Chubby Dudley | |
---|---|
Birth name | Bay Ragni |
Born | Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, US |
Residence | Aston, Pennsylvania, US |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bay Ragni Chubby Dudley E.Z. Ryder Hell Rider |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
Billed from | "Dudleyville" |
Trained by | Larry Winters |
Debut | 1991 |
Retired | 2003 |
Bay Ragni is an American retired professional wrestler and promoter. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 1996 under the ring name Chubby Dudley, one of the Dudley Brothers.
Ragni was trained to wrestle by Larry Winters. He debuted on the independent circuit in 1991.
In late-1992, Ragni joined the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling, where he adopted the ring name "E.Z. Ryder" and formed a tag team known as "The Hell Riders" with H.D. Ryder. On the inaugural episode of ECW Hardcore TV (airing April 3, 1993 on SportsChannel Philadelphia), The Hell Riders unsuccessfully challenged The Super Destroyers for the ECW Tag Team Championship. Ragni left ECW in late-1993.
After leaving ECW, Ragni briefly toured the Mid-Atlantic states before joining the Newark, Delaware-based East Coast Wrestling Association, where he wrestled as "Hell Rider".
In mid-1995, Ragni returned to Eastern Championship Wrestling, which had been renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994. He was given the gimmick of "Chubby Dudley", an obese, slobbish member of the Dudley family. Ragni rarely wrestled, but would accompany his storyline half-brothers to ringside, normally while holding a cake, Crunchberries or other snack. If the other members of the Dudley family were incapacitated, Ragni would flee from ringside.