History Wrestling / FMW

** The Sheik Army (led by [[Characters/WWEWorldWideWrestlingFederation The Sheik]] and featuring his nephew Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, the Gladiator, Mexican wrestler Damian 666, and the notoriously horrible Tiger Jeet Singh and his son Tiger Jeet Singh Jr.[[note]]Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Tiger Jeet Singh[[/note]])

* TheCameo[=/=]CelebrityStar: Professional boxer Leon Spinks held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/wfda-ma.html FMW W.F.D.A. World Martial Arts Title]] for two months in 1992.

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Of course.
** Mammoth Sasaki had his Home Run, where he would wrap a chair around his standing opponent's head and then smack him with a chair.

* TheRival: Victor Quiñonez's International Wrestling Association Japan (the one which held the King of the Death Match Tournament on August 20, 1995).

* RingOldies: Wrestling/TerryFunk, the Original Sheik, Tiger Jeet Singh

* ArchEnemy: the Japanese wrestling mainstream

* [[GarbageWrestler Garbage Wrestling]]: Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling's Giant Baba was the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].

'''Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling''' was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Antonio Inoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in ''[=Puroresu=]''". Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. [[TropeNamer Baba]] derisively labeled the FMW style [[GarbageWrestler "garbage wrestling"]], though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome]] made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where Wrestling/{{Sabu}} first made his name, and, as a result of competing in no-rope barbed-wire matches, became the "scarred-up freak" the world would come to know and love. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002.

'''Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling''' was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Antonio Inoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in ''[=Puroresu=]''". Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. [[TropeNamer Baba]] derisively labeled the FMW style [[GarbageWrestler "garbage wrestling"]], though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome]] made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where [[Characters/{{ECW}} Sabu]] first made his name, and, as a result of competing in no-rope barbed-wire matches, became the "scarred-up freak" the world would come to know and love. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002.

* PlayingWithFire: The Onita/[=Tarzan=] Goto vs. The Sheik/Sabu No Ropes Fire Death Match from the May 6, 1992 show, which went to a No-Contest due to the fire getting out of control. The Sheik, then 65 years old, [[http://fmwwrestling.us/FMWHistory.html was left in the ring with the fire burning down everything. He had to be rushed to the hospital and treated for third degree burns.]]

** The Sheik Army (led by [[Characters/WWEWorldWideWrestlingFederation The Sheik]] and featuring [[Characters/{{ECW}} his nephew Sabu]], the Gladiator, Mexican wrestler Damian 666, and the notoriously horrible Tiger Jeet Singh and his son Tiger Jeet Singh Jr.[[note]]Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Tiger Jeet Singh[[/note]])

* GarbageWrestler: The [[TropeMakers Trope Maker]].

FMW's Anniversary Show, generally held on May 5, was their equivalent to ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]]'', the show that the whole year centered around.

** WritingAroundTrademarks: Super Leather

* RingOldies: Wrestling/TerryFunk, the Original Sheik, Tiger Ali Singh

* ChainsawGOOD: Leatherface

* GimmickMatches: '''MANY'''. One of Onita's chief innovations was taking down the ring ropes and replacing them with barbed-wire. This led to [[UpToEleven the barbed-wire being attached to electrical charges and/or C4 explosives.]]

* RingOldies: Wrestling/TerryFunk, the Original Sheik

* GarbageWrestler: The TropeMaker.

* ActionGirl: Megumi Kudo, Kyoko Inoue. Combat Toyota

* AscendedExtra: Randy [=Neverman=], who had previously been a {{Jobber}} in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under his own name, was the first [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/wwa-bk.html FMW WWA Brass Knuckles Champion]] as Beast the Barbarian.[[note]]For about two weeks. That was as good as he got.[[/note]]

* PowerStable: There were a variety of factions in FMW, including [=ZEN=] (led by Onita after his [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]]), Team Canada (led by Ricky Fuji and featuring the Gladiator and Big Titan [Rick "The Fake Razor Ramon" Bogner]), Team No Respect (led by Gedo and Jado and who made the supposedly "outrageous" [[Wrestling/DGenerationX DeGeneration X]] look mild and polite), Lethal Weapon (featuring Mr. Pogo, Ricky Fuji, the Gladiator and Wrestling/HulkHogan's nephew Horace Boulder) and the Puerto Rican Army (led by manager/promoter Victor Quiñonez and featuring the Head Hunters, Mr. Pogo and the Gladiator).

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Wrestling/TerryFunk, the Gladiator, Victor Quiñonez

* AscendedExtra: Randy [=Neverman=], who had previously been a {{Jobber}} in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under his own name, was the first [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/wwa-bk.html FMW WWA Brass Knuckles Champion]].[[note]]For about two weeks. That was as good as he got.[[/note]]

'''Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling''' was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Antonio Inoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in [=Puroresu=]"]]. Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. [[TropeNamer Baba]] derisively labeled the FMW style [[GarbageWrestler "garbage wrestling"]], though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome]] made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where [[Characters/{{ECW}} Sabu]] first made his name, and, as a result of competing in no-rope barbed-wire matches, became the "scarred-up freak" the world would come to know and love. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002.

'''Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling''' was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Antonio Inoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in [=Puroresu=]"]]. Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. [[TropeNamer Baba]] derisively labeled the FMW style [[GarbageWrestler "garbage wrestling"]], though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestlers [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome]] made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where [[Characters/{{ECW}} Sabu]] first made his name. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002.

* StuffBlowingUp: C4 explosives and landmines.

'''Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling''' was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Antonio Inoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in [=Puroresu=]"]]. Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. [[TropeNamer Baba]] derisively labeled the FMW style [[GarbageWrestler "garbage wrestling"]], though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome]] made his career as "The Gladiator." Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002.

** [[PlayingWithFire the Fire Match]]

** At the 7th Anniversary Show, May 5, 1996, Wrestling/TerryFunk and Mr. Pogo d. Masato Tanaka and Hayabusa in a "No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Time Bomb Land Mine Double Hell[[note]]This usually means two sides have barbed-wire in place of the ropes with no ropes on the other sides and something dangerous on the floor]][[/note]] Death Match."
** At the 8th Anniversary Show (held on April 29, 1997, instead of the usual date of May 5), [[ActionGirl Megumi Kudo]] defeated [[WrestlingMonster monster heel]] Shark Tsuchiya in a "No Rope 200 Volt double hell Double Barbed Wire Barricade Double Landmine Crushed Glass Electrical Barbed Wire Death Match" to win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-wm.html FMW World Women's Title]].

* StuffBlowingUp

* RingOldies: Wrestling/TerryFunk, the Original Sheik

* ActionGirl: Megumi Kudo, Kyoko Inoue. Combat Toyoda

* PowerStable: There were a variety of factions in FMW, including [=ZEN=] (led by Onita after his [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]]), Team Canada (led by Ricky Fuji and featuring the Gladiator, Big Titan [Rick "The Fake Razor Ramon" Bogner]), Team No Respect (led by Gedo and Jado and who made the supposedly "outrageous" [[Wrestling/DGenerationX DeGeneration X]] look mild and polite), Lethal Weapon (featuring Mr. Pogo, Ricky Fuji, the Gladiator and Wrestling/HulkHogan's nephew Horace Boulder) and the Puerto Rican Army (led by manager/promoter Victor Quiñonez and featuring the Head Hunters, Mr. Pogo and the Gladiator).