10 WWE Stars Who No-Showed Events
These 10 WWE stars didn't turn up for work
5. Butch Reed
Most of the time, a WWE no-show will seriously change the career of the person who fails to report for work.
Sometimes, however, the no-show has a very direct consequence for another performer, as the Honky Tonk Man discovered when Butch Reed showed up late to WWE’s June 2, 1987 Superstars television taping.
The Natural was scheduled to wrestle and defeat Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title that night, because The Dragon wanted to take time off to spend with his young family.
Butch had missed a few shows before the taping, citing burnout from WWE’s demanding travel schedule, which (coupled with his late arrival that afternoon) caused WWE brass to rethink things.
Vince McMahon then decided that the Elvis wannabe would get the strap instead, after Hulk Hogan suggested that Honky would be as good a choice as any as champion.
And so Wayne Ferris set off on a record-setting title run, while Reed slid down the card before exiting the company less than a year later.
