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Message: [QUOTE="Symphony Steve, post: 2941745, member: 911"] Here's an amazing fact about Dick Beyer from Wrestling Observer: "To show how big the Rikidozan vs. Destroyer match in Japan was, the final minute of the 61 minute draw, with the audience growing from start to finish, was a [B]72.6 rating[/B]. Not hare, but rating,which meant that 72.6 percent of the homes that had television sets in Japan in 1963 watched the ending of that match live. [B]It is believed to be the single most-viewed live pro wrestling match in history."[/B] It is impossible to overstate how highly-regarded Beyer was in the world of pro rasslin'. A quote from Mike Tenay: "They say that you never should meet your idols because you will be disappointed, but whoever said that never met Dick Beyer." [/QUOTE]