Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love

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Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love
Promotion
CyberFight
Brand(s)Pro Wrestling Noah
DateFebruary 21, 2023
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome
Attendance30,096[1]
Tagline(s)Hold Out
Nosawa Rongai Grand Final de Lucha
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Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love was a

Dragon Gate
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The event was themed around the final matches of Keiji Muto, who was defeated by NJPW's Tetsuya Naito in the semi-main event, and by Masahiro Chono in the main event match. After the main event, Chono announced his own retirement. The event also featured the retirement match of Nosawa Rongai, who teamed with Mazada in a losing effort against Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and Gedo).[3]

Production

Background

On June 12, 2022 at CyberFight Festival, Muto announced that he would be retiring in 2023.[4] A few days later, Noah announced the dates of Muto's retirement tour, with his final match taking place in the Tokyo Dome on February 21.[5][6]

Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[7]

On January 21 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 night 2, Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenoh in the main event. After the match, Keiji Muto came to ring and asked Naito to be he his final opponent in his retirement match at Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love which Naito accepted the proposition by Muto, setting up the match for February 21.[8]

At the same event, Kazuchika Okada and Togi Makabe took on Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura in a tag team match. Before the match started Kiyomiya wanted to start the match with Okada but Okada let Makabe start for his team instead. During the match, Okada was wrestling Inamura until Kiyomiya came in the ring and attacked Okada by kicking him in the face which resulted in Okada retaliating, causing both Okada and Kiyomiya to brawl outside of the ring until the match eventually ended in a no contest. As Okada left the ring, Kiyomiya challenged Okada to a match only for Okada to return and to continue brawling with Kiyomiya until both men was pulled away by their tag team partners, officials and staff. A match was set between Okada and Kiyomiya for the Tokyo Dome on the following day.[8][9]

Event

Preliminary matches

The event started with three pre-show matches broadcast on Noah's

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling took place with the team of Yuka Sakazaki, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima and Rika Tatsumi defeating Mizuki, Maki Itoh, Miu Watanabe and Yuki Arai. The last pre-show match saw Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) outmatching Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura and Timothy Thatcher) and Satoshi Kojima.[11]

The first match of the main event saw

GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya solded with the victory of Okada.[12][13]

Main event

As it was scheduled from weeks before, the event was planned to have a single main event match in which Keiji Muto was expected to face Tetsuya Naito. The bout concluded with Naito's victory, ending a long-term competition between the two wrestlers originated from Naito's looking for Muto since his debut. However, after the match ended, Muto challenged old rival, fellow Three Musketeer and former nWo Japan stablemate Masahiro Chono who joined the commentary table to a short match and even nominated NJPW referee legend Tiger Hattori who was also sitting ringside to officiate the bout. The match concluded with Chono's win which occurred after executing his signature STF hold for the victory.[14]

Results

No.Results
Singles match

This was Chono's retirement match.		1:37
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

  1. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 21, 2023). "NOAH Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love Hold Out". cagematch.net. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Carey, Ian (September 7, 2022). "Keiji Muto's final match set for Pro Wrestling NOAH's Tokyo Dome return". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Rose, Bryan (January 21, 2023). "Keiji Mutoh challenges Tetsuya Naito for his retirement match at Tokyo Dome". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 12, 2022). "Keiji Mutoh (The Great Muta) Announces Upcoming Retirement". Fightful. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  5. ^ Rose, Bryan (June 18, 2022). "NOAH announces dates for Keiji Mutoh retirement tour". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (September 17, 2022). "Keiji Muto's Last Match Announced For February 2023 Pro Wrestling NOAH Tokyo Dome Show". Fightful. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  7. Discovery Communications
    . Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Vetter, Chris (January 21, 2023). "NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena results: Vetter's review of Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenoh, Shingo Takagi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Sanada vs. Manabu Soya, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Hajime Ohara, Bushi vs. Tadasuke, Kazuchika Okada and Togi Makabe vs. Yoshiki Inamura and Kaito Kiyomiya, Jay Briscoe tribute". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Rose, Bryan (January 22, 2023). "Full card revealed for Keiji Muto's Tokyo Dome retirement show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  10. ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (February 21, 2023). 【2月21日(火)ごご3時配信開始】もうすぐ武藤敬司引退！第２試合まで全5試合無料で見れますＳＰ！全試合はPPVで生中継！｜プロレスリング・ノア. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  11. ^ Carlan, Lewis (February 21, 2023). "Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last-Love" Results (2/21/23); Keiji Muto's Final Match". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  12. ^ Atkins, Jack (February 21, 2023). "Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling 'Last' Love ～Hold Out～ Results". Cultaholic. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  13. ^ Coyle-Simmons, Patrick (February 21, 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH's Keiji Muto Tokyo Dome Retirement Show: Every Match Ranked, Worst To Best". The Sportster. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  14. ^ Fritts, Chick (February 21, 2023). "Keiji Muto Retirement Show live results: Muto vs. Tetsuya Naito". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  15. 411Mania. Archived
    from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  16. ^ Edwards, Scott (February 21, 2023). "Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last-Love" Results (2/21/23): Keiji Muto Officially Retires". Fightful. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

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