WWF Wrestling Challenge (9.6.1986) Review
-A few people have asked if I’d review Challenge and, while I like to finish what I’ve started, generally, I really could use a break from WWWWWWWWF All-Star Wrestling, so we’re going to jump ahead eight years, knock out 13 episodes of this bad boy, and then hop back to All-Star Wrestling.
-Quick refresher of the significance of this episode of this show: Even when the WWF expanded nationally, their actual television production still looked really shitty, with two-camera shoots using whatever lighting equipment the venue already had, chintzy graphics, and editing that looked like it was done with a machete and bubble gum. And then in 1985 they got the deal to do Saturday Night’s Main Event and NBC made it clear that they wanted a wrestling show that didn’t look terrible. Dick Ebersol took the WWF under his wing and Vince & Co. took full advantage of it, and actually genuinely LEARNED from the experience of making shows
Former WWWF Tag Team Champion Dean Ho Has Passed Away );
Wrestler Dean Ho, whose 20-plus career included a run with the WWWF World Tag Team Championship, has passed away today at the age of 81. Referee Kevin Jefferies, a longtime friend of Ho’s, revealed on Facebook that Ho passed away on February 20th due to CTE related to his football days.
Dean Higuchi had a career that included stints in the National Wrestling Alliance and WWWF. Born in Honolulu, Ho began a career as a bodybuilder and finished sixth place in the 1956 Mr. America competition. He opened a gym in 1957 that was frequented by several pro wrestlers including Karl Gotch, Rene Goulet, and Don Muraco.