Nickname(s): Cowboy
From: Maryland
Birthday: Jan 13
Aliases: "Handsome"
Ron Reed, "Cowboy" Ron Reed, Ron Reid
Feds worked for: TSW,
NWA, Hawaii, Florida
Finisher: Spinning Neckbreaker
Signature Moves: Thumb to the Throat
Career Highlights: -NWA (Amarillo) North American Champion
-NWA Central States Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Champion (3x)
-NWA (Florida) Southern Champion
-NWA Florida Television Champion
-NWA Georgia Champion (6x)
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Champion (2x)
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/
Roger Kirby)
-NWA Macon Champion
-NWA Macon Tag Team Champion (4x, 1 each w/ Homer O'Dell,
Karl Von Stroheim,
Skandar Akbar & Big Bad John)
-NWA North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Buddy Gilbert)
-NWA Southeastern Champion (2x)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Gorgeous Geroge, Jr.)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (3x, w/
Jack Donovan)
Affiliates: Jack Donovan,
Laverne Bottoms, Homer O'Dell
Notable Feuds: The Torres Brothers, Cyclone Soto, El
Mongol, Leo Garibaldi,
Buddy Fuller, Salvador Dominguez, Fred Blassie, Nick Bockwinkel, Paul Jones, Ron Fuller, Gene Anderson, Ole Anderson
Official Website: www.buddycolt.com
Other Facts: -Joined the Marines and started working out on a regular basis to build up his muscle mass.
-Got involved with body building and placed second in the 1960 Mr. Washington DC bodybuiling contest.
-February 20, 1975:
Buddy Colt was piloting a Cesna 182 from Miami to Tampa with passengers
Bobby Shane,
Gary Hart and Mike McCord (aka Austin Idol). There was some bad weather, so Colt was forced to land at the airport on the nearby Davis Island but missed the landing and the engine stalled and they ended up crashing nose-first into the water! Buddy Colt, Gary Hart & Mike McCord were all able to free themselves from the wreckage and swim to safety but Bobby Shane was not as lucky. He drowned and passed away at the age of 29. Colt's right ankle was shattered and his in-ring career ended at this point.
