Dean Ho

Last updated: April 13, 2025

Title History

  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Johnny Kostas defeating Moondog Mayne & Tony Borne (September 6, 1967);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Earl Maynard defeating Bad Boy Shields & Gene Kiniski [Tournament] (May 12, 1969);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Steve Bolus defeating Bob Brown & Dutch Savage (December 8, 1969);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Steven Little Bear defeating John Quinn & Dutch Savage (March 15, 1971);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Steven Little Bear defeating The Skull Brothers (July 5, 1971);
  • NWA (Texas) American Tag Team titles w/Fritz von Erich defeating Johnny Valentine & Thunderbolt Patterson (January 25, 1972);
  • WWWF Tag Team titles w/Tony Garea defeating Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka (November 14, 1973);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/George Wells defeating Seigfried Steinke & Dale Lewis (January 12, 1976);
  • NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/Ken Mantell defeating Goliath & Black Gordman (July 2, 1976);
  • NWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Alexis Smirnoff (July 16, 1977);
  • NWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title won a tournament (January 14, 1978);
  • NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Moondog Mayne defeating Goliath & Black Gordman (February 22, 1978);
  • NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Ron Starr won a tournament (September 20, 1978);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Klondike Mike defeating Igor Volkoff & Al Tomko (November 30, 1981);
  • (Vancouver) International Tag Team titles w/Sonny Myers defeating Tiny Anderson & Ramon Torres (February 8, 1982);
  • (Vancouver) International Tag Team titles w/Moondog Moretti defeating Butcher Hughes & Bruiser Costa [Tournament] (August 23, 1982);
  • February 20, 2021, Dean passed away due to CTE related to his football days.
birthday: December 30, 1940
hometown: Billed from Hawaii
Retired to Vancouver, British Columbia
height: 6’0?
weight: 264 lbs
trained by: The Destroyer
debut: 1962-1983
previous names: Dean Higuchi
finishing move(s): The Full Nelson
favorite move(s): Karate Chop
notable feuds: Terry Adonis
The Brute
gender: Male
status: Deceased
type: Single
current promotion: Inactive

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