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comment_5598446

I was sure there was a Butch Reed thread, but I can't find it. If there is one, apologies.

 

Anyway, you can discuss Reed generally here.

 

But it only just occurred to me: whatever happened to him after WCW? How come Reed never got another big run anywhere? USWA in 92. Then ... nothing in 93? Then ... Global in 94? Then, that's it? Really? What happened to him?

comment_5598454

I have a Butch Reed compilation that is probably my favorite single wrestler comp. I honestly feel like he is one of the most under-rated guys ever. He wasn't a great talker but was a good heel promo and he was very good in the ring. I think he's a guy from that time period that would be far more successful today than he was back then.

comment_5598661

When I asked goodhelmet for a Butch Reed comp recently, his response essentially was: "Damn, I haven't made one of those in so long, I'm not sure the burner will cut through all the dust!"

 

I admit, I laughed at it! That being said, I ordered it because I've read a lot about how good he was in the mid-80s and I want to see more. Haven't quite gotten around to it yet (work, work, work!), but it's at the top of my list.

 

I wanted to see if there's more to him than I know as "the guy in DOOM that wasn't Simmons".

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comment_5601163

I was really hoping for a Butch Reed - Rick Martel series for the AWA title in 1985, but Butch bolted before they could get it off the ground.

 

Verne was cluesless as far as knowing how to use Reed. Jimmy Garvin's bodyguard. Please. Watts used Reed the best. Florida and Georgia used him good. So did St. Louis. His WWF stint was a joke. I liked Doom in Turner.

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comment_5707873

None of the Reed/Flair matches on the Mid-South set really did that much for me. I'd recommend the Murdoch/Reed matches (9/22/1985, 10/14/1985) WAY more than any of the Flair/Reed stuff. I guess the best one was the 1 hour draw (I think that's 8/10/85) but for myself I couldn't imagine ever wanting to watch another Flair broadway.

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comment_5707877

I recall the Horsemen vs. Doom stuff from 1990 being a lot of fun, but can't actually recall if Flair got himself involved in an actual match. It might have been Arn and Windham only.

 

I like the Butch Reed stuff that made the Mid-South set, and coming up to His matches vs. Flair, Ted and Murdoch soonish. Before that in 84 sort of time he's mostly against guys like Skip Young of Master G or guys like that. Has a great performance vs. Rock n Rolls.

 

He has an interesting match with Dory Funk, I think it's from Florida, 2/3/82 (about 3.5 stars imo).

 

Generally I think Reed is better positioned as a heel than a babyface.

comment_5707906

I recall the Horsemen vs. Doom stuff from 1990 being a lot of fun, but can't actually recall if Flair got himself involved in an actual match. It might have been Arn and Windham only.

Flair and Reed had a singles on one of the Clashes in late 1990. I think it might have been the one with the totally mental Black Scorpian / Tiger magic trick? The match was really just ok though I thought.

 

Also, I seem to recall a rumour around mid-late 95 that Eric Bischoff were going to bring Simmons and Reed back as Doom, but nothing came of it in the end either. Does anyone else remember this?

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