Dory Dixon

Dory Dixon
Ring name(s)	Dory Dixon Dorrel Dixon Calypso Kid
Billed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Billed weight	95 kg (210 lb)
Born	February 1, 1935 (1935-02-01) (age 76)[1] Jamaica[1]
Resides	Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Trained by	Rafael Salamanca
Debut	1955[1]
Retired	1980s[1]

Dorrel "Dory" Dixon is a retired Jamaican 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 late 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.^[1] Dixon hid with some Mexican at first, since he did not have the proper paperwork, but once he met the son of State of Mexico governor Rafael Villa Macho he got a job working as a bodyguard for the Governor and got his paperworkd sorted out.^[1]

Professional wrestling career

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 Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL).^[1] 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.^[2] Dixon was Lutteroth's choice as champion, defeating Al Kashley for the title on February 13, 1958.^[3] 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.^[3]

In 1961 Dixon began working in the United States, some times billed as "the Calypso Kid", but mainly he worked as Dory Dixon.^[1] He would team with Bobo Brazil to form one of the first successful all African American tag teams of that era.^[1] He would also wrestle WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers in Madison Square Garden in New York City.^[1] He mainly worked for NWA Texas (Later renamed "World Class Championship Wrestling") where he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.^[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.^[5][6]

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. He even wrestled Lou Thez in the main event of a UWA show in Pachuca, Hidalgo.^[1] 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 the mid 1980s.^[1]

Private life

Dixon was married to the beautiful Ana Ayala and together they have five children, Dorrel, Eunice, Al, Lloyd and Keneth. 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 amazing shape and preaches a mixture of "healthy mind" and "healthy body" to underprivileged kids and teenagers all over Mexico.^[1]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Flying Bodyblock^[1]

• Signature moves

• Dropkick^[1]

Championships and accomplishments

• Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre

• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[3]

• NWA Hollywood

• NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Raul Mata^[7]

• NWA Texas

• NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 Times^[4]
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1 time) – with Rito Romero
• NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 Times) – with Pepper Gomez^[5]

• World Class Championship Wrestling

• WCCW Texas Tag Team Championship (1 Time) – with Nick Kozak^[6]

Luchas de apuestas

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Hair	El Canek	Dorrel Dixon	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Fishman	Dorrel Dixon	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Espanto I	Dorrel Dixon	Mexico City, Mexico	01964-03-20 March 20, 1964	[1]
Hair	Dorrel Dixon	Black Shadow	Mexico City, Mexico	01968 1968	[1]
Hair	Black Shadow	Dorrel Dixon	Mexico City, Mexico	01968-06-11 June 11, 1968	[1]
Hair	Ángel Blanco	Dorrel Dixon	Mexico City, Mexico	01981-07-26 July 26, 1981	[8]
Hair	Carlos Plata	Dorrel Dixon	Xalapa, Veracruz	01983-01-20 January 20, 1983

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s} 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. ^ Hornbaker, Tim (2007). "Distinguished Wrestling Champions". National Wrestling Alliance: the untold story of the monopoly that strangled pro wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 226. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Texas Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Texas Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 269. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "WCCW Texas Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 271. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
7. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Americas Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
8. ^ Enciclopedia staff (August, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). Ángel Blanco (Mexico City, Mexico): p. 14. Tomo I. 

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Name	Dixon, Dory
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Date of birth	February 1, 1935
Place of birth	Jamaica
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