Masanori Saito
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 1, 1942
- Died
- July 14, 2018 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
WCW Starrcade 1990
WCW Starrcade 1995
AWA SuperClash IV
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
AWA All-Star Wrestling
World Wrestling Peace Festival
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
Best of the WWF Volume 2
Tag Team Champions
Filmography
World Wrestling Peace Festival
Movie
WCW Starrcade 1995
Movie · as Masa Saito
NWA Grandslam
Movie
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Movie · as Masa Saito
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
Movie · as Masa Saito
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
Movie · as Masa Saito
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Movie · as Masa Saito
AWA SuperClash IV
Movie · as Mr. Saito
WCW Starrcade 1990
Movie · as Mr. Saito
NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch
Movie · as Masa Saito
AWA All-Star Wrestling
TV · as Mr. Saito · 1 ep
Tag Team Champions
Movie · as Mr. Saito
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
Movie · as Mr. Saito
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
Movie · as Mr. Saito
PWUSA Star Wars
Movie · as Mr. Saito
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
Movie · as Mr. Saito
Best of the WWF Volume 2
Movie · as Mr. Saito
AWA StarCage
Movie · as Masa Saito
AWA Christmas Show 1984
Movie · as Mr. Saito
AWA Christmas Show 1983
Movie · as Mr. Saito
AWA Arena Shows
TV · as Mr. Saito · 2 eps
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Movie · as Masa Saito
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
Movie · as Mr. Saito
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV · as Mr. Saito · 5 eps