Atsushi Onita vs. Hayabusa - Exploding Ring Match
Added 2024-09-02 04:05:27 +0000 UTCComments
Another fun fact: Onita didn't start out as a deathmatch guy. Or as an extreme wrestler at all. He was the first graduate of the All Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo in 1974. He was an incredibly talented *traditional* junior heavyweight wrestler, and was set to be the Ace of the Jr.'s division. He was so highly regarded that he was often used as the lead ring attendant for the Promotion's President and Founder, Giant Baba. In April '93 he went on Hiatus to recover from various building injuries, attempted a return, and then retired on January 3rd, 1985. He had his next match in 1988. Onita most recently had a No Ropes Barbed Wire & Giant Electric Explosive Bat Six-Man Deathmatch on December 8th, 2024. His retirements don't tend to last very long, even by wrestler standards.
OakTree
2024-12-18 04:32:42 +0000 UTCThe name of this show was - get ready: FMW Atsushi Onita Memorial Retirement Tour Last Fight ~Final Chapter~ April Series - Tag 20: 6th Anniversary Show This was Onita’s retirement match. It took place in May 1995, and then Onita would unretire and wrestle again full time starting December 1996.
Big Ell
2024-12-17 17:09:33 +0000 UTCIt’s always more interesting if you don’t give away the fun part
Big Ell
2024-12-17 16:09:04 +0000 UTC❤️❤️
Jennifer Lindgren
2024-09-03 12:05:07 +0000 UTCI remember seeing those a while ago. They're great. I feel like if he hadn't gotten injured, we could have seen him in matches with Cena and Edge. So tragic.
Zakk219
2024-09-03 09:48:10 +0000 UTCLinks are only needed for WWE and WCW matches.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-03 09:03:15 +0000 UTCAnd see how bad the explosion is in comparison
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-03 08:34:20 +0000 UTCThere’s also photos of Hayabusa backstage at a WWE show in 2006 with Vince (eww) and Shane, Cena and Edge and Lita. He looks like he’s so happy in the photos too. He also still has his mask on.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-03 08:33:44 +0000 UTCI’d figured it was 94 or 95. Onita vs Funk was in a stadium too.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-03 08:31:44 +0000 UTCI second Funk vs Onita. The barbed wire, no ropes, exploding, time bom death match.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-03 08:21:06 +0000 UTCAew did a match like this was with omega and moxley was a really good match but as the explosion happened it was just little sprinkles of stream omega and mox backstage were furious everyone on twitter was taking piss out of aew for the botch be interesting to see ur reaction to that match
Ryan Evans
2024-09-02 17:23:53 +0000 UTCHell yeah. Such an awesome match, Onita's babyface moments in this match are second to none, like protecting the ref on the ring explosion and pouring water on Hayabusa first before himself. Seeing the dust clouds on the powerbombs and when Hayabusa tries the top of the cage moonsault is so sick. Also just the great production value of FMW, the ring explosions looked awesome. Onita is one of a kind. ****1/4 You need to watch Terry Funk vs Onita btw.
Dagur Hall
2024-09-02 16:51:15 +0000 UTCWOW! Thanks for sharing. I like learning the history pieces too. That's so sad about Hayabusa!!
Tallywags
2024-09-02 16:19:55 +0000 UTCOh this was outdoors? That would explain how they were able to do everything
Tallywags
2024-09-02 16:17:37 +0000 UTCYeah I'm not saying this is strong style, just listing it as another thing that you would think would shorten careers a lot. Appreciate the clarification!
Nate Cruz
2024-09-02 14:02:57 +0000 UTCHehe this is going to be real fun. I hope someone suggests the Onita vs Terry Funk match at some point. And a Funk vs Cactus Jack match. I’m also pretty sure FMW di the ECW thing (makes sense they had a working relationship) of just using licenced music without caring about copyright. I love after they go into the wall for the first time they have the dramatic zoom in on the countdown clock.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-02 13:59:50 +0000 UTCFMW style death match wrestling is so extreme that I can only watch it as a novelty once a year at most. At least the barbed wire stuff. Idk if their barbed wire is worked at all, because it actually sticks to peoples skin and tears it up. When WWE and AEW does barbed wire, they work it so that it can still pucture the skin a bit, but it won't stick to the skin like real barbed wire.
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2024-09-02 11:07:36 +0000 UTCI looked it up and this this show took place in 1995 and allegedly had 58 000 in attendance in an outdoors baseball stadium
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2024-09-02 11:01:02 +0000 UTC"Strong style" refers to the original MMA inspired in-house style that Antonio Inoki developed in NJPW. So this wouldn't be strong style, this is just death match wrestling. Current NJPW is basically a mix of Strong Style and AJPW's and NOAH's Kings Road style. Onita was a AJPW wrestler before becoming a death match wrestler. Not saying this to be a smart-ass or to talk dow to you, I figured you'd actually be interested in knowing.
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2024-09-02 10:47:08 +0000 UTCI haven't finished the video yet but I figured I'd put this out there since you mentioned this was supposed to be Onita's retirement match, he still wrestles semi-regularly, including a match just a week or so ago on August 24th which also featured 83-year-old Dory Funk Jr. I'm not super familiar with Japanese deathmatch aside from a few matches but I have watched quite a bit of American deathmatch wrestling and have heard a lot about Hayabusa and Onita so I'm interested to watch this match and also see how you react to your first deathmatch. Edit: Coming back to this after watching the match. The match mentioned previously in this comment is actually a tag match. Interesting note about that match is that the youngest person in the match was 52-year-old Osamu Nishimura, who is also currently battling cancer. I wanted to talk about Hayabusa as well. Hayabusa is a tragic story of a career cut horribly short. He was paralyzed in a match in 2001 after slipping on a springboard moonsault and cracking two of his vertebrae. He would eventually regain the use of his legs and be able to walk with a cane by 2015. He sadly passed away in 2016. Sorry for the long comment but thought you would find some of the information interesting.
Zakk219
2024-09-02 10:13:26 +0000 UTCNever saw one of these! Considering how strong style goes, and these kinds of matches, their training process, it's wild to think how much longevity a lot of Japanese wrestlers have had.
Nate Cruz
2024-09-02 08:07:16 +0000 UTCNow you definitely gotta watch the AEW Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch.
Gai Valentine
2024-09-02 07:53:16 +0000 UTCWanna guess how many retirements Onita has had? Lol
Big Ell
2024-09-02 06:06:35 +0000 UTCNo link needed for this one.
Dport
2024-09-02 05:49:07 +0000 UTCJon Moxley currently uses ‘Wild Thing’ as his entrance song in tribute to Onita
RF
2024-09-02 05:43:23 +0000 UTCI don’t see a streamable link but I’m so excited to see this! Hayabusa is the guy who pioneered the Phoenix Splash, which is the move Seth Rollins used to do. Nathan Fraser hit it today on NXT No Mercy though! Enjoy this match and I can’t wait to see the snarky AEW comments to come…you’ll see. Also, Will Ospreay dressed like Hayabusa at Forbidden Door this year!
Big Ell
2024-09-02 05:36:01 +0000 UTC
