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Ray Washington Traylor Jr. (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name (The) Big Boss Man, as well as for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as the Boss, the Man, the Guardian Angel, and Big Bubba Rogers.
Ottman was trained by Boris Malenko and got his start as Sigfried the Giant in February 1985, for Championship Wrestling from Georgia.He later wrestled for Texas All-Star Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association as Big Bubba. [6]
Big Bubba Rogers (joined on the December 16, 1996, episode of Nitro, injured and contractually removed from group on April 21, 1997) Scott Norton (joined on the December 16, 1996, episode of Nitro, sided with nWo Hollywood after split)
At the 1996 Great American Bash, he defeated Big Bubba Rogers; after the match Tenta cut Rogers' goatee off with a pair of scissors. On the June 17 episode of Nitro , Tenta defeated Big Bubba. On the July 1, 1996 edition of Nitro , Tenta got another shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against The Giant but failed to win the title.
Boss Man later resurfaced in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in December 1993 as The Boss before being rebranded as The Guardian Angel. He subsequently turned heel and became Big Bubba Rogers again, later shortened to Big Bubba. Under his real name, he mostly lost. He returned to the WWF from September 1998 to 2003.
On the July 15, 1996 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, the nWo attacked Lex Luger and Big Bubba after their match. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On the July 29, 1996 episode of WCW Monday Nitro , The Outsiders attacked Arn Anderson , the American Males ( Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs ), and Rey Misterio, Jr., whom Nash threw into a dressing room trailer, before ...
The next match saw John Tenta defeated Big Bubba Rogers. After Rogers attempted to hit Tenta off the top rope, Tenta powerbombed Bubba and covered him for the win. After the match Tenta cut Rogers' goatee off with a pair of scissors. The next match was a Falls Count Anywhere match between Chris Benoit and Kevin Sullivan. The match ended when ...
Big Bubba Rogers would move to the UWF after Jim Crockett Promotions bought the territory in April 1987, and winning their world title then briefly returning to JCP and his bodyguard role for Cornette before jumping to the WWF to become the Big Boss Man. Jimmy Garvin would turn face in 1987 after his (kayfabe) brother Ron Garvin had his face ...