Masanori Saito
Actor
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
WCW Starrcade 1990
as Mr. Saito 1990
AWA SuperClash IV
as Mr. Saito 1990
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
as Masa Saito 1993
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
as Mr. Saito 1986
NWA Grandslam
1993
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
as Masa Saito 1991
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
as Masa Saito 1992
WCW Starrcade 1995
as Masa Saito 1995
AWA Christmas Show 1983
as Mr. Saito 1983
AWA Christmas Show 1984
as Mr. Saito 1984
PWUSA Star Wars
as Mr. Saito 1985
NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch
as Masa Saito 1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
as Mr. Saito 1985
Best of the WWF Volume 2
as Mr. Saito 1985
Tag Team Champions
as Mr. Saito 1986