Posted September 4, 200718 yr comment_5421453 This is JIP, but we get most of it, your basic quality Slater v. Reed match, with Slater bumping all over the ring for Reed's hambones. I love the Slater corner flip bump. Seems weird to have Slater get two pins on Reed which he apparently was all over the circut, but this was fun.
September 4, 200718 yr comment_5421462 Another good match between these 2. Reed is so versatile at being a face or a heel. Slater is such an awesome animated bumper. The guys told a story that was really entertaining. This should make a disk.
November 7, 200717 yr comment_5423598 Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (12/27/85) (Bollom 5) - This was kind of meandering until Reed hits the big shoulder block. Reed jumping on Slater’s leg was an awesome spot to help setup the figure four but it didn’t go anywhere. The match restart was unexpected since there is no point in Reed getting pinned twice. Was Reed on his way out at this point already and was Watts doing a burial? I enjoyed the 11/22 match way better at this point and I am going no on this one.
November 26, 200717 yr comment_5424530 “Mr. Unpredictable” Dick Slater vs. “Hacksaw” Butch Reed (12/29/85) Reed wins he gets Dark Journey for 30 days and this is JIP 10 minutes in. Slater’s dancing around before his punches were great. I agree with Will in that this was a little slower than the normal matches between these two which is odd considering this is the end of the feud. Reed took quite a beating here from Slater before making his big comeback. Reed would hit a flying clothesline that really started his comeback and Slater’s bumping and selling for Reed’s soupbones was great as usual. Slater would come back though for a piledriver attempt that Reed would backdrop him out of then hit his own piledriver with Slater rolling to the apron. Reed would start firing punches on Slater in the corner but Slater picked up his legs and cradled him for a 3 count with the ropes. Tommy Gilbert finds this out though and demands Slater come back to the ring. The match restarts and Reed is throwin the bones then ties Slater in the ropes so he can slap him before engaging in a slugfest. Slater would try to redo the earlier finish again but Gilbert caught him and pulled him off. Reed would try for a diving shoulderblock in the corner and missed with Slater getting a nearfall but got pushed on top of Gilbert. Slater would then KO Reed with some knux given to him by Dark Journey and got the win.
November 26, 200717 yr comment_5424535 I guess my last sentence got cut off on the c/p. "Even with the two pins on Reed this match is definitely good enough to move forward."
