Summer Spectacular (1996)

[1] The main event was a no ropes exploding barbed wire glass crush spider net double hell deathmatch between Mr. Pogo and the Puerto Rican Army leader Terry Funk.

The event also featured the tournament final for the newly created Independent Heavyweight Championship between Masato Tanaka and W*ING Kanemura.

[2] At 7th Anniversary Show, Puerto Rican Army members Mr. Pogo and Terry Funk defeated Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka in a one million yen no rope explosive barbed wire time bomb land mine double hell death match to win FMW's one million yens.

As a result, Pogo turned face and joined the FMW team to feud with the Puerto Rican Army, leading to a match against Terry Funk at Summer Spectacular.

[4] Taka Michinoku defeated Koji Nakagawa to win the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship at 7th Anniversary Show.

[6][8] Makuro Okamuto defeated Hideo Makimura in the opening match of the show by making him submit to a single legged Boston crab.

[9] Megumi Kudo defended the FMW Independent and WWA World Women's Championship against Mad Dog Military (Shark Tsuchiya, Bad Nurse Nakamura and Crusher Maedomari) in a handicap match.

Kanemura weakened down Tanaka with two diving leg drops and then performed a Thunder Fire Powerbomb to win the title.

[9] Mr. Pogo took on Terry Funk in a no ropes exploding barbed wire glass crush spider net double hell deathmatch.

[9] Stuart of Puroresu Central gave negative reviews to the event, considering it to be "one of the worst FMW major shows" between 1994 and 1998.

According to him, the Tanaka/Kanemura encounter "was a great match of a style that has become more common in FMW as the years have gone by, relying less on garbage props and more on natural ability, blending the two nicely.

Lethal Weapon disbanded on September 15 when Hisakatsu Oya, Horace Boulder and The Gladiator turned on Ricky Fuji and joined Funk Masters of Wrestling.

Hayabusa regained FMW's yens from the Puerto Rican Army, which they had lost at the 7th Anniversary Show as the FMW team of Hayabusa, Koji Nakagawa, Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated the Puerto Rican Army team of Hisakatsu Oya, Super Leather and The Headhunters in a two million yen on a pole match on September 15.

[4][10] After retaining her title at Summer Spectacular, Megumi Kudo announced that she would retire from professional wrestling at 8th Anniversary Show.

Terry Funk defeated Mr. Pogo in the main event.
Masato Tanaka was the runner-up of the tournament of the new Independent Heavyweight Championship .
W*ING Kanemura defeated Masato Tanaka in a tournament final to become the inaugural Independent Heavyweight Champion in the semi-main event.
Hayabusa made his in-ring return to Summer Spectacular after his injury by defeating Koji Nakagawa at the event.
The injuries suffered during his match at Summer Spectacular forced Mr. Pogo to temporarily retire from FMW.
Atsushi Onita came out of retirement to join forces with Mr. Pogo and FMW to compete against Funk Masters of Wrestling at Year End Spectacular .