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For the team of Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley, see Dudley Boyz.
Dudley Brothers
Little Spike Dudley
Sign Guy Dudley
Stable
MembersSee below
Name(s)The Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Brothers
The Dudley Clan
The Dudley Family
The Dudleys
Billed from"Dudleyville"[1]
"The hills of Charleston, Pennsylvania"
DebutJuly 1, 1995
DisbandedAugust 26, 1999
Years active1995–1999

The Dudley Brothers were a professional wrestling stable active in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1999.

The

Slap Shot.[1][2]

History

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1999)

Origins (1995–1996)

See also: Raven's Nest

I told

D.W. Dudley. Daddy went over to Oklahoma to the Cheyenne reservation, and well, everybody knows this guy.

— Dudley Dudley, October 1995[3]
Snot Dudley, one of the original three Dudley Brothers

The original three members of the Dudley family were

underdog of the group, who would pick his nose during matches).[4][5] They made their first appearance on July 1, 1995, at Hardcore Heaven, where the tag team of Dudley Dudley and Snot Dudley defeated the Pitbulls.[6] Shortly after their debut, the Dudley Brothers aligned themselves with Raven, joining Raven's Nest. At Heat Wave on July 15, 1995, Dudley Dudley and Snot Dudley teamed with Raven in a loss to Tommy Dreamer
and the Pitbulls.

After Snot Dudley was injured in a legitimate

the Bad Crew. In September 1995, Dudley Dudley and Dances with Dudley unsuccessfully challenged the Pitbulls for the ECW World Tag Team Championship.[4]

The group was later expanded when the obese, slobbish Chubby Dudley and the mute, placard-wielding Sign Guy Dudley (the result of Big Daddy Dudley's brief incarceration in an asylum) began accompanying Dudley Dudley and Dances with Dudley to ringside.[2]

In October 1995, the Dudley family was joined by

Buh Buh Ray Dudley, a stuttering, dancing, overweight hillbilly.[6][3] After Dudley Dudley left ECW in late 1995, Buh Buh Ray Dudley began teaming with Dances with Dudley, facing tag teams such as the Public Enemy and the Eliminators. At Holiday Hell on December 29, 1995, the Dudley Brothers left Raven's Nest, turning the group face as a result. In January 1996, Dances with Dudley and Buh Buh Ray Dudley unsuccessfully challenged Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck
for the ECW World Tag Team Championship.

World Tag Team Champions (1996-1999)

See also: Dudley Boyz

"Thou shalt not steal!" "Thou shalt not kill!" And thou shalt not fuck with the Dudleys!

— D-Von Dudley, April 1996[7][8][9]
Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley in 1999, wearing the Dudley Brothers' signature tie-dye
shirts, overalls and glasses

At

chair and delivered a low blow to Buh Buh Ray before being driven off by Hack Meyers.[10][11]

Dances With Dudley and Chubby Dudley left ECW in mid-1996.

Little Spike Dudley debuted in ECW. The "runt" of the Dudley Brothers, Spike began teaming with Buh Buh Ray Dudley, facing tag teams such as the Eliminators and the Bad Crew. The duo also faced D-Von Dudley in a number of bouts.[12] At November to Remember
on November 16, 1996, Buh Buh Ray defeated D-Von in a singles match.

At Crossing the Line Again on February 1, 1997, Buh Buh Ray turned heel by joining forces with D-Von. The duo began teaming together as the Dudley Boyz, along with Big Dick Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley, forming a dominant heel stable.[2] Between March 1997 and August 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von held the ECW World Tag Team Championship on a record eight occasions.[6] The Dudleys feuded with rivals such as the Eliminators, New Jack, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman, Balls Mahoney, and Little Spike Dudley, the sole remaining face Dudley.[6]

At

Dudley Death Drop finishing maneuver to Beulah McGillicutty
, supposedly breaking her neck.

Big Dick left ECW in early 1999. The stable finally dissolved in August 1999 at

World Wrestling Federation. In October 1999 at Re-enter the Sandman
, Sign Guy Dudley renamed himself "Lou E. Dangerously", leaving Spike as the sole remaining Dudley in ECW until the promotion folded in April 2001, when he too joined the WWF, reuniting with Buh Buh Ray and D-Von.

Legacy

Buh Buh Ray (renamed "Bubba Ray") and D-Von Dudley would go on to the

WWF Sunday Night Heat as "The Backseat Dudleys."[13] In early 2007, actor Steve Schirripa appeared alongside Bubba Ray (renamed "Brother Ray") and D-Von (renamed "Brother Devon") in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
, where he was depicted as a distant relative of the Dudley family.

Several more Dudleys were created outside of ECW. Big Dick Dudley formed a tag team on the

Terrence Dudley
.

Trademark of name

After the release of Bubba Ray and D-Von from WWE in 2005, they were informed by the company that they could not use any aspect of the "Dudley" name in any other promotions due to WWE trademarking the names before their release. This decision was controversial due to the fact that Paul Heyman, the former owner of ECW, had "given" the men (including Spike) the rights to the gimmick out of loyalty when ECW folded, but never actually transferred the rights in any official manner.

Although the former Dudleys attempted to fight WWE for ownership, they were unsuccessful. Following their debut in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), they took the monikers of "Brother Ray " (Bubba Ray) and "Brother Devon" (D-Von), combining under the new name "Team 3D". As a jab back at WWE, they wore shirts with middle fingers on them with the message "Trademark This!" and constantly tread a fine line of the official trademark by either having others use their common phrase "Get the tables!" or almost saying it before stopping short right before. Originally, however, the two were going to adopt the last name of Deadly. During an interview with Steve Austin on the Broken Skull Podcast, Bubba Ray stated the name got leaked to the media prior to their debut in TNA and he decided, out of stubbornness, to not use the name Deadly. When Spike was released from WWE shortly thereafter, he was forced to work under the name Matt "LSD" Hyson in various independent promotions. Upon joining his brothers in TNA in 2006, he was re-christened as "Brother Runt".

Many people have laid claim to the intellectual property that is The Dudley Boy

Taz has corroborated his story, but added that it was not just Raven who came up with the idea, but Raven and Taz together.[14]

Members

Championships

See also

  • The Dudley Boyz

References

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  5. ^ Glasgow, Kathy (June 5, 1997). "Suplex City". Miami New Times. Voice Media Group. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e "The Dudley Boyz". WWE.com. WWE. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  7. ^ Duffy, Ray (April 14, 1996). "ECW - Live with El Lurker Loco - Queens, NY". Rec.Sport.Pro-Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Heels Inc (February 20, 2014). "The "Oh My God!" video review: ECW's Massacre on Queens Blvd. 4/13/96". CrazyMax.org. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Matthews, Paul (July 5, 2020). "Massacre on Queens Blvd '96". ClassicWrestlingReview.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "ECW Arena Flashback (July 1996): Sabu, Sandman, Raven, Gordy, Dreamer, Dudleys, Taz". PWTorch.com. Pro Wrestling Torch. July 20, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
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  14. ^ History of ECW, episode 9/17/95
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