bˈeɪɚ bɪɡˈæn æz ɐ bˈeɪbɪfˌeɪs ɹˈɛslɚɹ ɪnðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z, ænd hiː wʌz vˈoʊɾᵻd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈaɪv ɹˈʊki ʌvðə jˈɪɹ baɪ ðə ɹˈɛsəlɪŋ lˈaɪf mˌæɡɐzˈiːn.
Beyer began as a babyface wrestler in the mid-1950s, and he was voted 1955 Rookie of the Year by the Wrestling Life magazine.