25 Great Wrestlers That EVERYBODY Turned Against
6. Bully Ray
Maybe "great" is a stretch here, but then maybe it isn't.
The Dudley Boyz have spent years making a claim to being the best tag team in wrestling history, and can at very least use their title lineage - limp a metric as that might be - as justification for the boast. They convinced multiple promoters to strap them up, trust them with helming their tag divisions and get over future duos. No mean feat. As a singles wrestler, Bully Ray (eventually) had a run in TNA that was - to his immense credit - a consistent over-delivery creatively and commercially. Before the company's re-emergence as an attack brand in its partnership with WWE, Ray's time atop Impact as its top heel was the last time the company had any relevance before a 2010s wilderness period took hold.
Nonetheless, Ray's celebration of said legacy might be the very reason he's ended up alienating so many people along the way.
Between his inadvertently patronising analysis of current pro wrestling and self-aggrandising about the good old days, he's managed to annoy more than his fair share of fans and ex-pros. In some cases, it's borne out of bad experiences with him at the time. Rico, René Dupree, Sylvain Grenier and most notably Dave Batista didn't exactly relish their times with him, and made no secret of the fact post-retirement.