Ray Traylor

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

Movies

119

Born: May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004
From: Marietta, Georgia, USA

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.

Works

119 films

WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops

20018.0

Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania

20148.5

WWE WrestleFest '91

1991

WWE SummerSlam 1999

19997.4

WWE Royal Rumble 2002

20026.7

WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House

19997.3

WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series

201710.0

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

1992

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

19988.7

WWE Survivor Series 1991

19917.4

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

19996.0

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn

20118.0

WWE Fully Loaded 1999

19997.0

WWE No Way Out 2002

20026.0

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

20128.8

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

1991

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

19946.3

WWE Survivor Series 1999

19998.5

WWE WrestleMania VIII

19928.1

WWE WrestleMania 2000

20007.3

WWE Survivor Series 1998

19989.0

WWE WrestleMania XV

19997.5

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1987

WWE Backlash: In Your House

19999.5

WWE Capital Carnage

19985.5

WWE Survivor Series 1990

19907.7

WWE WrestleMania VII

19917.3

WWE WrestleMania VI

19908.4

WWE No Way Out 2000

20007.2

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

19895.8

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1

20145.8

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

19987.5

WWE Funniest Moments

1991

NWA Starrcade 1986

19867.8

WWE Royal Rumble 2000

20006.7

WWE Unforgiven 1999

19997.7

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

19916.0

Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection

201310.0

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

1996

WWE SummerSlam 1989

19896.7

WWE Survivor Series 1988

19888.2

WCW Starrcade 1993

19939.0

WWE Judgment Day 2000

20007.9

WWE Over the Edge

19997.2

WWE SummerSlam 1990

19906.9

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

20139.3

WWE Greatest Hits

1991

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

20117.9

WCW World War 3 1996

19964.5

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

19917.1

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII

1994

WWE SummerSlam 1991

19917.7

WWE Backlash 2000

20007.6

WWE Armageddon 1999

19995.7

More Saturday Night's Main Event

1989

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

19926.9

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

19936.5

WWE Survivor Series 1989

19897.8

NWA Starrcade 1987

19875.9

WWE SummerSlam 1988

19887.3

WWE Rampage '91

1991

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

1990

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

20097.5

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

19949.0

Hulkamania 4

19899.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

19906.1

WWE Survivor Series 1992

19928.4

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

1989

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

19968.8

WWE WrestleFest

19885.0

WWE Invasion '92

1992

WCW Starrcade 1997

19975.0

WCW Uncensored 1995

19952.0

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

1990

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

19904.0

WWE Bashed in the USA

1993

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

19947.0

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

201410.0

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

201610.0

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

199110.0

WCW SuperBrawl IV

19945.0

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89

19895.9

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

1988

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88

1988

WWE Mega Matches

1991

WCW World War 3 1995

1995

The Brains Behind the Brawn

1989

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

1988

WCW Fall Brawl 1994

1994

WCW Slamboree 1996

1996

nWo Souled Out 1997

199710.0

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992

1992

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

1993

WCW World War 3 1997

19977.5

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

1988

WWF: Hardcore

20017.0

WWE WrestleFest '93

1993

WWE The Main Event II

1989

WWE WrestleMania V

19897.3

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

19877.0

WWE The Main Event IV

1990

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

1993

The Undertaker: 15-0

2008

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88

1988

WWE Hall of Fame 2016

20167.0

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88

1988

WCW Souled Out 1998

199810.0

WCW Slamboree 1995

1995

Battle of the WWE Superstars

1990

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89

1989

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII

1991

WWE Crunch Classic

1992

Fan Favorites

1989

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

198710.0

WCW SuperBrawl V

1995

AJPW Summer Action Series 1993 - Day 22

1993