Asian mist

The Great Muta spitting Asian Mist into the air.

Asian mist refers to the illegal manuever of spitting a colored liquid in the face of an opponent in professional wrestling. By doing so, the opponent will be blinded and experience intense stinging in the eyes. Asian mist orginated in Japan where it is known as dokugiri (毒霧) although is used by a select few wrestlers around the world. The first wrestler to use the Asian mist was The Great Kabuki, but the maneuver was handed down to his (kayfabe) son, The Great Muta. Killer Khan introdused the mist to the U.S. in the late 80's. It was also used by former WWE superstars Kwang and Yoshihiro Tajiri.

Asian mist can come in almost any color, but the most common one used is green. Red ("burning mist") is said to burn more, and was used to defeat Rey Mysterio for the Cruiserweight Championship, while black ("poison mist") blinds. Tajiri used this dreaded mist on Nidia, blinding her for a very long time, but not permanently (again, kayfabed).

Wrestlers who use the mist often make a show of rubbing their throats with their thumb and forefinger before spitting, as if to extract the mist from some secret gland. In reality, the mist is water and food coloring, which is stored in a small bag or balloon. The bag is placed into the mouth shortly before spitting. Wrestlers will sometimes carry the bag in their mouth throughout the entire match, but this is discouraged, due to the possible choking hazard.

A variant of the Asian mist was used by Gangrel, however, the mist was called blood to fit Gangrel's vampire gimmick and he caried it to the ring in a goblet.

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