Pain, blood, agony^E Just the beginning! Call the paramedics because there's gonna be a blood bath! No rules to abide by, no conscience to listen to, just match after match of some of the most brutal wrestling ever to hit the ring.<P> Do you have what it takes to endure some of FMW's most barbaric matches? No mercy will be given when Getkou takes on Gosaku. No love is lost when Megumi Kudo battles her old partner Combat "Mother in Law" Toyoda. No rules apply in the "3 on 3 Death Match" pitting Super Leather, Hido, & Kanemura against Matsunaga, Jason, & Hosaka. And if it's death matches your after, get set for an extreme match featuring superstar Matsunaga taking on the devil's own Mr. Pogo ^V Oh, the brutality! 120 minutes.

The claws are out and if you don't think fast you'll be^E Torn to Shreds.

Hell has no fury like these bad girls of the FMW. Don't turn your back because it's ladies night in the ring and they are out for blood. Full of spit and venom, see for yourself why wrestling is not just a man's sport anymore. Experience nonstop action and high-flying moves^Egirl style. The fuse is lit when Bomber settles an old score with Sub Miss Sato. Bats and barbed wire are all fair game when Bad Nurse Nakamura tries to tame Mad Dog Nagayo. And see the ultimate bitch slap when Megumi Kudo takes on Shark Tsuchiya in blood soaked death match. <P>Wrestling is not a girl's sport. Yeah, right! Just try to take on one of these FMW bad babes--you'll be Torn to Shreds! Think you've got what it takes? Let^Rs just see. 120 minutes.

Tanaka has returned from the U.S. to the FMW insisting that he, not H, should be leading the FMW into the future, beginning a feud between two of the FMW's greatest stars ever. At the same time, Mr. Ganosuke finally returns to the side of H--his longtime rival--and won't allow H and Tanaka's feud to end without laying in his own two cents of violence. Kodo Fuyuki also returns with his own strong-arm approach, and when he brings the new threat of ECW Japan, there may not be an FMW left for anyone to fight for anyway. <P><P>The war is on with bitter betrayal, destroyed friendships, and new alliances. As the FMW and ECW Japan fight to become the pre-eminent hardcore wrestling promotion in the world, egos collide, and the war can only be settled one way: on the mat. Only one can rule as the bodies hit the floor, and the FMW will never be the same.

Experience the originators! Before pretty boy commercialism found wrestling in the U.S., FMW was writing the book! Technically more advanced matches! Athletically and acrobatically more talented wrestlers! Innovators in style and technique!

From rookie mat-wrestler to international superstar, Masato Tanaka has proven he can crush all who stand in his way. He single-handedly took on Kanemura and the ultra-hardcore wrestling faction W*ING and finally took down WWF superstar Mike "Gladiator" Awesome in a history-making feud that spanned two continents and two promotions.

Struggling to reach the top-rung of the FMW, Tanaka finally left when it seemed he would only ever achieve second best. But when a war-weary FMW needs a new wrestler to rise-up and lead the promotion, Tanaka returns with his new devastating move--the Diamond Dust. Tanaka embodies the violence of the FMW. From the blood he's shed, to the scars that mark his conquests, he's weathered all storms only to come back stronger. Destroying everyone in his way, he's shown he has the number of everyone in the FMW, and why he is The Enforcer.

Japanese ring action with a weird edge is presented by Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW) in this 90-minute compilation, which kicks off with the gleefully obnoxious announcers promising lots of blood, ball bats, and barbed wire. The wrestling action itself is lively, with a lot of aerial moves, but just when things could turn graceful, something utterly brutal comes along and restores the proper tone. A featured match between female wrestlers "Bad Nurse" and "Mother in Law" begins with an onscreen title boldly announcing "Chick Fight," and a female wrestler known as "the Shark" is referred to by an announcer as "one mean butch bitch." The focus is never far from lowbrow humor and flowing blood, though there are some fairly acrobatic matches mixed in with the more brutal mayhem. Among the featured wrestlers are Americans Mike Awesome and Horace Hogan (said to be the Hulkster's cousin), Japanese stars Ricky Fuji and Hayabusa, and "Super Leather," who threatens opponents with a chainsaw (though his more common weapon is a folding chair). The coarse jokes and bloodiness of some matches makes this material inappropriate for children and those of a sensitive nature, but ring fans who like their wrestling down and dirty will relish it. --Robert J. McNamara