Teddy Long on Why Butch Reed PUNCHED Ric Flair!

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 134

  • @jimbrown5091
    @jimbrown5091 6 місяців тому +25

    Watched Teddy evolve from ring jacket guy to referee to manager to GM...a great career!

  • @119Agent
    @119Agent Рік тому +31

    I was fine with Doom being a tag team for much longer. They were impressive - the only team to hold up against the Steiners and Road Warriors.

  • @jerrym2059
    @jerrym2059 Рік тому +85

    Teddy's a national treasure. Holla' playa!

  • @ashutoshtripathi-rx3hs
    @ashutoshtripathi-rx3hs Місяць тому +10

    Butch Reed was a really tough guy.RIP.Lots of love and respect from Bangalore.🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄

  • @zartan215
    @zartan215 Рік тому +48

    LMAO @ Flair getting punched in the face and tagging out!

  • @sgzartan
    @sgzartan Рік тому +27

    Flair was the booker when Doom was formed. Ole was the booker when they won the titles, while Dusty was booker when they lost the titles.

  • @SharptonsRaceCard
    @SharptonsRaceCard Рік тому +13

    I love listening to this brother speak, and I never miss an opportunity to do so.

  • @ivanadams3809
    @ivanadams3809 Рік тому +23

    Brother your interviews are awesome, thank you for bringing back so many memories

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones Рік тому +32

    Doom was certainly an imposing team. I remember when they had Woman as their manager, when they first showed up. Great fun to watch in action.

    • @GeorgeCarlinWasAGod
      @GeorgeCarlinWasAGod Рік тому +8

      Would have loved to have seen a match between Doom and Harlem Heat.

    • @PtolemyJones
      @PtolemyJones Рік тому +2

      @@GeorgeCarlinWasAGod A clash of Titans! That would have been a good feud I think.

    • @undergroundheatcypher1091
      @undergroundheatcypher1091 2 дні тому +1

      Exactly that's when they were wearing mask!!

  • @theholyvineofdavid647
    @theholyvineofdavid647 Рік тому +12

    Butch Reed was awesome, i have a dream scenario where Verne would have put the AWA title on him in 86 as Butch was a free agent for a good part of that year .

  • @mikejejenich-pb5zx
    @mikejejenich-pb5zx Рік тому +23

    Nobody messed with ron simmons. That would be a big mistake 👋

    • @farscape1714
      @farscape1714 Рік тому +8

      DAMN!

    • @mykoniichistorychannel
      @mykoniichistorychannel Місяць тому +2

      You heard what he did to Ahmed Johnson. If he could get a man that big all jacked up that easy, he’d be a force to reckon with.

  • @northphillyp
    @northphillyp Рік тому +29

    Doom doesn't get talked about enough..still waiting to see a render of them in WWE2k23.

    • @creoleDJ
      @creoleDJ Рік тому +4

      I hope so…I’d buy the game just to have a Doom vs Harlem Heat match! 🤣

    • @kenterminateddq5311
      @kenterminateddq5311 Рік тому +6

      DOOM was dope AF! They were the precursor to Harlem Heat and probably precursor to double-tough tag teams like APA.

    • @northphillyp
      @northphillyp Рік тому

      Doom and a decent Ole Anderson are the only characters I haven't found..

    • @ReanimatorsMutilations
      @ReanimatorsMutilations Рік тому +2

      Surely someone has made them

    • @creoleDJ
      @creoleDJ Рік тому +5

      @@kenterminateddq5311 just like The Skyscrapers, Doom didn’t get the push they deserved…

  • @CP-kb1du
    @CP-kb1du Рік тому +21

    Butch Reed was Legit KC Tough no Joke

  • @nickbower4103
    @nickbower4103 Рік тому +13

    Love Teddy Long, one of tip characters in wrestling

    • @JPS47
      @JPS47 Рік тому +3

      And he could always threaten you by placing you in a match with the Undertaker

  • @bobnewfart7630
    @bobnewfart7630 Рік тому +8

    I watched Butch come along in Mid South he should have been the first black NWA Champ not Ron. Ron was good but Reed was great.

  • @gregorykrug8034
    @gregorykrug8034 13 днів тому +2

    Mount Rushmore of Tag Teams:
    The Midnight Express
    Stevens and Bockwinkel
    Stevens and Patterson
    Doom

  • @Brando-Lee3725
    @Brando-Lee3725 Рік тому +6

    Doom vs The horseman in the street fight was awesome . I always loved that match . I recorded every wrestling show I could find since i got a vcr in 87 and watched them all over and over again ! So I can say I watched this match a bunch ! I rarely ever watched TV . I would watch wrestling tapes over and over even if some were the shitz !

  • @patrickm7483
    @patrickm7483 9 місяців тому +3

    Doom was one of my favorites. I always felt they did them (and Muta) dirty in Starcade 1989 where they lost all of their Iron Team matches.

    • @davidiihouston6883
      @davidiihouston6883 6 місяців тому +1

      Muta was on the way out so he had to be cooled

    • @patrickm7483
      @patrickm7483 6 місяців тому

      @@davidiihouston6883 Thanks. It is something I never considered.

  • @ReanimatorsMutilations
    @ReanimatorsMutilations Рік тому +6

    I dont remember repeats of old wcw on uk tv in the early 2000? Channel 5 used to show some current wcw show.
    Itv used to show wcw worldwide in the early 90s.

    • @manontheedge4179
      @manontheedge4179 Рік тому +1

      Sky sports showed old 1990-92 episodes of wcw worldwide in 2002.

  • @dondemmeljr1765
    @dondemmeljr1765 Рік тому +14

    The time I spent around Butch is so memorable....such a nice guy but don't push his buttons cuz shitz gonna happen! 💯 He always treated me like gold. What a talent! RIP 🙏 🙏

    • @kevthegoat8774
      @kevthegoat8774 Рік тому +1

      Did you ever see him get into it with anyone?

    • @dondemmeljr1765
      @dondemmeljr1765 Рік тому +1

      @@kevthegoat8774 a guy that promoted some shows years ago in Louisiana and a cocky mark. I have heard lots os stories from friends that was with him when he went off...

  • @Filmation77
    @Filmation77 Рік тому +7

    This isn't THAT surprising to me. But the only thing at Gnawed at me was ,The WCW version of The Freebirds were already Long in the Tooth as it were and they were trying to reboot themselves with this late 80's glam metal (Think Steel Panther with over 40 looking guys with Beer Gut)gimmick it was kinda SAD

    • @jimbrown5091
      @jimbrown5091 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes, that version of the Freebirds wasn't great.

    • @crichtonleprechaun5222
      @crichtonleprechaun5222 3 місяці тому

      I was doing good until the glam metal companion. You won with that one.😂😂😂😂

  • @DMForever1
    @DMForever1 Рік тому +10

    Can’t wait for the Gary Hart shank video

  • @brainspin7518
    @brainspin7518 6 місяців тому +2

    Doom was awesome & so were the tag team's during this time frame.

  • @patricklarae9028
    @patricklarae9028 Рік тому +4

    So Butch actually knocked DA Sh!T out of Flair during the Wrestlecon match and it looked REAL...

  • @cjjonez
    @cjjonez Рік тому +3

    Met Butch in 80s in monroe at a ramada. He turned me down for an autograph. Meanest cuss😊👍🏾 never forgot it always was a Mark for him one of my all time favorites.

  • @davidiihouston6883
    @davidiihouston6883 6 місяців тому +1

    Looking back, it's clear they wanted the Freebirds to be transitional champs to put the titles back on the Steiners and start the Doom split

  • @philipclarke9696
    @philipclarke9696 Рік тому +2

    The Freebirds were in WCW for a few years at that point, at least the Hayes and Garvin version. They definitely were an odd choice for Doom to drop the titles to.

    • @buglee3850
      @buglee3850 10 місяців тому

      Yea they won the tag title tournament in 89 I think. The steiners beat them for their first reign

  • @manontheedge4179
    @manontheedge4179 Рік тому +6

    I wonder if Flair would still be so popular with black people if they knew how racist he really is.

    • @Drummer8282
      @Drummer8282 Рік тому +4

      They voted for Biden and there’s plenty of racist things he’s said and available on UA-cam for all to see.
      So I’m guessing the answer to your question is Yes.

    • @MrSawyers
      @MrSawyers 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@tomlott Just like Trump, bush, and Clinton?
      And now DeSantis?
      😆

    • @kennycarlson9996
      @kennycarlson9996 5 місяців тому

      @@MrSawyers not clinton

    • @residentrump3271
      @residentrump3271 11 днів тому

      Most of them are like that. Sad, but true...

    • @datacipher
      @datacipher 20 годин тому

      I’m POC.. the only one not racist is Trump. The rest… yes, racists to varying degrees. Biden and his racial jungle with Byrd is one of the worst.

  • @Teddy42O
    @Teddy42O Рік тому +13

    You better give this video a like or Teddy Long will have you go 1 on 1 vs THEE UNDERTAKKAHH!!! 😂😂😂

  • @darrellgrant7615
    @darrellgrant7615 7 днів тому

    Growing up in the northeast I remember when we got cable and I saw WCW on TBS for the first time. I was immediately obsessed with Sid Vicious and DOOM. Those 3 guys looked scary as hell. WWE didn’t have shit compared to those guys.

  • @tomwalker389
    @tomwalker389 2 місяці тому

    This was Hayes' and Garvin's second reign. Both times they dropped it to the Steiners.

  • @markalan3108
    @markalan3108 Рік тому +5

    as much as I love listening to Dutch - Teddy Long is dam pimp daddy! more with him please

  • @ricg.4435
    @ricg.4435 7 днів тому

    Doom was an awesome tag team; they don't get the respect they deserve!

  • @buglee3850
    @buglee3850 10 місяців тому +1

    His timeline is off. The free birds first showed up around 89 and the free birds won the tournament for the tag team titles. They had been there a few years when they won the belts again in 91

  • @00ghostcobra
    @00ghostcobra 14 днів тому

    They could have gotten the Freebirds over by having them giving Doom all they could handle before losing to the champs after a hard fought, fairly even match. That is how you give a new team some credibility without having your already over heel team lose the titles..

  • @paulbenoit6076
    @paulbenoit6076 Рік тому +3

    Having that kind of attitude will definitely keep you from having along run with a title.

  • @VADER20
    @VADER20 7 днів тому

    The freebirds were not NEW they were already OVER

  • @mking9446I
    @mking9446I Рік тому

    When i was a kid i always thought doom were some kinda muerdeous men and teddy was like master shredder. Teddy has great stories love the man.

  • @SeanRankin2
    @SeanRankin2 6 місяців тому

    That version of the Freebirds (Hayes and Garvin) had been teaming up in the NWA/WCW since July 1989 before Doom even debuted. Teddy's timeline is a bit off, the Freebirds had not just came in from World Class

  • @DIMP11
    @DIMP11 19 днів тому

    I think the Freebirds were chosen as a compromise team because losing to the Horsemen or Steiners would have made Doom look weaker than either. Freebirds could look like a cheating fluke and preserve Doom’s reputation….

  • @kpllc4209
    @kpllc4209 6 місяців тому

    I never understood this decision either. It wasn't to push the Freebirds who had already lost the titles at a tv taping to the Steiners days before they actually won them.

  • @the_real.lionheart
    @the_real.lionheart Рік тому +4

    Yeah Doom was the shit back then

  • @brookesfriend8359
    @brookesfriend8359 Рік тому +1

    Teddy
    RESPECT

  • @miltonjoyner4201
    @miltonjoyner4201 Рік тому +2

    Teddy…playa…ease up on beard polish!

  • @kennycarlson9996
    @kennycarlson9996 7 місяців тому

    damm flair used to say great things about butch as if they were close friends

    • @davidiihouston6883
      @davidiihouston6883 6 місяців тому

      He and Butch had known each other for 10yrs and main evented multiple territories. One dust up didn't make them enemies. I've never seen Flair talk like they were friends just that he enjoyed working Butch and respected him.

  • @JPBADD7549
    @JPBADD7549 6 місяців тому

    When was Butch Reed not in trouble ?

  • @rattlesnake81
    @rattlesnake81 Рік тому +11

    Ric the racist had it coming!

  • @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8
    @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8 Рік тому +4

    The free birds had been there for years they weren't fresh at that point.

    • @metallicbigtoe3949
      @metallicbigtoe3949 Рік тому

      You are correct, however, I think Teddy means it in terms of the fact that they had just rebranded and added Jimmy Garvin to the team 👍

    • @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8
      @mcwhorter141mcwhorter8 Рік тому

      @@metallicbigtoe3949 jimmy had been with the team in that very company for a few years at that point.

    • @SuperTerryBull
      @SuperTerryBull Рік тому +1

      @@metallicbigtoe3949 They already held the World titles with Garvin as a triple like the old freebirds before Gordy left to Japan and worked a program agaisnt the steiners SST and Midnight express as Hayes and Garvin before Doom were even formed with woman .The freebirds rebrand came about 12-18 months later Sir Oliver Humperdink (big daddy dink the road boss) DDP as the manager and brad Armstrong masked as the charachter "badstreet" who they held the world 6 man title with.
      The title run in 89-90 period shook up the division ,but given in 90-92 teams like Steiners RoadWarriors SkyScrapers Doom Rock & Roll Express Midnight Express NWA/WCW were rich enough in tag team talent to have better champions than the Birds ,and thats before you add the likes of Lex and Sting and Arn and Ric teaming together

    • @metallicbigtoe3949
      @metallicbigtoe3949 Рік тому +1

      @SuperTerryBull thanks for the knowledge mate, appreciated 👍

    • @SuperTerryBull
      @SuperTerryBull Рік тому +1

      @@metallicbigtoe3949 Yvw I was a Freebird mark back then

  • @raymondtipton7243
    @raymondtipton7243 9 місяців тому

    Dont believe teddy Saying Reed punched Flair really hard...Him and Flair would go party after the shows n Flair came to mid south

  • @mikejejenich-pb5zx
    @mikejejenich-pb5zx Рік тому

    Holla. “ playa “. 🎤 👋

  • @joshualewis9654
    @joshualewis9654 11 місяців тому

    None of these guys remember

  • @damedan9389
    @damedan9389 10 місяців тому

    WCW was better than WWF = RASSLIN' was better than wrestling back in the day. I loved going to NC for school breaks, I'd pretend to be WWF guys and my cousins would be WCW; the only time WWF was better 😅😅😅

    • @D1Snr
      @D1Snr 7 місяців тому

      I always preferred WCW to WWE. I used to like WCW in the days prior to NWO

  • @billysikes1374
    @billysikes1374 Рік тому +1

    Drinking on the job, no shit

  • @theevn7
    @theevn7 Рік тому +2

    Holla playas!

  • @Gerlad970
    @Gerlad970 Місяць тому

    Do you have to read everything, you use to be spontaneous , nowadays you put reeading into a 3rd of the script.

  • @Butcher_TV
    @Butcher_TV Рік тому +10

    Teddy Long never drew a dime.

    • @CP-kb1du
      @CP-kb1du Рік тому +8

      Been around for years enough said

    • @Butcher_TV
      @Butcher_TV Рік тому +3

      @@CP-kb1du So was Steve Lombardi. That doesnt mean that anyone ever bought a ticket specifically because of him. Weird logic you're using.

    • @RS-cd9cf
      @RS-cd9cf Рік тому

      @@Butcher_TV Teddy is a race baiter who has anger issues !

    • @newageassholes
      @newageassholes Рік тому

      Think you have to be put in a main event position by the office to draw a dime... otherwise it's nothing to do with the mid card or curtain jerkers.

    • @joshuaDstarks
      @joshuaDstarks Рік тому +6

      Teddy Long was never in a position to draw a dime, dolt…..or expected to, goof.

  • @RS-cd9cf
    @RS-cd9cf Рік тому +6

    Teddy always has race hater stories , I wonder why so many stories of hatred yet he seemed to be semi successful in this racist wrestling world ! Makes you wonder

    • @joshuaDstarks
      @joshuaDstarks Рік тому +4

      What color are you?

    • @ferocious4561
      @ferocious4561 Рік тому +3

      Hate comes in many levels. You can be a race hater and still make decisions that are good for business.

    • @jabrockobiden9434
      @jabrockobiden9434 Рік тому +1

      Racism doesnt exist, hes just another victim grifter

    • @mikedeck8381
      @mikedeck8381 Рік тому

      Sure it was really tough for him. The white wrestlers all love each other, have sleepovers and bath together in a room full of teddy bears. Being a wrestler knocks 15 years off your life expectancy it's a tough business for everyone.

    • @MrSawyers
      @MrSawyers 11 місяців тому +1

      Cry more

  • @lanserilstorm8414
    @lanserilstorm8414 Рік тому +1

    Teddys pulled the race card a few times so i dont much care for him.

    • @luna-rt4vx
      @luna-rt4vx 11 місяців тому +6

      Why because he’s telling his truth? Is it hard to believe flair is a racist lol.. maybe you’re one too..

    • @lanserilstorm8414
      @lanserilstorm8414 11 місяців тому

      @@luna-rt4vx were you there? Prove it to me. When someone pulls the race card with a he said she said and no proof. Fuck'em. When hogan used the N word i said wow thats fucked up. Hogan has went on to become one of the biggest liars in wrestling. If flairs racist, prove it. If im racist because i disagree with you...oh fuckin well.

    • @andrewilliams4180
      @andrewilliams4180 9 місяців тому

      ​@@luna-rt4vx💯

    • @raymondtipton7243
      @raymondtipton7243 9 місяців тому

      R you?

    • @crichtonleprechaun5222
      @crichtonleprechaun5222 3 місяці тому +1

      @lanseriletorm8414 Deal with it bruh. You can't get mad with folks for being honest and truthful. If racist s--t happend, then it happened. Putting out in public isn't "playing the race card".

  • @ReneRamirez-d9h
    @ReneRamirez-d9h Рік тому

    Holla Holla Playa, now Undertaker you will take on Brock Lesnar!!...Holla! Holla!