Chubby Dudley
| Chubby Dudley | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bay Ragni[1] |
| Born | April 25, 1970 Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania,U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bay Ragni[1] Chubby Dudley[1] E.Z. Ryder[1] Hell Rider[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 282 lb (128 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | "Dudleyville" |
| Trained by | Larry Winters[1] |
| Debut | 1991[1] |
| Retired | 2003[1] |
Bay Ragni(born April 25, 1970) is an American retiredprofessional wrestlerandpromoter.He is best known for his appearances withExtreme Championship Wrestlingfrom 1995 to 1996 under thering nameChubby Dudley,one ofthe Dudley Brothers.
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Independent circuit (1991–1992)
[edit]Ragni was trained to wrestle byLarry Winters.He debuted on theindependent circuitin 1991.
Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992–1993)
[edit]In late 1992, Ragni joined thePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotionEastern Championship Wrestling,where he adopted the ring name "E.Z. Ryder" and formed atag teamknown as "The Hell Riders" with H.D. Ryder. On the inaugural episode ofECW Hardcore TV(airing April 3, 1993 onSportsChannel Philadelphia), The Hell Riders unsuccessfully challengedThe Super Destroyersfor theECW Tag Team Championship.Ragni left ECW in late 1993.
Independent circuit (1993–1995)
[edit]After leaving ECW, Ragni briefly toured theMid-Atlantic statesbefore joining theNewark, Delaware-basedEast Coast Wrestling Association,where he wrestled as "Hell Rider".
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1996)
[edit]In mid-1995, Ragni returned to Eastern Championship Wrestling, which had been renamedExtreme Championship Wrestlingin 1994. He was given the gimmick of "Chubby Dudley", anobese,slobbish member of theDudley family.Ragni rarely wrestled, but would accompany his storyline half-brothers to ringside, normally while holding acake,Crunchberriesor other snack. If the other members of the Dudley family were incapacitated, Ragni would flee from ringside.
At "Massacre on Queens Boulevard"on April 13, 1996,D-Von Dudleymade his debut, angrily proclaiming that the Dudley's comedic antics were not the way "true Dudleys" should conduct themselves. AtHeat Waveon July 13, 1996, D-Von attacked Dances with Dudley, Chubby Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley with achairand delivered a low blow to Buh Buh Ray before being driven off byHack Meyers.[2]
Ragni left ECW again in mid-1996.[3]
Liberty All-Star Wrestling (1994–2002)
[edit]Ragni beganpromotingin 1994, openingLiberty All-Star Wrestling(LAW) along with "Lucky" Larry Reed and Frank "Super Cody" Cody. LAW was based inChester Heights,with atraining academy,Liberty All-Star Wrestling Academy, inLansdowne.Ragni acted as the commissioner of the promotion, occasionally refereed, and wrestled matches. The promotion closed in May 2002.
Other Media
[edit]In 2022 Ragni started a YouTube channel called React & Chill with Chubby Dudley. The channel features Ragni reacting to full ECW episodes and interviews with other fellow ECW alumni. The channel currently has over 600 subscribers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghij"Bay Ragni".Cagematch.net.RetrievedJanuary 10,2015.
- ^"ECW Arena Flashback (July 1996): Sabu, Sandman, Raven, Gordy, Dreamer, Dudleys, Taz".PWTorch.com.Pro Wrestling Torch.July 20, 2006.RetrievedJanuary 4,2015.
- ^"The Dudley Boyz".WWE.com.WWE.Archived fromthe originalon January 4, 2015.RetrievedJanuary 10,2015.
- ^"React & Chill with Chubby Dudley".YouTube.RetrievedAugust 27,2024.
External links
[edit]- Bay RagnionTwitter
- Bay RagniatIMDb
- Chubby Dudley's profile atCagematch.net,Internet Wrestling Database
