History Wrestling / TheDudleyBoys

In TNA, the Dudley name is reduced to [[CanonName unofficial name status]] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope WWE trademarkng it]], and the main three brothers are known as '''Brother/Bully Ray''', '''Brother Devon''' (or simply just Devon), and '''Brother Runt''' (based on Spike's reputation of being "[[WhiteSheep the runt of the litter]]" alongside his much larger kayfabe brothers), with their team name being '''Team 3D''' (taken from their finishing move). though they and other fellow ECW alumni do get away with calling Bubba and Spike by their original names due to familiarity.

* SignatureMove: Besides the diving headbutt, Bubba Ray also had the Bubba bomb and a punch combination that involved him humping the air. Devon had a diving shoulder block and on lesser occasions, a [[Wrestling/RonKillings corkscrew forearm.]]

* IHaveManyNames:
** Dudley Dudley (Jeff Bradley) has also been known as the Insane O.D.D., "Bad Boy" Jeff Bradley and "Texas Tangler" Bruiser Bradley.
** Little Snot (Anthony Michaels) has also been known as Fire and Tony Carlone.
** Big Dick (Alex Rizzo) had previously been known as Alexander the Great.
** Dances with (Alfonso Bermudez) has also been known as White Wolf, White Cloud, Chief Dudley and Alfonso.
** Sign Guy (Lou [=D'Angeli=]) was repackaged as "Lou E. Dangerously," a [[SelfDeprecation Take That Me]] knockoff of [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman Paul E.]]
** Bubba has also been known as the Terminator, Mongo, Mongo Vyle, Brother Ray and now Bully Ray.
** D-Von started out as A-Train, and also used the names Reverend Devon, Brother Devon and now simply Devon.

* [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope WWE Owns This Trope]]: Thanks to WWE's habit of trademarking, they had to change their name when they left for TNA. Bubba Ray became Brother Ray, later Bully Ray as heel, D-von went with Brother Devon and Spike became Brother Runt.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Bully Ray features a heavy, almost exaggerated Brooklyn accent, even ending his tweets with words that end with "a" ("wrestla").

* CanonDiscontinuity: On the October 11, 2007 episode of ''Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact,'' there was an in-ring confrontation between Team 3-D and the Steiner Brothers (Rick and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott]]). Scott was challenging Brother Ray's claim of being former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champions]], claiming, accurately, that they spent a lot of years in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and that they never saw Team 3-D's names on the roster. This was because Team 3-D, then the Dudley Boys, defeated the Hardyz for the belts on the October 25 (taped October 23), 2001 ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown WWE SmackDown]]'' during the [=InVasion=]/Alliance feud, after Wrestling/{{WWE}} had bought [=WCW=] and not brought the Steiners along, but Ray just could not say that.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Bubba, by Wrestling/TrishStratus, until he overcame it and table-bombed her at ''Backlash 2000.''

* FinishingMove: The Dudley Death Drop/3D (evolved out of the [[Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage Buh Buh Cutter]], which he had debuted at ''November to Remember '96'' in his match against D-Von. The 3D first appeared at ''Crossing the Line Again'', February 1, 1997.)

* GeniusBruiser: Bubba is a lot smarter in real life than his character would suggest, as evidenced by his performance on ''Series/TheWeakestLink'', where he was the strongest player for the first four rounds.

* [[AGodAmI Gods Are We]]: The second episode of ''ECW on TNN'', September 3 (taped August 26), 1999, was their last night in ECW. They defeated Balls Mahoney and Spike for the ECW World Tag Team Titles and [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=93&nr=918 threatened to take them with them to WWE.]]

* '''[[{{Heel}} HEELS]]''': From Buh Buh Ray's turn in February 1997 until they left in September 1999. On the ''Rise and Fall of ECW'' [=DVD=], Bubba says, "We were the definition of the word ''heel'', we were the worst of the worst."
* ImprobableWeaponUser: "D-VON, GET THE TABLES!!!"

* {{Lightning Bruiser}}s: Devon more so than the rest, at least until Bully Ray went through his personal makeover to become the TNA World Champion.

* RedOniBlueOni / SaltAndPepper / SiblingYinYang: The main two, Bubba Ray and Devon. Though over the years, Bubba Ray became the loudmouth and Devon the more reserved.

* [[HesBack They're Back!]]: After a decade-long absence, the Dudley Boys returned on the August 24 edition of RAW, attacking [[Wrestling/BigELangston The]] [[Wrestling/KofiKingston New]] [[Wrestling/XavierWoods Day]]. The crowd ''exploded'' when they saw them, and were red hot as they absolutely destroyed the newly crowned Tag Team Champions.

* [[IHaveManyNames We Have Many Names]]:

* [[HesBack They're Back!]]: After a decade-long absence, the Dudley Boys returned on the August 24 edition of RAW, attacking Wrestling/TheNewDay.

** WrestlingFamily: In {{kayfabe}}.

* WeaponOfChoice: When they were put in a triangle ladder match against Edge & Christian and the Hardy Boyz, Wrestling/JimRoss lambasted those damn Dudleyz on commentary for bringing tables into it.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Sometimes in ECW, Buh Buh would wear a Confederate flag do-rag on his head.

* [[HesBack They're Back!]: After a decade-long absence, the Dudley Boys returned on the August 24 edition of RAW, attacking Wrestling/TheNewDay.

* AmericanAccents: Bully Ray features a heavy, almost exaggerated Brooklyn accent, even ending his tweets with words that end with "a" ("wrestla").

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[[caption-width-right:222:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champions]], a title they would hold a record eight times.]]

* TheMascot: Spike was this as Bubba and D-Von's third wheel in the beginning of his WWF/E run.

* FunWithAcronyms: '''L'''ittle '''S'''pike '''D'''udley

* GimmickMatches: They're quite fond of Table Matches (the winner is the first to put an opponent through a table.) Along with the Hardys and Edge and Christian, they originated the TLC match (Tables, Ladders, and Chairs).

!!! D-Von! Get the Tropes!:

* GimmickMatch: They're quite fond of Table Matches (the winner is the first to put an opponent through a table.) Along with the Hardys and Edge and Christian, they originated the TLC match (Tables, Ladders, and Chairs).

* AFriendToAllChildren: After putting Ink Inc's Jesse Neal through a table at a TNA show in New Jersey, Bully Ray and Brother Devon called the children in attendance into the ring and distributed the table wreckage to them.

* TheMascot: Spike was this in the beginning of his WWF run.

** That dropped them off at TNA.

* RedOniBlueOni / SaltAndPepper / SiblingYinYang: The main two, Bubba Ray and Devon.

** Wrestling/StacyKeibler's primary tactic as the Dudleys' valet. Occaisonally backfired by distracting the referee instead, and on the rare occaision, Bubba.

In TNA, the Dudley name is reduced to [[CanonName unofficial name status]] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope WWE trademarkng it]], and the main three brothers are known as '''Brother/Bully Ray''', '''Brother Devon''' (or simply just Devon), and '''Brother Runt''' (based on Spike's reputation of being "[[WhiteSheep the runt of the litter]]" alongside his much larger kayfabe brothers), though they and other fellow ECW alumni do get away with calling Bubba and Spike by their original names due to familiarity.

** CanonName: They briefly mentioned that their father's name was Dudley during their feud with Wrestling/{{Konnan}} and [[GangBangers LAX]], and Devon continues to go by "Devon Dudley" both on Twitter and for certain independent appearances.

** After Buh Buh Ray's heel turn, the Dudleys stopped using music altogether, and the only sounds heard during their entrances would be the boos of the crowd.

* NonIdenticalTwins: Bubba Ray and Devon were able to get away with the [[TagTeamTwins twin switch]] on WWE Smackdown after Paul Heyman declared them to be identical...even though they are not.

'''The Dudley Boys''' consisted of [[{{Kayfabe}} storyline]] [[UnrelatedBrothers half-brothers]] '''Bubba Ray''' (originally spelled '''Buh Buh Ray''' to account for his stutter) and '''D-Von''', occasionally '''Wrestling/SpikeDudley''', and a whole heap of others in Wrestling/{{ECW}}). As one of the top tag teams in the histories of ECW, [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF/E]], and Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Bubba Ray and D-Von[[note]]whose real names are Mark Pierre [=LoMonaco=] and Devon Hughes respectively[[/note]] are notable for becoming the most decorated tag team in professional wrestling history, as well as for their groundbreaking series of matches during the WWF Wrestling/AttitudeEra against the [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/MattHardy Boys]] and Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}}.

'''The Dudley Boys''' consisted of '''Bubba Ray''' (originally spelled '''Buh Buh Ray''' to account for his stutter), '''D-Von''', and '''Wrestling/SpikeDudley''' (and a whole heap of others in Wrestling/{{ECW}}). As one of the top tag teams in the histories of ECW, [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF/E]], and Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Bubba Ray and Devon are notable for becoming the most decorated tag team in professional wrestling history, as well as for their groundbreaking series of matches during the WWF Wrestling/AttitudeEra against the [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/MattHardy Boys]] and Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}}.

The Dudley Boys consisted of '''Bubba Ray''', '''D-Von''' and Wrestling/SpikeDudley (and a whole heap of others in Wrestling/{{ECW}}) and were one of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s top tag teams during the Wrestling/AttitudeEra, alongside the [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/MattHardy Boys]] and Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}}. Originally conceived as a wrestling version of the Hansen Brothers from ''Film/SlapShot'' by Wrestling/{{Raven}}.

You can find the basics about the whole "family" in general [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_family here]] and about Ray and Devon in particular [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dudley_Boys here]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: Bubba Ray

** Wrestling/{{Edge}} & Wrestling/{{Christian}}, and [[Wrestling/JeffHardy the]] [[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardys]] while in WWE. The Eliminators (Wrestling/PerrySaturn and John Kronus), the Gangstas (Wrestling/NewJack and Mustafa), Tommy Dreamer, [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Little Spike Dudley, Axl Rotten[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney[=/=]Wrestling/MasatoTanaka in ECW. They didn't make too many friends.
** Abyss and Joseph Park, Esq., brothers of [[SplitPersonality the same body]], were both this for Bully Ray.

** They again broke up in TNA during 2010, with Bubba/Brother Ray turning on D-Von/Devon, christening himself Bully Ray while referring to himself as the Shawn Michaels to Devon's Marty Jannetty. Bully Ray then dropped about 50 pounds, going from a hefty 325 to 275, and brought back some of his more obnoxiously heel traits from ECW along with some BrooklynRage; he is now one of the company's top heels while Devon languished in the lower midcard before being released... Only to be revealed as one of the Wrestling/AcesAndEights at ''Bound For Glory 2012'', becoming the de-facto face of the faction and simultaneously being catapulted into the main event scene opposite Bully Ray.

* BrooklynRage: Bubba adopted this as part of his [[FaceHeelTurn Bully Ray turn.]] Mark [=LoMonaco=] (Ray's real name) is from Queens, NY, appropriately.

** Subverted during Bully's following HeelFaceTurn the night Dixie Carter first came back to Impact after losing control of wrestling operations. At one point all that was in the ring was Bully, Dixie, and a table set up across the ring from them. He approached her as if he was gonna do it. Cue commercial break. When the show returned, she was walking through the back and confronted Magnus on her way out. It was all a PseudoCrisis for Dixie, most likely because of SpikeTV's rules against man-on-woman violence. Bully references this the following week. The storyline would gradually develop into Bully's quest to put Dixie through a table. [[spoiler: He would eventually do so with the help of Devon.]]

** TheArtifact: And became so synonymous with the Dudleys performing the move, that they continued using it ''long'' after the adverts had faded from the public domain.