Ray Traylor

Raymond "Ray" Washington Traylor, Jr. adalah seorang pegulat profesional Amerika. Traylor terkenal karena penampilannya bersama World Wrestling Federation (WWF) dengan nama panggung Big Boss Man, serta penampilannya bersama World Championship Wrestling sebagai The Boss, Guardian Angel, dan Big Bubba Rogers. Selama penampilannya bersama WWF, Big Boss Man mengadakan Kejuaraan Tim Tag Dunia WWF satu kali dan Kejuaraan Sulit WWF empat kali. Pada musim panas tahun 2000, Boss Man menghilang dari acara televisi utama WWF, terutama bergulat di Jakked dan Heat, di mana dia berseteru kecil dengan Crash Holly hingga menderita cedera yang sah pada Januari 2001. Ketika dia kembali pada Smackdown 20 Desember 2001, dia membentuk tim dengan Booker T, setelah Vince McMahon memerintahkan dia untuk menjadi penegak Booker. pada episode 27 Desember Smackdown, Bossman dan Booker T mengalahkan Stone Cold dalam pertandingan handicap. pada episode Raw 7 Januari 2002, Bossman dan Booker T dikalahkan oleh Stone Cold & The Rock. pada episode 17 Januari Smackdown, Bossman kalah dari Diamond Dallas Page. Di Royal Rumble (2002), Bossman berkompetisi di pertandingan Royal Rumble dimana dia dieliminasi oleh Rikishi. Pada episode Smackdown 24 Januari, Bossman kalah dari Rikishi. Tim diam-diam berpisah pada akhir Januari 2002, dan Boss Man kembali ke Jakked/Metal dan Heat. Pada episode Metal 2 Februari, Bossman mengalahkan The Hurricane. Pada episode Metal 2 Februari, Bossman mengalahkan Perry Saturn. Pada bulan April, dia membentuk tim tag berumur pendek dengan Mr. Perfect setelah keduanya direkrut ke merek Raw. Pada episode WWF Jakked tanggal 23 Maret, Bossman dan Mr. Perfect kalah dari The APA. Pada episode Raw 1 April, Bossman dan Mr. Perfect kalah dari The Hardy Boyz. Pada episode Heat 14 April, Bossman kalah dari Bradshaw. Pada episode Heat 28 April, Bossman mengalahkan Crash Holly. Pada episode 6 Mei Heat. Bossman kalah dari D'Lo Brown. Pada rekaman Heat 20 Mei 2002, dia kalah dalam pertandingan WWE terakhirnya dari Tommy Dreamer. Traylor ditugaskan untuk melatih pegulat perkembangan di Ohio Valley Wrestling, sebelum dibebaskan dari WWE pada tahun 2003. Asosiasi Gulat Internasional Jepang (2004) Pertandingan terakhir Traylor terjadi di Asosiasi Gulat Internasional Jepang, di mana ia berkompetisi di turnamen untuk Kejuaraan Kelas Berat Dunia IWA yang kosong. Dia berhasil mencapai final dengan mengalahkan Freddie Krueger sebelum kalah dari Jim Duggan. Traylor memiliki dua anak perempuan, Lacy Abilene Traylor dan Megan Chyanne Traylor, dan menikah dengan Angela, kekasih masa kecilnya. Pada bulan Juli 2004, Traylor mencalonkan diri sebagai Ketua Komisi untuk Paulding County, Georgia. Dia adalah pemilik perusahaan penyimpanan Dallas, Georgia bernama RWT Enterprises. Traylor meninggal karena serangan jantung pada 22 September 2004, dalam usia 41 tahun di rumahnya di Dallas, Georgia. Dia secara anumerta dilantik ke dalam WWE Hall of Fame pada tahun 2016, dengan istri dan putrinya menerima penghargaan atas namanya.

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.