On February 18, 1982, however, he dropped the belt back to Lewis. He lost the belt to Oliver Humperdink later that year but soon regained it in a rematch. On October 22, 1981, he won the NWA Central States Television Championship with a victory over Gene Lewis. Robertson moved to Central States Wrestling, where he won the majority of his titles. Robertson regained the championship later that year, however, by teaming with Johnny Weaver to take the belts from Tenryu and Fuji. The pair held the belts for almost two months before dropping it to Genichiro Tenryu and Mr. He won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship by teaming with George Wells to defeat The Sheepherders on December 12, 1980. Into 1980 he traveled between Ontario and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, where he continued to wrestle as a tag team competitor. He was offered a contract as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, but the NWA had concerns over his drinking habits. He later lost the Canadian title to the Great Hossien AKA the Iron Sheik. He fought both NWA World Champion Harley Race and AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel in separate matches in Toronto. That year, he also won a tournament for the vacant NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship in Toronto by defeating Gene Kiniski, Ken Patera and then Greg Valentine in the final round. He used Rogers' figure-four leg lock as his finisher. In 1979, Robertson wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions as a heel with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as his manager. During one match his right leg was broken while performing a sunflip on one of the Kelly Twins. Robertson and Lyons had one final reign as champions, however, when they won a rematch on August 24. They then held the belts for over six months before dropping the title to Mike and Pat Kelly in June 1975. The Love Brothers regained the belts on September 8, but Robertson and Lyons won them back on December 29. He teamed with Billy Red Lyons to win the Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Championship from The Love Brothers, Hartford and Reginald, on June 23, 1974. Robertson found more success in tag team wrestling the following year while competing in Toronto, Ontario. They held the belts until July, when they dropped them to Alex Perez and El Gran Tapio. Robertson's first title victory came in May 1973 when he teamed with Dennis Stamp to win the Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. He also owned a gym in the 1970s, and had a famous television spot where he tore up a phone book in a supermarket ad. After that, Robertson formed a tag team called "The Crusaders" with Billy Red Lyons ( Willem Snip ). He was on a crusade to keep wrestling scientific but was soon unmasked by The Sheik. He left to wrestle in the Southern United States and Australia in 1973, but returned a year later as "The Masked Crusader" with manager John St. Watson was however the godfather of Robertson`s sons. It was long believed that he was a protege of former NWA World Champion Whipper Billy Watson ( William Potts ), but Watson didn't start him in the business. He was a very popular babyface in the Toronto area. Robertson started wrestling in his native Canada in the 1960s under the name of "Dewey Robertson". Professional wrestling career Early Career
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