7 Episodes Confirmed For Vice's Dark Side Of The Ring Season 3
4. FMW
FMW
Legendary Japanese deathmatch promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling was the home of exploding barbed wire matches, barbed wire steel cages and countless other bloodbaths, all built on the success of Atsushi Onita iconically violent style.
A change of ownership in 1995 saw the company struggling financially and rumours of relationships between president Shoichi Arai and Japanese mafia. Arai took his own life in 2002, shortly after declaring FWM bankrupt.
At the same time over on the other side of the world, another organisation were dabbling in their own brand of ultra-violence...
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back almost 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 60,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
