{"id":112868,"date":"2021-02-05T16:05:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=112868"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:05:05","slug":"butch-reed-passes-away-at-the-age-of-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/02\/05\/butch-reed-passes-away-at-the-age-of-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Butch Reed passes away at the age of 66"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-190001139\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Butch Reed&#8217;s official Instagram account announced this morning that he had passed away due to heart complications at the age of 66.<\/p>\n<p>The post said, &#8220;To everyone who reached out god bless you. Today we lost a great man. Due to heart complications Bruce &#8216;Butch&#8217; Reed passed away. Butch is in heaven now with the wrestling god&#8217;s. I am sure he is already booked for a Heavyweight Championship match. Once again thank you for all the prayers. We will keep this page going in his memory. For funeral arrangements send me a dm for information if you would like to attend. God bless everyone and god bless in heaven &#8220;Hacksaw Butch Reed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reed was a former WCW Tag Team Champion who worked in a variety of different territories including Mid-South Wrestling, WCW, and WWE. Reed was one half of the Doom tag team with Ron Simmons. 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