FMW Productions was the name of a Japanese

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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 thei ...

(FMW), which produced many

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consisting of

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of wrestlers on the FMW roster during the promotion's existence between 1991 and 2001.

Last Fight

''Last Fight'' was the first compilation album by

(FMW), which was produced and released in 1994. The album was recorded shortly after

Atsushi Onita is a Japanese actor, politician, and semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and is credited with introducing Japan to the deathmatch style of professional wrestling. He founded ...

lost his match to

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on May 5, 1994, forcing him to

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at the following year's 6th Anniversary Show. The album was released on July 21, 1994 and consisted of various FMW theme songs and clips of

's retirement press conference on May 9, 1994 as well as his acclaimed messages with Genichiro Tenryu from 5th Anniversary Show and

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at the 1990 Summer Spectacular and the 2nd Anniversary Show.

Track listing

#Retirement Press Conference (May 9, 1994) #

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" by X #Mune-ippai No Puroresu Jinsei #Encounter With Wrestling #Return First Round ~ FMW Raising An Army Decision #FMW Raising An Army #Barbed Wire #Shiodome ~ Norobu Barbed Wire Deathmatch #

FMW 1st Anniversary Show FMW 1st Anniversary Show was the first professional wrestling supercard produced by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on November 5, 1990 at the Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo, ...

#The Meaning Of A Flame and Mine Deathmatch #Atsushi Onita vs.

FMW 2nd Anniversary Show FMW 2nd Anniversary Show: Fall Spectacular (1991) was a professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on September 23, 1991 at the Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. This was FMW' ...

#Zasetsu To Fukkatsu #Atsushi Onita vs.

FMW 5th Anniversary Show The FMW 5th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on May 5, 1994 at the Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. This was the fifth edition of the company' ...

#To The Next Generation #Message To The Fans #Mune-ippai Ni Dakishimete #Current Blast Sound #Timed Blast Sound

Phoenix: FMW Official Theme Song CD 1st

''Phoenix: FMW Official Theme Song CD 1st'' was the second compilation album by FMW which featured various versions of

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s of

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and various FMW theme songs.

Track listing

Theme of the F: FMW Official Theme Song CD 2nd

''Dead or Alive: FMW Official Theme Song 2nd'' was the third compilation album by

, featuring theme songs of FMW wrestlers. The album was released on June 26, 1996.

Track listing

Dead or Alive: FMW Official Theme Song CD 3rd

''Dead or Alive: FMW Official Theme Song 3rd'' was the fourth compilation album by

, featuring theme songs of various FMW wrestlers. The album was released on September 26, 1997.

Track listing

FMW Entertainment Music - Official Theme Song CD Best

''FMW Entertainment Music - Official Theme Song CD Best'' was the fifth and final compilation album of

featuring new theme songs of wrestlers as well as a few theme songs which had been featured in the previous albums as well.

Track listing

References

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