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Ray Traylor

AKA: The Big Boss Man
Birthday: 1963-05-02
Died: 2004-09-22
Birthplace: Marietta, Georgia, USA


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.

Filmography

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Character: The Guardian Angel
Battle of the WWE Superstars
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE WrestleFest '91
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Crunch Classic
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE SuperTape vol. 4
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWF SuperTape '92
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWF Bashed in the USA
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Invasion '92
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Mega Matches
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Rampage '91
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE WrestleMania VII
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Royal Rumble 1999
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Character: The Boss Man
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Character: "Big" Bubba Rogers

WWE WrestleMania VI
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Survivor Series 1990
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series 1988
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE WrestleMania XV
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Unforgiven 1999
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series 1998
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Backlash 2000
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Character: The Big Boss Man (Special Guest Referee)
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
Character: Big Boss Man

WWE Over the Edge
Character: The Big Boss Man
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
Character: "Big" Bubba Rogers (Bodyguard)

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
Character: The War Machine
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE No Way Out 2000
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
Character: The Big Boss Man
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
Character: The Boss

WCW Starrcade 1993
Character: The Boss
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Character: The Guardian Angel
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
Character: The Guardian Angel

WCW SuperBrawl V
Character: "Big" Bubba Rogers
WCW Uncensored 1995
Character: "Big" Bubba Rogers

WCW Slamboree 1995
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
WCW Slamboree 1996
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
WCW World War 3 1996
Character: Big Bubba Rogers

nWo Souled Out 1997
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
WWF: Hardcore
Character: Big Bossman
WCW World War 3 1997
Character: Himself

WCW Starrcade 1997
Character: Himself
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
WCW Souled Out 1998
Character: Ray Traylor

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Character: The Big Boss Man (Appearance)
WWF: WrestleFest '93
Character: The Big Boss Man

Fan Favorites
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE No Way Out 2002
Character: The Big Boss Man

Hulkamania 4
Character: The Big Boss Man
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Character: The Big Boss Man
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Hall of Fame 2016
Character: Big Boss Man
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
Character: The Big Boss Man (Appearance)
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Judgment Day 2000
Character: The Big Boss Man (Appearance)

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Character: The Big Boss Man

Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
Character: Big Bossman
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
Character: Big Bossman
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
Character: Big Bossman

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Character: "Big" Bubba Rogers

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE WrestleFest
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Royal Rumble 1989
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE WrestleMania V
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE The Main Event II
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE The Main Event IV
Character: The Big Boss Man
WCW World War 3 1995
Character: Big Bubba Rogers
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Character: The Big Boss Man

WWE WrestleMania VIII
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Character: The Big Boss Man (Bodyguard)
WWE Capital Carnage
Character: The Big Boss Man

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
Character: The Big Boss Man
WWE SummerSlam 1989
Character: The Big Boss Man
WCW SuperBrawl IV
Character: The Boss (Special Guest Referee)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
Character: The Guardian Angel
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Character: The Guardian Angel
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Character: The Guardian Angel (Referee)

WWE Armageddon 1999
Character: The Big Boss Man