[1985-08-04-Houston Wrestling] Butch Reed vs Eddie Gilbert

[shoe]

I really thought this was fun. I bet wrestlers loved working with Gilbert. He bumped big. He fed for Reed. He stooged his ass off to get Reed over. Reed was super over and got over big. A fun match. 2 1/2*

[goc]

Man that big flying shoulder block for the finish looked great.

[KB8]

Yeah, this was fun. Gilbert is full on stooge-weasel and does nothing in the first five minutes but whine, stall and take one huge pinball bump off a punch. Reed's stuff looked killer here; meaty punches, skull-cavey forearms, a big Vader-style clothesline, big suplex and an awesome flying shoulder tackle. Gilbert's shtick wasn't totally perfected yet (compared to '87 when he REALLY turned up the douchebaggery), but this was a fine way to spend ten minutes. I also got a kick out of Boesch referring to Reed as Hacksaw Duggan the entire match.