cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2004 Just the other day I was mentioning the best signs ever in wrestling and mentioned the Starrcade 97 sign saying "Ray Traylor: Will Job For Food." Eerily enough the guy dies the next week. Might be time to bust out the Mountie match from SS 91, I always loved that....or the Nailz stuff if I can find it. I'll say this for Bossman: he always seem to have some amount of heat, heel or face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SteveyP93 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 I was never a fan. I cringed when he was elevated to the main event level in 2002. But I did meet him once and he was a real nice guy. He was especially nice to handicapped kids. What's a shame is that the "Cobain effect" (or I guess the "Pillman effect", since this isn't rock & roll) is going to rear its head and now everybody is going to jump on the Boss Man bandwagon, make Boss Man sigs and avatars, and claim to have been a fan of his from the very beginning, and make long posts about what an underrated worker for a morbidly obese man he was...which is awful, you shouldn't milk somebody's death to look cool. R.I.P. Ray Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SinToxic 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Yeah not' for nothin' but sometimes we get an overflow of the nonexistent underworld fans of certain stars that were in the center of shittention during their living days when they were trying their hardest to make a living in the ring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SteveyP93 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Well, Pillman became about 10x more popular after his death. The ECW mutants and super-smarks were always fans of his, but after he died every fan with access to the Internet became a Pillman mark. OMGLOLHISLOOSECANNONPERSONAWASGENIUSSOI'MGENIUSTOO1997~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 I was never a fan. I cringed when he was elevated to the main event level in 2002. But I did meet him once and he was a real nice guy. He was especially nice to handicapped kids. What's a shame is that the "Cobain effect" (or I guess the "Pillman effect", since this isn't rock & roll) is going to rear its head and now everybody is going to jump on the Boss Man bandwagon, make Boss Man sigs and avatars, and claim to have been a fan of his from the very beginning, and make long posts about what an underrated worker for a morbidly obese man he was...which is awful, you shouldn't milk somebody's death to look cool. R.I.P. Ray Aside from episode of RAW- (where he was in the 10 pm main) Bossman was not in the main events in 2002. After teaming w/ Book to lose to Rock and Austin he mostly went down the card. And yes- God forbid people say they were fans of the guy. He was one of the biggest stars in the WWF in the late 80s-early 90s so it's not that outlandish for people to actually be fans of the guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 What Bob said. It's not like Reno Riggins died and people are saying he was the best enhancement talent ever. I didn't always like Boss Man (although it was mostly his WCW/NWO stuff that I lost interest in him), but I liked him enough during his career. I don't think Pillman became more popular after his death. The guy was already one of the biggest characters in wrestling (despite the Loose Cannon bit not being a character, but a reflection of himself). He was just a part of so much great stuff that his memory has stayed strong to this day. Of course, when it comes to him I've been called biased, so what do I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 You like Shane Douglas. You don't know much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 You know, I'm going to another part of Canada by the end of the year. Don't make me swing over to Toronto too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdwardKnoxII 0 Report post Posted September 27, 2004 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sport...ing/9757283.htm Posted on Sat, Sep. 25, 2004 Wrestling News, notes BY JIM VARSALLONE [email protected] Former WWF and WCW star Ray Traylor, 42, passed away Wednesday. Traylor, better known as the Big Boss Man, was found dead in his home by his wife. According to reports he died of a massive heart attack. Traylor was a prison guard and later parlayed his real-life experience into a WWF and WCW character. Traylor joined the then WWF in 1988 accompanied by his manager Slick (Ernie The Cat Ladd's son). Traylor left for WCW and later returned to the company in 1998 as Vince McMahon's head of security. His last assignment with the company was in mid 2002. He spent time inOhio Valley Wrestling, the feeder group to WWE under Jim Cornette and Danny Davis, and scouted up-n-coming talent. Prior to those Big Bossman days, Traylor was Cornette's bodyguard Big Bubba Rogers in WCW. ''I can remember wrestling for Jim Crocket Promotions, when I met Ray for the first time,'' said Florida's Cuban Assassin Fidel Sierra. ``He was a truly nice guy, and we got to know each other better as the years went by. Even though we weren't best friends, I always respected him as a wrestler and as a man.'' Traylor as Big Bubba Rogers made his UWF Power Pro Wrestling debut on May 2, 1987 against Mike Reed and The Glassman in the Mid South. ''I remember the last time I saw him, which was a few years back, when he was wrestling for WWE in Tampa,'' said Sierra. ``I went by the hotel to meet with the late Curt Hennig and say hello to some of the boys. ``Ray was there as well, and it was nice to see him and to catch up on the good old days. The thing I really liked about him was that no matter how successful he was, he always remembered his roots, and he would be glad to see you -- always saying hello to everyone.'' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
