Ray Traylor

Also Known As: The Big Boss Man, Big Bubba Rogers, Guardian Angel, The Boss, The Big Bossman , Ray Traylor, The Boss Man

Biography: 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Marietta, Georgia, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: May 02, 1963

Age: 62 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: September 22, 2004

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Known For:

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Battle of the WWE Superstars
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
WWE WrestleFest '91
WWE Crunch Classic
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
WWF SuperTape '92
WWF Bashed in the USA
WWE Invasion '92
WWE Mega Matches
WWE Rampage '91
WWE WrestleMania VII
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
WWE WrestleMania VI
WWE Survivor Series 1990
WWE SummerSlam 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1992
WWE Survivor Series 1988
WWE Unforgiven 1999
WWE WrestleMania XV
WWE Survivor Series 1999
WWE Survivor Series 1998
WWE Backlash 2000
WWE SummerSlam 1990
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
WWE Over the Edge
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
WWE SummerSlam 1999
WWE No Way Out 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
WCW Starrcade 1993
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops
WCW SuperBrawl V
WCW Uncensored 1995
WCW Slamboree 1995
WCW Slamboree 1996
WCW World War 3 1996
nWo Souled Out 1997
WWF: Hardcore
WCW World War 3 1997
WCW Starrcade 1997
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
WCW Souled Out 1998
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
WWE Backlash: In Your House
WWF: WrestleFest '93
More Saturday Night's Main Event
Fan Favorites
WWE No Way Out 2002
Hulkamania 4
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
WWE Hall of Fame 2016
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WWE Judgment Day 2000
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
WWE WrestleFest
WWE SummerSlam 1988
WWE WrestleMania V
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
WWE Survivor Series 1989
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
WWE The Main Event II
WWE The Main Event IV
WCW World War 3 1995
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
AJPW Summer Action Series 1993 - Day 22
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
WWE Survivor Series 1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
WWE Capital Carnage
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
WWE SummerSlam 1989
WCW SuperBrawl IV
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
WWE Armageddon 1999
The Undertaker: 15-0