A
professional wrestling federation formed in 1989 in Japan by
Atsushi Onita. FMW stands for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. Their first show was in
Nagoya on October 6, 1989. The company held their first
Japanese Death Match in the summer of 1990. Death matches are now held at almost every show. In 1991, several wrestlers from FMW broke off to form W*ING (Wrestling's International New Generation). Unfortunately, the promotion ran out of money and closed. Today, FMW is run by Shouichi Arai but Atsushi continues to wrestle.
Titles:
World Brass Knuckles
Tag Team Title
World Junior Heavyweight Title
World Street Fight 6-man Tag Team Title
WEW World Tag Team Title
WEW World Single Heavyweight Title
WEW World
Hardcore Title
WWA World
Martial Arts Title
WWA Martial Arts Tag Team Title
WWA World Women's Title
Famous names in FMW (some former, some present) include Hayabusa, Kentaro "W*ing" Kanemura, Great Muta, Pegasus Kid (
Chris Benoit), and
Jushin Thunder Liger.