joshawesome
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Post by joshawesome on Jan 24, 2007 13:58:09 GMT -5
Any fans from back in its days of existence? It was never regarded as a fancy fed, but it was great to watch if you're a fan of people being cut and blown to smithereens.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 24, 2007 15:01:56 GMT -5
I've only seen bits and pieces of it, but the atmosphere some of their matches gave off really felt like you were watching a battle to the death.
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STMP
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Post by STMP on Jan 24, 2007 15:04:27 GMT -5
I haven't seen that much. But I'm a big fan of Onita. His match against Hayabusa is what Deathmatches should be like.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jan 24, 2007 15:13:09 GMT -5
Not a fan of the fed, but of certain matches. Mostly Hayabusa stuff- Hayabusa/Onita in the exploding cage, this classic Hayabusa/Tanaka match I have on my computer, Hayabusa/Sabu, and a great Funk/BubbaRay/Sandman match I have on my PC, but I do enjoy the odd deathmatch, such as one I always think of as my favourite ever deathmatch- Cactus Jack vs W*ing Kanemura. Can't remember what year it's from, and it has English speaking commentary. It's a classic death-match IMO.
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Post by Kerry Von Erich is my hero on Jan 24, 2007 15:20:22 GMT -5
I have the FMW King of the death match tape lying around here somewhere. My favorite match on it is Terry Funk and Mr Pogo vs Hayabusa and some other guy. At the end, Funk and Pogo rip off Hayabusa's mask. I agree that they made every match seem like the Super Bowl or something with all they hype the announcers give them
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Post by odanobunaga on Jan 24, 2007 15:26:31 GMT -5
Yes what I loved about FMW is that everthing was the "greatest thing ever" because...It was! All the hype wasn´t just hype, it was true. They always outdid themselves.
I am a hardcore fan of the FMW. A shame that they folded.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jan 24, 2007 15:27:28 GMT -5
^ I have that match on my PC. Funk and Pogo vs Hayabusa and Tanaka, barbed wire pit. That match caused Pogo to break his neck when he fell in the barbwire pit, ending his career I believe. Bit of FMW trivia there.
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joshawesome
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Post by joshawesome on Jan 24, 2007 15:49:42 GMT -5
The other guy was Masato Tanaka, also of ECW fame. I have the FMW King of the death match tape lying around here somewhere. My favorite match on it is Terry Funk and Mr Pogo vs Hayabusa and some other guy. At the end, Funk and Pogo rip off Hayabusa's mask. I agree that they made every match seem like the Super Bowl or something with all they hype the announcers give them |
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joshawesome
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Post by joshawesome on Jan 24, 2007 15:57:05 GMT -5
My all-time fav match in the fed was between Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda in an electrified barbed-wire match. It was Toyoda's last match. It wasn't as violent as other FMW matches, but the intensity of both wrestlers and the drama that unfolded was incredible. I rank it as one of my 10 favorite matches of all time, and most FMW fans rank it as one of the fed's all-time best. During the match you see several shots of Onita in tears.
You can find TONS of FMW matches on youtube. Tokyo Pop released a few DVDs of footage, but the commentary on the DVDs is so horrible you're better off watching a choppy mpg online. ICP also put a few FMW matches (as well as the short-lived IWA Japan) on VHS with their own commentary years back. They have a good Onita/Pogo and Funk/Pogo match.
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Post by paulonorcatto on Jan 24, 2007 17:21:23 GMT -5
^ I have that match on my PC. Funk and Pogo vs Hayabusa and Tanaka, barbed wire pit. That match caused Pogo to break his neck when he fell in the barbwire pit, ending his career I believe. Bit of FMW trivia there. nope, your thinking of funk vs. pogo, when he was thrown into the barbed wire platform on the floor the barbed wire pushed up into his neck and broke it. he didnt retire, he was out for about 4 - 6 months and returned to wrestling. he joined big japan after fmw and then went to onita pro. he still wrestled today actually. the short-lived IWA Japan IWA Japan are still around today, they've been going for about 13 years. |
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Post by Angus Mcloud on Jan 24, 2007 17:47:48 GMT -5
Ive got about 6 or 7 of there tapes and they were so crazy a few memorable things
They had a gimmick that a wrestler got a sex change so Low Blows didnt effect him
Kudo and Shark and Kudo and Toyota having matches more hardcore than anything ive seen at that time
Sabu hit a guy with a fireball only to have the guy roll out and hit him with a bigger one
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Post by Count Creepyhead on Jan 24, 2007 17:53:43 GMT -5
I use to love the Onita/Pogo era stuff. I have an old tape with a VERY young Tanaka in a Rubber Band match against some ancient dude with one tooth, who bites Tanaka's crotch!!!
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Jan 24, 2007 19:57:54 GMT -5
I have 3 of their tapes (Legend Dawns, King of the Deathmatch, and one other) but my friend has them currently
they were pretty hardcore and the fans were so respectful (the move out of the way for the wrestlers) unlike here in the states where a riot starts for the sandman (I'll admit at D2D i crawled over a few ppl to touch him)
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OtisMaximus
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Post by OtisMaximus on Jan 24, 2007 20:16:58 GMT -5
I gots love for FMW.... anything with Hayabusa is ok with me.
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Post by JIMBOB on Jan 24, 2007 21:09:24 GMT -5
I have the Crash N' Burn and Total Carnage DVDs.
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Post by Crazy Larry on Jan 25, 2007 0:35:03 GMT -5
I hate the american released dvd's so much. I was so excited when they came out, got torn to shreds cause I love Megumi Kudo(h) and had a thing for Bad Nurse Nakamura and Sub Miss Sato (she reminded me of Sweet Stephanie from Rollergames...ok if one person gets the reference it is worth it).
The commentary blows.
But yes I was a hardcore FMW fan. Funk/Pogo vs Hayabusa/Tanaka was great.
I had the history of FMW fromt ape trading, pure japanese and I watched that tape nonstop for a month.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jan 25, 2007 2:51:16 GMT -5
I would definate love to find someone who is willing to sell copies of the earlier (read: pre-TokyoPop) shows, when Onita was running the shows.
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joshawesome
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Post by joshawesome on Jan 25, 2007 15:24:03 GMT -5
Weird, I read an online thing that it perished. My bad. ^ I have that match on my PC. Funk and Pogo vs Hayabusa and Tanaka, barbed wire pit. That match caused Pogo to break his neck when he fell in the barbwire pit, ending his career I believe. Bit of FMW trivia there. nope, your thinking of funk vs. pogo, when he was thrown into the barbed wire platform on the floor the barbed wire pushed up into his neck and broke it. he didnt retire, he was out for about 4 - 6 months and returned to wrestling. he joined big japan after fmw and then went to onita pro. he still wrestled today actually. the short-lived IWA Japan IWA Japan are still around today, they've been going for about 13 years. |
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joshawesome
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Post by joshawesome on Jan 25, 2007 15:27:47 GMT -5
Same here, I've got a huge thing for Megumi. I hate the american released dvd's so much. I was so excited when they came out, got torn to shreds cause I love Megumi Kudo(h) and had a thing for Bad Nurse Nakamura and Sub Miss Sato (she reminded me of Sweet Stephanie from Rollergames...ok if one person gets the reference it is worth it). The commentary blows. But yes I was a hardcore FMW fan. Funk/Pogo vs Hayabusa/Tanaka was great. I had the history of FMW fromt ape trading, pure japanese and I watched that tape nonstop for a month. |
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