Dawn Murphy, a.k.a. Princess Delta Dawn, fought in the pro-wrestling circuit in Canada, going on to compete in Japan. Murphy says she was able to reconnect with her Carrier First Nations culture, thanks to wrestling.
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.