History Wrestling / SpikeDudley

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Dudley The Other Wiki]].

* {{Jobber}}: What he became in the WWE, after a rather promising Wrestlemania spot where he put Christian through a table too, though he had some brief moments of competence (as the picture of him with the European title shows). This would eventually be rectified somewhat when he was treated more seriously in Smackdown's cruiserweight division, allowed to win the title and become the most important Dudley but it still paled in comparison to his status in ECW.

** Frequently to Bubba Ray and Devon, when he was not feuding with them outright.
** TheLeader: But after insisting he did not need their help to beat Rey Mysterio on Smackdown, Bubba Ray and Devon's continued refusal to let him alone caused Spike to declare himself leader of the Dudleys and turn heel.

!! "Pound for Pound, One Though Little Bastard's trope list."

* GiantKilling: Giant Killer was on of his {{red baron}}s in ECW

!!! "Pound for Pound, One Though Little Bastard's trope list."

Matthew Hyson (b. 1970) is a semi-retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer from Providence, RI best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1996-2001 and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2001-2005 as Spike Dudley. He debuted in 1994 after training at the APW Boot Camp in Hayward, California and spent the next three years on the California independent circuit. He debuted as Spike in 1996 as the "runt" of [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Dudley]] litter. Over his time, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/BallsMahoney and feud with his "brothers," Buh Buh Ray, D-Von and Big Dick. He debuted in WWE in 2001 after ECW shut down and would alternate between teaming with and feuding with Bubba Ray and D-Von. Over his WWE run, he held the WWE European Heavyweight Title once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WWE World Cruiserweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] 8 times and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/{{Tazz}}. He later followed Ray and Devon to Wrestling/{{TNA}} as Brother Runt. He would go on to compete for a variety of independents before "retiring" in 2010.

'''Matthew Hyson''' (b. 1970) is a semi-retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer from Providence, RI best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1996-2001 and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2001-2005 as '''Spike Dudley'''. He debuted in 1994 after training at the APW Boot Camp in Hayward, California and spent the next three years on the California independent circuit. He debuted as Spike in 1996 as the "runt" of [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Dudley]] litter. Over his time, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/BallsMahoney and feud with his "brothers," Buh Buh Ray, D-Von and Big Dick. He debuted in WWE in 2001 after ECW shut down and would alternate between teaming with and feuding with Bubba Ray and D-Von. Over his WWE run, he held the WWE European Heavyweight Title once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WWE World Cruiserweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] 8 times and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/{{Tazz}}. He later followed Ray and Devon to Wrestling/{{TNA}} as '''Brother Runt.''' He would go on to compete for a variety of independents before "retiring" in 2010.

* UnwantedAssistance: Got drunk during the 2007 ''Final Resolution'' and hit Homicide with a splash during the Team 3D tag team title match against LAX, getting his brothers disqualified and denying them the belts.

* {{Unrelated|Brothers}} WrestlingFamily: With Buh Buh Ray, D-Von, etc.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: When he worked heel.

-->"How does he do that?"
-->--'''Wrestling/JoeyStyles''', after Spike Dudley squashed and pinned Wrestling/{{Rh|yno}}ino '''after''' Rhino had defeated Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, ''ECW Hostile City Showdown'', June 26, 1999.

[[caption-width-right:257:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-eu-h.html WWE European Heavyweight Champion]]]]

** To the 70s Taxi movie as brother runt, he wore a jacket and mohawk to imitate a character from it.

* FinishingMove: Acid Drop/Dudley Dog (a headlock bulldog which involves running up the top turnbuckle, invented by Wrestling/BillyKidman but popularized by Spike), also a top rope the double foot stomp, though that was not as guaranteed to work.

!!! "Pound for Pound, One Trope Little Bastard":

* DavidVersusGoliath: Inevitable when you're only 5'5" and 155 lbs. It started when he defeated Wrestling/BamBamBigelow at ''ECW Born to Be Wired,'' earning him the RedBaron "The Giant Killer." He would go on to defeat many more giants. Even more impressive, many of these were {{Squash Match}}es.

* {{Expy}}: While on Raw, Spanky was his expy on Smackdown, right down to the 'running the ropes finisher', stoner personality and a joke about his package...okay, [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Spanky]] was an expy of ''ECW'' Spike Dudley in character but to WWE Spike in that he was not very successful as a singles wrestler.

* {{Expy}}: While on Raw, Spanky was his expy on Smackdown, right down to the 'running the ropes finisher', stoner personality and a joke about his package...okay, [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Spanky]] was an expy of ''ECW'' Spike Dudley.

* ShoutOut/ToShakespeare: In ''Film/BeyondTheMat'', he quoted the line "I shall, I do" from ''Theatre/HenryIVPart1''. While bleeding.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Frequently to Bubba Ray and Devon, when he was not feuding with them outright.

* DistaffCounterpart: Trish Stratus briefly became his when he was drafted to Smackdown and became the heel cruiserweight champion while Trish became the heel women's champion on Raw, due to their similar statures and methods as well as the belts being rough equivalents for the two brands.

* {{Jobber}}: What he became in the WWE, after a rather promising spot where he put Christian through a table too, though he had some brief moments of competence (as the picture of him with the European title shows). This would eventually be rectified somewhat when he was treated more seriously in Smackdown's cruiserweight division, allowed to win the title and become the most important Dudley but it still paled in comparison to his status in ECW.

* BashBrothers: Besides the other Dudleys, Balls Mahoney, whom he won the ECW tag team championships with.

* {{Jobber}}: What he became in the WWE, after a rather promising debut where he put Christian through a table too. This would eventually be rectified somewhat when he was treated more seriously in Smackdown's cruiserweight division, allowed to win the title and become the most important Dudley but it still paled in comparison to his status in ECW.

* StarcrossedLovers: Him and Molly Holly during the Dudley boy/Holly cousin feud.

* FinishingMove: Acid Drop/Dudley Dog