Satoru Sayama
Birthday
November 27, 1957 (67 years)
Place of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Biography
Satoru Sayama (佐山 聡, Sayama Satoru) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, writer, and mixed martial arts (MMA) and wrestling promoter, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He has wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger. He is the only man to hold the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship simultaneously. He is also recognized as a pioneer in mixed martial arts, founding Shooto in 1985, one of the first MMA organizations in the world. Sayama also started mixed martial arts training and developed his own Shooto syllabus for learning what could be considered the first put together MMA training of its kind, with a focus on striking from arts like Boxing, Muay Thai and Karate, and grappling from Wrestling, Judo, and Sambo. The curriculum would help produce the first well rounded fighters of MMA several years before the first UFC event. He is also the founder of the martial art Seikendo and professional wrestling promotion Real Japan Pro Wrestling.
Satoru Sayama Movies & TV-shows on Netflix
Movies with Satoru Sayama
Special Cabinet Investigator ORDER
Jan 1, 1997
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
Oct 10, 1996
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
Oct 26, 2003
Special Cabinet Investigator ORDER 2
Feb 13, 1997
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
Oct 10, 1997
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
Dec 13, 1996
The Best of Eddie Gilbert
Roppongi Soldier
Jan 1, 1995