Jim Cornette Reveals Why The Big Boss Man Left The WWF In 1993

From Episode 166 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@acceptjoe7215]

“You have the right to suffer! You have the right to feel pain! If you wish to have an attorney, I’ll hurt him too!!!!” 😂😂😂😂

[@scorptarget]

Haha classic!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@vbian88]

Classic!!! Lmao.

[@WEK-kh8gd]

Lol! When did he say that? Was it on a ppv?

[@JLvatron]

@@WEK-kh8gd He said it many times! Around the times of his feud with Hulk Hogan

[@brianmcdonald7017]

Fantastic

[@robertrender8173]

So chuffed that you answered my question on the show!! Thank you so much !!!

[@GorillaGlue42]

Awesome! Great question too btw

[@LaidbackHerotyke]

You should render houses.

[@krismegood9092]

@@LaidbackHerotyke you should move to Boston

[@AZK91]

@Bi POC Rainbow Queen Happy, here in the UK

[@johncafcturner7142]

I'm amazed that he actually did quit 1993 because he thought vince would go jail it shows how seriously he took his job. Probably why he joined wcw in 1994

[@adamwatson6916]

I was always impressed with how athletic Boss Man was . He could really move for a bigger man.

[@mikeypitt8315]

The Bossman really was incredible.

[@kevinfitzgerald4561]

He had amazing speed for a larger man. Sadly missed.

[@tomduncan8957]

WHOEVER DOES THE ARTWORK NEEDS A RAISE

[@planexshifter]

what do you mean whoever? It says so right there! By the way- those capital letters, you can turn that off with the caps lock key.

[@jackiethompson3610]

Travis Heckel...and i dunno that he's paid at all

[@riding4beers889]

Learn to read

[@jackiethompson3610]

@@riding4beers889 ...who are you talking to...my comment is second but actually posted first so myself the original commentator or the second person to reply have no idea who you're talking to

[@thomasmartin5182]

Corny needs Bossman's beard/smig

[@KareemHarper]

I lost it at the Dusty impersonation with that soulful southern cadence and lisp that made Dusty special.. "Don't do shit you don't know how to do. DO-NOT-DO-SHIT - YOU-DO-NOT-KNOW - HOW-TO-DO!"

[@marcuslee1927]

That impression is perfect

[@ultracartoonartist7635]

That's good life advice!

[@EnigmaticAnamoly]

"From the middle of Dipshit, Georgia" 😂😂😂

[@L_Train]

COBB county stands for "come on back boy!"

[@TheStriker0525]

it was horrible how he was treated by the fans when he returned, they always gave him the “boring” chant. he was a great wrestler.

[@philliplandry4139]

Different era. When he had returned to the WWF in 98, it was a totally different vibe than it was in 1992-93. In the early 90's, he was the most over the top character in the WWF. But by 98, anyhow he changed his character to a more sinister swat officer. The fans still looks at him as a yesterday news and they were doing the same thing with Barry Windham, Davey Boy, and Mr. Perfect. It wasn't until Hogan returned to the WWF, that the fans finally accepted and welcome back a lot of former WWF stars from the Hogan's era like Roddy Piper, Bob Orton, and Greg Valentine.

[@davebrayfb]

@@philliplandry4139 I think it had more to do with booking. For the first few months of 1999, he was feuding with Mideon & Mabel. After that, it was the stupid feuds with Al Snow & Big Show.

[@philliplandry4139]

@davebrayfb True, but he wasn't the only one who was booked improperly. There were a lot of guys from his era except HBK, Godfather, and Undertaker that Vince started to mistreat in favor of the Attitude Era guys. For example, Bret Hart was the first victim, and then it went through Owen, Mabel, Jeff Jarrett, Davey Boy, and so on. I always felt that around this time, Vince were treating the guys from the Federation Era like crap. The only group of guys that Vince didn't buried the most was the ones that came from early to mid 90's WCW roster.

[@LacyTraylor-tq8qd]

@@philliplandry4139and he let the rock take his finisher and make it his own.

[@dwade6322]

This man was a great example of a 80's WWF character...Big..Powerful..Believable..and pretty talented. Great gimmick..i hope in the future there is more clips and documentaries on him.Would love to know more about his life. Great memories.

[@Tob1Kadach1]

His match against The Mountiee is a thing of legends

[@Ch12JS]

Yeah, it was The Summer Slam 1991 Jailhouse Match.

[@kagemaru259]

Who else remembers using the Big Boss Man in that old WWF WrestleFest arcade game? I would always team him with Hogan, Warrior, Roberts or Perfect.

[@shindrithargriethrat8408]

You can download that game and run it on an emulator.

[@Dr_C_Smith]

And then you jobbed out to the Road Warriors in the finals, didn’t you? 😆

[@ianloren-dc7bv]

Wwf wrestlefest

[@joshk4187]

He and Bam Bam Bigelow would of made a heck of a tag team . Two agile big strong guys especially in the WWE where alot of the teams were smaller guys except for Demolition .

[@SAMagic]

"Law and Disorder."

[@bull705]

Bam Bam would've been way better as one half of the Twin Towers than Akeem.

[@rain2472]

@@SAMagic Damn that's nice!

[@1882Stu]

@@rain2472 it’s awful 🤣

[@joshk4187]

@@bull705 I was bored once so went searching old wrestling matches and came across Bam Bam and Vader as a team in Japan , I think, and they pretty good as a team and I love Earthquake don't get me wrong but I never got into the Natural Disasters team .

[@Mattitude23]

Loved Big Boss Man. His entrance theme was awesome (both blue and black shirt) and the way he would twirl that baton was mesmerizing

[@tdog4055]

I met Ray in Nashville years ago. Such a nice, polite guy. Engaging and friendly, like he’d known you for years.

[@planetschlock]

Even though he wasn't as good in the ring after he lost a bunch of weight and started dressing in black, Boss Man was always one of my favorites. Hard to believe he was only 41 when he died since it seemed like he was on TV all my life.

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

Same

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

@POWER AND GLORY Crazy right? Same w/ Earthquake, double A, & the Nasty Boys

[@tobiasfarragut292]

Member the Guardian angel 🙄

[@madbrowniac7871]

Under the guise of War Machine, former Cobb County Georgia Corrections Officer Ray Traylor teamed with The Four Horsemen (Flair, Tully, Arn, and Lex) at 1987 NWA JCP War Games. Before that, he first appeared for NWA Continental Championship Wrestling and eventually challenged Norvell Austin in February 1986 for The Southeastern Heavyweight Championship.B.W.

[@tobiasfarragut292]

@@dirtmcgirt8269 back when men were men and didn’t say shit like Toxic lackeys or let their Woman flap their dick depositories on the internet about shit they wont be able to stop anyway..

[@MrJjburgess11]

His cage match with Hogan on SNME was awesome. That suplex from the top of the cage was great. They went to a commercial break . When they came back both guys were still laying there. Made it seem like they were down for 10 minutes. Brilliant

[@mecha2001]

was that their only cage match? I saw one on VHS and they were bleeding and I told a wrestling hater "see! they're bleeding! wrestling isn't fake!" 😂 I think I found that on the network again a few years ago. it was pretty wild.

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@mecha2001 it's possible they had a few of them . But that snme. Was the only one I seen

[@SuperHyphyOne]

They likely had at least one before that one made it to TV. Matches were recycled a lot during that time when WWE was on the road going from city to city. You can check around here on KZbin and you would see that Paul Orndorff and Hogan had cage matches that weren't televised nationally, but were nearly identical to the one that aired on SNME back in the day.

[@djp928]

They had at least one other cage match in the Boston Garden either before or after their SNME match, and was almost spot for spot the same match except they didn’t do the suplex off the cage. They definitely saved that bump for TV 😆

[@Forever_Thatter]

Bossman was frikkin hilarious as a heel when he got on the mic. The Big Show stuff was comedy gold. He was also greedy with the Ho's, taking Godfather's all 5 for the night.

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

Member when he cooked Pepper, Al Snow's dog, and fed it to him? 😂

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

@Alejandro Franchini Yeah. It was bad, but can still laugh at it.

[@rugalb98]

@Alejandro Franchini It lead to the infamous Kennel From Hell match with Al Snow lol

[@scorptarget]

True! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Forever_Thatter]

@Bane Hand "hey you know what? The ho's know what to do with that nightstick!!" - his facial reaction was priceless.

[@rugalb98]

"Gonna do some hard time!* *twirls nightstick*

[@Isabelthompson99]

I remember when Hogan superplexed Bossman from the top of the cage it was incredible from such a big guy to take that bump

[@theblake5356]

Other way around pal. But yeah it was badass.

[@WorldCupWillie]

@@theblake5356 nope, Hogan defo suplexed Bossman. It happens about 7.10 in the video linked below kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4PEiGunmr97rdU

[@jeffmac9642]

WCW made a big mistake with him when he went back. He should have been Big Bubba Rodgers and thats it. The Boss, the man, the man with no name, the guardian angel was desperate and didn't work.

[@ChiGuy251]

I was confused as kid like why do they keep changing his name? and Guardian Angel was just.... :/

[@jeffmac9642]

@@ChiGuy251 Eric wanted WCW to look like WWF . So Hogan fought Boss and Savage fought Avalanche ( Earthquake) who they had to rename the shark. The problem was that WWF fans wouldn't accept the name changes. Same as Brutus Beefcake. He was Big Brother Booty, The Booty Man, Brother Bruti ,The Butcher , The Clipmaster The Disciple, The Zodiac, The man with no name. I probably would have had Bossman just be Big Bubba, let Beefcake be Eddie Leslie ( his real name) and Earthquake just be shark or something.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

@@jeffmac9642 Which is why Hogan was getting boos when he was the top babyface. The matches he was having in WCW were the same matches he was having in the WWF and the fans had smarten up to that fact.

[@MichaelGonzalez-hd7kk]

The Boss (man is he big)...

[@madbrowniac7871]

Buzz Tyler was the first guy to appear in NWA JCP MidAtlantic as The Avalanche. Along with The UWF, Central States, NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida, and NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling these organizations were subsumed eventually to form WCW.😎B.W.

[@MilMaska]

"The meanest law man in the world" - Big Boss Man

[@LateefReid-mc5up]

When I was a little kid, used to think he really used to be a CO and they made it a gimmick. Because, I thought ‘WWF is fake. But NWA is real’... so, I thought he wore the sunglasses in NWA and didn’t give his last name because being there bodyguard was his side-hustle. 😂😂😂

[@thepuertorock1467]

Fuck The Police. R.I.P Ray

[@VendreadMike95]

Fuking Legend. 👍🏾 God Rest his Soul. 🙏💧

[@tonyasullivan1133]

Yes. I remember he used to handcuff people and beat them and he was the good guy. Then finally they handcuffed and beat him. Commentators were screaming he doesn't deserve this lol

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Also tries being the honest one of pro wrestling by not working for a guy going through a drug trial him and Sargent Slaughter are some of my favorite classic style pro wrestlers aside from some of the other legends they have a code of respect and honor

[@WildBillCox13]

Geeze, Travis. Spot on.

[@williamfoster7072]

I met the boss man when I was 9 or 10 in Australia wrestling for AWF… he was such a kind man,took photos, real bubbly character and gave everyone time

[@WolfieRich1]

I always love when Jim does his Dusty voice and says the "Do not do shit you do not know howta do"

[@Luke.S2099]

I have very fond childhood memories of Big Boss Man from being a 90's kid, and I have very fond memories of him during the Attitude Era when he wore the black swat gear. Good times man.

[@Massiveactionradioshow]

Remember when he interrupted the Big Show’s dad’s funeral and stole the casket? That got legit heat with me as a kid

[@ladistar]

@@Massiveactionradioshow hahahahahaha that’s crazy I gotta look that up

[@mikeypitt8315]

@@Massiveactionradioshow coffin surfing🤣and that poem🤣🤣

[@fuzzluvver69]

I mean, Boss Man's death was pretty rotten timing for him too I'd imagine...

[@hubertgreen]

yeah why couldent he have died a month later? shame on you bossman!

[@Jayce_Alexander]

I think what he meant was that it was rotten Bubba only just missed out on getting his last hurrah. 🤷‍♂️

[@frankcabanski9409]

Imagine the gimmick - a 2nd dead man in the ring.

[@jamesteegardner2273]

"Jimmy... you fell so fast" will ALWAYS be the best Big Bubba story!

[@WSK9002]

The Hulk Hogan v. Big Bossman run of Live Events in 1988, was the last strong run of Live Events overall of the Rock N Wrestling Era, I had a friend who was born and raised in San Diego, California and he recalls Hogan v. Bossman in the Sports Arena, and the arena being standing room only and the roof came off when Hogan came out.

[@panchunathadhikary8089]

Big Boss Man in his Black SWAT vest was like The Shield's grumpy lunatic uncle!

[@chozahfearless7524]

When the shield debuted I said the looked like three big bossmans

[@panchunathadhikary8089]

@@chozahfearless7524 Bossmen and Nephews! 😂🤣🤣 Sound like a college band

[@stephenrogers4537]

"YOU'RE GOING TO DO HARD TIME PUNK " priceless Boss man 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰👏😡👍

[@taltorelli]

Nothing wrong with taking the business serious.

[@brandonanthonyk]

Wish more guys would now days

[@richardremick1639]

6’6 incredible athlete 320lbs incredible gimmicks I still miss and love the big boss man. He was one in a trillion still sad he died 😢

[@lewjones3]

That Boss Man slam is so underrated.. I love watching it

[@tyreezy87]

Should've been IC champ sometime during his first WWF run. One of the better big men at the time and I loved when he got more faster and dropped a good amount of weight by 89/90.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Should have beat Perfect for the IC title at Wrestlemania 7. He was in great shape as well.

[@justinnardine8564]

Boss Man-Nailz was a good storyline

[@titansrule72]

The artwork with Jim's voice in the background are the perfect level of entertainment.

[@ohjaeciii]

RIP Ray Traylor

[@MGBillionaire]

I miss the good old days when Wrestlers could eat dogs on national TV.

[@BenDowdy]

WTF

[@evanabbott2737]

Hahaha that was one of my favorite, most hilarious moments from my childhood.... “Well, how is it??” “I mean, it’s not bad..”😂

[@djinndevyl7077]

Poor Pepper. Press F for respect

[@djinndevyl7077]

@@BenDowdy Big Boss Man made Al Snow eat his lap dog. It was oddly entertaining.

[@brian9670]

D..for delicious dog.

[@darrinh.2322]

Can you imagine what Hogan was pulling in a week ?

[@TheBrister]

According to Honky Tonk Man, during his run, Hogan was getting 13 percent of the gross on any card he was on. So take for example a $250,000 gate. 13 percent of that would be a little over $30 grand. For one show. I'm sure he rarely had a week when he made less than $100 grand.

[@kevinpayton2664]

I wonder what his WrestleMania 3 take was. I'm pretty sure it was six figures.

[@chrischar9428]

​@@TheBristeraccording to a know nothing jackass

[@trentaccid2177]

GOT TO KNOW RAY WHEN HE WRESTLED IN THE PHILA SPECTRUM DURING HIS RUN IN THE WWF. WHILE WORKING THERE RAY AND I WOULD SIT IN THE BACK OF THE SPECTRUM AND HAVE GREAT TALKS ESPECIALLY ABOUT WHEN HE DID NOT CATCH JIM CORNETTE FROM THE SCAFFOLD.

[@abearbrown1594]

Best thumbnails in the Business!

[@aj16entertainment67]

Met him when I was 10. Got his autograph and shook his hand. He said “What’s your name, dude?” Will never forget that.

[@SalCapone6499]

What’s your name, dude?

[@pryor2whatrecords177]

Saw Hogan vs Big Boss Man in a ball and chain match in 90'. Classic.

[@markoutwithmark]

Imagine if Vince had gone to jail.

[@deadmanwalking8740]

Just a gigantic butterfly effect of ‘What If?’ Just like: What if Hulk Hogan turned heel in 93 and stayed in the WWF? Another what if that’s lost in history, crazy to think about.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

@@deadmanwalking8740 Especially if Hogan had put his ego aside and put Bret over, that heel turn would’ve been huge. He could use that and the fact that his match vs Money Inc. wasn’t higher on the card or the main event at WM as reasons for him turning heel.

[@deadmanwalking8740]

@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother hulk has even stated he wanted to turn heel, I don’t know how it would’ve panned out as Hulk was leaving for Hollywood at the end of the summer. Also, Vince was just stuck on the thinking that a person who looks like Hogan is a “baby face pal” just like Roman until a month ago

[@martifrey3357]

@@deadmanwalking8740 Nah Hogan was lying. Even in 1996 he had to be convinced by Bischoff and Kevin Sullivan to turn heel because he was afraid of losing all his merchandise cuts and overall appeal to younger fans

[@MackTatum]

Don't drop the soap Vinnie Mac.

[@edwardkay288]

One of my all-time favorite face turns was Big Boss Man in 1990 (probably second only to Undertaker in 1992). It fit so perfectly with his character, and I was really interested to see a match-up with him against Ted DiBiase. Too bad they did not compete at SummerSlam '90 or any Saturday Night's Main Event episodes.

[@coltsfan69]

Big Bossman was the best gimmick for Ray Traylor. I remember I had ring side tickets, for Bossman vs Hogan. It was awesome. Hogan won by handcuffed Bubba, to the top rope, and clothelining him over the top rope. Hogan won by count out. When Bossman, made his way back to lockerroom. I put my hand out and slapped it so hard, I thought he broke it. It was awesome.

[@Utubesanarc]

Thanks for the story. I can picture it happening.

[@chadk890]

That superplex Hogan gave Boss Man off the cage was crazy.

[@coltsfan69]

@@chadk890 I agree.

[@maxxdahl6062]

Always loved Bubba/Bossman.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

“Bubba Bossman” would be an awesome wrestling/villain name

[@fuscinula]

I'm having pepper steak right now...

[@Utubesanarc]

Try Adobado from Vallarta

[@garethcullen9604]

90s cornette content will never get old! Inject it into my veins!!!!

[@JM1993951]

Oh, yeah. Blue Boss Man would’ve totally worked in 2004.

[@jamesbyersmusic]

Not entirely sure how a "classic" Big Boss Man would have worked during a 2004 WWE, but considering within that 2-3 year period they brought back Mr. Perfect, Jim Duggan, Greg Valentine, Haku and Tatanka he may well have fit in brilliantly. It would have been nice to see him on WWE TV again, though he was still using the Boss Man gimmick overseas and on Indie shows!

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

Loved Bossman. Preferred Big Bubba, but he's 1 of the most underrated or maybe overlooked is the better word, big men of all time. My little brother's 2nd favorite who passed away this June. RIP little bro aka Bubba ❤🙏

[@alecaquino4306]

The way Jim talks about Bubba... reminds me of how I speak of my old friends who have passed away. That's how I know he's being genuine.

[@easyriderrider4580]

"You're Gonna Serve HARD TIME, Punk!!!" 🤣🤣🤣😅😂😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnasbury3856]

In my opinion Bossman and Orndorf were two of Hogans best opponents. Those matches and angles as a kid had me hooked. I know Savage, Warrior, Flair and Sting had bigger matches but those two really complimented his match style and made him look great.

[@satan3959]

Hennig too. Hogan's run with Hennig was awesome

[@wwar5237]

some of my earliest memories of professional wrestling was of the big boss man. I'll always remember him

[@satan3959]

RIP Ray Traylor... And while we're at it... RIP Bobby Eaton

[@michaelpitt57]

Loved The Big Bossman huge fan as a kid the original blue shirt bossman especially he was my fave growing up

[@originalhuggies9740]

His Attitude Era run is under rated.

[@majorforcexx]

I love hearing about these wrestlers that was so intimidating that they were really nice guys and got along with everybody.

[@davidmcknight2788]

😂😂😂😂😂 Jim's Dusty Rhoades impersonations give me life!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DeadKoby]

I saw Hogan vs. Boss Man in the cage at a House show. Cleveland (Richfield) Ohio. I was totally psyched for that show! Big Boss was a great talent.

[@ZealKingdom]

As underrated a character as there was in the Attitude Era. I enjoyed his work.

[@Dogeathotdog1]

I wonder what cody thinks about jim's Dusty impressions 🤣

[@SegaDream131]

Who?!....

[@RedfishCarolina]

Boss Man and the Mountie was my favorite Boss Man fued.

[@JesusChrist-rh3ft]

You know if Jim got a smile on his face he likes them 😂

[@WhiteArrowVR]

I dunno who is doing your thumbnails but I hope dude is getting paid well. They are awesome.

[@TheSsbcandidates]

I always found it weird how his song was in Superstars The Album, yet was not seen on WWE during 1993.

[@richardpreston7333]

It's always nice to hear Jim talk so warmly about guys he knew and liked who are no longer with us. Wholesome, if melancholy.

[@kevinpayton2664]

Ray Traylor as the Big Boss Man was really good. I didn't know that he was Big Bubba Rogers in the UWF and JCP until later. When he came back to the WWF in 1998, he had lost weight and dressed like a SWAT officer. Traylor had a great career overall.

[@edwardclement102]

I saw Ray Traylor advertised for an independent show in Conway, SC, and later he was gone.

[@patrickdoherty4527]

It's a shame they never brought back the old school Big Bossman character in the early 2000s for a surprise rumble entrance.

[@tobiasfarragut292]

“THE GREATEST CRIME FIGHTER SINCE DE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NEH BAT-MAAANNNNN!- Slick (SNME 1988)

[@jayhari1713]

Lmfao was that actually said??

[@mr.x9566]

Totally read that in the Slickster's falsetto.

[@tobiasfarragut292]

@@jayhari1713 thats why I posted it..yes he did He said it during the famous SNME promo part the first time I heard it I was smoking a blunt and lmfao at it in one of Hogan and boss man’s 10,000 feud matches so I couldn’t even tell you what date it was

[@TheReal_DeanD]

I always loved me the Big Boss Man when he had the blue shirt. The "Hanging" thing he had with the Undertaker I wasn't so fond of but The Boss Man went along with it.

[@therussianspy5882]

I had always assumed/heard that Bossman left (or stepped back from) the WWF in early 1993 to heal from nagging injuries - he had gained a ton of weight back between Survivor Series 1992 and Royal Rumble 1993 (but was still way thinner than 1988/89 Bossman), plus his right hand was taped up. He had also fallen down the card after his program with Nailz - he was constantly being jobbed to Razor Ramon, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Yokozuna until he left.

[@Ken9284]

From Cob County Georgia!

[@KevBehindACamera]

I'm in Georgia right now, in 2 weeks I'm moving the Cobb county Georgia. That's where the big boss man is from and I feel honored. I'm leaving Cherokee county Woodstock and that's where Buff bagwell is. I'm hoping for the best for him.. it would be an honor if I can train with him one day.

[@royalty843]

I missed how he use to do his nightstick

[@randycrawford1132]

Ray/Big Boss Man was so great as a face and heel, I loved him against Bobby Heenan and Mr.Perfect

[@Dragoon1809]

$12,000 in 1988 would be (adjusted with inflation) $26,412.98 in 2020.

[@Cmb8909]

Damn some people don’t even make that in a year what’s the math formula to come up with that number

[@nomikes4392]

@@Cmb8909 The formula I would use is "Google Search: Value of $12,000 in 1988 today

[@Danimal77]

@@Cmb8909 There are calculators on google that do it for you.

[@Danimal77]

@@nomikes4392 There are calculators on google that do it for you.

[@drunkenmcbastard6374]

I'll never forget when Bossman came back in what 98 99 ??? I worked Mondays so I had my Pops tape RAW for me .....and before I got to watch it ,he had already jumped up outta bed like a phuckin kid on Christmas "BOSS MAN'S BACK BOSSMANS BACK" ...... keep in mind I was about 17 so my Old Man was 42 .....he got back into WWF just as much as I did during the Attitude era ....LoL

[@nathano9637]

You know he was a good guy when he can accidentally knock someone out and the guy says "oh wasn't his fault" 😂 @5:42

[@johntaylor6837]

His last match was at the 1993 royal rumble. He wrestled Bam Bam Bigelow and made sure he got over.

[@redplanet667]

I thought he wrestled Doink on Raw in his last match

[@derekcarden2593]

Agree, Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow worked a great match at Royal Rumble '93 with Boss Man putting Bigelow over. IIRC Boss Man did wrestle a few more times on Superstars in January-February 1993 before his departure in late February/early March.

[@jeremymcewen1054]

My Favorite Wrestler Was Piper From His L8 Nineties:"WCW"Days🌃🙋‍♂️🌃..

[@andrewwalker8724]

Haha 😂 please let there be a video of that ring incident.

[@donovanbradford8231]

I heard JR give dialogue that Boss man was getting back into ring shape and that JR was considering it.

[@codysantello989]

Wow. That was good!

[@Deepizzaguy]

I miss the Big Boss Man myself. I did not know that the late Ray Traylor worked as a real life prison guard when he was a teen.

[@jeffreyb6165]

Mulkey-Mania , like Hulkamania is immortal!

[@godawgs7098]

Cornette is right. Including Owen Hart. I never heard anyone say a bad thing about Ray Traylor. He was a good guy who was willing to learn. And got along with everybody.

[@brainspin7518]

his former manger slick said great things about one man gang/akeem, but did really coment about bossman other than they drew money as combo. When pushed if he had anything good to say about him he just said "not really...let just say he's agood ole boy from cobb co. georgia". Reading between the lines of that statement..he a biggoted prick, BUT..@ least we drew good money as a combo so it was somewhat bearable. Not sure if one man gang/akeem is on record about his former partner. i'll have to look into that.

[@mexmexican8619]

Attitude era Boss Man always looked smaller than he actually was

[@johnrambo3831]

Loved the Boss Man. He was great as a villain, Twin Tower and was one of Hogan’s best partners as a face. Great worker, very agile for a big man and great on the mic.

[@bradlyga3309]

Alot of those guys thought vince was going to jail

[@williamblackfyre4866]

The feds almost never lose a case. Usually wait until they have solid evidence before going for a conviction. Extremely high conviction rate that has been steadily rising since the 70s.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Ironically enough, one of the reasons, Vince beat the case was because of Nailz’s testimony (the same Nailz who had choked him out and called the police on him for touching him) and admitting under oath that he hated him.

[@williamblackfyre4866]

@Nathaniel Baxter I know, that was I was getting at and why the boys thought he was going to get locked up. I actually got curious and read over some court documents and interviews from around that time. It seems Vince had SOME plausible deniability. That Dr Zombrano or whatever his name was was acting exactly like a drug dealer. Around the time the investigation started, the PA sports governing bodies were being petitioned for WWF to no longer be in their jurisdiction. Meaning they would be able to appoint their own refs, timekeepers, and such to keep it 'legit'. One of those caveats was they would be able to select their own ringside dr instead of being appointed. Well someone at Titan sports did not want the Zambrano guy at the PA events. There was alot of pushback but Scales (the exec) hired someone else and Dr Z showed up anyway because Pat Patterson called him. When WWF got wind of the investigation, Patterson made the Dr call in on a pay phone so he could tell him to get rid of all the evidence. It seemed to be Vince would talk to Linda, who would talk to Pat, who would walk to Pritchard or directly to the Dr himself. It was really interesting stuff, sadly the rest of the information was blocked behind a paywall. The book was called 'Boys need their Candy' or something like that. That was a quote from Dr Z, when he found out WWF wasn't going to appoint him in PA, he said that dumb shit. But my point is, Vince seemed to keep several people between himself and the Dr....with the exception of the drugs he got off him (which was referenced in Bret Harts book).

[@williamblackfyre4866]

@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother Nailz seemed like a weird dude..and truly the worst worker I have ever seen

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

@@williamblackfyre4866 Well, his gimmick didn’t require 5 star matches. Nailz seems to be a weird, but dangerous dude. I still remember JC had mentioned that Nailz had told Ric Flair on the phone after had told him that he couldn’t hire him to fire somebody because he needed a job. 😂😂

[@master-n-teachvirgo8557]

I use to have a boss man action figure

[@Bakari8886]

Great Advice 5:52

[@CallmeA_B]

I truly miss Big Boss Man. 😔

[@positively_broad_st3780]

I used to yell, "Shut up, Roscoe!" at the TV whenever Bossman was cutting a promo. Haha...

[@briandubbeld5665]

My son and I meant him at Disney World when they were filming at the MGM studios he is a very nice outgoing guy and talk to us for about 10 minutes we talked about the WWF and I was very appreciative of what he was so nice to us I was sad to hear about his passing 😢 it sounds like a genuine person and well liked by everybody

[@twilliamspro]

Had the Boss man been Alive He totally should have been The Shield's Manager

[@christopher7952]

Mr cornette, you were awesome manager! Great person of wrestling! Thank u for being great personality

[@jeffreycherep8264]

That Ray Traylor is right on,Travis! Down to the crooked eyes and smile.