Destroyer (Dick Beyer)

The Destroyer

Name The Destroyer Real name Richard Dick Beyer Nicknames Dr x, White Devil Name history Dick Beyer, The Destroyer, Dr. X Family Maestro(s) Dick Hutton, Big Bill Miller, Ray Stevens Birth date, location July 11, 1930 - Buffalo, USA Obituary date Debut, location December 29, 1954 Lost mask to Height 1.78 m Weight 120 kg Signature moves Figure-four-leg-lock, Airplane Spin, Dropkick Titles: All Asia Tag Team Championship (w/ Billy Red Lyons), PWF United States Heavyweight Championship (4), AWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (w/ Billy Red Lyons), AWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States version), Canadian International Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (w/ Golden Terror), NWA International Television Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (w/ Dan Moukian), NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version), NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (2), NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 w/ Art Michalik), WWA World Tag Team Championship (w/ Billy Red Lyons), WWA International Television Tag Team Championship (w/ Don Manoukian), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (3), WWA World Tag Team Championship (2 w/ Hard Boiled Haggerty), All Japan World Masked Wrestling title ("World Greatest Maskman Belt")

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WRESTLING CAREER HIGHLITS

• The Destroyer is a masked legend in Pro Wrestling and one of the best opponent that Mil Mascaras ever had in U.S.A and Japan.
• Dick Beyer began his career unmasked and later donned two separate masks (Destroyer and Dr.X)
• Dick Beyer (wrestling as Dr.X) defeated Verne Gagne for the AWA World Heavyweight title..
• The Destroyer was the first North American to "get over" in Japan.
• The Destroyer against the famous "Victor the Bear", the Bear wins by DQ.
• The Destroyer was the top gaijin (foreign) wrestler until Stan Hansen really started taking off in the 80's.
• The Destroyer feuded with Rikidozan in the most significant series of matches in Japanese history.
• The Destroyer holds the distinction of holding the last singles victory over the Puroresu Legend Rikidozan.
• Dick Beyer paved the way for other American wrestlers to play their trade in Japan.
• In a mask vs mask match with Torbellino Blanco in Fort Worth, the Destroyer's mask was pulled off and he lost on a countout going back to the dressing room to get another mask. There was a towel handy so the Destroyer was not identified. Blanco lost his mask in a return 2 out of 3 falls match two weeks later. The Destroyer won the main event rematch which ended the feud.
• The Destroyer won 2 mask vs hair matches over Gorgeous George.
• As Dr.X lost mask to Paul Diamond (1970) and 2 times by Blackjack Lanza (1970)

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
62/11/07	hair	The Destroyer	Gorgeous George	Long Beach, California
62/12/11	hair	The Destroyer	Gorgeous George	Long Beach, California
65/11/??	mask (1)	Torbellino Blanco	The Destroyer	Fort Worth
65/11/10	mask	The Destroyer	Torbellino Blanco	Fort Worth

(1) The Destroyer's mask was pulled off and he lost on a countout going back to the dressing room to get another mask. There was a towel handy so the Destroyer was not identified. Two weeks later 2 out of 3 falls match Blanco lost his mask in the main event rematch which ended the feud.