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Dewey Robertson (born Byron James John Robinson in Kitchener, Ontario ) is a Canadian retired Professional Wrestler , known best for his Ring Name '''The Missing Link'''. CAREER Robertson started wrestling in his native Canada in the 1960's under the name of Dewey Robertson. He was a very popular baby-face in the Toronto area. He left to wrestle in the United States in 1973 but returned a year later as The Masked Crusader with manager John St. John. He was on a crusade to keep wrestling scientific but was soon unmasked by The Sheik . After that, Robertson formed a tag team called "The Crusaders" with Billy Red Lyons. He owned a gym in the 1970's and had a television spot where he tore up a phone book to promote his gym. In 1979 , Robertson wrestled in the NWA 's Jim Crockett Promotions as a heel with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as his manager. He used Rogers' figure-four leg lock as his finisher. He changed his look and became The Missing Link in 1983 in Mid-South Wrestling and started acting crazy. He got over and was signed by the World Wrestling Federation in 1985 . He was managed by Bobby Heenan and often was stopped from doing a flying headbutt on a chair by Heenan after a match. '' Sports Illustrated '' even did an article on him. He left for World Class Championship Wrestling in 1986 and was managed by Sunshine . In late 1986, he left for the Universal Wrestling Federation where he was managed by Dark Journey . He retired in the 1990's but came back to do independent shows as The Missing Link starting in 2004 . PROFILE
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