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88-836: (Redirected from FMW Hardcore Tag Team Championship ) Professional wrestling tag team championship WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship Details Promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (2000-2002) Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2002-2003) Kaientai Dojo (2005-2016) Date established April 25, 2000 Date retired December 2016 Statistics First champion(s) Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki Most reigns As tag team: Hideki Hosaka and Mammoth Sasaki , and Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA (3 reigns) As individual: YOSHIYA (6 reigns) Longest reign Kunio Toshima and Yuma ( 3,141+ days) Shortest reign Randy Takuya and Saburo Inematsu (4 days) The WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship

176-428: A Mortal Kombat -style cinematic match that saw The Karate Man "kill" Page in what would be Page's last appearance with Impact before leaving for AEW. Some matches have a container stationed in or near the ring, with the object of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler in it. All of these matches are fought under hardcore rules, and many of these matches take the name of the container, such as Ambulance match and

264-425: A Winner Takes All match , but in some cases each superstars' title is not contested in the match or only one title is on the line. During WWE's second brand extension , this type of match was frequently used at Survivor Series , with both titles not defended, up until 2021, with the champion vs. champion matches being replaced by WarGames . This type of match has now been used at Crown Jewel since 2024 , with both

352-664: A four-way match to win the vacant titles. 34 Nasu Banderas and Ricky Fuji May 3, 2014 GWSP4 Chiba, Japan 1 344 35 Ryuichi Sekine (3) and Saburo Inematsu (4) April 12, 2015 Evolution 13 Tokyo, Japan 1 203 This was a five-way match , also involving Daigoro Kashiwa and Teppei , Kunio Toshima and Yuma, and Jun Kasai and Kenji Fukimoto. — Vacated November 1, 2015 Club-K Super in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan — — Saburo Inematsu vacated his half of

440-478: A " Boiler Room Brawl " that was largely pre-taped, incorporating props and unorthodox camera angles. In 2016, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) held a match entitled the "Final Deletion" between brothers Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , which was filmed at Matt Hardy's compound. It was a hardcore wrestling match with falls count anywhere. The sequel

528-678: A House of Horrors match between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt. Similar to the "Final Deletion" match in TNA, this one was held at an abandoned house, but instead of falls count anywhere, this match had to end in the ring in the arena that the event was held in (the House of Horrors scenes were pre-taped, while the in-ring portion was live). The next cinematic match would occur on the March 19, 2018 episode of Raw , which featured Matt Hardy, who had returned to WWE and became "Woken" Matt Hardy, against Bray Wyatt and

616-458: A Pro-Wrestling A-Tean (Apache Army's successor promotion) event. After this he would come back as a wrestler having matches with Combat Zone Wrestling , Big Japan Pro-Wrestling , World Wonder Ring Stardom and DDT Pro-Wrestling . In 2021, Onita announced that he would be starting Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion , a promotion under the FMW name that specialized in exploding death matches,

704-472: A Western audience as FMW could now be seen officially on VHS and DVD in the United States . They would go on to release 12 programs which were old FMW cards shortened down to feature the best matches or they were compilations of specific talent like Hayabusa. They also featured dubbed commentary from Eric Gellar and John Watanabe. Later releases would feature Dan Lovranski replacing Eric Gellar. As

792-399: A changing of the guard as Onita would retire and Hayabusa would step up and be the face of FMW. Onita would go on and sell the company to FMW ring announcer, Shoichi Arai . The Shoichi Arai era of FMW would end up issuing changes to the promotion and gave the promotion a new look and feel. Arai would slowly phase out the deathmatches that Atsushi Onita would help popularize and what put

880-569: A cinematically produced singles match between Edge and Randy Orton at Backlash (billed as "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever") also in June, and a Wyatt Swamp Fight between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules in July. Following the introduction of the WWE ThunderDome and Capitol Wrestling Center (CWC) staging arenas in August and October, respectively,

968-431: A double-deep, double-wide casket, sometimes specially designed for specific opponents The Undertaker takes on), ambulances , dumpsters , hearses (known as a "Last Ride match", also connected to The Undertaker gimmick), and stretchers . An Ambulance match is fought under hardcore rules, no pinfalls, no submissions, no disqualifications, no countouts and the only way to win is for one wrestler to force their opponent into

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1056-640: A later time, typically for a pay-per-view event. They are also usually filmed on-location or at a custom built set. While not considered a cinematic match at the time, the Hollywood Backlot Brawl between Roddy Piper and Goldust at WrestleMania XII in 1996 is considered an early cinematic match by the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE ), as it used techniques now featured in cinematic matches. Unlike future cinematic matches (which typically air during one segment),

1144-434: A match type in which Onita became famous for. The new promotion will have Hidetaka Kajiki serving as president. Onita stated he got the idea for the promotion after All Elite Wrestling 's 2021 Revolution PPV in which the event held an exploding barbed wire death match and seeing that there was still a market for these types of matches internationally in the pro wrestling world and with the popularity of online media streaming

1232-499: A nasty gash on his arm. Onita would take it one step further as he would go on to have the first ever exploding barbed wire match in August of 1990, as he challenged his rival, Tarzan Goto . As the years would progress further, we would see an influx of American & Foreign talent begin to appear in FMW with talent ranging from Chris Jericho , Lance Storm , The Original Sheik , Sabu , Damián 666 , Dr. Luther , Leon Spinks , Tiger Jeet Singh and so forth. During these years,

1320-481: A one-ring, over-the-top-rope elimination. A typical battle royale, except this one features tables covered with barbed wire, thumbtacks, and light bulbs on the outside of the ring, which may catch wrestlers as they are thrown out of the ring. The National Wrestling Alliance 's (NWA) Bunkhouse Stampede involved wrestlers wearing what was described as "bunkhouse gear"—cowboy boots, jeans , T-shirts—instead of their normal wrestling tights and not only allowed but encouraged

1408-504: A predecessor to Extreme Championship Wrestling . Generally used in TNA / Impact Wrestling , a reverse battle royale begins with wrestlers surrounding the ring instead of inside it. At the start of the match they battle for half of them to get into the ring, at which point a standard last person standing wins the battle royale. The Cage Reverse Battle Royale is another TNA variation of this match type. This actually has three stages; It begins

1496-552: A style that mimics the early days of MMA and catch wrestling . It is common for Bloodsport competitors to have some knowledge in other combat sports and/or MMA, as well as professional wrestling, as these one on one matches often appear stiff and have a feel of classic Shoot-style wrestling fights. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic wrestling promotions were forced to hold events behind closed doors from March 2020 onwards. WWE introduced Raw Underground in August that year. It

1584-494: A successor promotion, Apache Pro-Wrestling Army , which continued the WEW titles until 2016 when Kanemura retired and closed the promotion. Today the WEW titles are administered by Tomohiko Hashimoto 's Pro-Wrestling A-Team promotion. On April 3, 2015, Hideki Takahashi, Hayabusa and Choden Senshi Battle Ranger held a press conference, announcing they were reviving FMW under the new name "Chō Sentō Puroresu FMW". Takahashi would serve as

1672-549: A tumor in December 2015. She would succumb to the disease in 2018, she was 36 years old. On March 3, 2016, Haybusa would pass away at his home from a brain aneurysm, he was 47 years old. On October 31, 2017, FMW founder Atsushi Onita retired after 43 years in the ring. The promotion held its most recent event as Chō Sentō Puroresu FMW in 2018. Although not officially closing once again the revival seemed to have been forgotten about. In 2018, Onita would come out of retirement at

1760-427: Is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until only one is left. Typical battle royales begin with 20 or more participants all in the ring at the same time, who are then eliminated by being thrown over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. The Battlebowl is a two-ring variation on a battle royale. In these matches, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into

1848-568: Is a singles match in which both competitors can stay outside of the ring without being counted out. A well-known example is at Vengeance (2003) between Stephanie McMahon and Sable , which Sable won. A pure wrestling rules match originally appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH), and still exists as the "official rules" for the ROH Pure Championship . Under the rules, each wrestler is allowed only three rope breaks; once they are all used,

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1936-519: Is obtained by pinfall , submission , knockout , countout , or disqualification . One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the WrestleMania VII match between Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick Martel . A no count-out match

2024-539: Is one in which the object is for one wrestler to throw his opponent into a grave dug out of a large mound of soil placed outside the ring. Once in the grave, the wrestler must bury his opponent in dirt and soil to the referee's discretion. Equipment ranging from shovels and wheelbarrows to bulldozers are often made available to completely bury the opponent. The Buried Alive match is one of three of The Undertaker 's signature matches (the Casket and Last Ride matches being

2112-491: Is reduced to two, and there is a subsequent episode where the final two compete, in this case, "AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring". In New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the 2021 New Japan Rumble at Wrestle Kingdom 15 was conducted as a semi-final battle royale. Chase Owens , Bad Luck Fale , Tetsuya Bushi , and Toru Yano were the final four that competed in a championship match the next day. The tag team battle royale consist of designated tag teams of wrestlers with two members on

2200-1202: The Strongest-K Tag Team Championship from Daigoro Kashiwa and Kengo Mashimo on April 2, 2010 at Super Evolution 8 in Tokyo. 26 Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine March 20, 2011 Club-K Super It's Gonna Be... Chiba, Japan 1 42 27 Randy Takuya and Saburo Inematsu (3) May 1, 2011 GWSP6 Chiba, Japan 1 4 28 Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine May 5, 2011 GWSP6 FINAL CLUB-K SUPER Necessary... Chiba, Japan 2 175 29 Kamui and Mammoth Sasaki (4) October 27, 2011 FREEDOMS Tokyo, Japan 1 74 30 The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) January 9, 2012 FREEDOMS Tokyo, Japan 2 33 31 Kamui (2) and Mammoth Sasaki (5) February 11, 2012 FREEDOMS Osaka, Japan 2 138 — Vacated June 28, 2012 FREEDOMS Tokyo, Japan — — Sasaki vacated

2288-413: The booker , he would put forth his vision on how FMW should be run as Arai would sign the checks and book the arenas for the promotion. During this time, Onita would return to professional wrestling and start a faction that would rival FMW and they were known simply as ZEN . This group was loosely based on World Championship Wrestling 's group known as The New World Order . Onita would run shows under

2376-459: The jargon of the business , are performed in professional wrestling . Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline . Throughout professional wrestling's decades-long history , some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall . A victory

2464-445: The "footage looked awfully familiar"; in reality, repurposed footage of Simpson's infamous Bronco chase was actually used as part of the match.) The match eventually ended in the ring live, when Piper stripped Goldust down to women's lingerie and kissed him as part of "making him a man". WrestleMania XII featured a second cinematic match between " The Huckster " and " Nacho Man ". At SummerSlam 1996 , The Undertaker faced Mankind in

2552-723: The 1970s fought between Dusty Rhodes and Ivan Koloff . The coffin match was revived as one of The Undertaker 's signature matches and first appeared on television at the Survivor Series as the coffin match against Kamala . Prior to that, at a house show on July 14, 1991, the Ultimate Warrior defeated the Undertaker in a casket match in St. Louis, Missouri at Busch Stadium. There have been 17 casket matches, 11 of which have been won by The Undertaker. The 20th edition

2640-461: The Casket match. A similar type of match aims to restrain opposing wrestlers somehow, and the match often takes the name of the restraining device – for example, the Stretcher. None of these matches can end in a pinfall, submission, countout, or disqualification. Common containers used for these matches are caskets (connected to The Undertaker 's Deadman persona, either using a typical coffin or

2728-532: The Firefly Inferno match between Orton and The Fiend at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December, where Orton set The Fiend's entire body on fire, and an intergender match between Orton and Bliss at Fastlane in March 2021, where Bliss used supernatural powers. Since the resumption of live touring in July 2021, WWE ceased producing cinematic matches. AEW also incorporated cinematic matches during pandemic restrictions in 2020 and 2021, most notably

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2816-534: The Grave Consequences (subsequently Graver Consequences) match. Another toned-down version of the Casket Match is when a victory is not obtained by placing the opponent in the coffin but by pinfall or submission. However, the defeated wrestler is then placed into the coffin. The Last Rites match is a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling variation where a casket is lowered into the center of the ring, and

2904-445: The July 4, 2023 episode of NXT between Eddy Thorpe and Damon Kemp , for which Thorpe sought the help of Gable Steveson (Kemp's real life brother) to train him. Thorpe won the match. On the December 26, 2023 episode of NXT, Thorpe defeated Dijak in the second NXT Underground match. The first women's NXT Underground match took place on week 2 of NXT Spring Breakin' (2024) , where Lola Vice defeated Natalya . The battle royale

2992-590: The Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing 2020 , which was a 5v5 empty arena match in the TIAA Bank Field stadium. During that period, AEW featured at least one cinematic match at each of their PPVs: a "Tooth and Nail match" at All Out 2020 between Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Big Swole at Baker's real-life dental office, a match entitled "The Elite Deletion" at Full Gear 2020 , featuring Matt Hardy against Sammy Guevara and similar to

3080-519: The ZEN label and these shows would feature FMW talent. Hayabusa would continue to be featured as the ace of FMW and would go on to feud with the likes of Mr. Gannosuke , Kintaro Kanemura , and, Tetsuhiro Kuroda . As the booker of FMW, Kodo Fuyuki also continued to wrestle and he would go on to help form the top heel faction known as Team No Respect . In 2000, FMW would sign a distribution deal with Tokyopop which would help get their product out to

3168-423: The adjacent Daily's Place . The audience in attendance watched the first half of the match on video screens before the action spilled into the amphitheater. This would be AEW's final cinematic match produced before the company resumed live touring in July that year. Impact Wrestling would also return to producing cinematic matches in 2021 when Ethan Page wrestled his alter ego "The Karate Man" at Hard to Kill in

3256-407: The back of an ambulance and close the door. The first ambulance match took place at Survivor Series 2003 where Kane defeated Shane McMahon . The second one took place at Elimination Chamber (2012) which also involved Kane as one of the competitors. His opponent was John Cena, who won the match, where an additional rule was added in that the ambulance has to leave to win. The third Ambulance match

3344-626: The bringing of weapons . In 1988 the NWA named a pay-per-view after the Bunkhouse Stampede , headlined by a Bunkhouse Stampede match held inside a cage . Recently, the match has been revitalized by Ricky Morton of the Rock n' Roll Express at his wrestling academy in Chuckey, Tennessee. A battle royale with hardcore rules (no disqualifications and no count-outs) involving several competitors in

3432-639: The company on the map and would bring in a more "sports entertainment" look and feel for the promotion that would be almost similar to that of the WWE . In a nod to the WWE, the old Brass Knuckles and Independent championships were abandoned and replaced with new titles, the World Entertainment Wrestling (WEW) championships. Arai would enlist the help of professional wrestler , Kodo Fuyuki as both men would usher in this new era. Having Fuyuki as

3520-511: The crowds continued to decrease, the amount of debt became too much for Arai, as he finally decided to announce that he has filed for bankruptcy and FMW would go on to have their final show on February 4, 2002. As 2001 came to a close, it was stated that Arai owed the sum of what would be the equivalent of one million US dollars to yakuza due to the money he would constantly borrow but never pay back. Running out of options, on May 16, 2002, Shoichi Arai would commit suicide so his family could collect

3608-8089: The current champion Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days 1 YOSHIYA 6 744 2 Saburo Inematsu 4 638 3 Shiori Asahi 2 487 Makoto Oishi 2 487 5 Apple Miyuki 3 412 6 Ryuichi Sekine 4 385 7 Mammoth/Yoshinori Sasaki 5 380 8 Yuji Hino 1 368 9 Brahman Kei 2 345 Brahman Shu 2 345 11 Ricky Fuji 1 344 Nasu Banderas 1 344 13 Kintaro Kanemura 1 282 Ryuji Yamakawa 1 282 15 Kengo Mashimo 3 242 16 Kunio Toshima 1 228-258 Yuma 1 228-258 18 Kamui 2 212 19 Hideki Hosaka 3 168 Kotaro Nasu 1 168 21 Hido 1 156 22 Hardcore Kid Kojiro 1 151 23 Bambi 1 118 Makoto 1 118 25 Daisuke Sekimoto 1 75 Men's Teioh 1 75 27 Jun Kasai 1 72 The W*INGer 1 72 29 PSYCHO 1 63 30 GOEMON 1 47 Onryo 1 47 32 Eddie Fatu 1 37 Matty Samu 1 37 34 Taka Michinoku 1 34 TOMO Michinoku 1 34 36 Homeless Jimmy 1 33 Supreme 1 33 38 Ryuji Ito 1 30 Daisaku Shimoda 1 30 40 Mike Lee, Jr. 1 28 Mr. X 1 28 42 Boso Boy Raito 1 20 Boso Boy Left 1 20 44 Gedo 1 19 Jado 1 19 46 Abdullah Kobayashi 1 7 Daikokubo Benkei 1 7 48 Randy Takuya 1 4 See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Japan portal Strongest-K Tag Team Championship References [ edit ] ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "W.E.W. Hardcore Tag Team Title" . Wrestling-Titles.com . Retrieved September 10, 2007 . ^ "WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW Night in Shibuya Backdraft Eve" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW King of Fight 2000: Day 1" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW King of Fight 2000 II: Day 9" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW Flashover 2000: Day 6" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW Power Splash 2000: Day 4" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW Deep Throat" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW New Year Generation 2001: Day 1" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "FMW Cluster Battle 2001: Day 10" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "WEW April 29, 2003" (in German). Cagematch . Retrieved April 2, 2010 . ^ "K-Dojo Club-K Super Another in Osaka" (in German). Cagematch . 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3696-440: The first stage as an inside-out battle royale with 15 or more wrestlers involved. The first seven to enter the ring over the top cage will advance to the second stage which is a gauntlet match. When it gets down to the final stage, only two wrestlers will battle in a singles match which is decided by pinfall or submission. A semi-final battle royale consists of a battle royale where when a specific number of wrestlers are remaining,

3784-453: The inaugural champions. 2 The Samoans ( Eddie Fatu and Matty Samu ) June 21, 2000 King of Fight 2000 tour Tokyo, Japan 1 37 3 Hideki Hosaka (2) and Yoshinori Sasaki (2) July 28, 2000 King of Fight 2000 II tour Tokyo, Japan 2 55 4 Gedo and Jado September 21, 2000 Flashover tour Sapporo, Japan 1 19 This

3872-418: The life insurance to pay back the money owed to the yakuza. The talent divided into two promotions: Kodo Fuyuki's World Entertainment Wrestling (WEW), the name of FMW's title governing body since 1999, and Mr. Gannosuke 's Wrestlings Marvelous Future (WMF). Some of the talent also made appearances on Onita's special shows. Following Fuyuki's death in 2003, most of the WEW talent under Kintaro Kanemura formed

3960-465: The match aired during several segments in between matches inside the ring, and featured both pre-taped segments outside the Arrowhead Pond of the two fighting as well as Piper "chasing" Goldust's solid gold Cadillac in a white Ford Bronco in an obvious reference to the then-ongoing O. J. Simpson murder case . ( Vince McMahon mentioned on commentary without completely breaking kayfabe that

4048-592: The match and the official champion. The most famous example is the Hardcore Title Battle Royal from WWF's WrestleMania 2000 . A last blood battle royale is essentially a multi-competitor First Blood match . All competitors start at the same time and wrestlers are eliminated when they start bleeding. The winner is the last wrestler in the match not bleeding. This match was held in the Tri-State Wrestling Association,

4136-402: The match ends, and those that remain are placed in a standard wrestling match for the prize at stake. An example of this occurred on a January 2024 episode of NXT , where 20 women competed in a battle royal that became a Fatal 4-Way once there were four competitors remaining. In All Elite Wrestling (AEW), it is known as a Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale , as twelve competitors compete until it

4224-399: The men's and women's world title holders facing each other for a commemorative Crown Jewel Championship. This event consists of a unique ruleset compared to a traditional pro wrestling event, in that every match must end in either a knockout or submission. The traditional wrestling ring is replaced by a ring canvas with no ropes or turnbuckles. This event features worked shoot matches in

4312-540: The middle of the ring for the victory. This was one of The Undertaker ’s early gimmick matches; he had one of these matches in 1992 against The Ultimate Warrior at the Madison Square Garden . The casket match (also known as the Coffin match ) has a casket near the ring, with the objective of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler inside. The casket match began its life as a one-off coffin match in

4400-2235: The new champions. 37 Magatsuki (Kunio Toshima and Yuma) April 17, 2016 Club-K Super Evolution Tokyo, Japan 1 228 — Vacated December 2016 — — — — Toshima and Yuma split and Yuma leaves Magatsuki. Combined reigns [ edit ] † Indicates the current champion Rank Team No. of reigns Combined days 1 Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi 2 487 2 Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA 3 412 3 Yuji Hino and Saburo Inematsu 1 368 4 The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) 2 345 5 Nasu Banderas and Ricky Fuji 1 344 6 Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa 1 282 7 Magatsuki † (Kunio Toshima and Yuma) 1 228-258 8 Kamui and Mammoth Sasaki 2 212 9 Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine 2 211 10 Ryuichi Sekine and Saburo Inematsu 1 203 11 Hideki Hosaka (3) and Mammoth Sasaki 3 168 Kotaro Nasu and Ryuichi Sekine 1 168 13 Hido and YOSHIYA 1 156 14 Hardcore Kid Kojiro and YOSHIYA 1 151 15 Bambi and Makoto 1 118 16 Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh 1 75 17 Kamui and Mammoth Sasaki 1 74 18 Jun Kasai and The W*INGer 1 72 19 Saburo Inematsu and PSYCHO 1 63 20 GOEMON and Onryo 1 47 21 The Samoans ( Eddie Fatu and Matty Samu ) 1 37 22 Taka Michinoku and TOMO Michinoku 1 34 23 Homeless Jimmy and Supreme 1 33 24 Ryuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda 1 30 25 Mike Lee, Jr. and Mr. X 1 28 26 Kengo Mashimo and YOSHIYA 1 25 27 Boso Boy Raito and Boso Boy Left 1 20 28 Gedo and Jado 1 19 29 Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi 1 7 30 Randy Takuya and Saburo Inematsu 1 4 By wrestler [ edit ] † Indicates

4488-498: The new promotion was formed. The promotion, however, held its last card to date on December 19, 2021, after which Onita went freelance yet again. In October 2022, FMW-E started back up promoting cards. Deceased individuals are indicated with a dagger (†). Professional wrestling match types Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Many types of wrestling matches , sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in

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4576-407: The objective is to get your opponent into the casket, which is raised to the ceiling following the match. The first Last Rites match was done between Sting and Abyss . Vince Russo came up with this match; it was perceived to be a disaster because neither wrestler could work properly due to the placement of the casket in the center of the ring, which limited and obstructed their workspace. The match

4664-469: The other "Deletion" matches involving Hardy, and a tag team street fight pitting Darby Allin and Sting against Team Taz ( Brian Cage and Ricky Starks ) at Revolution 2021 , which was held at an abandoned warehouse somewhere in Atlanta , Georgia. At Double or Nothing 2021 the Stadium Stampede match was a hybrid cinematic match with the first half recorded at TIAA Bank Field, then concluding live at

4752-416: The others). A cinematic Buried Alive match was held between The Undertaker and AJ Styles for WrestleMania 36 , referred to as a "Boneyard match" . The match took place outdoors in a cemetery-like setting near an abandoned warehouse rather than in a traditional ring. A Body Bag match is a no-disqualification match where the objective is for a wrestler to put an opposing wrestler in a body bag situated in

4840-596: The president and Hayabusa as the executive producer of the promotion, which would also feature participation from Atsushi Onita. The promotion held its first event on April 21. On October 30, 2015, they announced that they were reviving the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship , as they set a match to determine new champions on December 22. In 2016, two tragedies had befallen FMW. On February 17, 2016, Ray would announce that she had inoperable stage three brain cancer after being diagnosed with

4928-401: The promotion for his high flying style and it was known that Hayabusa was the "ace" of FMW. Onita was fixing to retire once again from professional wrestling and his retirement match was held at the annual May 5th, Kawasaki Stadium show. This was FMW's biggest show of the year and Onita would take on Hayabusa in an exploding barbed wire cage, timebomb deathmatch. This match now signified

5016-410: The ring at the same time. The match could last for either 15 or 20 minutes. All participants are not eliminated by being thrown out of the ring and both feet touching the floor. Pinning or forcing to submit whoever was current Hardcore champion would result in the victorious participant becoming the interim champion. Whoever the person held the title at end of the time limit would be declared the winner of

5104-540: The second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament . This was held by World Championship Wrestling at the 1991 Starrcade event, but future Battlebowl matches were contested under normal battle royale rules. The battle zone features any number of men in

5192-697: The specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different Days Number of days held <1 Reign lasted less than a day + Current reign is changing daily No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref. Date Event Location Reign Days Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling 1 Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki April 25, 2000 Night in Shibuya Backdraft Eve Tokyo, Japan 1 57 Defeated Kintaro Kanemura and Willie Takayama to become

5280-414: The team. This match uses the normal battle royale rules, teams may be eliminated when either one or both partners are thrown over the top rope with both feet touching the floor. This match is conducted similarly to a battle royale but in these cases, both wrestlers are considered active at the same time and there are no tags using the tornado tag team stipulation. This variation of the tag team battle royale

5368-659: The title due to a neck injury. 32 Kengo Mashimo (3) and YOSHIYA (6) September 19, 2012 Club-K Super in Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 1 25 — Vacated October 14, 2012 — — — — The titles were vacated due to YOSHIYA retiring from professional wrestling . 33 Bambi and Makoto January 5, 2014 Shinshun Tatakai Hajime 2014 Chiba, Japan 1 118 Defeated Kaji Tomato and Yuki Sato , Kengo Mashimo and Saburo Inematsu, and Daigoro Kashiwa and Ricky Fuji in

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5456-585: The title for not defending the title for nearly a year. 20 Apple Miyuki (3) and YOSHIYA (4) April 13, 2008 Club-K Super Evolution 7 Tokyo, Japan 3 154 Lastly eliminated Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi in a seven-team battle royal to win the vacant titles. 21 Boso Boy Raito and Boso Boy Left September 14, 2008 Club-K Super Downtown Tokyo, Japan 1 20 22 Saburo Inematsu and PSYCHO October 4, 2008 Club-K Super Outbreak Chiba, Japan 1 63 This

5544-460: The title under unknown circumstances. 36 Kotaro Nasu and Ryuichi Sekine (4) November 1, 2015 Club-K Super in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 168 This was a seven-team hardcore rumble , where Nasu and Sekine defeated Saburo Inematsu and Alexander Otsuka , Ayumu Honda and Tiran Shi Sha, Yuma and Douki , Yoshiaki Yasato and Yoshihiro Douguchi, Ricky Fuji and Men's Teioh , Hi69 and Toru Sugiura to become

5632-470: The title, so the title doesn't change hands if the champion loses the match. It can be announced by name, as a non-title match or as a singles match. It was also used in a tag team format. World TV Champion Arn Anderson vs. Paul Orndorff at Clash of the Champions XI was one example. Though Orndorff won the match, Anderson remained champion. A champion vs. champion match can also be referenced to

5720-491: The two that occurred at WrestleMania 36 ; a Boneyard match between The Undertaker and AJ Styles , which was a Buried Alive match held at a custom built cemetery set in the Orlando area, and a Firefly Fun House match between John Cena and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. (Although the match ended with The Fiend pinning Cena in a ring, the match itself was a dream-like sequence of Cena's career, showing his perceived character flaws;

5808-579: The use of cinematic matches was greatly reduced, as these new staging arenas allowed fans to attend the events virtually. To go with the Halloween -theme at NXT : Halloween Havoc in October, a Haunted House of Terrors match was held between Dexter Lumis and Cameron Grimes , which was similar to the House of Horrors match from Payback 2017. Matches involving Randy Orton, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, and Alexa Bliss have also used cinematic techniques, such as

5896-722: The vacant titles. — Vacated June 1, 2002 — — — — The titles were vacated after Kasai left Big Japan Pro Wrestling . 11 Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi March 23, 2003 Live event Osaka, Japan 1 7 Defeated Mad Man Pondo and Shadow WX to win the vacant titles. 12 Ryuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda March 30, 2003 Live event Kanagawa, Japan 1 30 13 Hido and YOSHIYA April 29, 2003 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 156 — Vacated October 2, 2003 Fuyuki Army live event Takaoka, Japan — — The title

5984-559: The various segments were filmed at WWE's Titan Towers headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut ). Following this, cinematic matches occurred at Money in the Bank in May, which was the event's eponymous ladder matches that occurred at WWE's headquarters, a Backlot Brawl between Adam Cole and Velveteen Dream in the parking lot of Full Sail University at NXT TakeOver: In Your House in June,

6072-497: The wrestler cannot use the ropes to escape pins or submissions. Closed fists are illegal, and the first offense (if seen by the official) results in a warning. A second offense results in disqualification. The wrestlers must shake hands before and after the match. A special challenge match was often used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to refer to a singles match in which the champion is not defending

6160-430: The years progressed with FMW, Onita decided to phase out the martial arts aspect of the company and focus strictly on professional wrestling . Onita would go on to have violent and bloody matches like the first ever barbed wire match in the company where he would team with Tarzan Goto as they took on the team of Mitsuhiro Matsunaga and Jerry Flynn . Onita would use real barbed wire which resulted in him receiving

6248-423: The years progressed, the audiences for the live shows began to decrease and Arai would slowly sink further and further into debt. Tragedy struck the promotion on October 22, 2001, during a match with Hayabusa and Mammoth Sasaki. Hayabusa attempted a springboard moonsault —one of his signature moves—but he accidentally slipped on the ropes and fell directly on his neck, breaking it and paralyzing him. As

6336-459: The young Eiji Ezaki started to slowly work his way through the ranks. He was known as a prodigy in the world of wrestling and like a-lot of promotions in Japan do, send him on excursion away from the company as they will learn and develop. Ezaki would go on excursion to Mexico and wrestle for a couple of different promotions and developed the character of Hayabusa . Hayabusa became a fan favorite in

6424-707: Was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from April 2000 until FMW closed in February 2002. The title was picked up by Big Japan Pro Wrestling that same month, and remained in that promotion until late 2005, when it moved to Kaientai Dojo until 2016. There have been a total of 37 reigns and seven vacancies shared between 30 different teams consisting of 48 distinctive champions. Title history [ edit ] Key No. Overall reign number Reign Reign number for

6512-817: Was a three-way ladder match , also involving Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa . 5 Homeless Jimmy and Supreme October 10, 2000 Power Splash tour Fukuoka, Japan 1 33 6 Hideki Hosaka (3) and Mammoth Sasaki (3) November 12, 2000 Deep Throat Yokohama, Japan 3 56 Sasaki formerly held the title as Yoshinori Sasaki. 7 GOEMON and Onryo January 7, 2001 New Year Generation tour Tokyo, Japan 1 47 8 Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa February 23, 2001 Cluster Battle tour Tokyo, Japan 1 282 9 Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh December 2, 2001 Ante Up Yokohama, Japan 1 75 This

6600-501: Was a three-way match also involving KAZMA and MIYAWAKI . 23 Hardcore Kid Kojiro and YOSHIYA (5) December 6, 2008 Club-K Overthrow Chiba, Japan 1 151 24 The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) May 6, 2009 Club-K Super Necessary... Chiba, Japan 1 315 25 Yuji Hino and Saburo Inematsu (2) March 17, 2010 Club-K Shinkiba Tokyo, Japan 1 368 Also won

6688-569: Was a title vs. title match with Sekimoto and Teioh 's BJW Tag Team Championship also on the line. — Vacated February 15, 2002 — — — — Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling officially closed on February 15, 2002 after holding its final event eleven days earlier. The title then moved to Big Japan Pro Wrestling . Big Japan Pro Wrestling 10 Jun Kasai and The W*INGer March 21, 2002 Live event Nagoya, Japan 1 72 Defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh to win

6776-404: Was a brawl between The Broken Hardys and Decay titled "Delete or Decay". The Broken Hardys and Decay continued their feud at Bound for Glory , where Decay lost their TNA World Tag Team Championship to The Hardys in "The Great War". The Hardys issued an open tag team invitational at their compound on the December 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , titled Total Nonstop Deletion . The main event

6864-464: Was called the "Ultimate Deletion;" this was just like the "Final Deletion," including being held at Matt's compound. Cinematic matches became more frequent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic ; the pandemic began affecting the professional wrestling industry in March that year, forcing promotions to hold events behind closed doors . WWE would hold several cinematic matches at their pay-per-views between March and August, being highly praised for

6952-632: Was held at Halloween Havoc and the first following the retirement of The Undertaker involving Grayson Waller vs. Apollo Crews in which Crews won. WWE held its first women's casket match on the October 29, 2024 episode of NXT involving Tatum Paxley and Wendy Choo in which the Paxley won. In addition to WWE, the casket match has been adopted for use in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , All Elite Wrestling , and Lucha Underground , with Lucha Underground denominating it as

7040-664: Was highlighted in the third season of the Vice TV 's pro wrestling docuseries Dark Side of the Ring in September 2021. The Atsushi Onita era of FMW originally consisted of a promotion that featured not only professional wrestling but the best martial arts fighters in the world. Onita would bring in American talent that were known in Japan like Jos LeDuc and Dick Murdoch , as well female talent and midget wrestlers. As

7128-469: Was hosted and commentated by Shane McMahon in Raw's third hour and didn't take place in the arena, but rather in a warehouse environment, with only wrestlers and dancers present. The matches were short work shoot style and could end by knockout, submission or McMahon's call. Raw Underground segments aired from August 3 to September 21, 2020 in 8 episodes of Raw. The first NXT Underground match took place on

7216-601: Was left standing. A cinematic match is not technically a match type itself, but rather, it is a term used to refer to matches that are produced with various cinematic techniques . The rules vary from match to match, but generally have a basis in hardcore wrestling. Unlike a normal wrestling match, which is done in one take and typically in front of a live audience, cinematic matches are shot over several hours with various scenes filmed, similar to filmmaking, with higher-budget production involved. The final product (the complete match) generally lasts from 20 to 40 minutes and airs at

7304-570: Was part of Three Stages of Hell match at WWE Payback on June 16, 2013, in Rosemont, Illinois between John Cena and Ryback for the WWE Championship . The most recent was at NXT Halloween Havoc in October 2024, between Ridge Holland and Andre Chase . The famous 2017 Lucha Underground "Hell of War" bout between Dante Fox ( A.R. Fox ) and Killshot ( Swerve Strickland ) was that promotion's only ambulance match. A buried alive match

7392-465: Was such a failure that during the match, the enraged crowd screamed "Fire Russo!" so loudly that the commentators had to yell into their microphones to be heard. In 2023, TNA Wrestling brought back the Last Rites match, but modified it to be more of a basic casket match. A dumpster match is a no-disqualification, no-submission, no-countout, no-fall hardcore match in which the only objective to win

7480-505: Was the "Tag Team Apocalypto" where The Hardys last defeated Decay. Although not contested as a match, WWE followed this up shortly after and filmed a cinematic-style brawl between The New Day ( Big E , Kofi Kingston , and Xavier Woods ) and The Wyatt Family ( Bray Wyatt , Erick Rowan , and Braun Strowman ) that was held at The Wyatt Family Compound and shown on the July 11, 2016 episode of WWE Raw . WWE then taped their own cinematic match for their 2017 pay-per-view Payback , called

7568-564: Was used at the WrestleMania XV as well. Created by WCW in 1995, the World War 3 battle royale involved a three-ring setup and 60 competitors; 20 wrestlers started in each of the three rings, in which they would wrestle under regular battle royale rules. Once there were 30 competitors remaining (except in 1997, where the number was 20), all competitors would enter the center ring and continue under regular rules until only one wrestler

7656-425: Was used during the 2011 WWE Draft on April 25, 2011; where the wrestler's team has to eliminate all members of the opposing team, much like an elimination tag team match where the losing wrestler of a team, who just got thrown over the ring ropes with both feet touching the floor, must return to their locker room. The team winner receives a #1 draft pick for their respective brand. Another notable version of this match

7744-1119: Was vacated after this title defense and revived by Kaientai Dojo in 2005. Kaientai Dojo 14 Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA (2) December 23, 2005 Live event Chiba, Japan 1 103 Defeated Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi to win the vacant titles. 15 Mike Lee, Jr. and Mr. X April 5, 2006 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 28 16 Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi May 3, 2006 Live event Chiba, Japan 1 32 17 Taka Michinoku and TOMO Michinoku June 4, 2006 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 34 18 Apple Miyuki (2) and YOSHIYA (3) July 8, 2006 Club-K Super Another in Osaka Osaka, Japan 2 155 19 Shiori Asahi (2) and Makoto Oishi (2) December 10, 2006 Live event Tokyo, Japan 2 455 — Vacated March 9, 2008 — — — — Asahi and Oishi were stripped of

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