With IWA getting more popular due to the charisma of some of their wrestlers, they decided to produce a show called Kawasaki Dream, which was held on August 20, 1995 at the Kawasaki Baseball Stadium in Kawasaki, Japan. The main attraction of the show was the first ever 8-man single elimination deathmatch tournament, which featured Cactus Jack, Terry Funk, Shoji Nakamaki, Hiroshi Ono, Leatherface, Tiger Jeet Singh, Terry Gordy and former FMW wrestler Mr. Gannosuke. The show also featured an NWA World Heavyweight Championship defense, as Tarzan Goto challenged then-champion Dan Severn for the title.
The standout in this tournament was the three matches in which Mick Foley wrestled. The first one was a "Barbed wire, Baseball Bat, and Thumbtack Match". The second was a "Barbed Wire Board Spike Nail Match". The third was a "Barbed Wire Rope, Exploding C4, and Time Bomb Match".
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Keisuke Yamada & Keizo Matsuda defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri & Taisuke Tagami (11:44)
- Dark match: Kyoko Ichiki defeated Emi Motokawa (10:24)
- Tiger Jeet Singh defeated Mr. Gannosuke in a Barbed Wire Board & Chain match (7:11)
- Terry Funk defeated Leatherface in a Barbed Wire Board & Chain match (8:54)
- Cactus Jack defeated Terry Gordy in a Barbed Wire Baseball Bat & Thumbtacks match (6:58)
- Shoji Nakamaki defeated Hiroshi Ono in a Barbed Wire Baseball Bat & Thumbtacks match (7:19)
- Takashi Okano (c) defeated Flying Kid Ichihara to retain the WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (17:01)
- Iceman defeated Kamikaze (9:45)
- Terry Funk defeated Tiger Jeet Singh in a Barbed Wire Board & Glass match (6:04)
- Cactus Jack defeated Shoji Nakamaki in a Barbed Wire Board & Spike Nail match (9:49)
- The Headhunters (Headhunter A & HeadhunterB) (c) defeated Los Cowboys (Silver King & El Texano) to retain the IWA World Tag Team Championship (17:39)
- Dan Severn (c) defeated Tarzan Goto to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (11:35)
- Cactus Jack defeated Terry Funk in a No rope barbed wire, exploding barbed wire boards & exploding ring time bomb death Match (13:21)
Tournament brackets[]
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||||
| Tiger Jeet Sing | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Mr. Gannosuke | (7:11) | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Tiger Jeet Singh | (6:04) | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Leatherface | (8:54) | ||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | (13:21) | ||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Gordy | (6:58) | ||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Shoji Nakamaki | (9:49) | ||||||||||||||
| Shoji Nakamaki | Pinfall | ||||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Ono | (7:19) | ||||||||||||||
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Mike Rotundo Retirement Show • 10th Anniversary Show |
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