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** More recently, his run in NOAH has come in for some harsh criticism, as the increasingly physically incapable Muto continued to be presented as a main event contender, at the expense of NOAH's younger, homegrown talent. Some even went so far as to compare it to Hulk Hogan's infamous runs in WCW and TNA. His percieved lack of respect for Kaito Kiyomiya, barely selling for him in their final match in the promotion and having to be cajoled into a post-match handshake, aroused particular complaints.
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** Mutoh's Puroresu Love era of AJPW wasn't completely popular among western fans, among other things due to its high content in gimmicky storylines, bizarre events and emphasis in wrestlers hated in the west like Wrestling/{{Akebono}} - all of which worsened by the fact that western fans typically didn't understand neither Japanese language nor the Japanese sense of market.
** While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened didn't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
** While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened didn't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
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** Mutoh's Puroresu Love era of AJPW wasn't completely entirely popular among western fans, among other things due to its high content in gimmicky storylines, bizarre events and emphasis in wrestlers hated disliked in the west like Wrestling/{{Akebono}} - all of which worsened by the fact that western fans typically didn't understand neither Japanese language nor the Japanese sense of market.
** While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestlingfans, Wrestle-1's fans in all the world, WRESTLE-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 the promotion was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's WRESTLE-1's parallel decline as it happened didn't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: When Muta first debuted in WCW, he was hated as your average Bad Guy and booed. But after a few months and wowing audiences with his skills and moveset the crowd was showing their support to him and often cheering him when he came to the Ring.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: When Muta first debuted in WCW, he was hated as your average Bad Guy bad guy and booed. But after a few months and wowing audiences with his skills and moveset the crowd was showing their support to him and often cheering him when he came to the Ring.
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** He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as if it was somehow his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset with Motoko Baba's management. Most accusations of such don't even mention this incident, much less that Keiji Mutoh arrived after this happened in a damage control effort and '''succeeded'''.
** Similarly, he's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace, when he really left because he was taking the blame for Wrestling/{{TARU}} assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the combined fact that many foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, leading them to believe that the latter was a continuation of the former instead of its very solution. This, of course, overlooks the fact that shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
** Similarly, he's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace, when he really left because he was taking the blame for Wrestling/{{TARU}} assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the combined fact that many foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, leading them to believe that the latter was a continuation of the former instead of its very solution. This, of course, overlooks the fact that shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
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** He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as if it was somehow his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset with Motoko Baba's management. Most accusations of such don't even mention this incident, much less that Keiji Mutoh only arrived after this happened in a damage control effort and '''succeeded'''.
'''succeeded''' regardless of the methods he used. He might be an absolutely unique example of the {{Misblamed}} trope, given that people accuse him of almost bankruptcing a promotion when he actually saved said promotion from a sure bankruptcy that had nothing to do with him.
** Similarly, he's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace, when he really left because he was taking the blame for Wrestling/{{TARU}} assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the combined fact that many foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, leading them to believe that the latter wasa continuation the cause of the former instead of its very solution. This, of course, overlooks the fact that shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
** Similarly, he's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace, when he really left because he was taking the blame for Wrestling/{{TARU}} assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the combined fact that many foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, leading them to believe that the latter was
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* BaseBreakerCharacter: Some of his performances as The Great Muta are considered pretty lazy in ring work, even if they are far from being actually bad matches.
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* BaseBreakerCharacter: BaseBreakingCharacter: Some of his performances as The Great Muta are considered pretty lazy in ring work, even if they are far from being actually bad matches.
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* AmericansHateTingle: While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened haven't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
* BrilliantButLazy: Some of his performances as The Great Muta are considered pretty lazy in ring work.
* BrilliantButLazy: Some of his performances as The Great Muta are considered pretty lazy in ring work.
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** Mutoh's Puroresu Love era of AJPW wasn't completely popular among western fans, among other things due to its high content in gimmicky storylines, bizarre events and emphasis in wrestlers hated in the west like Wrestling/{{Akebono}} - all of which worsened by the fact that western fans typically didn't understand neither Japanese language nor the Japanese sense of market.
** While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happenedhaven't didn't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
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** Mutoh's Puroresu Love era of AJPW wasn't completely popular among western fans, among other things due to its high content in gimmicky storylines, bizarre events and emphasis in wrestlers hated in the west like Wrestling/{{Akebono}} - all of which worsened by the fact that western fans typically didn't understand neither Japanese language nor the Japanese sense of market.
** While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened
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* {{Misblamed}}: He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as it was his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset with the late Giant Baba's wife. Most accusations of such don't even mention this incident, much less that Keiji Mutoh arrived after this happened in a damage control effort and ''succeeded''. He's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace when he really left because he was taking the blame for TARU assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the fact foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and many hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, thus the two are sometimes equated, overlooking the fact shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
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** He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as if it was somehow his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset withthe late Giant Motoko Baba's wife. management. Most accusations of such don't even mention this incident, much less that Keiji Mutoh arrived after this happened in a damage control effort and ''succeeded''. He's '''succeeded'''.
** Similarly, he's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and adisgrace disgrace, when he really left because he was taking the blame for TARU Wrestling/{{TARU}} assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the combined fact that many foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and many hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, thus leading them to believe that the two are sometimes equated, overlooking latter was a continuation of the former instead of its very solution. This, of course, overlooks the fact that shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
** He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as if it was somehow his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset with
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His match against Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada at the NJPW/UWF-i Tokyo Dome event in 1995. Up to the time, it was the largest pro wrestling crowd ever gathered in Japan, the largest crowd for any indoor event ever in Tokyo, and the third most successful non-PPV event in pro wrestling history.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His match against Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada at the NJPW/UWF-i Tokyo Dome event in 1995. Up to the time, it was the largest pro wrestling crowd ever gathered in Japan, the largest crowd for any indoor event ever in Tokyo, and the third most successful non-PPV event in pro wrestling history.
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* AmericansHateTingle: While Mutoh/Muta generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened haven't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
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* AmericansHateTingle: While Mutoh/Muta is generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened haven't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
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* AmericansHateTingle: While Mutoh/Muta generally loved by pro wrestling fans, Wrestle-1's "Fighting Entertainment" brand of puroresu caught on immediately with the Japanese audience but received responses ranging from lukewarm to revulsion in many of the foreign markets Wrestle-1 was hoping to expand into. All Japan's (slight) resurgence under Jun Akiyama and Wrestle-1's parallel decline as it happened haven't convinced many skeptics to give it another chance.
* BrilliantButLazy: Some of his performances as The Great Muta are considered pretty lazy in ring work.
* DracoInLeatherPants: When Muta first debuted in WCW, he was hated as your average Bad Guy and booed. But after a few months and wowing audiences with his skills and moveset the crowd was showing their support to him and often cheering him when he came to the Ring.
* {{Misblamed}}: He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as it was his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset with the late Giant Baba's wife. Most accusations of such don't even mention this incident, much less that Keiji Mutoh arrived after this happened in a damage control effort and ''succeeded''. He's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace when he really left because he was taking the blame for TARU assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the fact foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and many hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, thus the two are sometimes equated, overlooking the fact shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
* BrilliantButLazy: Some of his performances as The Great Muta are considered pretty lazy in ring work.
* DracoInLeatherPants: When Muta first debuted in WCW, he was hated as your average Bad Guy and booed. But after a few months and wowing audiences with his skills and moveset the crowd was showing their support to him and often cheering him when he came to the Ring.
* {{Misblamed}}: He's often accused of running All Japan Pro Wrestling into the ground, as it was his fault that the large majority of roster left for Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH due to being upset with the late Giant Baba's wife. Most accusations of such don't even mention this incident, much less that Keiji Mutoh arrived after this happened in a damage control effort and ''succeeded''. He's often portrayed as having resigned as a failure and a disgrace when he really left because he was taking the blame for TARU assaulting Super Hate. This misdirected blame comes from the fact foreigners know All Japan struggled in the 2000s and many hated Mutoh's "Puroresu Love" period, thus the two are sometimes equated, overlooking the fact shows with the "Puroresu Love" branding had managed to draw well past the 10,000 range before long.
