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Tyson and Zach had a rematch for Smash in Toronto last Sunday and it was A LOT better than their on at the CWC. No stalling suplex from the second rope though

Almost everyone coming out of this tournament has a story going forward, so standings are working out a way to start stories. It's difficult, but it's a great way to start booking as it's a clean slate.

FMW Grand Slam, Night 6 September 20, 1995 in Marugame, Kawgawa, Japan City Gym Mayumi Ozaki & Takako Inoue vs. Crusher Maedomoari & Shark Tsuchiya A really solid bout to get the crowd going in the opener. Inoune used a Victory Roll to pin Crusher in a close match. Hanzo Nakajima vs .Yuji Yasaroaka A spotfest with both men doing their best to hit innovative spots. Hanzo hit a Super Frankensteiner for the win. Miwa Sato vs Combat Toyoda Combat wins after a tough challenge from Sato. Hisakatsu Oya w/ Ricky Fuji vs. Headhunter B w// Headhunter A A tough brawl here with B hitting a Super Power Bomb for the win. A brawl between the four broke out after the match. No Holds Barred: Super Leather vs. Daisuke Ikeda Death Style vs. Shoot Style. Ikeda used kicks and submission, while Super Leather used a barbed wire baseball bat. Ikeda was bloodied up, but his kicks were vicious enough to chop down Leather. A leglock submission almost made Leather tap, but he grabbed the baseball bat and knocked Ikeda out for the win. Afterwards he limped to the back with help from the referees. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [4] vs. The Gladiator [4] Super Leather was not in Funk's corner for this one, after the last contest. Funk and Gladiator had a heel versus heel contest where both men played it legit. Tables, chairs, and a barbed wire baseball bat were all used. An Awesome Splash gave Gladiator the win here, but barely. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [4] vs. Big Boss Man [4] Another big man vs. little man contest here, but taken to the extreme. Sabu put Boss Man through two tables. He attempted to use a chair, but Boss Man blocked it with the knife stick. Boss Man then knocked Sabu out with the knife stick, but missed a big splash. Sabu hit the Triple Jump Moonsault for the win. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [8] vs. Masato Tanaka [6] These two friends went to battle in a King's Road Style match that lived up to an AJPW main event. The finish saw Hayabusa going for the Firebird Special, but his leg gave away which slowed down his accent, Tanaka jumped to the top and nailed a Tornado DDT in about twenty minutes for the win. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [8] 1. Masato Tanaka [8] 3. The Gladiator [6] 3. Sabu [6] 5. Terry Funk [4] 5. Big Boss Man [4] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

FMW Grand Slam, Night 5 September 19, 1995 in Niimi, Okayama, Japan Niimi Gym FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [6] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] Hayabusa limped into this match and Gannosuke went right to work on the leg. The match was focused on Gannosuke's leg work and Hayabusa attempting comebacks. Gannosuke started to look really confident, but as he went to the top he showboated too much which allowed Hayabusa to move out of the way and then hit the Fire Thunder Bomb for the win. Gannosuke was visibly frustrated post match. La Parka vs. Hanzo Nakajima A spotfest with Parka gaining the victory with a tumbleweed. Some great dancing by Parka as well. After the match he nailed Hanzo with a chair. Street Fight: Super Leather vs. Horace Boulder A big brawl that went all over the ringside and featured blood. Leather hit a piledriver onto a steel chair for the win. Ricky Fuji, Hisakatsu Oya, & Koji Nakagawa vs. The Headhunters, & W*ING Kanemaru A nice brawl with Fuji playing the face in peril. Headhunters and Oya/Fuji got into a brawl and brawled to the back, leaving Kanemaru and Nakagawa alone. Kanemaru hit the senton for the win. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Big Boss Man [2] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] A high flying Shinzaki versus the power man Boss Man. Although bumped Boss Man around a lot for Shinzaki's high flying offense. In the end Shinzaki walked the ropes and went for a flying lariat, but was caught and turned into a Boss Man Slam. Megumi Kudo, Chigusa Nagayo, & Combat Toyoda vs. Mayumi Ozaki, Takako Inoue, & Monster Ripper A great contest which everyone hit their spots in. Kudo and Combat had another miscommunication which lead to Inoue pinning Combat. Combat and Kudo had an argument post match. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [4] vs. Masato Tanaka [4] This match was pretty wild with chairs and tables being tossed and broken all over the place. After about 16 minutes, Sabu went for the Triple Jump Moonsault, but Tanaka got up and caught win with the Roaring Elbow for the win. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [8] 2. Masato Tanaka [6] 3. Terry Funk [4] 3. The Gladiator [4] 3. Sabu [4] 3 Big Boss Man [4] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

I really hope Hawk worked heel against Bret, I think that's the only way I want to see that match. So glad Norton is getting wins.

That's a hell of a Four Horsemen unit!

So frustrating. My laptop if I hit backspace at the wrong time with back out of the page and I will have to retype everything! By the way two more shows posted for FMW. The stories of the round robin tournament are starting to emerge.

FMW Grand Slam, Night 4 September 18, 1995 in Izumo, Shimane, Japan City Gym Yuji Yasaroaka vs Hanzo Nakajima A quick spotfest to get the crowd going with Nakajima getting the win. La Parka & Daisuke Ikdea vs Damian 666 & Mitsuharu Matsunaga Lucha libre collides with Shoot Style colliding with Death Style! Everybody gets to showcase their own style, La Parka does hit a Fire Thunder Bomb to pin Damian 666. Takaka Inoue vs Combat Toyoda A solid back and forth contest. Combat picks up the win. After the contest she declares that she will be retiring at the Anniversary Show in 1996. She has one dream before she retires, to become the Women's Champion one more time. She has proved on this tour she is the top woman in FMW and challenges whoever the FMW Champion is to a title match at the finale of this tour. W*ING Kanemaru vs Katsutoshi Niiyama Kanemaru gets the win in a basic match. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator [2] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] Shinzaki put up a great fight, but The Gladiator was too powerful and dynamic. Awesome Bomb picks up the victory here. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [2] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] Gannosuke came so close to winning again, but just fell short. Gannosuke was noticeable frustrated after the loss and threw some chairs around. FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Title Match: Megumi Kudo [c] vs.Mayumi Ozaki This was not only a great wrestling match, but also a violent one as well. A classic Death Style match than could had went either way. A Kudo Driver did finish off Ozaki in the end. Kudo remains champion and now has to ponder the challenge from her best friend. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka [2] vs. Big Boss Man [2] These two went at it and really laid into each other. Both men through some really tough strikes and both had some close nerfalls. Boss Man went for the Boss Man Slam, but Tanaka ducked and nailed a Roaring Elbow for the victory. The two men shook hands afterwards. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [6] 2. Terry Funk [4] 2. The Gladiator [4] 2. Masato Tanaka [4] 2. Sabu [4] 6. Big Boss Man [2] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

FMW Grand Slam, Night 3 September 17, 1995 in Kasihara, Nara, Japan Kasihara Gym Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji, & La Parka vs The Headhunters & Damian 666 The Headhunters continue to look dominate as they lay waste to Fuji and Oya. Damian 666 impersonated The Head Hunters and even did their moves. La Parka was a side show here dancing and hitting some high spots, but wasn't too involved. Super Power Bomb by the Headhunters on Oya gave them the victory. Super Leather vs Koji Nakagawa Leather brawled and Nakagawa tried to use technique. In the end Super Leather rammed Nakagawa into his chainsaw which was at ringside, which lead directly to the victory. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [0] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] This is exactly what you would expect from these two. Crazy high spot contest. Sabu hit a moonsault through a table for his first win of the tournament. Daisuke Ikdea vs Mitsuharu Matsunaga Shoot Style vs Death Style! Matsunaga has some tricks up his sleeve with his karate background though, so early on this resembled a UWFi match. Death Style of course came out on top here. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka [0] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] This was more of a King's Road style contest, but with chairs. Gannosuke got a few very close nearfalls, but Tanaka hit a Tornado DDT followed by a Roaring Elbow for the win. Elimination Match: Monster Ripper, Crusher Maedomori, Shark Tsuchiya, & Mayumi Ozaki vs Megumi Kudo, Combat Toyoda, Chigusa Nagayo, & Miwa Sato *Ripper pinned Sato with a sit out power bomb *Combat pinned Crusher with a Thunder Fire Bomb *Chigusa and Ripper battled to a double count out as they brawled to the back *Toyoda pinned Shark with a discuss lariat *Ozaki pinned Kudo after Kudo and Combat collided *Combat pinned Ozaki with a Fire Thunder Bomb Sole Survivor: Combat Toyoda FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [4] vs. Hayabusa [4] Super Leather joined Terry Funk at ringside. Funk really destroyed Hayabusa's leg through out the contest and kept coming back to the spinning toe hold. Hayabusa kept fighting back. At one point Super Leather and Funk started to double team, after Hayabusa looked to have everything in hand. That is when the Big Boss Man ran to ringside and chased Super Leather to the back. That left Hayabusa alone to hit the Firebird Special, however Funk moved out of the way. Funk put on the Spinning Toe Hold, only for it to be countered with an inside cradle for the win. Post match Funk destroyed Hayabusa and left him bloody. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [6] 2. Terry Funk [4] 3. Big Boss Man [2] 3. The Gladiator [2] 3. Masato Tanaka [2] 3. Sabu [2] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

Whatever you need man.

Sounds awesome dex

Forgot to mention the black barred cage (replacing the blue one) debuted in February 99 for the Vince/Austin match.

Love it, keeps the SMW feel and brings in the new faces slowly. I'm really curious about the Rock'n'Rolls vs Bodies match, if one team breaks up that's quite a massive move. Keep it up!

FMW Grand Slam, Night 2 September 16, 1995 in Nankoku, Kochi, Japan City Gym Crusher Maedomori & Shark Tsuchiya vs Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda Kudo and Toyoda have some miscommunication which leads to Shark pinning Kudo. Afterwards Kudo and Combat shook hands and Shark demanded a title match for later in the tour against Kudo. Bring Your Own Weapons Battle Royal: featuring: The Headhunters, Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji, Daisuke Ikeda, La Parka, Super Leather, Mitsuharu Matsunaga, Katsutoshi Niiyama, W*ING Kanemaru, Horace Boulder, Damian 666, Hanzo Nakajima, Yuji Yasuraoaka, & Koji Nakagawa This was madness. The flyers flew. La Parka danced and used the chair he brought well. There was a lot of weapons being thrown around. The Headhunters and Fuji/Oya eliminated each other and brawled all over the arena to the back, which left the final four of: La Parka, Super Leather, W*ING Kanemura, and Mitsuharu Matsunaga. Parka was the first to go as he missed a dive and Super Leather ducked. The remaining three got really bloody and Super Leather was the last man standing. Chigusa Nagayo vs Maymi Ozaki A traditional AJW style match which could had went either way. Nagayo did get the victory and she challenged whoever the WWF Women's Champion is to a match for the title on the final day of the tour. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator [0] vs Mr. Gannosuke [0] The Gladiator pulled out the win with an Awesome Bomb through a table. WWF World Women's Title Match: Champion Monster Ripper vs Miwa Sato Ripper used her mass to over power Sato and get the win and retain her title. Afterwards she accepted Nagayo's challenge. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [2] vs Big Boss Man [2] This was your classic underdog vs monster match. In this case the underdog, Hayabusa got the win with a Firebird Splash. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [0] vs Terry Funk [2] Terry Funk came to the ring with Super Leather again. These two had their normal match like they did all over the American Indies. Although this one was more vicious. Super Leather helped Funk, by saving him from a table spot which lead to Sabu crashing and burning on the floor. A Spike Piledriver by Funk and Leather gave Funk the victory. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [4] 1. Terry Funk [4] 3. Big Boss Man [2] 3. The Gladiator [2] 5. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 5. Mr. Gannosuke [0] 5. Masato Tanaka [0] 5. Sabu [0]

You have really captured the feel of ECW TV!

Indeed. I'm amazed. What has Chyna done apart from being a truly efficient gimmicky valet for a year or two before becoming an atrocious in-ring worker ? Did she move any kind of needle like Sable did during the Attitude Era, which would be the *only* semi-valid criteria to event have her approach the ballot ? She died.

These lists exposes the bullshit of voting for people still in their prime.

Super Smash Bros? Last year's Dusty tournament was fun, but we didn't get full matches most of the time which hurt it.

Dave has spent the day on twitter arguing with people that CWC should be up for best TV show and Dave insisting it's the same as the G1, so it's up for special event of the year. It's kind of funny.

Sounds fun. OVW type shows in Austrailia! Also, remember there is, in theory, promotions in England, Austrailia, Mexico, and smaller indies running as well where your folks are picking up dates. It's just those results are not widely distributed.

Holy shit that Tom Brandi vs Roadblock match was genius!

Naniwa vs La Parka??????? I think we can talk about Sasuke doing very very very well in this.

You can have him for that date! I can't wait for the write up on him!

The Ultimate Warriors vs The Hernan Family from Survivor Series 89 is mine. Maybe my most watched and favourite March ever! Tons of fun and great story telling.

We have to talk about the Super J Cup! The first one was hugely successful in 1994, hosted by NJPW. The second one was to be hosted by WAR in December 1995. WAR has closed, so we have an issue here. I don't think NJPW or AJPW should get it. NJPW already hosted and if AJPW gets it that blocks out NJPW talent from being on the show. That leaves M-Pro, FMW, and UWFi. I would be happy to handle the egos and book every promotion, including American talent for the show. All I would ask is that two FMW talent are on the show and one of them goes to the Semi Finals. Of course I'm talking about La Parka going to the semi-finals and having one of my other guys (Nakagawa, Yasuraoka, or Nakajima) lose in the first round. Anyone else have a better offer?