Kurt Beyer

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Kurt Beyer (b. September 23, 1960, in Buffalo, New York) is the son of The Destroyer[1], professional wrestling legend who was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame [2] in 2005, Kurt was raised in Tokyo, Japan, where his father enjoyed huge popularity. Upon graduation from the University of San Francisco, Kurt pursued creative interests, working as a writer/editor at The Yomiuri Shimbun's The Daily Yomiuri and later in Tokyo's advertising industry for Odyssey Inc. In response to an overwhelming urge to follow his father's footsteps, Kurt left the corporate world at the age of 30 and entered The Destroyer Pro-Wrestling Academy in New York. After his father's academy, Kurt returned to Japan and became one of only a few foreigners to go through the hellish All Japan Professional Wrestling dojo, infamous for daily training schedules that included 1,600 sit-ups, 500 back extensions, 1,200 push-ups, 500 squats, hours of sparring and 300 to 500 "bumps" (body slams, back drops, etc.). The ultimate highlight of Kurt Beyer's professional wrestling career came when he served as The Destroyer's tag-team partner for his father's last three matches in Kanagawa, Yokohama and, finally, Tokyo at a sold-out Budokan arena.

In addition to the matches with his father [3], Beyer includes matches with Dory Funk Jr. [4] in Tokyo, Japan, Franz Schumann of Germany's CWA, in Bremen, Germany, and "Flying" Andy Chene among his most notable matches.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, Kurt Beyer defeated "Flying" Andy Chene for the IAW TV Championship.