RF Video finally sat down with Butch Reed on 10/22/04 in Long Island, NY for a complete shoot interview on his life and career.
Here are some questions we asked Butch.
-How did you get inot the business
-What was your athletic background before you got into the business
-Did you ever use steroids
-How did you wind up goin from Bruce to Butch
-Memories of working for Bob Geigel
-Thoughts on Sam Muchinik
-Memories of Jesse Ventura from your match in St Louis
-Memories, thoughts on working for and with Harley Race
-Memories of working with Bob Sweetan early in your career
-Memories of Jim Duggan from Central States
-Any good road stories from the area
-Memories of Bruiser Brody, thoughts
-Memories of working for World Class
-Thoughts on the Von Erichs, drugs
-Memories wrestling Kerry
-Memories of Iceman Parsons
-Memories of Gino Hernandez
-Was Jake Roberts already a hardcore drug addict at this time
-Memories of the Freebirds
-Thoughts on Fritz as a booker
-Memories of your run in Florida
-Memories of Eddie Graham, thoughts on him as a booker
-Memories of your first matches with Ric Flair
-Memories of your match where Flair was accompanied by David and Kerry
-Memories of your matches with David Von Erich
-Thoughts on Dusty
-Memories of Big John Studd
-Thoughts on Angelo Mosca
-Road stories
-Did you encounter any racist old timers early in your career
-Thoughts on working for Georgia and Ole Anderson
-Memories of Randy Savage back then
-How did you wind up in the Mid South
-Thoughts on Bill Watts as a booker and a boss
-Any good Watts stories
-Do you think Watts was a bully
-Memories/thoughts on Buddy Landel
-Memories of Andre The Giant back in the territories as compared to the WWF
-Memories/thoughts on Ted Dibiase
-Memories of teaming with Jim Neidhart
-Memories of Steve Williams'
-memories of your matches with Magnum TA
-memories of Mr. Wrestling 2
-Memories of Terry Taylor
-Memories of your babyface run in Mid South
-How crazy were the crowds back then
-Memories of Dick Slater
-Memories of what some call the greatest angle of all time between you, Flair, and Slater - neckbrace angle
-Do you think Watts was racist
-Memories of your turn against JYD and your series with him
-Rate JYD as a worker
-Fav matches or moments
-Talk about how hot the feud got
-Do you think if Watts kept his TBS time slot he could have been a success nationally
-Memories of your run as champ
-What was the road schedule like
-What was it like when JYD left for the WWF
-Did Bill Watts blame you and JYD for the lower crowd at the Superdome in November 83
-Memories of Eddie Gilbert
-What lead to you finally leaving Mid South and returning to Central States
-Whos idea was it to bleach your hair blonde in Central States
-Memories of first meeting and working with Slick
-Memories of your matches with Brody
-What did you know at that time of Harley Race confronting Hogan at a WWF show
-How did you wind up in the WWF
-Were you and Slick a package deal
-How were things different there then any of the territories you had worked previous
-Was there any jealousy when you came being that someone was going to lose their spot
-Initial thoughts on Vince Jr
-Memories and thoughts on Hogan
-Memories of your series with Koko
-Memories of Wrestlemania 3
-Why do you think you never had a major pay per view or tv run against Hogan
-Who did you ride with in the WWF
-Memories of matches with Steamboat, rate him?
-How bad were drugs in the locker room during this time
-Memories wrestling Bruno Sammartino on a Toronto house show
-Did you feel Harley had sold out by going here
-Memories of the Dynamite Kid
-How different was it wrestling Duggan in the WWF compared to Mid South
-Memories of your matches with Superstar Graham
-Honky Tonk Man sa |
