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Post by Chris Ingersoll on Sept 23, 2004 7:59:02 GMT -5
www.insidepulse.com/article.php?contentid=21398From the link: The cause of his death is a mystery, as he had not been complaining about his health, other than a bad knee. His wife found him in a room last night, he wasn't breathing, and paramedics were unable to revive him. Here's hoping it was just a medical thing and not yet another drug thing. Either way, another loss for wrestling, as I usually found Ray to be something of a guilty pleasure. 
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Post by Big Bri on Sept 23, 2004 8:40:02 GMT -5
Who as a kid could not remember the man from Cobb County, GA? This is a sad day.
Let me see if I can remember all of Traylor's incarnations...
1. Big Bubba Rogers (UWF)
2. Big Bossman (WWF)
3. The Guardian Angel (WCW)
4. Big Bubba (WCW)
5. Ray Traylor (WCW) (notice that this is a pure example of how messed up WCW was; 3 gimmicks in 4 years?)
6. Big Boss Man (WWF) (nothing like the first run though).
I also remember the first time I saw a major "camera pop" (thousands of camera flashes going off at the same time). It was on Saturday Night's Main Event sometime in 1989. Hogan managed to superplex Traylor during a cage match. That was pretty cool (even though I'm sure Traylor did most of the work there).
Another one bites the dust.
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Post by wildman on Sept 23, 2004 10:57:34 GMT -5
Who as a kid could not remember the man from Cobb County, GA? This is a sad day. Let me see if I can remember all of Traylor's incarnations... 1. Big Bubba Rogers (UWF) 2. Big Bossman (WWF) 3. The Guardian Angel (WCW) 4. Big Bubba (WCW) 5. Ray Traylor (WCW) (notice that this is a pure example of how messed up WCW was; 3 gimmicks in 4 years?) 6. Big Boss Man (WWF) (nothing like the first run though). I also remember the first time I saw a major "camera pop" (thousands of camera flashes going off at the same time). It was on Saturday Night's Main Event sometime in 1989. Hogan managed to superplex Traylor during a cage match. That was pretty cool (even though I'm sure Traylor did most of the work there). Another one bites the dust. when he first debuted in wcw he was known as "the boss", so it was 4 gimmicks in 4 years |
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Post by Big Bri on Sept 23, 2004 11:56:33 GMT -5
when he first debuted in wcw he was known as "the boss", so it was 4 gimmicks in 4 years You know, I thought that was one of them too, but I guess I was giving WCW the benefit of the doubt in that 3 gimmicks was enough. Thanks for the clarification there wildman! |
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Post by wildman on Sept 23, 2004 12:16:46 GMT -5
anytime  |
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Post by GalactiKing on Sept 23, 2004 15:39:52 GMT -5
Yeah, the WWF eventually forced them to drop the Boss gimmick(way too clsoe to BossMan) I liked the Guardian Angel gimmick, too bad they had to drop that one too.
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Post by incognito on Sept 24, 2004 8:55:04 GMT -5
He was also War MAchine, a masked wrestler, for the second War Games match. You can go to wrestle crap and read about it under jobber of the week. He'll be missed, The Boss man was one of my favorite charaters.
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Post by gamtime247 on Sept 24, 2004 10:07:22 GMT -5
This news is sad, I remember him fondly as Big Bubba and The Bossman. I remember as a kid being shocked he beat the One Man Gang in his UWF Debut for the World Title. I also remember going crazy as a little kid when he attacked Hogan I think on the Brother Love show. He was actually scheduled to appear as Big Bubba with the Midnight Express and Cornette against The Fantastics at a children's hospital charity event I was attending in about a month.  |
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Post by Graymar on Sept 30, 2004 6:01:24 GMT -5
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Post by Big Bri on Sept 30, 2004 12:10:03 GMT -5
Thanks Graymar. That was a good read!
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Post by gamtime247 on Sept 30, 2004 13:11:40 GMT -5
Yeah thanks for another good read Graymar.
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Post by Like Watching Paint Dry on Oct 2, 2004 19:36:20 GMT -5
Ray Traylor was a very good performer who was among the best of his generation for a man of his size. I always enjoyed the Big Boss Man character in the WWF. He was athletic and surprisingly agile. The Hogan program was fun, and he was equally effected at the semi-main event level for many years as both a face and heel.
His All Japan stint is worth a look, especially a very good match he had with Akira Taue from AJPW which really shows him at his peak. His series of matches with Vader in WCW featured two of the world greatest big men in some really stiff fun matches. It would have been nice to see BBM go over at least once in the program, but he certainly held his own.
He was a real success and someone to be respected.
RIP
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