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Wrestling International New Generations

Acronym	W*ING
Founded	December 1, 1991
Defunct	March 21, 1994
Style	Hardcore wrestling
Headquarters	Japan
Founder(s)	Kazuyoshi Osako Mickey Ibaragi

Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion specialized in deathmatches.

History

After leaving Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in the summer of 1991, Kazuyoshi Osako and Kiyoshi "Mickey" Ibaragi founded Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), with Osako as President and Ibaragi as Vice President. They would also lure away Mr. Pogo and Victor Quinones from FMW, taking away their number one heel and booker/talent exchanger.

Their first show took place on August 7, 1991, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. W*ING would also have a talent exchange relationship with Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council, as well as sharing WWC's Caribbean Heavyweight and World Junior Heavyweight Championships between the two promotions. On March 21, 1994, W*ING closed its doors due to the massive loss of money. Quinones would later form International Wrestling Association of Japan later that year.

After W*ING

In 1994, former W*ING wrestlers Mr. Pogo, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Hideki Hosaka and Yukihiro Kanemura joined FMW and formed a W*ING Alliance, which had the motive of ending FMW as they held Atsushi Onita and his FMW responsible for ending W*ING. The W*ING storyline carried on for three years before the stable was forced to disband on September 28, 1997.

Since 1995, Ibaragi has held several one-off W*ING reunion shows until 2010.

Mr. Pogo formed an offshoot promotion in 2001 called World W*ING Spirit (WWS), which would last until his death on June 23, 2017.

Notable W*ING alumni

Natives

• Mr. Pogo


• Yukihiro Kanemura/W*ING Kanemura


• Masayoshi Motegi


• Ryo Miyake


• Jado


• Gedo


• Hiroshi Ono


• Akitoshi Saito


• Koichiro Kimura


• Hideki Hosaka


• Kim Duk


• Kendo Nagasaki


• Etsuko Mita


• Manami Toyota


• Shizuka Minami


• Yumiko Hotta


• Aja Kong


• Akira Hokuto


• Kyoko Inoue


• The Great Sasuke


• Shunji Takano


• Super Delfin


• Taka Michinoku


• Terry Boy

Gaijins

United States

• Crash The Terminator


• Leatherface


• Freddy Kruger/Nightmare Freddie/Doug Gilbert


• Boogie Man/Eddie Gilbert


• The Headhunters


• Super Invader


• New Jason The Terrible


• Dick Murdoch


• Masked Superstar


• Wahoo McDaniel


• The Grappler #2


• Gypsy Joe


• Kevin Sullivan


• Giant Kimala


• Tom Prichard


• 
  The Moondogs (Spot and Splat)


• Jimmy Backlund


• The Great Wojo


• The Texas Hangmen (Killer and Psycho)


• Scotty The Body


• Danny Davis


• Eric Embry


• Cheetah Kid


• Rip Rogers


• Rochester Roadblock


• Samoan Warrior


• Tazmaniac


• Vic Steamboat


• Bart Sawyer


• Brett Sawyer


• Killer Kyle


• The Bruise Brothers

Canada

• Bash The Terminator


• Ivan Koloff


• Goliath El Gigante


• Iron Horse/Leatherface II

Mexico

• Mil Mascaras


• El Canek


• Dos Caras


• Zuleyma


• Martha Villalobos


• Fishman


• Super Muneco


• Super Raton


• Tinieblas


• Tinieblas, Jr.


• El Gran Sheik


• Arkangel de la Muerte


• Dr. Wagner, Jr.


• El Texano


• Francisco Flores


• Hopper King


• Miss Janeth


• Mascara Magica


• Silver King

Puerto Rico

• Jason The Terrible


• TNT


• The Iceman


• Miguel Perez, Jr.


• Carlos Jose Estrada/Super Medic I


• 
  Victor Quinones (manager)


• Ray González


• The Crypt Keeper


• Cuban Assassin


• Huracan Castillo, Jr.


• Invader I


• Invader II


• Richie Santiago (El Boricua)

United Kingdom

• Pete Collins


• Bill Collins

Australia

• Bill Dundee

Africa

• Steve Simpson

Championships

Championships exclusive to W*ING

• W*ING World Heavyweight Championship


• W*ING World Tag Team Championship

Championships shared between W*ING and WWC

• W*ING/WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship


• W*ING/WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship

See also

• Professional wrestling in Japan

References

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