![]() 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. 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. On August 16, 2007, The Missing Link passed away.Byron 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. In November 1985, he went to World Class Championship Wrestling and was first managed by Percy Pringle, only to turn face after saving Sunshine from an attack from The Great Kabuki, then again from Percy Pringle and Rick Rude. ![]() In his final televised match on WWF Prime Time Wrestling on November 12 (taped October 12), Paul Orndorff pinned The Missing Link in less than five minutes with a high knee after the Link was distracted by his manager, Jimmy Hart, shouting into his megaphone on the ring apron. He abruptly left the WWF in October 1985. While in the WWF, he fought Mad Dog Vachon three times: a draw in Minneapolis on Auga win by countout in Milwaukee on September 5 and a loss in Denver on September 20. In September 1985, Heenan traded The Missing Link and Adrian Adonis to manager Jimmy Hart in exchange for King Kong Bundy. He also lost matches to Ivan Putski, Tony Atlas, and B. ![]() On July 24, in Buffalo, New York, he lost to Bruno Sammartino by countout. On August 18, he was pinned by Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana at the first-ever WWF show in Tampa, Florida. His first recorded loss in the WWF came on July 22, 1985, against George "The Animal" Steele. Jones, George Wells, Rick McGraw, Salvatore Bellomo, Tony Garea, Jose Luis Rivera, Lanny Poffo, and Swede Hanson. However, he typically lost when matched against bigger stars. Jones in less than two minutes. During his brief run in the WWF, most of his matches were against jobbers. The Missing Link made his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut on May 20, 1985, in Madison Square Garden he was accompanied to the ring by manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and defeated S.D. stable, and feuded with the Von Erichs and The Fabulous Freebirds. ![]() In 1983, The Missing Link debuted in World Class Championship Wrestling as part of Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc.
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