The Legendary Destroyer Dick Beyer

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Living Legend 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 Four Leg Lock finish!

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0:00.0	TALKY'S JERICAL BEAMING TALKY'S JERICAL
0:07.0	TALKY'S JERICAL MAMA TALKY'S BEAM
0:13.0	Alright, welcome to TALKY'S JERICAL
0:15.0	It's the part of Thunder and Rock'n'Roll and today I've got a legend in the wrestling
0:19.1	business for ya.
0:20.3	He was a masked wrestler who never worked in Mexico or learned the luchador style.
0:24.7	He is the OG masked guy.
0:26.8	He never wanted to wear a mask, but now he has one of the most famous of all time.
0:30.4	I'm talking about the destroyer.
0:32.1	Dick Byer is on TALKY'S JERICAL and he was a masked wrestler when wrestling was still
0:36.3	all about K-Fabe.
0:37.8	Heels and baby faces traveled separately in the 60s and he took it seriously so as you'll
0:42.4	hear, destroyer wore his mask everywhere.
0:46.0	And I mean everywhere.
0:47.2	The bank, the grocery store airports, no matter where he was.
0:50.5	He still wears his mask everywhere.
0:52.5	And wait till you hear what he used to make his masks originally.
0:55.7	It involves a woman's girdle.
0:57.4	Let's just say that.
0:58.4	He's got stories but all the various territories he worked for in the 50s and 60s and 70s, including
1:03.3	Los Angeles, Oregon, Chicago, Hawaii, Columbus, and all the time he spent in Japan.
1:08.4	He was huge there.
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