Kodo Fuyuki has been forced into almost immediate retirement due to colon cancer. For his retirement match he'll team with Misawa & Ogawa vs. Taue & Inoue & Kikuchi on NOAH's 4/14 Tokyo Differ Ariake show. Two days later he'll be admitted to the hospital in preparation for surgery on the 18th. Fuyuki was just about to start a sports "entertainment" crap version of FMW called WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling, like the belts Fuyuki created to replace the old Onita Brass Knucks ones). Obviously his big match against Onita on WEW's 5/5 Kawasaki Kyujo debut show has been cancelled, but the show will still take place. Misawa has offered to appear on the show with Ogawa vs. Honda & Inoue, although that's hardly a replacement. Fujinami has also offered to lend some NJ wrestlers. Depending on his health, Fuyuki may be able to continue promoting his new league.

12/9 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100
Kuroda & Kanemura & Gannosuke & Mammoth Sasaki beat Tenryu & Fuyuki & Arashi & Kitahara when Gannosuke used his Gannosuke clutch on Fuyuki at 19:54.
Fuji & Yuki Miyazaki beat Mukai & Kyoko when Miyazaki pinned Mukai at 9:59.

11/23 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan 4,900
Tenryu & Fuyuki beat Kuroda & Garuda when Fuyuki pinned Garuda at 23:33
Kanemura retained the WEW Single Senshuken, pinning Sasuke at 15:48
Gannosuke & Mammoth Sasaki became the 14th holders of the WEW Tag Senshuken, defeating Luther & DNA when Gannosuke pinned Luther in his Gannosuke clutch at 12:58 to win the vacant titles
Lioness & Kyoko beat LCO in 15:00 when Kyoko pinned Shimoda in a dobitski kaiten ebigatame.

9/9 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100 sellout
Hayabusa & Kuroda & GOEMON captured the WEW 6 Man Tag Senshuken, defeating Kanemura & Gannosuke & Fuyuki when Hayabusa pinned Kanemura at 14:37.
Mammoth Sasaki pinned Yoshihito Sasaki at 5:24.
Bio Monster DNA pinned Onryo at 4:29.

9/5 Sapporo Tsukisamu Green Dome 3,250
Hayabusa captured the WEW Single Senshuken from Kanemura, pinning him at 17:09. Hayabusa is the 8th champ.
Gannosuke & Mammoth Sasaki won the WEW Tag Senshuken from GOEMON & Onyro when Sasaki pinned Onryo at 13:53. Gannosuke & Sasaki are the 12th champs.
Fuyuki won a Triple Fight over Kuroda & Bio Monster DNA. It came down to Fuyuki & Kuroda with Fuyuki scoring the pin at 9:45.

9/2 Hokkaido Kitami Shiritsu Taiiku Center 1,850
Kanemura & Fuyuki & Gannosuke retained the WEW 6 Man Tag Senshuken defeating Hayabusa & Kuroda & Onryo when Kanemura pinned Onryo at 19:51.

8/11 Tokyo Komozawa Olympic Koen Taiikukan 4,950
Kintaro Kanemura captured the WEW Single Senshuken, pinning Hayabusa at 18:35. Kanemura is the 7th champ.
Gannosuke pinned Kuroda at 18:30.
Bio Monster DNA pinned Fuyuki at 3:25.
GOEMON & Onryo made their second defense of the WEW Tag Senshuken, defeating Mammoth Sasaki & Mukai when Onryo pinned Mukai in the Onryo clutch at 6:20.
Azumi & Haruyama & Yoneyama beat Kyoko & Motokawa & Miyazaki when Haruyama used an orange*blossom on Emi at 13:55.

8/3 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100
Gannosuke & Kanemura & Sasaki beat Hayabusa & GOEMON & Onryo when Kanemura pinned Hayabusa at 18:35.
Fuyuki had an invalid match with Shoichi Arai at 9:02 when Nazo (?) did a run in.
Kyoko & Emi defeated Haruyama & Kaori Yoneyama when Emi pinned Yoneyama at 12:56.

7/5 Fukushima Taiikukan 2,950
Hayabusa & GOEMON & Onryo beat Fuyuki & Mammoth Sasaki & Mukai when Hayabusa pinned Mukai at 20:16.
Gannosuke & Kanemura defeated Kuroda & Kudo when Gannosuke made Kudo submit at 15:57.

7/2 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,050 sellout
Hayabusa & GOEMON & Onryo beat President Arai & Gannosuke & Kanemura when Hayabusa pinned Gannosuke at 16:18. The stip was Arai would lose his presidency if he was pinned.
Kuroda pinned Mammoth Sasaki at 11:27.
Shinjuku Same & Mukai defeated Oya & Kudo when Mukai pinned Kudo at 12:55.
Takako Inoue pinned Emi at 11:57.

BRAIN BUSTER 6/8 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100 sellout
Gannosuke & Kanemura beat Hayabusa & Kuroda when Gannosuke used his Gannosuke clutch on Hayabusa at 18:32.
Mammoth Sasaki pinned GOEMON at 8:01.
Fuyuki pinned Onryo in all of 57 seconds.

BRAIN BUSTER Kawasaki Densetsu ~Hayabusa Fukkisen (return match)~ 5/5 Kawasaki Kyujo 10,000
Hayabusa & The Great Sasuke beat Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mr. Gannosuke in a 15,000V Thunder Bold Tag Death Match when Hayabusa pinned Gannosuke at 20:07.
Genichiru Tenryu pinned Kodo Fuyuki at 13:33.
GOEMON & Onryo beat Super Crazy & Super Nova when GOEMON pinned Nova at 11:38.
WEW Hardcore Senshuken: Kanemura successfully defended when he pinned Mammoth Sasaki at 7:57.
Ayako Hamada & AKINO beat Kyoko & Emi when Hamada pinned Emi at 7:51.
IWA World Heavyweight Title: Ricky Banderas successfully defended when he pinned Mukai at 7:59.
Oya & Ichihara & Tomomi Tanimoto & Tobita beat Azusa Kudo & Naohiro Yamazaki & Kaoruko Arai & Gorilla when Tanimoto pinned Yamazaki at 5:18.

The lineup for the 5/5 Kawasaki show is as follows:
Hayabusa & Sasuke vs. Kuroda & Gannosuke. This matchup has a lot of potential, although it's hard to say how well Hayabusa & Gannosuke will perform since both have been out of the ring (aside from runins) since last year. It's going to be some kind of 15,000 volt thunderbolt cage death match though, so in a way it's kind of a waste of their most talented wrestlers.
Fuyuki vs. Tenryu. Fuyuki isn't the ideal opponent for Tenryu, but they know each other well enough that on a show like this they should be able to have a good match.
GOEMON & Onryo vs. Super Crazy & Super Nova. Onryo vs. Nova will be very good, but I don't have any faith in Nova against guys he's worked with for years.
WEW Hardcore Senshuken: Mammoth Sasaki vs. Kanemura. Sasaki is better in tag, but they'll do enough gimmick spots to keep it interesting (although possibly excessive).
Same vs. Paska. Worst match of the year candidate
Kyoko & Emi vs. Ayako Hamada & AKINO. I like the matchup a lot, but it's hard to say just how good it will be. The big questions are if Hamada can work with Emi, who she isn't familiar with, and how hard Kyoko will work.
Azusa Kudo & Naohiro Yamazaki & Kaoruko Arai & Gorilla vs. Oya & Ichihara & Tomomi Tanimoto & Tobita. Comedy match.
IWA World Heavyweight Title: Ricky Banderas vs. Mukai
Fuji & Makita vs. Morita & Yoshihito Sasaki

Added BRAIN BUSTER Winning Road 2001 Series Kaimakusen PPV Rundown

Fuyuki will have a singles match with Tenryu on the 5/5 show, but the titles won't be on the line. Ashura Hara, who was a long time partner of Tenryu and a member of his Revolution group with Kawada & Fuyuki, will be the special ref. Fuyuki is supposedly gaining 30kg so Tenryu can't lift him up for the powerbomb.

BRAIN BUSTER Fighting Collision 2001 4/1 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100 sellout
Tetsuhiro Kuroda captured the WEW Single Senshuken from Kodo Fuyuki, pinning him in the Gannosuke clutch at 19:02. Kuroda is the 5th champ. Although Kuroda attacked Gannosuke when he did a run in and laid out Kanemura during the 3/13 match, they've now formed a team. Gannosuke hit the ring after a ref bumb in this match as well, but this time he combined with Kuroda for a double kick to Fuyuki. Gannosuke, who "retired" last year after losing to Kuroda, will be coming out of "retirement" for the big 5/5 show. I don't like the idea of him being on Kuroda's side now, but they badly need him back in the ring. Although it seems an odd time for him to bring it up, Fuyuki is once again looking for a match for Tenryu's titles.
Mammoth Sasaki captured the WEW Hardcore Senshuken from Kintaro Kanemura, pinning him at 14:01. Sasaki is the 4th champ.
GOEMON & Onryo & Chocoball Mukai beat Azusa Kudo & Shinjuku Same & Naohiro Yamazaki when GOEMON pinned Yamazaki at 18:00 following a senton bomb.
Kyoko Inoue & Misae Genki defeated Yoshiko Tamura & Yuki Miyazaki when Kyoko pinned Miyazaki in a powerbomb at 16:32.
Hisakatsu Oya & Tomokazu Morita & Satoru Makita beat Ricky Fuji & Flying Kid Ichihara & Survival Tobita when Oya used his backdrop on Tobita at 11:03.
Yoshihito Sasaki made Banji (?) Takada submit to a gyakuebigatame at 7:42.

Kuroda is out of the hospital. He would like to wrestle on the 18th, but Arai may decide to give him 2-3 shows off.

BRAIN BUSTER Winning Road 2001 Series Saishusen 3/13 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,050 sellout
Tetsuhiro Kuroda earned the right to be the next WEW Single Senshuken challenger when he pinned Kinaro Kanemura at 14:57. Double juice, with Kuroda having a real gusher. Kuroda went directly to the hospital after the match, where 35 stitches were supposedly needed to close his forehead. He'll probably challenge for Fuyuki's title in April when his arm injury has heeled. Fuyuki said he might use Atsushi Onita. They need a draw, but Onita has, shall we say, different ideas than Fuyuki & Arai. Fuyuki promised to face a bigger name than Onita on the 5/5 Kawasaki show. Perhaps this is where Tenryu comes in? Since Fuyuki has become commissioner again, he's reversed his previous role in many ways so now he's against "entertainment" and for serious wrestling.
GOEMON & Onryo defeated Mammoth Sasaki & junji.com when Onryo used his Onryo clutch on junji at 12:22.
Eagle Sawai & Rumi Kazama beat Kyoko & Emi when Eagle pinned Emi at 12:45.

BRAIN BUSTER Winning Road '01 Series Kaimakusen 3/5/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,050 (in reality there were tons of empty seats)
Tetsuhiro Kuroda pinned The Great Sasuke at 21:08. Fuyuki retook the role of commission by not allowing such "vulgarity" as going though with the pre match stipulation of the loser getting naked. Sasuke got down as far as his bikini shorts. Same threw a bucket of water on Fuyuki for ruining Team Kuroda's funs.
Kodo Fuyuki & GOEMON & Onryo beat Katsumi Usuda & Ryuji Hijikata & Takeshi Ono when Fuyuki pinned Hijikata at 11:27.
Kintaro Kanemura & Ryuji Yamakawa made their first successful defense of the WEW Hardcore Tag Senshuken, defeating Mammoth Sasaki & Azusa Kudo when Kanemura pinned Kudo at 14:59.
Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi beat Kyoko Inoue & Emi Motokawa when Momoe used her Momoclutch on Emi at 13:07.
Prodigy (Tom Marquez) pinned Ricky Fuji in a German suplex hold at 3:54.
The Great Same & SASUKE.com & The Great Ken defeated Tomokazu Morita & Satoru Makita & Yoshihito Sasaki when SASUKE pinned Makita in 9 minutes.
Flying Kid Ichihara pinned Chocoball Mukai in la magistral at 7:27.

BRAIN BUSTER Cluster Battle 2001 Series Saishusen 2/23/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2001 PPV rundown

Chocoball Mukai vs. Ricky Fuji. Fuji carried the match. He kept it basic, but also kept it moving so it was rarely dull. Unfortunately, it looked very indyish. This is acceptable for Mukai since he's still fairly experienced, but after all these years Fuji should be able to do better with an opponent that tries hard and is generally passable like Mukai. They didn't make too many mistakes, but most of the spots they used are executed by whoever else you see doing them. The speed, precision, and crispness simply weren't there. Fuji pinned Mukai with a DDT, which they call 9999. After the match, he did a Michaels like performance, dancing around and showing his ass. 7:00. *1/4

Flying Kid Ichihara vs. Masked Sumo. God awful! Sumo is like a cross between Yokozuna & Arashi. Almost every move was either botched or poorly executed. Thankfully Ichihara got a flash pin with la magistral in just over a minute. Prior to this debacle, Ichihara introduced his new manager. She looks old enough to be Sena's grandmother. 1:05. -*

Shinjuku Same & Azusa Kudo & Naohiro Yamazaki vs. Tomokazu Morita & Satoru Makita & Yoshihito Sasaki. The rookies are all well conditioned, fairly athletic juniors. Their matches thus far are incredibly basic, so it's hard to say if they have much potential. Yamazaki is the best of these six. Athough that's faint praise, he has been getting a little better. The first 9 minutes were pretty boring, but the pace picked up for the last 4+. Aside from the typically pathetic "boxing" displays by Same, the match wasn't flawed. It just wasn't very interesting. 13:09. *

Hisakatsu Oya vs. Arvan Ken. A fairly solid match due to Oya, but very uneventful. Ken is a Battlarts guy that uses looks like he'd hang around with Masao Orihara. He employs a mat style that is similar to Yuki Ishikawa's even though he's with Kuroda's heel group here. The match was fairly even. There were very few big moves or catches, and neither man was every really in trouble. Essentially, the match just ended. Ken had landed on his feet for Oya's "brainbuster," but Oya cut him off with a running neckbreaker drop and put him away with his backdrop finisher. 7:11. *1/4

Kyoko Inoue & Emi Motokawa vs. Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita. Pretty much what you'd expect from LCO in terms of style and their performances. It was sloppier and more contrived due to the opposition, taking the match down a notch or more likely two from normal Cachorras level. Kyoko wasn't very impressive here, she seemed slow and mainly used lariats. Emi did all the work for her team. She brought a lot of energy to the match and certainly worked very hard. She hasn't had the opportunity to work with LCO much, and that became obvious from time to time. The finish saw Kyoko try to save Emi from Mita's Death Valley bomb, but Mita saw it coming and moved Emi into the path of Kyoko's lariat. Kyoko was embarrassed that she took her partner out. While she was appologizing, Shimoda grabbed her and Mita pulled Emi up and Death Valley bombed her for the win. 16:15. ***

WEW Hardcore Tag Senshuken Jiai: GOEMON & ONRYO vs. Kintaro Kanemura & Ryuji Yamakawa. A pleasant surprise that was clearly the best match on the show. Some great action in this sprint. It basically consisted of spots that look good. It wasn't too gimmick oriented. I mean, they used tables and chairs, but for the most part only to visually enhance wrestling moves. Not surprisingly, this was not the match to look to for selling or logic. Actually, none of the matches on this show were, so we may as well get a fast pace and some nifty spots. Execution wasn't a problem, which hasn't exactly been the trademark of Kanemura's matches in recent times. Being spotted in a shorter match probably made a difference because he was reminiscent of the Kanemura of 5 years ago. Onryo stole the show here with his workrate and athleticism. He did three dives, including putting Kanemura through a table with a a body press off the top to the floor moments after GOEMON had done the same to Yamakawa. He also turned Kanemura's super powerbomb into a nadare shiki no Frankensteiner. Onryo invented a new way to avoid being pinned, catching the refs hand before it hits the mat for three. It's amazing that even in a match that didn't have a lot of moves you'd call great, the "2nd best wrestling move" now that someone in the WWF finally started using it, the swanton bomb (done by GOEMON), wasn't one of the 5 best moves in the match. Nice near falls at the end leading to Yamakawa pinning Onryo with his reverse Tigerdriver to take the titles. Too bad the match didn't last another 3 minutes. 11:45. ***1/2

Kodo Fuyuki & The Great Sasuke vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mammoth Sasaki. Sasuke looked really fast against this opposition. He had some nice moments, and worked well with Fuyuki on the few occassions they had the chance to double team. Most of the match saw Team Kuroda beat on Sasuke, in particular his left knee. They were able to do this because Team Kuroda put Fuyuki in a coffin and had Ken sit on it so he couldn't get out. They opened it once so the wrong Kudo could kiss Fuyuki, but essentially Fuyuki was not involved during the 2nd half until the very end. This wasn't meant to be the most exciting match, and probably didn't generate the heat they would have liked, but Team Kuroda needed to dominate because they need credibility (they have no one behind Kuroda) and it lessed the blow of losing in the end. It didn't make for the most exciting. Sasuke finally came back at 17, but Team Kuroda must have taken out the ref off camera because he was kneeling on the floor when Sasuke needed him to count a fall. Sasuke proceeded to ascend to the top rope, but Same pushed him off then the rest of Team 2000 put the boots to him. This lead to Hayabusa coming out to save the day. His right ankle was obviously bothering him, and caused him to slip off the top rope when he was trying to make his grand entrance with a diving lariat. Hayabusa took all the Team Kuroda members that weren't in the match would with strikes then gave Sasaki a quebrada. Kuroda tried to lariat Hayabusa when he was reentering the ring, but Hayabusa blocked it and gave him a high kick. This sent Kuroda reeling into Fuyuki, who had finally escaped the coffin (probably because there was no one left to hold it down). Fuyuki hit Kuroda with the lid of the coffin then Sasuke small packaged Kuroda for the win. Sasuke got a measure of revenge for the terrorist attack where Kuroda stripped him naked and set up the main event for the 3/5 PPV (which Kuroda won) without Kuroda really being beaten by Sasuke. Not a great match by any means, but it did it's job when it came to moving the top program forward. 18:35. **1/4

Tetsuhiro Kuroda wants his match against The Great Sasuke on 3/5 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall to be a Naked Man Match. This seems to be along the lines of the old tuxedo matches, the person whose clothes are ripped off loses (supposedly in this one they'd be stark naked), except I assume they aren't wearing any special outfits.

2/23 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100 sellout
Fuyuki & Sasuke beat Kuroda & Mammoth Sasaki when Sasuke pinned Kuroda in a kozutsumigatame at 18:35. Fuyuki came out wearing his old Revolution T-Shirt (he was a member of Tenryu's group), most likely a sign that he's looking to work with (against) Tenryu again. Hayabusa showed up and helped Sasuke beat on Kuroda.
Kanemura & Yamakawa captured the WEW Hardcore Tag Senshuken, defeating GOEMON & Onryo when Kanemura pinned Onryo at 11:45.
Shimoda & Mita beat Kyoko & Emi when Mita pinned Emi at 16:15.

FMW is short on money to the point they offered releases to their wrestlers. So far Masato Tanaka, Jado, Gedo, Hideki Hosaka, & Gangster Kaori Nakayama have accepted. As a result, the WEW Tag Senshuken & WEW 6 Man Tag Senshuken have been vacated. While it's possible that this is an angle, it seems legitimate because these defections are mainly from Tanaka's Complete Players group, which was already an anti-FMW group. Hosaka & Nakayama are there or not. Jado & Gedo have some value and can be good when they want to be, but they've been incredibly inconsistent and generally underwhelming since around 1995. If it's not an angle, Tanaka leaving is a crushing blow though. Granted, he hasn't played as big a role as he could have over the past few years because he went back and forth between ECW a lot and he probably didn't get along great with some of the people in power, but he's got the most ability of anyone on their roster and he's younger than any of their other stars. Hopefully he'll join either All Japan or NOAH and they'll actually push him as a top player since both are thin on talent since the split, but I tend to think either of those promotions would find some excuse to waste him in the midcard. Tanaka said he'd like to keep his group together, which certainly lessens the chance of him going to a big league, although Misawa has used Jado & Gedo on several occassions. Getting back to FMW, they are in for a few tough months because with Tanaka leaving and Hayabusa & Gannosuke not back, Fuyuki vs. Kuroda is going to have to continue to carry the promotion. Sasuke's involvement will help some since he hasn't fought heavyweights much, especially recently, but todays Team Kuroda terrorist clothes ripping attack on him where they left only his mask wreaks of "sports entertainment" desperation. It does give Sasuke a lot more of a reason to dislike Kuroda. Also, it put focus on the 2/23 PPV instead of the guys leaving, as Nikkan Sports and Sponichi both considered/reported the attack as the lead FMW story (actually, it was the lead story of any promotion in Sponichi). The PPV main of Kuroda & Mammoth Sasaki vs. Fuyuki & Sasuke is weak since Sasaki just is no main eventer.

2/11 Fukuoka Hakata Starlane 1,900
Masato Tanaka & Jado & Gedo defeated Kodo Fuyuki & GOEMON & Onryo to win the vacant WEW 6 Man Tag Senshuken. The finish came at 19:47 when Tanaka pinned Fuyuki. After the match, Team Kuroda appeared and did a terrorist attack on Fuyuki, including pouring beer all over him. Fuyuki is going to team with The Great Sasuke on 2/23, so Team Kuroda are planning a terrorist attack on him prior to that day.
Kintaro Kanemura made his 4th successful defense of the WEW Hardcore Senshuken, pinning Azusa Kudo at 10:21.

Despite the fact that Kodo Fuyuki was supposed to retire again due to winning the 1/16 match, this time he's not even staying off the shows for the token couple of months. He just made some lame excuse up about never agreeing to retire or some such nonsense. Kyoko Inoue "wants to" marry Tetsuhiro Kuroda as per the other stipulation of last months Fuyuki vs. Kuroda that probably won't be followed. Kuroda never had any interest in marrying Kyoko, so at the wedding rehersal he started trying to get her to change the plan to them only getting married if Kyoko pins Fuyuki in the main event tag match, which is Fuyuki & GOEMON & Onryo vs. Kuroda & Mammoth Suzuki & Kyoko. Obviously, the odds of Kyoko pinning Fuyuki aren't good, but knowing FMW they'll have Kyoko pin him and then still not go through with the "wedding."

Kyoko Inoue will be on Tetsuhiro Kuroda's team in a 6 person tag match on 2/6 rather than Azusa Kudo. Kyoko demanded this change for her "wedding night" because she wanted to "deepen the love with a match."
It was officially announced that Hayabusa would be able to make his return to the ring on the big 5/5 Kawasaki show, which had been the plan all along.

1/16 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Kodo Fuyuki made Tetsuhiro Kuroda submit to his Samson clutch at 20:56. Team Kuroda interfered often. Fuyuki was "publicly lynched" after the match, and bled heavily. As per the stipulations of the match, Fuyuki is "retired" again and Tetsuhiro Kuroda is stuck marrying Kyoko Inoue. This "marriage" will take place on 2/6 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall.
GOEMON & Onryo beat Pat Tanaka & Chris Candido when GOEMON used a senton bomb on Tanaka at 11:10.
The Complete Players, Masato Tanaka & Jado & Gedo, defeated Kintaro Kanemura & Ryuji Yamakawa & MEN'S Teio when Tanaka used his rolling dangan elbow on Kanemura at 15:42.
With the help of Asuza Kudo, Naohiro Yamazaki pinned Kyoko Inoue at 5:38 following his UFO headbutt.

Kuroda having to marry Kyoko Inoue is the one stipulation that Fuyuki got. If Fuyuki loses then they'll have another big match in about 6 months, at which point it's okay for Fuyuki to remarry his current wife.

From Bret::
Fuyuki vs. Kuroda stipulations:
If Fuyuki wins - Fuyuki will retire and Kuroda will marry Kyoko Inoue.
If Kuroda wins - Fuyuki divorce his wife and Kuroda will marry Fuyuki's wife.

From Bret in regards to the Fuyuki vs. Kuroda stips making sense:
Fuyuki doesn't have any power in FMW as the story line goes. Fuyuki is the legit booker, but not within the story lines of FMW since he was fired from being the commissioner shortly after the Masato Tanaka match on 11/23/99 in Yokohama.

Tetsuhiro Kuroda is trying to get another stipulation added to the 1/16 match, that Fuyuki has to divorce his 37-year-old wife Kaori. Fuyuki won't agree to this nonsense. He says it isn't meaningful, it's foolish.

From Bret:
Lineup for FMW 1/16/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Kodo Fuyuki vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda - if Fuyuki WINS then he must retire
Goemon & Onryo vs Chris Candido & Pat Tanaka
Masato Tanaka & Jado & Gedo vs Kintaro Kanemura & Ryuji Yamakawa & Tomoaki Honma
Kyoko Inoue vs Naohiro Yamazaki
Hisakatsu Oya & Hideki Hosaka vs Asuza Kudo & Shinjuku Shark
Mammoth Sasaki vs Chocoball Mukai
Ricky Fuji & Flying Kid Ichihara vs Tomokazu Morita & Yoshito Sasaki

Tetsuhiro Kuroda wants Kodo Fuyuki to retire if Fuyuki wins their singles match on 1/16. I don't understand the logic behind this stip, but wasn't the Fuyuki retirement angle worn out enough in the first half of last year? I guess the idea is that Fuyuki hates Kuroda enough after the recent embarrassment that he'll put his career up in the unconventional way just to get Kuroda to fight him. Of course, since Fuyuki is the match maker in the story lines as well, what choice does Kuroda have if Fuyuki schedules a match between the two?

1/7 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,100 sellout
Masato Tanaka & Gedo captured the WEW Tag Senshuken, defeating Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda when Gedo pinned Fuyuki at 21:01. Fuyuki had just formed this team with Kuroda, who is in the 21st century new ace role since Hayabusa has been out injured, and they captured the titles on the 12/23 NOAH show. Kuroda didn't want to team with Fuyuki in the first place, so he's already turned on him. He put lipstick and a bra on the pudgy booker after the match and is now refering to him as Mrs. Kuroda will now lead Team Kuroda, which will also have Shinjukusame, Naohiro Yamazaki, & Azusa Kudo. Fuyuki is really pissed at Kuroda, so he's made a singles match between the two on 1/16 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall where he promises to give Kuroda a large public beating.
GOEMON & Onryo captured the WEW Hardcore Tag Senshuken, defeating Hideki Hosaka & Mammoth Sasaki when GOEMON pinned Sasaki at 14:00.
Kintaro Kanemura pinned Tanaka at 14:00.
Chris Candido pinned Azusa at 5:05.