Podcasts by History of FMW
All episodes
FMW Stories Episode 6: Matsunaga from 2023-07-11T01:50:17
FMW Stories Episode 6 going over Mitsuhiro Matsunaga's career with many never before told stories in English. I go over him getting into wrestling as a child, his college days, trying to get...
Listen
FMW Stories Episode 5: W*ING from 2023-02-04T15:13:33
FMW Stories 5 goes over FMW's top rival W*ING. I go over untold stories about the entire history of W*ING and what lead to it's demise as well as the numerous pop up promotions afterwards throug...
Listen
FMW Stories Episode 4: Early Days of FMW from 2022-09-07T14:40:29
FMW Stories Episode 4 going over the first two years of FMW up until their first Kawasaki Stadium in 1991. I talk about about many never before heard in English stories of the old FMW, the many ...
Listen
FMW Stories Episode 3: Megumi Kudo from 2022-06-18T17:25:47
FMW Stories Episode 3 going over Megumi Kudo's life and career. From her beginning in All Japan Womens to her going from job to job before getting an opportunity to join FMW and all the go...
Listen
FMW Stories Episode 2: Tarzan Goto from 2022-04-27T15:00:24
FMW Stories Episode 2 going over the life and times of Tarzan Goto. Going over his career in Sumo, All Japan, Memphis, FMW, and why he decided to leave FMW right before wrestling in the biggest ...
Listen
FMW Stories Episode 1: Creation of FMW from 2022-04-07T15:22:19
A new show I am going to be doing where I cover FMW stories of a specific topic. These episodes wil be much shorter than History of FMW. This episode includes Atsushi Onita's story that lead to ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 50: 2020 from 2021-09-24T20:48:30
History of FMW Volume 50 going over the year 2020 with clips and pictures for the final time line episode. Atsushi Onita works various outside death matches including returning to Kawasaki Stadi...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 49: 2019 from 2021-05-27T21:22:33
History of FMW Volume 49 going over the year 2019. Atsushi Onita ends up needing double knee reconstructive surgery and is back within 5 months including taking part in a new sub-promotion based...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 48: 2018 from 2021-03-22T16:50:17
History of FMW Volume 48 going over the year 2018. We go over Atsushi Onita coming out of retirement after a year and the storyline reason why as well as his return to CZW. Mr. Gannosuke retires...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 47:2017 Part 2 from 2021-01-07T17:30:32
History of FMW Volume 47 going over the second half of 2017. We go over Onita's 2017 retirement and everything leading to it as well as his CZW match against Matt Tremont and all the news that c...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 46: 2017 Part 1 from 2020-11-14T13:30:09
History of FMW Volume 46 going over the first half of 2017. Mr. Pogo suddenly passes away. Atsushi Onita's feud with UWF officially ends and he has a death match against Bob Sapp. Mr. Gannosuke ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 45: 2016 Part 2 from 2020-09-05T04:25:22
History of FMW Volume 45 going over the second half of 2016. We go over Kintaro Kanemura's six month retirement tour leading to his retirement show. Mr. Gannosuke facing off against Hayabucha. T...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 44: 2016 Part 1 from 2020-07-08T13:41:04
History of FMW Volume 44 going over the first half of 2016. We go over Hayabusa's sudden passing and the details in regards to it. Super Battle FMW continues their a successful stretch of ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 43: 2015 from 2020-05-21T15:01:56
History of FMW going over the year 2015. The FMW name is brought back when Super Battle FMW is created with Atsushi Onita as ace going up against the W*ING Monster Army. ZERO1 also starts up the...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 42: 2014 from 2020-03-26T13:24:09
Atsushi Onita continues to have Exploding Barbed wire Death Matches with Yoshihiro Takayama. Kintaro Kanemura runs his 25th Anniversary show while Mr. Gannosuke makes his return back to the ring...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 41: 2013 from 2020-02-08T21:43:07
History of FMW Volume 41 going over the year 2013 with clips. Atsushi Onita's popularity continues to grow as he has exploding barbed wire death matches with both Akebono and Yoshihiro Takayama....
Listen
History of FMW Volume 40: 2012 from 2019-12-28T03:02:06
History of FMW Volume 40 going over 2012. We go over how FREEDOMS starts the year off slow after Jun Kasai would suffer an injury but he would return for the climax of his two year feud with MAS...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 39: 2011 from 2019-12-02T05:26:44
History of FMW Volume 39 going over the year 2011. We go over FREEDOMS slowly turning into a Death Match promotion, Nanjyo Hayato starting up a new FMW promotion and bringing back many of the fo...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 38: 2010 from 2019-12-02T05:20:08
History of FMW Volume 38 going over the year 2010 with pictures and clips. We go over FREEDOMS first full year as a promotion as they run Korakuen Hall for the first time as well as hold a Death...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 37: 2009 from 2019-12-01T20:52:38
History of FMW Volume 37 going over 2009. The Apache Army continues to struggle before officially closing down and re-starting the promotion as FREEDOMS. Big Japan begins a youth movement that s...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 36: 2008 # 2 from 2019-11-29T23:23:19
History of FMW Volume 36 going over the second half of 2008. Mr. Gannosuke joins the Apache Army promotion on his road to retirement and starts up the FMW Legends Army as they go up against the ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 35: 2008 # 1 from 2019-11-29T21:27:14
History of FMW Volume 35 going over the first half of 2008 including all the details surrounding Kanemura's sexual harassment scandal and how it resulted it in his Apache Army promotion closing ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 34: 2007 from 2019-11-29T20:32:01
History of FMW Volume 34 going over 2007. The feud between Kanemura and Togi Makabe concludes after a year over the WEW Title. Mammoth Sasaki begins to get pushed as the top guy in the Apache Ar...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 33: 2006 from 2019-11-29T04:03:47
History of FMW Volume 33 going over 2006. The Apache Army goes to war with New Japan for the entire year first with Jushin Liger, Jado, and Gedo and then against Togi Makabe. Mr. Gannosuke tries...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 32: 2005 from 2019-11-29T02:25:17
History of FMW Volume 32 going over the year 2005. I go over how Kintaro Kanemura and the Apache Army feud with one another after Riki Choshu is made leader of the group. WMF continues to declin...
Listen
Kintaro Kanemura Interview from 2019-11-29T01:47:37
Interview with Kintaro Kanemura in English about his career in W*ING, FMW, WEW, Apache Army, and his retirement.
Listen
History of FMW Volume 31: 2004 from 2019-11-29T00:54:28
History of FMW Volume 31 going over 2004. WMF holds its last show at Korakuen Hall as it has to be restructured to a small indie by the second half of the year. Fuyuki Army closes down after the...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 30: 2003 # 2 from 2019-11-29T00:26:38
History of FMW going the second half of 2003. We go over WMF and WEW working together and forming the Apache Army who immediately go to war with ZERO1 in a series of awesome matches that brings ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 24: 2000 # 2 from 2019-11-28T21:36:30
History of FMW Volume 24 where we go over the second half of 2000. Hayabusa begins his feud with Kodo Fuyuki which includes an Exploding Cage and an Iron Man Match. We also go over Hay...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 27: 2002 # 1 from 2019-11-28T19:04:46
History of FMW Volume 27 going over the first half of 2002 and the end of FMW. Shoichi Arai dealing with loan sharks that eventually leads to FMW going bankrupt as a result and e...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 29: 2003 # 1 from 2019-11-28T01:58:57
History of FMW Volume 29 going over the first half of 2003. We go over Kodo Fuyuki passing away before he could have the match he wanted against Shinya Hashimoto. Kintaro Kanemura takes his plac...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 28: 2002 # 2 from 2019-11-25T23:07:57
History of FMW Volume 28 going over the second half of 2002. Hayabusa makes his first public appearance since the injury. Mr. Gannosuke starts up WMF. Fuyuki continues WEW and begins feuding wit...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 26: 2001 # 2 from 2019-11-25T22:16:58
History of FMW Volume 26 going over the second half of 2001. Hayabusa suffers a career ending paralyzing injury in his match with Mammoth Sasaki. We go over everything that lead to the day as we...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 25: 2001 # 1 from 2019-11-25T22:01:27
History of FMW Volume 25 going over the first half of 2001. Hayabusa's injury has caused attendance to drop severely and Tetsuhiro Kuroda is made the ace and the focal point of the promotion unt...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 23: 2000 # 1 from 2019-11-25T20:55:52
History of FMW Volume 23 going over the first half of 2000. Kodo Fuyuki returns and starts up his ECW Japan group. H is told he has to go back as Hayabusa. TokyoPop releases new FMW DVD's. Hayab...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 22: 1999 # 2 from 2019-11-25T19:16:01
History of FMW Volume 22 going over the second half of 1999. Hayabusa becomes H while Mr. Gannosuke turns into Hayabusa to setup their match at the Yokohama Arena. Mr. Gannosuke as Hayabusa perf...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 21: 1999 # 1 from 2019-11-25T18:50:23
History of FMW Volume 21 covering the first half of 1999. Onita goes to New Japan and begins working Tokyo Dome dream matches against Kensuke Sasaki and Masahiro Chono. Kodo Fuyuki begins as boo...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 20: 1998 # 2 from 2019-11-25T18:05:32
History of FMW Volume 20 going over the second half of 1998. The Entertainment Era in FMW is fully under way. Hayabusa becomes Darkside Hayabusa and hates it. The FMW/ECW relationship begins to ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 19: 1998 # 1 from 2019-11-25T17:38:22
History of FMW Volume 19 going over the first half of 1998. FMW changes the direction of the company and begin the Entertainment Pro-Wrestling route with angles and storylines. Team No Respect i...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 18: 1997 # 2 from 2019-11-21T20:49:03
History of FMW Volume 18 covering the second half of 1997 with FMW returning to Kawasaki Stadium with Onita putting up his career on the line again against Kanemura's W*ING faction. Onita goes h...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 17: 1997 # 1 from 2019-11-21T20:29:20
History of FMW Volume 17 going over the first half of 1997 with Mr. Gannosuke returning to FMW feuding with Hayabusa. Hayabusa meets Giant Baba to start working for All Japan. Atsushi Onita ends...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 16: 1996 # 2 from 2019-11-21T19:25:53
History of FMW Volume 16 going over the second half of 1996. We go over Hayabusa coming back from all his injuries but not too much later Onita has decided he is breaking his retirement already ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 15: 1996 # 1 from 2019-11-21T18:58:30
History of FMW Volume 15 going over the first half of 1996 dealing with Hayabusa and all his injuries, Mr. Pogo's dealing as a freelancer, Onita planting the seeds on coming back out of retireme...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 14: 1995 # 2 from 2019-11-20T02:11:01
History of FMW Volume 14 covering the second half of 1995. We go over Hayabusa becoming the ace and his body begins to break down already. Also, Megumi Kudo becomes the hardcore queen, IWA runs ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 13: 1995 # 1 from 2019-11-20T01:40:25
History of FMW Volume 13 covering the first half of 1995 leading up to the biggest FMW show ever with Onita's retirement at Kawasaki Stadium against Hayabusa. We go over Tarzan Goto leaving FMW ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 12: 1994 # 2 from 2019-11-19T21:39:22
History of FMW Volume 12 going over the second half of 1994. We go over Hayabusa switching over to EMLL while in Mexico and how he learned many of his signature moves, why FMW went to Russia, Ka...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 11: 1994 # 1 from 2019-11-19T21:26:51
History of FMW Volume 11 going over the first half of 1994. Onita vs. Tenryu main events the May 5th Kawasaki Stadium show and does incredible business which begins the Onita retirement tour. Th...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 10: 1993 # 2 from 2019-11-19T19:32:51
History of FMW Volume 10 going over the second half of 1993. We cover Matsunaga leaving W*ING for FMW, Onita vs. Pogo renewing their feud and do incredible business together and have the first e...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 9: 1993 # 1 from 2019-11-19T15:31:53
History of FMW Volume 9 going over the first half of 1993. We cover Onita getting barbed wire stuck in his throat and nearly dying, Pogo and Sabu having run ins with the Yakuza, and Onita vs. Fu...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 8: 1992 # 2 from 2019-11-19T14:25:49
History of FMW Volume 8 going over the second half of 1992. We cover Onita taking on Tiger Jeet Singh at the Yokohama Stadium, W*ING having their big fire death match with Pogo vs Matsunaga, and...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 7: 1992 # 1 from 2019-11-19T14:16:14
History of FMW Volume 7 going over the first half of 1991. We go over the infamous fire death match between Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto against The Sheik and Sabu with the ring burning to the ...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 6: 1991 # 2 from 2019-11-17T22:52:45
History of FMW Volume 6 covering the second half of 1991. We go over FMW running at Kawasaki Stadium for the first time with Atsushi Onita vs. Tarzan Goto, W*ING holding their first set of shows...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 5: 1991 # 1 from 2019-11-17T22:41:14
History of FMW Volume 5 going over the first half of 1991 with pictures and clips. We cover FMW continuing to grow as well as the Onita vs. Pogo feud brings in the explosions as well as W*ING is...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 4: 1990 # 2 from 2019-11-03T16:33:20
History of FMW Volume 4 going over the second half of 1990. We cover the first ever exploding barbed wire death match between Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto, the whole Puerto Rican stabbing incid...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 3: 1990 # 1 from 2019-11-02T04:08:28
History of FMW Volume 3 going over the first half of 1990. We go over Atsushi Onita building FMW with street fights and barbed wire as well as Megumi Kudo makes her debut and much more.
Listen
History of FMW Volume 1: Pre-FMW from 2019-11-02T03:56:07
History of FMW Volume 1 going over the FMW wrestlers before they would start up in FMW. Stories about Atsushi Onita, Megumi Kudo, Tarzan Goto, and Ricky Fuji before starting up in FMW as well as...
Listen
History of FMW Volume 2: 1989 from 2019-11-02T03:04:02
History of FMW Volume 2 going over 1989. Atsushi Onita feuds with Masashi Aoyagi through out the year which would result in the creation of FMW and much more.
Listen