FMW 3rd Anniversary Show: Fall Spectacular (1992) was a professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on September 19, 1992 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. This was the third edition of the company's flagship event Anniversary Show, commemorating the third anniversary of the company.
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| Promotion | Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | ||
| Date | September 19, 1992 | ||
| City | Yokohama, Japan | ||
| Venue | Yokohama Stadium | ||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||
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In the main event, Tiger Jeet Singh defended the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against Atsushi Onita in a no rope explosion barbed wire deathmatch. Onita pinned Singh to win the title. The event also featured the first-ever interpromotional match of joshi wrestlers in Japan pitting FMW's Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda against AJW's Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto in a losing effort.
Background
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Tiger Jeet Singh made his FMW debut on June 25, 1992 by attacking Atsushi Onita with his sword and made him bleed before Onita's scheduled title defense of the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against The Sheik in a no ropes barbed wire steel cage deathmatch. The injury allowed Sheik to win the title and Sheik rewarded the title to Singh for his assistance.[1] Onita challenged Singh to a match to gain his revenge and Singh accepted it under his own rules, the first jungle deathmatch in FMW, which took place at the Ganryū-jima island on June 30, which Singh won.[2] This would lead to a title match between Onita and Singh at the 3rd Anniversary Show.[3]
Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda had been feuding with each other for the past year until their rivalry ended when Toyoda's Combat Army teammates Eriko Tsuchiya and Yoshika Maedomari turned on Toyoda after Combat Army defeated Kudo, Miwa Sato and Yukie Nabeno on July 19.[4] On July 30, Kudo teamed with Tsuchiya and Maedomari to take on Toyoda, Sato and Nabeno in a match, which they won but Tsuchiya and Maedomari turned on Kudo after the match by attacking her until Toyoda made the save.[5] On August 10, Toyoda defeated Tsuchiya and then Maedomari defeated Kudo later in the night with the help of Tsuchiya and then they double teamed her until Toyoda once again made the save for Kudo and turned into a fan favorite.[6] Kudo and Toyoda formed a tag team to defeat Maedomari and Tsuchiya on August 11.[7] On September 1, Kudo successfully defended her WWA World Women's Championship against Toyoda.[8] After the match, they challenged Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling to an interpromotional match at the 3rd Anniversary Show to prove that they were the best set of women wrestlers.[9]
Event
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Chris Jericho and Kevin Faule defeated FMW's young rising preliminary wrestlers Eiji Ezaki and Koji Nakagawa in the opening match when Jericho pinned Ezaki after Jericho and Faule performed a double dropkick on Ezaki.[10]
Eriko Tsuchiya, Miwa Sato and Kumiko Matsuda defeated Rie Nakamura, Naoko Kumazawa and Yumiko Komatsuzaki in a six-woman tag team match when Tsuchiya pinned Kumazawa following a Tsuchi Bomb.[10]
Sabu defeated Shoji Nakamaki in a quick match with a Moonsault in Nakamaki's retirement match, followed by a tag team match in which The Alligators took on Amigo Ultra and Ultramancito. Ultra applied a surfboard on Alligator Man #1 to get the victory. Loc Matrere followed with a win over Katsuji Ueda in a different style fight with a right low kick.[10]
Big Titan, The Gladiator and Horace Boulder took on Sambo Asako, Great Punk and Ricky Fuji in a street fight stretcher match. Titan knocked out Fuji with a Powerbomb to win the match. John Tolos and Killer Kowalski fought to a ten-minute time-limit draw.[11]
Combat Toyoda and Megumi Kudo represented FMW against All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto in an interpromotional match. Nakano performed a diving guillotine leg drop on Kudo to win the match.[10]
Tarzan Goto and Grigory Verichev successfully defended the WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship against Leon Spinks and Brian Sayodill when Goto made Sayodill submit to an Argentine backbreaker rack.[10]
Main event match
editTiger Jeet Singh defended the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against Atsushi Onita in a no rope explosion barbed wire deathmatch in the main event of the show. Onita performed a Thunder Fire Powerbomb on Singh for the win.[3]
Aftermath
editThe WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship was retired after 3rd Anniversary Show and Grigory Verichev reunited with former tag team partner Atsushi Onita to participate in the Street Fight Tag Team Tournament in the fall of the year, which they won by defeating Big Titan and Verichev's former tag team partner Tarzan Goto.[3]
Sabu and The Sheik continued their alliance with Tiger Jeet Singh after 3rd Anniversary Show and became Atsushi Onita's rivals. He successfully defended the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against Sabu in a no ropes barbed wire deathmatch on January 12, 1993.[12] On the same event, Ricky Fuji turned on FMW during an elimination tag team match and formed Team Canada with Big Titan, The Gladiator, Dr. Luther and Dr. Hannibal, which became the top villainous group of FMW. On January 18, Onita defeated Sheik to win Sheik's United States Championship and then returned the title to Sheik which caused Sheik and Sabu to turn into fan favorites and formed an alliance with Onita.[3]
Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda's interpromotional match paved the way for many interpromotional matches between female wrestlers of FMW and AJW. Kudo and Toyoda rebounded with their loss at the 3rd Anniversary Show by defeating AJW's Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada at the 4th Anniversary Show.[13]
Results
edit| No. | Results[10][11][14] | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Chris Jericho and Kevin Faule defeated Eiji Ezaki and Koji Nakagawa | Tag team match | 10:12 | ||
| 2 | Eriko Tsuchiya, Miwa Sato and Kumiko Matsuda defeated Rie Nakamura, Naoko Kumazawa and Yumiko Komatsuzaki | Six-woman tag team match | 19:00 | ||
| 3 | Sabu defeated Shoji Nakamaki | Singles match | 2:37 | ||
| 4 | Amigo Ultra and Ultramancito defeated The Alligators (Alligator Man #1 and Alligator Man #2) | Tag team match | 10:32 | ||
| 5 | Loc Matrere defeated Katsuji Ueda | Different Style Fight | 17:32 | ||
| 6 | Big Titan, The Gladiator and Horace Boulder defeated Sambo Asako, Great Punk and Ricky Fuji by knockout | Street Fight Stretcher match | 11:49 | ||
| 7 | John Tolos vs. Killer Kowalski ended in a time limit draw | Singles match | 10:00 | ||
| 8 | Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto defeated Combat Toyoda and Megumi Kudo | Interpromotional women's tag team match | 13:54 | ||
| 9 | Tarzan Goto and Grigory Verichev (c) defeated Leon Spinks and Brian Sayodill | Tag team match for the WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship | 10:39 | ||
| 10 | Atsushi Onita defeated Tiger Jeet Singh (c) | No Rope Explosion Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship | 13:54 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "FMW - June 25, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - June 30, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ a b c d "FMW History". FMW Wrestling. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - July 19, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - July 30, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - August 10, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - August 11, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - September 1, 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "Megumi Kudo's Bio". FMW Wrestling. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f "Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Results: 1989~1995" (in German). Puro Love. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ a b "FMW Results (5/31/92 - 5/5/93)". FMW Wrestling. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW - January 12, 1993". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "FMW 4th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "Fall Spectacular 1992". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
External links
edit- FMW 3rd Anniversary Show - Fall Spectacular 1992 at Cagematch.net