This day in Wrestling History
On this day in history 8 years ago we the fans of this great industry suffered an unfortunate loss of a one of the business better big men his Ray Traylor better known as Big Bubba or the Big Bossman. Bossman began his career in the NWA as the bodyguard of Jim Cornette & The Midnight Express who were feuding with Dusty Rhodes & Magnum TA at the time. Bubba then went on to feud with Dusty before leaving the NWA to go to the UWF were he beat One Man Gang for the UWF World title. In 1988 Bossman made the jump to the WWF were at first he was pushed as a ruthless heel often time challenging Macho Man Randy Savage for the World title but always came up short. After that feud he hovered around the Mid Card in both singles and tag team competition teaming with Akeem. Nerd Note: Akeem is the same guy that Bubba beat prior to joining WWF for the UWF world title, it is One Man Gang. In the spring of 1990 Bossman turned face and feuded with the Million Dollar Corporation then with The Mountie, Akeem, & IRS all for a short time. Next he went on to The Heenan Family & Finally in 1993 he fought with "former" prisoner Nailz.
In 1993 Bossman left WWF and went south back to Mid Atlantic aka WCW. Much like the in the WWF as apart of the WCW Big Bubba was mostly in the Mid-Card except early on in his tenure getting a push to face Vader. In 1996 Bossman like many other at that time in WCW joined the NWO, but less then a year later Bossman left the NWO and began feuding with the NWO under his real name Ray Traylor. Then in early 1998 Bossman left WCW to head back north to the WWF were he once again became the Big Bossman. During this stint in WWF Bossman was apart of the Corporation, apart of a feud with Austin & DX, a 4 time Hardcore champion, & former Tag Champions with Ken Shamrock. In his time in WWF he and Al Snow had probably the most unique match in wrestling history it was called the Kennel from Hell Match. Which the object of the match was to escape both cages and avoid the attack dogs.
Even though Ray Traylor never won a World title in either WCW or WWF he is still known as one of the best big men in the history of both WCW & WWF. Also for those who may not know Ray is a playable character in this years WWE Video Game called WWE 13 he is under the name of Big Bossman.
RIP Ray "Big Bossman" Traylor
In 1993 Bossman left WWF and went south back to Mid Atlantic aka WCW. Much like the in the WWF as apart of the WCW Big Bubba was mostly in the Mid-Card except early on in his tenure getting a push to face Vader. In 1996 Bossman like many other at that time in WCW joined the NWO, but less then a year later Bossman left the NWO and began feuding with the NWO under his real name Ray Traylor. Then in early 1998 Bossman left WCW to head back north to the WWF were he once again became the Big Bossman. During this stint in WWF Bossman was apart of the Corporation, apart of a feud with Austin & DX, a 4 time Hardcore champion, & former Tag Champions with Ken Shamrock. In his time in WWF he and Al Snow had probably the most unique match in wrestling history it was called the Kennel from Hell Match. Which the object of the match was to escape both cages and avoid the attack dogs.
Even though Ray Traylor never won a World title in either WCW or WWF he is still known as one of the best big men in the history of both WCW & WWF. Also for those who may not know Ray is a playable character in this years WWE Video Game called WWE 13 he is under the name of Big Bossman.
RIP Ray "Big Bossman" Traylor
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