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FMW Wrestling

Hardcore from the East

Distributed by: TokyoPop
Rating:Unrated. Contains EXTREME Violence. Parental discretion advised.
Reviewed By: Jon Minners
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King of the Deathmatch

     This DVD Cover of King of the DeathMatch DVD Copyright FMW/TokyoPopcontained many great matches and equally great stars. This was the first DVD I checked out and I was shocked by what I saw.

Jason the Terrible vs. Nanjyo

     In the first match, Jason the Terrible wrestled a stiff match against Nanjyo and won with a powerbomb that looked like it really hurt. I never got to see Jason wrestle and I heard so many good things about him from when he wrestled in Stampede. I am not sure if it is the same guy, but it was still great to see a man wrestle a match with a hockey mask on.

Mad Dog Nagayo vs. Shark Tsuchiya

     It was also cool to see the women wrestle and Mad Dog Nagayo beat Shark Tsuchiya in a brutal match that showed that the women could handle the sport just like the men could. It amazed me, because here in the States most women's matches are purely T&A in the end. I was happy and privileged to watch this match.

Horace Boulder v. Ooya v. Mike Awesome v. The Headhunters

     In a great match that featured some famous American faces, Horace Boulder (Hulk Hogan's nephew), Ooya, and Mike Awesome in his Gladiator persona went up against Super Leather (who once wrestled in the WWF as Corporal Kirschner) and the Headhunters. It was so cool to watch these guys in a different atmosphere. Awesome hit an Umm-Awesome Plancha onto the outside of the ring and the Headhunters wowed the audience with their phenomenal aerial assaults. They hit a phat Powerbomb-Neckbreaker combination on Horace from the top ropes. Then one of the Headhunters hit a Moonsault on Horace who was lying prone on a table. The table didn't break, but Leather, who wears a Leatherface mask, put him through the table. He broke out of the pin, only to lose the match right after. Great street fight action.

Cactus Jack v. Kanemura

     Cactus Jack cut an awesome promo before he was to fight Kanemura in a Deathmatch that saw barbed wire, beds with broken glass and nails and more. This was a barbaric match that saw Jack Suplex Kanemura through a bed of barbed wire before crushing a chair into him on the outside. Both wrestlers were very bloody, but they fought hard even as they became stuck in the barbed wire. This match was not for the weak at heart. Kanemura fought back, smashing Jack in the head with a piece of the table and then through the bed of glass. Jack fought back, but he couldn't keep Kanemura down until he DDTed him through a bed of barbed wire. Jack won in a match that showed why he was a hardcore legend.

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