 Dudley in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mark LoMonaco (1971-07-14)July 14, 1971 (age 54) Queens,New York City, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brother Ray[1] Bubba Ray Dudley[2][3] Buh Buh Ray Dudley[1] Bully Ray[4] Mongo Vyle[1] The Terminator[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (127 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Dudleyville (as Bubba Ray Dudley/Buh Buh Ray Dudley)[1] Hell's Kitchen, New York (as Mongo Vyle/Bully Ray)[5] The Metropolitan area of Dudleyville (as Buh Buh Ray Dudley) New York, New York (as Brother Ray/Bully Ray)[4] |
| Trained by | Johnny Rodz |
| Debut | 1991 |
| Retired | October 12, 2025 |
Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971), known by hisring nameBubba Ray Dudley (also spelledBuh-Buh Ray Dudley), is an American retiredprofessional wrestler. He is signed toWWE, as an ambassador. He is best known for being one-half of theDudley Boyz tag team (also known as Team 3D) withD-Von Dudley, during his tenures inExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and WWE.
Debuting in 1991, LoMonaco came to prominence when he joined ECW as a member of theDudley Brothers in 1995, going by the ring name Bubba Ray Dudley. He formed a tag team with Devon Hughes (known as D-Von Dudley) called the Dudley Boyz, who became eight-timeECW World Tag Team Champions. In 1999, they moved to the WWF (now WWE) and became eight-timeWorld Tag Team Champions, as well as one-timeWWE Tag Team Champions andWCW World Tag Team Champions. An accomplished tag team wrestler, LoMonaco is considered one-half of one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during theAttitude Era.[6] He also held theWWE Hardcore Championship eight times before leaving in 2005. Alongside Hughes, LoMonaco joinedTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) later that year, changed their team name to Team 3D, in addition to changing his ring name toBrother Ray, and became one-timeNWA World Tag Team Champions and two-timeTNA World Tag Team Champions. After the team disbanded in 2010, LoMonaco competed as a singles wrestler under the nameBully Ray and went on to hold theTNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He left TNA in 2015, and returned to WWE with Hughes as The Dudley Boyz for two years, before joiningRing of Honor (ROH), until 2020. He appears as a coach forWWE LFG.
LoMonaco has headlined severalpay-per-view events, including the2013 edition of TNA's flagship annual event,Bound for Glory. In addition to twenty three tag team championships won between ECW, WWE, TNA andNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), LoMonaco has won thirty six titles between ECW, WWE, TNA and NJPW factoring in the aforementioned tag team championships, eight WWE Hardcore Championships, two TNA World Championships, and oneROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (held with theBriscoe Brothers). LoMonaco and Hughes were inducted as tag team into theTNA Hall of Fame in 2014 and theWWE Hall of Fame in 2018.
Mark LoMonaco[7][8] was born in theQueens borough ofNew York City on July 14, 1971.[1] He moved toDix Hills, New York, in his youth and graduated from Half Hollow Hills East High School, where he was a member of thetrack andfootball team.[9]
LoMonaco trained underJohnny Rodz,[1] and debuted in 1991.[7] He used thering nameMongo Vyle with thegimmick of a biker billed fromHell's Kitchen who was inspired byThe Nasty Boys,The Road Warriors, andMaxx Payne.[5] From 1993 to 1994, he worked asThe Terminator forInternational World Class Championship Wrestling based in New York City.
LoMonaco received a tryout withExtreme Championship Wrestling in September 1995, appearing asMongo, the bodyguard ofBill Alfonso. After impressing ECW ownerPaul Heyman by taking achokeslam from wrestler911, LoMonaco was hired. He was recast asBuh Buh Ray Dudley, the stuttering, dancing, overweight,hillbilly member of the sprawlingDudley family.[5] The unusual spelling of "Bubba" was a result of his stutter. In saying his name, Buh-Buh would stutter, causing him to say "my name is Buh-buh-buh-buh" untilBig Dick Dudley struck him in the chest, at which point he would shout "my name is Bubba Ray Dudley". The fans embraced the comical Dudley boys and during Buh Buh's matches would chant "Buh Buh Buh Buh". The spelling eventually stuck.
On April 13, 1996, atMassacre on Queens Boulevard, D-Von Dudley debuted in ECW and beganfeuding with the other members of the Dudley Family (his kayfabe half-brothers), claiming that their comedic antics were not the way true Dudleys should act. D-Von eliminated Dances With Dudley,Dudley Dudley, andChubby Dudley before joining forces with Buh Buh Ray, Big Dick,Sign Guy Dudley, andJoel Gertner. Known collectively as theDudley Boyz, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von dominated the ECWtag team division, winning theECW World Tag Team Championship a record eight times and defeating the four major tag teams in ECW: The Public Enemy,The Eliminators,The Gangstas, andSabu and Rob Van Dam.[10] Buh Buh Ray, D-Von, and Gertner all achieved a degree of infamy for their vitriolicinterviews, which antagonized audiences to a point of near riot.
In 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von left ECW and joined theWorld Wrestling Federation, where the "Buh Buh" stutter-spelling of "Bubba Ray Dudley" was rescinded. Throughout 2000 and 2001, the Dudley Boyz engaged in a three-way feud for theWWF Tag Team Championship with TheHardy Boyz andEdge & Christian. The feud incorporated oneLadder Match and two critically acclaimedTables, Ladders, and Chairs matches, the Ladder atWrestleMania 2000, and the TLC matches atSummerSlam (2000), andWrestleMania X-Seven. While they were initiallyheels, one of the things Bubba Ray was known for was driving women throughtables including WWE DivasTerri,Mae Young,Lita,Trish Stratus,Tori,Torrie Wilson,Stacy Keibler andJazz. The Dudley Boyz were soon cheered by the crowd and wereturnedface in early 2000. On the December 28, 2000 episode ofSmackDown!, Bubba Ray received a title shot againstWWF ChampionKurt Angle, which he lost.[11] In early 2001, The Dudleys were joined in the WWF bySpike Dudley.
In mid-2001, the Dudley Boyz turned heel once again by joiningThe Alliance, a largestable of former ECW andWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) wrestlers led byShane McMahon andStephanie McMahon-Helmsley who attempted to take over the WWF (Spike, along with other ECW alumni, did not join The Alliance). TheECW-WCW invasion ended at theSurvivor Series, when five WWF wrestlers defeated five Alliance wrestlers in a match to determine the ownership of the WWF. The Alliance disbanded and its members left the WWF, but the Dudley Boyz retained their jobs due to their possession of the WWF Tag Team Championship, which they had unified with theWCW Tag Team Championship that night.
FollowingWrestleMania X8, the WWF was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" (WWE) in May 2002 and the roster was divided into two brands:Raw andSmackDown!. The Dudley Boyz were separated when Bubba Ray wasdrafted to the Raw brand and D-Von was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. OnRaw, Bubba Ray found moderate success as he competed for theWWE Hardcore Championship, formed a tag team with Spike, and even competed in aWorld Heavyweight Championship match againstTriple H. D-Von's new gimmick onSmackDown! failed toget over, however, and he was reunited with Bubba Ray and Spike atSurvivor Series on November 17, when he moved to the Raw brand to help Bubba Ray and Spike defeatRico and3-Minute Warning (Rosey andJamal) in a Six Man elimination tables match.
The Dudley Boyz became a force to be reckoned with in the Raw tag team division over the next sixteen months, feuding with teams such as 3-Minute Warning,La Résistance, and various combinations ofThe Un-Americans. They held the World Tag Team Championship several more times before beingtraded (along withBooker T) to the SmackDown! brand on March 22, 2004, in exchange for Triple H. Shortly after arriving onSmackDown!, the Dudley Boyz turned heel once again, siding with Paul Heyman and feuding withRob Van Dam andRey Mysterio. On the May 27 episode ofSmackDown!, the Dudley Boyz kidnappedPaul Bearer, themanager of Heyman's enemyThe Undertaker. On June 27 atThe Great American Bash, The Undertaker defeated the Dudley Boyz in a handicap match. In July, the Dudley Boyz reunited with Spike. For the remainder of the year, they assisted Spike in his matches for theWWE Cruiserweight Championship. They also won theWWE Tag Team Championship one more time. In early 2005, the Dudley Boyz were removed from WWE television and sent toOhio Valley Wrestling while the WWE creative team attempted to devise anangle for them.
The Dudley Boyz returned to WWE television in June 2005 in order to promoteECW One Night Stand, an ECW reunion show. In the weeks preceding ECW One Night Stand they, along with several other ECW alumni, vied withGeneral ManagerEric Bischoff and his "anti-hardcore crusaders". At ECW One Night Stand on June 12, the Dudley Boyz defeatedTommy Dreamer andThe Sandman in the main event of the night after driving Dreamer through a flaming table. On July 5, 2005, WWE announced that it had opted not to continue contract renewal negotiations with the Dudley Boyz. In addition, fifteen other wrestlers were released by WWE, which was decreasing its spending as a result of a fall in projected revenue. In August 2005, all three former Dudleys were issued with legal notices instructing them not to use the (WWEtrademarked) name "Dudley". This led to a degree of acrimony between the former Dudleys and their erstwhile employers, as they had used the names since 1996, several years before all ECWintellectual property was acquired by WWE as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. Soon after, LoMonaco and Hughes (D-Von) announced that they intended to pursue legal action against WWE.
No longer able to use the Bubba Ray Dudley name, LoMonaco adopted (and trademarked) the ring nameBrother Ray Deadly, while Hughes became Brother Devon Deadly. The team also trademarked the terms "Deadly Brothers" and "Deadly Death Drop".[12] In August and September 2005, Ray and Devon made several appearances on the independent circuit, most notablyHardcore Homecoming, an unofficial ECW reunion show organized by ECW alumnusShane Douglas, a frequent critic of WWE and ChairmanVince McMahon. On September 21, 2005, it was announced that they had signed multi-year contracts withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).[13]
Ray and Devon debuted in TNA on the October 1, 2005 episode ofTNA Impact! – the first episode ofImpact! to be aired onSpike TV and in a prime time slot. They were identified as "Brother Ray" and "Brother Devon" respectively (with the suffix "Deadly" apparently having been dropped) and as Team 3D collectively. Team 3D quickly established themselves as faces by confronting the heelNWA World Heavyweight ChampionJeff Jarrett and his allies, theNWA World Tag Team Champions,America's Most Wanted (AMW). Team 3D defeated AMW atpay-per-view events in November and December 2005, but failed to defeat them in a title match atFinal Resolution on January 15, 2006, due to the interference ofTeam Canada. Ray and Devon continued to feud with America's Most Wanted and Team Canada over the following months. On the April 13 episode ofImpact!, an attempted ambush by Team Canada was foiled by the debuting Spike Dudley, identified as "Brother Runt". They had many battles with TheLatin American Xchange (LAX) until winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship from LAX atLockdown in an "electrified"steel cage match.
Upon the disintegration of TNA's contract with the NWA, Ray and D-Von were stripped of the NWA Tag Team Championships and awarded theTNA World Tag Team Championship as compensation. They defended these belts against the team ofRoad Warrior Animal andRick Steiner atSlammiversary. Following a match onImpact! to determine opponents, Ray would headlineVictory Road alongside his partner in a match of champions encounter againstTNA World ChampionKurt Angle andX Division ChampionSamoa Joe. At Victory Road, Ray and D-Von lost their match, and the TNA tag titles, to Angle and Joe, though only Joe gained complete control of the titles as he scored the pinfall and could select a partner of his choosing.
The next feud had Team 3D along with the X-Division traitorJohnny Devine againstMotor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley andChris Sabin) and the entire TNAX Division. Team 3D and Devine lost atAgainst All Odds 2008 meaning that they have to be under two-hundred seventy-five pounds in order to compete in the X Division. However, the angle was dropped. Brother Ray and Devon aligned themselves with Angle during his feud withA.J. Styles. This led to them feuding withChristian Cage andRhino as well. AtHard Justice, they lost to Cage and Rhino in a New Jersey Street Fight. They then feuded withMatt Morgan andAbyss, losing to them atNo Surrender. AtBound for Glory IV, they participated in aMonster's Ball match for the Tag Team Championship, but came up short. Team 3D appeared to joinMain Event Mafia but turned face by double crossing thestable and jumping them along withTNA Front Line leaders Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, and Rhino. They also attempted to put former ally Kurt Angle through a table.
At Lockdown Team 3D won the TNA World Tag Team Championship and retained theIWGP Tag Team Championship againstBeer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode andJames Storm). AtSlammiversary they lost the TNA tag titles to Beer Money, Inc. and on the July 30 episode ofImpact!, the IWGP tag titles toThe British Invasion ofBrutus Magnus andDoug Williams. On October 18, 2009, atBound for Glory, Team 3D captured their 23rd tag team championship when they defeated Beer Money, British Invasion, and The Main Event Mafia's Scott Steiner and Booker T in aFull Metal Mayhem Tag Team match.
With both the IWGP and TNA Tag tiles on the line, they captured the IWGP titles which were formerly held by The British Invasion.[14] During the following weeks Team 3D turned heel and aligned themselves with Rhino in a battle against the younger talent of the company.[15][16] On the November 19 episode ofImpact!, Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment graduateJesse Neal joined Team 3D and Rhino,[17] and two weeks laterSuicide joined Morgan, Hernandez and Dinero to level the playing field.[18] AtFinal Resolution Morgan, Hernandez, Dinero and Suicide defeated Neal, Team 3D and Rhino in an eight-man elimination tag team match.[19] On January 4, 2010, atWrestle Kingdom IV, Team 3D lost the IWGP Tag Team Title toNo Limit (Tetsuya Naito andYujiro) in a three-way hardcore match, which also includedBad Intentions (Giant Bernard andKarl Anderson).[20] WhenHulk Hogan andEric Bischoff took over TNA at the beginning of 2010, Team 3D's angle with Rhino and Neal was discontinued and they reverted to being faces, while starting a feud withThe Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs andJerry Sags), who were a part of the new wave of wrestlers brought in by Hogan and Bischoff.[21] AtAgainst All Odds, The Nasty Boys defeated Team 3D in a tag team match, whenJimmy Hart made his return to the company and interfered in the match on the Nasty Boys' behalf.[22]
Team 3D avenged their loss on the February 25 episode ofImpact!, when Neal helped them defeat the Nasty Boys in a tables match.[23] On the March 15 episode ofImpact!, Team 3D and Neal were scheduled to face the Nasty Boys and Hart in a six-man tag team match, but prior to the match the Nasty Boys attacked Neal backstage and put him through a table.[24] Team 3D found Neal a replacement in the returning Brother Runt, but were still defeated in the match by the Nastys and Hart.[24] However, after the match Neal made the save for Team 3D and helped them put Sags through a table.[24] On May 16 atSacrifice, Ray turnedheel by attacking Neal and costing him andShannon Moore their match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, after feeling he had been disrespected by Neal.[25] The following month atSlammiversary VIII, Neal defeated Ray in a singles match after a distraction from the debutingTommy Dreamer.[26] The following month atVictory Road, Ray faced Neal and Devon in a three-way match. During the match, the members of Team 3D attacked each other, before Neal accidentally speared Devon and was then pinned by Ray.[27] On the following episode ofImpact!, Devon joined fellow ECW alumniMick Foley, Dreamer,Raven,Stevie Richards,Rhino,Pat Kenney andAl Snow andTNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam in attacking Brother Ray, Abyss and the rest of the TNA locker room.[28][29] The following week, Ray declined Devon's offer to join the ECW alumni, before TNA presidentDixie Carter agreed to give them their own reunion pay-per-view event,Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand, as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company.[30] However, on the July 29 episode ofImpact!, Ray decided to join the ECW alumni and seemingly buried the hatchet with his brother, becoming aface again in the process.[31] On August 8 at Hardcore Justice, Team 3D, accompanied by Joel Gertner, defeated Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney, billed as Kahoneys, in a South Philadelphia Street Fight. After the match Ray and Devon were assaulted by the Gangstas.[32] On the following episode ofImpact!, the ECW alumni, known collectively asExtreme, Version 2.0 (EV 2.0), were assaulted by A.J. Styles,Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan ofRic Flair'sFourtune stable, who thought they did not deserve to be in TNA.[33] This would mark Team 3D's final appearance on their old TNA contracts, which expired shortly thereafter. The two then entered negotiations over new contracts.[34] Team 3D returned to TNA television two month later on the October 7 live episode ofImpact!, promising a major announcement atBound for Glory.[35] At the pay-per-view Team 3D announced their retirement, but asked for a one final match against the TNA World Tag Team Champions, the Motor City Machine Guns.[36] Their new multi-year contracts with TNA were confirmed shortly thereafter.[37] AtTurning Point, the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Team 3D to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[38]
During Team 3D's retirement ceremony on the following episode ofImpact!, Ray turned heel by attacking Devon, reigniting the feud between the two.[39] The following week Ray claimed that Devon had gotten weak, since Chris Sabin had managed to kick out of a3D (Dudley Death Drop) at Turning Point, calling him theMarty Jannetty and himself theShawn Michaels of the team.[40] On the December 16 episode ofImpact!, LoMonaco renamed himself Bully Ray, as he defeatedAmazing Red in asquash match.[41] On January 9, 2011, atGenesis, Ray defeated Devon via disqualification, after Devon hit his former partner with his own chain.[42] In the following weeks, Devon's sons Terrence and Terrell began making appearances onImpact!, and were regularly abused by Ray.[43][44] AtAgainst All Odds Ray faced his former tag team partner in a Street Fight. After Devon's sons interfered in the match, Ray low-blowed him and pinned one of his sons for the win.[45] On March 13 atVictory Road, Devon and his sons interfered in a Falls Count Anywhere match between Ray andTommy Dreamer, costing Ray the match.[46] On the following episode ofImpact!, Ray's feud with Devon was abruptly ended as he aligned himself withImmortal and moved on to feuding withFortune. At the show's end, Ray powerbombedA.J. Styles off the entrance stage through a table, sidelining him with a storyline injury.[47][48] On April 17 atLockdown, Immortal, represented by Ray, Abyss,Matt Hardy and Ric Flair, was defeated by Fortune members James Storm, Kazarian and Robert Roode andChristopher Daniels, who replaced Styles, in aLethal Lockdown match. During the match, Styles made his return, attacking Ray as he was beating Daniels.[49] On the April 28 episode ofImpact!, Ray challengedSting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated following interference from Styles.[50] Ray then recruited Dreamer as his partner and helped him defeat Styles atSacrifice.[51][52] On the May 26 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Styles and Daniels defeated Ray and Dreamer in a No Disqualification Street Fight.[53] On June 12 atSlammiversary IX, Ray defeated Styles in aLast Man Standing match to win the feud.[54] After the match Ray, though still retaining his status as a heel, put over Styles' resilience.[55]
On the July 28 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray began having problems with fellow Immortal memberMr. Anderson, when he cost him his steel cage match against Kurt Angle.[56] The tension between the two stablemates eventually led to a match on August 7 atHardcore Justice, where Ray defeated Anderson with a low blow.[57] From June to September, Ray was one of the twelve participants in theBound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. When thegroup stage of the tournament concluded, Ray finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals atNo Surrender along with James Storm, Robert Roode and his Immortal stablemate,Gunner.[58] On September 11 at No Surrender, Ray defeated Storm via disqualification, moving him up to 52 points. However, later in the event Roode managed to defeat Gunner via submission, which meant that he tied Ray's score to set up a tiebreaker match between the two. In the tiebreaker match, Ray was defeated by Roode via pinfall.[59] On October 16 atBound for Glory, Ray was defeated by former Immortal stablemate Mr. Anderson in a Falls Count Anywhere match.[60] On November 13 atTurning Point, Ray andScott Steiner were defeated by Anderson and Abyss in a tag team match.[61] On January 8, 2012, atGenesis, Ray was defeated by Abyss in a Monster's Ball match.[62] Ray later aligned himself with Bobby Roode, interfering in his matches especially ones relating to Roode's title.[63][64] On February 12 atAgainst All Odds, Ray was unable to capture the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Roode in a four-way match, which also included James Storm andJeff Hardy.[65] On the February 16 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray was defeated by James Storm in a number one contender's match.[66] On March 18 atVictory Road, Ray was defeated by Storm in a rematch to retain his spot as the number one contender.[67] On the following episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray started a rivalry with X Division ChampionAustin Aries, after interrupting an X Division Championship match between Aries,Anthony Nese,Kid Kash andZema Ion.[68] The rivalry between Ray and Aries continued on April 15 atLockdown, where the two were on opposing teams in the annualLethal Lockdown match. On the April 12, 2012 episode ofImpact, Ray withEric Bischoff, Flair, Kazarian, Daniels and Gunner defeated Styles withGarett Bischoff, Aries and Mr. Anderson.[69] Aries' team, led by Garett Bischoff, ended up defeating Ray's team, led by Eric Bischoff.[70] On May 13 atSacrifice, Ray was defeated by Aries in a singles match.[71] Afterwards, Ray returned to his rivalry with Abyss, when his supposed brother Joseph Park accused him of Abyss' disappearance.[72] On June 10 atSlammiversary, Park defeated Ray in an Anything Goes match, following interference from Abyss.[73] On the following episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray entered the2012 Bound for Glory Series, taking part in the openinggauntlet match, from which he was eliminated by an interfering Abyss.[74] Ray and Park had a rematch on the July 12 episode ofImpact Wrestling in an Anything Goes match, which Ray won after hitting his opponent with a chain. After the match, Park attacked Ray and hit him with Abyss' signatureBlack Hole Slam.[75]
In August, Ray came together with the rest of the TNA locker room to battle the villainousAces & Eights stable, who had been attacking random TNA wrestlers during the past months, in the process making a gradual face turn.[76] In September, Ray, unlike his longtime tag team partner Devon, signed a two-year contract extension with TNA.[77] On the September 6 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray finished his Bound for Glory Series group stage with a win over Rob Van Dam, thus finishing third and advancing to the semifinals of the tournament.[78] On September 9 atNo Surrender, Ray defeated James Storm in his semifinal match, following interference from Bobby Roode, before losing to Jeff Hardy in the finals of the 2012 Bound for Glory Series, despite Hardy being attacked by the Aces & Eights before the match.[79] On the following episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray was granted another opportunity to become the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was again defeated by Hardy.[80] On the September 20 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray defeated World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries in a non-title match, after hitting him with a steel chain.[81] On the October 4 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray defeated both Aries and his number one contender Jeff Hardy in a three-way match, after which Hulk Hogan agreed to let him become Sting's partner for the match against the Aces & Eights stable atBound for Glory.[82] On October 14 at Bound for Glory, Ray and Sting were defeated by the Aces & Eights, who in the process earned full access to TNA. Afterwards, the returning Devon was revealed as one of the members of the Aces & Eights.[83] On November 1, Ray and Devon faced off in the main event ofImpact Wrestling, however, the match ended in a brawl between the Aces & Eights and the TNA locker room.[84]
Over the next few weeks, tension would be teased between Ray and Hulk Hogan after Austin Aries revealed a secret relationship between Ray and the general manager's daughterBrooke.[85][86] On December 9 atFinal Resolution, Ray was defeated by Austin Aries in a singles match, following a distraction from both Brooke and Hulk Hogan and a low blow from Aries.[87] On the January 3, 2013 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Hogan suspended both Ray and Brooke after seeing them kissing in the parking garage two weeks before.[88][89] The following week, Ray proposed to Brooke after saving her from the Aces & Eights, which she accepted.[90] The ceremony took place the next week onImpact Wrestling, where Ray's groomsmanTaz interrupted and revealed himself a member of Aces & Eights, leading to the group attacking Ray, Hulk Hogan, and the rest of the groomsmen.[91] On the January 31 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Hogan reinstated Ray and pitted him and Sting against Aces & Eights (Devon andDOC) in a Tables match the following week, where Ray won the match by putting Devon through a table.[92][93]
On the February 21 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Hogan named Ray the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.[94] Ray received his shot in a steel cage match on March 10 atLockdown, where he defeated Jeff Hardy, following interference from Aces & Eights, to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. Afterwards, Ray revealed himself as the president of Aces & Eights, turningheel again in the process, and reuniting with Devon.[95] Ray made his first televised title defense on the April 11 episode ofImpact Wrestling, defeating Jeff Hardy in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain his title.[96] On June 2 atSlammiversary XI, Ray successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a No Holds Barred Match after an interference by Aces & Eights, with the added stipulation, that Sting would never get another World title opportunity again.[97] Following Slammiversary, Ray and Aces & Eights would continue feuding with Sting and his New Main Event Mafia (Kurt Angle, Magnus, Samoa Joe, andRampage Jackson).[98][99][100][101] On July 18, during theDestination X episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Chris Sabin, ending his reign at 130 days.[102] Ray received his rematch in a steel cage on August 15 atImpact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice, where he defeated Sabin, following interference from Mr. Anderson andTito Ortiz, to regain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.[103] On the August 22 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray revealed his marriage with Brooke Hogan fell apart as he broke up with her, and announced his relationship withBrooke Tessmacher. Later that night, Devon was forced to leave TNA after being pinned byA.J. Styles in a five-on-five tag team match against the Main Event Mafia.[104] The following week, tension began to be teased between Bully Ray and Aces & Eights Vice-president Mr. Anderson, with Anderson disagreeing with Ray claiming he never needed Devon and bring Tito Ortiz into the stable without a group vote.[105] During Ray's match with Sting on the September 5 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Anderson cost Ray by refusing to help him. Afterwards, Anderson attacked Ray and announced that he would be his challenger atNo Surrender.[106] The following week, Ray successfully defended his title against Anderson in a Last Man Standing match. Afterwards, as Anderson was being stretchered away, Ray attacked him and piledrived him onto the stage.[107] While beginning a feud with Styles, theBound for Glory Series winner, Ray was also dealing with the implosion of Aces & Eights.[108][109][110] On October 20 atBound for Glory, Ray lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Styles in a No Disqualification match, ending his reign at 66 days.[111]
On the following episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray was attacked by the returning Mr. Anderson, who later in the evening, cost Ray his title rematch with Styles.[112] Two weeks later, after teasing a break-up with Aces & Eights, the group ambushed Anderson in retaliation. On November 21, atTurning Point, Mr. Anderson and Bully Ray faced off in a match where it was Anderson's career vs. the Aces & Eights stable. Anderson won, forcing the end of the Aces & Eights.[113]
On February 13, 2014, Bully Ray lost to Mr. Anderson in aCasket match, ending the feud.[114]
On March 9, Bully Ray was introduced by Dixie Carter to be the special guest referee for the Eight-ManLethal Lockdown match atLockdown. During the match, he attacked Team Dixie's captain,Bobby Roode, allowing Team MVP to be victorious, turning face once again.[115] Ray then feuded with Roode, culminating in a match atSacrifice; Carter interfered and cost Ray the match. Over the following weeks, Ray invaded TNA Headquarters andDixie Carter's home, threatening to put her through a table. On May 22, Dixie andEthan Carter III came out to confront MVP and his alliance for their actions. But, when Ray interrupted the confrontation, he was ultimately laid out by MVP's alliance and put through a table by EC3. On June 5, MVP along with EC3 and Rockstar Spud challenged Ray, Austin Aries and Samoa Joe to a First Blood Match, which Bully and his team won after Bully hit EC3 with a steel chain. AtSlammiversary, Ray was defeated by EC3 after Bully went through a table from the top rope. Later that night it was announced that Ray, along with Devon, would be inducted into theTNA Hall of Fame as Team 3D atBound for Glory. On August 7, Bully Ray finally succeeded in putting Dixie Carter through a table. At Bound for Glory, Team 3D defeatedTommy Dreamer and Abyss. This event was the final contracted date for each member of Team 3D.[116]
On the May 8, 2015 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Ray made a one-night appearance as the special guest referee for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Kurt Angle andEric Young. On the July 15 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Bully made his return to TNA, where he was revealed by Dixie Carter as the new general manager.[117] However, it was announced on July 24 that Ray had departed from the company, due to being unhappy with the "current state of affairs within the company."[118]
Starting in late 2013, Bully Ray and Devon were something of a fixture withinTommy Dreamer'sHouse of Hardcore promotion. On November 9, 2013, atHoH 3, Ray attacked Dreamer andTerry Funk following the main event, claiming that Dreamer offended him by not inviting him to the show, before challenging Dreamer to a falls-count-anywhere street fight at theTNA One Night Only pay-per-view event Old School. Spike Dudley came out to make the save only to be beaten by Ray as well, whereas Devon appeared to confront Bully—only to turn around and aid him as the two hit Dreamer with a3D, then fended off an attempted save by the Sandman.[119]
Team 3D were also scheduled to officially team together against Dreamer and Abyss, then againstBad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian), on June 6 and 7, 2014 atHouse of Hardcore 4 and5 respectively.[120][121] However, Ray would be pulled out of both events by TNA PresidentDixie Carter, turning the on-screen feud between Ray and Carter in TNA into a crossover storyline involving talent associated with both promotions.[122] On July 13, 2014, Team 3D defeatedKevin Steen and Jason Axe to win the 2CW Tag Team Championship.[123] At House of Hardcore VII, Team 3D defeatedKiller Elite Squad.[124]
On February 7, 2015, Ray defeated Dom Vitalli to win the Destiny Wrestling Organization (DWO) Heavyweight Championship.[125]
LoMonaco made a one night appearance with WWE at the 2015Royal Rumble entering as a surprise entrant at number 3, reprising his Bubba Ray Dudley character. He eliminatedThe Miz andR-Truth before being eliminated byBray Wyatt.[126][127]
On the August 24, 2015 episode ofRaw, he and D-Von Dudley made a surprise return to the WWE, reviving their Dudley Boyz tag team persona. They attacked the WWE Tag Team Champions,The New Day, and gave a3D through a table toXavier Woods.[3] On the August 27 episode ofSmackDown, they defeatedThe Ascension and after the match they putViktor through a table.[128] On the August 31 episode ofRaw, they wrestled their first match on the show in 10 years against The New Day in a winning effort.[129] Following the match, they would attempt to3DBig E through a table, but Big E would be saved by Woods andKofi Kingston. On the September 3 episode ofSmackDown, The Dudley Boyz defeatedThe Prime Time Players.[130] At bothNight of Champions, andLive from Madison Square Garden, the Dudley Boyz challenged The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but would win both matches by disqualification, which allowed New Day to retain their titles.[131][132] AtHell in a Cell, the Dudley Boyz would challenge for the titles again, where they would be defeated by New Day.[133] AtSurvivor Series, the Dudley Boyz would team withGoldust,Neville andTitus O'Neil to defeatStardust, The Ascension, The Miz andBo Dallas in a5-on-5 traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match.[134]
From the November 23 episode ofRaw, the Dudley Boyz began a short rivalry withThe Wyatt Family, and later aligned themselves with the returningTommy Dreamer andRhino in the feud. AtTLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, The Wyatt Family defeated TheECW Originals in an eight-man elimination tables match.[135]
On the December 31 episode ofSmackDown, the Dudley Boyz teamed withKalisto in a winning effort against The New Day in six-man tag team match. They would face The New Day in a rematch on the January 4, 2016, episode ofRaw in a losing effort. AtRoyal Rumble, the Dudley Boyz would compete in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match on the pre-show for a spot in the Royal Rumble match itself, with the match being won byMark Henry andJack Swagger.[136]
On the February 8 episode ofRaw, the Dudley Boyz attackedThe Usos after a match involving them against The New Day and Mark Henry, thus turning heel in the process.[137] Explaining that they did not come back to WWE to be a "nostalgia act" and reminding the fans that they are "the baddest tag team on the planet", the Dudley Boyz abandoned using tables. In the following weeks, the Dudley Boyz and The Usos began a feud, setting up a tag team match between the two teams atWrestleMania 32, where the Dudley Boyz lost to The Usos.[138] The following night onRaw, the Dudley Boyz defeated The Usos in a tables match, breaking their vow to never again use tables and officially ending the feud. Afterwards, the duo were interrupted by the debutingEnzo Amore and Colin Cassady, who proceeded to insult them and ignite a new feud. In a tournament set up byShane McMahon to determine the new number 1 contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship, they would defeat theLucha Dragons to advance to the semi-finals, where they clashed with Amore and Cassady in a losing effort. On July 19 at the2016 WWE draft, the Dudley Boyz were drafted toRaw.[139] AtSummerSlam, they would lose toSami Zayn and Neville.
The Day after SummerSlam, the Dudley Boyz announced that they were announcing their departure from WWE on that night'sRaw. During their farewell segment, they were confronted byThe Shining Stars. After receiving insults from The Shining Stars, the Dudley Boyz attacked them, turning face once again in the process. As they set upPrimo for a3D through a table,Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacked both Bubba Ray and D-Von, sending D-Von through the table.[140]
On January 22, 2018, the Dudley Boyz appeared on theRaw 25 Years episode when they interrupted a fight between the team ofHeath Slater and Rhyno and Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews andTitus O'Neil), and gave a3D toHeath Slater through a table. The Dudley Boyz were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
On August 28, 2016, it was announced that Team 3D would be competing atInsane Championship Wrestling'sFear and Loathing IX event on November 20, 2016.[141]
On September 17, 2016, atHouse of Hardcore 18, LoMonaco reprised his Bully Ray character as he savedTommy Dreamer from "Broken"Matt Hardy. He later threatened Hardy that he would put him on the table like what he did toDixie Carter.[142]
At Delete WCPW, LoMonaco defeated Hardy in a No Disqualification Match with the help fromAdam Pacitti. He was defeated byDrew Galloway in a No Disqualification Match for the WCPW Championship.
At Manhattan Mayhem VI, LoMonaco made his ROH debut by saving theBriscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) andBobby Fish fromBullet Club, by puttingAdam Cole through a table. On March 10, at theROH 15th Anniversary Show, Ray would team with the Briscoes as they defeatedWar Machine (Hanson andRaymond Rowe) andDavey Boy Smith Jr. On March 11, Ray and the Briscoes defeatedThe Kingdom to win theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.[143] On April 1, 2017, atSupercard of Honor XI, Ray and the Briscoes successfully defended theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship against Bullet Club (Hangman Page,Tama Tonga andTanga Loa). They lost the title toDalton Castle andThe Boys on June 23.[144] Ray and the Briscoes challenged for the title again on September 22 atDeath Before Dishonor XV, but they were defeated by Page andThe Young Bucks, when Jay turned on Ray.[145] Afterwards, Ray started teasing his retirement from professional wrestling.[146] On October 20, Mark Briscoe also turned on Ray, joining Jay in attacking him andTommy Dreamer, whenVelvet Sky came to Ray's aid during his attack.[147] Ray's last match took place atFinal Battle, teaming with Dreamer against The Briscoes, losing in a New York Street Fight. Ray confirmed he is retired on February 10, 2018, on his official Twitter page. However, he still made appearances for Ring of Honor as an enforcer.
On April 7, 2018, atSupercard of Honor XII, Bully Ray turned heel by powerbombingCheeseburger. On the May 12 episode ofROF Wrestling, Ray was confronted by Cheeseburger; they exchanged a quick staredown, before Ray chokeslammed Cheeseburger. The ROH COOJoe Koff came out and told Ray that he was done being an enforcer. Ray told Koff that he unretired. On December 14, atFinal Battle, Ray was defeated byFlip Gordon in an"I Quit" match.
On April 1, 2020, Ray left Ring of Honor after his contract expired.[148]
On June 11, 2022, Ray was the special guest commentator for theNWA World Women's Championship atAlwayz Ready.[149] On the June 14 episode ofNWA Powerrr, Bully Ray, specialmaster of ceremonies for the night, was confronted byMike Knox and VSK of the Cardona Family. Knox initially acted in kind to Ray, due to their past as members ofAces & Eights inImpact Wrestling. However, after accusing Ray of "leaving him high and dry" in Impact, Knox and VSK would attack him before putting him through a table.[150][151] AtNWA 74th Anniversary Show he defeated Knox in a Tables match.[152] On the following episode ofPowerrr, Ray started a rivalry withMatt Cardona, after Cardona interrupted his interview with Kyle Davis.[153] The rivalry between Ray and Cardona continued on February 11, 2023, atNuff Said, Ray helpedNWA Worlds Heavyweight ChampionTyrus, who agreed to give Ray a title shot anytime he wanted.[154]
On April 7, atNWA 312, Ray defeatedNWA World Television ChampionThom Latimer bydisqualification, after Latimer would not stop attacking Ray in the corner. Prior to this, Ray went and grabbed Latimer's Television title, grabbed a microphone, and started talking aboutKamille.[155]
On October 7, 2022, Ray returned to Impact Wrestling atBound for Glory where he would win theIntergenderCall Your Shot Gauntlet for a championship match of his choosing.[156] On November 18 atOver Drive, Ray defeated Moose in a Tables match. Later in the show, Ray would confrontImpact World ChampionJosh Alexander and invoked his opportunity atHard To Kill, which Alexander accepted. Ray attacked Alexander and threatened to piledrive his wifeJen, turning heel in the process.[157] On January 13, 2023, at Hard To Kill, Ray was unsuccessful at winning the Impact World Championship from Alexander.[158] After Hard To Kill, Ray would enter a feud with former friendTommy Dreamer, with Dreamer challenging Ray to match forSacrifice.[159] On March 24 at the event, Ray defeated Dreamer inBusted Open match, after The Good Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler) made Dreamer bleed, while the referee was knocked out.[160] On April 16 atRebellion, Ray competed in a10-wrestlerHardcore War teaming withBrian Myers,Kenny King,Masha Slamovich and Moose, facing Dreamer,Bhupinder Gujjar,Frankie Kazarian,Killer Kelly andYuya Uemura, in a losing effort.[161]
On May 26 atUnder Siege, Ray came from behind and strangled President of Impact WrestlingScott D'Amore with a cable. Ray and Impact World ChampionSteve Maclin put D'Amore through a flaming table.[162] On June 9 atAgainst All Odds, Ray competed in the8-4-1 match, when D'Amore struck Ray with a steel chair to incapacitate him.[163] On the June 15 episode ofImpact!, Ray cut a promo that revealed he filed a complaint with theAnthem Sports & Entertainment Board of Directors about D'Amore's involvement in his business. D'Amore confronted Ray soon after, saying that the board advised that he take a leave of absence from his duties as president. D'Amore also said he agreed with the board, though only because it allowed him to attack Ray right then and there. Maclin would soon come out and assist Ray once again beforePCO appeared and took out both men.[164] On July 15 atSlammiversary, Ray teamed withDeaner losing to D'Amore and his mystery partner which wasEric Young.
On September 14 atImpact 1000, Ray teamed up with Brother Devon reuniting Team 3D, winning over The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju andChampagne Singh). After the match, Team 3D put Singh through a table turning Ray face in the process. on the October 5 episode ofImpact!, Ray, Myers,KiLynn King,Jody Threat and Sheralost to Champagne Singh,Dirty Dango, Eric Young,Jake Something andJordynne Grace. On October 21, atBound for Glory, Ray pushed Maclin off the top rope through a barbed wire table. Later in the night, Ray was a participant in the 20-person Intergender Call Your Shot Gauntlet, eliminatingKiLynn King, before being eliminated byJordynne Grace.[165] on the November 16 episode ofImpact!, Ray andJordynne Grace defeated Maclin and KiLynn King.
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At Night 2 ofWrestleMania XL on April 7, 2024, Dudley made a guest appearance as the special guest referee for thePhiladelphia Street Fight betweenThe Final Testament (Karrion Kross and theAuthors of Pain) andThe Pride (Bobby Lashley and theStreet Profits). After numerous spots collaborating with the latter, The Pride defeated The Final Testament. AtNXT Halloween Havoc on October 27, Dudley appeared as a host of the countdown show along withSirius XM'sBusted Open podcast host Dave LaGreca.Ridge Holland, who was due to have anAmbulance match in the event, interrupted Dudley and LaGreca twice. After theNXT Championship match in the main event, Holland attacked NXT ChampionTrick Williams after his successful title defense againstEthan Page. Dudley then ran into the ring to save Williams from Holland and Page.[166][167] On the following episode onNXT, Dudley appeared in a segment with Williams, where Dudley initially declined the latter's offer to be his tag team partner against Ridge and Page atNXT 2300. Later on however, after being saved by Williams from an attack by Holland and Page, Dudley changed his mind and accepted Williams' offer.[168] AtNXT 2300 on November 6, Dudley and Williams lost to Holland and Page. After the match, Dudley and Williams put Page through a table that was brought to the ring by D-Von, reuniting the Dudley Boyz in WWE for the first time since 2018 in the process.[169]
On October 19, 2024, Ray performed in the inaugural show forMaple Leaf Pro Wrestling,Forged in Excellence, on both of its two-night shows. On the first night, he defeatedRaj Dhesi in a tables match, whilst on the second night, he tagged withQ. T. Marshall in a losing effort against Dhesi andBhupinder Gujjar.[170]
On July 20, 2025 atSlammiversary, Ray returned to TNA, confronting the newly crownedTNA World Tag Team ChampionsThe Hardys (Matt Hardy andJeff Hardy) and announced that he andD-Von Dudley would reunite to challenge The Hardys for the tag titles atBound for Glory on October 13. At the event he and Devon lost after going through tables and his retirement was confirmed following the match.[171]
LoMonaco appeared on the second WWE edition of the game showThe Weakest Link, losing in the sudden death final toKane, and was the strongest link in the majority of the rounds. At the start of the game, he stated that he was playing for theAmerican Cancer Society and his "mommy".[172]
The Wrestling Figure Checklist records LoMonaco as having 26 different action figures produced from the 1990s to 2010s byToymakers,Jakks Pacific, andMattel.[173]
In 2018, LoMonaco began co-hosting the professional wrestling-themed talk showBusted Open onSirius XM.[174]
Alongside Hughes, LoMonaco has appeared in several wrestling video games, the most recent beingWWE 2K25.[175]
LoMonaco is ofItalian descent, particularly havingSicilian roots.
LoMonaco dated Fawnfeather "Fawn" Carr, anesthetician, from 1999 to 2013.[7] From May 2016 to November 2021, he was in a relationship with former TNA wrestler Jamie Szantyr, known professionally asVelvet Sky.[176][177]
LoMonaco, along with longtime tag team partnerDevon Hughes, operates a wrestling school called the Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment, inKissimmee, Florida.[178]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Weakest Link | Himself | Episode: "WWF Superstars Edition 2" |
| 2003 | The Mullets | Episode: "Smackdown" | |
| 2004 | Headbangers Ball | Episode: "March 13, 2004" | |
| 2014 | Guys Choice Awards | TV Special | |
| See Dad Run | Dr. Mayhem | Episode: "See Dad Get In the Ring"; credited as Mark "Bully Ray" LoMonaco | |
| 2017 | Impractical Jokers | Himself | Episode: "Catastrophe"[179] |
| 2020 | WWE Ruthless Aggression | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | WWE Icons | Episode: "Rob Van Dam" | |
| 2022 | Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions | Episode: "Bubba Ray Dudley" | |
| 2023 | Paltrocast withDarren Paltrowitz | Episode: "Mickie James + Jean-Marc Mineo + Ying Julaluck Ismalone +Will Skudin + Bully Ray" | |
| 2024 | WWE Rivals | 2 episodes | |
| 2024 | Biography: WWE Legends | 3 episodes | |
| 2024 | Gutfeld! | 2 episodes; credited as Bully Ray Dudley | |
| 2025 | WWE LFG | [180] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Beyond the Mat | Himself | Uncredited |
| 2020 | You Cannot Kill David Arquette | Credited as Bully Ray |
Mark LoMonaco, world tag team champion, has been wrestling since 1991.
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