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Ray Traylor

Born · May 2, 1963

Died · September 22, 2004 (41 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Marietta, Georgia, USA

Bio

Raymond "Ray" Washington Traylor, Jr. was an American professional wrestler. Traylor was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Big Boss Man, as well as for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as The Boss, Guardian Angel and Big Bubba Rogers. During his appearances with the WWF, Big Boss Man held the WWF World Tag Team Championshiponce and the WWF Hardcore Championship four times. In the summer of 2000, Boss Man disappeared from the WWF's primary television shows, wrestling mainly on Jakked and Heat, where he had a minor feud with Crash Holly until suffering a legit injury in January 2001. When he returned on the December 20, 2001 of SmackDown, he formed a team with Booker T, after Vince McMahon ordered him to be Booker's enforcer. on the December 27 episode of Smackdown, Bossman and Booker T defeated Stone Cold in a handicap match. on the January 7, 2002 episode of Raw, Bossman and Booker T was defeated by Stone Cold & The Rock. on the January 17 episode of Smackdown, Bossman lost to Diamond Dallas Page. At the Royal Rumble (2002), Bossman competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Rikishi. On the January 24 episode of Smackdown, Bossman lost to Rikishi. The team quietly split in late January 2002, and Boss Man returned to Jakked/Metal and Heat. On the February 2 episode of Metal, Bossman defeated The Hurricane. On the February 2 episode of Metal, Bossman defeated Perry Saturn. In April, he formed a short-lived tag team with Mr. Perfect after both were drafted to the Raw brand. On the March 23 episode of WWF Jakked, Bossman and Mr. Perfect lost to The APA. On the April 1 episode of Raw, Bossman and Mr. Perfect lost to The Hardy Boyz. On the April 14 episode of Heat, Bossman lost to Bradshaw. On the April 28 episode of Heat, Bossman defeated Crash Holly. On the May 6 episode of Heat. Bossman lost to D'Lo Brown. On the May 20, 2002 Heat taping, he lost his final WWE match to Tommy Dreamer. Traylor was assigned to train developmental wrestlers in Ohio Valley Wrestling, before being released from WWE in 2003. International Wrestling Association of Japan (2004) Traylor's final matches were in the International Wrestling Association of Japan, where he competed in a tournament for the vacant IWA World Heavyweight Championship. He made it to the final by defeating Freddie Krueger before losing to Jim Duggan. Traylor had two daughters, Lacy Abilene Traylor and Megan Chyanne Traylor, and was married to Angela, his childhood sweetheart. In July 2004, Traylor ran for Commission Chairman for Paulding County, Georgia. He was the owner of a Dallas, Georgia storage company called RWT Enterprises. Traylor died of a heart attack on September 22, 2004, aged 41 at his home in Dallas, Georgia. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016, with his wife and daughters accepting the award on his behalf.

Known for

WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series

10.0

2017

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

10.0

2016

WWE Hall of Fame 2016

Big Boss Man

6.7

2016

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1

Big Boss Man

5.8

2014

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

Big Boss Man

10.0

2014

Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania

Big Bossman

8.5

2014

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

Big Bubba Rogers

9.3

2013

Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection

Big Bossman

10.0

2013

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

The Big Boss Man

8.8

2012

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn

Big Bossman

8.0

2011

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

Big Bubba Rogers

7.9

2011

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

Big Bossman

10.0

2009

WWE No Way Out 2002

The Big Boss Man

6.0

2002

WWE Royal Rumble 2002

The Boss Man

7.2

2002

WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops

Himself

6.0

2001

WWF: Hardcore

Big Bossman

7.0

2001

WWE Judgment Day 2000

The Big Boss Man (Appearance)

7.8

2000

WWE Backlash 2000

Big Boss Man

7.5

2000

WWE WrestleMania 2000

The Big Boss Man

7.4

2000

WWE No Way Out 2000

Big Boss Man

7.3

2000

WWE Royal Rumble 2000

The Big Boss Man

6.4

2000

WWE Armageddon 1999

The Big Boss Man

6.2

1999

WWE Survivor Series 1999

The Big Boss Man

8.5

1999

WWE Unforgiven 1999

The Big Boss Man

8.0

1999

WWE SummerSlam 1999

The Big Boss Man

7.2

1999

WWE Fully Loaded 1999

The Big Boss Man

8.0

1999

WWE Over the Edge

The Big Boss Man

7.0

1999

WWE SmackDown

The Big Boss Man · (18 episodes)

7.4

1999

WWE SmackDown

The Boss Man · (4 episodes)

7.4

1999

WWE Backlash: In Your House

The Big Boss Man (Appearance)

10.0

1999

WWE WrestleMania XV

The Big Boss Man

7.4

1999

WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House

The Big Boss Man

7.4

1999

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

The Big Boss Man

6.0

1999

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

Big Boss Man

7.6

1998

WWE Capital Carnage

The Big Boss Man

5.5

1998

WWE Survivor Series 1998

The Big Boss Man

9.0

1998

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

The Big Boss Man (Bodyguard)

8.7

1998

WCW Souled Out 1998

Ray Traylor

10.0

1998

WCW Thunder

Ray Traylor · (3 episodes)

7.7

1998

WCW Starrcade 1997

Himself

6.0

1997

WCW World War 3 1997

Himself

7.0

1997

nWo Souled Out 1997

Big Bubba Rogers

10.0

1997

WCW World War 3 1996

Big Bubba Rogers

6.0

1996

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

"Big" Bubba Rogers

8.5

1996

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

Big Bubba Rogers

0.0

1996

WCW Slamboree 1996

Big Bubba Rogers

0.0

1996

WCW World War 3 1995

Big Bubba Rogers

0.0

1995

WCW Monday Nitro

Big Bubba Rogers · (1 episode)

8.4

1995

WCW Slamboree 1995

Big Bubba Rogers

0.0

1995

WCW Uncensored 1995

"Big" Bubba Rogers

2.0

1995

WCW SuperBrawl V

"Big" Bubba Rogers

0.0

1995

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

The Guardian Angel

0.0

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

The Guardian Angel (Referee)

0.0

1995

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

The Guardian Angel

0.0

1994

WCW Fall Brawl 1994

The Guardian Angel

0.0

1994

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

The Guardian Angel

6.3

1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII

The Guardian Angel

0.0

1994

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

The Boss

9.0

1994

WCW SuperBrawl IV

The Boss (Special Guest Referee)

5.0

1994

WCW Starrcade 1993

The Boss

0.0

1993

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1993

AJPW Summer Action Series 1993 - Day 22

Big Bubba

0.0

1993

WWF Bashed in the USA

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1993

WWF: WrestleFest '93

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1993

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

The Big Boss Man

7.2

1993

WWE Raw

The Boss Man · (5 episodes)

6.7

1993

WWE Raw

The Big Bossman · (24 episodes)

6.7

1993

WWE Survivor Series 1992

7.1

1992

WWE Survivor Series 1991

10.0

1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

The Big Boss Man

7.8

1991

WWE The Main Event IV

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1990

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1989

WWE WrestleMania V

The Big Boss Man

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1988

WWE SummerSlam 1988

The Big Boss Man

7.4

1988

WWE WrestleFest

The Big Boss Man

5.0

1988

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88

The Big Boss Man

0.0

1988

NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!

"Big" Bubba Rogers (Bodyguard)

5.2

1987

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

The War Machine

7.0

1987

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

Big Bubba Rogers

0.0

1987

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

"Big" Bubba Rogers

10.0

1987

NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers

"Big" Bubba Rogers

7.7

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

The Big Boss Man · (51 episodes)

6.8

1986

Saturday Night's Main Event

(41 episodes)

7.9

1985

WWE Pay Per View

Big Boss Man · (1 episode)

0.0

1985