Dick Beyer Autographs
Richard John "Dick" Beyer (July 11, 1930 – March 7, 2019) was an American professional wrestler is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer and Doctor X. Among other places, he worked extensively in Japan and in 2017 he was awarded one of the country's highest honors, the Order of the Rising Sun.
As an athlete at Syracuse University, Beyer was a member of the varsity football and wrestling teams. He played in the 1953 Orange Bowl for Syracuse. He graduated with a master's degree in education and was a member of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta's Syracuse Chapter, as well as an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He was a schoolteacher and swim coach in New York until he began his wrestling career. Beyer worked the first seven years of his mat career near his Western New York home, due in large part to his coaching job and commitment to the U.S. Army Reserve. Beyer was a member of the wrestling team and also served as an assistant to Ben Schwartzwalder.
Beyer began as a babyface wrestler in the mid-1950s, and he was voted 1955 Rookie of the Year by the Wrestling Life magazine. His career as masked wrestler The Destroyer began in 1962 in Los Angeles. Beyer traveled to California after Freddie Blassie praised Beyer's heel skills to local promoter Jules Strongbow, who informed him he would wrestle as the masked Destroyer. Beyer's original mask was hard to see through and itchy, but Ox Baker lent him a mask made from a woman's girdle, which served well for Beyer. He boasted about his East Coast academic background to help develop his heel character. He used the figure four leg lock (which became his signature finisher) on his way to the Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) championship on July 27, 1962, in a win over Freddie Blassie, who convinced him that the mask gimmick would give him a large push. He defended the championship for ten months. In June 1964, he returned to Los Angeles and beat Dick the Bruiser for another WWA championship run, losing it to Bob Ellis in September, regaining it in November, and finally dropping it in March 1965 to Pedro Morales.
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Traded items with a signature of Dick Beyer
The most expensive item with a signature of Dick Beyer (Dick Beyer The Destroyer Signed All Japan Pro Wrestling Mask & Poster Rare Japan) was sold in August 2020 for $300.00 while the cheapest item (Wrestler Dick Beyer Destroyer Doctor X Autograph Hand Signed Document - Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2021. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2012 with an average selling price of $22.48 for an autographed item of Dick Beyer. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2020 with $300.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was August 2008. In average, an autographed item from Dick Beyer is worth $29.97.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Beyer were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2018 Dick Beyer Dr. X AWA Wrestling Legend Signed Card (PSA) | $45.00 |  |
| 2018 Dick Beyer Dr. X AWA Wrestling Legend Signed Card (PSA) | $75.00 | |
| 2018 Dick Beyer Dr. X AWA Wrestling Legend Signed Card (PSA) | $75.00 | |
| 2018 Dick Beyer Dr. X AWA Wrestling Legend Signed Card (PSA) | $75.00 | |
| Dick Beyer 2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling Autograph 11/25 Auto WWE Destroyer RIP | $24.99 | |
| DICK BEYER 2017 LEAF ORIGINALS WRESTLING BASE AUTOGRAPH AUTO #/99 WWE SP | $34.99 | |
| Dick Beyer 2017 Leaf Wrestling Originals Yellow Auto Autograph DB1 /99 Destroyer | $40.00 | |
| Dick Beyer 2018 Leaf Legends of Wrestling Autograph Card Auto 2017 Originals | $29.99 | |
| Dick Beyer DB1 2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling Blue Autograph Card WWE SN 22 of 25 | $39.99 | |
| Dick Beyer Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA WWE Pro Wrestling The Destroyer Doctor X 4 | $69.99 | |
| Dick Beyer The Destroyer Signed All Japan Pro Wrestling Mask & Poster Rare Japan | $300.00 | |
 | Doctor X Dick Beyer Professional Wrestler Signed Trading Card | $14.99 | |
| THE DESTROYER DICK BEYER AUTOGRAPHED WRESTLING MASK SIGNED w/ COA NWA AWA WWE | $169.99 | |
| The Destroyer Dick Beyer Wrestler Signed 8x10 Glossy Photo JSA Authenticated | $44.99 | |
| Wrestler Dick Beyer Autograph Signed 3x5 Card d19 The Destroyer | $9.99 | |
