{"id":113445,"date":"2022-05-09T20:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=113445"},"modified":"2022-05-09T20:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:58:30","slug":"billy-dixon-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/05\/09\/billy-dixon-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Wrestler Billy Dixon Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Twitter, independent wrestler Billy Dixon<\/strong> announced his retirement from professional wrestling. Dixon stated, “Firstly, I want to apologize. I’m sorry if I disappointed you with this decision to walk away.” He would then go on to discuss his past, starting wrestling when he was 19, all the while working multiple jobs and doing everything he could to survive while chasing his dream. Dixon would also touch on his injuries and depression, both of which hampered his in-ring career and life in general. “In short, I’ve neglected myself for almost a decade,” Dixon said.<\/p>\n

“It is not accurately stated how much the physical, social, and financial stress that comes with this truly impacts your mental health,” said Dixon on Twitter. “Keep that in mind that wrestlers are in fact human beings; we hurt, cry, and deal with hardships like anyone else. Please be kind.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBillyDixon\/status\/1523791164549124096?s=20&t=_oh2zekSJMBVu1twpJGJWg<\/p>\n

Billy Dixon Retires From Wrestling<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What to Know Regarding Indie Wrestling Star From New York<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In his retirement announcement on Twitter, Billy Dixon listed his various accomplishments in wrestling. From being ranked the number one LGBTQ wrestler in the world to sharing the ring with Extreme Championship Wrestling<\/strong> legends to his work with Paris is Bumping<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, he accomplished much while staying true to his character. At the end of his message, he promised he would give his everything on June 17; he is scheduled to face Darius Carter<\/strong> at the Cassandro Cup 2022<\/em><\/strong> event.<\/p>\n

Hailing from New York, Billy Dixon has worked various independent events, including last year’s Cassandro Cup<\/em><\/a>, and worked multiple matches for organizations such as No Peace Underground<\/strong><\/a>. Game Changer Wrestling<\/strong> fans may be familiar with his work as well. He faced AJ Gray<\/strong> at last year’s EFFY’s Big Gay Brunch<\/em><\/strong> in April and Hoodfoot<\/strong> at this year’s For the Culture<\/em><\/strong>, just to name a few examples.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via Twitter, independent wrestler Billy Dixon announced his retirement from professional wrestling. Dixon stated, “Firstly, I want to apologize. I’m sorry if I disappointed you with this decision to walk away.” He would then go on to discuss his past, starting wrestling when he was 19, all the while working multiple jobs and doing everything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3354,"featured_media":113447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,2192],"tags":[7122],"class_list":["post-113445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-billy-dixon"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}