J is in a fury, cleaning up the place, telling me to throw away all my copies of men's egg and dusty VHS tapes. Sort of a drag, but in the middle of the ruckus, I managed to reconnect with this lovely "bromide" photo of professional "wrasslah" The Destroyer in his early '60s prime I bought at Marubell-do in Asakusa a while back.
Turns out the former Dick Beyer has put together a pretty amazing website chronicling his tenure as wrestler, author, and recording artist as Masked Gaijin du jour in Japan. Like, remember that time when...
Copies of the Destroyer's book, his Christmas LP, and of course, bobbleheads and replica masks are available at Destroyer.com
I hope you didn't throw out those Galaxy Express tapes I loaned you some time back. I would be very sad and very, very disappointed if that was to happen...
Posted by: Steve Harrison | August 04, 2008 at 02:57 PM
No, I didn't actually throw away anything so much as I was just incessantly badgered to. I must...return them to you!
Posted by: Patrick Macias | August 04, 2008 at 03:12 PM
(bottom pic) Is that B.T. Barnum? That nose screams "Riple & Rye!".
Posted by: SPM | August 04, 2008 at 05:54 PM
The following pic might explain a lot...
http://www.thedestroyer.com/images/a23.jpg
Posted by: Patrick Macias | August 04, 2008 at 06:39 PM
It's funny cause it's true.
Posted by: SPM | August 05, 2008 at 03:59 PM
The photos on that site are fucking mind-blowing.
Posted by: Bernie | August 05, 2008 at 05:47 PM