The Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz were an American wrestling tag team. This tag team was in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Dudley Boyz and later in WWE as Dudley Boys under contract. From September 2005 to November 2010, the team was seen as Team 3D in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
With a total of 23 championship titles in all major North American leagues as well as at the prestigious Japanese League New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Dudley Boyz, the most successful tag team of the modern wrestling business are.
- 2.1 Mark LoMonaco
- 2.2 Devon Hughes
- 2.3 Matthew Hyson
- 4.1 As a team,
- 4.2 Single Achievements
Career
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Originally launched in 1995 as a comedy act in ECW, the team established a permanent fixture in the organization. The original idea was to market the two dressed in purple - gray wrestler with cardboard glasses as a parody of the Hanson Brothers from the movie Slapshot. But the supposedly originating from Dudleyville brothers came to the public better than we thought and acted soon as a real team of ECW.
On March 15, 1997, they were allowed to win for the first time the title of ECW Tag Team. Overall, they were eight times hold the highest title of this wrestling league and remain so due to the resolution of the original ECW, the eternal record holder.
In addition to the main characters Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley, were added in ECW still several other " family members" added, some of which, however, really only served as a comical supporting role. Others, such as the " patriarch of the family," Big Dick Dudley, and Spike Dudley were, however, regularly yourself as a wrestler on.
World Wrestling Federation / WWE (1999-2005)
1999 changed the Dudleys in the World Wrestling Federation. Buh Buh Ray was here from now on as Bubba Ray known.
The management of the WWF decided to give the two to allow greater recognition own Spezialkampfart. So they developed over time, the so-called TLC match, a martial art, at the tables, ladders and chairs as weapons were utilized. Two other teams that should occur in this time and again against the Dudley's were the Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian. In February of 2000, they were finally allowed to be the first time WWF World Tag Team Champions. In the period following the Dudley Boys were also present in the title of the action.
In 2001, the WWF both World Championship Wrestling, and the ECW bought up. In the context of related storylines which Dudley also to the then ausgefochtenen WCW World Tag Team title went to which they could also win a short period. At Survivor Series, they were allowed against the Hardy Boyz (which the WWF Tag Team Championship held ) combine tag team titles by winning the WWF and WCW World. The Dudleys held in 2001 to the WCW Tag Team titles also 5 times the WWF World Tag Team title.
In 2002, the WWF was renamed the WWE and divided into two squads. The Dudley's were divided into the individual shows. While Bubba Ray appeared on RAW, got D-Von on Smackdown! missed as Reverend Devon churches a gimmick and made a new companion to the page with Batista. The separation lasted until Survivor Series of the year. Then the team went from then on RAW.
After their reunion, they team tracks have been included in the action by the day. At the Royal Rumble in 2003, they received against the Champions Lance Storm and William Regal for the seventh time overall title. They had this but the next day leave again. At the event, Unforgiven 2003, she received the title for the eighth and last time. They were allowed to keep up to December of the year when Batista and Ric Flair new title holders were.
Under a change of occupation of the two squads they were in 2004 to SmackDown! sent. Here they could even hold the WWE tag team titles until they had to hand in July of this. Towards the end of the Dudley disappeared from the scene.
In keeping with the special event ECW One Night Stand returned Bubba Ray and D-Von back in mid-2005 and appeared in the main fight against Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. This was also the same time her last WWE appearance. The contracts were not renewed and the Dudley's lost in addition to their commitment and their team name because the rights belong to the WWE.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Due to the loss of the naming rights was decided to use the name Team 3D. As a striking feature, however, both kept their names and they occur since then as " Brother Ray" and " Brother Devon " on.
As of 21 September 2005 are working together with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The former Spike Dudley Actor, Matthew Hyson, became effective as of April 13, 2006 under his new ring name " Brother Runt " in TNA on and supported his former gimmick brothers until his release in August 2007.
On 19 April 2009, the tag team wrestling could write history in which there team win Championships in a Philadelphia Street Fight by Beer Money Inc. TNA tag, and could win their 21st title in a major North American league. In the match, and those acquired in Tokyo in January 2009 IWGP Tag Team Championship were at stake, which were held in front of the Team 3D by only three other American tag teams.
To elect new challenger to their TNA title, gave Team 3D on April 21 announced. to hold an open tournament which was eventually won by Beer Money, Inc.. The following title match was Beer Money, Inc. decide thanks to an intervention by the losing in the tournament final British invasion itself and regain the tag team title. Because these events were defending Team 3D at Victory Road their IWGP title against the British and were allowed to remain for the time being victorious. In the return match, however, they had to admit defeat of the invasion and had to go almost 200 -day reign the IWGP title again exits.
On October 18, 2009 Bound for Glory, Team 3D won the IWGP Tag Title against Beer Money, the British Invasion and the tag team of Scott Steiner and Booker T again. On 4 January 2010 at Wrestle Kindom IV of the Japanese organization New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Team 3D gave the IWGP title at No Limit ( Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro ) in a 3 -way hardcore match from. After another sporadic feuds TNA separated the team on 8 November 2010 the tapings of TNA Impact! . There then followed a feud between Devon and Ray until April 2011.
At Lockdown PPV on March 10, 2013, Bully Ray was recognized as president of the grouping Aces & Eights. This led within this Stables to a reunion of Team 3D, since Devon was already unmasked in October 2012 as a member.
Members
Mark LoMonaco
Mark LoMonaco was born on July 14, 1971 in Massapequa, New York. He began his wrestling career in 1991 in ECW after he had been trained by Johnny Rodz and Sonny Blaze. It first started as a terminator, he joined in 1995 as Buh Buh Ray Dudley on. Currently LoMonaco occurs as Bully Ray in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Devon Hughes
Devon Hughes was born on August 1, 1972 in New Rochelle, New York. As a child a big fan of Hulk Hogan and the Road Warriors he trained wrestler Johnny Rodz on and entered as of this date in various minor leagues. From 13 April 1996, he joined the ECW on as D-Von Dudley. Currently Hughes occurs simply as Devon in TNA.
Matthew Hyson
Matthew Johnathan Hyson was on 13 August 1970 in Providence, Rhode Iceland born. Before he started wrestling, he worked as a primary school teacher. He received his education in the California Wrestling APW. After he came into office two years in various California leagues, he got in 1996 a contract with ECW. Due to its rather puny and youth- like appearance Hyson got the gimmick of Spike Dudley, the "little 18 year old brother" of the Dudley Boyz. He quickly became combined to form a tag team with Balls Mahoney, who just had a feud with the Dudley's.
Other members of the Dudley family
- Lou d' Angeli Sign Guy Dudley (1995-1998)
- Adolpho Bermundez as Dances with Dudley (1995-1998)
- Jeff Bradley Dudley Dudley (1995-1998)
- Ray Bugni as Chubby Dudley (1995-1998)
- Michael Deek as Snot Dudley (1995-1998)
- Alexander Paul Rizzo as Big Dick Dudley (1995-1998)
- Jeff Roth as jewelry Dudley (1995-1998)
Achievements
As a team,
All Japan Pro Wrestling
- Winner of the Real World Day (2005)
Extreme Championship Wrestling
- 8x ECW World Tag Team Champions
New Japan Pro Wrestling
- 2x IWGP Tag Team Champions
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
- 8x World Tag Team Champions
- 1x WWE Tag Team Champions
Individual successes
Bubba Ray Dudley / Bully Ray
- 2x TNA World Heavyweight Champion
- 10x WWF Hardcore Champion
Spike Dudley
- 8x WWF / WWE Hardcore Champion
- 1x WWE Cruiserweight Champion
- 1x WWF World Tag Team Champion ( with Tazz )
- 1x WWF European Champion
- 2x ECW World Tag Team Champion ( with Balls Mahoney )
Devon
- 2x TNA Television Champion
Others
When Team 3D were founded in 2007 also has its own wrestling school name Team 3D Wrestling Academy, which began in 2009, to organize their own shows.