The Boss?????

[Guest]

In WCW along time ago I heard they had a wrestler named Boss and it got them sued by WWF???? Who was the Boss and where is he now??????

[Guest MasterMadness]

The Boss was current WWF "star" Big Boss Man. I don't know if they

ever went through with suing, but they thought his name and gimmick

too closely resembled his WWF one.

[Guest Tony149]

It was a BIG rip-off of his WWF trademark. It was clear to everybody WCW was pretty much using the same gimmick only with the name "The Boss". I think the WWF did sue WCW until WCW stopped using the gimmick.

[Guest Kagato Otaku]

Yep. They had Nick Bockinkel strip The Boss of his name, nightstick, and cuffs because of some offbeat shenanigans he had with Vader & Harley Race. Easy way to give up the gimmick without it being just plain dropped.

 

Traylor then became the "Guardian Angel", and wore a funny red beret and didn't use weapons because he was *ahem*... a Guardian Angel. This ticked the real Guardian Angels off, and he was stripped of this gimmick as well.

 

He eventually reverted back to Big Bubba Rogers, hitman-for-hire who was deathly allergic to rabbits.

[Guest Tony149]

After "The Boss" gimmick was taken away. He got a lot of sucky gimmicks and would never be the same again until going back to the WWF. Although, he did beat Sting.

[Guest MoneyIvezaj]

the Guardian Angel was one of the worst gimmicks I've ever seen

[Guest Tony149]

How did WCW get permission to use "The Guardian Angels" name for a wrestling gimmick? Did they throw out money just for that?

[Guest Dark Lotus]

Don't forget the brief time he was just known as "The Man" as well.

 

If I recall correctly (and this may have been kayfabed, I dunno), Ray Traylor actually had to go through GA training with Sliwa before he was allowed to use the gimmick.