Bully Ray to challenge for indie Crown Jewel title
The Bubba Ray Dudley renaissance continues.
After angles on the Busted Open radio show and backstage at last weekend’s TNA Slammiversary event, House of Glory Wrestling has announced that Bubba Ray, wrestling under the Bully Ray moniker, will challenge Zilla Fatu for the HOG Crown Jewel Championship on Friday, August 1 at the company’s High Intensity event.
High Intensity will be available for purchase as a live stream on TrillerTV+ at 8 p.m. Eastern time from Jamaica, Queens, New York. HOG is a wrestling school and indie promotion co-owned by former TNA standout Amazing Red.
A WWE Hall of Famer, the 54-year-old Bully Ray has been in the news quite a bit this week, including issuing a challenge to The Hardys on behalf of The Dudleys for a final tag match between the two legendary teams for the TNA Tag Team titles at the promotion’s Bound for Glory event in October.
Bully Ray/Bubba Ray was also prominently featured on Tuesday’s WWE NXT TV episode where he attempted to broker an agreement for a match between Charlie Dempsey and Tavion Heights. He is also a cast member and coach on the WWE LFG show that airs Sunday nights on A&E.