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Butch Reed

Nickname: Hacksaw; The Natural

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 264 lbs

From: Warrensburg, MO

Birthday: Jul 11th

Pro Debut: 1978

Aliases: Bruce Reed, Doom # 1

Feds Worked For: AWA, GWF, IPW, IZW, MSW, MStW, MSWA, MWA, NWA, NWA-U, PZWA, SWCW, USWA, UWF, WCCW, WCW, WLW, WWF, All-Star Wrestling (KS/MO), Florida Championship Wrestling (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), MWCW, MWF, NWA Central States (KS/MO), Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling (IL)

Finisher: Top Rope Clothesline

Signature Moves: Flying Shoulderblock, Flying Lariat

Career Highlights: -GWF North American Champion
-MStW Champion
-MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion (w/ Jim Neidhart)
-MSW North American Champion (2x)
-MSW Television Champion
-MTW Champion (2x)
-MTW Tag Team Champion (w/ Ray Roberts)
-MWCW Champion
-MWF Champion
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Jerry Brown)
-NWA International Champion
-NWA North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Skip Young)
-NWA World Tag Team Champion (w/ Ron Simmons)
-USWA World Champion
-WLW Champion

Affiliates: Jerry Roberts, Buddy Landel, Jim Duggan, Ron Simmons, Woman, Slick, Jim Neidhart, Jake Boulder, Teddy Long, Matt Riviera, Jimmy Garvin, Rufus R. Jones, Stevie Caballero, The Canadian Red Devil, Ray Roberts, Jerry Brown, Skip Young

Notable Feuds: The Kelly Twins, Koko B. Ware, Billy Graham, Skandar Akbar, Marcus Alexander Bagwell & The Patriot, The Steiner Brothers, Jim Duggan, Michael Barry, Dick Slater, Jim Neidhart, Rod Price, Bruiser Brody

Other Facts: -Real name was Bruce Franklin Reed
-Played football collegiately at Northeast Oklahoma A&M before transferring to University of Central Missouri
-Played professional football for the Kansas City Chiefs
-As Bruce Reed, he also used the nickname "Hacksaw"
-Once got into a fist fight backstage with Nord the Barbarian that started at an afternoon show in Oklahoma City. Later that night Bill Watts made the two of them finish the fight in Tulsa to get it out of their system
-According to a persistent myth, Reed no-showed a set of TV tapings where he was booked to win the WWF Intercontinental title, resulting in the championship instead being put on The Honky Tonk Man. However, in a shoot interview, Reed has said this is untrue. In fact, when The Honky Tonk Man won the title from Ricky Steamboat in June 1987, Reed was shown celebrating with Honky and other wrestlers in the locker room
-Was the first person to be eliminated from the first Royal Rumble in 1988. He was eliminated by Jake Roberts.
-In 1989, Reed teamed with The Iron Sheik and defeated NWA United States Tag Team Champions Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner at a WCW house show in New Haven, CT. The title change happened due to heel referee Teddy Long and pictures exist of Shiek & Reed with the US Tag belts. But for unknown reasons, that title change was never acknowledged.
-Was supposed to be part of the Nation of Domination. He was approached by Ron Simmons to come back to the WWF, but turned it down, telling Ron Simmons that he was done being a full time pro wrestler.
-Former member of The Yamasaki Corporation
-Inducted into the MWA Hall of Honor on October 9, 2010
-Ranked # 123 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 116 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked # 341 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked # 114 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked # 268 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Passed away February 5, 2021 at age 66 after suffering two heart attacks in weeks prior to his death and being diagnosed with COVID-19 on January 12th.
-Posthumously inducted into the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025