Fall Spectacular (1997), the Glossary
Fall Spectacular: Kawasaki Legend was a Fall Spectacular professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).[1]
Table of Contents
42 relations: Aja Kong, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Atsushi Onita, Big Van Vader, Chokeslam, FMW 3rd Anniversary Show, FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship, FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship, FMW Fall Spectacular, FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship, FMW Women's Championship, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, Fuyuki-Gun, Hayabusa (wrestler), Hiromichi Fuyuki, Hisakatsu Oya, Jado & Gedo, Japan, Jinsei Shinzaki, Kaori Nakayama, Kawasaki Stadium, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Ken Shamrock, Kenta Kobashi, Kintaro Kanemura, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome, Miwa Sato, Mixed martial arts, Moonsault, Mr. Gannosuke, Professional wrestling, Professional wrestling tag team match types, Ricky Fuji, Royal Rumble match, Shark Tsuchiya, Shiodome Legend (1997), Taiyō Kea, Terry Funk, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, W*ING Alliance, ZEN (professional wrestling).
- 1997 in Japan
- 1997 in professional wrestling
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling shows
- Professional wrestling shows in Japan
- September 1997 events in Asia
Aja Kong
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Aja Kong
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972, when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and All Japan Pro Wrestling
Atsushi Onita
is a Japanese actor, politician, and semi-retired professional wrestler.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Atsushi Onita
Big Van Vader
Leon Allen White (May 14, 1955 – June 18, 2018), better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader, was an American professional wrestler and professional football player.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Big Van Vader
Chokeslam
A chokeslam is a type of body slam in professional wrestling, in which a wrestler grasps an opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Chokeslam
FMW 3rd Anniversary Show
FMW 3rd Anniversary Show: Fall Spectacular (1992) was a professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW 3rd Anniversary Show
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
The FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship was world heavyweight championship in the wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). It was one of the two premier championships in FMW, alongside the FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
The FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
FMW Fall Spectacular
Fall Spectacular was the name of a major professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) usually held in the month of September. Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW Fall Spectacular are Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling shows.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW Fall Spectacular
FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship
The FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship
FMW Women's Championship
The FMW Women's Championship consisted of two Japanese women's professional wrestling championships, the FMW Independent Women's Championship and the WWA World Women's Championship. The championships were 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.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and FMW Women's Championship
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion (FMW-E) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (フロンティア・マーシャルアーツ・レスリング,Furontia Māsharuātsu Resuringu) (FMW).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Fuyuki-Gun
was the name of Japanese professional wrestling stables led by Hiromichi Fuyuki in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and Wrestle Association R (WAR) during the 1990s.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Fuyuki-Gun
Hayabusa (wrestler)
was a Japanese professional wrestler, stage actor, musician and professional wrestling promoter, better known under the ring name.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Hayabusa (wrestler)
Hiromichi Fuyuki
(May 11, 1960 – March 19, 2003) was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter better known by his ring name best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and other Japanese and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s as the leader of 6-man tag team Fuyuki-Gun with Gedo and Jado.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Hiromichi Fuyuki
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).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Hisakatsu Oya
Jado & Gedo
were a professional wrestling tag team that currently work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where they are also the head bookers.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Jado & Gedo
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Japan
Jinsei Shinzaki
Kensuke Shinzaki (新崎 健介 Shinzaki Kensuke, born December 2, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling executive, better known by his ring name, Jinsei Shinzaki (新崎 人生 Shinzaki Jinsei).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Jinsei Shinzaki
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.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Kaori Nakayama
Kawasaki Stadium
is a stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Kawasaki Stadium
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
,; is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick; February 11, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Ken Shamrock
Kenta Kobashi
(born, March 27, 1967) is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Kenta Kobashi
Kintaro Kanemura
, better known by his ring name, is a Zainichi Korean retired professional wrestler.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Kintaro Kanemura
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 Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Masato Tanaka
Mike Awesome
Michael Lee Alfonso (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007) was an American professional wrestler.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Mike Awesome
Miwa Sato
Miwa Sato (里美和, born August 8, 1966) is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, who spent her entire career in Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Miwa Sato
Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Mixed martial arts
Moonsault
A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Moonsault
Mr. Gannosuke
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Mr. Gannosuke
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling tag team match types
Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Professional wrestling tag team match types
Ricky Fuji
(born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Ricky Fuji
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 floor.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Royal Rumble match
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).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Shark Tsuchiya
Shiodome Legend (1997)
Shiodome Legend (1997) was the fifth and final Summer Spectacular and second Shiodome Legend professional wrestling television event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). Fall Spectacular (1997) and Shiodome Legend (1997) are 1997 in Japan and 1997 in professional wrestling.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Shiodome Legend (1997)
Taiyō Kea
Maunakea Mossman (born November 18, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known under his stage name.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Taiyō Kea
Terry Funk
Terrance Dee "Terry" Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Terry Funk
Tetsuhiro Kuroda
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently competing as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda
W*ING Alliance
The W*ING Alliance was a Japanese professional wrestling group that existed in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1994 and 1997.
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and W*ING Alliance
ZEN (professional wrestling)
ZEN was a professional wrestling stable in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).
See Fall Spectacular (1997) and ZEN (professional wrestling)
See also
1997 in Japan
- 1997 Aisin fire
- 1997 Asian financial crisis
- 1997 in Japan
- 1997 in Japanese television
- 1997 in anime
- FMW 8th Anniversary Show
- Fall Spectacular (1997)
- Japanese embassy hostage crisis
- Kyoto Protocol
- Shiodome Legend (1997)
- Super Extreme Wrestling War
- Superbird-C
- Tokaimura nuclear accidents
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
1997 in professional wrestling
- 1997 in professional wrestling
- Attitude Era
- Battle Formation (1997)
- Born to Be Wired
- CMLL 64th Anniversary Show
- CMLL International Gran Prix (1997)
- Crossing the Line Again
- CyberSlam (1997)
- ECW As Good as It Gets
- ECW Better Than Ever
- ECW Chapter 2
- Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl
- Eddie Gilbert Memorial Show
- FMW 8th Anniversary Show
- Fall Spectacular (1997)
- Guerra de Titanes (1997)
- Heat Wave (1997)
- Hell in a Cell
- Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997)
- Hostile City Showdown (1997)
- House Party (1997)
- Ikki Kajiwara Memorial Show
- Ilio DiPaolo Memorial Show
- Judgement (1997)
- Juicio Final (1997)
- List of CMLL Mini-Estrellas tournaments
- Montreal Screwjob
- Mountain Top Madness
- NJPW Battle Formation
- Orgy of Violence
- Plum Mariko Memorial Show
- Rey de Reyes (1997)
- Shiodome Legend (1997)
- Strong Style Evolution
- Super Extreme Wrestling War
- Terry Funk's WrestleFest
- The Buffalo Invasion
- Triplemanía V-A
- Triplemanía V-B
- Verano de Escándalo (1997)
- Wrestlepalooza (1997)
- Wrestling World 1997
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling shows
- ECW/FMW Supershow
- FMW Anniversary Show
- FMW Deep Throat
- FMW Fall Spectacular
- FMW Summer Spectacular
- FMW Year End Sensation
- Fall Spectacular (1997)
- List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events
- Super Extreme Wrestling War
- Welcome to the Darkside
Professional wrestling shows in Japan
- CyberFight Festival 2021
- Destruction (2019)
- FMW 2nd Anniversary Show
- FMW 4th Anniversary Show
- FMW 5th Anniversary Show
- FMW Anniversary Show
- FMW Summer Spectacular
- FMW Year End Sensation
- Fall Spectacular (1997)
- Kawasaki Strong 2021
- NJPW The New Beginning
- Noah Cross Over in Sendai 2024
- Noah Demolition Stage In Fukuoka 2023
- Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022
- Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2023
- Stardom Fight in the Top
- Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour
- Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight
- Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter
- The New Beginning in Nagoya (2021)
- The New Beginning in Nagoya (2024)
- Wrestling Dontaku 2019
- Wrestling Dontaku 2024
September 1997 events in Asia
- 1997 Cambodian coup d'état
- 1997 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election
- Fall Spectacular (1997)
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
- Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839
- Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Spectacular_(1997)
Also known as Kawasaki Legend: Fall Spectacular.