Real Name: Bruce Franklin Reed
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 264 lbs.
Date of Birth: July 11, 1954
Date of Death: February 5, 2021
Hometown: Warrensburg, Missouri
Pro Debut: 1978
Retired: 2013
Trained By: Ronnie Etchison
Finishing Move: Elbow Drop
Biography
– Reed played college football at the University of Central Missouri and was signed to the Kansas City Chiefs for 1976, but was cut before the season began.
– Reed trained for a wrestling career shortly thereafter, and would debut in 1978
– On December 30, 1980, Reed & Jerry Roberts defeated Mike George & Bob Sweetan to win the NWA Central States Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to The Kelly Twins (Mike & Pat) within a month
– On April 11, 1982, Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Dory Funk Jr & David Von Erich to win the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
– On April 25, Reed & Sugar defeated Hiro Matsuda & Chris Markoff to retain the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
– On May 3, Reed defeated Dory Funk Jr to win the NWA International Heavyweight Title
– On May 13, Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Hiro Matsuda & Jim Garvin to retain the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
– On May 15, Reed & Sugar defeated The Von Erichs (Kevin & David) to retain the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
– On July 4, Reed & Sugar defeated Jim Garvin & JJ Dillon to retain the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
– On September 7, Reed & Sugar defeated John Studd & JJ Dillon to retain the NWA North American Tag Team Titles
– On July 16, 1983, Reed defeated The Junkyard Dog to win the Mid-South North American Title
– On July 20, Reed defeated Magnum TA to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– On August 7, Reed defeated The Junkyard Dog to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– On August 23, Reed defeated Chris Adams to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– On September 1, Reed defeated Tommy Rich to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– On September 9, Reed defeated Mr Wrestling II to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– On October 9, Reed defeated Steve Williams to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– On October 12, Reed & Jim Neidhart defeated Jim Duggan & Magnum TA to win the Mid-South Tag Team Titles
– On November 13, Reed & Neidhart defeated Jim Duggan & The Junkyard Dog to retain the Mid-South Tag Team Titles
– Reed teamed with Pez Whatley to win the GCW Thanksgiving Day Tag Team Tournament, defeating Magnum TA & Randy Savage in the final
– On November 29, Reed & Jim Neidhart defeated Jim Duggan & Magnum TA to retain the Mid-South Tag Team Titles
– On December 2, Reed & Neidhart defeated Magnum TA & Mr Wrestling II to retain the Mid-South Tag Team Titles
– On December 16, Reed & Neidhart defeated Steve Williams & Mr Wrestling II to retain the Mid-South Tag Team Titles
– In early 1985, Reed joined the AWA for a short stint
– On July 22, 1985, Reed defeated Dutch Mantell to win the Mid-South Television Title
– On August 2, Reed defeated Mantell to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On August 11, Reed defeated The One Man Gang to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On August 14, Reed defeated Jerry Grey to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On August 28, Reed defeated The Nightmare to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On September 8, Reed defeated The Barbarian to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On September 25, Reed defeated Bob Brown to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On October 9, Reed defeated El Corsario to retain the Mid-South Television Title
– On October 14, Reed defeated Dick Murdoch to win the Mid-South North American Title. As a result, he vacated the Television Title
– On October 25, Reed defeated Murdoch to retain the Mid-South North American Title, and did so twice more over the next two weeks
– Through November 1985, Reed successfully defended the Mid-South North American Title against Dick Murdoch, Lord Humongous, The Nightmare and Dick Slater
– On December 13, Reed defeated Dick Slater in a No-DQ Match to retain the Mid-South North American Title
– Reed joined the WWF in late 1986
– At WrestleMania III, Reed defeated Koko B Ware
– At Survivor Series 1987, Reed, Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, The One Man Gang & Andre The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Don Muraco, Paul Orndorff & Ken Patera
– Reed left the WWF following WrestleMania IV and was with WCW by January 1989
– At Clash Of The Champions 5, Reed defeated Steven Casey
– At WrestleWar 1989, Reed defeated Ranger Ross
– Reed joined Ron Simmons as ‘Doom’, both men donning masks for the gimmick, despite their identities being obvious to fans and opposition alike
– At Halloween Havoc 1989, Doom defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott)
– At Clash Of Champions 9, Doom defeated Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich
– Both members of Doom were unmasked following a loss to The Steiners at Clash Of The Champions 10, but would continue to team together
– At Capital Combat 1990, Doom defeated The Steiner Brothers to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Clash Of The Champions 11, Doom defeated The Steiner Brothers to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At the 1990 Great American Bash, Doom defeated The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Halloween Havoc 1990, Doom fought The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair & Arn Anderson) to a double countout to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Starrcade 1990, Doom fought The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson & Barry Windham) to a double pinfall draw to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– Doom separated following the 1991 WrestleWar PPV, with Reed turning on Simmons
– At Clash Of The Champions 20, Reed & The Barbarian defeated Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham
– Reed left WCW in late 1992
– On October 12, 1992, Reed defeated The Junkyard Dog to win the USWA Unified World Title
– On July 8, 1995, Reed defeated Malcolm Monroe to win the MWCW Title
– On July 22, Reed defeated Mr Hughes by DQ to retain the MWCW Title
– On November 17, Reed defeated Greg Valentine by DQ to retain the MWCW Title
– On March 31, 2001, Reed defeated Luminous Warrior to win the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On April 27, Reed defeated Ron Powers to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On May 4, Reed defeated Bull Schmitt to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Reed defeated Johnny Jett & The Drill Instructor to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On May 19, Reed defeated Ron Harris & Mr Destiny to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On June 22, Reed defeated Curt Hennig to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On July 10, Reed defeated Derek Stone to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On July 27, Reed again defeated Derek Stone to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On August 25, Reed defeated Brandon Walker to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On September 28, Reed defeated Ron Harris to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On October 26, Reed defeated Bull Schmitt to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On November 3, Reed again defeated Bull Schmitt to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On November 9, Reed defeated Trevor Rhodes to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title and retained against Ron Harris the next day
– Reed opted to retire from wrestling at the end of 2002
– Reed returned to action on November 12, 2005, defeating Michael Barry to win the MSW Heavyweight Title
– On December 17, Reed defeated Tim Warcloud to retain the MSW Heavyweight Title
– On March 11, 2006, Reed defeated Michael Barry to retain the MSW Heavyweight Title
– Reed retired for good in May 2013
– Reed passed away at the age of 66 on February 5, 2021. He had suffered two heart attacks earlier that year and contracted Covid-19 around the same time