page_title: Masa Saito
hierarchical_section_title: Masa Saito
caption_attribution_description: Masa Saito vs. Arne Robertsson, Tokyo 1964
context_page_description: 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 territories.
  Saito joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1981, where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the World Tag Team Championship twice. In Japan, he wrestled for both top leagues, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. He wrestled Antonio Inoki across Ganryujima 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.
context_section_description: Masanori Saito (斎藤 昌典, Saitō Masanori, February 1, 1942 – July 14, 2018) was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or Masa Saito (マサ斎藤), 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 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1981, where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the 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 Ganryujima 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.
caption: Saito (left) vs. Arne Robertsson at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
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