10 pro-wrestlers who’ve had the most matches outside WWE

#7 Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta - 2,642

Mutoh has achieved a legendary degree of fame in wrestling

The Great Muta is arguably the biggest and most famous wrestler to have never stepped foot in a WWE ring. His feuds in WCW with the likes of Sting, Vader and Ric Flair were legendary, and the man himself is widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of ring psychology wrestling has ever produced.

Sadly, he never could work for WWE for a number of reasons, including a no-compete clause in his WCW contract and too much work on his plate when he was president of AJPW. That said, Muta has been a big draw wherever he has gone, and has managed to stay very active in the wrestling business long after his physical prime had passed.

Despite being well into his fifties, Muta still wrestles sporadically, and has over 2,600 recorded matches since his debut in October 1984.

Whether he was wrestling under his real name or under his masked alter-ego, he has been one of wrestling’s biggest names, and looks like he’ll stay involved in one way or another for years to come.