Dory Dixon
| Dory Dixon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 1, 1935 Jamaica |
| Residence | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Calypso Kid Dorrel Dixon Dory Dixon |
| Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Billed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Trained by | Rafael Salamanca |
| Debut | 1955 |
| Retired | 1980s |
Dorrel "Dory" Dixon (born February 1, 1935) is a retired Jamaican professional wrestler who worked for the majority of his career in Mexico, where he eventually became a Mexican citizen. He is currently a pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, preaching about religion and physical health all over Mexico.
In late early 1950s Dorrel Dixon was a competitive weightlifter in his native Jamaica, winning the "Mr. Jamaica Body Beautiful" tournament. He was selected to be a part of the Jamaican weightlifting team for the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City, Mexico. While Dixon did not speak any Spanish he became so enamored with Mexico that he decided to stay behind when the rest of the Jamaican team returned home. Dixon hid with some Mexicans at first, since he did not have the proper paperwork, but once he met the son of State of Mexico governor Rafael Villa Macho he got a job working as a bodyguard for the Governor and got his paperwork sorted out.
Dixon was originally not a fan of professional wrestling, he was working as a Physical Education Teacher when he met Salvador Lutteroth, Mexico's premier professional wrestling promoter. Lutteroth was so impressed with Dixon's physical appearance and personality that he convinced him to give wrestling a try. After training under Rafael Salamanca, Dixon made his professional wrestling debut in 1955 for Lutteroth's Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In 1958 the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) granted Salvador Lutteroth the booking rights to the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship at their annual NWA Conference. Dixon was Lutteroth's choice as champion, defeating Al Kashley for the title on February 13, 1958. For more than a year Dixon held the title, defending it in main events of shows all over Mexico before losing the belt to Ray Mendoza on September 11, 1959.
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