The Great Muta

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Championships and accomplishments[edit]

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • F-1 Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kannazuki1[64]
  • Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[2][65]
  • World Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Taiyō Kea (1), Arashi (1), Joe Doering (1), Masakatsu Funaki (1) and KENSO (1)[2][66]
  • Akiho Yoshizawa Cup (2010) – with Masakatsu Funaki and S1 Mask[64]
  • Champion Carnival (2002, 2004, 2007)[67]
  • Giant Baba Six Man Cup (2002) – with George Hines and Kaz Hayashi[68]
  • January 2 Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal (2011)
  • January 3 Korakuen Hall Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal (2011)
  • World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2001) – with Taiyō Kea[69]
  • World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2007) – with Joe Doering[69]
  • World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2009) – with Masakatsu Funaki[69]
• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
• Continental Wrestling Federation
  • NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)2[8][70]
• Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA World Television Championship (1 time)[71]
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vampiro[2][72]
  • BattleBowl (1992)[73]
• New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • IWGP Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[10][2][74]
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Shiro Koshinaka (1), Masahiro Chono (2), Hiroshi Hase (2) and Taiyō Kea (1)[2][75]
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[76]
  • Greatest 18 Championship (1 time)[77]
  • G1 Climax (1995)[78]
  • Super Grade Tag League/G1 Tag League (1993, 1994) – with Hiroshi Hase[79]
  • G1 Tag League (1997) – with Masahiro Chono[79]
  • G1 Tag League (1998) – with Satoshi Kojima[79]
  • G1 Tag League (1999) – with Scott Norton[79]
  • MVP Award (2001)[80]
  • Singles Best Bout (2001) vs. Yuji Nagata on August 12[80]
  • Tag Team Best Bout (2001) with Hiroshi Hase vs. Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata on October 8[80]
• Nikkan Sports
  • Match of the Year (1999) vs. Genichiro Tenryu on May 3[81]
  • Match of the Year (2001) with Hiroshi Hase vs. Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama on October 8[81]
  • Outstanding Performance Award (1998)[81]
  • Tag Team of the Year (2009) with Masakatsu Funaki[81]
  • Technique Award (1997)[81]
  • Wrestler of the Year (1999, 2001, 2008)[81]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #3 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2002[82]
  • PWI ranked him #25 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[83]
• Tokyo Sports
  • Match of the Year (1999) with Genichiro Tenryu on May 3, 1999[84]
  • Match of the Year (2011) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, All Together, August 27[85]
  • Outstanding Performance Award (1998)[84]
  • Rookie of the Year (1986)[86]
  • Special Award (1989)[86]
  • Tag Team of the Year (1990) with Masahiro Chono[84]
  • Tag Team of the Year (2005) with Akebono[87]
  • Wrestler of the Year (1995, 1999, 2001, 2008)[84][87]
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • Global Impact Tournament (2015) – with Team International (Angelina Love, Bram, Drew Galloway, The Great Sanada, Khoya, Magnus, Rockstar Spud, Sonjay Dutt and Tigre Uno)
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[88]
  • WWC World Television Championship (1 time)[89]
• Wrestle-1
  • F-1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kannazuki[90]
  • Wrestle-1 Championship (1 time)[47]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Wrestling Maneuver (2001) Shining Wizard
  • Match of the Year (2001) vs. Genichiro Tenryu on June 8, Tokyo, Japan
  • Most Improved Wrestler (2001)
  • Wrestler of the Year (2001)
  • Readers' Favorite Wrestler (2001)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1999)
• Other achievements
  • Bahamut Championship (1 time) – with Sugi-chan[3]

1 Championship not officially recognized by All Japan Pro Wrestling.
2 Championship reign not officially recognized due to outside interference.

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A Tribute:

 

[Chris]

As much as I absolutely love old Muta from the late 80s and 90s, the way Keiji Mutoh reinvented himself in the 2000s was one of my favorite puro runs, all his matches from like 2001-2005 are amazing

 

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The Great Muta vs Hulk Hogan (5-3-93)




[AJPW] The Great Muta (C) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama




The Great Muta & Tajiri vs. Abyss & Kazarian




AJPW - 10-27-2002 - Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. The Great Muta




89-09-03 Sting vs The Great Muta (NWA Power Hour)




The Great Muta INVADES Final Battle vs The Prophecy! FULL MATCH (Final Battle 2003)




Arn Anderson vs The Great Muta




Here are some matches.

 

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[Alexa]

One of the few wrestlers that is always duplicated, but never replicated. There maybe a lot "The Great [insert name]" but there will always just be one Great Muta

 

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Muta was something else, and Sting was a great dance partner.

 

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