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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jeffery Bradley 1973 (age 51–52) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bad Boy Bradley Bruiser Bradley[1] Bruiser Kong Charlie Hunter[2] Dudley Dudley[1] Evil Snack[2] Jeff Bradley[1] Original Dudley Dudley[2] The Texas Strangler |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 295 lb (134 kg) |
| Billed from | "Dudleyville" "The hills of Charleston, Pennsylvania" (ECW) |
| Trained by | Boris Malenko[2] Dean Malenko[2] Hiro Matsuda[2] |
| Debut | 1993[2] |
| Retired | 2013 |
Jeffrey Bradley (born 1973) is an Americanprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances withExtreme Championship Wrestling in 1995 as a member ofthe Dudley Brothers under thering nameDudley Dudley.
Bradley was born inSan Antonio, Texas and raised inBrandon, Florida. As a child, he attended wrestling shows at theFort Homer Hesterly Armory along with his family, and thus developed an interest in wrestling.
Bradley trained as a professional wrestler underJoe Malenko and his brotherDean. Bradley was also one of the last wrestlers to receive training fromHiro Matsuda, who was visiting the Malenko'sschool in order to trainOsamu Nishimura when Bradley began training. His first match took place inTampa, Florida and saw Bradley wrestleGary Nice.[2]
Following a 1993 tour ofAustralia as part ofDean Malenko's Wrestle Riot group, Bradley, upon his return to America, was brought into theWorld Wrestling Federation byJimmy Del Ray. Bradley was given thering name "Charlie Hunter", and worked for the WWF for two years, in the course of which he wrestled bothThe British Bulldog andShawn Michaels and appeared onMonday Night Raw.[2]
Renamed "Dudley Dudley", Bradley arrived inECW on July 1, 1995. He was billed as being part of the Dudley family along with hisstorylinehalf-brothersSnot Dudley andBig Dick Dudley. Dudley Dudley was known for his deep voice and strange laugh duringinterviews, and had the distinction of being "the only pure Dudley" - while all the Dudleys allegedly had (the apocryphal) Big Daddy Dudley as a common father, Dudley Dudley was the only Dudley who had (the equally fictitious) Momma Dudley as a mother. As a result, Dudley Dudley was the unquestioned leader of thestable.[2]
The Dudley Boysfeuded withThe Pitbulls, and were members ofRaven's Nest. In late 1995, the Dudleys were joined byDances with Dudley andBuh Buh Ray Dudley. Dudley Dudleyteamed with Dances With Dudley after his former partner, Snot, was badly injured in ajet ski accident. He left ECW in early 1996 after deciding to take a hiatus from wrestling.[2]
In October 1997 Bradley appeared withWCW as ajobber. He had previously appeared with WCW as a jobber in 1995, wrestlingBrian Pillman at ahouse show.[1]
Bradley worked inJapan forBig Japan Pro Wrestling and theInternational Wrestling Association of Japan, competing in a variety ofdeathmatches, and toured the world, appearing inAfrica andSouth America. In late 2004 Bradley touredAustria andHungary with Chris Raaber'sEuropean Wrestling Association. Bradley also touredPuerto Rico on several occasions as part of theInternational Wrestling Association, wrestling as "Bad Boy Bradley". He also was a member of Carlos Colons company (WWC) P.R.[citation needed]
Bradley returned toFlorida and began wrestling on theindependent circuit as "The original Dudley Dudley", and forIPW Hardcore as "Evil Snack", an evilchef with his proteges Von Tankard and Kubiak, who were known as The Snack Pack. He later began wrestling for NWA Florida, but was sidelined with a seriousbiceps injury in January 2004.[2]
Bradley trained numerous wrestlers atDean Malenko'sSchool of professional wrestling in Tampa while Malenko was touring Japan, including Axis,Chad Collyer,Molly Holly,[3] Jet Jaguar,[2]Kane,[2] Jeremy Lopez,Tony Mamaluke,Mike andTodd Shane,[2] Rod Steel,[2] Bruce Steele,[2] and Mikey Tenderfoot. On December 1, 2004, Bradley became a trainer atSteve Keirn'sSchool of Hard Knocks, also located in Tampa.
Bradley returned toPuerto Rico and began wrestling inWorld Wrestling Council as Bad Boy Bradley. He made tag with Todd Dean and defeat Juventud Boricua (Chris Joel and Noriega) to win the WWC Tag Team Championship.
Kong made his debut forBirkenhead basedAll Star Wrestling, worked all over theU.K. andWales along withIreland andScotland. A standout performer Bradley has also worked for Austrian wrestling promotion EWA on several occasions and held the EWA heavy weight belt in 2009 by defeatingWWE developmental talent and champion Chris "bambikiller" Rabber inLeoben, Austria. Bradley was also noted for workingWWF talent "Just Joe"Joe E. Legend drawing another sold out house for EWA. Bruiser Bradley also competed in a weekend-longcatch-as-catch-can Far East Wrestling tournament inKuwait City and by far was a top fan favorite. Bradley also appeared live onKuwait's most popular television sports talk show.
Bradley ended the 2009 year by once again returning toCarlos Colon'sWorld Wrestling Council (WWC) in Puerto Rico.