18 Facts About Dory Dixon

Dorrel "Dory" Dixon was born on February 1,1935 and is a Jamaican retired professional wrestler who worked for the majority of his career in Mexico, where he eventually became a Mexican citizen.

Dory Dixon is currently a pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, preaching about religion and physical health all over Mexico.

Dory Dixon was selected to be a part of the Jamaican weightlifting team for the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Dory Dixon hid with some Mexicans at first since he did not have the proper paperwork once he met the son of Rafael Avila Camacho, the Governor of Puebla, he began working for the governor and eventually had his paperwork sorted out.

Dory 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.

Dory Dixon was Lutteroth's choice as champion, defeating Al Kashley for the title on February 13,1958.

For more than a year Dory 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.

Dory Dixon would wrestle WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Dory Dixon mainly worked for NWA Texas where he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in 1961 defeating Waldo Von Erich.

Dory Dixon teamed with Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship twice, a title he would later win with Nick Kozak after it had been renamed the WCCW Texas Tag Team Championship.

In 1975 Dory Dixon was one of many wrestlers to leave EMLL and follow Francisco Flores, Ray Mendoza and Benjamin Mora when they created Universal Wrestling Association.

Dory Dixon appeared on UWA's debut card and was one of the "name draws" in the mid to late 1970s.

Dory Dixon even wrestled Lou Thez in the main event of a UWA show in Pachuca, Hidalgo.

Dory Dixon before leaving Jamaica to Mexico in 1954, had a daughter he named Grace Angella born to his first love Babs Evans Shirley.

Dory Dixon is the son of Rafael Dixon and Eunice Dixon-Spencer.

Dory Dixon was married to Ana Ayala and together they have five children, Dorrel, Eunice, Al, Lloyd and Kenneth.

Now Dixon is active in the Seventh-day Adventist church, with Dory Dixon being a pastor in the church.

Dory Dixon still keeps in shape and preaches a mixture of "healthy mind" and "healthy body" to underprivileged kids and teenagers all over Mexico.