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Dory Dixon

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Dory Dixon
Born (1935-02-01) February 1, 1935 (age 89)
Jamaica
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Calypso Kid
Dorrel Dixon
Dory Dixon
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Billed weight209 lb (95 kg)
Trained byRafael Salamanca
Debut1955
Retired1980s

Dorrel "Dory" Dixon (born February 1, 1935) is a Jamaican retired professional wrestler. He competed in many different National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates and Mexican promotions, as well as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). He made his professional wrestling debut in Mexico's Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL).

Before becoming a professional wrestler, Dixon was competitive weightlifter and was the winner of the "Mr. Jamaica Body Beautiful" tournament. He was chosen to be a member of the Jamaican weightlifting team in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games which was held in Mexico City, Mexico. He fell in love with Mexico and he decided to stay back while the rest of the team left back to Jamaica.[1]

Dixon would also wrestle the WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[2]

Championships

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References

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  1. Various (2005). "Pastor y Luchador / Both a priest and a wrestler". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. pp. 191–194. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  2. "WWWF MSG Show (Feb '63) results". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "NWA World Light Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  4. "Texas Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  5. "NWA World Tag Team Title (E. Texas) history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2015-02-26.