Legendary referee passes away!!!
 

Legendary referee Joe Higuchi passed away recently after a long battle with lung cancer; he was 81 years old.

Higuchi practiced judo since he was a kid. After World War II, he became a judo instructor. It was during this time he learned English, which was beneficial for foreign talent years later.

Higuchi started out in pro wrestling as a wrestler in 1954. After six years, he retired as a wrestler in 1960 after joining the JWA. After a five-year hiatus, Higuchi returned to pro wrestling as a referee in 1965.

Higuchi would be one of the original members of All Japan Pro Wrestling, when Giant Baba formed the promotion in 1972. He was their senior referee. He was also the first Japanese referee for the National Wrestling Alliance. He would referee an NWA World title match in St. Louis between Jack Brisco and Dory Funk, Jr. He would retire from refereeing in 1997, becoming a caretaker to foreign talent. He would retire from All Japan in 1999, after the death of Giant Baba.

At the time of his death, Higuchi was the chairman of the Global Honored Crown championship committee for Pro Wrestling NOAH, a position he held since 2001.

Higuchi was the main man who help foreign talent get around in Japan. Outside pro wrestling, he was a chef.

He was also known for his "ref bumps," which would be used by many pro wrestling referees around the world. Although he was criticized for being slow, he was consistent. The speed of his counting, especially for pinfalls, rarely changed.

How to Impress Someone With Your Intelligence

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lol, James Steele uses wikihow.

I was reading Japanese news sites, CSL.

DLVH84, you are now a sworn enemy of the H State. Prepare to be miserable on TPWW until the day you die...you fucking piece of arrogant puro-loving shit.

Now for something to calm all of us down...

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Steele, I have no problem with you or anybody for that matter. Not only I boast Japan's wrestling, I also boast Canada's, Europe's, Mexico's, Australia's, and Puerto Rico's wrestling with pride. I wanted to add some international flavors. Not ALL my posts are Japanese-related. I have done Canadian and Australian-related posts.

As soon as I saw this on the front page I knew DLVH84 would make a thread of it.

And for the record, I doubt anyone here knows, or cares, who this guy is.

:lol: I said the same thing.

Mind you I do like japanese wrestling but for some reason DLV8 you come across like a know it all dick.

Through the years of being here, people like you always come and go. Not saying anything bad about you, just this board is never going to be to thrilled about your post. Would be better of you to move to a board that discusses these types of issues/events/etc etc.

Again, who??

The referee from John Cena's last movie. So tragic.

Ok that was more relevant than all of that Japanese crap above. The guy was 81, I think he got to see all he wanted.

Your area of expertise is different than mine and unfamiliar, therefore you are an asshole for posting this.

I know and care. Actually a pretty big loss, not tragic, but a big loss nonetheless.

Anyway, people need to relax. If the dude has a real/legit interest in puroresu, and wants to post about it, more power to him.

Thank you, Kevin.

Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta died last Thursday. :shifty:
Just figured I'd mention that, since most of us knew of her about as well as we knew of this legendary referee.

I don't think you've ever posted a thread about someone I've heard of and all of these tread titles contain the word "legendary".

I MUST HAVE BEEN LIVIN' UNDER A ROCK!