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unusual facts about Hardcore wrestling



Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasaki, during the boom period for Deathmatch wrestling in Japan.

Bill DeMott

As a part of the growing hardcore wrestling style in WCW, Morrus joined Jimmy Hart's First Family stable.

Cindy Rogers

She has also become famous for her feud with Shimmer founder Allison Danger, as both have competed in several hardcore matches, one of which was most notably the first dog collar match in women's wrestling history, the latter of which was won by Rogers.

Ed Farhat

During the 1990s, he mainly wrestled in Japan for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and had various dangerous death matches.

FMW/WEW Hardcore Championship

The FMW/WEW Hardcore Championship was a hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.

John Zandig

From an early juncture, CZW was orientated towards hardcore wrestling, and Zandig himself has been involved in many ultraviolent matches since the company's inception, involving such objects as thumbtacks, fluorescent light tubes, barbed wire and even a weed wacker.

WWF Brawl for All

According to John Bradshaw Layfield, Vince Russo came up with the idea when Layfield wanted to create a hardcore wrestling division in the WWF.


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Midget professional wrestling

The hardcore wrestling troupe the Half Pint Brawlers simulated sex, used staple guns as weapons, and performed using other hardcore antics in January 2008 during a Delta Upsilon fraternity event at Northwestern University.

Ryuji Ito

The match has since become a hit video among hardcore wrestling fans on the website YouTube.

UWA Hardcore Wrestling

Kazuchika Okada - UWA Hardcore Wrestling & Toryumon & New Japan Pro Wrestling