Also Known As: SWORD, Masa Tanaka, MASA TANAKA
Biography: Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is currently splitting his time wrestling for both Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: February 28, 1973
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Gender: Male
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Overview: The Hana Kimura Memorial Show was a Japanese professional wrestling memorial show and pay-per-view event promoted by Kyoko Kimura to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of her daughter Hana Kimura, who committed suicide on May 23, 2020. The event took place on May 23, 2021 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan with a limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kagetsu and Hazuki, who both retired in 2019, made one-off in-ring returns at the event, participating in both the semi-main and main event matches.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-23
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Overview: Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 16, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the newly renamed Bodymaker Colosseum. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships. The Main Event Was Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championshi. It was the fourth event under the Dominion name.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-16
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Overview: The Bad Boy Joey Janela felt one Spring Break wasn't enough along with GCW they present The Greatest Clusterfuck as the final event of The Collective.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-06
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Overview: Dominion 6.19 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 19, 2010, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The event featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships. Much like the previous year, Dominion 6.19 also featured wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Noah; namely Go Shiozaki, Muhammad Yone and Naomichi Marufuji.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-19
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Overview: A NJPW wrestling event that celebrates the 25th Anniversary of NJPW superstar Masahiro Chono.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-12
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Overview: ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka. Rob Van dam, who had proposed the idea to Vince McMahon, could not compete due to injury but would go on to headline the 2006 event against John Cena.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-12
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Overview: ECW One Night Stand (2006) was a PPV produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 11, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. The main event was John Cena versus Rob Van Dam for the WWE Championship. The predominant match on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship. Another match on the undercard was Edge, Mick Foley, and Lita versus Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a Hardcore Intergender match.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-11
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Overview: NJPW celebrates their 40th anniversary from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-04
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Overview: From 1995 to 2005, Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka waged war across the globe in one of professional wrestling's greatest rivalries. AWESOME BOMB incorporates Tanaka and Awesome's twelve singles matches from FMW and ECW in an effort to study their movement over time, culminating in a balletic and violent ghost film in which the participants dance around, into, and through one another. A perpetual gladiatorial battle trapped within time; the warriors desperate to break free.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-14
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Overview: ZERO-ONE Wrestling presents Impossible To Escape from the Roygoku Arena in Toyko, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-07
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Overview: The deadliest hardcore wrestlers in the world!! Sabu, Mike "Gladiator" Awesome, Terry Funk, Sandman, The Dudley Boys, One Man Gang, John Cronus Tommy Dreamer, Tajiri, Super Crazy, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Gandsuke, Tanaka, Hido, Ricky Fuji, Kanemura, Gedo and Jado with ECW's Paul Heyman setting the table!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-23
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Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-04
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Overview: Destruction was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event aired domestically as a regular pay-per-view (PPV) and internationally as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event was headlined by Kazuchika Okada defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Satoshi Kojima.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-30
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Overview: December 17, 1999 from The Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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Overview: January 27, 2000 from The St. Petersburg Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Florida
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-27
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Overview: The final event of the NJPW 2013 World Tag League, live from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-08
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Overview: Pro Wrestling NOAH returns to the illustrious Nippon Budokan for NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2022.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-01
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Overview: Blood Sport: ECW's Most Violent Matches Vol. 1 features eight of the most brutal matches in the history of ECW - Extreme Championship Wrestling, including all your favorite ECW stars such as Tommy Dreamer, Rob Van Dam, Cactus Jack, Chris Jericho, Sabu and many more.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-07
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Overview: This anthology of wrestling mayhem from Extreme Championship Wrestling promises an "emotional barbed wire hell," and it delivers. In one gory match, Terry Funk, whose specialty is taking more punishment than any sane person could stand, meets the evil and vicious Sabu in a ring surrounded with barbed wire. In their battle for the ECW World Heavyweight championship, it doesn't take long for them to be smeared with blood, beating the hell out of each other while hopelessly entangled in strands of wire. It eventually takes several men with tools to cut them free as the announcer proclaims that the action just witnessed is too brutal to ever be shown on television. In another match Steve Austin, before he became "Stone Cold" and attained primetime stardom, battles in a "three-way dance" with other notorious bad asses Mikey Whipwreck and the Sandman. And Mick Foley, in his "Cactus Jack" persona, tangles with Terry Funk and gets burned (literally).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-10
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Overview: This year ECW has been invaded by a host of international superstars that have made their mark in the land of extreme. Combined with aa extreme ECW style along with the styles from Japan and Lucha Libre, they have provided non-stop action for fans of ECW.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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Overview: Power Struggle (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 9, 2013, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Bodymaker Colosseum and featured ten matches (including one dark match), five of which were contested for championships. It was the third event under the Power Struggle name.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Overview: Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2012. It was the 21st January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the sixth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. This was the final Wrestle Kingdom where a Roman numeral was used as part of the event's name. The event featured twelve matches (including one dark match), three of which were contested for championships.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-04
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Overview: The New Beginning (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 12, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The event featured eight matches, four of which were contested for championships. It was the third event under the New Beginning name, and the first major event held by NJPW after the promotion had been sold to Bushiroad.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-12
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Overview: Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2008. It was the 17th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the second held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-04
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Overview: The eighth and final night of the tournament took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on August 8, 2009.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-16
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Overview: Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2011. It was the 20th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fifth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured thirteen matches (including two dark matches), four of which were contested for championships.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-04
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Overview: The city of Chicago has survived the reign of Al Capone and the Great Fire, but not even the Windy City could withstand the power of Extreme Championship Wrestling! On September 19, 1999 the Odeum witnessed all rules broken, all morals shattered, and all royalties destroyed! In the world of ECW, there is only one rule: ANARCHY RULZ!! Rob Van Dam defends the ECW World Television Championship against Balls Mahoney. The event also featured Tommy Dreamer and Raven defending the ECW World Tag Team Championship against Rhino and Steve Corino and ECW World Heavyweight Champion Taz defended the belt against Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka in a 3 way dance.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-19
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Overview: Day Two of the Lucha Libre World Cup
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-09
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Overview: Day 1 of the Lucha Libre World Cup
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-09
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Overview: WrestleCon presents their annual "Super Show" on THURSDAY - APRIL 5th with a 9:30pm belltime.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-05
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Overview: A pro wrestler is forced to participate on a wrestling reality show to win a new home and restore his wife, who is infected with a mermaid virus.
Genres: Horror Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-04
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Overview: When Gon, a playful orphaned fox, finds that young Hyoju has lost his mother, he tries to comfort him and make amends for his own earlier mischiefs by secretly bringing small gifts to the boy every day. But Hyoju doesn't realize who is behind the anonymous gifts, and the two are headed for a heartbreaking climax. Original Story by Niimi Nankichi
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-04
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Overview: Tommy Dreamer, Sandman & Spike Dudley battle The Dudley Boyz in a Dudleyville Street Fight. Taz defends the FTW Championship against Bam Bam Bigelow. Sabu & Rob Van Dam take on Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki. Mike Awesome battles Masato Tanaka. Chris Candido goes one-on-one with Lance Storm. Justin Credible faces Jerry Lynn and more!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-02
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Overview: This 2-DVD set features 19 of the most brutal matches in the history of "ECW - Extreme Championship Wrestling,"
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-07
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Overview: Volume 3 of the 150 best PPV matches in WWE history.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Overview: 2002 marked the birth of something special in professional wrestling, something that took the best wrestlers from across the country ,brought them all into one place, and allowed them to compete to the absolute best of their abilities. That something was Ring of Honor and this is a look at the bouts that started it all!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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Overview: Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2009. It was the 18th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the third held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including one dark match), five of which were contested for championships. For the second year in a row, the show featured wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In addition, the show also featured wrestlers from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as part of a new relationship between NJPW and CMLL. Wrestlers from other Japanese promotions also took part in the show, including All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1, whose top title, the World Heavyweight Championship, was defended during the show.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-04
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Overview: Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2013. It was the 22nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the seventh held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including two dark matches), five of which were contested for championships.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-04
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Overview: ECW started as a small, Philadelphia-based local wrestling company, but rapidly became a sensation that built a passionate fan base and influenced both WCW and WWE permanently. Extreme Championship Wrestling was known for its intense matches, fan interaction, and introducing a number of future superstars to the general public, including Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Sandman, Taz, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, the Dudley Boyz, Rob Van Dam, Shane Douglas, and more. Now for the first time in years, ECW returns to home entertainment with The Biggest Matches in ECW History. Hosted by the longtime unmistakable voice of ECW, Joey Styles, this home video release collects some of the most amazing and over-the-top matches in ECW history, some of which have never before been released on DVD.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-05
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Overview: They're taking over! Join the voice of ECW, Joey Styles and The Blue World Order's Blue Meanie and Stevie Richards as they go through Extreme Championship Wrestling's hardcore history to bring you hidden gems that have never before been released on home video! Witness extreme matches and moments featuring ECW originals like Tommy Dreamer, Cactus Jack, Shane Douglas and more! Relive the revolution and enter the land of the extreme at your own risk with ECW Unreleased Volume 3!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-28
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Overview: Living Dangerously 2000 took place on March 12, 2000 from the O'Neill Center in Danbury, Connecticut. In a Texas Bullrope match, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes takes on "The King of Old School" Steve Corino. In the ECW World Television Title Tournament semi finals, Rhino battles The Sandman and Super Crazy goes one on one with Little Guido, with the winners fighting in the finals later in the night. The Impact Players, Raven and Mike Awesome, and Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka Tanaka battle in a 3 Way Dance for the Tag Team Championship. Plus the unbelievable finish to the New Jack and Vic Grimes match, and much more!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-12
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Overview: The Impact Players collide when Justin Credible defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Lance Storm in the main event. Jerry Lynn collides with "Mr. PPV" Rob Van Dam. Rhino faces The Sandman with the ECW Television Championship on the line. Tajiri takes on Steve Corino and more.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-14
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Overview: HUSTLE wrestling pay-per-view from Yokohama, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-08
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Overview: The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.
Genres: Action Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-20
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Overview: MLW's "Revolutions" held May 9, 2003 in Orlando, Florida
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-09
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Overview: NJPW presented their third annual Destruction event from Ryogoku Kokugikanin Tokyo, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-08
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Overview: Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) wraps up their eleven day Year End Sensation tour with the Year End Spectacular. The vent was the third and final annual Year End Spectacular event, and marked the in-ring return of Atsushi Onita.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-11
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Overview: Dragon Gate USA returns from the McAlister Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chris Hero goes to war with Masato Tanaka and Ricochet challenges Johnny Gargano!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-04
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Overview: Sabu, Rob Van Dam & Taz join forces to take on the Triple Threat in the main event. Tommy Dreamer teams with a mystery partner to take on Justin Credible & Jack Victory. The Dudley Boyz defend the ECW World Tag Team Championship against Balls Mahoney & Masato Tanaka. Lance Storm faces Jerry Lynn and much more!
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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Overview: Terry Funk's Wrestlefest 1997 was an event from Extreme Championship Wrestling. It took place on September 11, 1997 at the Tri-State Fairgrounds Maxor Pharmacies Coliseum in Amarillo, Texas.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-11
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Overview: Al Snow teams with Lance Storm to face Triple Threat members "The Franchise" Shane Douglas & Chris Candido. Sabu battles Sandman in a Dueling Canes Match. Taz defends the ECW Television Championship against Bam Bam Bigelow. Tommy Dreamer battles Justin Credible. The Dudley Boyz face Spike Dudley & New Jack. Rob Van Dam battles 2 Cold Scorpio and more!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-01
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Overview: Rhino joins forces with The Impact Players to face Raven, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman in the main event. Rob Van Dam defends the ECW Television championship against Taz. Mike Awesome defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Masato Tanaka. Sabu faces Chris Candido. Jerry Lynn collides with Tajiri. Plus, New Jack and much more!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-07
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Overview: Pro Wrestling Expo was a three part series of pro wrestling shows in Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Overview: All-Star Extravaganza was a wrestling show held by Ring of Honor. It took place on November 9, 2002 at the Murphy Recreational Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The shows main event featured Steve Corino and Low Ki taking on Shinjiro Ohtani and Masato Tanaka on tour from Pro Wrestling ZERO1.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-09
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Overview: Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2010. It was the 19th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fourth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured ten matches, five of which were contested for championships.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-04
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