Asian mist refers to the illegal maneuver of spitting a colored liquid in the face of an opponent in professional wrestling. By doing so, the opponent will (in storyline) be blinded and experience intense stinging in the eyes. Asian mist originated in Japan where it is known as dokugiri (毒霧^?), or "Poison Fog" although it 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 (on-screen) son, The Great Muta.^{[citation needed]} Killer Khan and Kendo Nagasaki introduced the mist to the U.S. in the late 1980s.^{[citation needed]}It was also associated with former WWE superstars Kwang and Yoshihiro Tajiri. Today, the mist is still utilized by the likes of MsChif, RelliK and Kiyoshi.

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Asian mist can come in almost any color, but the most common one used is green. In storyline, red ("burning mist") is said to burn more, while black ("poison mist") blinds. Other colors used are blue, which sends the opponent to sleep, yellow, which paralyzes the opponent, and green, which obscures an opponent's vision and apparently causes great discomfort. It never was explained how asian mist would burn the opponents eyes, but not the mouth of the one doing the spitting.

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 or, alternatively, a powdered drink mix such as Kool-Aid, 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. Another concealment method is to keep a capsule that contains the mixture in the wrestlers trunks, and then put the capsule in their mouths when the camera is not focused on the wrestler about to perform the mist.

A variant of the Asian mist was used by Gangrel, however, the mist was billed as blood (later, "viscous liquid") to fit Gangrel's vampire gimmick and he carried it to the ring in a goblet. It should also be noted that Gangrel drank the liquid in the goblet prior to the match, meaning that he wasn't trying to conceal the mist. While Luna Vachon was acting as Gangrel's valet, she frequently used the mist as well.

[edit] Sources

• "Wrestling 101". WrestleZone. http://www.wrestlezone.com/info.php?section=wrestling101. Retrieved July 27, 2005. 
• "The Great Kabuki". Bodyslamming.com. http://bodyslamming.com/other/kabuki.html. Retrieved July 27, 2005.