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Death Matches
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Death Matches
Barbed Wire
The standard barbed wire match is to wrap horizontally three strands of
the wire between the ropes, stretching around all four ringposts. On
occasions, the barbed wire was wrapped vertically around the ropes
(Spider Net). In these matches, anything goes, and victories are settled
by pinfall, submission or until a participant can't continue.
{~} No-Rope Barbed Wire
At first, this style of match was only promoted in Japan. More recently,
ECW have held events like these, but not very often. Basically, in a
no-rope barbed wire match, the ropes are completely removed and replaced
with barbed wire. The matches are generally fought under Streetfight
rules.
{~} No-Nope Explosive Barbed Wire
This is when the wire is either electrically charged or primed with small
explosives. When the wrestler's skin brushes against the wire, there are
small explosions.
{~} Barbed Wire Cage
There are different variations of a 'barbed wire cage' match. Sometimes,
the cage is almost completely constructed out of barbed wire, while other
times a standard cage is simply put up when a barbed wire match is taking
place to stop any of the participants from running away.
In most of Japanese barbed wire cage matches, the barbed wire is wound in
and out of the cage, and the wire is usually either electrically charged
or primed with small explosives. Also, the ropes are completely removed,
resulting in maximum carnage.
{~} Barbed Wire Bumps
In a barbed wire bumps match, at ringside, there are huge boards laden
with truckloads of barbed wire. Inside the ring, a pretty normal match
takes place, but when either wrestler is thrown out of the ring, it gets
a little more brutal.
Also, in FMW, Mr Pogo & Atsushi Onita contested barbed wire bumps matches
where, at ringside, mixed in with the wire, were landmines. Landmine
matches usually only occur outside. The only one to be contested inside
was held on 8/28/94, where Onita fought Aoyagi. Onita was horribly cut up
during the match, Also, in December 1994, at an arena in Tokyo (not
Korakuen Hall), FMW held a series of matches with Onita (under the Great
Nita gimmick) and Tarzan Goto (under his Ho Chi Ming gimmick) against Mr
Pogo and Hisakatsu Ohya, which had landmines at ringside.
{~} Barbed Wire Ladder
This is basically the standard ladder match, except the ladder is wrapped
in barbed wire. Shoji Nakamaki fought The CryptKeeper at Korakuen Hall on
1/5/95/ during an IWA Japan card where like in a standard barbed wire
baseball bat match, both participants stand at opposite sides of the
arena and after the count of ten, they rushed down to the ring, and the
first to get to the ladder could legaly use it on his opponent.
{~} Barbed Wire Chain
In February of 1994, Freddy Krueger faced The Winger in a barbed wire
chain match. Krueger beat Winger after he took the strap off his wrist,
wrapped it around Winger's body and then piledrived him. Also in 1994,
Shoji Nakamaki fought Hiroshi Ono in a Barbed Wire Chain match. Also, At
IWA Japan's Kawasaki Stadium show on August 20, 1995, there was two
Barbed Wire Chain Matches in the King of Death Match Tournament one
between Tiger Jeet Singh and Mr. Gannosuke and the other one saw Terry
Funk beat Leatherface.
{~} Light Out Death Match
The first Light Out Death Match to have been held, was on June 18th 1993
at Korakuen during a W*ING show. The match featured Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
vs. Freddy Crougar(Doug Gilbert). That match was a regular match except
all the lights in the building were turned off. The wrestlers then
battled in the ring and outside all over Korakuen Hall. The match ended
when Mitsuhiro Matsunaga was hanged from the balcony with a chain.
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