He fought both NWA world champion Harley Race and AWA world champion Nick Bockwinkel in separate matches in Toronto. That year, he also won a tournament for the vacant NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship in Toronto by defeating Gene Kiniski, Ken Patera and then Greg Valentine in the final round. He used Rogers' figure-four leg lock as his finisher. In 1979, Robertson wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions as a heel with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as his manager. During one match his right leg was broken while performing a sunset flip on one of the Kelly twins. Robertson and Lyons had one final reign as champions, when they won a rematch on August 24. They then held the belts for over six months before dropping the titles to Mike and Pat Kelly in June 1975. The Love Brothers regained the belts on September 8, but Robertson and Lyons won them back on December 29. He teamed with Billy Red Lyons to win the Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Championship from The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald) on June 23, 1974. Robertson found more success in tag team wrestling the following year while competing in Toronto, Ontario. They held the belts until July, when they dropped them to Alex Perez and El Gran Tapio. Robertson's first title victory came in May 1973 when he teamed with Dennis Stamp to win the Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. He also owned a gym in the 1970s, and had a famous television spot where he tore up a phone book in a supermarket ad. After that, Robertson formed a tag team called "The Crusaders" with Billy Red Lyons. He was on a crusade to keep wrestling scientific but was soon unmasked by The Sheik.
He left to wrestle in the Southern United States and Australia in 1973, but returned a year later as "The Masked Crusader" with manager John St. Watson was, however, the godfather of Robertson’s sons. It was long believed that he was a protege of former NWA world champion Whipper Billy Watson (William Potts), but Watson did not start him in the business. He was a very popular babyface in the Toronto area. Robertson started wrestling in his native Canada in the 1961 as Dewey Robertson.
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Professional wrestling career Early career He achieved his greatest fame late in his career, wrestling in WCCW, managed by Skandor Akbar and in the WWF, managed by Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart in the mid-1980s. During his matches, Robertson would often ram his own head repeatedly into the turnbuckle or wooden chair, headbutt and dive head first onto an opponent. His gimmick was similar to that of George Steele and Kamala, a crazy out-of-control wild man who needed a trainer or manager to lead him to the ring. Canadian professional wrestler The Missing Linkīyron James John " Dewey" Robertson (FebruAugust 16, 2007) was a professional wrestler, known best by his ring name The Missing Link.Īs The Missing Link, Robertson wore blue and green face paint and shaved portions of his head while letting the hair grow in other areas.
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