FMW 3rd Anniversary Show: Fall Spectacular (1992) was a

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event produced by

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(FMW). The event took place on September 19, 1992 at the

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, Japan. This was the third edition of the company's flagship event Anniversary Show, commemorating the third anniversary of the company. In the

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defended the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against

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in a no rope explosion barbed wire deathmatch. Onita pinned Singh to win the title. The event also featured the first-ever interpromotional match of joshi wrestlers in Japan pitting FMW's

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and Combat Toyoda against AJW's

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and

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in a losing effort.

Background

made his FMW debut on June 25, 1992 by attacking

with his sword and made him bleed before Onita's scheduled title defense of the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against The Sheik in a no ropes barbed wire steel cage deathmatch. The injury allowed Sheik to win the title and Sheik rewarded the title to Singh for his assistance. Onita challenged Singh to a match to gain his revenge and Singh accepted it under his own rules, the first jungle deathmatch in FMW, which took place at the Ganryū-jima island on June 30, which Singh won. This would lead to a title match between Onita and Singh at the 3rd Anniversary Show.

and Combat Toyoda had been feuding with each other for the past year until their rivalry ended when Toyoda's Combat Army teammates

Eriko Tsuchiya Eriko Tsuchiya (土屋恵理子, born February 19, 1970) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Shark Tsuchiya (シャーク土屋). She spent most of her career working for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling. P ...

and Yoshika Maedomari turned on Toyoda after Combat Army defeated Kudo, Miwa Sato and Yukie Nabeno on July 19. On July 30, Kudo teamed with Tsuchiya and Maedomari to take on Toyoda, Sato and Nabeno in a match, which they won but Tsuchiya and Maedomari turned on Kudo after the match by attacking her until Toyoda made the save. On August 10, Toyoda defeated Tsuchiya and then Maedomari defeated Kudo later in the night with the help of Tsuchiya and then they double teamed her until Toyoda once again made the save for Kudo and turned into a fan favorite. Kudo and Toyoda formed a

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to defeat Maedomari and Tsuchiya on August 11. On September 1, Kudo successfully defended her

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against Toyoda. After the match, they challenged

and

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to an interpromotional match at the 3rd Anniversary Show to prove that they were the best set of women wrestlers.

Event

Preliminary matches

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and Kevin Faule defeated FMW's young rising preliminary wrestlers

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and

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in the opening match when Jericho

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ned Ezaki after Jericho and Faule performed a

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on Ezaki.

, Miwa Sato and Kumiko Matsuda defeated Rie Nakamura, Naoko Kumazawa and Yumiko Komatsuzaki in a

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when Tsuchiya pinned Kumazawa following a '' Tsuchi Bomb''. Sabu defeated Shoji Nakamaki in a

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with a Moonsault in Nakamaki's retirement match, followed by a tag team match in which The Alligators took on Amigo Ultra and Ultramancito. Ultra applied a surfboard on Alligator Man #1 to get the victory. Loc Matrere followed with a win over

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in a different style fight with a right low kick. Atsushi Onita

Big Titan,

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and Horace Boulder took on Sambo Asako, Great Punk and

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in a street fight stretcher match. Titan knocked out Fuji with a Powerbomb to win the match.

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and

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fought to a ten-minute time-limit draw. Combat Toyoda and

represented FMW against

and

in an interpromotional match. Nakano performed a diving guillotine leg drop on Kudo to win the match.

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and

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successfully defended the WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship against

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and Brian Sayodill when Goto made Sayodill submit to an

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Main event match

defended the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against

in a no rope explosion barbed wire deathmatch in the

of the show. Onita performed a '' Thunder Fire Powerbomb'' on Singh for the win.

Aftermath

The WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship was retired after 3rd Anniversary Show and Grigory Verichev reunited with former tag team partner Atsushi Onita to participate in the Street Fight Tag Team Tournament in the fall of the year, which they won by defeating Big Titan and Verichev's former tag team partner Tarzan Goto. Sabu and The Sheik continued their alliance with Tiger Jeet Singh after 3rd Anniversary Show and became Atsushi Onita's rivals. He successfully defended the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship against Sabu in a no ropes barbed wire deathmatch on January 12, 1993. On the same event, Ricky Fuji turned on FMW during an

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and formed Team Canada with Big Titan, The Gladiator,

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and Dr. Hannibal, which became the top villainous group of FMW. On January 18, Onita defeated Sheik to win Sheik's United States Championship and then returned the title to Sheik which caused Sheik and Sabu to turn into fan favorites and formed an alliance with Onita. Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda's interpromotional match paved the way for many interpromotional matches between female wrestlers of FMW and AJW. Kudo and Toyoda rebounded with their loss at the 3rd Anniversary Show by defeating AJW's

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and

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at the 4th Anniversary Show.

Results

References

External links

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