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Mark Lamonica (born July 14, 1971 in Massapequa, New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as Buh Buh Ray Dudley and World Wrestling Entertainment as Bubba Ray Dudley. He currently wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name "Brother Ray". Along with his kayfabe half-brother Devon, Lamonica is one-half of Team 3D, a tag team formerly known as the Dudley Boyz. Characterised by their unorthodox ring apparel and usage of tables in their matches, Team 3D are one of the most successful tag teams in the history of professional wrestling, having held eighteen world tag team championships.

Career

Lamonica was trained by Sonny Blaze and Johnny Rodz and debuted in 1991 as Mongo Vyle. He was later known as The Terminator.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Lamonica debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the mid-1990s as Buh Buh Ray Dudley, the stuttering, dancing, overweight, hillbilly member of the sprawling Dudley Family. As a result of his stutter, Buh Buh Ray often failed to pronounce his name until Big Dick Dudley struck him in the chest with a crutch.

On April 13, 1996, D-Von Dudley debuted in ECW and began feuding with the other members of the Dudley Family (his kayfabe half-brothers), claiming that their comedic antics were not the way true Dudleys should act. D-Von eliminated Dances With Dudley, Dudley Dudley and Chubby Dudley before joining forces with Buh Buh Ray, Big Dick, Sign Guy Dudley and Joel Gertner. Known collectively as the Dudley Boyz, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von dominated the ECW tag team division, winning the ECW Tag Team Championship a record eight times and defeating teams such as The Eliminators and The Gangstas. Buh Buh Ray, D-Von and Gertner all achieved a degree of infamy for their vitriolic interviews, which antagonized audiences to a point of near riot.

World Wrestling Federation

In 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von left ECW following a pay dispute and joined the World Wrestling Federation, where Buh Buh Ray was renamed "Bubba Ray Dudley". Throughout 2000 and 2001, the Dudley Boyz engaged in a three way feud for the WWF World Tag Team Championship with The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian. The feud incorporated two critically acclaimed Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches, the first at SummerSlam 2000 and the second at WrestleMania X-Seven. While they were initially heels, and were known for Bubba Ray's penchant for driving women (including Terri Runnels and Mae Young) through tables, the Dudley Boyz turned face in late 2000. In early 2001, they were joined in the WWF by Spike Dudley.

In late 2001, the Dudley Boyz turned heel once again by joining The Alliance, a large stable of former ECW and WCW wrestlers led by Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley who attempted to take over the WWF (Spike, along with several other ECW alumni, did not join The Alliance). The ECW-WCW invasion ended at the 2001 Survivor Series, when five WWF wrestlers defeated five Alliance wrestlers in a match to determine the ownership of the WWF. The Alliance disbanded and its members left the WWF, but the Dudley Boyz retained their jobs due to their possession of the WWF World Tag Team Championship, which they had unified with the WCW World Tag Team Championship at the Survivor Series. They became faces once again shortly thereafter.

Following WrestleMania X8 in March 2002, the WWF was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" (WWE) and the roster was divided into two brands, RAW and SmackDown!. The Dudley Boyz were separated when Bubba Ray was drafted to RAW and D-Von to SmackDown!. On RAW, Bubba Ray competed for the WWE Hardcore Championship and formed a tag team with Spike. However, D'Von's character on SmackDown! failed to get over, and he was reunited with Bubba Ray and Spike on November 17, 2002 when he returned to the RAW brand.

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