The Exploding-Ring Barbed Wire Deathmatch | DARK SIDE OF THE RING

You've heard of a wrestling match, but this is an exploding-ring barbed wire deathmatch. In the 1990s, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling took things to the next level.
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Chapters:
0:00 Death-Defying Stunts
0:50 Terry Funk
1:40 Explosives
2:10 Wild Crowd
3:07 BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!!
3:55 Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
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[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

Where can I watch it on TV in the UK?!?! 🤔😕🧐

[@americannightmare2109]

Bankrupt channel vomiting out 20 year old content

[@mattigator600]

The hell is Jericho narrating and pitching to his own interview in front of the camera 😂

[@L1am21]

He's a jackass

[@thequackpackattack9250]

So Jericho. Egocentric 😂

[@markeugene1293]

He’s become the Kanye of wrestling

[@ItsTheRemixaa]

Jericho has an... ego. I mean it's kinda obviously

[@tobyjayharris]

R.I.P Terry bro 😢

[@jsbmx2039]

These dudes were so sick. Pioneering a lot of the stuff still done today

[@heyoheyoh]

Fun fact- The young man on the right at 3:44 would go on to become the President of one of FMW's spiritual successors, Big Japan Pro Wrestling. If that's not an easter egg it's an insane coincidence.

[@arielargueta1734]

This match: The Salty Splatoon AEW version: Winnie Hut Jr

[@bpolovich9398]

Spitoon* Weenie*

[@suiken3149]

"Real hardcore match! Go cry me a river"

[@bitw434]

AEW Dynamite: Double Weenie Wednesday

[@Potatopatch]

You misspelled both of them 😢

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

"Winnie Hut Jr.s!?"

[@jaxuranium7015]

R.I.P. To one of the goats. Thank you Funker.

[@craigstrachan]

Have watched this match with Onita and Terry Funk . This put hardcore Death Match Wrestling on the map and was a great match to watch . Have it on both VHS and DVD Onita was a pioneer and a legend in this match . RIP to Terry Funk .

[@20VGT]

RIP Jon Moxley ... Eddie tried sacrificed himself but still cant save him ...

[@Nazrinmalique]

I thought this is about the embarrassing explosion at AEW 😂

[@mr1000Cent]

Watching one of the many shows during this past Wrestlemania weekend, and found out the referee in the Onita vs. Funk explosion match was none other than legendary wrestler, Dragon Kid. If true, that's one unique way to break into the business IMO.

[@Rando1975]

I knew Kid was a referee in FMW, but I didn't knew he reffed this match.

[@johndonovan5521]

Funk was the OG of hardcore

[@emsan3684]

Hardcore is an UNDERSTATEMENT for Funk.

[@johndonovan5521]

@@emsan3684 very true.....I wish I could have seen any of his HC matches

[@emsan3684]

@@johndonovan5521 There's alot on YT highlight matches. You need to brace yourself watching it cause it ain't pretty.

[@arturoalmazan5262]

Onita ; Foley and Terry funk RIP 🙏 the toughest wrestling guys ever

[@lenardregencia]

Just like those Exploding Stages in Tekken or DOA.

[@iamdevilboy5976]

FMW were extreme before ECW CALLED THEMSELVES EXTREME.

[@JackgarPrime]

Anyone part of the original ECW when it changed from Eastern to Extreme will be the first to tell you FMW was a massive inspiration.

[@iamdevilboy5976]

@@JackgarPrime absolutely I totally agree with you

[@KhusroBakht]

Poor Eddie Kingston and Moxley

[@CUMBICA1970]

Otani's a very funny, well-spoken guy outside the ring. So much so that he became a congressman after he retired from pro-wrestling. He started at All Japan Pro as assistant to legendary Giant Baba. And he recalled that one his daily duties was everytime Baba took a shite he had to go afterwards to crush the dung because it was so big it wouldn't go down in one flush haha. Years later he bumped into his old master and he tried to recruit Baba to his deathmatch. According to him it went like, Baba: "That thing, isn't it painful?" Otani: "I promise Baba-san, it's not gonna hurt!" And after thinking a bit Baba went "Nahhh I pass." Otani: "Why?" Baba: "Because I'm rich. That's why."

[@HachikoThePoochInugami]

*ONITA

[@garrensequeira505]

The best exploading barbedwire match i saw was in aew😂

[@aswarrior6365]

Japanese have always been on another level when it comes to deathmatch wrestling.

[@ABigBowlOfChips]

Jun Kasai from Freedoms is one of the current biggest names. There’s too many matches to pick as a example like his recent match against Nick Gage in GCW earlier this year

[@hadesmusic1175]

Why tf am I emotional...

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

Probably gay

[@hadesmusic1175]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brdane]

​@@J.G.Wentworth69420 Outstanding diagnosis. 😂

[@Terrythetroll.]

Cause you soft as hell

[@thephonelad992]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 great to still see some casual homophobia 🙄

[@shivangchaturvedi237]

My god!! Display of true courage. When your friend says he'll take a bullet for you, that's what it means.

[@anubhavananddas8801]

Respect 🎉❤

[@ridhowiranatakusumah6531]

theres more extrem than ecw i was looking for this since i was 5!!!

[@JustAnotherDude1986]

Probably been asked, but, what episode did this snippet come from?

[@Shan0a]

Season 3 episode 10: "Blood & Wire: Onita's FMW"

[@badgerproductions3786]

Wow it was better than I thought

[@ElectraTheMiraidon39]

FMW was basically ECW before ECW.

[@gibbonsgomez4434]

Listen to the bonfire do Terry Funk matches it’s freaking hilarious 😂 they pay total respect 🫡 to the legend

[@jbk19xx57]

RIP Terry Funk.

[@donttrip4069]

Bang Bang

[@Btvstudio]

I own this on VHS

[@deejayma5763]

RIP to the great Terry Funk. A true legend who is truly missed.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Why haven't Matt dickie added this To the wrestling empire games yet?

[@iknottheculture.407]

Gobl bless Terry soul. 🙏

[@Capitalgee84]

Always thought the barbed wire ropes was crazy... R.I.P Terry

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

No one is gonna talk about AEW exploding death match. It had sparklers lol

[@problemdude390]

Jericho got fat

[@RealGilbertGan]

Nah, Jeri-bloat looked more bloated than normal 😂

[@HarleyQuinnSoldier]

Onita aged well

[@hadesmusic1175]

Japan: what do people like to watch? Oh sick let's get as good as possible at it

[@bigbangaries]

One of the greatest matches of all time RIP Terry Funk

[@nakajell]

What are doing japan your changing me !!!!!!

[@miketan8857]

Onita! Onita! Onita!

[@_BillsMafia_]

I fucking love terry, rip ❤

[@SNOwyte]

Terry Terry Terry Terry

[@richardcoreno]

How many stars....what's the max.

[@mackisbrocklesnar]

The legend of Terry Funk

[@Jdub14000]

The mother funker!! RIP!

[@ViRrOorR]

Oh its like dead or alive 3 kind of

[@randymac5046]

Terry was a bad ass

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

This match made it to video games as well. AEW fight forever and the firepro wrestling series.

[@wichersham]

いやー、Vice TVに大仁田厚が登場するとは。引退詐欺だのなんとか言われるけど、やっぱすごいよな。

[@mrnobody2683]

1:37 yeah kinda 2:33😂

[@mrgonzale0978]

What FMW did was wild. What AEW did was playing it safe too safe judging by the end result.

[@mikiyema1992]

Then proceed to laugh af at the aew barbwired and puny explosions. 😂😂😂 this was way way better.

[@dubla321]

A lot Of that was more than likely tv producers saying hey no we can’t do xyz. Sadly. One reason why wwe has never had a single death match and they’ve been around for 4 decades. Hell, it’s hard to even get a street fight on wwe tv. I’ll give all the aew haters that, that match sucked. But what’s done in vain can be redeemed through fighting spirit and that’s something AEW has. They don’t give up.

[@miroku888]

AEW was so carny trying to do this kind of match. The fact that the BILLIONARE in charge couldn't afford better special effects and pyro makes it even sadder.

[@RealGilbertGan]

And Tony Wide Eyes invested more into buying snow for him to snort on instead on investing at Absolutely Embarrassing "Wrestling".

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

Sparklers

[@andriealinsangao613]

Because AEW is GARBAGE!!!

[@pete_dj33]

The re enactment shot by Vice looks more dangerous than the AEW match.

[@My-Redemption]

The best part is terry goes why hell get a front row explosion death match and buddy goes they show u hiw the explosion is no hell no i just went to the ring classic terry funk down for anything

[@bluemarvel4601]

BJPW is hardcore at its finest!

[@capcomfan11]

Aew game has this exploding ring

[@patrickwhite4449]

And then AEW made “exploding ring matches” an embarrassment.

[@JaEm2162]

AEW ruined the exploding ring matches' reputation

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

Who here remembers when WWE was WWF?!?! 👍😎

[@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc]

I do.

[@nickhill8612]

I remember

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

I don’t care. (:

[@nickhill8612]

@@neverangel24officialytchan87 Alright cool.

[@mikeda1532]

Who cares? WWE sucks

[@exitstay1955]

If you haven't, Google AEW exploding ring. It's so hilarious.

[@ajm4606]

Yeah like eddie

[@Thacarshee]

Onita is a god and real ones know him

[@nahidahamed1742]

rip terry funk, a true legend and hardcore icon

[@Jeffrulz]

oneida is the name of french fries

[@brandonmaddox4862]

Aew ripped off this ending whole cloth

[@billy9497able]

Aew literally copied this exact angle of his opponent coming back in the ring to save him. Which is fine, angles have been recycled so many times, but Aew just did an embarrassing job at it.

[@WilkenWilkins]

exploding barbed wire deathmatch*

[@xamandaq]

Is real?🥵

[@firstnamelastname1453]

... No one dies though

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

Good.

[@firstnamelastname1453]

​@@neverangel24officialytchan87 Then it shouldn't be called a death match. It's false advertisement

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@firstnamelastname1453 True, it should be called *ultraviolent* wrestling!

[@mikeda1532]

No shot Sherlock

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@mikeda1532 But he ain’t wrong though, the word “deathmatch” IS a false advertisement.

[@markwilliams8779]

And AEW screwed it (exploding ring death-match) big time LOL!

[@mr1000Cent]

TBF, I heard stories that Eastern Championship Wrestling tried to do one, much to the same results as the ever popular Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk exploding barb wire match in IWA (as in nobody got to see the "Earth shattering kaboom" in the end). In AEW and ECW's case, depending on if the Fire Marshall was in the building, maybe not having the large explosion and huge amounts of disappointment was probably for the best. Not saying the dud was planned, but compared to the lawsuits, if even a couple of ringside fans were singed from the resulting explosion, that could have been disastrous for the company.

[@RealGilbertGan]

And Tony the Snowman often says "GREAT" while high on the snow he snorted and Plumber Moxley said that Harpo Fingerbang is a "tough SOB" but couldn't put an exploding deathmatch the shits. No wonder why the abbreviation of AEW is "Absolutely Embarrassing Wrestling".

[@billiamsandals175]

FM-DUB FM-DUB FM-DUB FM-DUB

[@shibbymiyah6614]

The Japanese don't mess around

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

Yup. Ask the Chinese from nanking

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 What has China been doing?

[@chadd990]

I’m glad Jericho could take time out of his sexual harassment schedule to narrate exactly what we’re seeing on screen.

[@kiddcavalierdjmcandlilgas5331]

Is vice falling out?

[@Chronoir3]

Then AEW happened lmao!

[@Lou13Cyf3r]

I HATE when people are talking about past wrestling and say E instead of F!!!

[@LoPhatKao]

the panda has good lawyers

[@Razear]

"bUt wReStLiNg iS fAkE!"

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

It is

[@Itznkb]

⁠@@J.G.Wentworth69420 -scripted.

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 World peace is fake and scripted. 😂

[@christiangarcia1498]

Jon moxley Vs Kenny omega exploding barbed wire match Is the most embarrassing and worst match ever

[@erictapia1772]

They copied and pasted this match

[@RealGilbertGan]

That's why AEW is called "Absolutely Embarrassing Wrestling" for a good reason thanks to Plumber Moxley, the BBC, Harpo Fingerfuck and the Cucamonga Kids.

[@RealGilbertGan]

@@erictapia1772 The crappy finish was nothing more than Gillberg's sparklers on the entrance ramp with a fart lol

[@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc]

There wasn't embarrassing or worst match ever, AEW Exploding barbed wire match are so cool, even in the video game of AEW got Exploding barbed wire match in it.

[@ruddyguzzman]

Aew did it better

[@saketarora]

Please don’t let them watch AEW one

[@ReinEngel]

A bunch of twelve-year-olds could have recreated this better than AEW did.

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

AEW tried to mimic this and horribly failed lmao.

[@anut8733]

Something that AEW tried to replicate, and failed horribly lmao

[@manmeetrana388]

Hahahaha AEW failed to do this

[@qbcomicaddict2590]

To act like this was a big successful company is crazy lol. There big acquisition was terry funk lol. A legend but only to the sweatiest of wrestling fans lol. Stop the cap

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

What a joke

[@Podgorski37]

AEW wishes

[@franciscomartinezbravo2105]

Aew did it better 😂

[@noahsteadmansings2241]

Cap

[@mikeda1532]

@@noahsteadmansings2241clearly you don’t know what a joke is 🙄

[@noahsteadmansings2241]

@@mikeda1532 dang bro you just made me realize how stupid I am

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

I remember when AEW tried to do this 😂😂 looking at the original, I feel the embarrassment all over again. AEW deserves to get shut down on principle lmao

[@nikhilArtist-g3k]

So this is what aew try to copy but did bs job with it!

[@pie5556]

The dumbest match type ever. The whole reason Pro Wrestling even existed was to make money fighting without ACTUALLY fighting and hurting each other.

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

Keep suffering! 😂

[@mikeda1532]

Boohoo keep crying

[@pie5556]

@@mikeda1532 Your as soft as your favorite wrestlers buddy

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@mikeda1532 LET’S GO! ✊😃❕

[@mikeda1532]

And the wrestlers did this style of wrestling cause they love it, they wasn’t forced to do it

[@EthanZ45]

Jerico ruined this whole segment

[@Terrythetroll.]

How?

[@whotang1435]

AEW copies way too much

[@AshSolarion]

So that’s where the outlaw mudshow bullshit wrestling originated

[@juanherran6452]

And now WWE is ass

[@kylewarren5268]

I wish wrestling would put people like funk on promotions all the time. Whdn he came to attitude era i had no idea who he was or what he'd done. I didn't find out what funk was about till like maybe 10yrs ago. By then it was far far too lste to appreciate his work. Once these guys have the big run they get pushed to thr side dnd u never hear A THING about them again. Its sad

[@izzatothman4532]

not god but clown comedian

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

And you’re the entire circus. 😂

[@MrDabnCough]

Why Japan is superior in entertainment whether it’s staged Actor portrayed Drawn Or produced

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

If you're a grown man baby with a neck beard

[@MrDabnCough]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 I don’t recall dialling 877- cash now! Gtfo

[@gabriel9116j]

I am embarrassed of you. And I am a fucking furry so that tells you something​@@MrDabnCough

[@No-Lie-I-Want-To-Die]

Wtf