Muta expert needed?

[Tsubo Genjin]

I going to buy some tapes of The Great Muta in his latest bold and masked look.
I need to find out What matches,what dates and against who.
Can someone PLEASE Help me?

[DonovanFaro]

I may not be an expert, but his work as Muta in his new look isn't his best. Go to RF Video and pick up the Best of Muta tapes. They have several. You won't be disappointed.

[Tsubo Genjin]

Thanks,But i don't want old Muta tapes.Also I'm not in the US.
So there's only a few Puro tape sellers for me to buy from
and even if i wanted older Muta tape no one near me has them.

[DonovanFaro]

Understandable. www.purodvd.com has some decent stuff. They ship internationally. As for newer Muta stuff. I cannot personally recommend anything, but you can search on that site in regards to specific workers. Look for shows that take place 2002 and beyond for Muta in his new look.

[Jason]

There is a 4 tape commercial release by New Japan that's pretty good and they aren't too hard to find. Also, I don't know if you're only interested in him as Great Muta (as opposed to Keiji Muto), but a few relatively recent matches of his that stick out in my mind are:

Keiji Muto vs. Yuji Nagata (G-1 Climax Finals 2001)
Keiji Mutoh vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/8/01)
Keiji Mutoh vs. Toshiaki Kawada (7/13/03)

Also, I'd recommend trying to find the Great Muta vs. Jushin Liger match. I won't ruin it for you, but there's some very cool stuff that happens in that match. Sorry don't know the date. I'm going to be a real sweetheart and give you the match listings for the 4 Muta tapes. Enjoy.

NJPW Best of The Great Muta Vol. 1: Birth of Muta
1. The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase
2. The Great Muta vs. Ricky Steamboat
3. The Great Muta vs. Sting
4. The Great Muta/TNT vs. Hiroshi Hase/Kensuke Sasaki
5. The Great Muta vs. Strong Machine
6. The Great Muta vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
7. The Great Muta/Sting vs. The Steiner Brothers

NJPW Best of The Great Muta Vol. 2: Revenge of Muta
1. Shinya Hashimoto vs. The Great Muta
2. Hiroshi Hase vs. The Great Muta
3. The Great Muta vs. Masahiro Chono
4. Hulk Hogan vs. The Great Muta
5. Hulk Hogan/The Great Muta vs. Road Warrior Hawk/Kensuke Sasaki

NJPW Best of The Great Muta Vol. 3: Violent Battle of Muta
1. The Great Muta vs. The Great Kabuki
2. Riki Choshu/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Mutoh/Masahiro Chono
3. The Great Muta vs. Masahiro Chono
4. The Great Muta vs. Jinsei Shinzaki
5. The Great Muta vs. Kensuke Sasaki
--During the Choshu/Tenryu vs. Mutoh/Chono match, Mutoh leaves the ring and reemerges 5 minutes later as The Great Muta - very cool angle.

NJPW Best of The Great Muta Vol. 4: Changing Into N.W.O. Muta
1. The Great Muta vs. Shiro Koshinaka
2. The Great Muta vs. Steven Regal
3. The Great Muta vs. Naoya Ogawa
4. The Great Muta vs. Tadao Yasuda
5. The Great Muta/Masahiro Chono vs. Kensuke Sasaki/Kazuyo Yamazaki
6. The Great Muta/The Great Kabuki vs. Tatsutoshi Goto/Michiyoshi Ohara

So, does this make me the official Puroesu Dojo Great Muta Expert?

[DonovanFaro]

Definitely.

[Luds]

Tsubo Genjin , Muta has been using this mask since 10/27/02 when he defeated Tenryu for the Triple crown. All events after that date where his name was listed as Great Muta is with that outfit and mask.

Note that he used that mask a couple of times before that date, but I don't think that they were taped.

You might want to check mi site. I have a couple of his tapes with this mask ib my All Japan section.

[TFD]

Hey Luds do you have the best of Kenta Kobashi on VHS?

[Sliced Bread #2]

I may not be an expert, but his work as Muta in his new look isn't his best. Go to RF Video and pick up the Best of Muta tapes. They have several. You won't be disappointed.

Don't waste your money on RF Video, they don't deserve ya'll to waste your well earned money supporting them. Just search around and for sure you'll find a better place to were to spend you money at.

[Luds]

Yes I do, TFD.

BTW, I was soon going to update the set with a 6th tape:

- 02/17/02 KOBASHI's return from injury: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata
- 09/23/02 Kenta Kobashi vs. Mohammed Yone
- 01/10/03 CHONO INVADES NOAH! Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Masahiro Chono
- 01/26/03 Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Naomichi Marufuji
- 03/01/03 GHC HEAVYWEIGHT (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi
- 04/13/03 GHC HEAVYWEIGHT (C) Kenta Kobashi vs. Tamon Honda
- 08/26/03 GHC HEAVYWEIGHT (C) Kenta Kobashi vs. Bison Smith
- 09/12/03 GHC HEAVYWEIGHT (C) Kenta Kobashi vs. Yuji Nagata

[jgdc74]

I have the All Japan Great Muta DVD available, with complete matches from 2002 / 2003 against Great Koji, Tenryu, Gladiator, Hashimoto, and Gigantes.