What is Masa Saito?
[[File:Masa Saito.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Saito in [[Tokyo]], 1964]] {{nihongo|'''Masanori Saito'''|斎藤 昌典|Saitō Masanori|August 7, 1942 &ndash; July 14, 2018}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] better known as '''Mr. Saito''' or {{nihongo|'''Masa Saito'''|マサ斎藤}}.<ref name=oww>{{cite web|title=Wrestler Profiles: Masa Saito|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/mr-saito.html|access-date=January 2, 2008|archive-date=August 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807021647/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/mr-saito.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He wrestled for several years in many [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] owned by the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA). He was born in [[Tokyo]]. He later joined the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), where he teamed with [[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]] to hold the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|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]]. In 2000, Saito was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/467441/|title=パーキンソン病と闘うマサ斎藤「目標は東京五輪の聖火ランナー」|date=November 7, 2015|access-date=November 8, 2015|work=[[Tokyo Sports]]|language=ja|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170021/https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/467441/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He died of complications from the disease in Tokyo at the age of 76.<ref>[https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180716-00000023-tospoweb-ent マサ斎藤さんが死去 アントニオ猪木氏と巌流島で死闘] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716101516/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180716-00000023-tospoweb-ent |date=2018-07-16 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Japan-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saito, Masa}} [[Categor