Chubby Dudley
| Chubby Dudley | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Basso Ragni[1] |
| Born | April 25, 1970 Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bay Ragni[1] Chubby Dudley[1] E.Z. Ryder[1] Hell Rider[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 285 lb (129 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | "Dudleyville" |
| Trained by | Larry Winters[1] |
| Debut | 1991[1] |
| Retired | 2003[1] |
Bay Ragni (born April 25, 1970) is an American retired
the Dudley Brothers
.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (1991–1992)
Ragni was trained to wrestle by Larry Winters. He debuted on the independent circuit in 1991.
Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992–1993)
In late 1992, Ragni joined the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling, where he adopted the ring name "E.Z. Ryder" and formed a tag team known as "The Hell Riders" with H.D. Ryder. On the inaugural episode of ECW Hardcore TV (airing April 3, 1993 on SportsChannel Philadelphia), The Hell Riders unsuccessfully challenged The Super Destroyers for the ECW Tag Team Championship
. Ragni left ECW in late 1993.
Independent circuit (1993–1995)
After leaving ECW, Ragni briefly toured the
Mid-Atlantic states before joining the Newark, Delaware-based East Coast Wrestling Association
, where he wrestled as "Hell Rider".
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1996)
In mid-1995, Ragni returned to Eastern Championship Wrestling, which had been renamed
Dudley family. Ragni rarely wrestled, but would accompany his storyline half-brothers to ringside, normally while holding a cake, Crunchberries
or other snack. If the other members of the Dudley family were incapacitated, Ragni would flee from ringside.
At "
chair and delivered a low blow to Buh Buh Ray before being driven off by Hack Meyers.[2]
Ragni left ECW again in mid-1996.[3]
Liberty All-Star Wrestling (1994–2002)
Ragni began
promoting in 1994, opening Liberty All-Star Wrestling (LAW) along with "Lucky" Larry Reed and Frank "Super Cody" Cody. LAW was based in Chester Heights, with a training academy, Liberty All-Star Wrestling Academy, in Lansdowne
. Ragni acted as the commissioner of the promotion, occasionally refereed, and wrestled matches. The promotion closed in May 2002.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bay Ragni". Cagematch.net. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "ECW Arena Flashback (July 1996): Sabu, Sandman, Raven, Gordy, Dreamer, Dudleys, Taz". PWTorch.com. Pro Wrestling Torch. July 20, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ "The Dudley Boyz". WWE.com. WWE. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
External links
- Bay Ragni on Twitter
- Bay Ragni at IMDb
- Chubby Dudley's profile at Cagematch.net , Internet Wrestling Database
