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Keiji Mutoh seeking to make history in Pro Wrestling NOAH
Keiji Mutoh returns to a familiar setting this Friday.
One of wrestling’s timeless treasures over the past four decades, the famed Mutoh will be back in the center of the ring, wrestling for the world title.
“I know I am older now,” Mutoh says, speaking through a translator. “My knees and sore body bother me in daily life. However, when I am in the squared circle, I am back in my element.