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Stone Cold didn't have a problem having personal feuds with the title, nor did Flair. That seems like ROH has shitty bookers if you can't keep him unique with the title.

FMW Grand Slam, Night 8 September 23, 1995 in Nakamura, Kochi, Japan Nakamura Sports Center FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka [8] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [2] Shinzaki already defeated Hayabusa, so was confident coming into this contest. These two battled with Tanaka almost gaining the win with a Fire Thunder Bomb and a Roaring Elbow, but both times Shinzaki's leg was close enough to the ropes to break the count. Tanaka and Shinzaki battled on the top turnbuckle which ended with Tanaka hitting a superplex, but Shinzaki hooked the leg for the surprise win. Koji Nakagawa & Daisuke Ikeda vs. Damian 666 & W*ING Kanemaru Nakagawa made Damian submit to the Sharpshooter in a match featured a variety of styles of wrestling. La Parka vs. Horace Boulder Unlike previous Parka matches this was more brawling. Parka picks up the win with a moonsault onto a chair. Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji, Hanzo Nakajima, & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. The Headhunters, Yuji Yasaroaka, & Mitsuharu Matsunaga A crazy brawl mixed in with some great high flying by Nakajima and Yasaroaka. Matsunaga got the pin with a piledriver on Fuji, after both Headhunters gave him moonsaults. Megumi Kudo, Combat Toyoda, & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Monster Ripper, Shark Tsuchiya, & Crusher Maedomori A fun and action packed match that saw Ripper pin Kudo, after Nagayo accidentally lariated Kudo. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [6] vs. Big Boss Man [4] Terry Funk was with Super Leather again, but this time Boss Man brought Hayabusa with him. Hayabusa was limping around, but managed to stop Super Leather from interfering. This lead to Boss Man and Terry Funk having an intense contest in the ring without interference and weapons, as neither wanted to go to ringside and get ambushed. The finish came when Super Leather tried to hand Funk a branding iron, but Hayabusa chased him around the ring. Leather dived into the ring to get out of the way and was hit with a Boss Man Slam. With Boss Man distracted, Funk nailed him with the branding iron and then hit a Piledriver for the win. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [6] vs. The Gladiator [8] These two men killed each other in this match, breaking 11 tables in total with numerous Sabu dives and Awesome Bombs and Splashes. The finish came when Sabu went for a Super Frankensteiner, but Gladiator countered it into a Super Awesome Bomb onto a pile of chairs in the middle of the ring. With this victory, Gladiator has earned himself a spot in the finals. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. The Gladiator [10] 2. Hayabusa [8] 2. Masato Tanaka [8] 2. Terry Funk [8] 5. Sabu [6] 6. Big Boss Man [4] 6. Jinsei Shinzaki [4] 8. Mr. Gannosuke [0] The final four matches of the Grand Slam Tournament, scheduled for 9/24, are: Sabu [6] vs. Haybusa [8] Mr. Gannosuke [0] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [4] Terry Funk [8] vs. Masato Tanaka [8] The Gladiator [10] vs. Big Boss Man [4] The Gladiator is in the finals and at this point he could be facing Sabu, Hayabusa, Terry Funk, or Masato Tanaka. If there are more than two people tied for the most points, a mini one night tournament will take place.

That's a pretty great observation and really something to think about. What would happen if, say, Dalton Castle was given the World Title at Final Battle this year?

Dalton should be in the main event programs and have the company built around him. He is the most popular person they have, and even when they have him lose it's not hurting him yet. A guy like that gives you two options. Keep him where he is, because he's not going to be hurt by whatever or to strap a rocket on him and go with it and maybe make the product more popular. Dalton is someone the company could build around, yet the shows are built around what?

I strangely really want to see Hogan-Hiro Saito.

The fact Dalton Castle is not their biggest star shows how clueless this company is.

Seriously this is freaking art. I wish more people were reading this. Man you should put this on wordpress in a blog or something too, it's freaking great.

Can Steve Doll & Rex King enter the tournament or The Headhunters or is this tournament only for the great names of the Midwest?

What about the fun WCW run in 97 too?

Oh man no finish to the loser never teams match, but with a Public Enemy debut??? I forgot you had them!! Fuller as the man in SMW is great too. Can't wait for this to continue.

Updated.

Predictions?

Two nights left of the tournament with: 9/23 FMW Grand Slam, Night 8 @ Nakamura Sports Center in Nakamura, Kochi, Japan *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka (8) vs Jinsei Shinzaki (2) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk (6) vs Big Boss Man (4) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu (6) vs The Gladiator (8) 9/24 FMW Grand Slam, Night 9 @ Hachioji Civic Hall in Tokyo, Japan *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu (6) vs Hayabusa (8) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Mr. Gannosuke (0) vs Jinsei Shinzaki (2) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk (6) vs Masato Tanaka (8) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator (8) vs Big Boss Man (4) The finals will take place at: 9/26 FMW Grand Slam, Night 10 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament Finals Also announced for this show is: WWF World Women's Champion Monster Ripper vs Chigusa Nagayo FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs The Headhunters FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Champion Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda

FMW Grand Slam, Night 7 September 21, 1995 in Saijo, Ehima, Japan Saijo City Gym FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [8] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] Hayabusa tried to end this early after a pre-match handshake, due to his badly injured knee. Shinzaki did fend off the initial attack and made his comeback. This was more a short sprint. Shinzaki picked up the win after hitting the Praying Power Bomb. Daisuke Ikeda vs. Horace Boulder Another Shoot Style vs Death Style, but this time Shoot Style came out on top with a submission victory for Ikeda. Bring Your Own Weapon's Battle Royal: Featuring: Megumi Kudo, Takako Inoue, Combat Toyoda, Maymi Ozaki, Crusher Maedomori, Shark Tsuchiya, Miwa Sato, Chigusa Nagayo, & Monster Ripper This was a violent battle royal that saw lots of weapons used. Early on Kudo and Combat pumped into each other and looked to go at, but instead shook hands. As they did that, Shark came from behind and tossed both. Chigusa and Ripper eliminated each other to bring the match down to Ozaki and Inoue. The two battled and hit each other with chairs, but in the end Ozaki ducked Inoue's charge and picked up the win. Koji Nakagawa, La Parka, & Hanzo Nakajima vs. Damian 666, Yuji Yasaroaka, & W*ING Kanemaru This was built like a lucha libre trios match. La Parka pinned Yasaroaka to gain the victory for his team. Afterwards Kanemaru went to confront him, but Parka laid him out with a chair and danced over his prone body. Ricky Fuji vs. Headhunter A A wild brawl that was tossed out when the other Headhunter and Hisakatsu Oya interfered. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [4] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] Mr. Gannosuke had an aggressive edge here, but Terry Funk is a wile veteran. Both men came close to victory, but Funk hit a moonsault for the win. After the match Funk called out Hayabusa who defeated him earlier in the tournament. Hayabusa tried to limp out to confront Funk, but Super Leather attacked him from behind. Big Boss Man ran out to save Hayabusa and run off Leather. Mr. Gannosuke ignored the whole situation and did not save anyone, just looked disgusted as he stormed to the back. Funk stayed in the ring taunted everyone. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator [6] vs. Masato Tanaka [8] We've all seen this match and know this match. Picture Heat Wave '98, but with The Gladiator winning with a Super Awesome Bomb through a table. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [8] 1. Masato Tanaka [8] 1. The Gladiator [8] 4. Sabu [6] 4. Terry Funk [6] 5. Big Boss Man [4] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [2] 8. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

Tyson and Zach had a rematch for Smash in Toronto last Sunday and it was A LOT better than their on at the CWC. No stalling suplex from the second rope though

Almost everyone coming out of this tournament has a story going forward, so standings are working out a way to start stories. It's difficult, but it's a great way to start booking as it's a clean slate.

FMW Grand Slam, Night 6 September 20, 1995 in Marugame, Kawgawa, Japan City Gym Mayumi Ozaki & Takako Inoue vs. Crusher Maedomoari & Shark Tsuchiya A really solid bout to get the crowd going in the opener. Inoune used a Victory Roll to pin Crusher in a close match. Hanzo Nakajima vs .Yuji Yasaroaka A spotfest with both men doing their best to hit innovative spots. Hanzo hit a Super Frankensteiner for the win. Miwa Sato vs Combat Toyoda Combat wins after a tough challenge from Sato. Hisakatsu Oya w/ Ricky Fuji vs. Headhunter B w// Headhunter A A tough brawl here with B hitting a Super Power Bomb for the win. A brawl between the four broke out after the match. No Holds Barred: Super Leather vs. Daisuke Ikeda Death Style vs. Shoot Style. Ikeda used kicks and submission, while Super Leather used a barbed wire baseball bat. Ikeda was bloodied up, but his kicks were vicious enough to chop down Leather. A leglock submission almost made Leather tap, but he grabbed the baseball bat and knocked Ikeda out for the win. Afterwards he limped to the back with help from the referees. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [4] vs. The Gladiator [4] Super Leather was not in Funk's corner for this one, after the last contest. Funk and Gladiator had a heel versus heel contest where both men played it legit. Tables, chairs, and a barbed wire baseball bat were all used. An Awesome Splash gave Gladiator the win here, but barely. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [4] vs. Big Boss Man [4] Another big man vs. little man contest here, but taken to the extreme. Sabu put Boss Man through two tables. He attempted to use a chair, but Boss Man blocked it with the knife stick. Boss Man then knocked Sabu out with the knife stick, but missed a big splash. Sabu hit the Triple Jump Moonsault for the win. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [8] vs. Masato Tanaka [6] These two friends went to battle in a King's Road Style match that lived up to an AJPW main event. The finish saw Hayabusa going for the Firebird Special, but his leg gave away which slowed down his accent, Tanaka jumped to the top and nailed a Tornado DDT in about twenty minutes for the win. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [8] 1. Masato Tanaka [8] 3. The Gladiator [6] 3. Sabu [6] 5. Terry Funk [4] 5. Big Boss Man [4] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

FMW Grand Slam, Night 5 September 19, 1995 in Niimi, Okayama, Japan Niimi Gym FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [6] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] Hayabusa limped into this match and Gannosuke went right to work on the leg. The match was focused on Gannosuke's leg work and Hayabusa attempting comebacks. Gannosuke started to look really confident, but as he went to the top he showboated too much which allowed Hayabusa to move out of the way and then hit the Fire Thunder Bomb for the win. Gannosuke was visibly frustrated post match. La Parka vs. Hanzo Nakajima A spotfest with Parka gaining the victory with a tumbleweed. Some great dancing by Parka as well. After the match he nailed Hanzo with a chair. Street Fight: Super Leather vs. Horace Boulder A big brawl that went all over the ringside and featured blood. Leather hit a piledriver onto a steel chair for the win. Ricky Fuji, Hisakatsu Oya, & Koji Nakagawa vs. The Headhunters, & W*ING Kanemaru A nice brawl with Fuji playing the face in peril. Headhunters and Oya/Fuji got into a brawl and brawled to the back, leaving Kanemaru and Nakagawa alone. Kanemaru hit the senton for the win. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Big Boss Man [2] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] A high flying Shinzaki versus the power man Boss Man. Although bumped Boss Man around a lot for Shinzaki's high flying offense. In the end Shinzaki walked the ropes and went for a flying lariat, but was caught and turned into a Boss Man Slam. Megumi Kudo, Chigusa Nagayo, & Combat Toyoda vs. Mayumi Ozaki, Takako Inoue, & Monster Ripper A great contest which everyone hit their spots in. Kudo and Combat had another miscommunication which lead to Inoue pinning Combat. Combat and Kudo had an argument post match. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [4] vs. Masato Tanaka [4] This match was pretty wild with chairs and tables being tossed and broken all over the place. After about 16 minutes, Sabu went for the Triple Jump Moonsault, but Tanaka got up and caught win with the Roaring Elbow for the win. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [8] 2. Masato Tanaka [6] 3. Terry Funk [4] 3. The Gladiator [4] 3. Sabu [4] 3 Big Boss Man [4] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

I really hope Hawk worked heel against Bret, I think that's the only way I want to see that match. So glad Norton is getting wins.

That's a hell of a Four Horsemen unit!

So frustrating. My laptop if I hit backspace at the wrong time with back out of the page and I will have to retype everything! By the way two more shows posted for FMW. The stories of the round robin tournament are starting to emerge.

FMW Grand Slam, Night 4 September 18, 1995 in Izumo, Shimane, Japan City Gym Yuji Yasaroaka vs Hanzo Nakajima A quick spotfest to get the crowd going with Nakajima getting the win. La Parka & Daisuke Ikdea vs Damian 666 & Mitsuharu Matsunaga Lucha libre collides with Shoot Style colliding with Death Style! Everybody gets to showcase their own style, La Parka does hit a Fire Thunder Bomb to pin Damian 666. Takaka Inoue vs Combat Toyoda A solid back and forth contest. Combat picks up the win. After the contest she declares that she will be retiring at the Anniversary Show in 1996. She has one dream before she retires, to become the Women's Champion one more time. She has proved on this tour she is the top woman in FMW and challenges whoever the FMW Champion is to a title match at the finale of this tour. W*ING Kanemaru vs Katsutoshi Niiyama Kanemaru gets the win in a basic match. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator [2] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] Shinzaki put up a great fight, but The Gladiator was too powerful and dynamic. Awesome Bomb picks up the victory here. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [2] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] Gannosuke came so close to winning again, but just fell short. Gannosuke was noticeable frustrated after the loss and threw some chairs around. FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Title Match: Megumi Kudo [c] vs.Mayumi Ozaki This was not only a great wrestling match, but also a violent one as well. A classic Death Style match than could had went either way. A Kudo Driver did finish off Ozaki in the end. Kudo remains champion and now has to ponder the challenge from her best friend. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka [2] vs. Big Boss Man [2] These two went at it and really laid into each other. Both men through some really tough strikes and both had some close nerfalls. Boss Man went for the Boss Man Slam, but Tanaka ducked and nailed a Roaring Elbow for the victory. The two men shook hands afterwards. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [6] 2. Terry Funk [4] 2. The Gladiator [4] 2. Masato Tanaka [4] 2. Sabu [4] 6. Big Boss Man [2] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

FMW Grand Slam, Night 3 September 17, 1995 in Kasihara, Nara, Japan Kasihara Gym Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji, & La Parka vs The Headhunters & Damian 666 The Headhunters continue to look dominate as they lay waste to Fuji and Oya. Damian 666 impersonated The Head Hunters and even did their moves. La Parka was a side show here dancing and hitting some high spots, but wasn't too involved. Super Power Bomb by the Headhunters on Oya gave them the victory. Super Leather vs Koji Nakagawa Leather brawled and Nakagawa tried to use technique. In the end Super Leather rammed Nakagawa into his chainsaw which was at ringside, which lead directly to the victory. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [0] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] This is exactly what you would expect from these two. Crazy high spot contest. Sabu hit a moonsault through a table for his first win of the tournament. Daisuke Ikdea vs Mitsuharu Matsunaga Shoot Style vs Death Style! Matsunaga has some tricks up his sleeve with his karate background though, so early on this resembled a UWFi match. Death Style of course came out on top here. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka [0] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] This was more of a King's Road style contest, but with chairs. Gannosuke got a few very close nearfalls, but Tanaka hit a Tornado DDT followed by a Roaring Elbow for the win. Elimination Match: Monster Ripper, Crusher Maedomori, Shark Tsuchiya, & Mayumi Ozaki vs Megumi Kudo, Combat Toyoda, Chigusa Nagayo, & Miwa Sato *Ripper pinned Sato with a sit out power bomb *Combat pinned Crusher with a Thunder Fire Bomb *Chigusa and Ripper battled to a double count out as they brawled to the back *Toyoda pinned Shark with a discuss lariat *Ozaki pinned Kudo after Kudo and Combat collided *Combat pinned Ozaki with a Fire Thunder Bomb Sole Survivor: Combat Toyoda FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [4] vs. Hayabusa [4] Super Leather joined Terry Funk at ringside. Funk really destroyed Hayabusa's leg through out the contest and kept coming back to the spinning toe hold. Hayabusa kept fighting back. At one point Super Leather and Funk started to double team, after Hayabusa looked to have everything in hand. That is when the Big Boss Man ran to ringside and chased Super Leather to the back. That left Hayabusa alone to hit the Firebird Special, however Funk moved out of the way. Funk put on the Spinning Toe Hold, only for it to be countered with an inside cradle for the win. Post match Funk destroyed Hayabusa and left him bloody. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [6] 2. Terry Funk [4] 3. Big Boss Man [2] 3. The Gladiator [2] 3. Masato Tanaka [2] 3. Sabu [2] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] 7. Mr. Gannosuke [0]

Whatever you need man.

Sounds awesome dex