Bubba Ray Dudley

Mark LoMonaco
Born	(1971-07-14) July 14, 1971 Massapequa, New York
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Brother Ray Deadly (BRD) Brother Ray Bubba Ray Dudley Buh Buh Ray Dudley Buh-Buh Ray Dudley Bubba Claus Mongo Mongo Vyle The Terminator
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight	310 lb (140 kg; 22 st)
Billed from	"Metropolitan, Dudleyville" (as Bubba Ray Dudley) "New York, New York" (as Brother Ray)
Trained by	Johnny Rodz
Debut	1991

Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as Buh Buh Ray Dudley and World Wrestling Entertainment as Bubba Ray Dudley. He currently wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name "Brother Ray".

Along with his storyline half-brother Devon, LoMonaco is one-half of Team 3D, a tag team formerly known as the Dudley Boyz. Characterized by their unorthodox ring apparel and usage of tables in their matches, Team 3D are one of the most successful tag teams in the history of professional wrestling, having held twenty-one tag team championships. Team 3D is also the name of a stable featuring LoMonaco, Devon Hughes, and their storyline half-brother, Runt.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1991-1999)

LoMonaco debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a bodyguard to Bill Alfonso, protecting him from the wrestler 911.

LoMonaco soon returned in the mid-1990s as Buh Buh Ray Dudley, the stuttering, dancing, overweight, hillbilly member of the sprawling Dudley family. The unusual spelling of "Bubba" was a result of his stutter. In saying his name Buh-Buh would stutter causing him to say "My name is Buh-buh-buh-buh" until Big Dick Dudley struck him in the chest, at which point he would snap out "My name is Bubba Ray Dudley!". The fans embraced the comical Dudley boys and during Buh Buh's matches would chant "Buh Buh Buh Buh". The spelling eventually stuck.

On April 13, 1996, D-Von Dudley debuted in ECW and began feuding with the other members of the Dudley Family (his kayfabe half-brothers), claiming that their comedic antics were not the way true Dudleys should act. D-Von eliminated Dances With Dudley, Dudley Dudley, and Chubby Dudley before joining forces with Buh Buh Ray, Big Dick, Sign Guy Dudley, and Joel Gertner. Known collectively as the Dudley Boyz, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von dominated the ECW tag team division, winning the ECW Tag Team Championship a record eight times and defeating the four major tag teams in ECW: The Public Enemy , The Eliminators, The Gangstas, and Sabu and Rob Van Dam. Buh Buh Ray, D-Von, and Gertner all achieved a degree of infamy for their vitriolic interviews, which antagonized audiences to a point of near riot.

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (1999-2005)

In 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von left ECW following a pay dispute and joined the World Wrestling Federation, where the "Buh Buh" stutter-spelling of "Bubba Ray Dudley" was rescinded. Throughout 2000 and 2001, the Dudley Boyz engaged in a three way feud for the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian. The feud incorporated two critically acclaimed Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches, the first at SummerSlam 2000 and the second at WrestleMania X-Seven. While they were initially heels, and were known for Bubba Ray's penchant for driving women (such as Terri Runnels, Trish Stratus, Tori, Stacy Keibler, and Mae Young) through tables, the Dudley Boyz turned face in early 2000. In early 2001, they were joined in the WWF by Spike Dudley.

In late 2001, the Dudley Boyz turned heel once again by joining The Alliance, a large stable of former ECW and WCW wrestlers led by Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley who attempted to take over the WWF (Spike, along with several other ECW alumni, did not join The Alliance). The ECW-WCW invasion ended at the Survivor Series, when five WWF wrestlers defeated five Alliance wrestlers in a match to determine the ownership of the WWF. The Alliance disbanded and its members left the WWF, but the Dudley Boyz retained their jobs due to their possession of the WWF Tag Team Championship, which they had unified with the WCW Tag Team Championship that night.

Bubba Ray was a singles competitor for the Raw brand in 2002.

Following WrestleMania X8, in May 2002 the WWF was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" (WWE) and the roster was divided into two brands, Raw and SmackDown!. The Dudley Boyz were separated when Bubba Ray was drafted to Raw and D-Von to SmackDown!. On Raw, Bubba Ray found moderate success as he competed for the WWE Hardcore Championship, formed a tag team with Spike, and even competed in a World Heavyweight Championship match against Triple H. However, D'Von's character on SmackDown! failed to get over, and he was reunited with Bubba Ray and Spike on November 17, 2002 when he returned to the Raw brand.

The Dudley Boyz became a staple in the Raw tag team division over the next sixteen months, feuding with teams such as 3-Minute Warning, La Résistance, and various combinations of the The Un-Americans. They held the WWF World Tag Team Championship several more times before being traded (along with Booker T) to SmackDown! on March 22, 2004 in exchange for Triple H.

Shortly after arriving on SmackDown!, the Dudley Boyz turned heel once again, siding with Paul Heyman and feuding with Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio. On May 27, 2004 the Dudley Boyz kidnapped Paul Bearer, the manager of Heyman's enemy The Undertaker. On June 27, 2004 at The Great American Bash, The Undertaker defeated the Dudley Boyz in a handicap match. In July 2004, the Dudley Boyz reunited with Spike. For the remainder of the year, they assisted Spike in his matches for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. They also won the WWE Tag Team Championships one more time, but were upset by the high-flying team of Paul London and Billy Kidman, as Kidman pinned Bubba win the Shooting Star Press. They then lost again in a rematch for the titles. In early 2005, the Dudley Boyz were removed from WWE television and sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling while the WWE creative team attempted to devise a storyline for them.

The Dudley Boyz returned to WWE television in June 2005 in order to promote ECW One Night Stand, an ECW reunion show. In the weeks preceding One Night Stand they, along with several other ECW alumni, vied with former WCW President Eric Bischoff and his "anti-hardcore crusaders". At One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, the Dudley Boyz defeated Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in the main event of the night after driving Dreamer through a flaming table.

On July 5, 2005, WWE announced that it had opted not to continue contract renewal negotiations with the Dudley Boyz. In addition, fifteen other wrestlers (including Spike, Bubba Ray, and D-von) were released by WWE, which was decreasing its spending as a result of a fall in projected revenue. In August 2005, all three former Dudleys were issued with legal notices instructing them not to use the (WWE trademarked) name "Dudley". This led to a degree of acrimony between the former Dudleys and their erstwhile employers, as they had used the names since 1996, several years before all ECW intellectual property was acquired by WWE as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. Soon after, LoMonaco and Hughes (D-Von) announced that they intended to pursue legal action against WWE.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005-Current)

Team 3D: Brother Devon (left) and Brother Ray (right)

No longer able to use the ring name "Bubba Ray Dudley", LoMonaco adopted (and trademarked) the ring name Brother Ray Deadly (sometimes abbreviated to "B.R.D."), while Hughes became "Brother Devon Deadly". The team also trademarked "The Deadly Brothers" and "Deadly Death Drop". In August and September 2005, Ray and Devon made several appearances on the independent circuit, most notably Hardcore Homecoming, an unofficial ECW reunion show organised by ECW alumnus Shane Douglas, a frequent critic of WWE and Chairman Vince McMahon. On September 21, 2005, it was announced that they had signed multi-year contracts with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, arguably the second biggest promotion in the United States at the time (after WWE).

Ray and Devon debuted in TNA on the October 1, 2005 episode of TNA Impact! - the first episode of Impact! to be aired on Spike TV and in a prime time slot. They were identified as "Brother Ray" and "Brother Devon" respectively (with the suffix "Deadly" apparently having been dropped) and as "Team 3D" collectively. Team 3D quickly established themselves as faces by confronting the heel NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett and his allies, the NWA World Tag Team Champions, America's Most Wanted (AMW). Team 3D defeated AMW at pay-per-view events in November and December 2005, but failed to defeat them in a title match at TNA Final Resolution on January 15, 2006 due to the interference of Team Canada.

Ray and Devon continued to feud with America's Most Wanted and Team Canada over the following months. On the April 13, 2006 episode of Impact!, an attempted ambush by Team Canada was foiled by the debuting Spike Dudley, identified as "Brother Runt". The team would go on to feud with The James Gang, and the Latin American Exchange (LAX). They would have many battles with LAX until winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship from LAX at Lockdown in an "electrified" steel cage match.

Upon the disintergration of TNA's contract with the NWA, Ray and D-Von were stripped of the NWA Tag Team Championships and awarded the TNA World Tag Team Championship as compensation. They defended these belts against the team of Road Warrior Animal and Rick Steiner at Slammiversary.

Following a match on Impact! to determine opponents, Ray would headline Victory Road alongside his partner in a "match of champions" encounter against TNA World Champion Kurt Angle and X Division Champion Samoa Joe. The event marked LoMonaco's fourth world title shot in a third straight promotion (he had previously challenged for Tazz's ECW title in 1999, Kurt Angle's WWF title in 2000, and Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship in 2002)

At Victory Road, Ray and D-Von lost their match, and the TNA tag titles, to Angle and Joe, though only Joe gained complete control of the titles as he scored the pinfall and could select a partner of his choosing. Team 3D along with the X-Division traitor Johnny Devine are currently involved in a feud with the Motor City Machine Guns and the entire TNA X Division. 3D and Devine lost so they have to be under 275 pounds.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bubba Bomb (WWE) / Sitout full nelson bomb (TNA)
  • Bubba Cutter / Buh Buh Cutter (Cutter, sometimes while backflipping the opponent) (WWE)
  • Standing release powerbomb or a falling powerbomb, usually driving the opponent onto a table

• Signature moves
  • Bionic elbow
  • Fireman's carry drop
  • Piledriver
  • Release German suplex
  • Senton splash
  • Side slam
  • Sidewalk slam

• Signature foreign object
  • Table
  • Studded belt
  • Kendo stick

• Managers
  • Sign Guy Dudley
  • Joel Gertner
  • Jenna Jameson
  • Paul Heyman
  • Trish Stratus
  • Stacy Keibler

Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • AJPW Real World Tag League tournament winner in 2005 – with Brother Devon

• Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with D-Von Dudley

• HUSTLE
  • HUSTLE Super Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brother Devon

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brother Devon
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time; First-ever champions) – with Brother Devon

• World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time; Final champions) – with D-Von Dudley
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with D-Von Dudley
  • WWF/E Hardcore Championship (10 times)
  • World Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with D-Von Dudley

LoMonaco made a cameo appearance in the adult film Whack Attack 5 by Extreme Associates, watching a three-person sex scene take place involving Mike "Luciano" Long, Alexandra Nyce, and Alana Evans.

External links

• Fansite
• Brother Ray at TNAwrestling.com
• Former Dudley Boyz trademark new names