The Destroyer®
A Stroll Down Memory Lane 

The Destroyer with the Commander of the U.S.S. Prebble. A Destroyer in the U.S. Navy on Navy day in 1970! The Destroyer makes Sushi! 1967 Tour . (Left to right standing) Paul Vachon, "Bunk" Harris, The Destroyer, Waldo "Von" Erich, Pompero Furpo, Ox Anderson. (Kneeling) Dan Miller and Mike DiBiase. The same crew as the picture to the left, standing in front of  "A" Bomb Memorial in Hiroshima. Mike DiBiase, and  The Destroyer, with Yamaguchi, Tokyo sports cameraman.
In front of "A" Bomb Memorial (left to right) Mike DiBiasa, The Destroyer, Kazuo Iiyama,  Tokyo sports writer, Don "Ox" Anderson. Mike DiBiase catches his first fish! A look back at the Cauliflower Alley Reunion (left to right) Danny Hodge, The Destroyer, Red Bastien, and Buddy Rogers. 1989 Ilio DiPaolo Golf Outing (left to right) Rick Azar, Sports Announcer, Ilio DiPaolo, Paul Maguire, former Buffalo Bill, Carmen Basillo, World Boxing Champion, The Destroyer, and The Desroyer's son Rich. Don Manoukian, at 5'7" 250 lbs, looked all over Japan in '65 for a person who was short enough so he could get a picture eating soup off his head!


The Destroyer at Gulf Coast Wrestling Convention in March 1999. The Destroyer with Red Bastien under the mask have their picture taken with the flower girls! 1963- The Destroyer has a reverse headlock on Riki Dozan. 1963- Figure "4" leg lock on Riki Dozan. 1965 - One of the most successful tour for Japan Pro wrestling walking thru Tokyo with our interpreter and referee Joe Higurchi, left to right, Billy "Red" Lyons, The Destroyer, Sweet Daddy Siki, Baron Gatloni and Don Manoukian.

1969 - Tokyo. The Destroyer with tag team partner Bobo Brazil. The Destroyer with Takashi Fukaya in front of Asakusa Shrine. 1969 - Golfing in Japan (left to right) The Destroyer, Angelo Masca, Nikali Volkoff, "Killer" Carl Cox. Baba "chops" Destroyer as referee Oki Shikina watches. The Destroyer vs. Baba in 1967.

  
1965 - The Destroyer vs. Inoki. A Japanese fan cry's for a Destroyer autograph. It does snow in Tokyo! Snow in front of the New Japan Hotel in Tokyo.