Masanori Saito
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
Credits
- 1996 · World Wrestling Peace Festival as
- 1995 · WCW Starrcade 1995 as Masa Saito
- 1993 · NWA Grandslam as
- 1993 · 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 · WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course as Mr. Saito
- 1990 · WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit as Masa Saito
- 1990 · AWA SuperClash IV as Mr. Saito
- 1987 · NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch as Masa Saito
- 1986 · AWA The Brawl in St. Paul as Mr. Saito
- 1986 · Tag Team Champions as Mr. Saito
- 1985 · The Best of the WWF: volume 4 as Mr. Saito
- 1985 · AWA StarCage as Masa Saito
- 1985 · PWUSA Star Wars as Mr. Saito
- 1985 · 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
- 1980 · NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa as Masa Saito
- 1978 · The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Mr. Saito