RD Reynolds Randy Baer , better known by his ring name RD ( Real Deal ) Reynolds is a former professional wrestling manager and is also the co - creator of the professional wrestling website WrestleCrap . He has also authored two books , " WrestleCrap " and " The Death of WCW " , the latter co - authored with Bryan Alvarez ) . Baer resides in Indiana with his wife and son . Wrestling career . Before starting " WrestleCrap " , Baer became involved in several local Indianapolis independent wrestling federations . According to Baer ' s self - published DVD set , " The Worst of RD Reynolds " , he first became involved in wrestling as a commentator for Jeff Cohen ' s Championship Wrestling of America ( CWA ) promotion . Baer caught the attention of CWA by perpetrating good - natured pranks with Casey Stephon , later known as masked wrestler " Trash Losagain " at CWA ' s expense which included leaving humorous messages on CWA ' s wrestling telephone hotline and having Domino ' s Pizza delivered to him at CWA shows . The pizza deliveries were a direct rib against CWA wrestler Superstar Junior Carr and CWA sponsor Jack ' s Pizza , as Carr owned several Jack ' s Pizza shops . Baer worked for CWA under his real name as " The Real Deal " Randy Baer and has since lampooned himself frequently for those performances ; calling himself a " pizza - shilling babyface dork . " According to Baer ' s DVD commentary on " The Worst of RD Reynolds " , he was " relieved of his duties " due to a prank on one of CWA ' s top performers at the time , a wrestler named Mike Samples . Baer published a wrestling program with profiles of CWA wrestlers and asserted that Samples ' previous career involved managing an Orange Julius stand . Samples was , apparently , not amused by the prank . Pro Wrestling International . Some time after being involved with CWA , Baer worked with another wrestling promotion in Indianapolis called Pro Wrestling International ( PWI , not to be confused with Pro Wrestling Illustrated ) . Baer started out as a heel commentator and used the pseudonym RD Reynolds . He commentated alongside friend Casey Stephon , who used the name " The Live Wire " . Stephon also wrestled for PWI under a mask as " Trash Losagain " ( Trash Lose - again ) . Baer made the transition from commentator to manager , with the storyline being that he was the nephew of Burt Reynolds and that he had come to take over PWI so that " Uncle Burt " could convert the arena in which PWI events were held into a dinner theatre . Baer , as RD Reynolds , managed Stephon , as Trash Losagain and a littany of other heels in a stable known as The Cannonballers . Baer and Stephon were also involved with booking the storylines for PWI which they now refer to as being terrible and making no sense . The two frequently mock themselves on the " Worst of RD Reynolds " commentary when they re - live " The Hat Angle " wherein they base a wrestling feud on Trash Losagain stealing the hat of PWI wrestler " Drill Sergeant Nelson " . Baer and Stephon booked their wrestling storylines in a comedic style that usually resulted in RD Reynolds getting his come - uppance in some humiliating fashion . Not a wrestler himself , Baer would book his character into matches against other non - wrestlers with very unconventional stipulations . Quite often the matches would have the " Death Match " moniker even though the matches ' stipulations were far from dangerous . Three such " Death Matches " that Baer makes known on the " Worst of . . . " DVD set are the " Rosalyn Bakery Death Match " ( loser gets hit in the face with a pie ) , the " Irish Spring Death Match " ( loser gets their mouth washed out with soap ) , and the " Shoe Shine Death Match " ( loser must shine the shoes of the winner ) . Baer & Stephon did share the stage regularly with a few wrestling personalities that went on to have successful careers as wrestlers on a national scale , such as Chris Parks ( now wrestling in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as " The Monster Abyss " ) and Madman Pondo . NWA Indianapolis . Baer ( as RD Reynolds ) managed Madman Pondo in the co - main event against New Jack in the first and , to date , only show run under the " NWA Indianapolis " banner . The show was run and promoted by Merle Vincent Griggs . Baer mentions on his DVD commentary that he found New Jack very scary to be around and that he ( Baer ) very intentionally stayed far away from New Jack once he came through the curtain . Ohio Valley Wrestling . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) , a developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , which occasionally runs shows in Indiana using local talent , has utilized RD Reynolds on one occasion when he managed power - lifter Mark Henry in a match against The Big Show . Show chokeslam med Reynolds during the course of the match and significantly injured him . Later , RD himself took responsibility , citing his own inexperience and lack of training as the reasons for the injury . Writing career . Baer has written humorous wrestling - related books . One called " WrestleCrap " with an introduction by John Tenta . Reynolds also co - authored The Death of WCW , with wrestling journalist Bryan Alvarez . A new book , " The WrestleCrap Book of Lists " , is scheduled for a Summer 2007 release . He isalso a featured columnist for British pro wrestling and MMA magazine " FIGHTING SPIRIT " .