1. Anus Explosion Death Match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShgRtPNfAQA&scrlybrkr=0e404026 I honestly wish I were making this one up. In October 1998, the nutty Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling promotion in Japan staged an Anus Explosion Deathmatch between Hayabusa (known simply as "H" at the time, since he was unmasked) and Mr. Gannosuke, who was calling himself Hayabusa and dressing like his foe in order to mock him. The object of the match was to incapacitate your opponent long enough to shove a firecracker up his backside and light it. You have to give FMW credit. I mean, at least it was unique. The match itself was standard deathmatch stuff with light tubes, barb wire, glass and all the other garbage wrestling staples that old-school fans hate. After much brutality, Gonnosuke tied H's arms around the turnbuckle and shoved the firecracker up his rectum like he was Wile E. Coyote. While the firecracker certainly didn't "explode" H's anus, it certainly did set off some sparks, so the gimmick was most definitely paid off. The firecracker bit was apparently a reference to a stunt that the older Japanese wrestlers used to force the trainees (or young boys) to do as a hazing ritual, so that's something. Still, the idea of wrestling fans paying money to watch a guy's posterior explode is not something that I'm sure I'm entirely comfortable with.