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Post by spladle125 on Feb 5, 2021 17:49:35 GMT
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Post by Shootist on Feb 5, 2021 18:21:23 GMT
Damn, I just heard yesterday he was sick. Loved his run with Doom in WCW and thought the WWF could have used him better in 1987/88. Just an all around bad ass.
RIP Hacksaw
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Post by bodyslam on Feb 6, 2021 0:07:55 GMT
One of my all time favorites. His Mid-South stuff is great. I was at the Sam Houston Coliseum for the dog collar match that was part of his legendary feud with JYD and a few other of his matches.
RIP
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Post by Baker on Feb 6, 2021 2:23:26 GMT
This sucks. I didn't know about his recent health issues.
Butch had a legendary run in Mid South, a good run teaming with Ron Simmons as Doom in WCW, and was part of a memorable angle in WWF when he and the One Man Gang injured Superstar Billy Graham in late 1987.
Watched the classic Doom/Horsemen street fight at Starrcade 90 when I heard the news. I was a big fan of Butch's odd couple pairing with Buddy Landel in Mid South. They were a hoot together. Their vignettes were about the closest Mid South came to sports entertainment. So I also watched a Butch & Buddy vs. Rock & Roll Express match when I couldn't find any of their outside the ring segments.
RIP Butch Reed
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Post by Kilgore on Feb 6, 2021 10:22:21 GMT
In retrospect, The Natural was not a great run, but as my first view of Butch Reed it left a great impression on me. He just seemed like a star, looked like one, acted like one, through sheer charisma I thought he was better than he might have actually been during that period, which I mean 100% as a compliment. That's fucking wrestling, baby.
His Doom run was awesome. Ron's best partner ever (fuck you, Bradshaw). I was still young enough where heels scared me, but I was always hyped to see them.
I always thought it was odd that he sort of disappeared after the Doom run. I think we spoke about this in the past and some reason was given, but dude not having a run in early ECW is a missed opportunity, I'm not hearing any differing opinion about that.
I really should watch his Hacksaw days, see him at his best.
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Post by Ed on Mar 4, 2021 0:32:59 GMT
Butch Reed should have had a run with the NWA title in the 1980's. Hacksaw was that good back then. RIP to a true legend.
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Post by 🤯 on Mar 4, 2021 16:00:50 GMT
Butch Reed should have had a run with the NWA title in the 1980's. Hacksaw was that good back then. RIP to a true legend. Or at least have been a WWF IC Champ!
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Post by spladle125 on Mar 5, 2021 2:22:42 GMT
Butch Reed should have had a run with the NWA title in the 1980's. Hacksaw was that good back then. RIP to a true legend. Or at least have been a WWF IC Champ! If Butch got the IC as planned then we wouldn’t have been graced with the greatest IC champ of all time.
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Post by 🤯 on Mar 5, 2021 3:31:57 GMT
Or at least have been a WWF IC Champ! If Butch got the IC as planned then we wouldn’t have been graced with the greatest IC champ of all time. How do you know Butch wouldn't have been the greatest IC champ of all time? 🤨
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Post by spladle125 on Mar 5, 2021 14:31:25 GMT
If Butch got the IC as planned then we wouldn’t have been graced with the greatest IC champ of all time. How do you know Butch wouldn't have been the greatest IC champ of all time? 🤨 Because he can’t sell it like the song and dance man from Memphis could.
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Post by 🤯 on Mar 5, 2021 15:28:19 GMT
How do you know Butch wouldn't have been the greatest IC champ of all time? 🤨 Because he can’t sell it like the song and dance man from Memphis could. Guess we'll never know!
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