Fuyuki-gun | |
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Stable | |
Members | See below |
Name(s) |
Fuyuki-gun Shin Fuyuki-gun |
Debut | April 26, 1994 (Fuyuki-Gun) May 28, 2000 (Shin Fuyuki-Gun) |
Disbanded |
November 23, 1999 (Fuyuki-Gun) January 7, 2001 (Shin Fuyuki-Gun) |
Promotions |
BJW FMW IWA TPW WAR |
Fuyuki-gun (English: Fuyuki Army) was the name of Japanese professional wrestling stables led by Hiromichi Fuyuki in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and Wrestle Association R (WAR) during the 1990s. Fuyuki-gun was originally founded by Fuyuki in WAR in 1994 and they became the first WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Champions, winning the title a record five times. They left WAR in 1996 and competed as freelancers before being signed by FMW to a full-time contract, where they held the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. The group would merge with the trio of Mr. Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido to form Team No Respect. Fuyuki-Gun disbanded after Fuyuki left FMW (kayfabe) due to losing a match to Masato Tanaka at the 10th Anniversary Show. Fuyuki formed a new offshoot group called "Shin Fuyuki-Gun" (New Fuyuki Army) which lasted until 2001.
Hiromichi Fuyuki had been wrestling in Wrestle Association R (WAR) since 1992 and took Jado and Gedo under his wing in early 1994 to form the villainous stable Fuyuki-gun and became the lead villain of the company. The group competed in its first match as a team on April 26, 1994 by defeating Genichiro Tenryu, Koki Kitahara and Takashi Ishikawa and quickly became the lead villains of the company. Shortly after their debut as a team, Fuyuki-gun debuted for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) at the 5th Anniversary Show by losing to Team Canada's Big Titan, The Gladiator and Ricky Fuji. Fuyuki-gun lost to the team of Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi and Koki Kitahara in the main event of the Live War Rise event on June 6. The group went on a brief hiatus as Fuyuki went to Mexico to work a few matches with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Fuyuki-gun returned to WAR on June 30 by defeating Hideo Takayama, Hiroshi Itakura and Ichiro Yaguchi in the quarter-final, Brett Como, Lionheart and Dos Caras in the semi-final and Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi and Koti Kitahara in a one-night tournament to become the promotion's first World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. They participated in a Six-Man Tag Team Tournament at the 2nd Anniversary Show, where they lost to Ashura Hara, Jinsei Shinzaki and John Tenta in the quarter-final.