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Onryo (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under the ring name . As Onryo, Matsui portrays the character of a ghost wrestler, who was killed after winning a cursed championship. He is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He is the founder of the 666 promotion. Professional wrestling career Matsuri started his career as Wolf Ozawa in the Tokai University backyard wrestling promotion, where he was eventually discovered by Mens Teioh and invited to train in the Wrestle Yume Factory. There he adopted the gimmick of , an undead wrestler based on the Japanese folklore ghosts of the same name. Under this character, Matsuri wore pale facepaint and shabby clothes that released ashes with each movement, and elements of his gimmick included the ability to turn invisible to his opponents and disappear at will. Onryo gained popularity and began appearing in promotions like Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, Wrestle Association R and Dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Group (''Purofesshonaru-resuringu Fujiwara-Gumi'', プロフェッショナルレスリング藤原組) was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan, operating from 1991 to 1996. It was formed by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki after the collapse of the second incarnation of the Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan), UWF. The company had the financial backing of eyeglass brand Meganesuper Co., Ltd executive Hachiro Tanaka who was also funding Super World Sports (SWS). Its motto was "All for one, and one for all, ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE". Although the company was considered the smallest of the three UWF offshoots, it had a strong roster which included former UWF wrestlers Yusuke Fuke, Bart Vale and future MMA star Ken Shamrock. One of its most successful shows took place at the Tokyo Dome on October 4, 1992, headlined by Funaki versus Maurice Smith (kickboxer), Maurice Smith, which was attended by a rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMF Junior Heavyweight Championship
WMF Junior Heavyweight Championship was a junior heavyweight title in the Japanese independent promotion Wrestling Marvelous Future (WMF). It was the primary championship in WMF and the only title defended in the promotion throughout its history. The inaugural champion was determined via a single elimination tournament A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ... in 2003. The title was disbanded in 2005 after the promotion suffered financial loss. Inaugural tournament Title history References {{Reflist External linksWMF Junior Heavyweight Championship title history at Wrestlingdata [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UWA World Middleweight Championship
The UWA World Middleweight Championship (''Campeonato Mundial de Peso Medio UWA'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship originally created and sanctioned by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1976 until the UWA closed in 1995. Upon the closing of the UWA, the title migrated to Japan's Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Toryumon Japan promotions. Currently, the title resides in Kaientai Dojo, where it is held by Kyu Mogami. As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company. Title history Combined reigns {, class="wiki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaientai Dojo
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts. The promotion was originally called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short). This style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also heavily influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. For instance, each Club-K 3000 show that K-DOJO runs is equipped with a large screen near the entrance gate, similar to the Titantron, where a short introductory vignette is played during each wrestler's entrance and where the crowd can follow the action on-screen. They had a home building that doubles as their training facility, Chiba Blue Field, where all of their Club-K 3000 shows were held; in December 2011, the buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship
The FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from April 2000 until FMW closed in February 2002. The title was picked up by Big Japan Pro Wrestling that same month, and remained in that promotion until late 2005, when it moved to Kaientai Dojo until 2016. There have been a total of 37 reigns and seven vacancies shared between 30 different teams consisting of 48 distinctive champions. Title history Combined reigns {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Team !No. ofreigns !Combineddays , - !1 , Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi , , 2 , , 487 , - !2 , Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA , , 3 , , 412 , - !3 , Yuji Hino and Saburo Inematsu , , 1 , , 368 , - !4 , The Brahman Brothers , , 2 , , 345 , - !5 , Nasu Banderas and Ricky Fuji , , 1 , , 344 , - !6 , Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa , , 1 , , 282 , - !7 , Magatsuki † , , 1 , , 228-258 , - !8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEW Tag Team Championship
The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and World Entertainment Wrestling and currently contested in A-Team. The title is sometimes called the FMW/WEW World Tag Team Championship. Title history See also *WEW Heavyweight Championship *FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship The FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, b ..., predecessor. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wew World Tag Team Championship Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships Tag team wrestling championships 1999 establishments in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
666 Chaos Openweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion Wrestling of Darkness 666 (Triple Six). The title was established in 2018. , there have been three reigns among three wrestlers. Konaka=Pahalwan is the current champion in his first reign. History On December 23, 2018, Yuko Miyamoto defeated Onryo in the final of a 16-person tournament to win the inaugural title. Inaugural tournament The tournament to crown the inaugural 666 Chaos Openweight Champion started on February 23, 2018, at 666 vol. 81. A "first round" 26-person battle royal was held with the last 15 survivors advancing to the second round alongside Mame Endo who received an automatic bye. Reigns See also *Professional wrestling in Japan Professional wrestling in Japan has existed for many years. The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. There were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji Nakagawa
is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1992 and 2002. He is perhaps best known for his “Hitman” character, heavily inspired by Canadian professional wrestler Bret Hart. Nakagawa also wrestled as Goemon between 2000 and 2002, a dark thief character that was eventually killed and turned into a ghost in storyline. Professional wrestling career Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Early years (1992–1994) An amateur wrestler in his scholastic years, Nakagawa debuted for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) on March 20, 1992 in a losing effort against Eiji Ezaki. After two months in the lower card, he wrestled his very first main event match by teaming with Atsushi Onita to defeat Sambo Asako and Mr. Gannosuke in a tag team match on May 31. As a rookie, he was utilized in opening matches against fellow rookies during the early years of his career and would often put over major stars. The first win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cima (wrestler)
(born November 15, 1977), better known by his ring name Cima ( ) (most often stylized as CIMA), is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Gleat. He had previously worked for Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), where he had also served as the company's president. He also made appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 and 2020. Cima is best known for his work with Dragon Gate (DG), whom he worked for from the promotion's formation in 2004 up until 2018. In Dragon Gate, he held every available championship in the promotion, including the Open the Triangle Gate Championship a record 12 times. Professional wrestling career Toryumon and Dragon Gate (1997–2018) Nobuhiko Oshima, otherwise known as Cima, graduated from the first class of Último Dragón's Toryumon dojo. He quickly became the Toryumon wrestling promotion's biggest star. He first wrestled as Shiima Nobunaga (making a few appearances in WCW under that name), then as Shiima (stylized in al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the Head of Talent Relations. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling (TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH), as well as extensive time on the independent circuit. He has won 20 total championships between Impact, ROH, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), with three official reigns as Impact X Division Champion, six reigns as NWA World Tag Team Champion, and two reigns as Impact World Tag Team Champion during his time with Impact Wrestling, one reign as ROH World Television Champion, four reigns as ROH World Tag Team Champion, one reign as ROH World Champion, and one reign as Six-Man Tag Team Champion while wrestling for ROH, and one reign as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion in NJPW. With his ROH Six-Man title win, he became the first ever Grand Slam winner in company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super J-Cup (2000)
Super J-Cup: 3rd Stage was the third Super J-Cup professional wrestling tournament, it was hosted by Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW). The tournament was a single-elimination tournament of four rounds and was a two-night event featuring junior heavyweights from various Japanese promotions. The first round of the event was held on April 1, 2000 at Sendai City Gymnasium in Sendai, Japan and the final three rounds were held on April 9, 2000 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan, which had been the site for the previous two tournaments. This event marked the first time that the Super J-Cup was held at an additional venue rather than Sumo Hall. The 1995 winner Jushin Thunder Liger won the tournament for the second consecutive time by defeating Cima in the final round. In non-tournament matches, Abismo Negro defeated El Oriental, a ten-man tag team match took place and Chaparita Asari retained the WWWA Super Lightweight Championship, marking the first time that a championship was defended at Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
