Combat Toyoda vs. Yukie Nabeno 9:04
The Gladiator vs. Eiji Ezaki 4:38
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Block B First Round: Damien vs. Bull Rider 7:58
Big Titan & Ricky Fuji vs. Bull Rider & The American 11:17
Captain's Fall: Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura vs. Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack 21:08
Tarzan Goto vs. The Great Punk 9:48
No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke 13:39
Eiji Ezaki vs. Masato Tanaka 8:18
Tsuppari Mack vs. Nurse Nakamura 12:27
Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Chin 5:49 + 0:05
Katsuji Ueda vs. Ricky Fuji 10:49
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Damien vs. Battle Ranger Z 18:24
Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Bull Rider & The American 3:55
Elimination: Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno vs. Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya 27:29
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto vs. Great Punk & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Mr. Pogo 17:02
Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Mr. Chin 6:57
WWA Women's Title #1 Contendership Tournament: Shark Tsuchiya [4] vs. Yukie Nabeno [1] 11:25
Big Titan vs. Masato Tanaka 2:46
Atsushi Onita Jr. & Battle Ranger Z vs. Dark Ranger & Masaru Toi 12:50
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Mr. Gannosuke 9:24
Combat Toyoda & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura 20:17
Tarzan Goto vs. Hideki Hosaka 6:34
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Sambo Asako vs. Mr. Pogo & Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator 14:47
Masato Tanaka vs. Tiger Jeet Chin Mr Chin 5:13
Katsuji Ueda vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda 7:23
Miwa Sato vs. Yukie Nabeno 10:25
Battle Ranger Z vs. Dark Ranger 12:49
Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Nurse Nakamura 13:02
Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Ricky Fuji 9:48
WWA Women's Championship Match: Combat Toyoda vs. Crusher Maedomari 18:16
Captain's Falls Street Fight: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Mr Pogo & Masaru Toi & Hideki Hosaka vs. Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto & Sambo Asako & Mr Gannosuke 23:07
Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka vs. Gosaku Goshogawara & Mr. Chin 8:50
Big Titan & Dr. Hannibal vs. Battle Ranger Z & Katsutoshi Niiyama 8:10
Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator vs. Dark Ranger & Hisakatsu Oya 12:11
Dr. Luther vs. Damien 8:46
The Sheik vs. Grigory Verichev 2:01
Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno 21:52
Tarzan Goto vs. Sabu 14:47
No Ropes Barbed Wire Elimination Street Fight Death: Hideki Hosaka & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke & Sambo Asako 16:44
Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari
Bull Nakano vs. Combat Toyota
FMW Jr. Heavyweight Independent Title Match: The Great Sasuke vs. Damien
Sabu & Sheik vs. Dr. Looser & Dr. Hannibal
Takako Inoue vs. Megumi Kudo
Street Fight: Ricky Fuji & Gladiator & Big Titan vs. Sambo Asako & Katsuji Ueda & Gregory Verichev
Mr. Pogo vs. Tarzan Goto
Exploding Barbwire Corners Death Match, FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
9 Women Battle Royal
Gran Naniwa & Hisakatsu Oya & Akihito Yonekawa vs. Sambo Asako & Terry Boy & Koji Nakagawa
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Tornado 6 Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto & The Great Sasuke vs. Mr. Pogo & Masaru Toi & Jinsei Shinzaki
9 Women Battle Royal
Gran Naniwa & Hisakatsu Oya & Akihito Yonekawa vs. Sambo Asako & Terry Boy & Koji Nakagawa
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Tornado 6 Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto & The Great Sasuke vs. Mr. Pogo & Masaru Toi & Jinsei Shinzaki
Seishinkaikan Champ Forum 2/10/94
Preliminary matches
Akitoshi Saito vs. Jun Kikawada
Masashi Aoyagi vs. Hiroshi Itakawa
1/5/94
Sabu vs. Dark Ranger 6:11
Terry Simms vs. Koji Nakagawa 8:16
Damien & Jinsei Shinzaki & Super Delfin vs. Battle Ranger Z & Masato Tanaka & The Great Sasuke 15:59
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno vs. Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack 18:06
Katsutoshi Niiyama & Tarzan Goto vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo 11:26
Street Fight: Big Titan & Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator vs. Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke & Sambo Asako 14:52
16 Man Battle Royal 11:50
1/6/94
Jinsei Shinzaki & Super Delfin vs. Koji Nakagawa & The Great Sasuke 17:19
Big Titan & The Gladiator vs. Damien & Sabu 15:19
Captain's Fall Street Fight: Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno 16:26
Battle Ranger & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Tarzan Goto vs. Hideki Hosaka & Hisakatsu Oya & Masaru Toi 12:53
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title Street Fight: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo 17:36
Gosaku Goshogawara vs. Mr. Chin 4:13
Koji Nakagawa vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda 6:38
The Gladiator vs. Damien 7:54
Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura & Yukie Nabeno vs. Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack 22:09
Big Titan vs. Sabu 11:09
Battle Ranger & Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto vs. Dark Ranger & Hideki Hosaka & Hisakatsu Oya 15:05
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Title Tournament Block A First Round Barbed Wire Street Fight: Jinsei Shinzaki & Masaru Toi vs. Ricky Fuji & Terry Simms 16:46
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Title Tournament Block A First Round Barbed Wire Street Fight: Goro Tsurumi & Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama 16:15
Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Gosaku Goshogawara 5:59
Gosaku Goshogawara vs. Mr. Chin 5:21
Damian vs. Masato Tanaka 7:33
Big Titan & The Gladiator & Ricky Fuji vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa 12:06
Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Yukie Nabeno & Nurse Nakamura & Keiko Iwami 19:31
The Sheik vs. Dr. Luther 2:48
Terry Funk vs. Sabu 9:40
Captain Falls Elimination No Ropes Barbed wire Street Fight Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo & Hideki Hosaka 15:20
Note: The first seven matches are shown in digest form
Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Gosaku Goshogowara
Chodensenshi (super electric warrior?) Battle Ranger Z & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka vs. The Great Sasuke & Hanzo Nakajima & Shiryu (Michinoku Pro team)
Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya vs. Noriyo Tateno & Eagle Sawai & Mizuki Endo (LLPW team)
Sambo Asako & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Goro Tsurumi & Hideki Hosaka
Kickboxer vs. Wrestler Mixed Match: Katsuji Ueda vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama
Sabu & Damian vs. Dr. Luther & Yone Genjin (Michinoku Pro)
WWA World Women's & Independent World World Women's Double Title Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW) 8:34 of 16:48. Though one of the biggest wins of her career, this is hardly Kudo's finest moment. She's rather mechanical and deliberate in this match that threatens to become a trainwreck due to so many spots being at least a little off. It starts out good with Hotta playing subtle heel, laying into Kudo early and often. Hotta puts Kudo in the position of matching her strikes though, which needless to say isn't Megumi's best role. The idea is, perhaps, that she'll attack Hotta's bandaged left knee, the injury evening things out, but Kudo has trouble reading Hotta and lacks the stiffness to satisfy her even when she does. As few of the transitions to Kudo's offense come off smoothy, Hotta winds up kicking Kudo to save embarassment, and thus retains control. Kudo is looking woefully outclassed, but finally fires up landing a number of elbows. She's still never convincing as Hotta's equal, but they play up her resourcefulness to set up the flash pin.
Big Titan & The Gladiator & Ricky Fuji vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado & Gedo (WAR/Fuyuki-gun team)
Terry Funk vs. The Shiek
World Brass Knuckle Tag Title Street Fight Tag Match: Mr. Pogo & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Tarzan Goto & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Genichiro Tenryu
6/19/94
FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Title: Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda 21:01
Goro Tsurumi & Hisakatsu Oya defeat Damien & Tarzan Goto 10:16
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Sambo Asako vs. Hideki Hosaka & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator 13:42
3/30/96
Combat Toyoda vs. Bison Kimura
Street Fight: BADBOY Hido & Hideki Hosaka & W*ING Kanemura vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka
World Brass Knuckles Tag Title Match: The Headhunters vs. Super Leather & Jason The Terrible
Hideki Hosaka vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda 8:00
Nurse Nakamura vs. Yukari Ishikura 7:46
Gosaku Goshogawara vs. Mr. Chin 8:26
Goro Tsurumi vs. Masato Tanaka 8:21
Big Titan & Dr. Luther & Ricky Fuji vs. Damien & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa 12:32
Captain's Fall: Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno vs. Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack 16:59
Tarzan Goto vs. Mr. Gannosuke 18:49
Captains Falls Elimination Street Fight: Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator vs. Atsushi Onita & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Sambo Asako 15:16
Goro Tsurumi & Hideki Hosaka vs. Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda 9:06
Undertaker Gosaku (Gosaku Goshogawara) vs. Jinsei Chinzaki (Mr. Chin) 4:56
Judge Dread & Ricky Fuji vs. Koji Nakagawa & Mr. Gannosuke 11:29
Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura 20:55
Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Katsuji Ueda 12:56
Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Damien 8:37
FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Yukie Nabeno 11:31
Masashi Aoyagi vs. Sambo Asako 4:59
Tarzan Goto vs. Battle Ranger Z 14:35
The Gladiator vs. Big Titan 10:33
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title No Ropes Barbed Wire Double Hell Death: Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 15:52
Koji Nakagawa vs. Masato Tanaka 11:06
Battle Ranger Z vs. Damien 13:30
Big Titan vs. Sambo Asako 5:00
Keiko Iwami & Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno vs. Combat Toyoda & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack 18:31
The Gladiator vs. Sabu 10:38
Mach Hayato & Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto vs. Dr. Hannibal & Dr. Luther & Ricky Fuji 17:48
No Ropes Barbed Wire Death: Atsushi Onita vs. Hideki Hosaka 12:29
7/31/81: Roland Bock vs. Kengo Kimura 1:35
12/4/81: Roland Bock vs. Riki Choshu 3:11
1/1/82: Antonio Inoki vs. Roland Bock R3 3:16
9/23/81: Stan Hansen vs. Andre The Giant 4:22
Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Battle Ranger Z & Gosaku Goshogawara & Masato Tanaka 10:27
Texas Death: Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura 17:31
Ricky Fuji vs. Mach Hayato
Dr. Hannibal & Dr. Luther vs. Damien & The Great Sasuke 15:48
Mr. Gannosuke vs. Sambo Asako 9:03
FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Title: Combat Toyoda vs. Yukie Nabeno 10:32
Hayabusa vs. Sabu 14:15
The Gladiator vs. Big Titan 10:20
Street Fight Death: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 12:15
Tarzan Goto vs. Hisakatsu Oya 25:04
No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Double Hell Death: Atsushi Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi 17:07
8/28/94 Osaka Jo Hall
Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Masato Tanaka & Battle Ranger & Gosaku Goshogawara. Clip
Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Bad Nurse Nakamura. Clip
Ricky Fuji vs. Mach Hayato. Clip
The Great Sasuke & Damian vs. Dr. Luther & Dr. Hannibal. Clip
Mr. Gannosuke vs. Sambo Asako. Clip
WWA World Women's & Independent World World Women's Title Match: Combat Toyota vs. Yukie Nabeno. Digest
Hayabusa vs. Sabu. Digest
The Gladiator vs. Big Titan. Digest
Street Fight Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Tarzan Goto vs. Hisakatsu Oya
No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Barricade Mat Double Hell Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi
9/7/94 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Women's Street Fight: Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Keiko Iwami vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Combat Toyota & Crusher Maedomari. Digest
The Gladiator vs. Big Titan. Digest
Tarzan Goto & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Koji Nakagawa & Hideki Hosaka. Digest
World Brass Knuckles Title, No Rope Barbed Wire Barricade Mat Street Fight Double Hell Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo
9/25/94 Tokyo Pool
Swimming Pool Tag Match: Tarzan Goto & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Yukihiro Kanemura
No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Dynamite Pool Double Hell Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka
Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Gosaku Goshogawara & Koji Nakagawa 12:50
Dr. Luther & Ricky Fuji vs. Battle Ranger Z & Mach Hayato 14:14
Street Fight: Combat Toyoda & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato & Yukie Nabeno 21:20
Dr. Hannibal vs. The Sheik 1:23
Sabu vs. Damien 14:33
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Sambo Asako vs. Hideki Hosaka & Masashi Aoyagi 8:31
Big Titan vs. The Gladiator 11:46
Hisakatsu Oya & Tarzan Goto vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama & Mr. Gannosuke 26:18
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Double Hell Death: Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita 13:44
12/1/94 Hiroshima Green Arena: Tsuppari Mack & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya vs. Yukari Ishikura & Mayumi Shimizu & Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo
12/20/94 Nagoya Aiichi-ken Gym
No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire, Barbed Wire Barricades, Landmines & Double Hell Death Match: Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo vs. Ho Chi Win & Atsushi Onita
World Independent Junior Heavyweight Title Decision: Ricky Fuji vs. The Great Sasuke
Elimination Match: Hideki Hosaka & Yukihiro Kanemura & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka
Hisakatsu Oya vs. Tarzan Goto
12/23/94 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Lumberjack Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita
Hisakatsu Oya & Yukihiro Kanemura & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Gosaku Goshogawara & Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Tarzan Goto
Street Fight: Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & The Great Nita vs. Hideki Hosaka & Hido & Mr. Pogo
Tsuppari Mack vs. Yukari Ishikura 10:44
Damien vs. Gosaku Goshogawara 8:35
Big Titan & Ricky Fuji vs. Sabu & The Sheik 2:24
Crusher Maedomari & Keiko Iwami & Shark Tsuchiya vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo & Nurse Nakamura 20:32
Hido & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Battle Ranger Z & Koji Nakagawa & Tarzan Goto 16:37
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Hideki Hosaka & Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator 13:16
Ricky Fuji vs. Damien 10:36
Sabu vs. Hido 9:25
Big Titan vs. The Sheik 1:58
Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo & Yukari Ishikura 20:17
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Koji Nakagawa & Tarzan Goto 17:22
No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Hideki Hosaka & Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator vs. Atsushi Onita & Gosaku Goshogawara & Katsutoshi Niiyama & MaSato Tanaka 14:46
1/5/95
Rey Aguila & Ricky Fuji vs. Battle Ranger Z & Mach Hayato 12:07
Hideki Hosaka & Hido & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Katsuji Ueda & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka 10:27
Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo vs. Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya 19:59
Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama & Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto & Tetsuhiro Kuroda 23:25
Atsushi Onita vs. Sambo Asako 22:17
1/6/95
Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo & Nurse Nakamura 22:29
Tsuppari Mack vs. Killer Iwami 10:24
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title: Ricky Fuji vs. Battle Ranger Z 16:06
Scramble Bunkhouse Yen On A Pole Elimination Street Fight: Hideki Hosaka & Hisakatsu Oya & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Atsushi Onita & Gosaku Goshogawara & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto 22:09
Rey Aguila & Ricky Fuji vs. Battle Ranger Z & Mach Hayato 11:37
Hideki Hosaka & Hido vs. Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda 11:59
Crusher Maedomari & Killer Iwami & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo & Nurse Nakamura & Yukari Ishikura 20:58
Tarzan Goto vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 17:15
No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Mr. Gannosuke 15:13
Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Gosaku Goshogawara
Rey Aguila vs. Mach Hayato
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda & Nurse Nakamura vs. Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Tsuppari Mack
Hisakatsu Oya vs. Ricky Fuji
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Tarzan Goto & Koji Nakagawa
No Ropes Barbed wire Street Fight Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka & Hido
Koji Nakagawa vs. Mach Hayato
Rey Pandita & Battle Ranger Z vs. Damian & Gosaku Goshogawara
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda & Yukari Ishikura vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Bad Nurse Nakamura
Tarzan Goto & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Yukihiro Kanemura & Hido
No Ropes Barbed wire Street Fight Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka
Rey Pandita & Battle Ranger Z vs. Mach Hayato & Damian
Ricky Fuji vs. Hido
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & The Gladiator & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Gosaku Goshogawara
Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari vs. Combat Toyoda & Yukari Ishikura
FMW Independent Junior Heavyweight Title: Hideki Hosaka vs. Koji Nakagawa
FMW Independent & WWA Women's Title: Megumi Kudo vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura
Tarzan Goto & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama
A great tape to start with if you are just getting into hardcore puroresu. Has pretty much all of Onita's big matches from 1990-1994. They are edited, but typically more than half of the match is shown with all the explosions and key spots included. So, while I would prefer if all the matches were shown in complete form, the editing isn't destroying the matches.
Volume 1
12/10/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Barbed Wire Tag Team Death Match: Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Jerry Flynn & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga. Onita's arm was badly bloodied, and Goto was bloodied as well. Lots of knockdowns before the Onita teams goes over with the requisite Onita thunder fire powerbomb
2/12/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Barbed Wire Barricade: Onita vs. Masanobu Kurisu. This is when Onita used to have something of a wrestling match with the gimmicks adding to it. Only average, but the gimmick spots were worked in so they added to the match, rather than dominated it.
8/4/90 Tokyo Shiodome WWA Brass Knucks Title No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match: Onita vs. Goto. This was the first time FMW took out the Shiodome and it was a good match between the company's two top stars. Contained much more wrestling than later Onita matches, as Goto was pushing that, and they built to the explosions, with those spots meaning something because they were basically used to set up the near finishes. Both men bled, of course. Some very dramatic near finishes before the highly dramatic Rocky-esque ending.
5/6/91 Barbed Wire Barricade Explosive Land Mine Death Match: Onita vs. Mr. Pogo. Really bloody match. Quinones gets exploded, which makes this a must see.
8/17/91 No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Texas Death Match: Onita vs. Sambo Asako. Not really competitive or good.
9/23/91 Kawasaki Kyujo No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Bomb Death Match: Onita vs. Goto. The first cage bomb match. This was Texas Death match style in that you pinned your opponent then they had 10 seconds to get up and beat the count. Thus, Goto was able to use his big moves on Onita for pins, but obviously Onita beats the 10 count. Pretty decent wrestling. Dramatic match that was similar to their 8/4/90 match. Both guys were taken to the hospital in the ambulance after the match.
5/6/92 No Rope Texas Tornado Tag Fire Death Match: Onita & Goto vs. Sheik & Sabu. They put way to much kerosene on the cylinders that they lit on fire, so the fire got way out of control and they had to stop the match and put it out before there was a disaster.
Volume 2
6/30/92 No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match: Onita vs. Tiger Jeet Singh. This match took place outside during a rainstorm in front of almost nobody. A ton of explosions, but the match was terrible and contained no wrestling. Singh actually goes over here, but keeps attacking Onita after the bell anyway and Onita winds up collapsing in the mud.
9/19/92 Yokohama Stadium World Martial Arts Title No Rope Explosive Barbed Wired Death Match: Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Atsushi Onita. Onita sold big and well for Singh, who got a lot of heat for his heel tactics. What would become typical Onita, as he was destroyed, exploded, and bloodied then got huge pops for his glorious comeback win. Actual wrestling was horrible, but the storyline played well to the Onita marks. Onita takes title.
5/5/93 Kawasaki Kyujo No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Landmine Death Match: Onita vs. Funk. Due to Funk, the work was as good as you will see in an Onita match. Nice selling and even though they did an explosion early, the build was good. Action got frantic at the 10-minute mark when the loud alarm began for the countdown to the huge explosion. Both Onita and Funk wind up getting exploded because, after saving the ref, Onita tried, but just didn't have enough time left to save the "unconscious" Funk.
7/24/93 Kitakyushu No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Death Match: Onita vs. Pogo. Pretty good build. Pogo blew fireball at Onita, who took the bump into the barricade for a big explosion. Onita's aged friend Mr. Chin was then destroyed by Pogo while Onita was selling. After the match, Pogo blew a fireball on Onita's back well he was checking Chin's condition.
8/22/93 Hyogo Nishinomiya Stadium World Brass Knucks Title No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Bomb Death Match: Onita vs. Pogo. Very good match. Highlights are the ring burning a little after Onita avoids a Pogo fireball, ref getting exploded, and Onita DDT'ing Pogo on the fire. Very vocal crowd. Very dramatic post match with Onita lying on top of Pogo and the ref to protect them from the huge explosion. Onita had wickedly deep cuts on his back.
12/8/93 Tokyo Harumi Dome World Brass Knucks Title No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match: Onita vs. Matsunaga. Matsunaga kicked the hell out of Onita. Not surprisingly, lots of gimmick spots and explosions. Matsunaga's head got cut to hell. Selling was good and it was a brutal match that raised the bar for explosions, but the work wasn't too solid and some of the execution was shaky.
5/5/94 Kawasaki Kyujo No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Death Match: Onita vs. Tenryu. Onita vowed that he would retire if he lost this match. He was so incredibly over here with fans screaming at the top of their lungs for him, especially down the stretch. Different than just about every match on the tape because Tenryu wasn't into taking any gimmick bumps and he tried, not successfully, to make it a wrestling match. Slow-paced with a lot of rest holds. Onita jobs, but states that he'll go on a year long retirement tour before retiring in the same stadium exactly 1-year later
Volume 3
8/28/94 Osaka Jo Hall No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Double Hell Death Match: Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi. Bad and boring match. Aoyagi just kicked and kicked as always, but this time some of them knocked Onita into the gimmicks.
9/7/94 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center No Rope Barbed Wire Barricade Street Fight Double Hell Death Match: Ok match with Pogo using the typical gimmicks on Onita. After the match, W*ING attacks Onita with a barbed wire bat.
9/25/94 Tokyo Jingyu Pool No Rope Barbed Wire Electrified Dynamite Pool Hell 6 Man Death Match: Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Gannosuke vs. Pogo & Gladiator & Hosaka. Interesting gimmick, though not something you'd want to see that often. Eliminations, as well as explosions, occur when someone is knocked into pool. Wild, all-action match.
10/30/94 Iwate No Rope Electrified Explosive Barbed Wire Explosive Landmine Double Hell Death Match: Onita vs. Sasuke. This style of match is far from Sasuke's strong suit, and it really showed. Two really cools spots; Sasuke explodes Onita in the landmine then does his space flying Tiger drop. Sasuke tries a handspring move, but Onita catches him and drops him in a landmine. A good match, but below average for Sasuke.
12/1/94 Hiroshima No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Street Fight Double Hell Death Match: Great Nita & Ho Chi Mihn (Goto) vs. Pogo & Oya. Not that great and the outcome was never in question.
12/20/94: Great Nita vs. Pogo. Pogo blows a huge fireball then hits Onita with a burning barbed wire bat. Onita comes back by facebustering Pogo on the burning chair and DDT's him on burning chair for the win. Not good at all, with the Great Nita gimmick making it all the worse
5/5/95 Kawasaki Kyujo World Brass Knucks Title No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Bomb Death Match: Very dramatic match that was good for what it was. At one point, both men are exploded at once. It would have been better for Onita to put Hayabusa over here, but he chose to retire as champ and FMW drew flies for months with Hayabusa on top.
9/24/91 Kawasaki Kyujo Kakutogisen: Megumi Kudo vs. Svetlana Gundarenko. Not really a good match, but interesting because Gundarenko was doing all shoot style, while Kudo was doing a cross between shoot style and pro style. She ran the ropes, did a plancha, etc, but mainly got tossed around in Gundarenko's judo throws.
12/9/91 Tokyo Bay NK Hall Kakutogisen: Megumi Kudo vs. Svetlana Gundarenko. This was more pro style than their previous match, but it wasn't as good or competitive.
9/19/92 Kanagawa Yokohama Arena: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto. Very exciting match with strong work and a lot of nice spots. Unfortunately only 5:26 is shown.
5/5/93 Kawasaki Kyujo: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota. Exciting mach with a ton of high spots. Yamada was by far the best of the four. Better than their Dreamslam match, but the sloppiness held it down some. ****1/4
7/24/93 Bay Square WWA Sekai Joshi Oza Champion Ketteisen: Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda. Good action, but it could have been more fluid. 6:35 shown
Note: There are highlights of several other matches interspersed in between these
Battle Ranger vs. Gosaku Goshogawara
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda
Damian & Mach Hayato vs. Dark Ranger & Ultrataro
Horace Boulder vs. Judge Dread
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda & Yukari Ishikura vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Bad Nurse Nakamura
Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji vs. Yukihiro Kanemura & Hido
Street Fight: The Great Nita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka
1/5/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Sambo Asako Retirement Match Street Fight: Atsushi Onita vs. Sambo Asako
1/6/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Scramble Money Bunkhouse Climbing & Snatching Battle Royal: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka & Gosaku Goshogowara vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Yukihiro Kanemura & Hideki Hosaka & Hido
1/17/95: Atsushi Onita vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Tornado 8 Man Tag Death Match: Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka & Gosaku Goshogowara vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Yukihiro Kanemura & Hideki Hosaka
1/21/95 Miyagi-ken World Brass Knuckle Title Street Fight Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo. Pogo wins title.
2/17/95 Kumamoto Shi Taiikukan Street Fight 6 Man Tag Match: Great Nita & Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hido
3/10/95 Street Fight 6 Man Tag Match: Great Nita & Mr. Gannosuke & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka
3/15/95: Great Nita vs. Pogo Daio (great king)
3/30/95 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan No Rope Barbed Wire Lumberjack Barricade Double Hell Death Match: Great Nita vs. Pogo Daio
4/21/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 4,000,000 No Rope Barbed Wire Barricade Mat Scramble Bunkhouse Climbing & Snatching Battle Royal: Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Horace Boulder
5/1/95 Osaka Great Nita Retirement Match Street Fight 6 Man Tag Match: Great Nita & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka
5/4/95 Nagoya Aiichi-ken Taiikukan World Brass Knuckle Title Match No Rope Barbed Wire Barricade Mat Double Hell Death Match, Rivals Last Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo
Rikio Ito (Tokyo Puroresu) vs. Gosaku Goshogowara. Highlights
Katsuji Ueda (kickboxing) vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda. Highlights
Lucha Libre Tag Match: Chodensenshi Battle Ranger Z & Mach Hayato vs. Amigo Ultra (Damien) & Ultra Taro. Highlights
Women's Street Fight Texas Death Match: Combat Toyoda & Miwa Sato & Yukari Ishikura vs. Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya & Kaori Nakayama. Highlights
Judge Dredd & Koji Nakagawa vs. Tank Tani & Ryo Miyake (Tokyo Puroresu team). Highlights
Arabia no Kaijin (mystery man) vs. Mexico no 666: The Sheik vs. Damien. -****
Takashi Ishikawa & Apollo Sugawara & Kishin Kawabata (Tokyo Puroresu) vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hideki Hosaka & Hido. Highlights.
WWA World Women's & Independent World Women's Title Match: Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Megumi Kudo 8:29 of 14:32. Kudo begins hoisting the hardcore mantle to keep FMW alive in Onita's absence. Nurse obviously isn't the most capable opponent in any style, but she's at least willing to take as much as she gives, and the gimmick spots helped make up for her technical deficiencies. She still managed to botch a backslide, but Kudo gave a good performance, carrying her to a decent, overachieving match. An odd spot has Nurse using an aerosol can to enlarge Kudo's cut.
Street Fight Tag Match: Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator & Horace Boulder (Hogan). *1/2
World Brass Knuckle Tag Titles: Mr. Pogo & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji. **
Atsushi Onita Retirement Match World Brass Knucks Title Match No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Time Bomb Death Match: Atsushi Onita vs. Hayabusa 18:11. Onita's "final" death match is arguably his best, the old man showing he could actually still wrestle. Onita never had any trouble telling a drametic story or making the gimmick spots meaningful. His problem was he rarely varied from his one formula of getting sliced and exploded then making the big comeback to overcome the baddie. Today, the dynamic was different because he was wrestling another babyface, his protege deemed successor Hayabusa. You didn't want to see either die, and when both were blown up the first time just over 5 minutes in, the looks of worry on the faces of the seconds and even fans seemed apt. This was a rare match that, after a back and forth opening, Onita controlled, setting his young opponent up as the super underdog. Hayabusa finally made his move in the 4 minutes before the time bomb was set to go off. The stipulations made it hard for Hayabusa to be himself; it's hard to do much flying when there are no ropes and the cage is encased in barbed wire. He had to settle for a standing moonsault and using Onita's own thunderfire powerbomb on him, but after surviving the giant explosing he figured a little barbed wire couldn't hurt and went for a moonsault off the top of the cage. Onita, being the shortsighted self promoter he was, insisted on going out on top, avoiding the big moonsault and soon defeating Hayabusa then wondering why the company wasn't drawing in the following months. Nonetheless, it was a well executed match with good impact on the strikes and bombs and a few nice athletic spots from Hayabusa. ***1/2
5/17/95 Saitama-ken
Masato Tanaka vs. W*ING Kanemura. 1:13 shown.
Mr. Pogo & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hido & Hideki Hosaka. 3:20 shown.
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. The Gladiator & Horace Boulder. Some great spots attempted, but the execution was poor. One cool move was Gladiator coming off the top with a chair and breaking it over Hayabusa's head. 4:11 shown.
5/28/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura. Shark wrapped the barbed wire around Kudo then lariated her for the win. 4:29 shown.
Scramble Bunkhouse Tag Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura vs. Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder. Kanemura bled like crazy, and Matsunaga wasn't trailing him by too much. 4:26 shown.
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji. 4:02 shown.
6/22/95 Fukuoka-ken Hakata Star Lanes
Joshi Survival Street Fight Scramble Tag Death Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura. Combat bled. This didn't seem very good, and was made worse by them showing 3 falls in something like 2 minutes.
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather vs. Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder. 1:37 shown.
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji. 1:49 shown.
6/27/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Mach Hayato & Gosaku Goshogowara. Hayato was cool with quick kicks and nice flying. 1:28 shown.
Chodensenshi Battle Ranger Z vs. Ricky Fuji. 3:28 shown.
Masato Tanaka vs. W*ING Kanemura. Tanaka got a good pop for the upset win. 1:57 shown.
Mixed Match: Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Katsuji Ueda. 1:19 shown.
Joshi Scramble Tornado Climbing & Snatching Captain Fall Death Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura & Shark Tsuchiya. They wrapped Kudo in barbed wire and hit her until she fell down onto a barbed wire board.
W*ING vs. Lethal Weapon Street Fight 6 Man Tag Match: Super Leather & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hido vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder. Fans were going nuts for this one. Lots of blood. Pogo fireballed Hayabusa and powerbombed him on a barbed wire bat. 5:16 shown.
World Brass Knuckle Title Decision Match: Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya. Oya did a good job of keeping Hayabusa under control and carrying him. He held the match together, and Hayabusa made it entertaining with his spots. Aside from Hayabusa overshooting his shooting star press, the execution was excellent. They tried to build the match since they were going so long, but there were too many submissions since they weren't sold that well and, aside from Oya attacking the knee for a while, there wasn't much focus. It was a really technically sound match for FMW. It's just that it would have been better at 18 minutes than 27 because the matwork was in excess and the pacing was a little slow. Hayabusa wins title, but then vacates it. ***3/4
6/27/95
W*ING vs. Lethal Weapon Street Fight 6 Man Tag Match: Super Leather & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hido vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder
World Brass Knuckle Title Decision Match: Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya
7/18/95
W*ING Kanemura vs. Hideki Hosaka
Masato Tanaka vs. Koji Nakagawa
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya
Lights Out Barricade Mat All Weapon Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
7/18/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Hayato Nanjyo
Miwa Sato vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura
W*ING Kanemura vs. Hideki Hosaka
Masato Tanaka vs. Koji Nakagawa
Horace Boulder & Ricky Fuji vs. Super Leather & Hido
Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya
Lights Out Barricade Mat All Weapon Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
7/30/95 Tokyo
Koji Nakagawa & Hideki Hosaka vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hido
Ricky Fuji vs. Hayato Nanjyo
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda & Kaori Nakayama vs. Miwa Sato & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Shark Tsuchiya
Masato Tanaka vs. W*ING Kanemura
Hisakatsu Oya vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama
Street Fight Tornado Undertaker Barricade Mat Tag Death Match: Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather
Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator
7/18/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Miwa Sato vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura
Horace Boulder & Ricky Fuji vs. Super Leather & Hido
Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya
Lights Out Barricade Mat All Weapon Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
7/30/95 Tokyo
Masato Tanaka vs. W*ING Kanemura
Street Fight Tornado Undertaker Barricade Mat Tag Death Match: Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather
Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator
Bonus 7/18/95: Masato Tanaka vs. Koji Nakagawa
8/29/95 Shiga Azumigawa Sports Center No Rope Yuushitessen Fire Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga. 5:29 shown.
8/25/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator. 6:50 shown.
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Hayabusa vs. W*ING Kanemura 10:57.
8/29/95 Shiga Azumigawa Sports Center Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Masato Tanaka vs. Super Leather. 4:01 shown.
8/25/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Chigusa Nagayo & Chikayo Nagashima vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato
8/31/95 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan 2
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen Barbed Wire Bat & Barbed Wire Board Bunkhouse Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. W*ING Kanemura 4:13 of 11:13. Lots of gimmick spots, kind of like current Big Japan with the barbed wire board spots
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya 30:00. ****
9/5/95 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs.The Gladiator 14:18. ***1/2
Bonus: 8/27/95 Street Fight: Super Leather & Hido vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator
8/29/95 Shiga Azumigawa Sports Center
No Rope Yuushitessen Fire Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga. This was sick. Pogo shreaded Matsunaga's head, set his pant leg on fire, and set the tape on his arm on fire. 5:29 shown.
8/25/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator. The basis of the match was the same as today with Tanaka as the bump boy, but they work together a lot better now. 6:50 shown.
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Hayabusa vs. W*ING Kanemura 10:57. Some cool spots like W*ING putting Hayabusa through a table with a body press off the top to the floor and W*ING doing a slingshot body press to the floor. It was just spots though and the pacing was too slow, especially since they didn't bother to sell and wrestled less than 11 minutes. **1/2
8/29/95 Shiga Azumigawa Sports Center
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Masato Tanaka vs. Super Leather. Well, it wasn't as bad as I expected. 4:01 shown.
8/25/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Toshie Sato vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura. Digest
Chigusa Nagayo & Chikayo Nagashima vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato. Brawl with Chigusa bleeding. It wasn't very good, but the fans were really into it. *1/4
8/31/95 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan 2
Joshi Street Fight Handicap Captain Fall Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda & Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato. 6:46 shown.
Mach Hayato vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda. :57 shown
Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Hideki Hosaka. 1:59 shown
Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa vs. Horace Boulder & Ricky Fuji. 1:11 shown
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen Barbed Wire Bat & Barbed Wire Board Bunkhouse Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. W*ING Kanemura 4:13 of 11:13. Lots of gimmick spots, kind of like current Big Japan with the barbed wire board spots
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya 30:00. Excellent match. Oya did a really good job of carrying Hayabusa and ordering the spots, and Hayabusa did nice spots as always but they actually meant something. Oya launched a focused attack on Hayabusa's arm and Hayabusa was surprisingly good and consistent in putting it over. ****
9/5/95 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs.The Gladiator 14:18. This picked up where the last match left off with Hayabusa's bad arm getting worked on, but they just left that in the midst and turned it into the expected spot match. A lot of big moves, but they didn't always look as good as they should have. ***1/2
*COOP available
8/25/95
Chigusa Nagayo & Chikayo Nagashima vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator
Grand Slam Sekai Brass Knuckle Oza Kettei Koshikleaguesen: Hayabusa vs. W*ING Kanemura 10:57
9/26/95
Miwa Sato & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Megumi Kudo & Shark Tsuchiya
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator 23:38
9/5/95 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match, Spike Nail Danger Death Match: Super Leather vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
World Brass Knuckles Tag Title Match: Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda
Women's Barbed Wire Handicap Death Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyota vs. Miwa Sato & Shark Tsuchiya & Nurse Nakamura. Digest
9/26/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Miwa Sato & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Megumi Kudo & Shark Tsuchiya. Digest
9/24/95 Tokyo New Beer Hall Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match: The Gladiator vs. Super Leather 22:45
9/26/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator 23:38
Bonus 9/26/95 Street Fight All Weapon Death Match: Horace Boulder vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
9/5/95 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match: W*ING Kanemura vs. Masato Tanaka
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match, Spike Nail Danger Death Match: Super Leather vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
World Brass Knuckles Tag Title Match: Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda
Yukari Ishikura & Kaori Nakagawa vs. Toshio Sato & Chikayo Nagashima. Clip
Women's Barbed Wire Handicap Death Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyota vs. Miwa Sato & Shark Tsuchiya & Nurse Nakamura. Digest
9/24/95 Tokyo New Beer Hall: Megumi Kudo & Shark Tsuchiya vs. Combat Toyoda & Yukie Nabeno. Clip
9/26/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Combat Toyoda & Yukari Ishikura vs. Kaori Nakayama & Yukie Nabeno. Clip
Miwa Sato & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Megumi Kudo & Shark Tsuchiya. Digest
9/24/95 Tokyo New Beer Hall
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match: The Gladiator vs. Super Leather 22:45
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match: Hayabusa vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 15:33
9/26/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Hayato Nanjyo & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Gosaku Goshogawara. Clip
Super Leather vs. Ricky Fuji
9/24/95 Tokyo New Beer Hall: Masato Tanaka & W*ING Kanemura vs. Hideki Hosaka & Hido. Clip
Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. W*ING Kanemura & Hideki Hosaka & Hido. Digest
Street Fight All Weapon Death Match: Horace Boulder vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator 23:38
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match: W*ING Kanemura vs. Masato Tanaka
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match, Spike Nail Danger Death Match: Super Leather vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs.The Gladiator 14:18
Yukari Ishikura & Kaori Nakayama vs. Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato
World Brass Knuckles Tag Title: Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda
Barbed Wire Death Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato
Hido & Hideki Hosaka vs. Koji Nakagawa & Mach Hayato
Yukari Ishikura & Kaori Nakayama vs. Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match: W*ING Kanemura vs. Masato Tanaka
Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
Barbed Wire Death Match: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Match, Spike Nail Danger Death Match: Super Leather vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
World Brass Knuckles Tag Title: Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda
Grand Slam World Brass Knuckles Champion Decision League Final: Hayabusa vs.The Gladiator 14:18
10/28/95
Koji Nakagawa vs. Ricky Fuji
Koji Nakagawa vs. Ricky Fuji (Cage Match)
Masato Tanaka & W*ING Kanemura vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hayabusa
11/11/95
Miwa Sato & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Yukari Ishikura & Megumi Kudo
Shark Tsuchiya vs. Combat Toyoda
The Gladiator & Leatherface & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Masato Tanaka & W*ING Kanemura & Hayabusa
Gekko (Masao Orihara) vs. Gosaku Goshogawara 2:25 of 3:00. An impressive display of brutality by Gekko, who toyed with Goshogawara in this brutal squash. Gekko just blistered his hapless foe with nasty strikes, busting him open big time.
Kaori Nakayama vs. Miwa Sato 3:33 of 7:18. Sato controlled the match, including punishing Nakayama with a deadly towel. Nakayama went for broke with an early moonsault, but Miwa was avoiding or countering her offense. It was actually pretty decent until they blew the finish where Nakayama was supposed to turn Sato’s powerbomb into a huracanrana.
Yukari Ishikura vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura 3:41 of 6:09. Fairly entertaining match. Ishikura was more advanced than Nakayama. Though not as spectacular, she was a Chikayo Nagashima type, a very energetic performer with superior execution who liked to develop the counter game. The execution wasn’t always perfect, but they at least tried to put together some quality segments.
Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda 4:58 of 9:40. Niiyama was actually a solid indie heavyweight, though it was often hard to tell as he’d team with Atsushi Onita in wild street fights. He wasn’t spectacular or a particularly gifted athlete, but he gave a good sound effort, working to develop the match. After Onita, Niiyama was often in these sort of help develop the youngster matches, which if this was any indication he did pretty well. Kuroda was always overrated in my book, but he followed adequately. Decent match.
5 Big Special Match:
FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag Title Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Horace Boulder 17:24 of 17:38. I was hoping they’d try a U.W.F. style match in spite of Boulder, but it’s hard to say what they did beyond a boring match that contained no sequences. They struggled to find style, direction, and rhythm, doing stripped down, simplistic pro-wrestling with kicks, stomps, elbow drops, and submission holds. The final minutes were interesting enough when they kicked the pace up four gears, but even then it was essentially ordinary wrestling with increased speed and urgency. *1/2
Street Fight Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Masato Tanaka 19:19. To me this sort of “match” that consists entirely of inflicting countless wounds upon a good wrestler is not beneficial and certainly a waste of talent. Tanaka was stuck trying to be Atsushi Onita, except he lacks the clout so Pogo doesn’t bother to sell for him at all, just slicing and dicing him the entire night in this sadistic massacre. Tanaka gave a very fiery performance, but it’s hard for the crowd to get behind you when you are cut off after a few good elbows or punches. Pogo escaped the first 13 minutes completely unscathed, but Tanaka finally attacked Pogo with a piece of the table he broke with a diving body press to the floor. Pogo did a touch of wrestling when he was younger, but by this point he was so out of shape he labored just from having to run all the way to the corner when Tanaka whipped him. Normally these bloodbaths at least contain a few spots that are notable, but unless you go crazy for a DDT or piledriver on a barbed wire bat you can safely skip this match. *
Megumi Kudo & Aja Kong vs. Combat Toyoda & Bison Kimura 22:30. I’m not much for class reunions, but bringing together some of the famous names from the great AJW class of 1986 led to one of the best women’s matches in the history of FMW. I’d rate this as the second best straight match the division delivered behind Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda 5/5/93, though perhaps Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo 9/19/92 might be better if we could see it unedited. FMW women can be exciting, but rarely does the division deliver such a solid, well-executed match. This match is probably underrated because it’s not the sort of match that jumps out at you. There’s perhaps nothing glaringly exceptional about it, but consistency is one of its biggest strengths. What I really like about the match is its unified style. What sets Kong apart from the run of the mill hard hitter is her interplay, intensity and charisma. She instills this style from the outset, so there’s good solid impact on everything, allowing the match to be entertaining from the outset, but it also amounts to more than simply blasting away. Even though it takes quite a while for them to actually do much beyond the basic, we feel as though they are really going after each other. It’s a constant build rather than a match of specific portions, following a very natural and logical progression by going from heavy strikes to ordinary bone crunching moves such as Combat’s backbreaker to all the bombs, suplexes, and drivers. In the end, they use just about every power move in their arsenal, but it nothing feels out of place or excessive. As great as Aja is, the real standout of the match is probably Combat, who is simply on fire. She wrestles with a chip on her shoulder, trying to prove she deserves to be in the best big woman conversation. It’s clearly one of her best performances, just refusing to back down from Queen Kong. Combat might be overmatched and she might lose the series, but she won’t let Aja bully her. Combat might take 3 or 4 headbutts in a row, but she’d get right in Aja’s face and return one. Kudo is much leaner and doesn’t naturally fit into the brute strength style of the other three, but she does a nice job as the wild card, bringing it on occasion but more often using her athleticism to counter her opponent’s power moves. I’d probably go ¼* lower on an AJW show from the period, which would undoubtedly have a couple other matches that were at least on this level, but this is a top 5 FMW women’s match. ****
Caribbean Barbed Wire Spider Net Double Hell Glass Crush Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Jason the Terrible & Hideki Hosaka vs. Super Leather & W*ING Kanemura & Hido 12:43 of 14:42. Superior to the Pogo vs. Tanaka street fight because there were periods of actual wrestling and they did a decent job of using the gimmicks to enhance their regular moves, highlighted by Kanemura being slammed off the apron onto the glass crush and Leather suffering the same fate after being propelled over the top by a double lariat. Still, they mostly gored each other, and there was too much stomping and holding each other against the two barbed wire ropes. At least there were two safe ropes that allowed them to run around some. Hosaka hit both his regular Frankensteiner and one of the top, while Kanemura’s team did their moves on or through a table. Death match fans will most likely enjoy this, but these gimmick after gimmick matches just don’t hold my interest. *3/4
Hayabusa & The Great Sasuke & Koji Nakagawa vs. Super Delfin & Ricky Fuji & TAKA Michinoku 17:14. A great tag team main event by FMW standards, but a “poor” one by the off the charts standards of what Michinoku was delivering during this Sekigun vs. Kaientai Deluxe era. The Michinoku tags were so great because familiarity allowed for amazing speed and impeccable timing. Though Delfin was good, TAKA vs. Sasuke was on a level the others could only dream of. Both do an amazing job of utilizing their athleticism, not only for flying but more importantly to make so many counters possible. The FMW wrestlers couldn’t be expected to just walk in without any real practice and match what Michinoku has been slowly developing for a number of years, especially when purolucha is simply a change of pace for them. Hayabusa is made for this sort of match though. He was spotted beautifully, flying in for several cameo appearances. Nakagawa was clearly the best and most solid of the FMW three. He lacks the offense, but he was effective in the MEN’S Teio sort of way, being easy to work with and play off. Masayoshi Motegi takes a lot of crap for being the stiff of the J-CUP’s, but unlike the hopeless goofball Fuji, he was at least passable enough to garner multiple invites. Replace him with Orihara and give them a handful of warmup matches and they could hit 4 stars. Still, it was quite an admirable effort. ***1/2
Gekko (Masao Orihara) vs. Gosaku Goshogawara 2:25 of 3:00
Kaori Nakayama vs. Miwa Sato 3:33 of 7:18
Yukari Ishikura vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura 3:41 of 6:09
Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda 4:58 of 9:40
5 Big Special Match:
Street Fight Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Masato Tanaka 19:19
Megumi Kudo & Aja Kong vs. Combat Toyoda & Bison Kimura 22:30. ****
Caribbean Barbed Wire Spider Net Double Hell Glass Crush Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Jason the Terrible & Hideki Hosaka vs. Super Leather & W*ING Kanemura & Hido 12:43 of 14:42
Hayabusa & The Great Sasuke & Koji Nakagawa vs. Super Delfin & Ricky Fuji & TAKA Michinoku 17:14
Bonus 12/16/95 No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Death: Hideki Hosaka & Hido & Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
Chikayo Nagashima & Chihiro Nakano vs. Sonoko Kato & Aki Kanbayashi
Miwa Sato vs. Bomber Hikaru
Kanako Motoya & Hiromi Sugo vs. Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura
Chigusa Nagayo vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura. 0:52
KAORU vs. Combat Toyoda 16:14 of 16:38
(First Ever) Women's No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya
9/24/96: Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miss Mongol
Bonus: Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda & Kaori Nakayama vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato
Chikayo Nagashima & Chihiro Nakano vs. Sonoko Kato & Aki Kanbayashi (Mongol). All action match that was good for their experience level.
Miwa Sato vs. Bomber Hikaru. Miwa controlled the match, mainly through heel tactics. Not bad, but these two were mediocre with small move sets.
Kanako Motoya & Hiromi Sugo vs. Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura. All action with lots of spots. It was sloppy at times, and they definitely showed their greenness. Motoya looks so hot here in her Mimi-esque bathing suit.
Chigusa Nagayo vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura. 0:52 DUD.
KAORU vs. Combat Toyoda 16:14 of 16:38. KAORU hit a suicida at the bell, but then they largely killed the first half with Combat stretching her out and bruising her a bit. They picked it up considerably in the second half, suddenly doing all their big spots until the finish. It wasn't the best structured or most fluidly wrestled match, with loose ropes not helping KAORU's cause any, but it was entertaining enough once they got going. **1/4
(First Ever) Women's No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya. One of those testaments to just how much abuse Kudo can take. Shark, with help from her cronies, destroys Kudo with all sorts of weapons and the barbed wire, turning Kudo's face into a crimson mask. The match really worked as far as getting to fans to react to the heel spots and support Kudo. The problem was that there were way too many gimmicks, doing way too little damage, since it was the first women's match in this style. They should have allowed a lot more room for evolution instead of trying to establish that they could be just as sick as the men. Work was about as good as it gets with Shark involved. Kudo takes almost all to the gimmick bumps, and Shark somehow finds a way to escape without bleeding.
12/21/95
Caribbean Barbed Wire Spider Net Double Hell Glass Crush Death Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Jason the Terrible & Hideki Hosaka vs. Super Leather & W*ING Kanemura & Hido
Hayabusa & The Great Sasuke & Koji Nakagawa vs. Super Delfin & Ricky Fuji & TAKA Michinoku 17:14
12/22/95
Kanako Motoya & Hiromi Sugo vs. Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura
Chigusa Nagayo vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura. 0:52
KAORU vs. Combat Toyoda 16:38
First Women's No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya
FMW Champ Forum 24th February 1996
Yukie Nabeno vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura
Aja Kong vs. Combat Toyoda
Chigusa Nagayo vs. Megumi Kudo
FMW Champ Forum 2nd March 1996
Ricky Fuji vs. Nanjo Hayato
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Hisakatsu Oya
No Rope Barbed wire Double Hell Death Match: BADBOY Hido & W*ING Kanemura & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka & Hayabusa
Champ Forum FMW taped 2/23/96 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
TAKA Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki vs. Koji Nakagawa & Wild Shooter
Street Fight 6 Woman Tag Match: Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Megumi Kudo & Yukari Ishikura & Kaori Nakayama
Scramble Bunkhouse Cage War Game: Masato Tanaka & Ricky Fuji & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura & Hido (W*ING)
Champ Forum 5/4/96 taped 3/15/96 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center
Street Fight: Headhunter A & Shoji Nakamaki vs. Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka
2/23/96 War Games: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Wing Kanemura & Hido vs. Masato Tanaka & Ricky Fuji & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
3/30/96 no rope electrified explosive barbed wire double hell death match: Wing Kanemura & Hido & Hideki Hosaka vs. Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
9/28/97 Double Title: Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator
1/5/99: Masato Tanaka vs. Koji Nakagawa
1/11/99: Masato Tanaka vs. Hido
8/20/99 FMW World Independent Title: Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Gannosuke
9/5/95: Masato Tanaka vs. Wing Kanemura
3/29/99 Tag League: Hayabusa & Kodo Fuyuki vs. Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
6/19/94
FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Title: Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda 21:01
Goro Tsurumi & Hisakatsu Oya defeat Damien & Tarzan Goto 10:16
Street Fight: Atsushi Onita & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Sambo Asako vs. Hideki Hosaka & Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator 13:42
3/30/96
Combat Toyoda vs. Bison Kimura
Street Fight: BADBOY Hido & Hideki Hosaka & W*ING Kanemura vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka
World Brass Knuckles Tag Title Match: The Headhunters vs. Super Leather & Jason The Terrible
The Gladiator & Horace Boulder vs. Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama
The Gladiator & Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs. Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka
Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya
Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather & Hido vs. Mr. Pogo & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder
Mr. Pogo vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Masato Tanaka vs. W*ING Kanemura
The Gladiator vs. Hayabusa
The Gladiator vs. Masato Tanaka
Hayabusa vs. W*ING Kanemura
Mr. Pogo & Horace Boulder vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Super Leather
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Mr. Pogo
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. W*ING Kanemura
Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya
Super Leather vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator
The Gladiator vs. Super Leather
Hayabusa vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
The Gladiator vs. Hayabusa
Hayabusa & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. W*ING Kanemura & Masato Tanaka
Hido vs. Hideki Hosaka
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Hido
Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka & Horace Boulder & Hido vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Hideki Hosaka
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Jason the Terrible & Super Leather & Hido& W*ING Kanemura vs. Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka & Horace Boulder & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
Mr. Pogo vs. Masato Tanaka
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Jason the Terrible & Hideki Hosaka vs. W*ING Kanemura & Hido & Super Leather
Hayabusa & Great Sasuke & Koji Nakagawa vs. Ricky Fuji & TAKA Michinoku & Super Delfin
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji
Hisakatsu Oya & Horace Boulder vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda
Super Leather & Jason the Terrible vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Horace Boulder
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hido & W*ING Kanemura vs. Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa
Mr. Pogo vs. Ricky Fuji
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura & Super Leather vs. Masato Tanaka & Horace Boulder & Koji Nakagawa
Ricky Fuji & Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura & Hido
Shoji Nakamaki & Headhunter A vs. Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa
Super Leather vs. Hisakatsu Oya
Super Leather vs. The Gladiator
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Title: The Headhunters vs. Super Leather & Jason the Terrible
Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura
Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya
Chigusa Nagayo & Nakajima vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato
Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato vs. Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama
Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miwa Sato & Nurse Nakamura
Megumi Kudo & Shark Tsuchiya vs. Combat Toyoda & Yukie Nabeno
Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato vs. Megumi Kudo & Shark Tsuchiya
Shark Tsuchiya, Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato vs. Combat Toyoda
Combat Toyoda & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Shark Tsuchiya, Nurse Nakamura & Miwa Sato
Shark Tsuchiya vs. Combat Toyoda
Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo vs. Aja Kong & Bison Kimura
Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya
Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama vs. Combat Toyoda & Yukari Ishikura
Combat Toyoda vs. Kaoru
Aja Kong vs. Combat Toyoda
Chigusa Nagayo vs. Megumi Kudo
Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Combat Toyoda & Yukie Nabeno
Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama
Combat Toyoda vs. Aki Kambayashi
Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Bad Nurse Nakamura & Crusher Maedomari
Aki Kanbayashi vs. Misae Genki (AJW). Really bad and boring rookie style match that was chock full o' arcane offense.
Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA) vs. Miwa Sato. The gimmick shots in this match were just awful. What's even sadder is that Chikayo, who was a rookie, was doing the better gimmick shots of the two. The good thing about this match is that Chikayo scores the upset.
Saburo & Bolshoi Kid (JWP team) vs. Chihiro Nakano (GAEA) & Yukie Nabeno. Terrible match with bad and sloppy work as well as stupid comedy. Highlight was Bolshoi tying some type of elastic to the tag rope so she could interfere all the way to the middle of the ring and claim it was legal because she was holding the tag rope.
Mima Shimoda (AJW) vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura. Bad Nurse is god awful, to the point even Mima couldn't come close to saving this. Bad Nurse got a few near falls, but it was blatantly obvious that she was way out of her league.
Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari. This actually was pretty decent. Shark & Crusher tried to wrestle the entire match. The youngsters got over by double teaming them, with Ishikura getting a pretty big reaction for her near falls on Shark. Well booked and worked a lot better than you would think.
Megumi Kudo & KAORU (GAEA) vs. Chigusa Nagayo (GAEA) & Combat Toyoda. Quality long match that was somewhat spoiled by a totally unappreciative crowd. Not that it was nearly the match it could have been, but after a slow start it was at least worthwhile yet at one point KAORU hit a moonsault then they gave Combat a double fisherman's buster and nobody made a peep. Even an early heel spot where Chigusa tagged then as Kudo went to square off with Combat, took a cheap shot blindsiding Megumi with a high kick didn't go over. Kudo was better with Combat than with Chigusa, due to their familiarity. KAORU stood out because she hit most of the impressive, well executed spots. Chigusa was okay, but probably the least inspired of the four. **1/2
Misae Watanabe vs. Aki Kambayashi
Chikayo Nagashima vs. Miwa Sato
Bolshoi Kid & Saburo vs. Chihiro Nakano & Yukie Nabeno
Mima Shimoda vs. Bad Nurse Nakamura
Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari vs. Kaori Nakayama & Yukari Ishikura
Megumi Kudo & KAORU vs. Chigusa Nagayo & Combat Toyoda
Battlarts Champ
4/13 Odawara: Carl Greco vs. Yuki Ishikawa
Minoru Tanak vs. TAKA Michinoku
Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda vs. Carl Greco & Daisuke Ikeda
FMW Champ Forum 6/8/96
Independent World Junior Title: Shoichi Funaki vs. Koji Nakagawa
Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka vs. The Headhunters
Street Fight: BADBOY Hido & Hideki Hosaka & W*ING Kanemura vs. Crypt The Keeper & Shoji Nakamaki & Super Leather
Women’s Street Fight: Chigusa Nagayo vs. Shark Tsuchiya 10:55 of 13:02
W*ING vs. IWA Puerto Rico 6 Man Tag Match: Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hido & Hideki Hosaka vs. Shoji Nakamaki & Miguel Perez Jr. & Toryu 13:18
Hayato Nanjyo vs. Jason The Terrible 6:10 of 8:20
Crypt Keeper & Freddy Krueger & Boogie Man vs. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson & Ricky Fuji 3:56 of 9:04
Ryuma Go & Samurai Max vs. I.Majin & Uchu Majin Silver X 7:36 of 15:33
Independent World World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Nakagawa vs. TAKA Michinoku 14:35 of 15:39
2000000-en No Rope Electrified Barbed Wire Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Exploding Ring Double Hell Tornado Tag Death Match: Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs. Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo 19:01. Certainly a crazy match with blood and gimmicks galore that resulted in a huge stitch count for Hayabusa & Tanaka. Some people say this is the second best match on the show, but I wouldn’t rate it better than fourth, which in part shows what a great show this is by FMW standards, as usually you’re lucky if there’s two matches worth mentioning. That said, the match was rather disappointing because Kudo & Combat had just demonstrated how to use the essential lack of ropes to your benefit. Since these guys didn’t put much time or effort into selling their moves, the lack of them very noticeably hurt the match by removing most of the flow and possibility for sequences. They did a good job of teasing the explosive barbed wire “ropes” (on two sides) and explosive barbed wire barricades (on the floor on the other two sides), but this wasn’t so much a match as a collection of gimmick spots. That being said, everyone did as good a job as you could ask. Hayabusa’s strengths are negated because you need something to fly off, but he made the best of it hitting a rolling senton, standing moonsault, and diving over the barbed wire barricade with a kind of lariat/body attack combo. Tanaka’s style holds up pretty well because he can do his DDT’s and elbows, and he was more than willing to sacrifice his body. One of my favorite spots was the first explosion where Tanaka came ever so close to dropkicking Pogo into the electrified barbed wire, trying to seal the deal with his jumping elbow, which Pogo of course avoided. Funk may be old enough to be Hayabusa & Tanaka’s father, but he did almost all the selling for his team, including getting double front suplexed onto the exploding wire. He’s smart enough to mix his brawling with actual wrestling, including repeatedly bashing Hayabusa’s leg with a chair to set up his spinning toe hold. Pogo was Pogo. He’s incapable of wrestling, so it’s just going through is bag of weapons. It was quite disgusting the way Pogo sliced and diced Tanaka with his assortment of sharp objects. The fact all four were always fighting helped given you couldn’t do too much traditional wrestling, and they spaced the various gimmick spots out well enough to always hold your interest. Pogo cut Hayabusa’s mask off after the match and they called out Atsushi Onita, who could do little more than dip his head in shame as his protege was stretchered off. ***
World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Title Decision Match: The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Horace Boulder vs. Super Leather & Headhunters 19:59
Japan/America King of the Death Match Decision Match, Barbed Wire Barricade Spider Net Glass Crush Death Match: Cactus Jack vs. W*ING Kanemura 16:49. What generally sets the best Japanese death matches apart from the American ones is the Japanese figure a way to make the gimmicks add to the wrestler match they’d have without them. Cactus Jack certainly had good brawls in the US, but even with Vader, who arguably delivered the US gimmick match of the 90’s with Sting on 2/21/93 by refusing to let the stupid strap narrow their boundaries, Cactus’ US brawls rarely had all that much in the way of actual wrestling. This may be a one-dimensional top this wrestling match, but it was certainly an exciting one with high quality offense. In that regard, much credit goes to Kanemura, who was one of the most thrilling and bump crazy brawlers before his body gave way. Though not as good a wrestler, he’s certainly the precursor to Tomoaki Honma, using junior heavyweight offense spiked by the available weapons as the backbone of his death match. There’s little in the way of build or psychology, but both men are more than happy to give or take until they drop. They deliver several excellent gimmick spots, with everything they did looking great, not to mention painful as hell! Highlights include Kanemura’s diving body press through a table to the floor, Jack’s suplex into the barricade to set up his hipbuster with a chair off the apron into the barricade, Kanemura’s overhead belly to belly into the glass crush, and Jack’s underhook DDT onto the barricade. If you are into death matches, this is one you definitely need to see. ****
Daisuke Ikeda & Shoichi Funaki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Kamikaze & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Wild Shooter 6:54 of 14:39
Chaparrita ASARI & Yumi Fukawa vs. Kaori Nakayama & Aki Kanbayashi 6:45 of 12:08
~Combat Toyoda Retirement Match~ WWA World Women’s & Independent World World Women’s Title Match, 1st Women’s No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match: Combat vs. Megumi Kudo 21:26. It’s hard to think of any wrestler other than Combat Toyoda who delivered their best match in their swan song, certainly she’s without peer when you consider neither her nor her opponent had ever done this style match before. It’s not only the first, but probably the best women's death match of all-time, and unquestionable the most dramatic. Despite being a death match, this is a complete stylistic departure from Cactus vs. W*ING, a smart match not only building to the gimmick spots but using the threat posed by the barbed wire and exploding ropes to emphasize the danger of ordinary wrestling maneuvers. They began teasing the barbed wire right away, but rather than making the match about the explosions they instead instilled the threat of any blow or hold knocking someone back into the ropes, thus allowing them to get away with quite a bit of actually pedestrian offense. The match was a battle to hold the center of the ring, so whether it was a stiff kick or a dropkick, the key was maintaining your footing and balance to keep from finding yourself in a prone position. The early explosions were built around Toyoda’s lariat, with Kudo forward rolling her way clear of Combat’s powerful blow but getting knocked back into the ropes with a dropkick. Toyoda worked over Kudo’s wounded back until Kudo matadored a lariat to even the explosion count at 1. The lariat had run it’s course after Combat used it to knock Kudo into the barbed wire, so they shifted to suplexes and bombs in the center of the ring, looking for the finish. Though their offense is certainly good, they don’t have the timing or execution to pull off a great match together without any assistance. However, beyond the added threat, the fact that the gimmicks confine them to the center of the ring actually helped them, forcing them to rely on putting over a single hold, which they do very well, rather than sequences, which they can impress with but not without being somewhat erratic. Since this was a death match even their signature holds weren’t going to be enough for an unassisted pin, or were they? Both were on the verge of collapse, and having exhausted their best moves they tried to raise the stakes with a suplex into the barbed wire. When this failed, Kudo hit her hip attack, but though Combat was falling backwards she managed to hang onto Megumi and drag her down with her for the double explosion. They were selling not only the explosions, but also the moves for all they were worth, getting ¼ or ½ of the way up then stumbling or collapsing. Finally, with the explosions helping to suck they life out of them, Kudo did win with a wrestling move, her reverse Gori special bomb finisher. The post match is the stuff of legend with Combat not moving for several minutes and Kudo crawling a little then collapsing. Onita might not be the greatest wrestler, but he’s awesomely dramatic as the desperate and distraught father figure frantically trying to revolve his pupils with water, slaps, anything he can think of. Finally, Kudo is stretchered off and Onita carries Combat on his back, stopping just before the entrance to allow her to stand for a moment and raise her arm long enough to spur “TOYO-DA!” chants before collapsing. ****1/2
Hayato Nanjyo vs. Jason The Terrible 2:25 of 8:20
Women’s Street Fight: Chigusa Nagayo vs. Shark Tsuchiya 6:25 of 13:02
World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Title Decision Match: The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Horace Boulder vs. Super Leather & Headhunters 8:50 of 19:59
Japan/America King of the Death Match Decision Match, Barbed Wire Barricade Spider Net Glass Crush Death Match: Cactus Jack vs. W*ING Kanemura 16:49. ****
~Combat Toyoda Retirement Match~ WWA World Women’s & Independent World World Women’s Title Match, 1st Women’s No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match: Combat vs. Megumi Kudo 21:26. ****1/2
2000000-en No Rope Electrified Barbed Wire Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Exploding Ring Double Hell Tornado Tag Death Match: Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs. Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo 19:01
Bonus: Independent World World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Nakagawa vs. TAKA Michinoku 6:10 of 15:39. VG
Hayato Nanjyo vs. Jason The Terrible 2:25 of 8:20. Pointless junior vs. heavy match, although surprisingly well worked. Hayato hit two choice dives, but leaped his way into getting crushed with a turning powerslam he never recovered from.
Chaparrita ASARI & Yumi Fukawa vs. Kaori Nakayama & Aki Kanbayashi 2:54 of 12:08. Nakayama would soon get a lot of unsuitable matchups going against Mad Dog Military, who were lucky not to botch her athletic spots and sequences. Today, she had apt adversary, and while no woman is going to outshine ASARI’s flying, Nakayama was able to hold her own with her in a fun athletic contest. I doubt this was a good match, as Kanbayashi wasn’t much and ASARI & Nakayama’s matches were always far more impressive in highlight form, but it certainly had its moments.
Daisuke Ikeda & Shoichi Funaki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Kamikaze & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Wild Shooter 2:40 of 14:39. Kamikaze was a Great Muta wannabe in this junior style match that seemed passable if unexceptional.
Crypt Keeper & Freddy Krueger & Boogie Man vs. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson & Ricky Fuji 1:22 of 9:04. The only point of this match is Fuji thought it was cool to hang out with R & R Express. Even playing Guitar Hero acoustically, it’s hard to look lamer than Fuji playing air guitar to some wimpy entrance music before the match. Monster World look much cooler... until they actually try to wrestle. Morton & Gibson’s skills never really translated to Japan because, even in their heyday, their offense was woefully wimpy for Japan, but they were clearly the class of this thankfully clipped match.
Ryuma Go & Samurai Max vs. I.Majin & Uchu Majin Silver X 1:45 of 15:33. Go was a cult favorite because he was so incredibly pathetic the fans loved to laugh at him, and his quest to rid the world of the world’s cheesiest, least imposing monsters. He’d get huge pops even when he wasn’t asking for them with the Jumbo Tsuruta raise arm in the air, “Woo!”, but in his case the fans just egged him on because he was so lame.
Independent World World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Koji Nakagawa vs. TAKA Michinoku 6:10 of 15:39. Exciting and dramatic contest mixing a solid story with high caliber work en route to what that appeared to be one of FMW’s greatest junior matches. TAKA, who was one of the best juniors in the world at this point, was in top form, working a very smart match that perfectly set up Nakagawa for his Bret Hart, Jr. gimmick. The little Hit Man, in probably his best performance, was uncharacteristically effective at working the knee over to set up the sharpshooter after TAKA hurt his knee missing his springboard plancha. TAKA, who while lacking the subtlety of the greatest heavyweight Toshiaki Kawada, was certainly one of the couple best sellers in the more exaggerated junior style, did a typically fantastic job of putting over the injury, milking the finisher for all it was worth only to have Nakagawa drag him back to the center and reapply the sharpshooter once he’d finally make it to the ropes. TAKA began countering, but due to his gimpy leg, Nakagawa would recover before he could mount a sustained offensive. TAKA finally managed his swandive missile kick, only to come crashing down on the knee when Nakagawa avoided. ***1/2
Women’s Street Fight: Chigusa Nagayo vs. Shark Tsuchiya 6:25 of 13:02. Chigusa made something of effort, doing little things to make it passable, but at this point it too a great such as Mayumi Ozaki to carry her. Shark burnt Nagayo’s back before the bell, and targeted this weak point for the duration with her various cutting utensils. Chigusa’s lower back would never allow her to chain two moves together, as Shark would regain control when Chigusa was selling her back after the first. Finally, Shark blocked a uranage (just the move to try when your back is killing you!), but Chigusa was able to transition into a step-over wakigatame for the ref stop. Poor match.
W*ING vs. IWA Puerto Rico 6 Man Tag Match: Matsunaga & Hido & Hosaka vs. Nakamaki & Perez & Toryu 2:39 of 13:18. I always enjoyed Perez, a graceful and agile big man. He delivers a space flying Tiger drop in this otherwise dull brawl featuring dueling no sell chair shots by Nakamaki, sporting an ECF’NW T-shirt, and Matsunaga.
World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Title Decision Match: The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Horace Boulder vs. Super Leather & Headhunters 8:50 of 19:59. Shaky brawl with a couple of good spots. Gladiator is the only entertaining wrestler here, flying around more than most juniors. Considering he also had a killer power offense, he should have been a far bigger star than he was. All the Headhunters delivered was a botched attempt to moonsault Boulder through a table, which Leather tried to save by following up with a diving body press to break the board. Poor match.
Japan/America King of the Death Match Decision Match, Barbed Wire Barricade Spider Net Glass Crush Death Match: Cactus Jack vs. W*ING Kanemura 16:49. What generally sets the best Japanese death matches apart from the American ones is the Japanese figure a way to make the gimmicks add to the wrestler match they’d have without them. Cactus Jack certainly had good brawls in the US, but even with Vader, who arguably delivered the US gimmick match of the 90’s with Sting on 2/21/93 by refusing to let the stupid strap narrow their boundaries, Cactus’ US brawls rarely had all that much in the way of actual wrestling. This may be a one-dimensional top this wrestling match, but it was certainly an exciting one with high quality offense. In that regard, much credit goes to Kanemura, who was one of the most thrilling and bump crazy brawlers before his body gave way. Though not as good a wrestler, he’s certainly the precursor to Tomoaki Honma, using junior heavyweight offense spiked by the available weapons as the backbone of his death match. There’s little in the way of build or psychology, but both men are more than happy to give or take until they drop. They deliver several excellent gimmick spots, with everything they did looking great, not to mention painful as hell! Highlights include Kanemura’s diving body press through a table to the floor, Jack’s suplex into the barricade to set up his hipbuster with a chair off the apron into the barricade, Kanemura’s overhead belly to belly into the glass crush, and Jack’s underhook DDT onto the barricade. If you are into death matches, this is one you definitely need to see. ****
~Combat Toyoda Retirement Match~ WWA World Women’s & Independent World World Women’s Title Match, 1st Women’s No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match: Combat vs. Megumi Kudo 21:26. It’s hard to think of any wrestler other than Combat Toyoda who delivered their best match in their swan song, certainly she’s without peer when you consider neither her nor her opponent had ever done this style match before. It’s not only the first, but probably the best women's death match of all-time, and unquestionable the most dramatic. Despite being a death match, this is a complete stylistic departure from Cactus vs. W*ING, a smart match not only building to the gimmick spots but using the threat posed by the barbed wire and exploding ropes to emphasize the danger of ordinary wrestling maneuvers. They began teasing the barbed wire right away, but rather than making the match about the explosions they instead instilled the threat of any blow or hold knocking someone back into the ropes, thus allowing them to get away with quite a bit of actually pedestrian offense. The match was a battle to hold the center of the ring, so whether it was a stiff kick or a dropkick, the key was maintaining your footing and balance to keep from finding yourself in a prone position. The early explosions were built around Toyoda’s lariat, with Kudo forward rolling her way clear of Combat’s powerful blow but getting knocked back into the ropes with a dropkick. Toyoda worked over Kudo’s wounded back until Kudo matadored a lariat to even the explosion count at 1. The lariat had run it’s course after Combat used it to knock Kudo into the barbed wire, so they shifted to suplexes and bombs in the center of the ring, looking for the finish. Though their offense is certainly good, they don’t have the timing or execution to pull off a great match together without any assistance. However, beyond the added threat, the fact that the gimmicks confine them to the center of the ring actually helped them, forcing them to rely on putting over a single hold, which they do very well, rather than sequences, which they can impress with but not without being somewhat erratic. Since this was a death match even their signature holds weren’t going to be enough for an unassisted pin, or were they? Both were on the verge of collapse, and having exhausted their best moves they tried to raise the stakes with a suplex into the barbed wire. When this failed, Kudo hit her hip attack, but though Combat was falling backwards she managed to hang onto Megumi and drag her down with her for the double explosion. They were selling not only the explosions, but also the moves for all they were worth, getting ¼ or ½ of the way up then stumbling or collapsing. Finally, with the explosions helping to suck they life out of them, Kudo did win with a wrestling move, her reverse Gori special bomb finisher. The post match is the stuff of legend with Combat not moving for several minutes and Kudo crawling a little then collapsing. Onita might not be the greatest wrestler, but he’s awesomely dramatic as the desperate and distraught father figure frantically trying to revolve his pupils with water, slaps, anything he can think of. Finally, Kudo is stretchered off and Onita carries Combat on his back, stopping just before the entrance to allow her to stand for a moment and raise her arm long enough to spur “TOYO-DA!” chants before collapsing. ****1/2
2000000-en No Rope Electrified Barbed Wire Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Exploding Ring Double Hell Tornado Tag Death Match: Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs. Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo 19:01. Certainly a crazy match with blood and gimmicks galore that resulted in a huge stitch count for Hayabusa & Tanaka. Some people say this is the second best match on the show, but I wouldn’t rate it better than fourth, which in part shows what a great show this is by FMW standards, as usually you’re lucky if there’s two matches worth mentioning. That said, the match was rather disappointing because Kudo & Combat had just demonstrated how to use the essential lack of ropes to your benefit. Since these guys didn’t put much time or effort into selling their moves, the lack of them very noticeably hurt the match by removing most of the flow and possibility for sequences. They did a good job of teasing the explosive barbed wire “ropes” (on two sides) and explosive barbed wire barricades (on the floor on the other two sides), but this wasn’t so much a match as a collection of gimmick spots. That being said, everyone did as good a job as you could ask. Hayabusa’s strengths are negated because you need something to fly off, but he made the best of it hitting a rolling senton, standing moonsault, and diving over the barbed wire barricade with a kind of lariat/body attack combo. Tanaka’s style holds up pretty well because he can do his DDT’s and elbows, and he was more than willing to sacrifice his body. One of my favorite spots was the first explosion where Tanaka came ever so close to dropkicking Pogo into the electrified barbed wire, trying to seal the deal with his jumping elbow, which Pogo of course avoided. Funk may be old enough to be Hayabusa & Tanaka’s father, but he did almost all the selling for his team, including getting double front suplexed onto the exploding wire. He’s smart enough to mix his brawling with actual wrestling, including repeatedly bashing Hayabusa’s leg with a chair to set up his spinning toe hold. Pogo was Pogo. He’s incapable of wrestling, so it’s just going through is bag of weapons. It was quite disgusting the way Pogo sliced and diced Tanaka with his assortment of sharp objects. The fact all four were always fighting helped given you couldn’t do too much traditional wrestling, and they spaced the various gimmick spots out well enough to always hold your interest. Pogo cut Hayabusa’s mask off after the match and they called out Atsushi Onita, who could do little more than dip his head in shame as his protege was stretchered off. ***
Mamoru Okamoto vs. Hideo Makimura. Makimura's debut. Only 1:20 shown
Kaori Nakayama vs. Miwa Sato. Miwa was still the better of the two here. 2:50 shown
FMW Style Royal Rumble. Really bad with no action, storyline, or moves. Just pointless. -*
Hair vs. Hair: TAKA Michinoku vs. Hayato Nanjyo. Good match. Slow start, but then all kinds of great spots. No heat though, so a lot of the spots came off flat. Nanjyo loses his hair. ***1/4
Handicap Death Match: Megumi Kudo vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Bad Nurse Nakamura. The mere concept of this match doesn't even work. They had a penalty box set up, so Kudo could put one of her opponents in that to even the odds a bit, but it was still just stupid. The match was useful in getting over the angle where Bad Nurse turns face, but that's about it. 1/2*
Hayabusa vs. Koji Nakagawa. A total substancesless disaster. The match was way too long. It was slow and boring with no set up or transition, and the execution wasn't even good. -1/4*
Independent World Heavyweight Title Tournament Final: Masato Tanaka vs. W*ING Kanemura. Very good match that started an infamous RSP-W thread, which was one of the first I participated in. Great spots, good work, blood, etc. One of the couple best FMW matches of 1996. This match opened people's eyes to how could Tanaka could become. W*ING captures the newly created Independent World Title. ***3/4
No Rope Barbed Wire Spider Net Glass Crush Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Terry Funk. A total debacle. Pogo gets temporarily paralyzed after taking the bump into the spider net, but Funk continues to attack him and blows a fireball on his helpless foe. The match is eventually stopped and Pogo winds up bedridden for a while, before coming back and retiring (didn't that last long) on 12/11/96.
Hayabusa vs. Koji Nakagawa
No Rope Barbed Wire Spider Net Glass Crush Death Match: Mr. Pogo vs. Terry Funk
8/1/96 Tokyo Shiodome highlights
8/23/96 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Hayabusa vs. Koji Nakagawa
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hayato Nanjyo vs. W*ING Kanemura & Hido & Hideki Hosaka
9/1/96 Nagoya
1,000,000-en No Rope Barbed Wire Explosive Barricade Double Hell 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. W*ING Kanemura & Hido & Hideki Hosaka
9/15/96 Omiya Skate Center
2,000,000-en Scramble Bunkhouse Climbing & Snatching Battle Royal: Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Super Leather & The HeadHunters
9/20/96 Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center
Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: TAKA Michinoku (Michinoku Pro) vs. Ricky Fuji
World Brass Knuckle Tag Titles: The HeadHunters vs. Hideki Hosaka & Hido
Street Fight World 6 Man Tag Titles: Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Terry Funk & The Gladiator & Horace Boulder.
Independent World Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match: Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya
8/23/96 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Women's Street Fight: RIE vs. Shark Tsuchiya
9/1/96 Nagoya: Megumi Kudo & RIE & Kaori Nakayama vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari & Miwa Sato. Digest
9/24/96 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miss Mongol
Street Fight Tag Match: Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs. Terry Funk & The Gladiator
Hisakatsu Oya vs. Koji Nakagawa
The Headhunters & Super Leather vs. TAKA Michinoku & Hido & Jason the Terrible
Hayato Nanjyo vs. Ricky Fuji
Hideki Hosaka vs. Gosaku Goshogawara
Niiyama vs. Toryu
Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Miss Mongol
Terry Funk & Gladiator vs. Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka
Super Leather & Crypt Keeper vs. Hideki Hosaka & Dragon Winger. Negative heat and poor work. No one looked good. *
Chikako Shiratori & Rie vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari. The least enjoyable match I've ever seen. The lowest form of life carves up The Goddess for no purpose but to supposedly get her useless no selling self over some more. I believe my comment in my FIGHTING TV SAMURAI! review was I'd rather watch Sting vs. Tony Palmore 5 times consecutive than see this nightmare again. As I refuse to engage in this masochism again, I don't know, or care to, if it's any worse than -** in this more complete form.
12/10/96 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: W*ING Kanemura vs. TAKA Michinoku. Good match. TAKA's attack was solid and he instilled the psychology, but W*ING couldn't answer or maybe just has no desire to. Work was good and there were a lot of great spots, too many spots actually, but W*ING isn't close to a complete worker. At least he was willing to sell for the much smaller TAKA. ***1/4
Independent World Title & World Brass Knucks Unification Match: W*ING Kanemura vs. Gladiator. Unlike the TAKA match, this was very good because W*ING chose psychology of an all out attack on Gladiator's bad knee over just a bunch of brawling and spots. Gladiator's selling was as good as it's ever been. Actually, Gladiator was probably as good as he's ever been. Lots of gimmick spots, but incorporated so they meant something. Gladiator unifies titles. ***3/4
Megumi Kudo vs. Shinobu Kandori. Solid match that worked well within the confines of what Kandori can do. ***1/2
11/16/96 Osaka Rinkai Sports Center: TAKA Michinoku vs. Hayabusa 17:40. TAKA did a great job here, getting Hayabusa to not merely follow his lead, but expand his horizons in the process. The result was probably Hayabusa's best singles match of 1996. TAKA got Hayabusa to commit to doing a technical match, instilling the psychology working over Hayabusa's knee and set the standard for selling, which Hayabusa followed by selling key spots like he was dead. Hayabusa still tends to appear to be lacking in conviction, though I think his effort is actually really high and it's just his poor training that makes things look lazy, loose, or a bit sloppy, as his technique really seems means to an end. The body of the match had a point with TAKA working over Hayabusa's knee, and TAKA even did it in a way that works in FMW rings. TAKA was the first to break from the scientific match, but in chairing the left knee he simply added a dimension to the attack he was and would continue to do. Eventually TAKA cleared the first few rows of fans when he missed his springboard plancha, so Hayabusa buried him in those chairs and, after the worst ever tombstone not done by Undertaker, did a moonsault off the apron. From here it was all flying, and the high spots were tremendous, though Hayabusa's transitions still really stunk. This wasn't what you'd call a solid match, but TAKA made sure they did everything you'd expect from a high end junior match without being any more offensive to the lack of selling and psychology than the norm. ***1/2
Great Sasuke vs. Hayabusa 19:12. When you put two fighters with the same skill set together, you tend to get a classic or a DUD, and this was predictably more toward the latter. Sasuke is always going to try to do some mat wrestling, but even with skilled technical wrestlers it's not exactly one of his strengths. As you'd expect, with Hayabusa it just wasn't happening, and once he took over very early on they just jumped around the rest of the match, which came off more as a stunt exhibition. Mind you, the flying spots were super, but they were just rolled out one after the other. The match was far too long and so lacking in every aspect beyond aerial offense, particularly the drama that could have made the other aspects much easier to overlook. **1/2
Digest of the Onita vs. Pogo feud featuring their 11/5/90, 5/6/91, 7/24/93, 8/22/93, 9/7/94, 12/20/94, 1/21/95, 3/30/95, & 5/4/95 leading to Onita's return in Pogo's 1st retirement on 12/11/96
12/11/96, Mr. Pogo Retirement Match: Atsushi Onita & Masato Tanaka & Mr. Pogo & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Headhunter A & Headhunter B & Hisakatsu Oya & Terry Funk 23:04
9/24/96 Korakuen: Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama v Shark Tsuchiya & Miss Mongol
Michiko Omukai vs. Miss Mongol 10/25/96
Michiko Omukai vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari 11/16/96
Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari vs. RIE & Yoko Ikeda 11/26/96
Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari vs. Chikako Shiratori & RIE 12/11/96
12/11/96 Tokyo Komazawa Olympic Koen Taiikukan : Megumi Kudo vs. Shinobu Kandori
12/11/96 Double Title: The Gladiator vs. W*ING Kanemura
9/28/97 Double Title: The Gladiator vs. Masato Tanaka
1/6/98 Double Title: Mr. Gannosuke vs. Masato Tanaka
4/30/98 Double Title: Mr. Gannosuke vs. Hayabusa
11/20/98 Double Title: Kodo Fuyuki vs. Hayabusa
12/21/97 Double Title: Masato Tanaka vs. Yukihiro Kanemura
9/1/98 Double Title: Hayabusa vs. Hisakatsu Oya