10 Best Wrestling Face Paints Ever

5. The Great Muta

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Whether you know him as The Great Muta or Keiji Mutoh, the Japanese grappler is an absolute professional wrestling legend. He was one of the first Japanese wrestlers to truly make it big outside of his home nation, has been imitated and paid tribute to more than most, and is responsible for what is known as the 'Muta Scale', which is to blood what the 'Ziggler Scale' is to bumps.

Muta is also a man of incredible variation when it comes to face paint, which was every bit as iconic as his wrestling. It was all part of the Muta character, who would come to ring in lavish costume only to reveal this disfigured terror underneath. If professional wrestling is about creating an atmosphere through showmanship, The Great Muta had it down to a fine art.

As for a favourite Muta paint job? Well, it's impossible to choose, but I'm not going to go with that one that vaguely resembled a cat. Nope, sorry Keiji.

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