Bully Ray on His Role in Ring of Honor

Do you know who he is? Bully Ray is one of the bigger surprises that Impact Wrestling has ever produced. Despite being one of the best tag team wrestlers of all time, he also became the TNA World Champion back in 2013. Now he’s moved on to Ring of Honor, where he’s filling the veteran role.

Bully Ray was recently interviewed by “A Music Blog, Yea?” about his new company and how he sees a lot of the locker room, getting to play the Bully Ray character again and whether Ring of Honor was interested in bringing in D-Von along with him. Here is the full interview, with transcription courtesy of 411mania.com:

Interview with Bully Ray (Bubba Ray Dudley)

On Wrestlers Who Entertain Him:

“There’s entirely too many to mention, there are a lot of wrestlers [or] entertainers out there today. I mean in the Ring of Honor locker room alone, man, you can’t even pick one, [Christopher] Daniels, [Frankie] Kazarian, [and] Jay Lethal is like the master of all trades who can do anything.”

On Playing Bully Ray Again

“It does feel good to be Bully Ray again, because I believe it’s what the fan want to see. People have been telling me since I created Bully Ray like six years ago, this is the side of me they like the best. Going back to WWE with D-Von and having our final run there as The Dudleys was a lot of fun, we went all over the world, we had a blast. But I know from the fan’s perspective it’s not exactly what they wanted. So, I’m happy to be able to come out here with Ring of Honor and be the version of myself that I enjoy the most and that the fans enjoy the most.”

And on Ring of Honor Being Interested in D-Von

“Yeah, Ring of Honor did contact me and D-Von a day after our WWE contracts expired and they wanted me and D-Von to come in and work there. We were very interested, D-Von has a larger family, D-Von wanted to take a step back for a little while, so I said, ‘Bro, you do what you gotta do and I’m gonna keep doin’ what I do’ and that was it. I always knew Ring of Honor and Bully Ray would be a perfect fit.”

Opinion: I’ve been pleasantly surprised by Bully Ray’s Ring of Honor run and it’s already been more successful than I was expecting. He’s been a good choice for someone to come in, do his big spots, get the fans fired up, and hand it off to the younger talent after giving them a bit of a rub.

Have you liked Bully Ray’s time in Ring of Honor? How long do you see him sticking around? Let us know in the comments below.