Dudley Boyz
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The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley, are one the most successful tag teams in wrestling history. They were part of ECW's infamous Dudley Family until August 1999, when they joined the World Wrestling Federation.
The Dudley Boyz's gimmick can be summed up in one word: tables. The Dudley Boyz's claim to fame in the WWF (now WWE) is bringing the use of tables as weapons into the wrestling mainstream, often using there signature double-team move the 3D to put victims through a table. The Dudley Boyz were also part of the development of a match known as TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) along with the Hardy Boyz (ladders) and Edge and Christian (chairs).
The Dudley Family
The Dudley Family was a large professional wrestling stable that was created by Extreme Championship Wrestling.
The gimmick behind the stable was that in the fictional ECW storylines, the Dudleys were all half-brothers, despite their obvious differences in physical appearance and even race. The fictional "Big Daddy Dudley" was named as the common father of each Dudley and the patriach of the Dudley clan. The appearance of the Dudleys - taped glassed and unkempt hair - was based on that of the "Hanson brothers" from the 1977 movie Slap Shot.
The original Dudley Boys debuted in ECW in 1995. They were Dudley Dudley (the only "pure" Dudley in that both of his parents had the same last name, Dudley), Big Dick Dudley (the menacing enforcer, spawned after Big Daddys affair with the Holland Tunnel) and Lil' Snot Dudley, the underdog. After Snot was injured by the Pitbulls at Hardcore Heaven 1995, he was replaced by Dances with Dudley, supposedly the result of Big Daddy Dudley's visit to a Cheyenne Indian reservation, though he could, somewhat suspiciously, only speak Spanish or sing "One little, Two little, Three little Indians". Dances With Dudley was followed by the stuttering, dancing, overweight Buh Buh Ray Dudley and the stoner Little Spike Dudley (LSD). The entourage was later expanded when the obese, slobbish Chubby Dudley and the mute, placard wielding Sign Guy Dudley began accompanying the Dudleys to ringside. Bushwhacker Luke and Bushwhacker Butch even became honorary Dudleys for one night.
Dances With Dudley suffered a leg injury, and was attacked by the debuting African American D-Von Dudley as he was stretchered out. D-Von began warring with all the other Dudleys, citing that the comedy act they had been putting on all this time was not the way true Dudleys should be conducting themselves. He eliminated Dances With Dudley, Dudley Dudley and Chubby Dudley. and eventually joined forces with Buh Buh and Big Dick, who in turn began a heated rivalry with Spike, the last hold out face.
- Dudley Dudley
- Big Dick Dudley
- Little Snot Dudley
- Dances With Dudley
- Buh Buh Ray Dudley
- Little Spike Dudley
- Chubby Dudley
- Schmuck Dudley
- Sign Guy Dudley
- Cousin Luke Dudley
- Cousin Butch Dudley
- D-Von Dudley
- Studley Dudley (Joel Gertner)
Notable achievements
The Dudley Boyz are the only tag team in history to capture the WWE, WCW and ECW tag titles.
The Dudley Boyz have won a major tag team title 18 times— eight times in the ECW, nine times in the WWE, and once with a WCW belt (even though the WWE had purchased WCW the belts were still recognized as WCW titles).
They were also involved in wrestling legend Fred Blassie's last television appearance, six weeks before his death in 2003. Blassie came out to the ring entrance ramp in his wheelchair and participated in a storyline with the Dudleys. The climax of the story came when Blassie told the Dudleys to "get the tables!", a line typically delivered by Bubba to D-Von.
Trademark moves
- The Dudley Death Drop (aka the "3-D")
- a three-quarter facelock bulldog by Bubba Ray after his partner D-Von gives the prone opponent a flapjack, usually into a table
- a diving headbutt into the opponent's groin by D-Von while Bubby Ray spreads the opponent's legs. Bubba Ray and D-Von would say "Whazzzup?!" before performing the move, an allusion to the Budweiser beer commercials that were popular at the time they started performing the move.