Masanori Saito
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 1, 1942
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- July 14, 2018
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.
Movies with Masanori Saito
- WCW Starrcade 1990 1990 · ★ 7.8
- AWA StarCage 1985 · ★ 8.5
- WCW Starrcade 1995 1995 · ★ 9.0
- AWA SuperClash IV 1990 · ★ 10.0
- WCW/New Japan Supershow III 1993 · ★ 10.0
- The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano 1986 · ★ 10.0
- NWA Grandslam 1993
- World Wrestling Peace Festival 1996
- WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun 1991
- WCW/New Japan Supershow II 1992
- AWA Christmas Show 1984 1984
- AWA Christmas Show 1983 1983
- PWUSA Star Wars 1985
- NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch 1987
- The Best of the WWF: volume 4 1985
- Best of the WWF Volume 2 1985
- Tag Team Champions 1986
- WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit 1990
- The Super Bowl of Wrestling 1978
- NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa 1980
- AWA The Brawl in St. Paul 1986