Masanori Saito

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

NWA Grandslam

World Wrestling Peace Festival

Masa Saito

WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun

Masa Saito

WCW/New Japan Supershow II

Masa Saito

WCW Starrcade 1995

Mr. Saito

AWA Christmas Show 1983

Mr. Saito

AWA Christmas Show 1984

Mr. Saito

PWUSA Star Wars

Masa Saito

NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch

Mr. Saito

The Best of the WWF: volume 4

Mr. Saito

Best of the WWF Volume 2

Mr. Saito

Tag Team Champions

Masa Saito

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

Mr. Saito

AWA SuperClash IV

Mr. Saito

The Super Bowl of Wrestling

Masa Saito

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

Masa Saito

AWA StarCage

Mr. Saito

WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course

Mr. Saito

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul

Masa Saito

WCW/New Japan Supershow III

Mr. Saito

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano