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Byron James John Robertson (1939-2007) was a {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Kitchener, Ontario, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} best known for his work from the 1960s through the 1980s as Dewey Robertson and, later, as The Missing Link. He started in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} as Dewey Robertson as a {{Face}} and also worked in various territories in the U.S. He and Billy Red Lyons had a run under masks as the TagTeam the Crusaders. He started the Link gimmick in 1983. Over his career, he would compete for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, for [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]], Wrestling/{{WWE}}, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation and for several independent promotions. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/nwa/tri-us-t.html NWA United States (Tri-State) Tag Team Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion]] and a 5x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-t.html NWA Central States Tag Team Champion]]. He died in 2007 after a long battle with cancer.

Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheMissingLink'' or the [[WesternAnimation/MissingLink Laika film]].
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!!! "The Missing Tropes":
* ArchEnemy: [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily The Von Erichs]], the Fabulous Freebirds, the Great Kabuki
* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: ''Bang Your Head: The Real Story of the Missing Link''
%%* AxCrazy
* BadassTeacher: Among the wrestlers he trained were Wrestling/IronMikeSharpe and Wrestling/ValVenis.
* BashBrothers: (as Robertson): Billy Red Lyons, Hercules Hernandez, "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal[[note]]No connection to Wrestling/WilliamRegal[[/note]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: In a match with Aldo Marino when he started with WWE, he had Marino up in a BearHug and rammed him into the corner so hard that the top turnbuckle and entire top rope came loose.
%%* EvolutionaryLevels
%%* FacialMarkings
* FinishingMove:
** (As Dewey Robertson): Figure-Four Leglock.
** (As the Missing Link): Diving headbutt, though his version had him launch himself backwards off the top turnbuckle and turn in the air, or as a top rope splash variation, rather than the more common swandive version.
* HardHead: Could repeatedly headbutt the turnbuckle with no effect. He would also repeatedly hit himself in the head with the ring steps as well as with chairs.
* HeelFaceTurn: In World Class when he rescued Sunshine from the Great Kabuki, and later from [[Wrestling/PaulBearer Percy Pringle]] and Wrestling/RickRude.
* IHaveManyNames: Dewey Robertson, the Crusader, Troy Steel and the Missing Link.
%%* ImprobableHairstyle:
* {{Jobber}}: In WWE. He'd beat lower-ranked guys but would inevitably lose to bigger names.
* PartsUnknown: Billed from there as the Link.
* PowerStable: (all as the Link)
** [[Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar Devastation Inc.]]
** [[Wrestling/PaulBearer The Pringle Dynasty]]
** [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]] (briefly in WWE in 1985)
* TagTeam: The Crusaders
* TrashTheSet: Wrestling/BrunoSammartino defeated the Link by countout at a show in Buffalo, [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState NY]] on July 24, 1985. During the match, he busted several chairs that members of the ringside commission were sitting in, which nearly caused the city to ban WWE.
* UseYourHead: As the Link, he would run at his opponents to headbutt them.
* TheVoiceless: As the Link. There was the occasional grunt or roar, but nothing more than that.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Weird Looking Guy Hot Valet]]: With Sunshine in World Class and with Dark Journey in the UWF.
%%* WildMan
* WrestlingFamily: His sons, Jason and Mark Sterling.
%%* WrestlingMonster