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Bruce Reed was a professional wrestler for a time better known as The Natural Butch Reed.

History

Butch Reed (born Bruce Reed) started wrestling in 1978 in the Kansas City area.

Reed wrestled in the NWA in the early 1980's and made a name for himself in Mid-South Wrestling from 1983 through early 1986 as "Hacksaw" Butch Reed. He won all of the titles there and feuded with Dick Slater, Magnum T.A. and Dutch Mantel.

He went back to Kansas City and obtained Slick as his manager in 1986. That summer, he lost a loser leaves town match to Bruiser Brody and left with Slick.

They went to the WWF where Reed dyed his hair blonde and became "The Natural" Butch Reed. He feuded with Koko B. Ware and then with Intercontinental Champion Ricky Steamboat but no-showed the match where he was going to win the title and ended up in the WWF's dog house. Consequently, Reed exited quickly in the 1988 Wrestlemania IV Championship Tournament, losing to eventual tournament winner Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

He left the WWF in early 1989 and went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions. He feuded with Junkyard Dog and was briefly managed by James J. Dillon before his contract was "sold" to Hiro Matsuda's "Yamasaki Corporation".

In 1989, he formed a team called Doom with Ron Simmons. They wore masks and were managed by Woman. She wanted them to beat Rick and Scott Steiner for the NWA World Tag Team Titles but they couldn't. Woman fired them and the Steiners took their masks in a match at the Clash of Champions.

Theodore Long became their manager and they won the Titles. They feuded with the Road Warriors and the team of Ric Flair & Arn Anderson before losing the titles to Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in February 1991.

The promotion became WCW and Reed turned on Simmons, which started a feud. Simmons won the feud when he defeated Reed in a cage match at Super Brawl on May 19, 1991.

Reed then teamed with Cactus Jack and The Barbarian.

He left WCW in 1992 and wrestled in the United States Wrestling Association where he feuded with Junkyard Dog again before moving on to the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994. His stay there was brief and he was soon back on the independent scene in a semi-retirement stage so he could participate in the rodeo circuit in Kansas City.

Reed retired in 2002 after wrestling for Harley Race's WLW promotion and winning the title there.

Butch Reed once again returned to the ring in 2005 for Mid States Wrestling.

Profile

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 260 lb (118 kg)
Birthday: July 11, 1954
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri
Trainer: -
Managers: Tarzan Tyler, Theodore Long, Slick, Woman, James J. Dillon
, Hiro Matsuda, Skandor Akbar
Other Gimmicks: Bruce Reed, "The Natural" Butch Reed, "Hacksaw" Butch Reed
Finisher: Gorilla Press Slam

Championships/Accomplishments

World Championship Wrestling

1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Ron Simmons)

National Wrestling Alliance

1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Ron Simmons)
1-Time NWA North American Tag Team Champion (with Skip Young)

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