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Masanori Saito

Born
Feb 1, 1942 · Aged 76
Died
Jul 14, 2018
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Gender
Male
Movie credits
21
TV credits
3
Also known as (4)
  • Saito
  • Mr. Saito
  • The Unknown Soldier
  • Masa 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…