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History of FMW Volume 38 is up going over the year 2010 with pictures and clips. We go over FREEDOMS first full year as a promotion as they run Korakuen Hall for the first time as well as hold a Death Match Tournament. Onita retires again and comes back by the end of the year, Tarzan Goto runs his Super FMW shows in front of barely anyone, the story of how Shin-W*ING died, and much more.

History of FMW Volume 37 is up going over the entire year of 2009. The Apache Army starts back up but continues to struggle eventually leading them to make a decision that would force them to close down and have to re-start back under the name FREEDOMS. Big Japan has an awesome year with multiple amazing matches. Tarzan Goto starts up a new FMW promotion and brings in Atsushi Onita to team up against Mr. Pogo as well as much more.

History of FMW Volume 36 is up going over the second half of 2008. Mr. Gannosuke joins the Apache Army promotion on his road to retirement and starts up the FMW Legends Army as they go up against the Apache Army. Mr. Gannosuke also decides to close down WMF before his retirement as well. Kintaro Kanemura starts up his XWF promotion and we go over how that worked out as well as Atsushi Onita and his FMW nostalgia promotion and Yuko Miyamoto challenges for the Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight Title as well as much more.

History of FMW Volume 35 - going over the first half of 2008 with clips and pictures. We go over all the details surrounding Kanemura's sexual harassment scandal including it resulting it in his Apache Army promotion closing down. Onita begins teaming with Riki Choshu and interjects himself in a feud with Kanemura. Mammoth Sasaki continues his hot streak of awesome WEW Heavyweight Titles matches, Mr. Gannosuke announces his retirement and much more.

History of FMW Volume 34 is up going over the year of 2007 with clips and pictures. The feud between Kanemura and Togi Makabe concludes after a year over the WEW Title. Mammoth Sasaki begins to get pushed as the top guy in the Apache Army while Yuko Miyamoto begins to burst on the scene with his match of the year against Takashi Sasaki in Big Japan. 666 holds one of their craziest shows ever while WMF begins to push the Kitten Kid as a focal point in their storylines. Also, Onita announces he is not going to run again for the Japanese Diet after it comes out he is involved in a sex scandal as well as Mike Awesome would end up passing away. Please give these a chance if you have not already! A lot of time and passion has gone into these and there's a lot of stuff in here that is not common knowledge. It's no Eric Bischoff discussing stuff you've already heard about million times over the last 20 years except now wrong, but what is?

History of FMW Volume 33 is up going over the year of 2006 with clips and pictures. The Apache Army goes to war with New Japan for the entire year first with Jushin Liger, Jado, and Gedo and then against Togi Makabe. Mr. Gannosuke tries to push the younger wrestlers in WMF while feuding with Poison Sawada in Union Pro. Mr. Pogo and Tarzan Goto reunite their rivalry with some interesting stipulation matches. Hayabusa visits America and goes backstage at a WWE show, Matsunaga returns to ZERO1 and much more. This episode is a good look at the whole landscape of the Japanese independent scene in 2006. If you have not watched these yet and have the littlest bit of interest in this topic you should check these out. I really put a lot of time and passion into these to make them as good as possible and I have gotten very positive feedback from those that have watched them.

History of FMW Volume 32 is up going over the year 2005. I go over how Kintaro Kanemura and the Apache Army feud with one another after Riki Choshu is made leader of the group. WMF continues to decline as their sponsor pulls out for good while Mr. Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki have two brutal matches with one another to end their feud. I cover the STOP THE MATSUNAGA angle that went on through out the second half of 2005 in ZERO1 as well going over small Mr. Pogo WWS, Tarzan Goto, and 666 shows as well as much more. Also, all the links in this thread should now work so if you want to go back and watch any past video in this thread you should have no issue.

History of FMW Volume 31: 2004 is back up. It is the only episode back up for now. This will take some time getting everything back up.

History of FMW Volume 31 covering 2004 with pictures and clips. WMF continues to struggles and has be to turned into a smaller indie promotion. Kanemura and Gannosuke end up splitting up after the Fuyuki Army Promotion would close after the final May 5th Kawasaki Stadium show with Kanemura having to create the Apache Army promotion. We go over a sad update on Hayabusa and Chocoball Mukai getting arrested as well as much more.

Hey thank you again! I really appreciate every nice word as they help a lot make sure it's worth with how much time is spent on all this especially the videos. The upcoming episodes should be interesting as a lot of stuff in the mid 2000's isn't well known as even the 90's stuff.

It only took one take as I had it memorized in my head like a movie with some key notes written down the night before in case I did forget something. I was nervous about properly explaining it like how I was seeing it in my head though. The hardest thing was putting clips to all of that as it took me three days, and I went to bed the first two nights with a headache from pretty much having clips of a Yakuza documentary and trying to turn it into the closest thing I could as to what happened with the footage as well as spending countless hours trying to find more suitable footage that I just never could find.

History of FMW Volume 30 is up going the second half of 2003 with clips and pictures. We go over WMF and WEW working together and forming the Apache Army who immediately go to war with ZERO1 in a series of awesome matches that brings back some of the passionate FMW fans. Atsushi Onita goes up against The Great Sasuke in a Exploding Barbed wire Death Match with a series of spectacular explosion spots as well as cover some smaller indies like WWS and 666 and much more.

I appreciate every word though every time! Putting the videos take multiple days. A good day that takes countless hours I will get about 30 minutes completed on the video. Sometimes those pictures that just cover 17 seconds will take me an hour to find in a magazine. This obviously is never going to be super popular like some other retrospective podcast just because of the topic but I try my best to make these as good as I possibly can make them for everyone so any bit of feedback or anything said about them is always welcomed by me. Thank you!

History of FMW Volume 29 is up going over the first half of 2003 with clips and pictures. We go over Kodo Fuyuki passing away before he could have the match he wanted against Shinya Hashimoto. Kintaro Kanemura takes his place in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed wire Death Match and Fuyuki's urn is inserted into the match in a memorable scene. Mr. Gannosuke's WMF continues to struggle as their Korakuen Hall number goes down and Atsushi Onita begins working for Riki Choshu's World Japan as well as much more.

The difference between 1997 and 1999 are stunning! Fuyuki had the mindset of WWF is really popular right now because of Sports Entertainment and he was a fan of that style. Here's a style that is making a lot of money in America that he is a fan of so there's untapped money in it. Problem was like Russo in WCW most of it was bad because they did not know how to do it well. But like you said FMW still had an emphasis on the wrestling which Russo didn't care for there were still a bunch of really good to great matches in FMW from 99 to 2001.

History of FMW Special: Kintaro W*ING Kanemura Interview is up as I talk with him about his career starting out, W*ING, FMW, WEW, and starting up his own company as well as much more in this interview that is a little more than a hour in English.

History of FMW Volume 28 going over the second half of 2002 is up. We go over Hayabusa making his first public appearance since his injury. Mr. Gannosuke creates WMF. Kodo Fuyuki continues his Entertainment Pro-Wrestling booking with WEW and starts up his feud with ZERO1 and Shinya Hashimoto. Atsushi Onita wrestles in Afghanistan and much more.

Thank you! History of FMW Volume 27 is up as we go over the first half of 2002 and the end of FMW. Shoichi Arai dealing with loan sharks that eventually leads to FMW going bankrupt as a result and eventually ends his life. Kodo Fuyuki starts up a new promotion in the wake of FMW closing and finds out he has cancer. Arai contacting Hayabusa right before his death. This is the most newsworthy period and as a result the biggest episode.

History of FMW Volume 26 is up where we go over the second half of 2001. Hayabusa suffers a career ending paralyzing injury in his match with Mammoth Sasaki. We go over everything that lead to the day as well as all the aftermath following the injury including Hayabusa nearly dying while in the hospital. FMW finishes up their feud with TokyoPop trying to buy the company from them as well as feuding with Tenryu's WAR group. Atsushi Onita begins his feud with Shinya Hashimoto and becomes a senator and travels to Afghanistan.

History of FMW Volume 25 is up where we go over the first half of 2001. Hayabusa's injury has caused attendance to drop severely and Tetsuhiro Kuroda is made the ace and the focal point of the promotion until Hayabusa returns back at Kawasaki Stadium on May 5th. FMW returns to Kawasaki Stadium with an exploding ring match and the 6 month feud between Hayabusa and Tetsuhiro finally comes to an end. Shoichi Arai holds a meeting which results in Masato Tanaka, Jado, Gedo, and others leaving FMW for good. Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto renew their feud after 6 years in Onita Pro and much more.

History of FMW Volume 24 is up where we go over the second half of 2000. Hayabusa begins his feud with Kodo Fuyuki which includes an Exploding Cage and an Iron Man Match. We also go over Hayabusa going to America to attend a WCW taping and why he didn't end up wrestling as well as why he met up with The Great Muta. We also cover Atsushi Onita finally having his match with Riki Choshu and what it took for him to get destroyed by him as well much more in this 2 hour 42 minute video.

History of FMW Volume 23 is up where we go over the first half of 2000. Kodo Fuyuki returns and starts up ECW Japan. H is told he has to go back as Hayabusa. TokyoPop releases new FMW DVD's. Hayabusa goes to America to appear in the movie Backyard Dogs. Masato Tanaka comes back and turns heel and take over the ECW Japan group. Atsushi Onita and Terry Funks are in talks with CZW about a exploding ring stadium show in New Jersey. Tenryu dawns the Hayabusa mask for the first time and much more in this 2 1/2 hour video.

The History of FMW Volume 22 is up where we go over the second half of 1999. Hayabusa becomes H while Mr. Gannosuke turns into Hayabusa to setup their match at the Yokohama Arena. Mr. Gannosuke as Hayabusa performs in a porn star and porn star Chocoball Mukai makes his debut. We go over how Shawn Michaels became the referee for the Yokohama Arena show. Atsushi Onita as The Great Nita takes on The Great Muta in a Exploding Barbed wire Death Match. We talk about the infamous Anus Explosion Match and all the FMW angles going on during this time period. Masato Tanaka returns to ECW and wins the ECW Title and we go over how FMW go into such debt as well as much more.

Thank you! History of FMW Volume 21 is up as we cover the first half of 1999. Onita goes to New Japan and begins working Tokyo Dome dream matches against Kensuke Sasaki and Masahiro Chono. Kodo Fuyuki begins as booker of FMW and his entertainment style of booking starts to take over. Hayabusa asks to take his mask off and change his gimmick and FMW runs their first financial flop show on May 5th as well as much more.

Thank you very much! History of FMW Volume 20 is up on YouTube with clips and pictures added going over the second half of 1998. The Entertainment Era in FMW is fully under way. Hayabusa becomes Darkside Hayabusa and hates it. The FMW/ECW relationship begins to fall apart. Atsushi Onita starts up his own promotion and FMW ends up asking him to leave FMW for good as a result. The audio versions are also on iTunes, Sticher, and other podcast sites.