Dick ‘The Destroyer’ Beyer to Receive Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays

According to Pwinsider.com, it was announced over the weekend that Dick ‘The Destroyer’ Beyer has been honored by the Japanese government with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for a lifetime spent promoting goodwill and bi-cultural exchanges between Japan and the United States. The site states that the Award is similar to the United States’ Congressional Medal of Honor; Beyer will receive his award from the Japanese Ambassador to the United States. Beyer worked for the late Giant Baba’s All Japan Pro Wrestling and was considered an extremely important and popular personality in that era.