10 Things We Learned From Bully Ray On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions Podcast

3. He Figured TLC Sounded Stupid

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The next three entries are all dedicated to those jaw-dropping ladder bouts The Dudley Boyz worked with The Hardys and the team of Edge and Christian. Bubba told Austin that everyone was giddy with excitement backstage after the WrestleMania 2000 three-way, and they were hungry for more.

Michael Hayes admitted that he found the whole spotfest really cool, then Ray spewed out that they should dub it "TLC, or something" if they ever worked another down the road. He immediately regretted that, because TLC was often used as an acronym for "tender loving care", and that sounded sappy.

Bubba hoped that nobody had heard him.

Hayes must've remembered what Ray said though, because the WWF ran with that TLC branding for the SummerSlam 2000 match between all three squads. It's amazing to learn that Bubba coined one of wrestling's best-loved match types without even meaning to, and that he was worried it sounded lame.

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