Person Details

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Aliases: The Big Boss Man , Big Bubba Rogers , Guardian Angel , The Boss , The Big Bossman , Ray Traylor , The Boss Man

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Marietta, Georgia, USA

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Movie Involvements: 107

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

WWE Raw
Average
7

WWE Raw

(1993) The Boss Man
WWE SmackDown
Average
7

WWE SmackDown

(1999) The Boss Man
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Average
7

WWF Wrestling Challenge

(1986) The Big Boss Man
WWE Pay Per View
Average
0

WWE Pay Per View

(1985) Big Boss Man
WWE WrestleMania XV
Average
7

WWE WrestleMania XV

(1999) The Big Boss Man
WWE Backlash 2000
Average
8

WWE Backlash 2000

(2000) Big Boss Man
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Average
7

WWE Royal Rumble 2002

(2002) The Boss Man
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Average
8

WWE Unforgiven 1999

(1999) The Big Boss Man

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2017 N/A
2016 N/A
Big Boss Man
2014 Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
Big Bossman
2013 Big Bubba Rogers
Big Bossman
2012 The Big Boss Man
2011 Big Bossman
Big Bubba Rogers
2009 Big Bossman
2002 The Big Boss Man
The Boss Man
2001 Himself
Big Bossman
2000 The Big Boss Man (Appearance)
Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1999 The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Boss Man
The Big Boss Man (Appearance)
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1998 Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man (Bodyguard)
Ray Traylor
Ray Traylor
1997 Himself
Himself
Big Bubba Rogers
1996 Big Bubba Rogers
"Big" Bubba Rogers
Big Bubba Rogers
Big Bubba Rogers
1995 Big Bubba Rogers
Big Bubba Rogers
"Big" Bubba Rogers
"Big" Bubba Rogers
The Guardian Angel (Referee)
The Guardian Angel
1994 The Guardian Angel
The Guardian Angel
The Guardian Angel
The Guardian Angel
The Boss
The Boss (Special Guest Referee)
1993 The Boss
The Big Boss Man
Big Bubba
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Bossman
The Boss Man
1992 The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1991 The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man (Appearance)
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1990 The Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man (Special Guest Referee)
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1989 The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
N/A
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1988 The Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
The Big Boss Man
1987 "Big" Bubba Rogers (Bodyguard)
The War Machine
Big Bubba Rogers
"Big" Bubba Rogers
1986 "Big" Bubba Rogers
The Big Boss Man
1985 N/A
Big Boss Man
Year Character Movie/Tv

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