Acting

Masanori Saito

Born 1942-02-01 · 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.

Acting credits

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa poster
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"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes faces perennial rival Harley Race for the very last time in a best 2 of 3 Falls contest with an undercard filled with wrestling superstars from all over the landscape.

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

1980

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NWA GrandSlam. April 17, 1993 in Minneapolis, MN American Indian Center drawing 700

NWA Grandslam

1993

WCW Starrcade 1995 poster
9.0

Ric Flair, Lex Luger, and Sting compete in a Triangle Match with the winner advancing for an opportunity at "Macho Man" Randy Savage's WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Sting battles Kensuke Sasaki. Shinjiro Otani faces Eddie Guerrero. Lex Luger collides with Masahiro Chono. Plus, Jushin "Thunder" Liger and many more.

WCW Starrcade 1995

1995

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February 24, 1985 at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey

PWUSA Star Wars

1985

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano poster
10.0

Relive one of the most influential men in wrestling as he does it all in this special look at Captain Lou Albano!

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

1986

Tag Team Champions poster
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A tribute to the WWF's dynamic duos precision, timing, and teamwork that make them champions.

Tag Team Champions

1986

World Wrestling Peace Festival poster
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The World Wrestling Peace Festival was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki, which took place on June 1, 1996 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The event was organized by Inoki to promote world peace with an interpromotional event involving major promotions from around the world. Forty wrestlers from six countries ended up taking part in the event. Inoki's home promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as smaller independent groups, represented Japan, while World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) took part on behalf of the United States. Both of Mexico's top promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) participated in the event, which was considered unlikely by many in the industry given their own heated rivalry.

World Wrestling Peace Festival

1996

WCW Starrcade 1990 poster
7.8

Starrcade 1990 showcases an international tag team tournament featuring The Steiner Brothers, Konnan & Rey Mysterio Sr., and Mr. Saito & the Great Muta. Sting defends the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against the Black Scorpion in a Steel Cage Match. Doom faces Horsemen Arn Anderson & Barry Windham in a Street Fight and more.

WCW Starrcade 1990

1990

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul poster
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It's Christmas chaos in The St. Paul Civic Center with an all-star card!

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul

1986

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All your favorite AWA stars in action on Christmas night.

AWA Christmas Show 1984

1984

AWA SuperClash IV poster
10.0

Masa Saito puts the AWA World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Larry Zbyszko and much more action in this rarely seen supercard.

AWA SuperClash IV

1990

WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun poster
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WCW/New Japan Supershow I (known as Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on March 21, 1991 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in North America in April 1991. The main event was Ric Flair defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Tatsumi Fujinami. Other matches included The Great Muta vs Sting, El Gigante vs Big Cat Hughes, Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki defending against The Steiner Brothers for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, Arn Anderson & Barry Windham vs Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono, Jushin Liger defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight CHampionship against Akira Nogami, and several dark matches.

WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun

1991

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit poster
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A combined WWF, AJPW and NJPW supershow: April 13th, 1990 from the Tokyo Dome.

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

1990

WCW/New Japan Supershow III poster
10.0

WCW/New Japan Supershow III (known as Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1993 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Events included Sting vs Hiroshi Hase, Ron Simmons vs Tony Halme, Ultimo Dragon vs Jushin Liger for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton vs Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto, and IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defending his title against Masahiro Chono.

WCW/New Japan Supershow III

1993

WCW/New Japan Supershow II poster
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WCW/New Japan Supershow II (known as Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1992 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The main event was the Steiner Brothers versus Sting & The Great Muta. Other matches included Tatsumi Fujinami defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Riki Choshu, Lex Luger defending the WCW World heavyweight Championship against Masahiro Chono, Big Van Vader vs El Gigante, Dusty and Dustin Rhodes vs Masa Saito and Kim Duk, The Enforcers vs Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka, and Jushin Liger, Masashi Aoyagi, and Akira Nogami vs Hiro Saito, Super Strong Machine, & Kantaro Hoshino.

WCW/New Japan Supershow II

1992

Best of the WWF Volume 2 poster
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Gorilla Monsoon hosts this second volume of some of the best WWF has to offer.

Best of the WWF Volume 2

1985

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8.5

Pro Wrestling's first all-Cage Match event! featuring King Tonga, Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie & The Masked Superstar vs. Jerry Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter, Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne vs. Mr. Saito & Nick Bockwinkel and The Road Warriors vs. Larry & Curt Hennig for the AWA World Tag Team Championship and much more!

AWA StarCage

1985

The Best of the WWF: volume 4 poster
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The biggest superstars of the WWF in their best matches

The Best of the WWF: volume 4

1985

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Antonio Inoki and Masa Saito fight in an Island Deathmatch, battling across Ganryujima Island.

NJPW Ganryujima Island Deathmatch

1987

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All your favorite AWA stars compete on Christmas Night

AWA Christmas Show 1983

1983

The Super Bowl of Wrestling poster
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The biggest match in the history pits WWWF World Champion "Superstar" Billy Graham against NWA World's hampion Harley Race in a epic confrontation in Miami's Orange Bowl!

The Super Bowl of Wrestling

1978