AJPW (All Japan Pro Wrestling) Unified World Tag Team title w/ Joe Doering defeating Satoshi Kojima and Taru (January 3, 2008);
AJPW (All Japan Pro Wrestling) tag team titles w/Masakatsu Funaki defeating Minoru Suzuki and Taiyo Kea (January 3, 2010);
AJPW (All Japan Pro Wrestling) tag team titles w/KENSO defeating Akebono and Ryoto Hama (July 31, 2011);
Wrestle -1 Wrestle-1 title defeating Masayuki Kono (November 1, 2014);
W-1 tag team titles w Kannazuki defeating Manabu Soya & Sugi San (October 9, 2015);
GHC heavyweight title defeating Go Shiozaki (February 12, 2021);
GHC tag team titles w Naomichi Marufuji defeating Kaito Kiyomiya & Masa Kitamiya (November 13, 2021);
Career Highlights
New Japan Pro-Wrestling – The Beginning:
Keiji Mutoh’s first stint in New Japan wasn’t very successful, often teaming with Masahiro Chono and Shiro Koshinaka.
April 1985: Keiji Mutoh and Mokoto Arakawa defeated Shin’ya Hashimoto and Shuko Kim.
November, 1985: Mutoh was sent to NWA Florida territory to gain experience.
May 21, 1986: White Ninja (Keiji Mutoh) defeated Kendall Windham to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title.
June, 1986: Kendall Windham beat White Ninja to regain the NWA Florida title.
October 9, 1986: Keiji Mutoh returned to Japan, joining the UWF as “Space Lone Wolf”.
November 3, 1986: Antonio Inoki and Kerry Von Erich defeated Space Lone Wolf and Kengo Kimura.
~~~After the match, Inoki knocked out Mutoh with his Tuokon Slap Attack.
December 11, 1986 – Sumo Hall Show: Tatsumi Fujinami and Keiji Mutoh defeated Mr. Pogo and Kendo Nagasaki.
Ferburary 5, 1987: Tatsumi Fujinami and Keiji Mutoh vs. Akira Maeda and Yoshiaki Fujiwara went to Double Count-out.
March 20, 1987 – IWGP Tag Team League: Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Nobuhiko Takada and Akira Maeda to capture the IWGP Tag Team Titles.
March 26, 1987 – Inoki Tuokon Live II: Nobuhiko Takada and Akira Maeda defeated Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka to win the IWGP Tag Team titles.
August 2, 1987: Keiji Mutoh and Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Johnny Smith and Bad News Allen.
August 19, 1987: Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Akira Maeda, and Super Strong Machine defeated Antonio Inoki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kantaro Hoshino, Keiji Mutoh and Seiji Sakaguchi in an Elimination Match.
August 20, 1987: Tatsumi Fujinami and Riki Choshu defeated Antonio Inoki and Keiji Mutoh.
October 1987: Keiji Mutoh and Kengo Kimura defeated Konga the Barbarian and Manny Fernandez.
December 1987: The Von Erichs (Kerry and Kevin) defeated Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka.
Keiji Mutoh was sent outside Japan to gain more experience.
World Wrestling Council – Black Ninja:
Keiji Mutoh soon emerged in Puerto Rico in the WWC, where he wrestled as “Black Ninja”.
February 6, 1988: Black Ninja defeated Invader I to win the WWC Television Title.
February, 1988: Black Ninja participated in the Gillete Cup Tournament, which was won by Carlos Colon.
April 2, 1988: Invader I beat Black Ninja to regain the WWC Television Title.
May 14, 1988: Black Ninja beat Miguel Perez Jr. to become the WWC Puerto Rican Champion.
August 6, 1988: Ricky Santana defeated Black Ninja to win the WWC Puerto Rican title.
July 2, 1988: Keiji Mutoh teamed-up with Masahiro Chono and Shin’ya Hashimoto, creating the Tuokon San Yushi, Three Fire Balls.
July 29, 1988: Tuokon San Yushi defeated Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura and Shiro Koshinaka by disqualification.
Black Ninja engaged in bloody feuds with sadistic men like Carlos Colon, Abdullah the Butcher, Bruiser Brody and TNT.
Florida – The Rising Suns:
Super Ninja had a brief run in Florida, where he won the Florida Heavyweight title.
~~~Later on the night, Muta attacked Ric Flair after his victory over Terry Funk.
September 3, 1989: The Great Muta defeated Sting in the rematch to win the held up NWA Television title!
September 12, 1989: Ric Flair and Sting defeated The Great Muta and Dick Slater via DQ.
October 14, 1989: Ric Flair defeated The Great Muta via DQ to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title.
October, 1989: The Great Muta beat Dick Murdoch to retain the NWA World Television title.
October 29, 1989 – Halloween Havoc: Sting and Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk and Great Muta in a thrilling cage match, with Brunno Sammartino as Special Guest Referee.
~~~The Great Muta blamed Terry Funk for the loss and violently attacked him! Ric Flair and Sting made the save.
December 13, 1989 – Starrcade 89: The Great Muta lost matches to Ric Flair, Sting and Lex Luger (DQ) in the Iron Man tournament.
January 20, 1990: Arn Anderson defeated The Great Muta for the NWA World Television title.
Keiji Mutoh returned to his homeland, ready to conquer Japan just as he did America.
April 27, 1990: Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Masa Saito and Shin’ya Hashimoto to win the IWGP World Tag Team titles.
June, 1990: Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Shin’ya Hashimoto and Masa Saito to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles.
August 8, 1990: Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono beat the Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles.
September 14, 1990: Hiroshi Hase defeated The Great Muta (afterwards, a frustrated Muta delivered to Hase a Moonsault).
~~~This started a bloody feud between Muta and Hase, but the two ended up Tag Team partners in the end.
September, 1990 – Inoki 30th Wrestling Anniversary: The Great Muta defeated Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
November 1, 1990: Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki beat Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Tag Team titles.
December 13, 1990: Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Bam Bam Bigelow and Bad News Allen.
December 16, 1990 – WCW Starrcade 90: The Great Muta and Mr. Saito participated in the Pat O’Connor Tag Team International Tournament as Team Japan, but they were defeated in the finals by the Steiner Brothers.
December 26, 1990 – Legends Show: The Great Muta defeated Tiger Jeet Singh by DQ.
March 21, 1991 ? NJPW/ WCW Starrcade in Tokyo Dome: The Great Muta defeated Sting.
~~~Afterwards, Sting putted Muta in the Scorpion Deathlock until New Japan wrestlers made the save.
March 21, 1993: Keiji Mutoh defeated Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki).
~~~Mutoh suffered a left-knee injury during the match.
May 3, 1993 – NJPW Wrestling Dontaku: Hulk Hogan (WWF World Champion) defeated The Great Muta (IWGP Champion) in a non-title match.
May 25, 1993 – Wrestling Association R: The Great Kabuki defeated The Great Muta by DQ.
June 15, 1993: The Great Muta defeated The Great Kabuki via DQ, to retain the IWGP Championship.
June 17, 1993: The Great Muta defeated Ashura Hara.
August, 1993 – G1 Climax Tournament: Keiji Mutoh defeated The Great Kabuki and Super Strong Machine to advance, but lost to Tatsumi Fujinami in the semi-finals.
September 20, 1993: Shin’ya Hashimoto defeated The Great Muta to win the IWGP World Heavyweight title!
September 23, 1993: Hulk Hogan and The Great Muta defeated The Hell Raisers (Hawk and Kensuke Sasaki).
New Japan Pro-Wrestling – Keiji Mutoh:
Keiji Mutoh started to fight more often as himself, keeping The Great Muta persona for very special matches.
December 10, 1993: Shin’ya Hashimoto beat Keiji Mutoh to retain the IWGP World title.
January 4, 1994 – Battlefield in Tokyo Dome: The Steiner Brothers defeated Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase.
April 4, 1994: The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu.
~~~ Originally this match was: Keiji Mutoh and Chono vs. Tenryu and Choshu, but Genichiro provoked Mutoh until he went to the backstage and returned as The Great Muta.
April 7, 1994: Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated The Great Muta and Hiroshi Hase by DQ, during the whole match Muta and Hase couldn’t work together.
~~~Afterwards, Muta started to attack everybody as result of his frustration.
April 17, 1994 – WCW Spring Stampede: Steve Austin defeated The Great Muta by DQ to retain the US Title, Muta was disqualified for tossing Austin over the top rope.
May 1, 1994 – Wrestling Dontaku 94: Antonio Inoki defeated The Great Muta in the beginning of Inoki’s Final Countdown.
June, 1994: Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Scott Norton and Mike Enoss.
June 12, 1994: Keiji Mutoh beat Tatsumi Fujinami.
August 4, 1994 – Yokohama Show: Masahiro Chono defeated The Great Muta.
August 5, 1994: Keiji Mutoh defeated Riki Choshu.
August 6, 1994: Keiji Mutoh took out Osamu Kido.
August 7, 1994: Keiji Mutoh beat Yoshiaki Yatsu.
September 3, 1994 – G1 Climax Tournament: Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated The Great Muta.
September 26, 1994: The Great Muta defeated Osamu Kido in a bloodbath.
~~~When they were fighting in the ring side, Muta went berserk and started to attack everybody around him.
November 25, 1994: Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase beat the Hell Raisers to become IWGP Tag Team Champions!
January 4, 1995 – Battle 7: Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase defeated The Steiner Brothers to retain the IWGP Tag Team titles.
February 8, 1995: The Great Muta defeated El Gigante.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling – War against UWFI (IWGP Heavyweight Champion II):
May 3, 1995 – Wrestling Dontaku 95: Keiji Mutoh defeated Shin’ya Hashimoto to win his second IWGP World Heavyweight title.
May 11, 1995: Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase vacated the IWGP Tag Title belts so Mutoh could concentrate on defending his newly won World title.
May, 1995 – NJPW vs UWFI in Tokyo Dome: The Great Muta defeated Nobuhiko Takada to unify the IWGP and UWFI World titles.
WCW Slamboree 95: The Great Muta defeated “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Ondorff to retain the IWGP World Title.
June 14, 1995: Keiji Mutoh defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan to retain the IWGP World title.
June 15, 1995: The Great Muta defeated The Great Kabuki.
July 13, 1995: Keiji Mutoh beat Road Warrior Hawk to retain the IWGP title.
August 11, 1995: Shiro Koshinaka beat Keiji Mutoh in a non-title match.
August 12, 1995: Keiji Mutoh defeated Masahiro Chono to retain the IWGP Title.
August 13, 1995: Keiji Mutoh took down Ric Flair in a non-title match.
August 14, 1995: Keiji Mutoh won over Scott Norton to still being the IWGP Champion.
August, 1995 – G1 Climax Tournament: Keiji Mutoh beat Shin’ya Hashimoto in the finals to win the Tournament.
~~~Afterwards, a bloody Mutoh cut a passionate promo and later let go some of The Great Muta persona as he walked to backstage.
October 9, 1995: Keiji Mutoh defeated Nobuhiko Takada by submission.
December 13, 1995: Keiji Mutoh defeated Shiro Koshinaka to retain the IWGP title.
January 4, 1996 – Wrestling War: Nobuhiko Takada defeated Keiji Mutoh by submission to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title!
March 1996 – UWFI Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Naoki Sano by submission.
April 29, 1996 – Battle Formation 96: The Great Muta defeated Hakushi Jinzei in a bloodbath.
April 30, 1996: Keiji Mutoh and Jushin Thunder Liger beat Nobuhiko Takada and Naoki Sano.
June, 1996 – Rikidozan Memorial Show: Keiji Mutoh and Kensuke Sasaki beat Junji Hirata and Shin’ya Hashimoto.
August 2, 1996: Kazuo Yamazaki defeated Keiji Mutoh by submission.
August 3, 1996: Keiji Mutoh defeated Satoshi Kojima.
September, 1996: Keiji Mutoh and Sting won over The Road Warriors.
September 23, 1996: Keiji Mutoh defeated Pedro Octavio by KO.
October 11, 1996 – WAR Osaka Crush Night: Genichiro Tenryu beat The Great Muta to retain the IWGP World title.
October 20, 1996: The Great Muta defeated Jushin Thunder Liger.
~~~In one point of the match, Muta ripped Liger’s mask off, unleashing the Dark side of Liger!!!
November 1, 1996 – Super Grade Tag Team League VI: Shin’ya Hashimoto and Scott Norton beat Keiji Mutoh and Rick Steiner in the finals to win the tournament.
Keiji Mutoh then took time off due to a knee injury.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling and WCW – new World order Japan:
Once Keiji Mutoh returned from his injury, Masahiro Chono and nWo Japan focused their efforts on recruiting him and his alter ego, The Great Muta.
January 4, 1997 – Wrestling World: Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki) defeated The Great Muta.
January, 1997: Keiji Mutoh defeated ???
~~~ After his victory, nWo gundam members approached to Keiji Mutoh to offer him to join to them.
February 16, 1997: The Great Muta defeated Shiro Koshinaka.
~~~ At the very start of the match, Muta spewed Green Mist on a Heisei Ishigun’s flag!
~~~ After the match, Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell hit the ring and offered Muta to join the nWo, but Muta left the ring with no answer.
March, 1997: Keiji Mutoh approached to nWo Japan members, apparently to join them. But he attacked Masahiro Chono out of nowhere and left the ring.
~~~ On backstage, Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell vowed revenge on Mutoh.
March 20, 1997: nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi, Tenzan, Scott Norton, nWo Sting and Buff Bagwell) beat New Japan Army (Shin’ya Hashimoto, Keiji Mutoh, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi and Steven Regal) when Mutoh accidentally cost the victory of his team.
April 4, 1997 – NJPW Battle Formation: The Great Muta defeated Masahiro Chono, strangely Muta and Chono shook hands after the match, spreading confusion about Muta’s true colors.
May 3, 1997 – Strong Style Evolution: Masahiro Chono and The Outsiders beat Keiji Mutoh and The Steiner Brothers.
May 26, 1997 – WCW Nitro: The Great Muta vs. Masahiro Chono went to no contest when Muta and Chono attacked Sonny Ono.
~~~ Finally Chono revealed that The Great Muta had joined the nWo!!! (However, Keiji Mutoh declared his loyalty to New Japan)
August 1, 1997: The Great Muta defeated Manabu Nakanishi.
August 2, 1997 – G1 Climax Tournament: Scott Norton beat The Great Muta.
August 3, 1997: The Great Muta defeated Lord Steven Regal.
August 10, 1997 – Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome: The Great Muta defeated Naoya Ogawa when Tiger Mask had to throw the towel after Muta putted Ogawa in a vicious Cross Armbreaker.
August 31, 1997: Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami and Genichiro Tenryu defeated The Great Muta, Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan.
September 13, 1997: The Great Muta defeated Tadao Yasuda.
September 17, 1997: Hiroyoshi Tenzan and The Great Muta beat Tatsumi Fujinami and Nogami.
September 20, 1997: Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki beat The Great Muta and Hiroyoshi Tenzan.
~~~In the middle of the match, Tenzan accidentally attacked Muta with a Diving Mongolian Chop, driving Muta crazy.
~~~Right in the end, Muta spewed Green Mist on Tenzan’s eyes and then argued with Masahiro Chono.
September 23, 1997: The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono vs. Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki went to a very strange end.
~~~In one point of the match, Chono accidentally delivered to Muta a Diving Shoulder Block, then Muta went mad and left Chono by his own.
~~~Later, Keiji Mutoh hit the ring, apparently to help New Japan wrestlers, but instead he attacked Kensuke Sasaki allowing the victory to the nWo gundam and completing his “full” joining to the stable!
October 19, 1997: The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki to win the IWGP World Tag Team titles.
November 2, 1997- Final Battle Hall: Masahiro Chono and The Great Muta retained the IWGP Tag Team titles defeating Tatsumi Fujinami and Genichiro Tenryu.
December 8, 1998 – Super Grade Tag League VII: Masahiro Chono and The Great Muta defeated Shin’ya Hashimoto and Manabu Nakanishi in the finals.
January 4, 1998 – Riki Choshu Retirement Show: Kensuke Sasaki beat Keiji Mutoh to retain the IWGP World title.
February, 1998: Keiji Mutoh defeated Kazuo Yamazaki by submission.
April 4, 1998 – The Inoki Final in Tokyo Dome: Masahiro Chono and The Great Muta defeated Shin’ya Hashimoto and Osamu Nishimura to retain the IWGP Tag Team titles.
May, 1998: Keiji Mutoh suffered a knee injury, after Tatsumi Fujinami delivered to him two huge Dragon Screw Legwhips
May 7, 1998: The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono vacated the tag team titles when Mutoh had to undergo knee surgery.
June 28, 1998 – WCW Nitro: The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono defeated The Boogie Knights (Disco Inferno and Alex Wright).
July 31, 1998 – G1 Climax Tournament: Genichiro Tenryu beat Keiji Mutoh in the first round.
August 1, 1998: Keiji Mutoh, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Big Titan defeated Osamu Nishimura, Manabu Nakanishi and Tatsumi Fujinami.
August 2, 1998: Shiro Koshinaka, Michiyoshi Ohara and Kengo Kimura defeated Keiji Mutoh, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Hiro Saito.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling ? nWo Japan vs. Team 2000 (IWGP Heavyweight Champion III):
Keiji Mutoh took the leadership of the nWo gundam, after Masahiro Chono suffered a neck injury, turning it into a babyface faction
~~~However, when Chono returned to New Japan, he declared war to Mutoh for disagreeing about the new direction of nWo Japan, creating Team 2000.
August 8, 1998 – Rising the Next Generation: The Great Kabuki and The Great Muta defeated Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto in Kabuki’s last appearance in New Japan before his retirement.
~~~On backstage, Muta cut a promo about his love on his “daddy”, Kabuki.
January 4, 1999 – NJPW Anniversary Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Scott Norton to capture the IWGP World title.
February 14, 1999 – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Keiji Mutoh beat Kensuke Sasaki to retain the IWGP Title.
April 1999 – Tokyo Dome Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Don Frye by submission to still being the IWGP World Champion.
May 3, 1999: Keiji Mutoh defeated Genichiro Tenryu to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
June, 1999 – Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima defeated Masahiro Chono and Don Frye.
July 21, 1999: Keiji Mutoh retained the IWGP Championship over Satoshi Kojima.
August 15, 1999 – G1 Climax Tournament: Manabu Nakanishi beat Keiji Mutoh by submission to win the tournament.
The Great Muta started a feud with The Great Nita, who vowed to be more sadistic than Muta.
August 28, 1999 – WAR: The Great Muta defeated The Great Nita in a No Rope-Electrified Barbed Wire-Double Hell Deathmatch.
September, 1999 – G1 Tag Team League: Keiji Mutoh and Scott Norton won the G1 Tag League by defeating Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi.
October 11, 1999: Keiji Mutoh beat Manabu Nakanishi by submission to retain the IWGP World title.
December 10, 1999: Genichiro Tenryu defeated Keiji Mutoh to become the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
January 4, 2000 – Wrestling World: Masahiro Chono beat Keiji Mutoh by submission.
~~~As result of this defeat, nWo Japan was forced to disband.
April 7, 2000 – Dome Impact 2000: Masahiro Chono defeated The Great Muta by DQ.
May 5, 2000 – Wrestling Dontaku 2000: Power Warrior w/ Akira Hokuto defeated The Great Muta to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
~~~Afterwards, Sasaki and Hokuto attacked Muta with a Missile Dropkick Doomsday Device.
World Championship Wrestling – The Dark Carnival:
2000: The Great Muta came back to America for another stint in World Championship Wrestling.
July 14, 2000 – Thunder: Tank Abbott and Three Count defeated Jung Dragons and The Great Muta.
July 18, 2000 – Nitro: The Great Muta pinned Vampiro in a United States title tournament match.
~~~The Great Muta was beaten by Mike Awesome later in the night in the second round.
August 13, 2000 – New Blood Rising: Ernest “The Cat” Miller defeated The Great Muta.
~~~Later that night, Muta and Vampiro attacked Sting after his victory over the KISS Demon, Kronik made the save and demanded a match against Muta and Vampiro.
~~~The Great Muta and Vampiro defeated KroniK to win the World Tag Team titles.
August 14, 2000 – Nitro: Rey Mysterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera defeated The Great Muta and Vampiro after a 24hr reign as champions.
~~~Later that night Sting defeated Vampiro, The Great Muta and The Demon in a four corners match.
The Great Muta packed his bags and returned to Japan.
NJPW and AJPW – Outstanding return:
Keiji Mutoh returned to Japan, changing completely his image and part of his wrestling style, due to his past knee injuries.
October 6, 2000 – NJPw/ AJPW Do Judge: Keiji Mutoh beat Hiroshi Hase.
December, 2000 – NJPW Inoki’s Bom-Ba-Ye: Keiji Mutoh and Nobuhiko Takada beat Don Frye and Ken Shamrock.
January 4, 2001 – NJPW Wrestling World 2001: Keiji Mutoh and Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Manabu Nakanishi.
As part of the new relationships between New Japan and All Japan, Keiji Mutoh started to work with AJPW for disagreeing about the new direction of NJPW.
January 28, 2001 – AJPW Tokyo Dome Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Taiyo Kea by submission.
~~~Mutoh made the debut of his new Finishing Move, The Shinning Wizard.
Keiji Mutoh and Shinjiro Ohtani created the Interpromotional Stable BATT, along with Taiyo Kea, Hiroshi Hase and Hakushi Jinzei.
April, 2001 – NJPW Osaka Dome Show: Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea and Hakushi Jinzei.
April, 2001 – NJPW Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a dream-match.
May, 2001 – NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001: Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea and Hiroshi Hase beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima.
June 6, 2001 – NJPW Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Hiroshi Hase.
June 8, 2001 – AJPW PPV: In one of the most epic battles in history, Keiji Mutoh defeated Genichiro Tenryu to become the UNIFIED TIRPLE CROWN CHAMPION!
July 14, 2001 – AJPW Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated “Dr. Death” Steve Williams to retain the Triple Crown.
August 12, 2001 – NJPW G1 Climax Tournament: Yuji Nagata defeated Keiji Mutoh by submission in the finals to win the tournament!
August 19, 2001 – Michinoku Pro-Wrestling: Keiji Mutoh debuted his new character, Kokushi Muso and started to tag with Hakushi Jinzei, in that night they defeated Hiro Saito and Tatsutoshi Goto.
September 16, 2001 – NJPW: Kokushi Muso and Hakushi Jinzei beat Masahrio Chono and Mike Barton.
September 23, 2001 – AJPW Osaka Dome Show: Keiji Mutoh defeated Scott Hall to retain the Triple Crown.
October 8, 2001- Puroresu 50th Anniversary: Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata beat Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase in a dream-match.
October 22, 2001 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea defeated Gencihiro Tenryu and Yoji Anjo to win the AJPW World Tag Team Titles.
~~~Keiji Mutoh becomes the 7th man to hold 5 belts at the same time in wrestling history.
October 27, 2001 – AJPW Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh retained the Triple Crown over his friend, Masahiro Chono.
October 28, 2001 – NJPW International Center: Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea defeated Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Nishimura to retain the AJPW World Tag Team titles and WIN the IWGP Tag Team titles!
~~~Keiji Mutoh becomes the FIRST MAN to carry 6 Belts at the same time, known as the 6 Crown.
December 7, 2001 – World’s Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Kudo Fuyuki in the semi-finals.
~~~In the finals, Mutoh and Kea defeated Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuya Nagae to win the Tournament.
December 11, 2001 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh beat Tatsumi Fujinami to retain the Triple Crown.
January 14, 2002 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea beat Mike Barton and Jim Steele to retain both AJPW and IWGP World Tag Team titles.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling – Big Shock:
February 2, 2002: Keiji Mutoh jumped ship to All Japan, leaving his “Great Muta” gimmick behind him.
~~~ Since NJPW owned the “Great Muta” gimmick, he began using his real name, Keiji Mutoh.
~~~ Mutoh also took Satoshi Kojima and Osamu Nishimura with him from New Japan.
~~~ As result of this leaving, Mutoh and Kea vacated the IWGP Tag Team Titles.
February 24, 2002: Toshiaki Kawada beat Keiji Mutoh to regain the Triple Crown Championship.
February 26, 2002: Keiji Mutoh officially signs for All Japan Pro-Wrestling.
March 1, 2002: Keiji Mutoh was guessed at the WWF SmackDown! Tour Show in Japan and greeted The Rock.
March 24, 2002: Steve Williams defeated Keiji Mutoh.
March/April, 2002 – Champion Carnival: Keiji Mutoh won the Champion Carnival Tournament, ending second in Block B, defeating Satoshi Kojima in the semi-finals and beating Mike Barton in the finals.
April 13, 2002: Genichiro Tenryu beat Keiji Mutoh in the finals of a tournament to win the vacated Unified Triple Crown title.
May 1, 2002: Kokushi Muso and Hakushi Jinzei beat The Great Koji (Satoshi Kojima) and George Hines.
April/May 2002 – Giant Baba 6-Man Memorial Tag Team Tournament: Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and George Hines won the tournament over teams composed by: Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma and Jimmy Yang; Masanabu Fuchi, Hideki Hosaka, and Gran Naniwa; and Genichiro Tenryu, Nobutaka Araya and Arashi.
Keiji Mutoh and NJPW came to an arrangement that lets Mutoh to wrestle as The Great Muta in exchange of Mutoh fights in New Japan cards.
July 17, 2002: KroniK defeated Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea to win the AJPW World Tag Team titles!
July 20, 2002 – Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh wrestled under three characters.
~~~Kokushi Muso defeated Kaz Hayashi.
~~~Keiji Mutoh, Dos Caras and Mil Mascaras beat Abdullah The Butcher, Gran Hamada and Gran Naniwa.
~~~The Great Muta defeated The Great Koji by submission.
August 31, 2002 – Budokan Hall Show: Genichiro Tenryu, Steve Williams, Masao Orihara, Koki Kitahara and Arashi beat Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi, Hiroshi Hase, Jinsei Shinzaki and George Hines in an Elimination Match.
September 30, 2002 – AJPW 30th Anniversary Party: Motoko Baba announced Keiji Mutoh as the new President of All Japan Pro-Wrestling!
~~~Under the wing of Mutoh, All Japan lives what is called the “Pro-Wrestling Love Era”.
October 19, 2002: Keiji Mutoh suffered right ligament damage at All Japan show in Niigata and was hospitalized.
~~~He was told to stay out of action for three weeks, which would cause him to miss the 10/27 Budokan Hall show.
October 27, 2002 – AJPW PPV: The Great Muta (!!!) defeated Genichiro Tenryu to win the Triple Crown Championship!
November 17, 2002 – Wrestle-1 Debut Show PPV: Bob Sapp defeated The Great Muta in a non-title match.
November/December, 2002 – World’s Strongest Tag Team League: Keiji Mutoh and Road Warrior Animal competed in the league, which was won by Taiyo Kea and Satoshi Kojima.
December 6, 2002 – Budokan Hall Show: Genichiro Tenryu and John Tenta defeated Keiji Mutoh and Road Warrior Animal.
January 13, 2003: The Great Muta beat The Gladiador (Mike Awesome) to retain the Triple Crown.
January 17, 2003 – Tokyo Dome Show: Keiji Mutoh and Bill Goldberg defeated KroniK.
February 2, 2003 – Zero-One Max: Shin’ya Hashimoto and Keiji Mutoh set up a grudge match between Muta and Hashimoto for the Triple Crown Championship.
February 13, 2003 – Budokan Hall Show: Shin’ya Hashimoto defeated The Great Muta to become the Unified Triple Crown Champion!
March 2, 2003 – Zero-One Max: Shin’ya Hashimoto and Shinjiro Ohtani beat Keiji Mutoh and Arashi.
March, 2003 – Champion Carnival: Keiji Mutoh defeated John Tenta, then lost to Arashi. Satoshi Kojima won the tournament.
April 12, 2003 – Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima won over Toshiaki Kawada and Masanabu Fuchi.
June 8, 2003 – AJPW World Tag-Team Title Tournament: Keiji Mutoh and Arashi defeated Gigantes and The Gladiator, and Jimmy Yang and Satoshi Kojima to win the AJPW World Tag Team Titles.
July 19, 2003 – Budokan Hall Show: The Great Muta forced Gigantes to submit.
September 6, 2003 – Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh and Arashi retained the AJPW World Tag Titles, beating TAKA Michinoku and Gigantes.
October 23, 2003 – Budokan Hall Show: Keiji Mutoh and Arashi stayed the AJPW World Tag Champs, winning over Bull Buchanan and D-Lo Brown.
October 2003: Keiji Mutoh is expected to wrestle in the U.S. in 2004, most likely with MLW.
November/December, 2003 – World’s Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Keiji Mutoh and Arashi competed in the league, which was won by Kaz Hayashi and Satoshi Kojima, losing the AJPW World Tag Team titles.
December 5, 2003 – AJPw/ Wrestle-1: Keiji Mutoh, Abdullah The Butcher and Sam Greco w/ Bob Sapp beat TAKA Michinoku, Jamal and D-Lo Brown.
December 27, 2003 – ROH/AJPW Final Battle: The Great Muta and Arashi defeated Christopher Daniels and Danny Maff.
January 04, 2004 – NJPW Wrestling World: Keiji Muto and Bob Sapp defeated Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan in Chono’s Return Match.
February 22, 2004 – Final Show at Budokan Hall: Keiji Mutoh and Bob Sapp won over D-Lo Brown and Jamal in the main event.
~~~This match featured one of the sickest bumps in wrestling, as D-Lo received a huge Shinning Wizard over the shoulders of Sapp, landing almost on his head!
February 29, 2004 – Zero-One Max Third Anniversary Show: Keiji Mutoh pinned Takao Omori.
April, 2004 – Champion Carnival: Keiji Mutoh defeated Takao Omori in the semi-finals, then defeated Kensuke Sasaki to win the Tournament for the second time.
July 10, 2004 – Pro Wrestling NOAH, Tokyo Dome Show: Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles.
~~~Crowd went nuts every time that Misawa and Mutoh collided in the ring.
October 17, 2004 – AJPW: Genichiro Tenryu & Satoshi Kojima defeated Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura.
October 18, 2004 – AJPW: Genichiro Tenryu, Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada defeated Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma.
October 20, 2004 – AJPW: Abdullah The Butcher, Keiji Muto & Tomoaki Honma defeated Ebessan, Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima.
October 21, 2004 – AJPW: AKIRA, Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima defeated RO&D (Jamal, Taiyo Kea & TAKA Michinoku).
October 22, 2004 – AJPW: Kaz Hayashi, Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima defeated Genichiro Tenryu, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki.
October 26, 2004 – AJPW: Jinsei Shinzaki, Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura defeated Masanobu Fuchi, Nobutaka Araya & Toshiaki Kawada.
October 31, 2004 – Keiji Mutoh’s 20th Wrestling Anniversary Show: Keiji Mutoh and Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki in the main event.
~~~Previously, BOX members brought their own Great Muta (played by Johnny Stamboli)!
November 21, 2004 – AJPW: GREAT MUTA & Love Machine Steele defeated Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura.
November 23, 2004 – AJPW: Keiji Muto, Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada defeated Love Machine Arashi, Mini Love Machine & Super Love Machine.
November 24, 2004 – AJPW: GREAT MUTA & Super Love Machine defeated Akira Raijin & Keiji Muto.
December 1, 2004 – AJPW: GREAT MUTA, Love Machine Arashi & Super Love Machine defeated Keiji Muto, Kohei Suwama & Osamu Nishimura.
December 2, 2004 – AJPW: Keiji Muto, Nobutaka Araya & Tomoaki Honma defeated GREAT MUTA, Love Machine Arashi & Love Machine Steele. Keiji Mutoh participated in a 8-man tag team match, where BOX members viciously attacked him, forcing to take him out to backstage.
~~~Suddenly, lights went out and the REAL Great Muta hit the ring and attacked BOX members.
December 3, 2004 – AJPW: GREAT MUTA, Love Machine Arashi, Mini Love Machine & Super Love Machine defeated Kaz Hayashi, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Toshiaki Kawada.
December 5, 2004 – Unchained World: The Great Muta defeated the Fake Great Muta.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling – Fighting against the Voodoo Murders:
January 2, 2005 – AJPW: TARU and Johnny Stamboli made their debut in AJPW, as the heel stable of the Voodoo Murders, vowing to destroy All Japan and the ROandD group.
~~~Keiji Mutoh, as president of the promotion, was the first man that faced them.
January 3, 2005 – AJPW: Johnny Stamboli & TARU defeated David Flair & Keiji Muto.
January 5, 2005 – AJPW: Jamal, Taiyo Kea & TAKA Michinoku defeated David Flair, Kaz Hayashi & Keiji Muto.
January 7, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Toshiaki Kawada defeated D-Lo Brown, Jamal & Taiyo Kea.
July 26, 2005 – Heavy Fighting Yoyogi: Satoshi Kojima beat Keiji Mutoh to retain the Triple Crown.
July 30, 2005: Daiya Hashimoto, Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, Shinjiro Ohtani, and Naoya Ogawa officiated the Shin’ya Hashimoto’s Farewell Ceremony.
August 4, 2005 – Wrestle-One Grand Prix Tournament: The Great Muta defeated Akebono (GP First Round).
August 7, 2005 – AJPW: TARU, Shuji Kondo and “brother” YASSHI beat Keiji Mutoh, Tomoaki Honma and Taiji Ishimori.
August 21, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh defeated TARU by disqualification when Voodoo Murders attacked Mutoh until Akebono made the save.
August 26, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh, Hakushi and Akebono beat TARU, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli.
September 13, 2005 – AJPW: TARU, Shuji Kondo and “brother” YASSHI beat Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and Taiji Ishimori.
September 30, 2005 – AJPW: Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Keiji Mutoh and Taiji Ishimori.
October 2, 2005 – WRESTLE-1 GP: The Great Muta defeated Kensuke Sasaki (GP 2nd round).
~~~The promotion closed before the tournament could finish.
October 10, 2005: Keiji Mutoh and Kohei Suwama beat Kensuke Sasaki and Tomoaki Honma.
October 22, 2005 – AJPW: TARU and Giant Bernard defeated Keiji Mutoh and Akebono.
November 19, 2005 – Unchained World: The Great Muta defeated The Great Ruta (TARU).
~~~In one point of the match, Voodoo Murders appeared to help Ruta, until The Great Bono (Akebono) cleaned the house.
November 20, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono defeated Taiyo Kea and Jamal (Real World Tag League Block A).
November 23, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono and Kikutaro beat Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Raijin and Katsuhiko Nakajima.
November 26, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono and AKIRA beat TARU and Giant Bernard and Shuji Kondo.
November 27, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono and Ryuji Hijikata beat Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi and Akira Raijin.
November 28, 2005 – AJPW: TARU and Giant Bernard beat Keiji Mutoh and Akebono (Real World Tag League Block A).
November 29, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono beat Kohei Suwama and Akira Raijin (Real World Tag League Block A).
November 30, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono defeated Arashi and AKIRA (Real World Tag League Block A)
December 1, 2005 – AJPW: Muto, Arashi, Ryuji Hijikata & Akebono defeated Satoshi Kojima, Kensuke Sasaki, Hayashi and Katsuhiko Nakajima.
December 3, 2005 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh, Arashi and Akebono beat Taiyo Kea, Jamal and TAKA Michinoku.
December 5, 2005 – World’s Strongest Tag Team Tournament: Team 3-D beat Keiji Mutoh and Akebono to win the Tournament in Tokyo’s Ota Ward Gym.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling – Another year of Oudou Love:
January 2, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and Kohei Suwama won over Taiyo Kea and D-Lo Brown.
~~~Later that night, Mutoh participated in a 14-Man Heavyweight Battle Royal, won by Arashi.
January 3, 2006: Satoshi Kojima and Kensuke Sasaki defeated Keiji Mutoh and Arashi.
January 5, 2006: Keiji Mutoh, Arashi and Kaz Hayashi beat Satoshi Kojima, Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima.
January 6, 2006: Taiyo Kea, D-Lo Brown and Buchanan defeated Keiji Muto, AKIRA and Ryuji Hijikata.
January 8, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and Akebono beat Kohei Suwama and Brute Issei.
February 3, 2006: Keiji Mutoh pinned Taiyo Kea.
February 5, 2006: Suwama, TARU and Chuck Palumbo defeated Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and Brute Issei.
February 6, 2006: Taiyo Kea, Buchanan and D-Lo Brown beat Keiji Mutoh, AKIRA and Brute Issei.
February 7, 2006: TAKA Michinoku, Taiyo Kea and D-Lo Brown won over Keiji Mutoh, Nobukazu Hirai and Ryuji Hijiikata.
February 8, 2006: Taiyo Kea, TAKA Michinoku and Buchanan beat Keiji Mutoh, Ryuji Hijiikata and AKIRA.
February 9, 2006: Suwama and TARU won over Keiji Mutoh and Brute Issei.
February 11, 2006 – Kensuke Office: Keiji Mutoh was part of the Kensuke Sasaki 20th Wrestling Anniversary Show.
March 2, 2006 – Kure City Show: Suwama and TARU beat Keiji Mutoh and Nobutaka Araya.
March 5, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and Yutaka Yoshie beat Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima.
~~~Later on the night, Keiji Mutoh hit the ring after the main event and spewed green mist on Satoshi Kojima!
March 7, 2006: Satoshi Kojima, Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima won over Keiji Mutoh, Yutaka Yoshie and AKIRA.
March 8, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Suwama and TARU by DQ.
March 10, 2006 – Ota Ward Show: Satoshi Kojima retained the Triple Crown Championship, defeating The Great Muta.
March 21, 2006 – Fan Appreciation Day: Keiji Mutoh and Kannazaki beat Satoshi Kojima and Ijiri Okada.
April, 2006 – Champion Carnival: Keiji Mutoh competed in the tournament, which was won by Taiyo Kea.
May 12, 2006 – CMLL Arena Mexico Show: The Great Muta and Ultimo Dragon beat Atlantis and Rey Bucanero.
May 13, 2006 – CMLL Arena Mexico Show: The Great Muta, Atlantis and Ultimo Dragon defeated Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Ultimo Guerrero.
May 14, 2006 – CMLL Arena Coliseo Show: The Great Muta, Johhny Stamboli, Marco Corleone (Mark Jindrak) and Ultimo Dragon defeated Black Warrior, Super Porky, el Hijo de Lizmark and Universo 2000.
~~~Afterwards, Muta (who got an incredible heel heat), spewed Red Mist on Ultimo Dragon.
May 21, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and AKIRA beat D-Lo Brown and Buchanan.
May 24, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and Nobutaka Araya won over Taiyo Kea and TAKA Michinoku.
May 28, 2006 – Feelin’ Come Kobe: TARU, Kohei Suwama and Shuji Kondo beat Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and NOSAWA Rongai.
May 30, 2006: Satoshi Kojima, Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Keiji Mutoh, Brute Issei and NOSAWA Rongai.
June 10, 2006 – Wrestle Love: Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and AKIRA beat TARU, Shuji Kondo and “brother” YASSHI
June 26, 2006: TARU, Kohei Suwama and Shuji Kondo beat Keiji Mutoh, Yutaka Yoshie and Brute Issei.
June 28, 2006: TARU, Kohei Suwama and Shuji Kondo won over Keiji Mutoh, AKIRA and Nobutaka Araya.
July 3, 2006: Keiji Mutoh, AKIRA and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and Katsushi Takemura.
July 9, 2006 – All Japan Summer Festival: Keiji Mutoh, Ryuji Hijikata and Brute Issei beat Satoshi Kojima, Kaz Hayashi and Akira Raijin.
July 22, 2006: Keiji Mutoh, Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi beat TARU, Suwama and Shuji Kondo.
July 23, 2006 – Final Northern in Kanazawa: Hiroshi Hase, Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima won over TARU, Shuji Kondo and “brother” YASSHI.
July 30, 2006: Keiji Mutoh, Yutaka Yoshie and Brute Issei defeated Taiyo Kea, RO’Z and Buchanan.
~~~Afterwards, Tajiri (booked to fight The Great Muta in August) showed-up offering a white flower bouquet to Mutoh, but he sprayed green mist on the flowers!
August 18, 2006: TARU, Suwama and Shuji Kondo won over Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi and Brute Issei.
August 20, 2006: Suwama and Shuji Kondo beat Keiji Mutoh and Kaz Hayashi.
August 25, 2006: Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima beat Taiyo Kea and RO’Z.
August 27, 2006 – Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 1, Hiroshi Hase Retirement Show: The Great Muta defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri in a 30-Minute match!
September 3, 2006: Keiji Mutoh, Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi won over Toshiaki Kawada, AKIRA and Katsuhiko Nakajima.
September 17, 2006: Minoru Suzuki and MAZADA beat Keiji Mutoh and Brute Issei by referee stop.
September 20, 2006: Keiji Mutoh, Vampiro and Katsuhiko Nakajima beat TARU, RO’Z and “brother” YASSHI.
October 15, 2006: TARU, D-Lo Brown and Buchanan beat Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea in a handicap match.
October 29, 2006 – Fukuoka Show: The Great Muta and Tajiri won over Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi.
November/December, 2006 – World’s Strongest Tag Team League: Keiji Mutoh and Toshiaki Kawada lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winners, Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan.
2007 – All Japan Pro-Wrestling and Others – World Traveler:
January 4, 2007 – NJPw/ AJPW Wrestle Kingdom: Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in the main event.
~~~Afterwards, Mutoh and Chono paid tribute to their late friend, Shin’ya Hashimoto.
January 12, 2007 – RQW: The Great Muta defeated RQW Champion, Martin Stone, in a non-title match.
February 17, 2007 – Pro Wrestling Love Vol. 2: The Great Muta and Tajiri beat Hakushi Jinzei and Gold Dustin.
~~~At the press conference, Muta “talked” about his return to Puerto Rico.
March 11, 2007 – TNA Destination-X: The Great Muta appeared on the Pre-Show.
~~~Later that night, The Great Muta was on a backstage interview to meet Christian Cage, but Christian made some comments that pissed-off Muta.
March 14, 2007 – Juggalo Championship Wrestling: The Great Muta and NOSAWA Rongai defeated Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher.
March 30, 2007 – Champion Carnival: Keiji Mutoh defeated Toshiaki Kawada to win the 2007 Champion Carnival Tournament for the third time.
~~~Kawada beat Satoshi Kojima while Mutoh beat Taiyo Kea to reach the finals held at Korkuen Hall.
April 24, 2007: Keiji Mutoh, Vampiro and Kikutaro beat Satoshi Kojima and Taiyo Kea and Akira Raijin.
April 30, 2007: Toshiaki Kawada and Taiyo Kea defeated The Great Muta and Vampiro to retain the AJPW World Tag Team titles.
June 10, 2007: Keiji Mutoh celebrated “The Mutoh Rumble” along with another All Japan and Freelance wrestlers that played all his incarnations.
June 17, 2007 – HUSTLE AID II: Razor Ramon Real Gay, booked to fight Tajiri and Yinling-sama, tried to bring his tag team partner from a genius lamp.
~~~When he didn’t receive any help, he threw the lamp, revealing his true partner, THE GREAT MUTA!
~~~The Great Muta and RG defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri and Yinling-sama. (In one point of the match, Muta spewed Green Mist on Yinling’s CROTCH, impregnating her!!)
~~~Afterwards, Muta spewed Red Mist on RG.
June 26, 2007: Keiji Mutoh, Chris Sabin and Taiyo Kea defeated Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima and T28.
July 1, 2007 – Pro Wrestling Love in Yokohama: Minoru Suzuki beat Keiji Mutoh to retain the Triple Crown Championship.
July 15, 2007: Satoshi Kojima and Suwama defeated Keiji Mutoh and Kensuke Sasaki ,when Suwama forced Mutoh to tap out!
August 4, 2007 – WWC (Puerto Rico): El León de Ponce defeated The Great Muta by DQ for spewing green mist!
August 5, 2007 – WWC (Puerto Rico): Eddie Colón and Leon de Ponce vs. NOSAWA Rongai and The Great Muta went to Double Count-out.
~~~This match was reviewed as one of the best in WWC after a very long time.
August 18, 2007 – HUSTLE: Yinling-sama finally brought her son, product of Muta’s mist, Monster Bono (Akebono).
August 19, 2007: Satoshi Kojima, TARU and Suwama defeated Keiji Mutoh, Toshiaki Kawada and Joe Doering.
~~~During the match, Suwama spewed Green Mist on Mutoh!
August 28, 2007 – Pro Wrestling Love Vol. 3: The Great Muta and Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Scott Steiner and Suwama.
October 19, 2007 – Wrestle Fan Fest: The Great Muta defeated Steve Corino and The Sandman in a 3-WAY Hardcore Match.
November 23, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Voodoo Murders (Satoshi Kojima & Suwama).
November 24, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura ended in a time limit draw.
November 26, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering, Keiji Muto & Pepe Michinoku defeated Voodoo Murders (Shuji Kondo, TARU & YASSHI).
November 27, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Abdullah The Butcher & Minoru Suzuki.
November 28, 2007 – AJPW: El NOSAWA Mendoza, Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Abdullah The Butcher, MAZADA & Minoru Suzuki.
November 30, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Voodoo Murders (TARU & Zodiac) by disqualification.
December 1, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Hawaiian Lion & Taiyo Kea.
December 2, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering, Keiji Muto, Miguel Hayashi Jr. & Pepe Michinoku defeated Voodoo Murders (Satoshi Kojima, Shuji Kondo, Suwama & YASSHI).
December 3, 2007 – AJPW: Kensuke Sasaki & Toshiaki Kawada defeated Joe Doering & Keiji Muto.
December 6, 2007 – AJPW: El NOSAWA Mendoza, Joe Doering, Keiji Muto & Miguel Hayashi Jr. defeated Voodoo Murders (Shuji Kondo, TARU, YASSHI & Zodiac).
December 7, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Nobutaka Araya & Touru Owashi.
December 9, 2007 – AJPW: Joe Doering & Keiji Muto defeated Voodoo Murders (Satoshi Kojima & Suwama) to win the Real World tag league 2007.
December 16, 2007 – AJPW: Kannazaki & Keiji Muto defeated Kensuke Sasaki & The Twin Entertainers to retain the F-1 tag team titles.
December 31 2007 – HUSTLE Matsuri: The Great Muta, Yinling-sama and Monster Bono defeated Genichiro Tenryu, Yoshihiro Tajiri and RG.
~~~Afterwards Bono-chan begged to his father, The Great Muta, to not leave him, but Muta walked out of the arena.
2008 – All Japan Pro-Wrestling and Others – World Traveler:
January 2, 2008 – AJPW: Joe Doering, Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Voodoo Murders (Satoshi Kojima, Suwama & TARU).
January 3, 2008 – AJPW: Keiji Mutoh and Joe Doering defeated Satoshi Kojima and TARU to win the AJPW World Tag Team Titles!
January 4, 2008 – NJPW/ TNA Wrestle Kingdom II: The Great Muta defeated Hirooki Goto in a bloody and violent match.
January 5, 2008 – AJPW: Joe Doering, Keiji Muto & Ryuji Hijikata defeated Voodoo Murders (Satoshi Kojima, TARU & YASSHI).
January 6, 2008 – AJPW: Joe Doering, Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura defeated Voodoo Murders (TARU, YASSHI & Zodiac).
February 26, 2008 – AJPW: Dory Funk Jr., Kensuke Sasaki and Osamu Nishimura beat Keiji Mutoh, Taiyo Kea and T28.
February 27, 2008 – AJPW: Satoshi Kojima, TARU and ZODIAC defeated Keiji Mutoh, Joe Doering and Manabu Soya.
March 1, 2008 – Pro Wrestling Love Vol. 4: Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Toshiaki Kawada and Taiyo Kea.
~~~Later that night, Keiji Mutoh and the rest of the participants of the Champion Carnival Tournament (including Mutoh’s guest, Hiroshi Tanahashi) cut a promo about their future participations.
March 12, 2008 – AJPW: Keiji Muto & Seiya Sanada defeated Manabu Soya & Osamu Nishimura.
June 10, 2009 – AJPW: Great Muta defeated HATE. Hakushi & Kokushi Muso defeated Voodoo Murders (TARU & Toshizo). F-1 tag team champions Kannazaki & Keiji Muto defeated Grappler Takashi, Osamu Nishimura & Yurioka Chotokkyu in a handicap tag team match to retain the titles.
August 19, 2012 – AJPW: Stack Of Arms (Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Tanaka), Keiji Muto & Koji Kanemoto defeated Team Destruction (Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Suwama) & Hiroshi Yamato in a tag team elimination match.
August 20, 2012 – AJPW: Keiji Muto, Koji Kanemoto & Masakatsu Funaki defeated Team Destruction (Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Suwama).
August 26, 2012 – AJPW: Kaz Hayashi and Satoshi Kojima defeated Jimmy Yang and Keiji Muto.
September 23, 2012 – AJPW: Keiji Muto and Kevin Nash defeated Seiya Sanada and Taiyo Kea.
October 7, 2012 – AJPW: Keiji Muto and Scott Norton defeated Masanobu Fuchi and Taiyo Kea.
October 21, 2012 – AJPW: Keiji Muto and Scott Norton defeated Ryota Hama and Taiyo Kea.
October 27, 2012 – AJPW/NJPW: Team Destruction (Shuji Kondo & Suwama) & Keiji Muto defeated Aogi-gun (Wataru Inoue & Yuji Nagata) & Koji Kanemoto.
October 6, 2013 – W-1: Jeff Jarrett, Keiji Muto and Masakatsu Funaki defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono and Ryouji Sai) .
October 8, 2013 – W-1: Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono and Ryouji Sai) defeated Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki and Yasufumi Nakanoue.
October 14, 2013 – W-1: Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono and Ryouji Sai) defeated Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki and Yasufumi Nakanoue.
November 17, 2013 – W-1: Keiji Muto, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono and Rene Dupree).
December 1, 2013 – W-1: Keiji Muto, Seiya Sanada and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono and Rene Dupree).
2014:
January 4, 2014 – NJPW: The Great Muta and Toru Yano defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Shelton Benjamin).
January 25, 2014 – W-1: Kaz Hayashi, Keiji Muto, Seiki Yoshioka and Seiya Sanada defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono, Rene Dupree and Ryouji Sai).
February 21, 2014 – W-1: Keiji Muto and Rob Terry defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Rene Dupree).
February 25, 2014 – W-1: Keiji Muto and Rob Terry defeated Desperado (Masayuki Kono and Rene Dupree).
March 2, 2014 – W-1: Keiji Muto, Rob Terry and Taiyo Kea defeated Desperado (Masayuki Kono & Rene Dupree) & Samoa Joe.
March 9, 2014 – Lockdown: Great Muta, Yaso (Wrestle-1), and Seiya Sanada defeated Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, and Chris Sabin in an interpromotional steel cage tag team match.
March 13, 2014 – W-1: Kaz Hayashi, Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki and Rob Terry defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono, Rene Dupree and Ryouji Sai).
March 14, 2014 – W-1: Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki and Rob Terry defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono and Rene Dupree).
March 15, 2014 – W-1: Kaz Hayashi, Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki and Rob Terry defeated Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono, Rene Dupree and Ryouji Sai).
April 5, 2014 – W-1: The Great Muta and Tajiri defeated Kazarian and Abyss.
July 6, 2014 – W-1: The Great Muta defeated Seiya Sanada.
August 31, 2014 – W-1: AKIRA & Keiji Muto defeated Seiya Sanada & Taiyo Kea.
September 22, 2014 – W-1: Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masayuki Kono & Ryouji Sai) defeated Keiji Muto & Novus (Jiro Kuroshio, Koji Doi & Rionne Fujiwara) in a handicap match.
October 12, 2014 – Bound For Glory: Tajiri and the Great Muta defeated James Storm and the Great Sanada.
November 1, 2014 – W-1: The Great Muta defeated Masayuki Kono to win the Wrestle-1 title.
May 5, 2015 – W-1: Great Kabuki, Great Muta & TAJIRI defeated KAI, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yusuke Kodama.
June 7, 2015 – W-1: Great Muta, TAJIRI & The Great Kabuki defeated New Wild Order (AKIRA & Manabu Soya) & Andy Wu.
June 14, 2015 – W-1: New Wild Order (AKIRA & Manabu Soya), Andy Wu & Ryota Hama defeated Desperado (El Hijo del Pantera, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Punisher Big Brute) & Great Muta.
June 18, 2015 – W-1: Keiji Muto defeated Jiro Kuroshio.
July 12, 2015 – W-1: Great Muta, TAJIRI & The Great Kabuki defeated Hiroshi Yamato, Shotaro Ashino & Yoshiaki Fujiwara.
August 30, 2015 – W-1: Great Muta, TAJIRI & The Great Kabuki defeated Kaz Hayashi, MEN’s Teioh & Shiro Koshinaka.
September 21, 2015 – W-1: Genichiro Tenryu, Masayuki Kono & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Great Muta, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & NOSAWA Rongai.
October 9, 2015 – W-1: Kannakuzi and Keiji Muto defeated Manabu Soya and Sugi San to win the vacant tag team titles.
2016:
January 10, 2016 – W-1: Akebono, Keiji Muto & Seiya Sanada defeated Real Desperado (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, MAZADA & NOSAWA Rongai).
February 10, 2016 – W-1: Kaz Hayashi, Keiji Muto & Yuji Okabayashi defeated Hamakami (Hideyoshi Kamitani & Ryota Hama) & The Great Kabuki.
March 13, 2016 – W-1: Akebono, Keiichi Sato, Keiji Muto & Ryota Hama defeated New Wild Order (AKIRA, Jun Kasai, Kumagoro & Manabu Soya).
November 20, 2022 – NJPW/Stardom Historic X-over: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano) & Great Muta defeated United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb).
January 1, 2023 – NOAH: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Great Muta.
January 4, 2023 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Keiji Muto & Shota Umino defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito).
January 22, 2023 – NOAH Great Muta Final “Bye-Bye”: Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting defeated AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji.
February 21, 2023 – NOAH Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling “Last” Love Hold Out: Masahiro Chono defeated Keiji Muto. Tetsuya Naito defeated Keiji Muto. Keiji Muto is now retired.
Great Muta,
Kokushi Muso,
Super Black Ninja,
Super Ninja,
White Ninja
Notable feuds
Carlos Colon (WWC),
Bruiser Brody (WWC),
Abdullah The Butcher (WWC),
Kerry Von Erich (WCCW),
Lex Luger (NWA),
Sting (NWA/WCW),
Ric Flair (NWA),
Arn Anderson (NWA),
Barry Windham (WCW),
Hiroshi Hase,
Kensuke Sasaki,
The Steiner Brothers,
Riki Choshu,
Shin'ya Hashimoto,
Masahiro Chono,
The Great Kabuki,
Genichiro Tenryu,
Antonio Inoki,
Nobuhiko Takada,
Tatsumi Fujinami,
Don Frye,
Atsushi Onita (as The Great Nita),
Johnny Stamboli (as the Fake Great Muta),
Satoshi Kojima (AJPW),
The Voodoo Murderers (AJPW)
Nickname
"Pro Wrestling Genius", "Pro Wrestling Master", "Space Lone Wolf", "The Pearl Of The Orient"