02/01/1942
Tokyo, Japan:
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.
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World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996) as |
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WCW Starrcade 1995 (1995) as Masa Saito |
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NWA Grandslam (1993) as |
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WCW/New Japan Supershow III (1993) as Masa Saito |
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WCW/New Japan Supershow II (1992) as Masa Saito |
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WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun (1991) as Masa Saito |
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WCW Starrcade 1990 (1990) as Mr. Saito |
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WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit (1990) as Masa Saito |
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AWA SuperClash IV (1990) as Mr. Saito |
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NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch (1987) as Masa Saito |
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AWA The Brawl in St. Paul (1986) as Mr. Saito |
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The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano (1986) as Mr. Saito |
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Tag Team Champions (1986) as Mr. Saito |
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The Best of the WWF: volume 4 (1985) as Mr. Saito |
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AWA StarCage (1985) as Masa Saito |
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PWUSA Star Wars (1985) as Mr. Saito |
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Best of the WWF Volume 2 (1985) as Mr. Saito |
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AWA Christmas Show 1984 (1984) as Mr. Saito |
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AWA Christmas Show 1983 (1983) as Mr. Saito |
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NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa (1980) as Masa Saito |
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The Super Bowl of Wrestling (1978) as Mr. Saito |