Thursday, August 16, 2007

Missing Link Dies!!

----Byron James John Robinson (born in Kitchener, Ontario), grew up in Hamilton, Ontario where he resided until his death on August 16th, 2007. He was a former professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link. Link had be suffering from a long battle with cancer. He change his gimmick to The Missing Link in 1983 in Mid-South Wrestling and started acting crazy. He got over and was signed by the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. He was managed by both Jimmy Hart and Bobby Heenan and often was stopped from doing a flying headbutt on a chair by Heenan after a match. Sports Illustrated even did an article on him.

----He left for World Class Championship Wrestling in 1986 and was managed by Sunshine. In late 1986, he left for the Universal Wrestling Federation where he was managed by Dark Journey.

----I remember him during his Mid South and World Class days