FMW Women's Championship
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The FMW Women's Championship was two Japanese
professional wrestling
championships (WWA World Women's Championship and FMW Independent World Women's Championship) contested in the promotion
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
(FMW). During the heyday of FMW, the female wrestlers wrestled in the same types of bloody death matches as the FMW men, and were feared by other Japanese female wrestlers for their toughness and intensity.
Japan
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professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
championships (WWA World Women's Championship and FMW Independent World Women's Championship) contested in the promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989 by Atsushi Onita that specialized in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their first show on October 6, 1989...
(FMW). During the heyday of FMW, the female wrestlers wrestled in the same types of bloody death matches as the FMW men, and were feared by other Japanese female wrestlers for their toughness and intensity.
History
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Combat Toyoda Combat Toyoda , better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling most of her career.-All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling :... |
1 | November 5, 1990 | Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
Defeated Beastie the Road Warrior to become the first WWA World Women's Champion. |
Megumi Kudo Megumi Kudo Megumi Takayama, better known under her stage and maiden name , and by her nickname Kudome, is a Japanese entertainment personality, and was a professional wrestler who worked most of her career for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.... |
1 | March 28, 1991 | Tokyo | |
Combat Toyoda | 2 | August 17, 1991 | Tokyo | |
Miwa Sato | 1 | October 14, 1991 | Tokyo | |
Shark Tsuchiya | 1 | March 25, 1992 | Tokyo | |
Megumi Kudo | 2 | May 24, 1992 | Tokyo | |
Combat Toyoda | 3 | July 24, 1993 | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Kitakyushu, Fukuoka is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is midway between Tokyo and Shanghai.- Demographics :Kitakyūshū has a population of just under one million... |
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Crusher Maedomari | 1 | October 31, 1993 | Tokyo | Vacated title in February, 1994 |
Megumi Kudo | 3 | February 25, 1994 | Tokyo | Defeated Leilani Kai Leilani Kai Patricia Schroeder , better known by her stage name Leilani Kai, is a semi-retired professional wrestler. She began training with The Fabulous Moolah right after finishing high school... to become first FMW Independent World Women's Champion and win vacant WWA Women's Title. |
Combat Toyoda | 4 | June 19, 1994 | Tokyo | |
Yukie Nabeno | 1 | August 28, 1994 | Vacated on December 12, 1994 due to injury | |
Bad Nurse Nakamura | 1 | March 30, 1995 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Defeated Megumi Kudo for vacant titles. |
Megumi Kudo | 4 | May 5, 1995 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.... |
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Shark Tsuchiya | 2 | November 20, 1995 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... |
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Combat Toyoda | 5 | December 10, 1995 | Tokyo | |
Megumi Kudo | 5 | May 5, 1996 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
Shark Tsuchiya | 3 | March 21, 1997 | Sendai, Miyagi Sendai, Miyagi is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku Region. In 2005, the city had a population of one million, and was one of Japan's 19 designated cities... |
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Megumi Kudo | 6 | April 29, 1997 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Vacated on June 13, 1997 due to retirement |
Shark Tsuchiya | 4 | September 28, 1997 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Defeated Aja Kong for vacant titles. Both titles were retired shortly after. |