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Jim Ross On Ron Simmons & Butch Reed Teaming As Doom In WCW, Doom Winning WCW Tag Team Titles In 1990 February 7, 2021 | Posted by Blake Lovell
In a recent edition of Grilling JR, Jim Ross discussed Ron Simmons and Butch Reed teaming as Doom in WCW, Doom’s legacy, and much more. You can read his comments below.
Jim Ross on Doom unmasking to reveal Ron Simmons and Butch Reed: “If it worked really, really well, it was barely working really, really well. I think we were so far down the road that unmasking wrestlers got to be kind of old hat. Predictable. Predictability can be a blessing and a curse in pro wrestling, without question. The unmasking – if it had been Mr. Wrestling II that had a mask on forever and ever and ever or something like that – that’s a different effect. The farther you travel down that road, the less special it has become. But it was time to step forward with those guys. Reed and Ron – they looked awesome and were really, really good workers
Jim Ross Comments On Ron Simmons & Butch Reed Teaming As Doom In WCW, More );
During the latest episode of his “Grilling JR” podcast, Jim Ross commented on Ron Simmons and Butch Reed teaming as Doom in WCW, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Doom unmasking to reveal Ron Simmons and Butch Reed: “If it worked really, really well, it was barely working really, really well. I think we were so far down the road that unmasking wrestlers got to be kind of old hat. Predictable. Predictability can be a blessing and a curse in pro wrestling, without question. The unmasking – if it had been Mr. Wrestling II that had a mask on forever and ever and ever or something like that – that’s a different effect. The farther you travel down that road, the less special it has become. But it was time to step forward with those guys. Reed and Ron – they looked awesome and were really, really good workers, especially Reed at that time. He was ahead of Ron
ORIGINAL: As we sadly noted earlier today, Butch Reed passed away at the age of 66 due to health complications from suffering two heart attacks earlier this year. The wrestling world is mourning the loss of Reed, including a statement from WWE, which reads:
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WWE is saddened to learn that Butch Reed passed away today at the age of 66.
A native of Kansas City, Mo., Reed embraced the sport of wrestling after a professional football career with the Kansas City Chiefs. Reed quickly proved himself to be a force in the Mid-South Wrestling promotion in battles against legendary competitors such as Ric Flair, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Jim Neidhart and more.
WWE And AEW Statements On Butch Reed Passing Away
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WWE and AEW have both issued a statement on the passing of wrestling legend Butch Reed.
As noted earlier, Reed passed away today at the age of 66. His official Instagram account noted that he passed away due to heart complications. It was announced just earlier this week that the former World Tag Team Champion had already suffered two massive heart attacks in 2021.
AEW tweeted, “All Elite Wrestling joins the wrestling world in mourning the death of Butch Reed. Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and his fans.”