Butch Reed vs. Dusty Rhodes (1983/09/23)

[@pablocuneo4611]

Butch Reed one of the most underrated wrestlers ever. He’s a top ten all time great.

[@ensabahnur7657]

Agreed!

[@pablocuneo4611]

@@ensabahnur7657 I got this dvd 📀 of Butch Reed in the UWF from Highspots wrestling videos. He was on another level of greatness, seriously. The WWE and WCW bookers limited him later.

[@Campcrystal1]

Reed is jacked up here big time

[@robertfullerjr802]

DUSTY AND BUTCH WERE BOTH SOME BADD BROTHAS 👳✌

[@ensabahnur7657]

RIP Hacksaw & Dream!

[@dnx112]

The one and only Hacksaw Butch Reed.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

My favorite Butch Reed line is when he told Buddy Landell, “I am the man boy!” “ You bloodsucka!”

[@veronica0902]

That's when Championship Belts looked like Championship Belts back in the day!!!

[@BorislavVeselinov]

They still do, nowadays. Especially wwe's nxt uk belts and new japan pro wrestling's iwgp heavyweight belt.

[@loosescrews8106]

and it mattered who was champion.. now its who cares.

[@DearGodHaveMercy]

R.I.P. Dusty Rhodes. I love you so much! You sure did know how to give a show! You put so much heart into your wrestling performances. You were and will always be my favorite of all time! The American Dream!

[@neilgoldring4832]

Wow!!!!!! Awesome footage❤️ Reed & Rhodes are on fire here♨️ & it's nice to see Butch Reed holding a singles title. He was awesome & Rhodes singles title reigns speak for themselves.

[@kingdwight9796]

Dusty told Butch Reed “ ILL OUT BLACK YOU “ funny thing is as a kid the HOOD loved Dusty Rhodes, that’s why he said that he was as popular as the JUNKYARD DOG

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

MEGA FACTS!!!

[@PhineasDelgado]

For the kids who've only known wrestling from the "Attitude Era" to now, there are some things you should know. Nothing you see here, except the outcome, was choreographed or known before the two men stepped into the ring. These men didn't speak, didn't see other, didn't arrive together and dressed on opposite sides of the venue. They figured out the whole match - every kick, every punch, every hold - in the ring, in the moment. The promoter told them both what the ending would be and it was up to them to get there. This was when wrestling was more than just a soap opera - it was an event that looked (and likely felt) real.

[@allenfenwick6257]

And they gave us a match that was fifty percent rest holds, neat.

[@alpollard4784]

And they sold out arenas all over.

[@donguapisimo4222]

And the fans didn’t come to see a brand. They came to see the wrestlers. Personality and all.

[@chrischar9428]

​@@allenfenwick6257wear down holds smarky

[@andrewatuahene3234]

Pay the cost to be the boss wow!!! Butch Reed was so ahead of his time when it came to promo's

[@SteveSport_]

True indeed

[@jkdortch2308]

THATS A JAMES BROWN SONG

[@louislacey2383]

Pay the cost, to be the boss, was a James Brown lyric from late 60's early 70s.

[@michaelmadden8269]

"Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" is a well known B.B. King song from the late '60s.

[@jamalyoung7258]

It’s a rick Ross reference from 1945

[@sub4you282]

RIP Butch Reed.

[@andrerichardson3150]

Butch Reed said some New Meat to Beat! LMAO

[@jonathanturbide2232]

2:58 - " If I have to, I'll out black you daddy " LMAO Dusty went there! What a promo. 😊

[@Cashmere.Kufi_88]

No one offended either it wasnt blatant or racial, Dusty just talking shit

[@sub4you282]

Dusty Rhodes was one of the few wrestlers who could say that without anyone taking it the wrong way.

[@wall91nutz]

Dusty owes his whole stardom to being a white guy stealing black vernacular. He was the Elvis of wrestling lol

[@timpilkington60]

@@Cashmere.Kufi_88 REALLY!!!

[@CP-kb1du]

He stole his entire Persona from a Black Man ..Rufus R Jones ... 1975 Florida Wrestling

[@brianjohnson5771]

Love Butch Reed and saw him a few times when he was GCW and Dusty as well. Quietly Butch shouldda kicked his a$$ tho!😎

[@coachrobinson9958]

Two great masters of the squared circle: (REST IN PARADISE)! 🌄

[@AldenRDavis]

Rest in heaven both Dusty Rhodes and Butch Reed.

[@akumawani]

butch reed was always one of my favorites- "get up boy...!"

[@michaeltaylor8835]

RIP Dusty and Butch

[@kingdwight9796]

Butch Reed still alive

[@jonathanturbide2232]

@@kingdwight9796 He passed away today. Rest in peace to both these legendary performers.

[@rb61962]

Always great to Dusty rhodes in action . One of the all time greats .

[@loosescrews8106]

This is a twenty minute match and is more entertaining than 3 hours of RAW.

[@Stevedrums741]

"And if I have to, I'll out black you, Daddy!!" What a line!!LMAO!! And no one batted an eye! Today? there'd be Congressional hearings!!

[@heribertocaraballo1676]

RIP champ. Gone too soon!

[@freddy8479]

I remember as well as seeing on KZbin, THE CLASSIC CAGE MATCH that featured the both of them against "BRUISER BRODY" AND "BIG JOHN STUDD."

[@sjjackson2125]

Did Dusty really, really say he would outblack Butch Reed??😄😆😄

[@youngzeus87]

Dusty swore he was black

[@PGSTELAROCK15]

Butch was a bad ass Dusty had nothing on him period

[@vansims3032]

Dusty wearing that 18 karat yellow gold Rolex watch. Goes to show you what his paychecks looked like

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Dusty rip, butch Rip , & referee p-wee anderson rip

[@danielhackman9810]

Gonna miss him he was all that and a bag of chips in the ring

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

The eightie were great but it was the decade where defensive wrestling died . Everything was offense . I remember as a fan thinking that if you let someone fully synch in an ankle lock the match is over . But you would see people work an ankle lock for 2-minutes with no countering to try to take the pressure off . It exposed to me just how fake wrestling was . I always knew but they used to do a better job of authenticizing the manuvers .

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Look at the sleeper . Once you synch that its over . But not in wrestling . 30- 40 seconds of consticted airflow is all you need . Peobably less .When MMA got popular I thought maybe fans would demand more realism in wrestling but all that happened was old wrestling fans started watching MMA exclusively . I can't do that . I apoeeciate the skill of fighters but as ebntertainment its a gamble .Imagine the main event of Wrestlemania lasting 40 seconds luke Coerrone did . You would feel cheated . To me wrestling can bridge that gap between Sport Entertainment whoch makes no sense at all and MMA which is too real . The problem today is that most of the people becoming wrestlers were fans of Titan Sports Entwrtainment . They want to be actors , they want fame but they don't really have any idea how to connect with an audience and make it seem nearly real . You would have to start with guys who were interested in other sports as kids to try and bring wrestling back

[@danielhackman9810]

You know in reality someone Butch read could beat somebody like Dusty Rhodes he would be already out of gas right now but it's a work

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

Someone once told me it was a coin toss between Butch Reed in Rocky Johnson who is going to be the first black world champion Reed won 🙌 don't know if it's true or not.

[@chrischar9428]

Ummm no

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Dirty Rhodes and the loaded elbow pad. Ernie Ladd was right!!! Just kayfabing here.. Dusty RIP stardust!!!

[@mr1der4]

A 357 on a 44 Frame. That's how you solve any problem with the KKK. RIP BUTCH

[@ronvorpe4048]

Butch Reed the real American Dream he paid the coss to be the boss......ol quarter mule couldnt out black Wayne Brady (rip Dusty )

[@robertquackenbush5547]

Back when butch Reed was still ripped

[@CP-kb1du]

HackSaw Butch Reed was Pumped huge ....Dirty Rhodes never ever seen the inside of a gym the only time he seen the outside of any workout centre more than a minute was when he sitting inside of a Burger Joint eating his combos ...looking at it from the outside ..

[@VolumedMusicMan]

That’s awesome you sound like “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd LOL!

[@donovanredmond8050]

Hilarious!!! But his energy rivaled the fittest of wrestlers!!!

[@CP-kb1du]

@@VolumedMusicMan Respect love it Butch was Legit ..

[@luisvillarreal995]

Butch reed👊💪

[@leandrewilliams630]

Great entertainment even today

[@ronvorpe4048]

new meat to beat....lol.Hacksaw Butch Reed better than pillsbury rhodes who worked out at burger king....... daily

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Poor Pee Wee . That guy died horribly . Fuck cancer .

[@badlabs1]

Dusty Rhodes will “out black” Butch Reed. I will have to agree 😂

[@theoelliott4649]

True Total Package

[@iconpoet]

Out black ya... ONLY Dusty Rhodes

[@CCozart]

Is this the real Sakuraba, if so I trained with you and Takada before his second fight agaisnt Rickson Gracie. I taught you guys the mount escape.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Andrew Gardner: You could say the same now about CV 19. Tired of people being deadly sick and tired!😡😔👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🤦‍♂️B.W.

[@davidholzer4155]

so Butch Reed came up with American Nightmare

[@bostonwilliams4879]

That was real wrestling back then till Vince brought foolishly out

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

VINCE made a product for people who did not like wrestling and had no idea what a good wrestling match looked like . It moved from simulated combat to pure comic book entertainment . That had more fans and that is why wrestling is dead .

[@loosescrews8106]

They knew how to entertain without all of the high flying and dangerous acrobatics.

[@Master_Timothy]

Damm Butch Reed was swole af

[@wall91nutz]

RIP Butch

[@alimamalmahdi]

a classic

[@johncoleman2347]

Rip buch an dusty

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Butch Reed was a natural heel and that is why they called him The Natural .It wasn't because that physique was natural . Dusty Rhodes was indeed a very gifted athlete . How many fat guys have you ever seen that can move so quickly ? That being said , I had grown so tired of Dusty Rhodes and his high drama movie land wrestling that I would alway cheer his opponent . Butch Reed was never the draw Dusty Rhodes was but I liked his style a hell of a lot more than Rhodes' . I was a minority but not as small a minority as it may have seemed . Dusty was over staying his welcome .

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

Dusty wanted the limelight more than the money itself I believe because even when he was the booker in WCW ,he couldn't stay behind the scenes. Dusty had to keep booking himself on top and as much as the fans loved him,even they began booing and jeering at him because they saw too much of him. He craved the spotlight. As a booker you knew he was breaded up big time ($$$$$$$) He should've kicked back,booked a ton of hot angles,got paid and booked himself sparingly every now and again....it would've been better.

[@CP-kb1du]

Dirty Rhodes was not gifted he stole the Persona from Rufus R Jones 1975 Florida Wrestling ...

[@madbrowniac7871]

Of The Modern Era, I'd have to say Kevin Owens. Shockingly fast especially for his size. And brought The Otto Wanz Cannonball to another century. That requires a guy of some size who can scoot!🤔😮🎳🎤🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@chrischar9428]

JFC NO

[@dbsommers1]

Interesting match.

[@mikethomas2641]

👍👍👍👍🍻.

[@altilley2694]

😉🤩🤗

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Dam was butch build

[@gregbgregb8487]

Big dust

[@veronica0902]

Did Butch Reed prophesied Dusty Rhodes's son? Hmmmmmmm.

[@ricg.4435]

Dusty said if he has to be will out black Butch Reed!😀

[@larryfloyd4993]

dusty Rhodes, to me... was more of a wwe wwf... wrestler all show, talk... but over all just a shows... never liked his matches... and if a promotion, had any faith in him, .. he would have been a champion longer no matter what title he had.. he was basically a special attraction..like andre the giant.. gate pusher

[@TheZom1965]

Dirty Rhodes

[@garywilliams5337]

"I will out black ya" Butch Reed knows what it is to be black not you Sir!!!