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#9 Masa Saito (February 1, 1942 – July 14, 2018)
Masa Saito is a legend of professional wrestling. He may not be talked about when looking back at Japanese legends, but his significance cannot be understated. Firstly, he wrestled for some of the biggest promotions in the world, including WWF, WCW, NJPW and AJPW (All Japan Pro Wrestling).
He was a great singles star and he famously wrestled Japanese icon Antonio Inoki in an island for two hours! They were placed on Ganryujima Island and wrestled in an island death match across the land.
He mainly found success in tag team wrestling, where he won the tag team titles in WWF with Mr. Fuji. In Japan, he found even more success in the tag team divisions, winning titles with the likes of legends such as Riki Choshu and Shinya Hashimoto.
He was battling Parkinsons disease since 2000 and unfortunately succumbed to the complications of the condition in 2018.
