Masanori Saito Masanori Saito ( February 1 , 1942 ) is a former Japan ese professional wrestler better known as Mr . Saito or Masa Saito . 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 after 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 . Amateur wrestling career . 1964 Summer Olympics . Saito competed in freestyle wrestling for Japan in the 1964 Olympic Games , placing seventh , making him one of the Top 10 Olympic wrestlers that year . Professional wrestling career . Early career . He began his pro wrestling career in 1965 and quickly established himself in both Japan and the United States . Nicknamed " Mr . Torture " for his punishing and sadistic style , Saito held numerous titles while wrestling in North America and Japan . National Wrestling Alliance . On July 13 , 1968 , Saito won his first title , teaming with Kenji Shibuya to win the San Francisco version of the World Tag Team Championship . The following year , he defeated Dale Lewis to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship . After losing the title to Jack Brisco on February 10 , 1970 , he continued to team with Shibuya in the Los Angeles - based NWA Hollywood Wrestling , winning the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship three times in 1971 and 1972 . While wrestling in Los Angeles , he also won the NWA Beat the Champ Television Championship twice in 1972 . Saito ' s next championship came in Vancouver , British Columbia , where he teamed with Gene Kiniski to win the Vancouver version of the Canadian Tag Team Championship . They held the belts for almost four months before dropping them to Ormand Malumba and Guy Mitchell on March 3 , 1975 . Saito regained the championship later in the year , however , teaming with Dale Lewis . Saito next wrestled in NWA Florida , where he teamed with Ivan Koloff to defeat Rocky Johnson and Pedro Morales for the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship in 1977 . After losing the belts , Saito and Koloff won them twice more . Their final loss , on January 25 , 1978 was to Jack and Jerry Brisco . Saito regained the title , however , teaming with Mr . Sato to defeat the Brisco Brothers . They lost the belts back to the Brisco Brothers three months later but succeeded in regaining them from Mike Graham and Steve Keirn later in the year . While wrestling in Florida , Saito also teamed with Sato to win the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship on two occasions in 1978 and 1979 . In 1979 , he also won the Japan version of the North American Tag Team Championship , teaming with Hiro Matsuda to win the belts on April 5 . Wrestling in the United States again in 1981 , Saito won the Alabama Heavyweight Championship twice , defeating Bob Armstrong and Ray Candy . That year , he was also involved in a controversy regarding the Florida version of the North American Tag Team Championship . The Assassins were stripped of the title when it was discovered that Saito was wrestling under a mask as a third member of the team . World Wrestling Federation . Later in the year , Saito signed with the World Wrestling Federation . He formed a tag team with Mr . Fuji , which was managed by Captain Lou Albano . They began a feud with tag champions Tony Garea and Rick Martel , whom they defeated on October 17 , 1981 edition of " Championship Wrestling " to win their first WWF Tag Team Championship , though it was Fuji ' s fourth individual reign . They began feuding with The Strongbows ( Chief Jay and Jules ) in the fall of 1981 . This culminated in a title match on June 28 , 1982 at Madison Square Garden ( MSG ) where Strongbows won the titles . On July 13 edition of " Championship Wrestling " , they defeated Strongbows in a two out of three falls match for Fuji ' s fifth and Saito ' s second WWF Tag Team Championship . The feud of these two teams ended after Fuji and Saito lost the titles to Strongbows on October 30 edition of " Championship Wrestling " . Arrest . On April 6 , 1984 , Saito and Ken Patera were refused service at a McDonald ' s restaurant after the restaurant had closed . The two men threw a boulder through the restaurant ' s window in retaliation . When the police came , Saito and Patera fought with them before being arrested . As a result of the incident , Saito and Patera were convicted of battery of a peace officer and sentenced to serve two years in prison . Later career . Following his release , Saito wrestled mainly in Japan , where he became involved in a feud with Antonio Inoki . To settle the feud , the two competed in an Island Death match on October 4 , 1987 . They were placed on Ganryujima Island and wrestled a match that lasted two hours and spread across the island . Ultimately , Inoki was victorious , defeating Saito by technical knockout . The following year , after leaving All Japan Pro Wrestling to return to New Japan Pro Wrestling , Saito won his first IWGP Tag Team Championship while teaming with Riki Chōshū . He followed this with a second victory the following year , this time with Shinya Hashimoto . Saito ' s final major title came in the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , where he defeated Larry Zbyszko for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in front of a hometown crowd of 63 , 900 fans at the Tokyo Dome on February 10 , 1990 . He lost the title two months later in a rematch with Zbyszko at SuperClash 4 . While wrestling in the AWA , Saito also formed a tag team with Jesse Ventura known as the Far East - West Connection . Retirement . Saito had a short spell in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in 1995 and 1996 , which included an appearance at Starrcade . Wrestling as part of a series of matches between New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling , Saito lost his match to WCW representative Johnny B . Badd . On February 14 , 1999 , Saito retired from wrestling . His last match was a loss to Scott Norton . Since 2006 Saito has worked with the Kensuke Office promotion as a supervisor and manager / advisor to the promotion ' s younger talent .