10 Bloodiest Wrestling Matches Ever Broadcast
8. NJPW December 1992: The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yxfSRz-cw The grudge rematch to a bout a couple of years earlier, in which Hiroshi Hase bled like a haemophiliac in a bath full of pins. The earlier match is pretty phenomenal this one just edges it, for blood and for quality, and also historical significance. This is the match that inspired the Muta scale: the measure, amongst smart wrestling fans, of blood displayed or lost by a wrestler during a match. Now, people often get confused: this is a scale with 1.0 Muta indicating the level of gore splashed out by the Great Muta in this match, and 0.0 indicating no blood loss at all. This doesnt mean that Muta/Hase II is the bloodiest match of all, simply that it provides a benchmark for blood in wrestling - there could easily be a match that rates a 2.3, for example. The quality of the wrestling on display here perfectly matches the sheer amount of blood spilled, and theres a great story being told - its a benchmark for pro wrestling in many other ways aside from simple gore, and shows all these backyard garbage match purveyors the possibilities that exist when you dont simply go for the lazy option of undertrained, unfit men in street clothes in unsafe environments deliberately hitting each other in the head with improvised weapons.