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| Promotion | Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | ||
| Date | September 28, 1997 | ||
| City | Kawasaki, Kanagawa,Japan | ||
| Venue | Kawasaki Stadium | ||
| Attendance | 50,012 | ||
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Fall Spectacular: Kawasaki Legend was aFall Spectacularprofessional wrestling event produced byFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on September 28, 1997 at theKawasaki Stadium inKawasaki, Kanagawa,Japan.[1] The show aired via tape delay on Samurai TV! on October 12.[2]
Themain event was aNo Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Steel Cage Time Bomb Death Match betweenAtsushi Onita andW*ING Kanemura, which stipulated that if Onita lost, he mustretire from professional wrestling and if Kanemura lost, thenW*ING Alliance would have to disband. Onita won, forcing W*ING to disband. After the event, Onita formed a bonding with W*ING members and quit FMW team in sympathy and formedZEN with W*ING members to feud with FMW.
In other major matches on the event,Masato Tanaka defeatedThe Gladiator to win theFMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and theFMW Independent Heavyweight Championship, theAll Japan team ofKenta Kobashi andMaunakea Mossman defeatedHayabusa andJinsei Shinzaki, Funk Masters of Wrestling leaderTerry Funk defeatedFuyuki-Gun leaderKodo Fuyuki in aloser leaves FMW match to retain the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship,Vader defeatedKen Shamrock in anultimate rulessteel cage match andShark Tsuchiya defeatedAja Kong to win theFMW Independent and WWA World Women's Championship.
The opening match was a twelve-manRoyal Rumble match. The final two participants wereRicky Fuji andTetsuhiro Kuroda. Kuroda lastly eliminated Fuji with aone shoulder powerbomb to win the match.
Next,Kaori Nakayama andMiwa Sato took on Mad Dog Military members Crusher Maedomari and Miss Mongol. Maedomari executed aNodowa Otoshi on Sato for the win.
Next,Hisakatsu Oya andMr. Gannosuke defended theBrass Knuckles Tag Team Championship againstJado and Gedo. Gannosuke executed aThunder Fire Powerbomb on Gedo to retain the titles.
Later,Aja Kong took onShark Tsuchiya in a match for the vacantFMW Independent and WWA World Women's Championship. Tsuchiya attacked Kong with afireball to win the vacant titles.
Next,Terry Funk defended the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship againstKodo Fuyuki in aLoser Leaves FMW match, with the loser being forced to leave FMW. Funk executed aMoonsault on Fuyuki to retain the title.
Next,Ken Shamrock took onVader in anUltimate RulesSteel Cage match. Vader was awarded the match via referee stoppage after Shamrock began bleeding heavily.
Next,The Gladiator defended the unified FMW Double Championship againstMasato Tanaka. Tanaka nailed aRolling Elbow Smash to Gladiator to win the title, ending Gladiator's year-long reign.
In the penultimate match, the team ofHayabusa andJinsei Shinzaki took onKenta Kobashi andMaunakea Mossman in an interpromotional tag team match. Kobashi nailed aBurning Lariat to Hayabusa for the win.
The main event was aNo Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Steel Cage Time Bomb Death Match betweenAtsushi Onita andW*ING Kanemura. The match stipulated that if Onita lost then he would be forced to retire and if Kanemura lost thenW*ING Alliance would be forced to disband. After a back and forth match, Onita executed aThunder Fire Powerbomb on Kanemura for the win, thus saving his career and forcing W*ING Alliance to retire.