Takeiji Muto

Takeiji Muto

Born: December 23, 1962
in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Keiji Mutoh, is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. He is mostly known for his work as The Great Muta in New Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1990s, but he has also worked in United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Taiwan. He is a former owner and president of All Japan Pro Wrestling, as well as being a full-time wrestler for the promotion from 2002 to 2013. Mutoh is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time, both in Japan and America. Mutoh is credited as one of the first Japanese wrestlers to achieve a fanbase outside of his native Japan in the United States. The Great Muta gimmick is one of the most influential gimmicks in puroresu, having been emulated by many wrestlers including Satoshi Kojima (as The Great Koji), Kazushi Miyamoto (as The Great Kazushi) and Atsushi Onita (as The Great Nita). In addition, countless independent wrestlers have paid tribute to Muta through emulation and imitation. Mutoh is one of two wrestlers to hold the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the AJPW Triple Crown Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (the other being Shinya Hashimoto). He is also famous for taking part in what is generally considered to be the bloodiest professional wrestling match of all time against Hiroshi Hase, leading to the creation of the "Muta Scale". Mutoh is currently the owner and founder of Wrestle-1, where he also wrestles.

Movies for Takeiji Muto...

WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday
Title: WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday
Character: The Great Muta
Released: April 2, 2023
Type: Movie
WrestleMania 39 continues from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Cody Rhodes looks to finish the story as he challenges Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the biggest event in sports-entertainment. Bianca Belair defends the Raw Women’s Title against Asuka.
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WWE Hall of Fame 2023
Title: WWE Hall of Fame 2023
Character: The Great Muta
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
The 2023 WWE Hall of Fame is scheduled to be held on March 31, 2023, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, the night before WrestleMania 39. It will air live at 10 pm Eastern Time on Peacock in the United States and on the WWE Network internationally, immediately after the airing of WWE's regular Friday night program, SmackDown. On March 10, 2023, Rey Mysterio was announced as the first individual inductee for the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
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NOAH: Great Muta Final
Title: NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"
Character: GREAT MUTA
Released: January 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH presents GREAT MUTA FINAL 'BYE-BYE' event on January 22nd, 2023 from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama Japan. This event will feature Keiji Mutoh’s final match under The Great Muta persona as he teams up with AEW's STING & Darby Allin!
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17
Character: Keiji Muto
Released: January 4, 2023
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 17 is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The event will take place on January 4, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan.
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NOAH: The New Year 2023
Title: NOAH: The New Year 2023
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Noah The New Year 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on Janaury 1, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The show's main event portraited the final Noah appearance of The Great Muta as he faced WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura.
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NJPWxSTARDOM: Historic X-Over
Title: NJPWxSTARDOM: Historic X-Over
Character: The Great Muta
Released: November 20, 2022
Type: Movie
Historic X-Over is a professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). The event took place on November 20, 2022, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
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NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
Title: NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
Released: January 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 3 is an upcoming three-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The event will take place on January 8, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It will be the first time the event will be held over three days and the first one to take place in Yokohama. It will mark the first January 4 Tokyo Dome Show since 2007's Wrestle Kingdom I to be co-produced with another wrestling promotion.
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NOAH: The New Year 2022
Title: NOAH: The New Year 2022
Released: January 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH returns to the illustrious Nippon Budokan for NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2022.
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Title: All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Character: Great Muta
Released: August 13, 2021
Type: TV
AEW: Rampage, also known as Friday Night Rampage or simply Rampage, is a professional wrestling television program. It is produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and airs every Friday at 10pm ET on TNT in the United States. It is AEW's second weekly television show, positioned behind their flagship show, Dynamite.
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CyberFight Festival 2021
Title: CyberFight Festival 2021
Released: June 6, 2021
Type: Movie
CyberFight Festival 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight for its four brands, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, and Ganbare Pro-Wrestling. It took place in Saitama, Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena and aired live on Wrestle Universe. The card comprised fifteen matches, with the first three being part of the Starting Battle pre-show. In the triple main event, Miyu Yamashita battled Yuka Sakazaki for the Princess of Princess Championship, Harashima fought Jun Akiyama for the KO-D Openweight Championship, and Naomichi Marufuji took on Keiji Mutoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other prominent matches saw The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno) fight Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura, a DDT team led by Sanshiro Takagi matched against the NOAH stable Kongo led by Kenoh in a 12-man tag team match, and Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba) battled Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine.
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NOAH: Destination 2021 - Back To Budokan
Title: NOAH: Destination 2021 - Back To Budokan
Released: February 12, 2021
Type: Movie
The Destination 2021 ~Back to Budokan~ was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on February 12, 2021, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The event marked the promotion's return to the arena after eleven years. The show was headlined by Go Shiozaki defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Keiji Mutoh. Another high-profile match scheduled for the show featured Naomichi Marufuji and Jun Akiyama against Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura. The event featured three other title matches with Kenoh defending the GHC National Championship against Masakatsu Funaki, Daisuke Harada defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Seiki Yoshioka and Stinger (HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa) defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Kotaro Suzuki and Ikuto Hidaka. All in all, the event featured nine matches.
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NOAH: The Best - Final Chronicle 2020
Title: NOAH: The Best - Final Chronicle 2020
Released: December 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH presents their final event of 2020 from Tokyo, Japan.
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NOAH: 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle Vol.4
Title: NOAH: 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle Vol.4
Released: November 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH celebrates its 20th anniversary with this event from Yokohama Budokan in Yokahama, Japan.
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WrestleCade Supershow 2019
Title: WrestleCade Supershow 2019
Character: The Great Muta
Released: November 30, 2019
Type: Movie
WrestleCare's supercard brings together some of the greatest talent in indie wrestling and some of the sport's all-time greats.
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IMPACT Wrestling: A Night You Can't Mist
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: A Night You Can't Mist
Character: Great Muta
Released: June 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Impact Wrestling presents A NIGHT YOU CAN'T MIST, in partnership with Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore, from the world-famous 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the main event, Japanese legend The Great Muta makes his return to U.S. soil as he teams up with Tommy Dreamer against the team of Johnny Impact and Michael Elgin with Jerry Lynn serving as the special guest referee. In other featured matchups, it's "Touch It vs Suck It' as Joey Ryan goes one-on-one with Billy Gunn. The House of Hardcore Championship is on the line as Willie Mack defends against X-Division Champion Rich Swann and Teddy Hart in a 3-Way clash. Sami Callihan and Eddie Edwards will renew their heated rivalry when they face off in a Philly Street Fight. Plus Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie puts her title on the line against Jordynne Grace in a rematch from Rebellion.
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DDT Judgement
Title: DDT Judgement
Character: The Great Muta
Released: March 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Japanesse Wreslting by DDT
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Title: Sentosha: Battle Wheels
Released: October 6, 2017
Type: TV
Renowned entertainers and car lovers grasp the wheel and compete with their battle cars in a variety of never before seen challenges! They face off in life-threatening duels designed to test their speed, courage, and above all, their grit! Put the pedal to the metal! Burn! Destroy! Crash into! This is a new show of the "Dangertainment variety (danger + entertainment)".
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WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Title: WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Character: The Great Muta (archive footage)
Released: April 26, 2016
Type: Movie
The United States Championship is a title that has been a staple of sports entertainment for over four decades. From the inaugural champion Harley Race to the creator of the U.S. Open Challenge, John Cena, this exclusive set features the greatest United States Championship matches of all time featuring Superstars like "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Lex Luger, Magnum TA, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Eddie Guerrero, Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, The Miz, Daniel Bryan, and more! See why the United States Championship is a symbol of excellence and witness the legacy of greatness it has left behind.
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TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015
Title: TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015
Character: The Great Muta
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Two teams divided into team USA and team of wrestlers from around the World compete in Heavyweight, X Division and Knockouts Division matches, The team that accumulated the most points was declared the winner. It took place on February 13, 2015, from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and was shown December 4, 2015.
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TNA Bound For Glory 2014
Title: TNA Bound For Glory 2014
Character: The Great Muta
Released: October 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Bound for Glory (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), in collaboration with Japanese promotion Wrestle-1. It took place on October 12, 2014 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was the tenth pay-per-view under the Bound for Glory chronology, the second TNA/Wrestle-1 joint event held in Japan in 2014 (following Kaisen: Outbreak), and the fourth and last event in the 2014 TNA PPV schedule.
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WWE: The Best of Sting
Title: WWE: The Best of Sting
Character: The Great Muta
Released: September 23, 2014
Type: Movie
a film by Kevin Dunn.
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WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Title: WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Character: The Great Muta
Released: July 15, 2014
Type: Movie
One of sports-entertainment's most patriotic traditions, The Great American Bash brought excitement to fans of the NWA and WCW for over a decade. It featured legends like Sting, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the New World Order (nWo), the Road Warriors and more, competing for pride, honor and championship gold. This red, white and blue extravaganza always delivered the fireworks.
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TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Title: TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Character: The Great Muta
Released: July 4, 2014
Type: Movie
On March 2, 2014, 14 TNA wrestlers were part of a TNA/Wrestle-1 supershow in Tokyo, Japan. TNA taped the event to air as a One Night Only pay-per-view. The TNA World Heavyweight, X Division and World Tag Team Championships were all defended during the event. The event also featured several matches not involving TNA wrestlers, dubbed "Part 1". Below are matches taped for the One Night Only PPV from "Part 2", which was Aired on PPV on July 4, 2014. Also aired on the One Night Only PPV was a 6-man tag team match originally aired at Lockdown (2014).
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WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Title: WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Character: The Great Muta
Released: March 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Take a journey through the greatest Pay-Per-View Matches in WCW History with names including Sting, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, nWo, The Four Horsemen, Booker T and many more.
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TNA Lockdown 2014
Title: TNA Lockdown 2014
Character: The Great Muta
Released: March 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Lockdown (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on March 9, 2014 at the BankUnited Center in Miami, Florida.[1] It was the tenth event under the Lockdown name and first event in the 2014 TNA PPV schedule.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014. It was the 23rd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the eighth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. Like the previous year, the event aired worldwide on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event featured ten matches, six of which were contested for championships. For the first time in twenty years, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship was defended during the event with NWA representative Rob Conway defending against Satoshi Kojima. The event was headlined by a double main event; Shinsuke Nakamura defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito.
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Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1
Title: Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1
Released: September 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Wrestle-1 has their debut event.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Released: January 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2013. It was the 22nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the seventh held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including two dark matches), five of which were contested for championships. The event featured outside participation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) representative Keiji Mutoh, Pro Wrestling Zero1 representative Shinjiro Otani, and American freelancer Shelton Benjamin. For the first time in five years, the event did not feature wrestlers from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). For the first time, the event was made available for international market on internet pay-per-view (iPPV).
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NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
Title: NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
Released: July 1, 2012
Type: Movie
We Are Pro-Wrestling Love was a supercard produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling and All-Japan Pro Wrestling to celebrate the companies' 40th anniversaries.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI
Character: Himself
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムVI in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu VI in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2012. It was the 21st January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the sixth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. This was the final Wrestle Kingdom where a Roman numeral was used as part of the event's name. The event featured twelve matches (including one dark match), three of which were contested for championships. Outside participants from the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Pro Wrestling Noah promotions also took part in the show. Following the conclusion of a working relationship between NJPW and the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the show, for the first time in five years, did not feature wrestlers from TNA.
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WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Title: WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 3, 2012
Type: Movie
For close to two decades, it was the signature event – first in NWA, then WCW. Some of the greatest Superstars in wrestling history had defining moments at the event. Starrcade may be gone, but fans of sports entertainment continue to celebrate its rich tradition and lasting legacy. Now, for the first time on DVD, the greatest matches of Starrcade are collected in a 3-disc set, along with a new and exclusive documentary exploring the 18-year history of the event, including comments from Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, Road Warrior Animal, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, David Crockett, and others.
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ROH: Japan's Finest
Title: ROH: Japan's Finest
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Since its inception, Ring of Honor has prided itself on presenting the absolute best professional wrestling on the planet with the top athletes not just from the United States but from around the world. In that endeavor, we have been graced with the presence of numerous wrestlers from the world of Japanese Puroresu; from young up & comers to the legends of the squared circle, ROH has been home to them all over the years. Be it Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & The Great Muta or Go Shiozaki & Dragon Kid, they have all competed here and enriched the great history of ROH.
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All Together
Title: All Together
Released: August 27, 2011
Type: Movie
All Together was a professional wrestling event organized together by Japan's three biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah, in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The first event was held in Tokyo on August 27, 2011. All proceeds from the events were donated to Japanese Red Cross. The event featured no storylines or championship matches, instead it was booked as a "supercard", putting together combinations of wrestlers from the three promotions that fans would normally not see. The event featured ten matches involving 82 wrestler
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Milocrorze: A Love Story
Title: Milocrorze: A Love Story
Character: gaming house owner
Released: February 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Three tales of love told through wildly intoxicating, colorful stories. When platinum redhead Ovreneli Vreneligare was just a little boy, he fell in love in the park. Sharing a juice box with the stunningly gorgeous Milocrorze, he took her home to his cat, Verandola Gorgonzola, and made her his girlfriend until the fickle beauty abandoned him, and he covered the hole in his heart with a pot lid he found lying on the ground. This is only the beginning of his story but it’s not the end of his heartbreak. MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY is a candy-flavored anthology of hopeless l’amour, and it has many victims.
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PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
Title: PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
Character: The Great Mutah
Released: January 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Eight-Person Tag Team Match 1. Johnny Goodtime & Malachi Jackson & Candice LeRae & Jerome “LTP” Robinson vs. The Cutler Bros. (Brandon & Dustin Cutler) & Ryan Taylor & Christina Von Eerie Singles Match 2. Brandon Bonham vs. Brandon Gatson Singles Match 3. Human Tornado vs. Super Crazy Singles Match 4. Davey Richards vs. “Mr. Wrestling” Kevin Steen Tag Team Match 5. “The Professional” Scott Lost & Joey Ryan vs. KAI & The Great Muta Singles Match 6. El Generico vs. Jushin Thunder Liger Non-Title Tag Team Match 7. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Brian Kendrick & Paul London Three-Way Match 8. Chris Hero vs. Roderick Strong vs. Rob Van Dam
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NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
Title: NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
Released: October 12, 2009
Type: Movie
A NJPW wrestling event that celebrates the 25th Anniversary of NJPW superstar Masahiro Chono.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
Character: Himself
Released: January 4, 2009
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムIII in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu III in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2009. It was the 18th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the third held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including one dark match), five of which were contested for championships. For the second year in a row, the show featured wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In addition, the show also featured wrestlers from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as part of a new relationship between NJPW and CMLL. Wrestlers from other Japanese promotions also took part in the show, including All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1, whose top title, the World Heavyweight Championship, was defended during the show.
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Bloodstained Memoirs
Title: Bloodstained Memoirs
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Bloodstained Memoirs is a professional wrestling documentary released in 2009. It is compiled by interviews featuring wrestlers synonymous with different eras in wrestling ('70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s) and different wrestling regions (USA, Canada, Japan, and Mexico). Production was filmed in the UK, USA, France, Japan, and Italy.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom II
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom II
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 4, 2008
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムII in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu II in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2008. It was the 17th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the second held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships. As part of a new working relationship, the show featured wrestlers from the Orlando, Florida-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. TNA wrestlers were involved in six of the ten matches, which included Kurt Angle facing Yuji Nagata for the Inoki Genome Federation's version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (known as the IWGP 3rd Belt Championship in NJPW). The show also featured wrestlers from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Dradition and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max.
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Hustle Aid 2007
Title: Hustle Aid 2007
Character: Great Muta
Released: June 17, 2007
Type: Movie
Hustle was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada. Hustle can be described as an industry experiment to market the sports entertainment style of professional wrestling in Japan. HUSTLE AID is one of the main annual shows put on by the promotion. This years event was held in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom I
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom I
Character: Keiji Muto
Released: January 4, 2007
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダム in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu in Tōkyō Dōmu) (sequentially known as Wrestle Kingdom I) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotions, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2007. It was the 16th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first held under the new "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The show marked the 35th anniversary celebration for NJPW, who teamed up with one-time rival promotion AJPW to produce the show. Headlined by two title matches, contested for NJPW's top title, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and AJPW's top title, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, as well as the reunion of Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono, all in all, the event featured nine matches.
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AJPW Realize
Title: AJPW Realize
Released: February 16, 2005
Type: Movie
All Japan Pro Wrestling presents Realize on pay-per-view from Tokyo, Japan.
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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
Title: Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
Character: Harold Sakata
Released: December 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.
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NOAH: Departure 2004
Title: NOAH: Departure 2004
Released: July 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.
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ROH: Final Battle
Title: ROH: Final Battle
Character: The Great Muta
Released: December 27, 2003
Type: Movie
ROH closes out 2003 with a bang, presenting their second annual Final Battle event.
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AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
Title: AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
Released: October 26, 2003
Type: Movie
AJPW celebrates its 31st anniversary, headlined by Toshiaki Kawada facing Don Frye.
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AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1
Title: AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Event promoted by Keiji Mutoh with help from All Japan, K-1, and Pride. Wrestle-1 was a strange idea by Mutoh (the All Japan booker) and was promoted by All Japan, so even though it wasn't "officially" an All Japan event it might as well have been. There’s a few “feature” matches. Some good-looking junior stuff on the undercard, Muto & Goldberg teaming up against Kronik, and Bob Sapp facing a “mystery opponent.”
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NJPW The Spiral
Title: NJPW The Spiral
Character: GREAT MUTA
Released: October 14, 2002
Type: Movie
NJPW The Spiral was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on October 14, 2002, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
Title: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
Released: May 5, 2001
Type: Movie
The fifth Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 5, 2001, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome.
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NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
Title: NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
Released: March 20, 2001
Type: Movie
New Japan Pro Wrestling's Hyper Battle Tour comes to a close on its 15th and final day.
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AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
Title: AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
Released: January 28, 2001
Type: Movie
The Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular took place on January 28, 2001 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan and was a joint promotion between All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event was themed around memorializing AJPW's founder Shohei "Giant" Baba, who had died in 1999. It was the second Giant Baba Memorial event and was subsequently followed by the Giant Baba Memorial Cup and the Giant Baba Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament a year later. Ten professional wrestling matches were held on the event's card, including one that featured AJPW and NJPW champions.
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WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Title: WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Character: The Great Muta
Released: September 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Fall Brawl 2000 took place on September 17, 2000 from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The main event was Kevin Nash defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Booker T in a Caged Heat match. Also on the card was Goldberg vs Scott Steiner in a No DQ match, Mike Awesome vs Jeff Jarrett in a bunkhouse brawl, Sting vs The Great Muta vs Vampiro in a Triangle match, Billy Kidman & Madusa vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson in a Scaffold match, an elimination match featuring two 7 man teams (The Filthy Animals vs The Natural Born Thrillers), Lance Storm defending the WCW United States Championship against General Rection, KroniK vs The Harris Brothers in a First Blood Chain match, The Misficts in Action vs 3 Count, and Elix Skipper defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Kwee Wee.
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WCW New Blood Rising
Title: WCW New Blood Rising
Character: The Great Muta
Released: August 13, 2000
Type: Movie
New Blood Rising was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling that replaced WCW's August PPV event Road Wild. It took place on August 13, 2000 from the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. The name is a reference to the New Blood faction within WCW. The main event was Booker T defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett. Another primary match was a Triple Threat match between Goldberg, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner. Other matches on the card included KroniK defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Dark Carnival (Vampiro & The Great Muta), Lance Storm defending the WCW United States Championship against Mike Awesome in a Canadian Rules match with Jacques Rougeau as the special guest referee,
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NJPW Final Dome
Title: NJPW Final Dome
Character: Keiji Muto
Released: October 11, 1999
Type: Movie
NJPW closes out the final Tokyo Dome show of the 20th Century with a loaded card featuring the promotion's top stars.
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WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
Title: WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
Character: The Great Muta
Released: July 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Basketball star Dennis Rodman teams with Hollywood Hogan to face Lex Luger & The Giant. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper faces Ric Flair. Scott Hall joins forces with "Macho Man" Randy Savage to battle "Diamond" Dallas Page & Curt Hennig. Chris Jericho faces Ultimo Dragon and more!
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Dragon Blue
Title: Dragon Blue
Character: Ryusaki
Released: July 4, 1996
Type: Movie
Mayuko is a feng shui expert who, in a nearly absurd rush of exposition in the first scene of Dragon Blue, discovers that she is the blood heir of the Dragon Clan and a born demon hunter. It's a completely unmotivated but thoroughly spooky encounter between Mayuko and a demonic ghost, and she's saved by an ancient priest spirit who explains her legacy. "Why does this always happen to me?" she ponders before flying off to a remote island to investigate an ancient curse and battle a legendary Sea Demon. Mayuko befriends a burly, chivalrous detective and a little orphan boy nicknamed "the Devil's Child" who hides his own dark secret.
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NJPW Battle Formation '96
Title: NJPW Battle Formation '96
Character: Great Muta
Released: April 29, 1996
Type: Movie
NJPW and WCW's biggest stars clash in the Tokyo Dome.
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Title: WCW Monday Nitro
Released: September 4, 1995
Type: TV
WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly professional wrestling telecast produced by World Championship Wrestling, created by Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff. The show aired Monday nights on TNT, going head-to-head with the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Production ceased shortly after WCW was purchased by the WWF. The debut of Nitro began the Monday Night Wars, a ratings battle between the WWF and WCW that lasted for almost six years and saw each company resort to cutthroat tactics to try to compete with the competition. In mid-1996, Nitro began to draw better ratings than Raw based on the strength of the nWo storyline, an anarchist wrestling stable that wanted to take over WCW. Nitro continued to beat Raw for 84 consecutive weeks, forcing WWE owner Vince McMahon to change the way he did business. As the nWo storyline grew stagnant, fan interest in the storyline waned, and Raw began to edge out Nitro in the ratings. The turning point for the organizations came during the January 4, 1999 broadcast of Nitro, during which lead commentator Tony Schiavone gave away the results of matches for that night's Raw broadcast. As Raw was taped and Nitro was live, Bischoff believed that knowing the outcome would dissuade viewers from watching the program. Excited by the prospect of seeing perennial WWF underdog Mick Foley win the WWF Championship, a large number of Nitro viewers changed channels to watch Raw, switching back to Nitro after Foley won the title. From that week forward, Raw beat Nitro in the ratings by a significant amount, and WCW was never able to regain the success it once had.
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WCW Slamboree 1995
Title: WCW Slamboree 1995
Character: The Great Muta
Released: May 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Join the stars of yesterday and today as they gather in Florida for Slamboree '95: A Legends Reunion. The Mega Powers of Hulk Hogan & "The Macho Man" Randy Savage battle Ric Flair & Big Van Vader. Sting faces Big Bubba Rogers in a Lights Out Match. The Great Muta defends the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff!
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Title: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Released: May 3, 1995
Type: Movie
The third Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 3, 1995, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome. The event featured eleven matches, two of which were contested for championships. For the third year in a row, wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) took part in the event.
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NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8
Title: NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8
Released: July 8, 1994
Type: Movie
New Japan Pro Wrestling's Summer Struggle tour continues from Sapporo, Japan.
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WCW Spring Stampede 1994
Title: WCW Spring Stampede 1994
Character: The Great Muta
Released: April 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Ric Flair defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Big Van Vader battles The Boss. Sting faces "Ravishing" Rick Rude for the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. "Stunning" Steve Austin defends the WCW United States Championship against The Great Muta. The Nasty Boys face Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne and much more!
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Title: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Character: Great Muta
Released: May 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Wrestling Dontaku 1993 was the first Wrestling Dontaku professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The event took place on May 3, 1993, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at the Fukuoka Dome.
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WCW SuperBrawl III
Title: WCW SuperBrawl III
Character: The Great Muta
Released: February 21, 1993
Type: Movie
SuperBrawl III took place on February 21, 1993 from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. This event marked the return of Ric Flair to WCW. The main event was Big Van Vader defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a White Castle of Fear Strap match. The Great Muta defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes defended the WCW U.S. Heavyweight Championship against Maxx Payne. Other matches include The Rock N' Roll Express vs The Heavenly Bodies (from Smokey Mountain Wrestling), Cactus Jack vs Paul Orndorff in a Falls-Count-Anywhere match, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith vs "Wild" Bill irwin, and Chris Benoit vs. 2 Cold Scorpio.
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WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Title: WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 4, 1993
Type: Movie
WCW/New Japan Supershow III (known as Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1993 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Events included Sting vs Hiroshi Hase, Ron Simmons vs Tony Halme, Ultimo Dragon vs Jushin Liger for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton vs Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto, and IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defending his title against Masahiro Chono.
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WCW Starrcade
Title: WCW Starrcade
Character: The Great Muta
Released: December 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Starrcade '92: Battle Bowl II: The Lethal Lottery took place on December 28, 1992 from The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event was the Battle Bowl Battle Royale for the Battle Bowl Ring. The final match for The King of Cable tournament was also held during this PPV featuring Sting vs Big Van Vader. Other matches included The Great Muta defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Masahiro Chono, Ron Simmons defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Steve Williams, and Shane Douglas with Ricky Steamboat defending the NWA & WCW World Tag team Championships against Barry Windham and Brian Pillman.
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NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Title: NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Released: November 23, 1992
Type: Movie
NJPW presents the 12th night of the Tag Team Wrestling Scramble, Battle Zone Space II.
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WCW/New Japan Supershow II
Title: WCW/New Japan Supershow II
Character: The Great Muta
Released: January 4, 1992
Type: Movie
WCW/New Japan Supershow II (known as Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1992 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The main event was the Steiner Brothers versus Sting & The Great Muta. Other matches included Tatsumi Fujinami defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Riki Choshu, Lex Luger defending the WCW World heavyweight Championship against Masahiro Chono, Big Van Vader vs El Gigante, Dusty and Dustin Rhodes vs Masa Saito and Kim Duk, The Enforcers vs Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka, and Jushin Liger, Masashi Aoyagi, and Akira Nogami vs Hiro Saito, Super Strong Machine, & Kantaro Hoshino.
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WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
Title: WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
Character: The Great Muta
Released: June 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Clash of the Champions XV took place on June 12, 1991 at the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee. There were 5,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.9 rating on TBS.
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WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
Title: WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
Character: The Great Muta
Released: March 21, 1991
Type: Movie
WCW/New Japan Supershow I (known as Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on March 21, 1991 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in North America in April 1991. The main event was Ric Flair defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Tatsumi Fujinami. Other matches included The Great Muta vs Sting, El Gigante vs Big Cat Hughes, Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki defending against The Steiner Brothers for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, Arn Anderson & Barry Windham vs Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono, Jushin Liger defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight CHampionship against Akira Nogami, and several dark matches.
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WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course
Title: WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course
Character: The Great Muta
Released: December 16, 1990
Type: Movie
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course was the eighth annual Starrcade professional wrestling PPV event produced under the NWA banner. It was the third Starrcade event produced by WCW, and the last PPV event held by the NWA. It took place on December 16, 1990 from the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. The main event was a steel cage match between Sting and The Black Scorpion for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Other matches included a Street Fight between Doom and the team of Arn Anderson and Barry Windham for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, and a Texas Lariat match between Stan Hansen and Lex Luger for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. The event also hosted the Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament.
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WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Title: WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Character: The Great Muta
Released: February 6, 1990
Type: Movie
WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. There were 3,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS. This was the show that set up the WCW WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing pay-per-view event.
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WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
Title: WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
Character: The Great Muta
Released: December 13, 1989
Type: Movie
NWA Starrcade ’89 features round-robin Iron Man and Iron Team Tournaments. Participants include Ric Flair, Sting, The Road Warriors, Lex Luger, The Great Muta, and many more NWA Superstars from around the world.
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WCW Halloween Havoc '89
Title: WCW Halloween Havoc '89
Character: The Great Muta
Released: October 28, 1989
Type: Movie
WCW Halloween Havoc '89: Settling The Score took place on October 28, 1989 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The main event was a Thunderdome match with Ric Flair and Sting versus Terry Funk and The Great Muta. The Roadwarrior competed against the Skyscrapers, Lex Luger defended the NWA US Championship against Brian Pillman, The Steiner Brothers competed against Doom, The Freebirds fought the Dynamic Dudes, The Samoan Swat Team wrestled The Midnight Express, The Cuban Assassin took on Tommy Rich, and Tom Zenk opened the show against Mike Rotunda.
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WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Title: WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Character: The Great Muta
Released: September 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Clash of the Champions VIII took place on September 12, 1989 at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, South Carolina. There were 2,600 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.7 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the first ever Halloween Havoc PPV on October 28.
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NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
Title: NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
Character: The Great Muta
Released: July 23, 1989
Type: Movie
The Great American Bash (1989) was the fifth annual The Great American Bash professional wrestling event produced by WCW under the NWA banner and the second to be produced as a PPV event. It took place on July 23, 1989 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ric Flair defended the title against Terry Funk. Featured matches on the undercard were Road Warriors, Midnight Express and Steve Williams versus Fabulous Freebirds and Samoan Swat Teamin a WarGames match, Lex Luger versus Ricky Steamboat for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Sting versus The Great Muta for the NWA World Television Championship, Steiner Brothers versus Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Kevin Sullivan) in a Texas Tornado match, Jim Cornette versus Paul E. Dangerously in a Tuxedo match, The Skyscrapers versus Dynamic Dudes and a Two-Ring King of the Hill Battle Royal.
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NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
Title: NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
Character: The Great Muta
Released: May 7, 1989
Type: Movie
WrestleWar 1989: Music City Showdown was the first WrestleWar professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on May 7, 1989 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
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WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Title: WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Character: The Great Muta
Released: April 2, 1989
Type: Movie
WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun took place on April 2, 1989 at The SuperDome in New Orleans, Louisiana. There were 5,300 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.3 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown PPV on May 7. Clash VI was held on the same day as WrestleMania V and on free TV in an attempt to hurt the PPV rating.
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WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88
Title: WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88
Character: Super Black Ninja
Released: October 15, 1988
Type: Movie
The King and The Modern-Day Warrior collide with both The WCCW & AWA World Titles on the line!
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Luminous Woman
Title: Luminous Woman
Character: Sensaku Matsunami
Released: October 24, 1987
Type: Movie
A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer.
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NWA Battle of the Belts III
Title: NWA Battle of the Belts III
Character: The White Ninja
Released: September 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Name of the event: NWA Battle Of The Belts III Date: 09.01.1986 Promotion: Championship Wrestling From Florida, National Wrestling Alliance Type: Event Location: Daytona Beach, Florida, USA Arena: Ocean Center Attendance: ca. 8.000
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NWA Battle of The Belts II
Title: NWA Battle of The Belts II
Character: The White Ninja
Released: February 14, 1986
Type: Movie
It’s another Florida supercard syndicated across the country, and thankfully there’s no hurricane to sabotage this one, so we should be getting a pretty solid night of wrestling action.
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The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon
Title: The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon
Character: The Great Muta
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A short film about professional wrestler, The Great Muta's, origin.
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Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel
Title: Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel
Character: Great Muta
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In 2002, ROH was founded with several precepts in mind: sportsmanship, respect, and, of course, honor. These ideas were expressed in the Code of Honor and that code was embodied by a handshake that preceded and followed each match. Enter Christopher Daniels, the man who declared from day one that he would not follow such a code, that he rejected those ideals, and as he built a Prophecy around him, worked to decimate what the code stood for. Whether he was facing Bryan Danielson & Low Ki in the first ever main event or Samoa Joe in a World Title Challenge, Daniels denied the handshake with every fiber of his being. Yet with a forced absence and battles against the likes of Claudio Castagnoli and CM Punk, things changed...