Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their f ...

held a variety of

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s competed for by wrestlers that were part of their roster during its existence between 1989 and 2001.

Sporadic tournaments

Battle Resistance Open Tournament

FMW's first tournament, 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 ...

took place at the ''Battle Resistance - 1st Open Tournament'' event on January 7, 1990. Aside from the tournament, the event also featured a women's wrestling match between Miwa Sato and Kumiko Matsuda. ;Non-tournament match

AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament

A six-man tournament was set up for the vacant

AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1988 Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling claimed that Jim Backlund won the championship, something not officially ackn ...

on September 25, 1990 after previous champion Lee Gak-soo left FMW earlier that month.

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defeated Jimmy Backlund in the tournament final to win the vacant title.

FMW Tag Team Tournament

The FMW Tag Team Tournament was a six-team tournament held by FMW from January 6 to January 15, 1991. The opening round was a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

in which five teams scored 3 points to qualify for the knockout format to determine the winner, while the team of Lee Gak-soo and Nam Sung Gun was the only team which failed to qualify as they lost all of their matches and scored 0 points. The knockout format took place on January 15, 1991. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

Barbed Wire Deathmatch Tournament

The Barbed Wire Deathmatch Tournament was a single-elimination tournament in which all matches were no rope barbed wire deathmatches. The tournament took place on August 17, 1991.

World's Strongest Tag Team Tournament

World's Strongest Tag Team Tournament was a ten-team

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

tournament conducted from November 20 to December 9, 1991 to determine the inaugural WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Champions. The first stage was round robin and the second stage was contested in knockout format after one team topped the round robin format while two teams tied with 7 points and they had a playoff match to take on the topping team in the final round. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

FMW Women's Tag Team Tournament

The FMW Women's Tag Team Tournament was a round-robin tag team tournament between female wrestlers of the promotion that took place between June 16 and June 28, 1992.

Street Fight Tag Team Tournament

The Street Fight Tag Team Tournament was a tag team tournament which took place between November 20 and December 7, 1992. Every match in the tournament was a street fight. The first stage was a round-robin stage in which the three top scoring teams qualified for the knockout stage while the team of

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and

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defeated

Dr. Luther Len Olson (born October 30, 1968), better known by the ring names Dr. Luther or simply Luther, is a Canadian professional wrestling, professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he is also a producer. He is also known for his appeara ...

and Dr. Hannibal in a playoff to qualify for the knockout as both teams were tied at 4 points. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament

The Independent Junior Heavyweight Tournament was a round-robin tournament to crown the first FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion. The tournament was held between September 17 and September 27, 1993.

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was given a bye in the tournament and the winner of the tournament would face him for the title on October 28. Nakagawa suffered an arm injury, so Ezaki advanced to the semi-final. Damian was unable to compete and was replaced by Battle Ranger Z to face Sasuke for the title.

WWA World Women's Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

A tournament was held in October 1993 to determine the #1 contender to the

WWA World Women's Championship The WWA World Women's Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Femilin de WWA'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling women's professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship promoted by the Mexic ...

held by

Combat Toyoda Noriyo Toyoda (豊田記代, born October 26, 1967) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known under the name Combat Toyoda (コンバット豊田). She spent much of her career in Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling. Professional wres ...

. The four-woman tournament was first conducted in a round robin format and the top two females competed in the final round on October 28, 1993. Crusher Maedomari won the tournament and defeated Toyoda to win the title on October 31. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship Tournament (1994)

double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimina ...

was held to crown the new

FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their ...

after the WWA version of the title was retired in 1992. The tournament was held between January 7, 1994 and January 18, 1994. The losing teams competed in Block B and the winners of Block B faced the winners of Block A in the tournament final on January 18. All the matches in the tournament were either street fights or deathmatches. ;Block A ;Loser's Block B

FMW Independent Women's / WWA World Women's Championship Tournament

A tournament was held for the vacant FMW Independent Women's / WWA World Women's Championship after champion Crusher Maedomari vacated the title to participate in the tournament. The tournament was held between February 11 and February 25, 1994. *Shark Tsuchiya replaced Crusher Maedomari in the Block B final.

Six Man Tag Team Tournament

The Six Man Tag Team Tournament was a tournament held on March 13, 1994 in which all matches were six-man tag team matches.

Young Spirit Tournament

The Young Spirit Tournament was a tournament consisting of young and rising stars of FMW who were representing the company's New Generation after

retired from wrestling and left the company. The tournament was held to choose a rising star who could lead the company into the next generation. The tournament took place between July 18 and July 30, 1995. The finalists of the tournament were entered into the Grand Slam Tournament for the vacant

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. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

Grand Slam Tournament

The Grand Slam Tournament was a round-robin tournament held to crown a new FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion after the previous champion

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vacated the title due to injury. The tournament was held between August 22 and September 26, 1995. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship Tournament

The FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament for the newly created

FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship The FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). It was one of the top two titles in the company, along with the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyw ...

. The tournament took place between May 26 and August 1, 1996. *This match was a Caribbean Barbed Wire Deathmatch.

FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament

The FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament which took place on August 5, 1997 for the vacant

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after the title was vacated by

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(

Kodo Fuyuki (May 11, 1960 – March 19, 2003) was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter better known by his ring name best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), W ...

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and

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FMW Double Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

The FMW Double Championship #1 Contender's Tournament was a tournament to determine the #1 contender for

Mr. Gannosuke is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) under the ring name . Honda was quickly pushed as "Mr. Gannosuke" due to his resemblance to the actor Ashiya Gannosuke and he beg ...

and

at FMW's first

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. The tournament was held between March 7 and March 17, 1998.

Over the Top Tournament

The Over the Top Tournament was a tournament to determine the #1 contender for

and

on the March 19, 1999 pay-per-view. The event took place between December 9, 1998 and January 5, 1999. Fuyuki himself participated in the tournament to get a title shot in case he lost the title before the pay-per-view.

FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship Tournament (1999)

The FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship Tournament was held for the

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after previous champions

and

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vacated the titles due to Ikeda's health problems. This was an eight-team round-robin tournament taking place between March 20 and May 3, 1999. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament

A tournament was set up for the newly created

WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship The WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship was a championship in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and later in World Entertainment Wrestling. It was active from July 1999 until February 2002 as a substitute for the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team C ...

, which replaced

in 1999. A four-team round-robin tournament took place between July 18 and July 31, 1999 during the '' Goodbye Hayabusa'' tour. ;Round-robin stage ;Knockout stage

WEW Tag Team Championship Tournament

The WEW Tag Team Championship Tournament was held for the

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on December 21, 2001 after previous champions

and

Tetsuhiro Kuroda is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently competing as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. He is best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he primarily competed from 1993 until the promotion's cl ...

were forced to vacate the title due to Hayabusa's injury.

References

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