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Source: f4wonline.com
Atsushi Onita is reviving a cult favorite.
Onita held a press conference on Thursday to announce the launch of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion, a new wrestling promotion that will borrow some of its name and logo from the legendary FMW company that Onita founded in 1989. Onita will serve as a figurehead for the company, while Hidetaka Kajiki will serve as company president.
"I have revived FMW," Onita said. "The meaning of E is explosion. It is an explosion... I decided to create an organization specializing in barbed wire explosion with President Kajiki."
Onita said that there are plans to broadcast FMWE events live, but offered no specifics as to a potential streaming platform or partner.
"We are launching this promotion to broadcast our matches live, worldwide, Onita said. "Live streaming has become a major trend since COVID-19."
He went on to cite AEW's recent exploding barbed wire death match as the catalyst for this revival.
"The reason is that the first explosion death match was done at FMW. When I went to America, many people asked me to have my original explosion match in America. Then I dreamed of making it happen not only in the United States, but all over the world."
The new FMWE will hold its first show on July 4 in Yokohama at the Tsurumi Fruit and Vegetable Market. Onita cited July 4 as significant due to it being Independence Day in the United States.
"Action, action action. Let's do everything," said Onita.
The full press conference can be streamed below.
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