“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?” -Bully Ray
Let me tell you who he actually is…
One half of the Dudley Boyz/Team 3D, the 18-time tag team champions across multiple companies. Along with Brother Devon, or D-Von as he was known in WWE, Bully Ray redefined tag team wrestling.
As a singles star, Bully Ray is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion and former President of the iconic Aces & Eights faction. Not to mention, Bully was a vital part of the original ECW, a trailblazing promotion whose influence is still felt to this day. You want to talk about wrestlers who have done it all? Then you have to talk about Bully Ray.
In an interview with Joey Mills from The Sportsman full article here: Here’s what he had to say about his upcoming match on Sunday and battling Tommy Dreamer – whom he’s known since their ECW days:
You made your return to Impact at Bound for Glory in the Call Your Shot Battle Royal. The standout moment of that match for a lot of people was when yourself, Rhino, Tommy Dreamer and Johnny Swinger squared off. What was it like to honour a legacy with those guys?
“It was fun. It was cool, but it wasn’t anything more than that. It’s not like that moment happens and you’re like, “Oh my god!”. Returning at the 2015 Royal Rumble and getting hit with that wall of sound from that Philly audience, that’s an overwhelming rush. Being in the ring with Dreamer and Rhino, that’s like just playing the hits for me. I can do it with my eyes closed. Anything that has to do with ECW is a guaranteed response. You know the people are going to love it, you know the people are going to be into it, you know they’re gonna chant ECW. I think my favourite part of the whole thing is when Swinger put his hand in the middle, like he was some kind of ECW original, and then we just chucked him over the top rope.”
Did you ever think back in Philadelphia in the 90s, that yourself and Tommy Dreamer would still be doing battle in 2023?
“You never really think about those things then. But sitting here now I’m not shocked. Everybody needs that one guy who is their arch enemy for life in wrestling. Me and Dreamer have been the best of friends and the worst of enemies. What people see on TV right now they’re like, “Oh, well, how can Bully and Dreamer coexist on Busted Open (Radio)? But they don’t like each other on Impact Wrestling. It’s two different worlds.
On Busted Open we’re contractually obligated by Sirius XM to get along. What we do on Impact can’t bleed over to Busted Open. What a lot of people don’t realise about being Tommy is we have a long history together. I think it’s finally bubbled up where me and Tommy just don’t like each other anymore. Period. I don’t like him. I know for a fact he doesn’t like me. What you see on television is mirroring reality more than most fans even realise. Probably more than you realise. Me and Tommy don’t talk anymore. There is no such thing as friendship anymore. Everything that our relationship was built on, has been destroyed and torn down. I tried to be Tommy’s friend forever. But I became a much bigger star in this business as part of the Dudleyz, Team 3D And Bully Ray than Tommy Dreamer has ever been as Tommy Dreamer.
How many Hall of Fame’s is Tommy Dreamer in? The answer is zero. What I’m getting at is this – my success has always bothered Tommy. It continues to bother Tommy. So Tommy thinks by having a Busted Open match or having this Hardcore War at Rebellion that somehow he’s going to get Retribution on me. Somehow he’s gonna get one up on me. How are you getting one up on me Tommy? My resume and my career crushes yours. That is your downfall. Because you allow it to crush you mentally.”
You’ll be captaining opposing teams in the ten wrestler Hardcore War at Rebellion. What can fans expect from this match?
“Well, it’s called Hardcore War and everybody can bring a weapon to the ring. So what do you think it’s gonna be like? If you want blood, you got it just like the AC/DC song says. I gotta tell you, I only need one person by my side for this match. If they told me I could only pick one partner for this match to take on Tommy’s team of five you know who it would be? Masha Slamovich. That’s a bad mother trucker. She can go. I’d be more worried about Masha than Bully. Although if I’m the Killer Kelly girl, I’m extremely worried. I’ll probably wind up piledriving her on her head on the concrete just because she decided to get involved. I can’t understand why some of these other guys get involved. Like what’s his name? The boopie guy? Bhupinder.. This young guy. He’s so happy to be on Tommy’s side. He doesn’t realise that when you follow the sheep you head to the slaughter and they’re all following Tommy. Tommy ain’t no sheep. He’s more like a water buffalo.”
Bully Ray “called his shot” on Josh Alexander at the iconic Hard to Kill Pay Per View in a Full Metal Mayhem Match back in January, earning himself a World Title shot at Bound for Glory when he won the Call Your Shot gauntlet. Bully lost, shifting his focus to Tommy Dreamer. Bully defeated Tommy a few weeks ago in a Busted Open (first blood) match.
Bully hyped up his team going into the Hardcore War. Team Bully consists of Masha Slamovich, Moose, Kenny King, & Brian Myers.
Tune in TONIGHT to find out who wins.
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Matches announced for Rebellion Pay Per View on 4/16:
Countdown show:
IMPACT Knockouts Tag Titles
The Coven (Taylor Wilde/KiLynn King) (c) vs Death Dollz (Rosemary/Jessicka)
Tag Team match
-Heath & Rhyno vs Champagne Singh & Shera
REBELLION MAIN SHOW:
Singles Match for vacant IMPACT World Title
-Steve Maclin vs Kushida
IMPACT Knockouts World Title
-Deonna Purrazzo vs Jordynne Grace
IMPACT Tag Team Titles – Ultimate X Match
-Bullet Club (c) vs MCMG
IMPACT X Division Title – Elimination Match
-Trey Miguel (c) vs Jonathan Gresham vs Mike Bailey
Last Rites Match
-Eddie Edwards w/Alisha vs PCO
6 Man Tag Match
-Santino Marella/Dirty Dango/Joe Hendry vs The Design
5 on 5 Hardcore War
Team Bully (Bully/Moose/Brian Myers/Masha Slamovich/Kenny King) vs Team Dreamer (Tommy/Killer Kelly/Kazarian/Yuya Uemura/Bhupinder Gujjar)
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