When the Dudley Boyz returned to WWE in 2015, there was hope from many fans that we would one day see the ‘Bully Ray’ character at some point. However, Dudley says that the character would cause too much of a problem with what WWE stands for when it comes to bullying.
“We were one day away from becoming Bully Ray in WWE,” he told ESPN.com. “One of the problems with having Bully Ray in the WWE was the word bully. How could they have a guy named Bully when they had the ‘Be a STAR’ program? It was a little too risky for them.”
“I mean [the WWE] have other characters there that do bully-ish type things, but the whole basis of Bully Ray is he is the quintessential bully,” he said. “His entire character is built around bullying people. Built around making people do things against their will. And with the business they have going on now — the Be a STAR program and more PG-rated stuff, bullying being such a sensitive subject around an entire world — it just wasn’t gonna work out.”
The Dudley Boyz return to WWE: Raw, Aug. 24, 2015
After leaving WWE, Dudley had plenty of opportunities to wrestle where he wanted to. He had a lucrative offer to return to TNA, but ended up signing with ROH.
“Ring of Honor reached out to me I think the day after I left WWE,” Bully Ray said. “They were actually interested in bringing in both me and D-Von into Ring of Honor, which would’ve been insane. D-Von had made a life decision where he wanted to devote a little more time to his family and physically in the ring wanted to slow it down just a little bit. I still have gas in the tank. I think Ring of Honor was the perfect place for me to continue as Bully Ray.”
“I had a huge offer to go back to TNA (now called Impact Wrestling), but I just knew in my heart it just wasn’t the right decision at the time,” Bully Ray said. “I am making less money with Ring of Honor than I would have been making with TNA if I accepted their offer, but I knew Ring of Honor was the right fit. Bully Ray belonged at Ring of Honor at this time. I don’t think I could’ve topped what I did as Bully Ray in TNA with the current landscape of TNA. Knowing all the great talent that Ring of Honor has, the passion of their locker room, the passion of their fans, and the fact that it’s the kind of setting I love to be in more than anything else, it was absolutely the right fit.”
Bully Ray also talks about ECW, his future in the business and more.
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