Richard Beyer, an American former pro wrestler whose masked antics made him a huge hit in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s, died at his home on the outskirts of Buffalo, New York on Thursday, his son said. He was 88.Beyer, famously known by the ring name "The Destroyer," visited Japan for the first time in 1963 to wrestle in Tokyo against postwar wrestling legend Rikidozan. The bout garnered huge television ratings, 64 percent of total viewers at the time of broadcast, and sparked an unprecedented wrestling boom in Japan."It is with a very heavy heart to let you know that Dad -- aka The Destroy…READ FULL ARTICLE
