Summer Spectacular (1996) was the fourth
Summer Spectacular professional wrestling
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event produced by
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
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(FMW). The event took place on August 1, 1996 at the
Shiodome
is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Shinbashi and Ginza, near Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas. It is a collection of 11 tin ...
in
Tokyo
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,
Japan.
The
main event
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was a
no ropes exploding barbed wire glass crush spider net double hell deathmatch between
Mr. Pogo
was a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name . He helped popularize hardcore wrestling in the 1990s with "death matches" in promotions such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, W*ING and Big Japan Pro Wrestlin ...
and the Puerto Rican Army leader
Terry Funk
Terrence Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American retired professional wrestler, rapper, disc jockey and actor. Funk is known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – a ...
. Funk won by knockout. The event also featured the
tournament final for the newly created
Independent Heavyweight Championship between
Masato Tanaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Ext ...
and
W*ING Kanemura
( ko, 김행호 ''Kim Hyeong-ho'') (born August 9, 1970) is a Zainichi-Korean retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura or . He is best known for his death matches in Apache Army, Big Japa ...
. Kanemura defeated Tanaka to become the first Independent Heavyweight Champion.
Background
At
7th Anniversary Show
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube.
As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...
, Puerto Rican Army members
Mr. Pogo
was a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name . He helped popularize hardcore wrestling in the 1990s with "death matches" in promotions such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, W*ING and Big Japan Pro Wrestlin ...
and
Terry Funk
Terrence Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American retired professional wrestler, rapper, disc jockey and actor. Funk is known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – a ...
defeated
Hayabusa
was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis.
''Hayabusa'', formerly known as MUSES-C ...
and
Masato Tanaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Ext ...
in a
one million yen no rope explosive barbed wire time bomb land mine double hell death match to win FMW's one million yens.
After the event, Pogo and Tanaka participated in a tournament for the new
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 Heavywe ...
, in which Tanaka defeated Pogo in the quarter-final on May 27, 1996. After the match, Puerto Rican Army's
manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities ...
Víctor Quiñones
Víctor Quiñones Hernández (June 30, 1959 – April 2, 2006) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestling promoter, manager, and the founder and owner of International Wrestling Association in Japan, as well as the later International Wrestling ...
slapped Pogo on the loss and Pogo took it as an insult and grabbed Quiñones and then
The Headhunters
The Headhunters are an American jazz fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973. The group fused jazz, funk, and rock music.
History (and name)
Hancock had grown dissatisfied with his prior band, Mwandishi, and wanted to make a band with a s ...
laid out Pogo. As a result, Pogo
turn
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* Turn (dance and gymnastics), rotation of the body
* Turn (swimming), reversing direction at the end of a pool
* Turn (professional wrestling), a transition between face and heel
* Turn, ...
ed
face
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and joined the FMW team to feud with the Puerto Rican Army, leading to a match against Terry Funk at Summer Spectacular.
Hayabusa was embarrassed for letting down FMW at 7th Anniversary Show and went into hiding.
On June 28, the FMW team of
Koji Nakagawa
is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1992 and 2002. He is perhaps best known for his “Hitman” character, heavily inspired by Canadian professional wrestler Br ...
, Masato Tanaka 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 c ...
defeated
Super Leather
Michael James Penzel (September 7, 1957 – December 22, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and United States Army paratrooper. He was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Corporal Kirchn ...
and The Headhunters to win the
FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
The FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship was a championship in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. It was initially active from May 1996 until May 1999. The title was abandoned by Shoichi Arai on November 20, 1998 and presented to the d ...
.
After the match, Nakagawa spotted Hayabusa backstage watching the match and attacked him for leaving FMW in war against the Puerto Rican Army, until Tanaka and Kuroda held him back. The infuriated Nakagawa challenged Hayabusa to a match at Hayabusa's in-ring return at Summer Spectacular, which Hayabusa accepted.

A new
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
The FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship was a premiere championship in the wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989 ...
belt had been planned for Atsushi Onita to defend against Hayabusa in his retirement match at the
6th Anniversary Show in 1995 but the title belt was unavailable at the time and was finally shipped to the company in 1996 and the championship belt was used as a new
world heavyweight championship, the FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship. A tournament was announced for the title with
Hido
was a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under the ring name or simply . He is best known for his time with hardcore wrestling federations Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA-MS), Frontier Ma ...
,
Hisakatsu Oya
Kenichi Oya (大矢健一) (born July 2, 1964) is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hisakatsu Oya (大矢剛功). Although he started out for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, he is well known for his stint in Fro ...
,
Horace Boulder
Michael Allan Bollea (born October 21, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. The nephew of fellow wrestler Hulk Hogan, he is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s under the ring name Hora ...
, Koji Nakagawa, Masato Tanaka, Mr. Pogo, Super Leather and
W*ING Kanemura
( ko, 김행호 ''Kim Hyeong-ho'') (born August 9, 1970) is a Zainichi-Korean retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura or . He is best known for his death matches in Apache Army, Big Japa ...
named as participants for the eight-man tournament and the final was set to take place at Summer Spectacular. Tanaka and Kanemura advanced to the final of the tournament.
Taka Michinoku
(born October 26, 1973), better known by his ring name (with his first name usually stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for t ...
defeated Koji Nakagawa to win the
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship that is being defended in various independent promotions in Japan. The title was originally created in 1993 by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
There have been a total of forty-four reigns spread over ...
at 7th Anniversary Show.
On June 24, Michinoku made his first title defense against Hayato Nanjyo, where he retained the title. After the match, Michinoku offered Nanjyo, a handshake but he refused to shake it and began feuding with Michinoku. On July 21, the team of Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hayato Nanjyo and Koji Nakagawa defeated Taka Michinoku,
Ricky Fuji Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
and
Toryu when Nanjyo mocked Michinoku by using Michinoku's ''
Michinoku Driver II'' on Toryu for the win and then challenged Michinoku to a
hair vs. hair match for the title at Summer Spectacular, which Michinoku accepted.
At 7th Anniversary Show,
Megumi Kudo
is a Japanese entertainment personality and former professional wrestler. She wrestled under her maiden name for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, where she became the top star of the Women's Division. Kudo is primarily known for competing in bru ...
defeated
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 ...
in a
no ropes exploding barbed wire double hell deathmatch to win the
FMW Independent and WWA World Women's Championship in Toyoda's retirement match.
Toyoda held her retirement ceremony on June 28 and all the female wrestlers of FMW paid their homage to her. Later in the show,
Shark Tsuchiya
Eriko Tsuchiya (土屋 恵理子, born February 19, 1970) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Shark Tsuchiya (シャーク土屋). She spent most of her career working for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.
Pro ...
,
Miwa Sato and Crusher Maedomari defeated Kudo,
Kaori Nakayama
Kaori Nakayama (中山香里) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, who spent much of her career for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
The daughter of former All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling star Miyoko Hoshin ...
and Aki Kambayashi and Kudo began her next feud with the Mad Dog Military, leading to Kudo defending her title against Mad Dog Military at Summer Spectacular.
Event
Preliminary matches
Makuro Okamuto defeated Hideo Makimura in the opening match of the show by making him submit to a
single legged Boston crab.
Kaori Nakayama
Kaori Nakayama (中山香里) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, who spent much of her career for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
The daughter of former All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling star Miyoko Hoshin ...
took on
Miwa Sato in a match, which began with both women pulling each other's hair. Near the end of the match, Sato attempted to perform a
backdrop suplex
A suplex is an offensive move used in sport wrestling as well as amateur wrestling and professional wrestling. It is a throw that involves lifting the opponents and bridging or rolling to slam them on their backs.
Professional wrestling featu ...
on Nakayama but Nakayama countered it into a pinfall attempt and then performed a
Moonsault
A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a Professional wrestling aerial techniques, professional wrestling aerial technique. It was innovated by Mando Guerrero. Much of its popularity in both Puroresu, Japanese and professional wrestl ...
to win the match.
Next was an eleven-man
royal rumble match
The Royal Rumble match is a professional wrestling match based on the classic Battle Royal match in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the ...
.
Ricky Fuji Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
and
Hideki Hosaka
(August 5, 1971 – August 2, 2021) was a Japanese professional wrestler, who is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Zero-One.
Career
Early career (1991–1993)
An amateur wres ...
were the first two participants. After the rest of the wrestlers got eliminated,
Hido
was a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under the ring name or simply . He is best known for his time with hardcore wrestling federations Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA-MS), Frontier Ma ...
,
The Gladiator 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 c ...
were the final three participants remaining in the ring. Kuroda
dropkick
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ed Gladiator, allowing Hido to eliminate him over the top rope with a
lariat
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. Hido and Kuroda battled each other and brought chairs into the ring. Hido delivered a
Piledriver to Kuroda and followed it with a Moonsault to win the match.
Taka Michinoku
(born October 26, 1973), better known by his ring name (with his first name usually stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for t ...
defended the
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship that is being defended in various independent promotions in Japan. The title was originally created in 1993 by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
There have been a total of forty-four reigns spread over ...
against Hayato Nanjyo in a
hair vs. hair match. Near the end of the match, both men blocked each other's attempts at the ''
Michinoku Driver II'' and collapsed down on the mat. Michinoku quickly gained breath and performed a
missile dropkick
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and followed it with a ''Michinoku Driver II'' to retain the title. After the match, Nanjyo handed Michinoku scissor to cut his hair to respect the pre-match stipulation and Michinoku showed respect by cutting just a bit of hair.
Megumi Kudo
is a Japanese entertainment personality and former professional wrestler. She wrestled under her maiden name for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, where she became the top star of the Women's Division. Kudo is primarily known for competing in bru ...
defended the
FMW Independent and WWA World Women's Championship against Mad Dog Military (
Shark Tsuchiya
Eriko Tsuchiya (土屋 恵理子, born February 19, 1970) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Shark Tsuchiya (シャーク土屋). She spent most of her career working for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.
Pro ...
,
Bad Nurse Nakamura
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler known as . She worked most of her career for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.
Career
After dropping out of high school, Rie Nakamura joined the Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling Dojo, where she was traine ...
and Crusher Maedomari) in a
handicap match
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. Mad Dog Military overpowered Kudo during the earlier part of the match. At one moment, Tsuchiya accidentally hit Nakamura with a barbed wire baseball bat intended for Kudo. As the match reached its climax, Tsuchiya handed a bat to Nakamura to hit Kudo with it but Nakamura
turned on Tsuchiya by hitting her with the bat instead and Kudo grabbed Nakamura and delivered a ''
Kudo Driver'' and a ''
Thunder Fire Powerbomb'' to retain the title. After the match, Tsuchiya blew a
fireball
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* ''Bassia scoparia'', a plant species
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on Kudo.
Hayabusa
was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis.
''Hayabusa'', formerly known as MUSES-C ...
took on
Koji Nakagawa
is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1992 and 2002. He is perhaps best known for his “Hitman” character, heavily inspired by Canadian professional wrestler Br ...
in his in-ring return after recovering from his injury. Hayabusa executed his ''
Firebird Splash'' and ''
Falcon Arrow
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Professional wrestling feature ...
'' on Nakagawa but Nakagawa managed to survive in the match until Hayabusa performed a
face kick which knocked both men down. The referee began to count and Hayabusa got up while Nakagawa failed to answer the referee's ten count and Hayabusa was awarded the win via knockout.
Masato Tanaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Ext ...
and
W*ING Kanemura
( ko, 김행호 ''Kim Hyeong-ho'') (born August 9, 1970) is a Zainichi-Korean retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura or . He is best known for his death matches in Apache Army, Big Japa ...
competed in the finals of a tournament for the new
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 Heavywe ...
. Near the end of the match, Kanemura performed a
low blow on Tanaka and ran off the ropes to receive a ''
Rolling Elbow'' from Tanaka. Kanemura slowed down Tanaka with a lariat and then performed a ''Thunder Fire Powerbomb'' to get a near-fall. He attempted it again but Tanaka countered by backdropping him to the mat. Tanaka attempted another ''Rolling Elbow'' but Kanemura countered with two
German suplex
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Professional wrestling feature ...
es. Tanaka made a comeback by hitting Kanemura with a ''Rolling Elbow'' and got a near-fall and then attempted the move again but Kanemura countered it with his own ''Rolling Elbow'' and Tanaka kicked out of the pinfall attempt. Kanemura weakened down Tanaka with two
diving leg drop
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s and then performed a ''Thunder Fire Powerbomb'' to win the title.
Main event match
Mr. Pogo
was a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name . He helped popularize hardcore wrestling in the 1990s with "death matches" in promotions such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, W*ING and Big Japan Pro Wrestlin ...
took on
Terry Funk
Terrence Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American retired professional wrestler, rapper, disc jockey and actor. Funk is known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – a ...
in a
no ropes exploding barbed wire glass crush spider net double hell deathmatch. Both men traded momentum until
Víctor Quiñones
Víctor Quiñones Hernández (June 30, 1959 – April 2, 2006) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestling promoter, manager, and the founder and owner of International Wrestling Association in Japan, as well as the later International Wrestling ...
set a chair on fire and tossed it into the ring and Funk hit Pogo repeatedly with the flaming chair and then blew fire at him, causing Pogo to fall into the spider net, which exploded. Pogo became unconscious and Funk blew a
fireball
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* Ball lightning, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon
* ''Bassia scoparia'', a plant species
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* ''The Fireball'', a 1950 film starring ...
to knock him out for the win.
Reception
Stuart of Puroresu Central gave negative reviews to the event, considering it to be "one of the worst FMW major shows" between 1994 and 1998. He praised the Independent Heavyweight Championship match, the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship match and the main event match, with "The show was boring though, because some of the early matches were really dull and just plain bad." According to him, the Tanaka/Kanemura encounter "was a great match of a style that has become more common in FMW as the years have gone by, relying less on garbage props and more on natural ability, blending the two nicely."
Aftermath

Mr. Pogo suffered a severe injury that almost ended his career at Summer Spectacular. He continued to feud with Puerto Rican Army, which would become the Funk Masters of Wrestling. Lethal Weapon disbanded on September 15 when
Hisakatsu Oya
Kenichi Oya (大矢健一) (born July 2, 1964) is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hisakatsu Oya (大矢剛功). Although he started out for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, he is well known for his stint in Fro ...
,
Horace Boulder
Michael Allan Bollea (born October 21, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. The nephew of fellow wrestler Hulk Hogan, he is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s under the ring name Hora ...
and The Gladiator turned on
Ricky Fuji Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
and joined Funk Masters of Wrestling. Pogo announced that he would retire at
Year End Spectacular. Pogo begged his rival
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 ...
to come out of retirement and team with him in his retirement match, with Onita initially declining the offer and then joining Pogo in the war against Funk Masters of Wrestling. At Year End Spectacular, Onita made his in-ring return in Pogo's retirement match with Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda against the Funk Masters of Wrestling team of Terry Funk, Hisakatsu Oya and
The Headhunters
The Headhunters are an American jazz fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973. The group fused jazz, funk, and rock music.
History (and name)
Hancock had grown dissatisfied with his prior band, Mwandishi, and wanted to make a band with a s ...
, which Onita's team won.
Hayabusa and Koji Nakagawa's match was considered to be a disappointment and the two agreed to have a rematch on August 23, which Nakagawa won and then both men joined forces on the FMW team and put away their differences. Hayabusa regained FMW's
yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the ...
s from the Puerto Rican Army, which they had lost at the
7th Anniversary Show
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As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...
as the FMW team of Hayabusa, Koji Nakagawa, Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated the Puerto Rican Army team of Hisakatsu Oya, Super Leather and The Headhunters in a
two million yen on a pole match on September 15. Hayabusa would begin a losing streak in singles matches, which would end with his win over
The Great Sasuke
, born July 18, 1969), is a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and politician, currently wrestling for Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) under the ring name . Aside from professional wrestling, he is also a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly ...
at Year End Spectacular.
After retaining her title at Summer Spectacular, Megumi Kudo announced that she would retire from professional wrestling at
8th Anniversary Show. In her retirement match, Kudo defeated Shark Tsuchiya in the main event of the show, a
no rope 200 volt double hell double barbed wire barricade double landmine crushed glass electrical barbed wire deathmatch.
Results
Tournament brackets
References
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