In Memoriam - "The Destroyer" Dick Beyer Encore Presentation

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

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. Dick Beyer aka masked wrestler, Destroyer, makes his TIJ debut, and he’s got story after story after story… from his feud with Japanese wrestling star Rikidozan to working with Gorgeous George, Lou Thesz, and Andre The Giant. He’s been in every territory from Oregon to Minneapolis to Los Angeles to Buffalo, but never Mexico (and you’ll find out why). You’ll also discover when and where he started wearing the mask, and why he needed his then-wife’s help in creating them. He’s breaking down the origins of the Doctor X gimmick, and how he feels about Ric Flair adopting Destroyer’s Figure 4 Leglock finish!

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0:00.0	All right, hey guys, we got a special episode of Talk is Jericho.
0:15.9	If you today had a pay tribute to a huge legend in the business.
0:20.7	I'm talking about the destroyer, Dick Byer.
0:22.7	He passed away Thursday, March 7th at his home in Akron, New York, surrounded by his family.
0:28.1	He was 88 years old.
0:29.4	That's quite a run.
0:30.6	His son Kurt posted a message on Facebook saying that his dad slipped peacefully away, surrounded
0:35.6	by his family, which is not a bad way to go.
0:37.9	So our thoughts and prayers go out to the buyer family at this point in time.
0:41.6	But in honor of Dick Byer, we're going to replay the interview I did with him exactly two
0:45.8	years ago today.
0:46.8	Isn't that crazy?
0:47.8	March of 2017.
0:49.3	Such a coincidence.
0:51.3	It's like literally two years ago today, Dick and I sat down in Buffalo at a WWE show.
0:57.9	And some tech problems with recording, however, my mic was not hooked up correctly.
1:01.1	That's on me.
1:02.1	That's why I sound the way I do.
1:03.4	But Dick's mic was fine, thankfully.
1:05.5	He sounds great.
1:06.5	He talked great.
1:07.5	86 years old, told some amazing stories.
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