10 Underwhelming Wrestlers Who Held Legendary Titles.

10. Butch Reed

In June of 1981 Peter Sutcliffe had just been revealed as the Yorkshire Ripper, AIDs was debuting in California and Bruce Reed was the NWA International Heavyweight Champion.

Bruce, the alter ego and government name of Butch Reed, captured the title from Dory Funk Jr. on a Florida show, and, for at least the space of 24 hours, held the biggest singles title in Japan.

There was no record of the date Reed won or lost the tile to and from Funk. Accordingly, no one knows exactly how long Reed held the championship, created for Lou Thesz - with a who's who of legendary holders including Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Gene Kiniski before him - but champion he was.

While Funk would take the title back with him to Japan, where he, Bruiser Brody, Stan Hansen and Jumbo Tsuruta would all exchange reigns over the course of the decade, Reed would never hold a more famed singles title for the rest of his 30-year career.

The NWA International Heavyweight Title was unified with the PWF Heavyweight Championship and the NWA United National Championship in 1989 to become the Triple Crown in All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Bruce Reed's title reign is still disregarded in Japan.