Masa Saito | |
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Saito (left) vs. Arne Robertsson at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
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Birth name | Masanori Saito |
Born |
Tokyo, Japan |
February 1, 1942
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Assassin #3 Masa Saito Mr. Saito The Unknown Soldier |
Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Billed weight | 120 kg (260 lb) |
Trained by |
Hiro Matsuda Toyonobori |
Debut | June 3, 1965 |
Retired | February 14, 1999 |
Masanori Saito (斎藤 昌典 Saitō Masanori?, born February 1, 1942) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or Masa Saito (マサ斎藤?). He wrestled for several years in various promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He later joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the World Tag Team Championship twice. He also won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1990. In Japan, Saito wrestled for both All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Saito gained notoriety for his arrest in connection with fellow wrestler Ken Patera allegedly throwing a boulder through the window of a McDonald's restaurant in Waukesha, Wisconsin and for a match wrestled against Antonio Inoki on a deserted island in Japan that lasted for more than two hours.