Dory Dixon Dorrel " Dory " Dixon ( 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 . Biography . 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 Mexican 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 paperworkd sorted out . Professional wrestling career . 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 Empressa 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 . In 1961 Dixon began working in the United States , some times billed as " the Calypso Kid " , but mainly he worked as Dory Dixon . He would team with Bobo Brazil to form one of the first successful all African American tag team s of that era . He would also wrestle WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers in Madison Square Garden in New York City . He mainly worked for NWA Texas ( Later renamed " World Class Championship Wrestling " ) where he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship . He also 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 Benjamín Mora when they created Universal Wrestling Association ( UWA ) . Dixon appeared on UWA ' s debut card and was one of the " name draws " in the mid to late 1970s . He even wrestled Lou Thesz in the main event of a UWA show in Pachuca , Hidalgo . By the early 1980s Dixon worked more as a special attractions type of wrestler , due to his long history in pro wrestling , and finally retired in the mid 1980s . Private life . Dixon was married to the beautiful Ana Ayala and together they have five children , Dorrel , Eunice , Al , Lloyd and Keneth . After that marriage was broken ; Dorrel married with Virginia Soto who had three children , Althea , Dizzy and Ingmar . Now Dixon is active in the Seventh - day Adventist church , with Dory Dixon being a pastor in the church . He still keeps in amazing shape and preaches a mixture of " healthy mind " and " healthy body " to underprivileged kids and teenagers all over Mexico .