Show: 3 Count Wrestling
Guest: “The Missing Link” Dewey Robertson
Date: 7/30/06
Your Hosts: Brian Luquette & Chris Furguson
Recap By: Chris Furguson
“The Missing Link” is a character that received such fan fair in the 70’s and ’80’s that it is almost shocking to hear where the man ended up by the time 1990 rolled around. In his own words, hear the true story of drug addiction, alcoholism, overcoming, surviving, and writing a book to tell about it.
Mr. Dewey Robertson is now available for public speaking appearances. To find out booking information, visit his official site at www.deweythemissinglink.ca
To listen to this great interview, visit www.WrestlingEpicenter.com. And be sure to check later this weekend as part 1 of our over 2 hour interview with Scotty Riggs will be posted. This one rivals my (James Walsh’s) interview with Marty Jannetty that made a lot of noise. Speaking of Marty, you can chat with him once again on the Wrestling Epicenter forums. it’s free, swing on by!
“THE MISSING LINK” DEWEY ROBERTSON INTERVIEW
Interview conducted by James Walsh
Quiet Riot’s “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” brings us into the
interview with “The Missing Link” Dewey Robertson.
Dewey says hello to a couple of people in Arizona, including
“Superstar” Billy Graham.
It took 13 years for Dewey to write his book, and he wrote it while in
recovery of Steroid, Marijuana and Alcohol abuse. He also talks about
the process he went though to conquer his demons.
Dewey didn’t start wrestling until 24, as he was a professional golfer
and hockey player. He also opened the first co-ed gym in his home
area and considers himself ahead of his time with the Missing Link
gimmick.
Dewey, 67 years young, still loves to jump off the top rope and
hearing the adulation of the fans, but believes he’s wrestled his last
match. Dewey now wants to help people through his book “Bang Your
Head.”
Dewey puts over the Cauliflower Alley Club’s “Hall of Fame.”
Dewey says Drugs aren’t just a problem in wrestling, but everywhere.
He mentions Wahoo McDaniel, who lost both kidneys because of drug
abuse. He also mentions how “Superstar” Billy Graham is on his second
liver and lost four inches of height because of steroids.
Dewey credits Ken Mantell, legendary booker for WCCW, for coming up
with much of the Missing Link gimmick.
For Dewey, wrestling in Canada was no different from wrestling in the
United States, as there were many territories. The main difference
was that the Southern audiences were easier to wrestle for while in
the North, the wrestlers had to do less showmanship and more
wrestling.
“Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers told Jim Crockett that Dewey would be an
“asset” to Crockett’s company. Dewey then mentions that he was going
to be Crockett’s champion and they tried 3 times. Dewey mentions that
he couldn’t talk like Piper or Flair, which held him back until he
became the Missing Link.
Dewey has two sons and 6 granddaughters.
The town where Dewey currently lives will be honoring him in October
and that he is told, everyday, that he was someone’s favorite wrestler
from the past.
It was great for Dewey to have a full page color picture of himself in
Sports Illustrated.
The “Missing Link” character began in Kansas City, when Dewey began
growing his hair to shoulder length. When Gene Lewis (Hillbilly
Cousin Luke) shaved his head and became “the Mongol” in Texas, Dewey
joined him but was not hired. Then, while in New Orleans, Dewey
wrestled Magnum TA for Ernie Ladd. Dewey grew a mustache like Ox
Baker, ran around the ring like Mad Dog Basham and used a headbutt
like Bobo Brazil while grabbing his own hair like one of The Mongols!
The final step was when Bill Watts told Dewey to paint his face.
Dewey is still an intimidating looking person, and if he’s not smiling
with his eyes, people get nervous around him!
Dewey’s stint in the WWF was short because of some bad choices he made
involving marijuana and alcohol. Dewey goes into a story on how he
wrestled Paul Orndorff one evening, slept at the airport with David
Sammartino and flew home in the morning.
Dewey would drink 15 bottles of beer, one bottle of whiskey and two
bottles of wine every night after his matches.
The future for Dewey is to be a speaker. He speaks about his first
book and his writing about the second one.
Dewey still loves wrestling, and that kids gravitate towards his
“unusual character.”
Dewey has been in recovery for 15 years. Since he’s 67, the
temptation isn’t as strong as if he were in hise 30’s.
Word Associations:
Eddie Guerrero: “It’s sad when you have to keep taking steroids to
keep your job.”
“General” Skandor Akbar: “A great guy.”
“Ravishing” Rick Rude: “Didn’t know much about wrestling, or
anything, but had such perserverence. He wanted to get to the top and
did.”
“The Junkyard Dog:” “He was one of the good guys.”
“Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart: “He was very creative.” Dewey talks
about Jimmy’s book through ECW Press.
Missy Hyatt: “Oh my! Let’s just pray for Missy, okay?”
Percy Pringle: “Percy Pringle’s a genius.” Dewey goes into how the
foreword to his book, which consists of a letter Percy to Dewey as
well as an official foreward Percy wrote for the book.
After going into how Vince wouldn’t enforce his “wellness program,”
Dewey gives one final plug for “Bang Your Head” and his website,
www.deweyrobertsonthemissinglink.ca
