Tarzan Goto
After being eliminated by his frequent ally Tarzan Goto from the Battle Resistance tournament, Onita defeated Beast the Barbarian to win the WWA World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship for the first time on January 17, 1990. The deathmatch wrestling style would become the main trademark of FMW and the martial arts fights would be restricted to mid-card matches. Onita would bring in numerous karate and martial arts fighters in the FMW roster.