Keiji Muto had his final match at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday, and it wasn’t against Tetsuya Naito.
Naito did wrestle Muto, winning with the Destino. Towards the end of the match, Muto hit multiple shining wizards, which Naito kicked out of. Muto then teased hitting the moonsault, but ultimately decided against it. Naito took control of the match and eventually picked up the win with Destino.
After the match, Naito raised his fist in the air. Muto fist bumped Naito and held the ropes open for him as Naito made his exit.
Muto then cut a promo, saying that he said one last thing he must do. He called out Masahiro Chono to a match. Chono, who did commentary for the main event, came to the ring and took off his jacket. The two proceeded to have a short match, with Tiger Hattori as a referee. Chono ended up winning with the STF.
After a speech by one of the announcers putting over his career, Muto then made his exit. The last image shown on the video screen was the message “Pro Wrestling Love” next to images of Muto, Shinya Hashimoto, and Mitsuharu Misawa.
Muto also had a retirement show at Yokohama Arena last month for his Great Muta persona. Teaming with Sting and Darby Allin, he defeated Hakushi, AKIRA, and Naomichi Maurufuji.
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1980
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1985
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1986
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1989
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1990
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1991
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