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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.
Ray Traylor Jr. † Big Bubba Big Bubba Rogers Ray Traylor The Boss Guardian Angel 1986-1987 1993-1998 Robert Turner III: Ted Turner: Joseph Utsler: Shaggy 2 Dope 1999 2000 Gertrude Vachon † Luna Vachon: 1997 1997 Sione Vailahi: Konga the Barbarian The Barbarian Super Assassin #1 1984-1988 1992-1993 1995-2000 Dale Veasey: Lieutenant James ...
The event featured several WCW vs. nWo matches. There were two singles matches as Larry Zbyszko and The Giant represented WCW against the nWo's Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in respective matches while WCW's Ray Traylor and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) took on the nWo's Konnan, Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell in a six-man tag ...
The WCW Thunder Debut Episode was a professional wrestling show that marked the debut of World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) weekly WCW Thunder television show. The show took place on January 8, 1998. [1] [2] The show aired Live on TBS, taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. [3]
According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are up to 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population. [1]
The Guardian Angels appeared in WCW on the April 30 episode of Saturday Night to scout Ray Traylor to become a member of the group after Traylor had been banned by Nick Bockwinkel from using the name "The Boss" (in reality, World Wrestling Federation had threatened to sue WCW due to similarities with his WWF-trademarked ring name "Big Boss Man ...
WCW Nitro Ray Traylor [8] Won by pinfall 65–1 April 2, 1998 Tampa, FL Ice Palace WCW Thunder Jerry Flynn [8] Won by pinfall 66–1 April 3, 1998 Orlando, FL
The characters were very clearly inspired by the World Wrestling Federation character "The Big Boss Man", played by Ray Traylor (at time, Traylor was competing in WCW with his own name and wouldn't have resumed the Bossman identity until 1998).