The Japanese watched ONE episode of ECW and went "Challenge accepted, Americans"

And Daniel Bryan got fired for choking a guy with a tie.

.....Meanwhile in WWE, a hit with a kendo stick is "EXTREMELY BRUTAL" and according to Michael Cole "CAREER ENDING".

Half if not all these matches are basically attempted murder

Mick Foley looks at these and says''good times''.

why does it sounds like 8 reasons not to become a pro wrestler in Japan?..

The piranha one is where I draw the freaking the line.

Michael Cole: “Oh my god that was a brutal hit with the kendo stick!” Japan: “Hold my beer.”

i felt extremely uncomfortable watching this video

...Suddenly I'm fine with the PG era....

Who knew that a japanese deathmatch is *LITERALLY* a deathmatch?

I almost literally spent the entire duration of this video going, 'But...WHY would you do that to yourself? Why? WHY???" Japan is responsible for the invention of some amazing things...but this is batshit crazy.

You know on second thought, maybe the PG era isn't so bad after all...

What about a "Vs John Cena" match, you can get buried dammit !

this shit is scarier than most horror films out there

Can't imagine how jim Ross would react to these matches.

KZfaq: "this is an Age-restricted video" Me: "yeah, fair play KZfaq, you win this round"

they make CZW look like WWE

this makes edge v mick foley at wm22 seem perfectly normal.

Kane doesn't even like the usual Inferno match since he said it drains all the oxygen from the ring.

The piranha one was fucked at the end

Can someone explain how people didn't die breaking down each video because this looks like one step away from a snuff film

This makes the Attitude Era look like the PG Era...

Me:WWE IS FAKE ITS DISGUSTING Me after seeing this: Okay okay fine,I guess WWE is not that bad at all

Lol Japan what will you think of next? Unprotected-chairshots-to-the-head Deathmatch?

I will never ever complain about a paper-cut anymore.

"The ring doesn't actually go up. Instead, fireballs erupt from oil barrels at ringside, and that's it. It's a cop-out." Sound familiar?

ECW: I'm the most brutal, insane wrestling entertaiment program Japanese wrestling: Hello there :)))

This is genuinly difficult to watch

They should have a match with no ropes, the wrestlers just fall outside if Irish Whipped. Just a stupid thought.

And Dean Ambrose Got fined by bringing a Nun Chuck

How in the world is any of this even legal, seriously

This made me feel hurt in places I never knew felt hurt before.

So out of curiosity, are all Japanese deathmatches booked by New Jack or something?

6:09 Adam cut one of the best Bray Wyatt promos I have ever heard.

Who’s here after Revolution to remind themselves that the ending of a Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch isn’t actually a Explosion?

i cringed so hard when the guy fell in the tank

You know, the PG Era is just fine.

Lmao "in wwe, this is an inferno match"

This just popped up on my recommendations page. What a coincidence considering what’s happening in aew this sunday

Maybe Pg isn't a very bad thing after all

So, let me kill the mood by a reference to Pokemon The First Movie: "Wrestlers aren't meant to fight, not like this."

Show this to ANYBODY that has dreams of becoming a pro wrestler

Ecw:were the most extreme wrestling company Japan:hold my beer Japan (years later):where crazier than the old ecw where have death matches Czw:hold MY bear

I remember an interview where Dean Ambrose talked about the death matches he was involved in before getting to WWE. He said the piranha match was just stupid, because as people know, blood doesn't actually cause the piranhas to start a feeding frenzy and the wrestlers don't get bitten by them.

Videos like this make me appreciate the PG era more, haha.

That monologue at the end was pretty deep there, Adam.

This is actually that one moment when I actually want to stay watching WWE.

Wow, that 'light tube' match is a terrible idea. Those things are filled with mercury.

The next step fro Japan is going literal with the term "DEATH MATCH"

I'd rather have my family watch the Naked Women's Wrestling League.

CZW: we're really extreme Japan: hold my sake

The amount of Bingley in this video gets a thumbs up from me.

The piranha one scared me because they wouldn't let him out

The Japanese must look at the final matches in movies like "No Holds Barred" and "Ready to Rumble" and think those are just ordinary, rather tame wrestling matches!

This doesn’t seem like the best profession

You know I understand having some slightly dangerous stipulation matches like we see in WWE but this..... This is fucked up on a whole different level.

Dean Ambrose(Jon Moxley) did a few of these back in the days ;)

Wait it wasn't iron sheik. Wasn't it the original sheik

I feel like I lost a little bit of innocence by knowing some of these matches exist.

do 10 things you want to forget about HBK

You have no idea how much I loved watching this stuff about 20 years ago. Any Japanese hardcore I could get my hands on, I did. I had to buy actual videotapes back then. The King Of The Deathmatch Tournament (won by Cactus Jack, aka Mick Foley) was the first Japanese hardcore wrestling I ever saw. I knew about ECW (and had been watching it for a while) so was familiar with hardcore wrestling. But Japan took it to an entirely new level, one Paul Heyman never went to. (Likely because he'd have been sued by someone if he tried.) I remember seeing that Piranha deathmatch on one of my tapes. Well, maybe not that exact match, but a piranha deathmatch. I don't know if there was more than one. The one I saw was Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs Kendo Nagasaki. I loved it as a kid. Thought it was great. This list is great. Reminds me of the mid/late 90s.

Now i really want to watch ECW again

WWE: Tables, ladders and chairs match!! Japan: Hold my barbed wire!! WWE: Hell in a cell match!! Japan: Hold my Tube lights!! WWE: Casket match!! Japan: Hold my Piranha tank!! WWE: Buried alive match!! Japan: Hold my baseball bat, wrapped in barbed wire, wrapped in tape, dipped in glue, then dipped in a bucket of broken glass, drenched in kerosene and now on fire... BEFORE the match even starts!!! WWE announcers: Those damn Japanese wrestling promotions have lost their minds!!! Japan announcers (probably Funaki): INDEED!!! 😎😎😎

Japan is a scary place, I think I will avoid it

after every rank I'm just like "wait there's something more horrifying?"

WhatCulture is amazing, the videos are always informative and entertaining🤘😁🤘 Adam has a knack for making horrible tragedy, hilarious😂🤣

I think this is my favorite whatculture video ever....

I was about to give up on life...and then I thought of Bingley!

This makes it so hard to believe that the rock made mankind say "I quit" considering that he went through most of this shit.

Omega vs. Mox's upcoming match brought me here

Me: thinks Japan is a nice place Me: wonders if becoming a wrestler would end up killing you

PG ....i love u now !

The Japanese has got the biggest Testicular Fortitude in the world when it comes to Hardcore Wrestling, emphasis on "Hardcore".

Lol the last couple lines got you a new sub

First Whatculture video I watched entirely with my eyes closed

I am happy to see Bingley is receiving the push he deserves

I'm pretty sure even Dean Ambrose would say "F*** that!" and Dean was in CZW death matches

I came back to watch this video 2 years later and now its age restricted. How times have changed

3:05 When I first seen this type of match (between JC Bailey and Mad Man Pondo at Ultra Styles Clash event of IWA Mid-South) I thought if somebody would fall on the net that they would slip through it, getting diced like in the cartoons "I seriously thought that"

And I thought getting into a match with Roman Reigns, John Cena or HHH would be dangerous for your career...

Looks like bingley finally earned that push he truly deserves

I love you, whatculture!

Rip guy getting ate by the fish

RIP Damien sandow's wwe career

I thought Japan was just joy and anime o.o

Ahhh...Japanese Hardcore Wrestling from the 90s. One of my favorite times in wrestling. I lived for this stuff back in the day. 😍⛓🔪🔧🐊📌📌✂️🔥⚡️

You guys need to do one of these but for American deathmatches, Like the squared circle of sacrifice and Caribbean spider pits etc

one im sure you left off of here for a very good reason waz from FMW called the Anus Explosion Death Match. I will just leave it at that.

No matter what it is, it always comes down to this phrase. WHAT THE FUCK JAPAN!

Who is watching this video after Omega v Moxley deathmatch

I'd like to see one of those "Pro Wrestling Fake 100% proofs" with these match types

That puppy won't save you this time Adam.

these people are crazy but people respect them

Solid bleep-job at 0:58 LMAO

So, I wonder who was here after AEW attempted their own version of that exploding ring deathmatch?

WTF That Bath house Death match was hilarious.

I'll stick to people trying to get things from poles for now on

Watching this after Jon Moxley vs Kenny Omega killed in an exploding barb wire death match which ended with Omega leaving a very dead Mox in the ring which farted instead of exploding, hooray

That got deep there Adam