Top 50 Greatest Wrestling Heels of all time

37. The Great Muta

The Great Muta found his best overall success in NJPW, Muta has found work everywhere from WCW to Pro Wrestling Noah to AJPW becoming revered as one of the greatest wrestlers to never work for Mr McMahon.

One of the top-ranked wrestlers on Cagematch, he has left a legacy as an athletic, ominous and unpredictable wrestler. Across his runs, he is best known to the commercial US audiences for his time in WCW where he is a former NWA Television champion and WCW Tag Team champion on top of a one-time NWA World Heavyweight champion.

The Japanese icon is noted for his creative outfits and famous poison mist which is a strategy he has kept throughout his storied career. He is a 4-time IWGP champion and 6-time IWGP Tag champion on top of multiple New Japan G1 wins in tag and solo divisions. It is hard to sum up in so few words how truly massive a star Keiji Mutoh is, switching between himself and the devious Great Muta.

Despite never working with the WWF/E, he has managed to become one of the most noteworthy villains in wrestling history and having battled everyone from Hulk Hogan to Sting.