Dory Dixon
{{short description|Jamaican retired professional wrestler|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Dorrel Dixon
Dory Dixon
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|birth_name = Dorrel Dixon
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Dorrel "Dory" Dixon (born February 1, 1934) is a Jamaican retired professional wrestler who worked for the majority of his career in Mexico, where he eventually became a Mexican citizen. He is currently a pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, preaching about religion and physical health all over Mexico.
Biography
In the early 1950s Dorrel Dixon was a competitive weightlifter in his native Jamaica, winning the "Mr. Jamaica Body Beautiful" tournament. He was selected to be a part of the Jamaican weightlifting team for the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City, Mexico. While Dixon did not speak any Spanish he became so enamored with Mexico that he decided to stay behind when the rest of the Jamaican team returned home.{{cite book | author= Various | title= Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling | publisher= Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. | year= 2005 | chapter = Pastor y Luchador / Both a priest and a wrestler | pages = 191–194|isbn=968-6842-48-9}} Dixon hid with some Mexicans at first since he did not have the proper paperwork, however, once he met the son of Rafael Avila Camacho, the Governor of Puebla, he began working for the governor and eventually had his paperwork sorted out.
=Professional wrestling career (1955-1987)=
Dixon was originally not a fan of professional wrestling, he was working as a Physical Education Teacher when he met Salvador Lutteroth, Mexico's premier professional wrestling promoter. Lutteroth was so impressed with Dixon's physical appearance and personality that he convinced him to give wrestling a try. After training under Rafael Salamanca, Dixon made his professional wrestling debut in 1955 for Lutteroth's Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In 1958 the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) granted Salvador Lutteroth the booking rights to the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship at their annual NWA Conference.{{cite book | author= Hornbaker, Tim | title= National Wrestling Alliance: the untold story of the monopoly that strangled pro wrestling | url= https://archive.org/details/nationalwrestlin00horn | url-access= limited | publisher= ECW Press | year= 2007 | chapter = Distinguished Wrestling Champions | pages = [https://archive.org/details/nationalwrestlin00horn/page/n251 226]|isbn=978-1-55022-741-3}} Dixon was Lutteroth's choice as champion, defeating Al Kashley for the title on February 13, 1958. For more than a year Dixon held the title, defending it in main events of shows all over Mexico before losing the belt to Ray Mendoza on September 11, 1959.
In 1961 Dixon began working in the United States, some times billed as "the Calypso Kid", but mainly he worked as Dory Dixon. He would team with Bobo Brazil to form one of the first successful all African American tag teams of that era. He would also wrestle WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers in Madison Square Garden in New York City. He mainly worked for NWA Texas (Later renamed "World Class Championship Wrestling") where he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in 1961 defeating Waldo Von Erich.{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | chapter= NWA Texas Heavyweight Title| pages=268–269| isbn=0-9698161-5-4}} He also teamed with Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship twice, a title he would later win with Nick Kozak after it had been renamed the WCCW Texas Tag Team Championship. In 1969, went to Japan to work for International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan). Later that year he went to Australia to work in World Championship Wrestling (Australia).
He would return to Japan in 1974 working New Japan Pro-Wrestling. In 1975 Dory Dixon was one of many wrestlers to leave EMLL and follow Francisco Flores, Ray Mendoza and Benjamín Mora when they created Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). Dixon appeared on UWA's debut card and was one of the "name draws" in the mid to late 1970s. Later that year he went to Vancouver to work for NWA All-Star Wrestling. He even wrestled Lou Thez in the main event of a UWA show in Pachuca, Hidalgo. By the early 1980s Dixon worked more as a special attractions type of wrestler, due to his long history in pro wrestling, and finally retired in 1987.
=Private life=
Dixon before leaving Jamaica to Mexico in 1954, had a daughter he named Grace Angella born to his first love Babs Evans Shirley. He is the son of Rafael Dixon and Eunice Dixon-Spencer. Younger brother to sister, Nesta and Lloyd. Dixon was married to Ana Ayala and together they have five children, Dorrel, Eunice, Al, Lloyd and Kenneth. After that marriage was broken; Dorrel married with Virginia Soto who had three children, Althea, Dizzy and Ingmar. Now Dixon is active in the Seventh-day Adventist church, with Dory Dixon being a pastor in the church. He still keeps in shape and preaches a mixture of "healthy mind" and "healthy body" to underprivileged kids and teenagers all over Mexico.
Championships and accomplishments
- Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | chapter= Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title | page= 389 | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
- NWA Hollywood
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Earl Maynard (1) and Raul Mata (1) {{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | chapter= NWA Americas Tag Team Title| pages=296–297| isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
- NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship (1 time){{cite web | url=https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0115-big-john-studd-wins-1989-royal-rumble-301781 | title=Pro wrestling history (01/15): Big John Studd wins 1989 Royal Rumble | date=January 15, 2019 | access-date=January 18, 2019 | work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online | first=Brian | last=Hoops}}
- NWA Texas
- NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)*{{cite book| last1=Will | first1=Gary | first2=Royal | last2= Duncan | title=Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000 | location=Pennsylvania | chapter=Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich] | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 | pages=268–269}}{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/tx-h.html | title= NWA Texas Heavyweight Title | access-date=March 30, 2017 | work=Wrestling-Titles}}
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1 time) – with Rito Romero{{cite book | first1=Royal | last1=Duncan | first2=Gary | last2=Will | title=Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | location=Pennsylvania |year=2000 | publisher=Archeus Communications | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 | chapter=Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title [Siegel, Boesch and McLemore]}}{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/nwa-ss/tx-nwa-t.html | title=National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [E. Texas] | work=Wrestling-Titles | access-date=February 21, 2017}}
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Pepper Gomez{{cite book| last1=Will | first1=Gary | first2=Royal | last2= Duncan | title=Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000 | location=Pennsylvania | chapter=Texas: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich] | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 | pages=275–276}}{{cite web| url = http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/tx-t.html | title = NWA Texas Tag Team Title [E. Texas]| access-date = December 27, 2019 | work= wrestling-titles.com}}
- World Class Championship Wrestling
- WCCW Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nick Kozak{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | chapter= WCCW Texas Tag Team Title| pages=271| isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
- World Wide Wrestling Association
- WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{Cite web |title=WWWA World Heavyweight Title (Ohio) |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/oh/wwwa/oh-wwwa-h.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.wrestling-titles.com}}
- Other titles
- World Negro Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/tx-world-negro-h.html |title=World Colored Heavyweight Title |website=www.wrestling-titles.com}}
Luchas de Apuestas
{{See also|Lucha libre#Luchas de apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}
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!width=20% scope="col"|Winner (wager) !width=20% scope="col"|Loser (wager) !width=20% scope="col"|Location !width=20% scope="col"|Event !width=15% scope="col"|Date !class="unsortable" width=5% scope="col"|Notes | |||||
| El Canek (mask) | Dorrel Dixon (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | |
| Fishman (mask) | Dorrel Dixon (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | |
| Espanto I (mask) | Dorrel Dixon (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | {{dts|1964|03|20}} | |
| Dorrel Dixon (hair) | Black Shadow (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | {{dts|1968}} | |
| Black Shadow (hair) | Dorrel Dixon (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | {{dts|1968|06|11}} | |
| Ángel Blanco (hair) | Dorrel Dixon (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | {{dts|1981|07|26}} | {{cite news | author = Enciclopedia staff | title = Enciclopedia de las Mascaras | work = Ángel Blanco | location = Mexico City, Mexico | id = Tomo I | page = 14 | date = August 2007|language = es}} |
| Carlos Plata (hair) | Dorrel Dixon (hair) | Xalapa, Veracruz | Live event | {{dts|1983|01|20}} |
References
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