{"id":123067,"date":"2021-07-17T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=123067"},"modified":"2021-07-16T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T03:02:09","slug":"atsushi-onita-talks-deathmatch-wrestling-in-mainstream-japanese-wrestling-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/17\/atsushi-onita-talks-deathmatch-wrestling-in-mainstream-japanese-wrestling-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Atsushi Onita talks deathmatch wrestling in mainstream Japanese wrestling culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3467710812\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Atsushi Onita, the man who popularized deathmatch wrestling in Japan, thinks the style&#8217;s form can be mainstream again, but isn&#8217;t today.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com\/new\/99841-entrevista-atsushi-onita\">interview with Solowrestling<\/a>, Onita spoke about the state of deathmatch wrestling, where he&#8217;d like to do his style of match in the future, and if he&#8217;d be wrestling in a singles match this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a trend of the times that explosion death match is not as major as FMW&#8217;s golden age,&#8221; Onita said of death matches in Japan today. &#8220;Now New Japan Pro-Wrestling has most of the fans, but I think the situation will change again someday and I want to show the opposite of New Japan Pro Wrestling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As far as his workload for the year, Onita said he&#8217;d be active. &#8220;Of course, I will do the single matches at the FMWE,&#8221; said Onita. &#8220;It will be interesting to do my explosion deathmatch with AEW and H2O in the future. 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