"PRO WRESTLING MASTER" Keiji Muto: Part One—Three Musketeers of New Japan

This episode of Write That Down! is about all-things Keiji Muto. The 58-year-old legend captured Pro Wrestling NOAH’s GHC title at their Destination iPPV held in Tokyo Budokan in February '21. In part one, Fumi and Justin discussed:

 

-Pro Wrestling NOAH: Destination 2021: Muto wins GHC

-Muto's NJPW debut in ’84 vs Masahiro Chono

-His first excursions to USA and Puerto Rico + training with Hiro Matsuda in FL

-’87 and his return to NJPW

-’88–’89 The Great Muta is born: Muto in WCCW, NWA, & Gary Hart

-’90–’95 Muto/Muta rises to icon status in NJPW