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    Ray Traylor

    1963-05-02 (61 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
    100 %|Sep 6, 2016
    Action, Drama, Thriller
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    WWE Hall of Fame 2016
    67 %|Apr 2, 2016
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    Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
    58 %|May 9, 2014
    Documentary
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    Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
    85 %|Feb 11, 2014
    Documentary
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    Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
    93 %|Sep 10, 2013
    Action, Drama, Documentary
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    WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
    88 %|Jul 23, 2012
    Documentary
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    The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
    80 %|Oct 11, 2011
    Documentary, Action, Drama, Thriller
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    The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
    79 %|Aug 7, 2011
    Action, Documentary, Drama
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    WWE No Way Out 2002
    60 %|Feb 17, 2002
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Royal Rumble 2002
    72 %|Jan 20, 2002
    Action, Drama
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    WWF: Hardcore
    70 %|Jul 31, 2001
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    WWE Judgment Day 2000
    78 %|May 21, 2000
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Backlash 2000
    75 %|Apr 30, 2000
    Action, Drama
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    WWE WrestleMania 2000
    74 %|Apr 2, 2000
    Action, Drama
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    WWE No Way Out 2000
    73 %|Feb 27, 2000
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Royal Rumble 2000
    64 %|Jan 23, 2000
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Armageddon 1999
    62 %|Dec 12, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Survivor Series 1999
    85 %|Nov 14, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Unforgiven 1999
    80 %|Sep 26, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE SummerSlam 1999
    72 %|Aug 22, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Fully Loaded 1999
    80 %|Jul 25, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Over the Edge
    70 %|May 23, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Backlash: In Your House
    100 %|Apr 25, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE WrestleMania XV
    74 %|Mar 28, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Royal Rumble 1999
    60 %|Jan 25, 1999
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
    76 %|Dec 13, 1998
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Capital Carnage
    55 %|Dec 6, 1998
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Survivor Series 1998
    90 %|Nov 15, 1998
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
    87 %|Oct 18, 1998
    Action, Drama
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    WCW Souled Out 1998
    100 %|Jan 24, 1998
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    WCW Starrcade 1997
    60 %|Dec 28, 1997
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    WCW World War 3 1997
    70 %|Nov 23, 1997
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    nWo Souled Out 1997
    100 %|Jan 25, 1997
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    WCW World War 3 1996
    60 %|Nov 24, 1996
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    WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
    85 %|Jul 6, 1996
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    WCW The Great American Bash 1996
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    WCW Slamboree 1996
    0 %|May 19, 1996
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    WCW World War 3 1995
    0 %|Nov 26, 1995
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    WCW Slamboree 1995
    0 %|May 21, 1995
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    WCW Uncensored 1995
    20 %|Mar 19, 1995
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    WCW SuperBrawl V
    0 %|Feb 19, 1995
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    WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
    0 %|Oct 23, 1994
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    WCW Fall Brawl 1994
    0 %|Sep 18, 1994
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    WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
    63 %|Jul 17, 1994
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    WCW Spring Stampede 1994
    90 %|Apr 17, 1994
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    WCW SuperBrawl IV
    50 %|Feb 20, 1994
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    WCW Starrcade 1993
    0 %|Dec 27, 1993
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    WWF Bashed in the USA
    0 %|Jun 23, 1993
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    WWF: WrestleFest '93
    0 %|Mar 20, 1993
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    WWE Royal Rumble 1993
    79 %|Jan 24, 1993
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Survivor Series 1992
    84 %|Nov 25, 1992
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Crunch Classic
    0 %|May 28, 1992
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    WWE WrestleMania VIII
    81 %|Apr 5, 1992
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Invasion '92
    0 %|Mar 26, 1992
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    WWF SuperTape '92
    0 %|Feb 27, 1992
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    WWE Royal Rumble 1992
    71 %|Jan 19, 1992
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Survivor Series 1991
    78 %|Nov 27, 1991
    Action, Drama
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    0 %|Oct 24, 1991
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    WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
    60 %|Oct 3, 1991
    Action, Drama
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    WWE SummerSlam 1991
    78 %|Aug 26, 1991
    Action, Drama
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    WWE WrestleFest '91
    0 %|Jul 25, 1991
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    WWE SuperTape vol. 4
    0 %|May 23, 1991
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    WWE Mega Matches
    0 %|Mar 28, 1991
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    WWE WrestleMania VII
    73 %|Mar 24, 1991
    Action, Drama
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    WWE SuperTape vol. 3
    100 %|Jan 24, 1991
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Royal Rumble 1991
    78 %|Jan 19, 1991
    Action, Drama
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    WWE The Main Event IV
    0 %|Nov 23, 1990
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    WWE Survivor Series 1990
    82 %|Nov 22, 1990
    Action, Drama
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    WWE SummerSlam 1990
    63 %|Aug 27, 1990
    Action, Drama
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    WWE WrestleMania VI
    84 %|Apr 1, 1990
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Royal Rumble 1990
    66 %|Jan 21, 1990
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    WWE Survivor Series 1989
    79 %|Nov 23, 1989
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    Hulkamania 4
    0 %|Nov 1, 1989
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    WWE SummerSlam 1989
    65 %|Aug 28, 1989
    Action, Drama
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    Fan Favorites
    0 %|Aug 9, 1989
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    WWE WrestleMania V
    73 %|Apr 2, 1989
    Action, Drama
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    WWE The Main Event II
    0 %|Feb 3, 1989
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    WWE Royal Rumble 1989
    55 %|Jan 15, 1989
    Action, Drama
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    WWE Survivor Series 1988
    85 %|Nov 24, 1988
    Action, Drama
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    WWE SummerSlam 1988
    74 %|Aug 29, 1988
    Action, Drama
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    WWE WrestleFest
    50 %|Jul 31, 1988
    Action, Drama
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    NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
    52 %|Nov 26, 1987
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    WWE SmackDown
    74 %|Apr 29, 1999
    Reality
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    WWE SmackDown
    74 %|Apr 29, 1999
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    WCW Thunder
    77 %|Jan 8, 1998
    Action & Adventure
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    WCW Monday Nitro
    84 %|Sep 4, 1995
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    WWE Raw
    67 %|Jan 11, 1993
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    WWE Raw
    67 %|Jan 11, 1993
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    WWF Wrestling Challenge
    68 %|Sep 7, 1986
    Drama
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    Saturday Night's Main Event
    79 %|May 11, 1985
    Drama, Family
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    WWE Pay Per View
    0 %|Mar 31, 1985
    Action & Adventure, Drama