Hello there! We're going to look back at 2002 Zero One Wrestling. This post we're going to be looking at Kodo Fuyuki's post FMW league, WEW, and matches featuring Zero One wrestlers. So it's a WEW post about Zero One wrestlers, make sense?

Shinya Hashimoto & Shinjiro Otani vs Atsushi Onita & Great Sasuke (05/05/02 WEW) - An absolute spectacle. You have to know that with Onita going into this. That is what he does. That said, he does a remarkable amount of straight pro wrestling or for him at least. Sasuke is here to fly and get beat up. Otani was really good holding much of the match together (on offense and defense). Hashimoto is the destroyer of worlds. He doesn't hold back. Sasuke crumpled under the onslaught. You might think, "oh he'll take it easy with old man Onita." No. No he doesn't. He downward chops that raspy bastards neck all the same. Fuck Onita for being a selfish person (and a skeezy one)...Hashimoto is the avatar of vengeance. You will enjoy watching Hash blast Onita with chops & kicks. But in the end, remember Onita never loses. He brings it back to himself... Onita theatre & spectacle is what it's all about. And if he's a heel then this is what he's going to do. And as selfish as he is, he's the best at creating a spectacle. Do I wish we got another independent wrestler like Shinzaki to pair with Sasuke? Yeah, we might have gotten a great match. Onita gives you a moment to remember though. I don't like him but he's good at what he does. 

Ikuto Hidaka & Tomohiro Ishii vs Takashi Sasaki & GENTARO (09/14/02 WEW) - By gawd they're going wild! Under 10 minute sprint. Surprisingly Hidaka is the one with execution issues but, it's a short match more about the energy than anything else. That said this was a ton of FUN 😀 Takashi Sasaki & GENTARO are such a good junior team. Ishii was just mauling them but they were busting out movez when they could. This was a good time. I

Otani, M. Tanaka & K Wagyuta vs T. Kuroda, TAKA & G. Goshogawara (10/23/02 WEW) - The Otani vs TAKA part at the beginning is pretty salty...yes! Otani is Tenryu-like in his stiffness and non-cooperation all match actually. Gosaku gets the worst of it and even I'm rooting for him! Otani power bombs him pretty viciously and he gets loopy. Wagyuta tries his best but this little bit was spotty. Fortunately TAKA & Kuroda knew what was up and got him out of there & got it back on track. Very good match! 

TAKA & Kuroda vs Otani & Wagyuta (11/04/02) - Sort of a rematch. Unfortunately, they cut half of it out but was was shown was really good action. Wagyuta is growing on me. He's a good beefy toadie for Otani. He & Kuroda's lariat battle was sweet! TAKA really showed everyone up here. Perfect quebrada and lit Otani's skull up with kicks. I really wanted the whole thing. LIKED what was shown

Kintaro (W*ing) Kanemura vs Masato Tanaka (WEW 11/04/02) - FMW lives on! This was a mix of  the old style FMW garbage wrestling along with the athletic style. Here they used tables, chairs, the lighting rig and a flaming barb wire bat. That shit was dangerous! Tanaka went for it one last time. Fans of ECW, FMW, BJW and all the rest really will want to see this. It's a great death match. Plenty of holy shit moments along with great pro wrestling. LOVED IT

"Umm guys...how long am I supposed to hold this!?"

This was a fun post. I was able to see WEW finally. I was curious about the post FMW promotions and this post made it a "two birds with one stone" scenario. There's not a ton of Zero One Max online from this time period. I will probably have to employ this method as I go. It's cool though. It's definitely widening my scope of smaller Japanese promotions at the time.

Thanks for reading!!!