Ray Traylor - ''The Boss'' WCW(World Championship Wrestling)

by Derek B.E. Francis

Ray when he joined the WCW as ''The Boss''

Info: After leaving the WWF in 1993 Ray had a brief stint in All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was paired up with Stan Hansen and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, before returning to the United States to work for the WCW(World Championship Wrestling). Ray was originally known as ''The Boss''(As mentioned above), but the WWF legal department determined the character to be too similar to ''The Big Boss Man'' that Ray had portrayed in the WWF and forced WCW to change it. As a result, Ray then became the ''Guardian Angel'', feuding with Big Van Vader for most of 1994. Soon Ray turned heel and returned to his original ''Big Bubba Rogers'' character, defeating Sting at Uncensored in March '95. Ray then shortended ''Big Bubba Rogers'' to just ''Big Bubba'' a ''Hells Angel'' style rebel and joined the Dungeon of Doom faction before eventually defecting to the nWo(New World Order). Eventually, a loophole in Ray's contract forced him and ''Bubba'' out of the nWo. As a result of this, Bubba became a face once again and began competing under his real name Ray Traylor and was briefly managed by his old nemesis Ted Dibiase(Million Dollar Man) who had also left the nWo. Ray frequently worked with the Steiner Brothers during this time period, and later began feuding with the nWo, defeating several members including Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, and Vincent.

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