History Wrestling / FMW

* NonIndicativeName: Despite the words "Martial-Arts" being in the name, IKnowKarate was not a high priority. The name comes from the original idea of a shoot-style promotion which Onita concocted when he was refused entry to an Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation event.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The firs FMW shows featured pro wrestlers taking on fighters from other disciplines like karate and judo but quickly the promotion turned to showcasing many different divisions and styles of wrestling. Then came the death matches...

* ChainsawGOOD: [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] Also went into CaptainErsatz and WritingAroundTrademarks territory with Super Leather.

* RealSongThemeTune:
** Atsushi Onita: The [=Troggs=]'s "Wild Thing"
** Hisakatsu Oya had Tomomi Tanimoto perform during his entrance on the tenth anniversary show.

* NonIndicativeName: Despite the words "Martial-Arts" being in the name, IKnowKarate was not a high priority. The name comes from the original idea of a shoot-style promotion which Onita concocted when he was refused entry to an Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation event. In all its history, Masashi Aoyagi and Willie Williams were the only martial arts wrestlers in the promotion.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kodo Fuyuki exposed the virtues of sports entertainment while demanding Hayabusa remove his mask because he didn't want "{{superhero}}es" in FMW. Then he turned around and gave the Hayabusa gimmick to Mr. Gannosuke, [[VillainBall albeit to further ruin Hayabusa's name.]]

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Wrestling/AntonioInoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in ''[=Puroresu=]''". Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Baba derisively labeled the FMW style "{{Garbage Wrestl|er}}ing", though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler Wrestling/MikeAwesome made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where Wrestling/{{Sabu}} first made his name, and, as a result of competing in no-rope barbed-wire matches, became the "scarred-up freak" the world would come to know and love. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002. It was revived in 2015, with Hideki Takahashi as president and Hayabusa as the main producer, now calling the company Cho Sento Puroresu FMW, with Atsushi Onita promised to participate in some form as well.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Wrestling/AntonioInoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in ''[=Puroresu=]''". Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Baba derisively labeled the FMW style "{{Garbage Wrestl|er}}ing", though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler Wrestling/MikeAwesome made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where Wrestling/{{Sabu}} first made his name, and, as a result of competing in no-rope barbed-wire matches, became the "scarred-up freak" the world would come to know and love. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002. It was revived 2015, with Hideki Takahashi as president and Hayabusa as the main producer, now calling the company Cho Sento Puroresu FMW, with Atsushi Onita promised to participate in some form as well.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Mr. Gannosuke as a heel. Averted by H, who had a lighter bleached blond cut in response.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kodo Fuyuki exposed the virtues of sports entertainment while demanding Hayabusa remove his mask because he didn't want "{{superhero}}es" in FMW. Then he turned around and gave the Hayabusa gimmick to Mr. Gannosuke.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Hayabusa was the top high-flyer in FMW.

* MaleGaze: Unapologetic about it too, at least when it came to the non wrestling valets. A few of the wrestlers made threats to the cameras.(The male gaze didn't start until they started parodying the [=McMahon=]Russo trends. Naturally this would be the one thing they played straight, even if not 100% of the time)

* NinetiesAntihero: You can find almost all your 1990s baby face archetypes here, but since it started 1989, [[UnBuiltTrope most like were still fairly pleasant and affable]]. Tarzan Gotoh might have been the first to become consistently as bad as a heel.

** Commissioner Kodo Fuyuki got rid of the popular brass knuckles title belt and six man street fight title belts, adding "World Entertainment Wrestling"(WEW) title belts in their place. Yes, FMW was essentially using WWE for CheapHeat before WWE was WWE.

FMW's Anniversary Show, generally held on May 5, was the show that the whole year centered around. The Revival paid tribute to the tradition with a 25+2 anniversary series.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Unofficially, ECW in the U.S, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, NGX in Mexico and Xtrem Mexican Wrestling(XMW). Officially, World Entertainment Wrestling, [[FunWithAcronyms Wrestling Marvelous Future]], USO and Onita Pro, which all ended up folding together into The Apache Army, which went on to invade other promotions.

FMW's Anniversary Show, generally held on May 5, the show that the whole year centered around.

'''Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling''' is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese ProfessionalWrestling promotion founded by Atsushi Onita in 1989. He started it due to the two main promotions, Wrestling/AntonioInoki's Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Giant Baba's Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, rejecting his ideas about how "everything should be allowed in ''[=Puroresu=]''". Onita expanded on the brawling style he had encountered in Wrestling/JerryLawler's Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee and the use of barbed-wire in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Baba derisively labeled the FMW style "{{Garbage Wrestl|er}}ing", though it is more respectfully labeled "Hardcore." While Onita was the focus, and many Japanese wrestlers (W*ING Kanemura, Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Hayabusa, Tarzan Goto, Mr. Gannosuke) made their names there, it also was the promotion where American wrestler Wrestling/MikeAwesome made his career as "The Gladiator" and also where Wrestling/{{Sabu}} first made his name, and, as a result of competing in no-rope barbed-wire matches, became the "scarred-up freak" the world would come to know and love. Much of what FMW pioneered would later be brought to US audiences via Wrestling/{{ECW}}. The company closed down in 2002. It was revived 2015, with Hideki Takahashi as president and Hayabusa as the main producer, now calling the company Cho Sento Puroresu FMW, with Atsushi Onita promised to participate in some form as well.

* MaleGaze: Unapologetic about it too, at least when it came to the non wrestling valets. A few of the wrestlers made threats to the cameras.(The male gaze didn't start until they started parodying the WWF [=McMahon=]Russo trends. Naturally this would be the one thing they played straight, even if not 100% of the time)

* NintiesAntihero: You can find almost all your 1990s baby face archetypes here, but since it started 1989, [[UnBuiltTrope most like were still fairly pleasant and affable]]. Tarzan Gotoh might have been the first to become consistently as bad as a heel.

* RingOldies: Willie Williams, The Funk Brothers Dory and Terry, the Original Sheik, Tiger Jeet Singh. When participation form the 57 Atsushi Onita was promised for the revival it ended up being as a wrestler, but he was still topped by Ultraseven at ''60''.

* BearsAreBadNews: {{Subverted|trope}} with Wild Bear, who is a giant teddy bear and mostly a jobber.

* RingOldies: Willie Williams, The Funk Brothers Dory and Terry, the Original Sheik, Tiger Jeet Singh

* PandaingToTheAudience: Pandita

* SpiritualSuccessor: Unofficially, ECW in the U.S, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Xtrem Mexican Wrestling(XMW). Officially, World Entertainment Wrestling, [[FunWithAcronyms Wrestling Marvelous Future]], USO and Onita Pro, which all ended up folding together into The Apache Army, which went on to invade other promotions.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Unofficially, ECW in the U.S, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Xtrem Mexican Wrestling. Officially, World Entertainment Wrestling, [[FunWithAcronyms Wrestling Marvelous Future]], USO and Onita Pro, which all ended up folding together into The Apache Army, which went on to invade other promotions.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Unofficially, ECW in the U.S, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Xtreme Mexican Wrestling. Officially, World Entertainment Wrestling, [[FunWithAcronyms Wrestling Marvelous Future]], USO and Onita Pro, which all ended up folding together into The Apache Army, which went on to invade other promotions.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Unofficially, [=ECW=] in the U.S. and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Officially, World Entertainment Wrestling, [[FunWithAcronyms Wrestling Marvelous Future]], USO and Onita Pro, which all ended up folding together into The Apache Army, which went on to invade other promotions.

** PlayingWithFire: The Onita/Tarzan Goto vs. The Sheik[=/=][=Sabu=] No Ropes Barbed Wire [[RingOfFire Fire]] Death Match from the May 6, 1992 show, which went to a No-Contest due to the fire getting out of control. The Sheik, then in his 60s, was left in the ring with the fire burning down everything. He had to be rushed to the hospital and treated for third degree burns. Such was this match's [[GoneHorriblyWrong infamy]] that as disqualification was later declared in WWC when a {{fireball|s}} was thrown in one of Sabu's barbed wire matches.