Bubba Ray Dudley Shows Up at Ring of Honor (Video)

Bubba Ray Dudley (calling himself Bully Ray) showed up at the Ring of Honor Manhattan Mayhem VI show tonight at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. He powerbombed ROH champion Adam Cole through a table then cut a promo, saying that he had received a few offers (crowd then chanted “Fuck TNA”), but decided to take ROH’s offer because the passion of its fans and wrestlers reminded him of ECW.

Below is a video stream and transcript of his promo.

Ending of ROH Manhattan Mayhem https://t.co/4qT4Hr09Eo

— Dan Ryckert (@DanRyckert) March 5, 2017

You know, last week on Twitter Matt Hardy said it was gonna be a very interesting week in the wrestling business. And I think this has been a pretty interesting night, hasn’t it?

For the past couple of months, I’ve been kinda sitting at home with a couple of different offers that came my way. (Crowd chants “Fuck TNA”) And that’s the reason I didn’t take their offer. (Crowd cheers) There was another offer on the table. And then there was a Ring of Honor offer on the table.

I gotta tell you guys something. For 15 years, I have really enjoyed Ring of Honor because Ring of Honor reminds me of a company that is very special to me. (Crowd chants “ECW”) That company had so much passion. The wrestlers had so much passion. The fans had so much passion. And the only company that has been able to catch that lightning in a bottle is Ring of Honor. But I had never been to an ROH show, so I figured what better night than tonight in my home town. And just as a reminder, you don’t pull out a table in NYC unless you’re a Dudley or Team 3D.

If I were to come to Ring of Honor, I wouldn’t come here because I wanted to be a tag team champion. I wouldn’t come here because I wanted to be the world heavyweight champion. I wouldn’t come here because I want to be one of those veterans who just steals money from a wrestling company. I wouldn’t come here because I was gonna try to take one of your spots or any other wrestler’s spots. I wouldn’t come here just to tell you guys what to do. If I came to Ring of Honor, it’s because I genuinely want to. When I retire, I want to be able to say that I fought for Ring of Honor.

So what do you guys think? (Crowd cheers) You think this is a good idea? You think this will work? Is Joe Koff here? The head honcho, where are you? When Joe Koff is here, I just want to ask him one question. Do you know who I am? I’m Bully Ray and as of right now, I’m in Ring of Honor.

Here’s his entrance and powerbomb on Adam Cole:

@LarryCsonka411 Bully Ray makes his ROH debut! pic.twitter.com/Lar4gt7T28

— Hash Bro Jones (@hashbrojones) March 5, 2017

Still the talk of the wrestling biz. Now thats how you make a DELIGHTFUL impact. pic.twitter.com/zOeMIPdclY

— Bubba Ray Dudley (@bullyray5150) March 5, 2017