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Logo of the original FMW. Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion (FMW-E) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (フロンティア・マーシャルアーツ・レスリング,Furontia Māsharuātsu Resuringu) (FMW).
The event held many supercards and the most prestigious show was the FMW Anniversary Show. The company conducted many supercards until 1997 and then produced its first pay-per-view event Entertainment Wrestling Live on April 30, 1998, and continued to broadcast shows via pay-per-view until the promotion closed in 2002.
Atsushi Onita (大仁田 厚, Ōnita Atsushi, born October 25, 1957) [1] is a Japanese actor, politician, and semi-retired professional wrestler.He is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and is credited with introducing the deathmatch style of professional wrestling to Japan.
On April 3, H represented FMW against the new ECW Japan leader Kodo Fuyuki in a losing effort. [124] H began feuding with Masato Tanaka due to Tanaka confronting him on forgiving Mr. Gannosuke. Ezaki and Gannosuke lost to Tanaka and Balls Mahoney in a tag team match on April 11, during which Ezaki went backstage as H and then competed as ...
The ECW/FMW Supershow was a professional wrestling event jointly promoted by the Japan promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and the United States–based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on December 12 and 13, 1998. [1] [2] Both shows aired live on pay-per-view (PPV) in Japan via DirecTV.
Masato Tanaka (田中 正人, ring name: 田中 将斗, Tanaka Masato, born February 28, 1973) [3] [4] is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United ...
In professional wrestling, ECW vs. IWA vs. True FMW: Total War (also translated as All Out War) was an event staged in Japan by the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan) in conjunction with the United States–based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on August 10 and 11, 1996.
FMW decided to capitalize on the huge success of the 2nd Anniversary Show on September 23, 1991 at the huge Kawasaki Stadium as the show drew a crowd of 33,000. [4] FMW booked their 4th Anniversary Show at the Kawasaki Stadium on May 5, 1993 to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the company and the huge crowd attraction was a dream match between the company's promoter and main star Atsushi ...