[WEW] 2003/05/05 Kawasaki Stadium

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Kintaro Kanemura will face the current Triple Crown Heavyweight champion in a no-rope electric barbed-wire explosive death match on 2003/05/05 at Kawasaki Stadium.
The late Koudoh Fuyuki was originally scheduled in the match against Shin'ya Hashimoto, but since Fuyuki passed away on 04/19, Kanemura will replace him.

[Muiyan]

I'm disappointed that a Triple Crown champ is participating in these kinda matches...

but then, i was already disappointed when the title match for his reign was against a gimmick-laden Muta. Oh well...

[edgehead1984]

Mutoh trying to bring the Triple Crown down in stature by putting it in death matches?

[Bad Boy Nita]

Hashimoto had been asked to do this match before he won the Triple Crown title. He'd most likely accepted the match before it was officially announced at WEW's 3/11 Korakuen Hall show. Hashimoto is most likely going through with this match to pay respect to Fuyuki's spirit. Not to mention it isn't for the Triple Crown title anyway.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

When Onita asked Hashimoto to do a death match against him, he refused. Don't get me wrong I am not criticizing Hashimoto, but why did he say no to Onita and yes to Fuyuki, even before Kodo died?

On a side note: Is it me, or was most of the other WEW/WMF wrestlers who were an intergal part of FMW when Fuyuki was in control (IE: Onryo, Hisakatsu Oya, Kaokuro Arai, Sena Wakana, Jun Kasanagi, or no one from the former ECW) or even Atsushi Onita himself were at Fuyki's or Shoichi Arai's funeral? Maybe it's just me.

[Bad Boy Nita]

I'm still puzzled as to why Hashimoto declined the deathmatch and opted for a regular tag last year. Fuyuki had learned of his cancer coming back in mid-late January I believe. Fuyuki knew he didn't have long to live therefore he put out the challenge to face Hashimoto in what would be billed as his last match. Hashimoto accepted the challenge simply because it was pretty much Fuyuki's last wish.

Most of the WEW roster along with guys from WMF, All Japan, New Japan, DDT, NOAH, and other leagues attended Fuyuki's funeral. I wouldn't say that Kaoruko Arai, Jun Kusanagi, and Sena Wakana were integral parts of FMW. Ohya probably didn't attend due to the fact that he lives in a more northern region of Japan and I think he may be currently hurt. Others may not have attended due to prior engagements or what have you. Though, some may have been their and just not been caught on film.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

Ok cool, it just bothered me a little that's all. Especially since Onita and Fuyuki kissed and made up af ter Fuyuki revealed he had cancer.

To Muiyan:
How did you get the Kawada icon in your box?

[Haiku Warrior]

WEW "KODO FUYUKI FAREWELL SHOW", 5/5/03
Kawasaki Stadium
18,500 Fans

1. Steve Corino [Zero-One] beat Shinjuku Same (7:27) with a Northern Light bomb.
2. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Jun Kasai beat Bad Boy Hido & Gosaku Goshogawara (10:19) in a Death Match when Matsunaga used a ground Cobra Twist (on a 5-inch nail board) on Goshogawara.
3. Naohiro Hoshikawa [Zero-One], Yoshihito Sasaki [Zero-One] & Shinsuke Z Yamagasa [Zero-One] beat Masao Orihara, Macho Pump & UZ (11:48) when Hoshikawa used a crab hold on UZ.
4. Lioness Asuka & Mima Shimoda beat Kyoko Inoue [NEO Ladies] & Yuki Miyazaki [NEO Ladies] (13:49) when Asuka used a Towerhacker bomb on Miyazaki.
5. Tatsuhito Takaiwa [Zero-One] beat Chocoball Mukai (6:47) with a Death Valley bomb.
6. Shinjiro Otani [Zero-One] beat TAKA Michinoku [Kaientai Dojo] (11:19) with a Spiral bomb.
7. Jado [New Japan] & Gedo [New Japan] beat Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka (11:35) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Hidaka.
8. Akira Taue [NOAH], Daisuke Ikeda [NOAH] & Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] beat Mitsuharu Misawa [NOAH], Yoshinari Ogawa [NOAH] & Kotaro Suzuki [NOAH] (21:37) when Marufuji used the Shiranui on Suzuki.
9. Masato Tanaka [Zero-One] beat Tetsuhiro Kuroda (14:09) with a bullet elbow.
10. Shinya Hashimoto [Zero-One] beat Kintaro Kanemura (8:41) in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match with a vertical drop brainbuster.

[edgehead1984]

Looking at Kanemura's and Hashimoto's entrance with the throwing of Fuyuki's ashes, I thought wht a way to go.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

Originally posted by edgehead1984
Looking at Kanemura's and Hashimoto's entrance with the throwing of Fuyuki's ashes, I thought wht a way to go.

A fitting farewell to a great worker.

Kodo Fuyuki shall be, and always will be missed.

("Shoot It 95" plays one more time)