When Did You 1st Find BJW

[slobwobler]

For me it was way back in the day when I got a poor quality tape trader copy of the 1998 king of the death matches ..... that was the 1st time i had seen anything "hardcore" i was amazed and addicted to the gory bloody battles I watched that day

altho most of the old skool BJW matches I have seen pale when compared to todays standards I still thank them for opening my eyes to the wonderfull world of death matches ;D

[jacquesrougeau]

In 1996, I was receiving RF Video Update, and they were selling the "Balloon Thumbtack Massacre" 5/22/96. I was amazed by the unique concept, so I directly bought the video, altough the quality was so bad that I had to get the same show from another dealer. I am wondering why they have never booked another Balloon Thumbtack Match. Perhaps it was a bit dangerous for the fans.

I miss those days as every month, they were doing a " can you top this from last month insannity" concept with a new death match. Their early videos, made by Quest, had a huge W*ING/IWA-esque video montages by showing clips of the death match itself with a horror movie-a-like drama, the interviews before matches, the clipped matches, and the full main event.

[keith]

1999 I had heard some rumblings about the legendary 1st Honma/Yamakawa match, and then bought the tape from wrestlingemporium. I was sold ever since.

[prettytony]

Those "Japanese Hardcore Wrestling" PPVs were my first time actually seeing Big Japan. I had known about them before that though from reading about them at various sites. After seeing "Japanese Hardcore Wrestling #2" I became a big fan, but I mostly download their stuff as it's really easy to find nowadays.

[DMDrag0n]

I bought the Best of Ryuji Ito vol.1 DVD from Highspots in '05 after reading some good reviews about it. The Ito-Kobayashi match impressed me deeply. I've only seen very few deathmatches before, and those were mostly old FMW ones. I've been a BJW addict since then, wich led to me buying every single episode of deathmatch wars, downloading every match I could get and finally making this website.

[WkW Matt]

I can't remember when I first found out about it exactly, but my first taste of BJW was on some comp tape I ordered from Highspots. Then after that, I ordered the Crocodile Deathmatch tape, which really got me hooked on the company. This was either 2002 or 2003, I can't remember. But I've been a fan ever since.

[bonethugs]

the very first match was the dvd best of matsunaga about 2 years ago

[Hardcory]

The first BJW match is saw vs Jaki Numazawa vs Jun Kasai in a razor wire boards match. This caught my attention, as it was very, very brutal, and compared to the North American Deathmatches, it was hands down better.

[slobwobler]

corynator said:

The first BJW match is saw vs Jaki Numazawa vs Jun Kasai in a razor wire boards match. This caught my attention, as it was very, very brutal, and compared to the North American Deathmatches, it was hands down better.

remember watching that and thinking before hand that it was gonna be toned down and it would be more hype than action... glad i was wrong ;D

[paulonorcatto]

as you can see by my sig. that was the video that got me hooked.

[Jeffu]

jacquesrougeau said:

In 1996, I was receiving RF Video Update, and they were selling the "Balloon Thumbtack Massacre" 5/22/96. I was amazed by the unique concept, so I directly bought the video, altough the quality was so bad that I had to get the same show from another dealer. I am wondering why they have never booked another Balloon Thumbtack Match. Perhaps it was a bit dangerous for the fans.

thats the first show i watched too then i picked up the best of matsunaga to gain more knowledge on the subject of deathmatches