History Wrestling / BigBossMan

* RealSongThemeTune: (In Wrestling/{{SMW}}): Inner Circle's "Bad Boys"[[note]]The theme from ''Series/{{COPS}}''[[/note]]
*** Used a SuspiciouslySimilarSong briefly as the Boss in WCW.

After a few years, Traylor returned to WCW and underwent a series of name changes, as listed above, due to the WWF's legal team claiming his gimmick was too similar to the Big Boss Man gimmick. He finally settled on Big Bubba once again, meanwhile having rivalries with the likes of Wrestling/{{Sting}} and Wrestling/{{Vader}}, and even feuding with the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]]. Traylor did return to the WWF for some time in the late 1990s, but this time, for the more mature AttitudeEra, he modified his Big Boss Man character into more of a bodyguard-like personality complete with a S.W.A.T. team-inspired outfit, and served with [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]'s [[Wrestling/TheCorporation Corporation]] during this run. During this time, he also had a title feud with Wrestling/TheBigShow, and another feud with Wrestling/AlSnow, both of which [[Website/{{WrestleCrap}} fans would rather forget]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The [[{{WWE}} WWF]] couldn't settle on spelling it Big Bossman or Big Boss Man.

* MadeOfIron: During his time as Big Bubba, he was involved in a feud between Wrestling/JimCornette and Wrestling/DustyRhodes, which included one spot where Dusty would run in and hit him over the head with a folding chair, which would be rigged to shatter without harming him. The spot seemingly went as planned, but when Cornette went to congratulate the prop guy afterwards, it turned out he had forgotten to rig the chair.

* BashBrothers: Akeem, the Steiner Brothers (Rick and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott]]), Prince Albert, Bull Buchanan.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to Wrestling/JimCornette, the Big Bubba Rogers character was created, at least in part, because Cornette legitimately needed protection from rabid fans who wanted to kick his ass.

In 2016 The Big Boss Man was inducted posthumously into the WWE Hall of Fame.

In 2016 it was announced that The Big Boss Man would be inducted posthumously into the WWE Hall of Fame.

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Raymond Washington Traylor, Jr., a.k.a. Ray Traylor, is most famous to longtime wrestling fans as the '''Big Boss Man,''' although he is also known by [[IHaveManyNames various other pseudonyms]] like '''Big Bubba Rogers, Big Bubba, The Boss, The Boss Man''' and the '''Guardian Angel'''.

* IAteWhat: In his feud with Al Snow, he actually kidnapped Al's dog, Pepper, ''cooked her and fed her to Al.''

* ParanoiaFuel: Jim Cornette proclaimed that even when you couldn't see Big Bubba Rogers, Rogers could see you.

** BashBrothers

* TheBrute: Oh hell yeah.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to Wrestling/JimCornette, the Big Bubba Rogers character was created, at least in part, because Cornette legitimately needed protection from rabid fans.

* BashBrothers: Akeem, the Steiner Brothers (Rick and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott]]), Prince Albert, Bull Buchanan

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The catalyst behind him turning on Slick and [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] in 1990. Boss Man [[BerserkButton doesn't take kindly]] to [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules being bought off.]]

* IHaveManyNames

* LightningBruiser: Around the time of his face turn he lost some weight and became very quick and agile for a guy his size (which was still over 300lbs).

* NoSell: When he was being managed by Wrestling/JimCornette, they were riding in a Taxi together and the driver accidentally slammed the door on Big Bubba Rogers' hand, smashing all his fingers. Ray's response was to tell the cabby he needed to open the door. Cornette later asked him why he was not more upset and Bubba said since there were fans watching, he couldn't sell the injury in front of them.

** (as Big Bubba Rogers in "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South/UWF): [[Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar Devastation Inc.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Spent the end of 1990 and early 1991 working his way through Wrestling/BobbyHeenan's entire entourage, after Heenan [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas insulted his mother.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The [[{{WWE}} WWF]] never could decide between Big Bossman or Big Boss Man.

* MadeOfIron: During his time as Big Bubba, he was involved in a feud between JimCornette and DustyRhodes, which included one spot where Dusty would run in and hit him over the head with a folding chair, which would be rigged to shatter without harming him. The spot seemingly went as planned, but when Cornette went to congratulate the prop guy afterwards, it turned out he had forgotten to rig the chair.

He was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html UWF World Heavyweight Champion]], a former 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]] with Ken Shamrock.