Pro Wrestling NOAH star and wrestling legend Keiji Mutoh has announced that he suffered a hip injury. Therefore, Mutoh and his tag partner Naomichi Marufuji will be vacating the Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC Tag Team Titles.
Mutoh suffered the injury while competing at the Nippon Budokan show. Mutoh and Marufuji last defended the titles on January 16th against the team of Kenoh and Manabu Soya. Keiji Mutoh did say during the presser that he hopes to return and compete for the GHC National Championship.
You can check out a video of the press conference below:
📢武藤敬司&丸藤正道緊急会見 配信中‼4https://t.co/mtr4FNjqp7
武藤敬司
「（現役続行について医師は？）そんなことは医者が決めることでなくて、俺が決めることであるわけで。痛みが少し収まってきたら、また"夢"の続きを見たいなと思っております」#noah_ghc pic.twitter.com/QbmG1CZdAa— プロレスリング・ノア ｜PROWRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) February 8, 2022
Mutoh turns 60 in December, and still has the ambition to return and be GHC National Champion. pic.twitter.com/TOV3nJlyFv
— Pro-Wrestling Noah Eng (Hisame, 冰雨) (@Hi5ame) February 8, 2022
