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Sting to participate in The Great Muta’s retirement match

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Sting is heading to Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced on Saturday morning that Sting will team with Muta at Muta Final Bye-Bye, the event that will feature Keiji Mutoh’s final match under The Great Muta persona.

“We are pleased to announce the participation of AEW superstar and international pro wrestling legend Sting at the GREAT MUTA FINAL ‘BYE-BYE’ event, which will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2023 in Yokohama,” NOAH’s announcement read. “It was The Great Muta who came to the unexpected rescue of Sting On AEW Rampage: Grand Slam this week. This incident triggered him to partner with Sting at the Yokohama Arena event.”

Muta appeared towards the end of the Sting & Darby Allin vs. Buddy Matthews & Brody King no disqualification match, aiding Sting by misting Matthews. After Sting picked up the victory, the two shook hands and hugged.

Sting and Muta had a storied rivalry in pro wrestling that dates back to 1989, facing each other and sometimes teaming with one another both in WCW and New Japan Pro Wrestling throughout the 1990s.

The Great Muta appears at AEW Rampage Grand Slam, helps Sting

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The Great Muta appeared at AEW Rampage Grand Slam, helping longtime rival Sting against Buddy Matthews and The House of Black.

Towards the end of a match pitting Sting & Darby Allin against Brody King & Matthews, Matthews had Sting handcuffed in a chair. He was about to strike Sting with a baseball bat when The Great Muta came out. Matthews originally stepped aside, allowing Muta to possibly attack his former rival. However, Muta attacked Matthews with a dragon screw, then misted him. Matthews, blinded, bumped into Julia Hart on the apron, sending her through a table. Sting then picked up the win for his team.

After the match, Muta and Sting shook hands and hugged.

Keiji Mutoh is currently on a retirement tour, with only a few matches left prior to his retirement show on February 21 at the Tokyo Dome. His final match under The Great Muta persona will take place at a Pro Wrestling NOAH event on January 22 at the Yokohama Arena.

Pro wrestling legend makes surprise appearance at AEW Rampage Grand Slam taping

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The following contains spoilers for Friday’s AEW Rampage Grand Slam.

The Great Muta appeared during Wednesday’s AEW Rampage Grand Slam tapings.

Muta aided Sting and Darby Allin during their match against Buddy Matthews and Brody King, which will air this Friday. Matthews was about to attack a handcuffed Sting with a baseball bat when Muta arrived, spitting mist in the face of Matthews. This caused Matthews to bump into Julia Hart, who went through a table. Sting picked up the win for his team. After the match, Sting hugged Muta.

Sting and The Great Muta were both longtime rivals and tag team partners in WCW and New Japan Pro Wrestling in the late 80s and early 90. The Great Muta defeated Sting for the WCW Television title back in September of 1989.

Keiji Mutoh is currently on a retirement tour with Pro Wrestling NOAH. His last match under The Great Muta persona will take place on January 23 at Yokohama Arena. It was announced earlier this month that his final match will take place on February 21, 2023 at the Tokyo Dome.

DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Abdullah The Butcher vs. Keiji Mutoh

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Round two of the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show continues with two very different pro wrestlers: the bloodletting Abdullah The Butcher vs. the blood-spilling Keiji “The Great Muta” Mutoh. 

Will the versatility of Mutoh be able to overcome the girth and brutality of Abdullah? 

You, the listener, voted, and we have our result. Join me as I talk about the career of two of the most polar opposite wrestlers that have faced off yet in the #GKT!

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The Great Muta no longer confirmed for Joey Janela’s Spring Break IV

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The Great Muta is out of Joey Janela’s Spring Break IV due to a collapse in negotiations.

In a statement posted on Game Changer Wrestling’s Twitter this evening, the promotion stated that “it does not appear” that Muta will be at the event. 

GCW wrote that they went through their normal intermediary and reached two seperate deals for Muta, one to wrestle at Spring Break and another for both the Spring Break event and also for Muta to appear at WrestleCon as a guest of GCW.

They wrote that in December, they were contacted by Sonny Onoo. He claimed that he would be taking over the booking matters going forward and wanted more work for Muta. Onoo claimed that a vendor had made a good offer to bring in Muta for WrestleCon and would only take the Spring Break booking. 

Negotiations fell apart when GCW told Onoo that they expected any vendor who was interested in bringing in Muta to share travel and lodging expenses. Onoo allegedly accused GCW of preventing Muta from getting work.

GCW wrote that they later found out that the vendor was in fact Onoo, who later admitted to it. They have since tried to arrange a deal with Onoo, but he has not responded to their messages.

Onoo later wrote on Twitter that “No air reservation was ever booked or deposit was sent by this promotion.” GCW replied in a follow-up tweet saying that this was “a complete lie,” and that Onoo had never given any information for Muta.

Joey Janela’s Spring Break IV will take place on April 3 at The Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida. A match between Orange Cassidy and Minoru Suzuki has been announced, and other talents set to appear include Will Ospreay and Alex Shelley.

The Great Muta set for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4

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The Great Muta has been announced for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4.

Joey Janela released a video tonight highlighting various clips of Keiji Muto performing as The Great Muta. It is one of the first announcements for the show, which will take place on April 3 during WrestleMania 36 weekend.

Muto has been wrestling sporadically in recent months, most recently wrestling in a six-man tag team match at The Destroyer Memorial Night on November 15. He most recently wrestled in the United States back on April 6 at the ROH/NJPW Supercard in Madison Square Garden where he competed in a battle royal that was won by Kenny King.

Despite Joey Janela signing with AEW earlier this year, Spring Break 4 was announced back in May. The show will take place under the Game Changer Wrestling banner.

Tickets for the show will go on sale this Friday, November 22nd. It will take place at the Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida.

Great Muta teaming with Dreamer at Impact A Night You Can’t Mist

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Impact Wrestling has announced the main event of their next Impact Plus live special.

The Great Muta will team with Tommy Dreamer against Johnny Impact & Michael Elgin at “A Night You Can’t Mist.” The show is named after Muta and is taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 8.

Former ECW World Champion Jerry Lynn, who works as a coach/producer for All Elite Wrestling, will be the special guest referee for the match.

Muta most recently wrestled in the United States over WrestleMania weekend in New York City last month. He was a surprise entrant in the Honor Rumble match on the ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard pre-show and teamed with Pentagon Jr. & Tajiri against Low Ki & LAX for House of Glory Wrestling.

Impact Plus launched at the beginning of this month, replacing the Global Wrestling Network and serving as a rebranded version of it.

A Night You Can’t Mist is in partnership with Dreamer’s House of Hardcore promotion.

WM week notes: Ultimate X set for Impact, Muta six-man tag at HOG

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With WrestleMania week under two months away, the lineups for shows are starting to take shape.

Impact Wrestling announced over the weekend that there will be an Ultimate X match at their WrestleMania week show, which is called “United We Stand” and is in partnership with WrestlePro. It’s taking place at the Rahway Recreation Center in Rahway, New Jersey at 11 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, April 4.

Impact noted that the entrants for the match will be revealed in the coming weeks. Rich Swann is the current X Division Champion. He won the title in an Ultimate X match at Impact’s Homecoming pay-per-view last month.

United We Stand will air live on Twitch. It will also feature Pentagon Jr. & Fenix facing Rob Van Dam & Sabu.

House of Glory has Culture Clash 19 at the NYC Arena in Queens, New York at 2 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, April 6. They’ve announced that The Great Muta will team with Pentagon Jr. & Tajiri against LAX (Santana & Ortiz) & Low Ki in a six-man tag match at the show.