Ted DiBiase Recalls Butch Reed’s Mid-South Push, What Reed Was Missing That Junkyard Dog Had

On the latest episode of Everybody’s Got a Pod, WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase talked about Butch Reed’s push in Mid-South Wrestling and more. You can check out some highlights below:

On Butch Reed: “I thought he was a good guy. I had no — I didn’t know that much about him, but I mean, I thought he was a pretty good guy and the other. The other thing is, you gotta understand — okay, Junkyard Dog. Bill Watts is the first wrestling promoter to feature as his star babyface, a black guy. You know, 90% of the fans in Louisiana were black. So why not have that — to me, it’s just common sense [to push Butch Reed].”

On what Reed was missing: “Butch Reed was good, but he wasn’t Junkyard Dog. Like [you] said, the intangible; the charisma. You could put a wrestler in the ring and he can do everything right. But if he has no charisma, he’s not going to get over. He was great as well. And I think that might be where the difference was. In the ring, he was good but you know, he wasn’t as colorful. You know what I’m saying? He wasn’t as colorful as JYD.”

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