In Memoriam - "The Destroyer" Dick Beyer Encore Presentation

Published: March 11, 2019, 6 a.m.

TIJ pays tribute to the late, great Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer with this encore presentation of an episode originally recorded March 10, 2017, and first released that September.\xa0\n\nDick Beyer aka masked wrestler, Destroyer, makes his TIJ debut, and he\u2019s got story after story after story\u2026 from his feud with Japanese wrestling star Rikidozan to working with Gorgeous George, Lou Thesz, and Andre The Giant. He\u2019s been in every territory from Oregon to Minneapolis to Los Angeles to Buffalo, but never Mexico (and you\u2019ll find out why). You\u2019ll also discover when and where he started wearing the mask, and why he needed his then-wife\u2019s help in creating them. He\u2019s breaking down the origins of the Doctor X gimmick, and how he feels about Ric Flair adopting Destroyer\u2019s Figure 4 Leglock finish!