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 The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1981, where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the 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
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Movies 20
World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996)
WCW Starrcade 1995 (1995)
NWA Grandslam (1993)
WCW/New Japan Supershow III (1993)
WCW/New Japan Supershow II (1992)
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun (1991)
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course (1990)
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit (1990)
AWA SuperClash IV (1990)
NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch (1987)
AWA: Brawl in St. Paul (1986)
Tag Team Champions (1986)
The Best of the WWF: volume 4 (1985)
AWA StarCage (1985)
PWUSA Star Wars (1985)
Best of the WWF Volume 2 (1985)
AWA Christmas Show 1983 (1983)
AWA Christmas Night 1983 (1983)
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa (1980)
The Super Bowl of Wrestling (1978)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1942-02-01
Deathday2018-07-14 (76 years old)
Also Known AsSaito, Mr. Saito, The Unknown Soldier, Masa Saito
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