Masanori Saito
Acting • Born 1942-02-01 – Died 2018-07-14
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
24 credits
NWA Grandslam
Movie • 1993
World Wrestling Peace Festival
Movie • 1996
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
Movie • 1991
Masa Saito
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
Movie • 1992
Masa Saito
WCW Starrcade 1995
Movie • 1995
Masa Saito
AWA Christmas Show 1983
Movie • 1983
Mr. Saito
AWA Christmas Show 1984
Movie • 1984
Mr. Saito
PWUSA Star Wars
Movie • 1985
Mr. Saito
NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch
Movie • 1987
Masa Saito
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
Movie • 1985
Mr. Saito
Best of the WWF Volume 2
Movie • 1985
Mr. Saito
Tag Team Champions
Movie • 1986
Mr. Saito
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Movie • 1990
Masa Saito
AWA SuperClash IV
Movie • 1990
Mr. Saito
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
Movie • 1978
Mr. Saito
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Movie • 1980
Masa Saito
AWA StarCage
Movie • 1985
Masa Saito
WCW Starrcade 1990
Movie • 1990
Mr. Saito
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
Movie • 1986
Mr. Saito
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Movie • 1993
Masa Saito
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
Movie • 1986
Mr. Saito
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV • 1975
Mr. Saito
AWA All-Star Wrestling
TV • 1987
Mr. Saito
AWA Arena Shows
TV • 1981
Mr. Saito