Fmw 1990

[Souder]

I was wondering how FMW was able to get match of the year of 1990? Was it that good of a deathmatch for it's time? Just trying to find out.

[Ganso]

I was wondering how FMW was able to get match of the year of 1990? Was it that good of a deathmatch for it's time? Just trying to find out.

It was something totally different from what people saw in wrestling back in 1990. They never saw a electrified barbed-wire match before FMW was created. It was kind of revolutionary-like so to speak.

[AbBY]

Its like, FMW is the daddy of all hardcore promotions. They started the explodong ring matches and the wierd stipulations. There were like two eras, the Onita era and the Arai era. They were very different.

[Rizzob]

Yeah the Onita Era was deathmatch heavy while the Arai (Rest in peace) Era was more sports entertainment like.

[AbBY]

yeah, with all the respect ot arai and his work I liked more the onita era

[Rizzob]

I liked both but i think i actually liked the Arai era more, cuz thats the era of FMW i first started to watch

[AbBY]

where did they get the match of the year on 1990?

[Rizzob]

Im surprised they got a match of the year after only being a company for a year

[Pheonix_Chi25]

Both era's were awesome. I actually miss FMW ever sice Arai, Asako and Fuyuki died, Hayabusa has all but retired (I hope not), and everyone has gone on to better things.

[Rizzob]

I miss FMW to, other than ECW it was my favorite wrestling company.

[Tradewynd]

That match won match of the year not only because there had been nothing like it, but because of the incredible psychology that went into the match. It is one of the garbage matches that actually draw emotional responses when someone takes a big bump, unlike much of the more recent garbage material. It won match of the year because it deserved to be match of the year.

From a business standpoint, you cannot even compare Arai to Onita. Onita made FMW a major force, not just in garbage, but in puroresu in general. When Arai got the company he had marketable stars on top that were viewed on the same level as headliners of "major" promotions by their fans and ran it into the ground. Arai wanted to invent Hustle, and failed miserably. It take Arai a few years to totally screw up the company though, and the product was still watchable-good in the meantime.

[Rizzob]

I agree that arai made a lot of bad calls but the arai era i always liked just like the onita era even though im not a big deathmatch fan

[AbBY]

Its like arai turned FMW into a kind of wwf. not so radical, but almost...

[Rizzob]

Well one time they had a scene where Gannosuke threatened to blow up some one (I think it was Ricky Fuji) and they had a "bomb" go off in the woods where Fuji was supposed to be tied up. Thats pretty radical if yo uask me.

[Tradewynd]

And to think you people dare to say bad things about Vince Russo. If nothing else, he killed Hulkamania, and not even in his wildest dreams ever booked someone killed via explosion while being tied up in the woods. Looking back, it's actually kinda surprising that Sena Wakana never won the WEW Title. If blowing up people in the woods doesn't scream "we need a pornstar champion" I don't know what does.