Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson (February 28, 1939 – August 16, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler, known best by his ring name The Missing Link.
As The Missing Link, Robertson wore blue and green face paint and shaved portions of his head while letting the hair grow in other areas.
His gimmick was similar to that of George Steele and Kamala, a crazy out-of-control wild man who needed a trainer or manager to lead him to the ring.
[4] Robertson found more success in tag team wrestling the following year while competing in Toronto, Ontario.
[5] The Love Brothers regained the belts on September 8, but Robertson and Lyons won them back on December 29.
In 1979, Robertson wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions as a heel with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as his manager.
[1] That year, he also won a tournament for the vacant NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship in Toronto by defeating Gene Kiniski, Ken Patera and then Greg Valentine in the final round.
[7] Robertson regained the championship later that year, however, by teaming with Johnny Weaver to take the belts from Tenryu and Fuji.
[8] This allowed Robertson to focus on the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship, which he won a total of five times.
[9] His next reign came in March 1982 when he teamed with Steve Regal to win the belts from Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant.
[9] The reign lasted less than a month, but Robertson and Hernandez held the belts one final time after another victory in September 1982.
He later went to World Class Championship Wrestling under Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc. stable simply called "The Missing Link" and feuded with the Von Erichs and The Fabulous Freebirds.
A full-page photo of The Missing Link appeared in the April 29, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated, which had Hulk Hogan on the cover and reported on Vince McMahon's aggressive strategy to take his World Wrestling Federation national.
[1] Two weeks later, The Missing Link made his WWF debut on May 20, 1985, in Madison Square Garden; he was accompanied to the ring by manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and defeated S.D.
Jones, George Wells, Rick McGraw, Salvatore Bellomo, Tony Garea, Jose Luis Rivera, Lanny Poffo, and Swede Hanson.
[11] On August 18, he was pinned by Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana at the first-ever WWF show in Tampa, Florida.
[11] In September 1985, Heenan traded The Missing Link and Adrian Adonis to manager Jimmy Hart in exchange for King Kong Bundy.
For a few months, he and his wife were homeless until they received help from fellow wrestler Gene Anderson in North Carolina.
Once they returned to southern Ontario a police officer he befriended helped him find work as a court bailiff in Hamilton.
[3] In 2006, his autobiography Bang Your Head: The Real Story of The Missing Link was published by ECW Press.