Masanori Saito
Born: 1942-02-01 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2018-07-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Masanori Saito was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or Masa Saito who wrestled for 33 years across the world. He had success as a singles wrestler, winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1990, and as a tag team wrestler with multiple partners in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories. Saito joined WWE in 1981, where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the WWE World Tag Team Championship twice. In Japan, he wrestled for both top leagues, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). He wrestled Antonio Inoki across Ganryū-jima island for over two hours. Saito was imprisoned for two years in the mid-1980s for physically assaulting police officers in Waukesha, Wisconsin, following an accusation of vandalism against his friend Ken Patera.
Filmography
1995
- WCW Starrcade 1995 as Masa Saito
1993
- NWA Grandslam
- WCW/New Japan Supershow III as Masa Saito
1992
- WCW/New Japan Supershow II as Masa Saito
1991
- WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun as Masa Saito
1990
- AWA SuperClash IV as Mr. Saito
- WCW Starrcade 1990 as Mr. Saito
- WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit as Masa Saito
1987
- NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch as Masa Saito
- AWA All-Star Wrestling as Mr. Saito
1986
- AWA The Brawl in St. Paul as Mr. Saito
- Tag Team Champions as Mr. Saito
- The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano as Mr. Saito
1985
- AWA StarCage as Masa Saito
- PWUSA Star Wars as Mr. Saito
- The Best of the WWF: volume 4 as Mr. Saito
- Best of the WWF Volume 2 as Mr. Saito
1984
- AWA Christmas Show 1984 as Mr. Saito
1983
- AWA Christmas Show 1983 as Mr. Saito
1981
- AWA Arena Shows as Mr. Saito
1980
- NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa as Masa Saito
1978
- The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Mr. Saito
1975
- WWF All-Star Wrestling as Mr. Saito