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127-610: The team wrestled as the Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWF/E, and upon joining TNA—Due to WWE owning the rights to their names—they became known as Brother Ray and Brother Devon of Team 3D (named after their finishing move the Dudley Death Drop). Spike Dudley later signed with TNA and again sided with Team 3D as Brother Runt. Later in their TNA career, Brother Ray used the ring name Bully Ray while Brother Devon wrestled as simply Devon . After

254-400: A feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or groups of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised. Feuds may last for months or even years; conversely, they may be resolved with implausible speed, perhaps during a single match. WWE 's terminology discouraged the use of the term along with the word "war". Feuds are often

381-518: A foreign object . The following week on IMPACT , a low-level member of Aces & Eights named Mike was interrogated by Austin Aries into leaking information about Aces & Eights, but Aces & Eights came out and knocked out Mike with a hammer to prevent him from revealing anything. At No Surrender , on September 9, 2012, Aces & Eights again brawled with the TNA roster following a fight between Aries and

508-602: A "Champions versus Champions" match for TNA's July pay-per-view Victory Road , in which the Tag Team Champions faced the World Champion and the X Division Champion . At Victory Road, Team 3D lost the championship to Samoa Joe after interference from the Steiner Brothers . On the following Impact! , they blamed the Steiner Brothers and the fans (who had actually been taking intervals to chant "3D sucks" for weeks at

635-621: A "New Jersey Street Fight". They then began a feud with the team of "The Monster" Abyss and Matt Morgan , both teams competed at No Surrender with Abyss and Morgan picking up the victory. Team 3D turned fan favorite when they joined the TNA Frontline after appearing to join Kurt Angle's Main Event Mafia , double crossing them and jumping them along with Frontline leaders Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles and Rhino. They also attempted to put Angle through

762-613: A "No Contest" for the match. At the end of the night, Hogan was about to announce the #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but Aces & Eights rushed the ring and surrounded Hogan; Sting and Bully Ray came out for the save, forcing Aces & Eights to retreat. On the February 21 Impact Wrestling , Bischoff faced Samoa Joe, but Brisco intervened, resulting in Bischoff's disqualification. Angle rushed to

889-608: A 3D through a table. On the June 27th tapings of Impact , which aired August 7, Team 3D succeeded in putting Dixie Carter through a table. Team 3D were inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame on October 11, 2014, in Japan. They were the first tag team to be entered into the Hall of Fame, and were the third and fourth entrants. The following day at Bound for Glory, they defeated Tommy Dreamer and Abyss. The event

1016-560: A 5-on-5 tag match at Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice on August 15, whereby the person to be pinned or submit must leave TNA. The 5-on-5 match would be delayed until the August 22 episode of Impact Wrestling due to Kurt Angle entering rehab following a DUI . At Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice , Bully Ray regained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Sabin in a steel cage match after Tito Ortiz (who officially joined Aces & Eights) and Mr. Anderson interfered. Later in

1143-539: A Scorpion Deathdrop and Bully drove his former brother Devon through a table for the win. On the February 14 Impact Wrestling , Sting accepted Aces & Eights' challenge at Lockdown : Sting and three members of the TNA Roster would face Devon, D.O.C., Knux and Mr. Anderson in a 4-on-4 tag team match. Later that night, Angle faced Samoa Joe in a World Heavyweight Championship contender's match, but Brisco and Bischoff interfered and attacked both Angle and Joe, resulting in

1270-612: A ball peen hammer. On the December 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Devon became the first member of Aces & Eights to win a title, defeating Samoa Joe for the Television Championship , after interference from D.O.C. Later that night, the group attacked Angle again, as well as Jeff Hardy after being paid to do so by Bobby Roode . At Final Resolution , Devon, D.O.C., and two masked members lost to Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Garett Bischoff, and Wes Brisco , after Angle pinned one of

1397-544: A battle against the younger talent of the company. On the November 19 episode of Impact! Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment graduate Jesse Neal joined Team 3D and Rhino and two weeks later Suicide joined Morgan, Hernandez and Dinero to level the playing field. At Final Resolution Morgan, Hernandez, Dinero and Suicide defeated Team 3D, Rhino and Neal in an eight-man elimination tag team match. When Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff took over TNA at

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1524-608: A brief feud with one another, Devon and Bully Ray were reunited as part of the villainous faction Aces & Eights . They are the only tag team to hold the WWF , WWE , ECW , WCW , NWA , TNA and IWGP Tag Team Championships, as well as to win the All Japan Pro Wrestling 's World's Strongest Tag Determination League (although they never won the AJPW World Tag Team Championship ) and are thus regarded among

1651-629: A feud with T & A . They then feuded with D-Generation X which culminated in a tag team table dumpster match at King of the Ring 2000 in which Bubba drove Tori through a table they spray-painted her name on. Throughout 2000 and 2001, the Dudley Boyz engaged in a three-way feud for the WWF Tag Team Championship with the Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian . The feud incorporated two critically acclaimed Tables, Ladders and Chairs (TLC) matches,

1778-627: A fixture within Tommy Dreamer 's House of Hardcore promotion. On November 9, 2013, at HoH 3 , Bully Ray attacked Dreamer and Terry Funk following the main event, claiming that Dreamer offended him by not inviting him to the show, before challenging Dreamer to a falls-count-anywhere street fight at the TNA One Night Only pay-per-view event Old School. Spike Dudley came out to make the save only to be beaten by Bully as well, whereas Devon appeared to confront Bully—only to turn around and aid him as

1905-505: A group of masked wrestlers before their identities were revealed. It had the gimmick of a Vigilante Posse motorcycle club ; members of the stable rode motorcycles, wore kuttes , and were referred to as either "prospects" or "patched in" . The name of the stable is a reference to the two pair poker hand known as the " dead man's hand ". The stable debuted on the June 14, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling , with three masked wrestlers attacking Sting as he discussed his induction to

2032-550: A kayfabe explanation for his absence from television to recuperate from a shoulder injury ). Aces & Eights later interfered in a four-way tables match , attacking Jeff Hardy and the eventual winner, Bully Ray . On the August 23, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights brawled with members of the TNA roster , injuring the right arm of TNA World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries . One week later, Aces & Eights attacked Aries again, knocking him unconscious with

2159-597: A massive group of wrestlers mostly consisting of former ECW and WCW wrestlers led by Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, who attempted to take over the WWF. During this time, the Dudleys acted as enforcers of the Alliance, interfering on the behalf of Alliance mid-carders and main eventers. Stacy Keibler became the Dudleys' manager during this time— dubbed the "Duchess of Dudleyville" by ECW manager Paul Heyman—but she later cost

2286-491: A match for the February 7 Impact Wrestling : Bully and Sting vs. Devon and D.O.C. in a tables tag match. On the February 7 Impact Wrestling , Bischoff stated that he joined Aces & Eights because he got no respect from the fans, and Brisco said he joined because Hulk Hogan disrespected him. Devon then threatened Angle, saying that Aces & Eights would end his career. In the main event, Bully Ray and Sting defeated Devon and D.O.C. in their tables tag match; Sting gave D.O.C.

2413-538: A match which neither team could be disqualified called a Ghetto Brawl by TNA, in which they lost after interference from Alex Shelley . At Lockdown in 2007, Team 3D defeated LAX in an Electrified Six Sides of Steel match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. In this match, the cage was electrified by electrical powerlines, to give the illusion when a wrestler touched the cage, they would be instantly electrocuted, in storyline. On May 13, 2007,

2540-527: A match, which Sting won by disqualification when Aces & Eights interfered. On the October 25 Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights announced they would target a victim, chosen by throwing a dart at a photo collage of TNA wrestlers and later revealed to be Kurt Angle (a previous target of Aces & Eights). Angle had just lost a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match to Jeff Hardy. Bully Ray confronted his "brother" Devon, who claimed Hogan's mistreatment of him

2667-616: A member called "The Armbreaker", injuring the shoulder of Jeff Hardy prior to his Bound for Glory series final against Bully Ray. Aces & Eights wrestled its first match at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view on October 14, 2012, where two unnamed members of the stable defeated Sting and Bully Ray in a no disqualification tag team match to win unfettered access to the Impact Zone (Aces & Eights had agreed to leave TNA if they had lost). They won following interference from two other members of

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2794-456: A member of Team 3D, though he did not share the half brother backstory. At Against All Odds , Team 3D and Johnny Devine fought The Motor City Machine Guns and Jay Lethal in a Street Fight but lost. Per the match stipulation, Ray and Devon could not compete unless they weighed in at 275  lbs. or lower. After Against All Odds, Team 3D were matched with Shark Boy and Curry Man on numerous occasions in tag matches, with either one or both of

2921-479: A member of the group. It caused a rift within the stable as the remaining members tried to voice their opinions on Bully Ray's clouded judgments after he started his relationship with Tessmacher and ousted Mr. Anderson. On the September 26 episode of Impact Wrestling , Knux called out Bully Ray again for hanging around with Tessmacher rather than taking care of the remaining members, and barred him from participation from

3048-619: A month, the Dudleys defeated the Gangstas at Hardcore Heaven to win their third ECW Tag Team Championship. After Mustafa and Saturn parted ways with ECW, New Jack and Kronus teamed up to form The Gangstanators and beat the Dudleys for the tag title at As Good as It Gets on September 20. At November to Remember , the Dudleys participated in a four-way dance for the tag title, involving the champs The F.B.I. ( Tracy Smothers and Little Guido ), The Gangstanators and The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks ( Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten ). The F.B.I. won

3175-554: A now face Bully Ray. Ray spent the next few months becoming close to Hulk and Brooke Hogan while feuding with Devon and the Aces & Eights. During this time, Devon won back the Television Championship from then-reigning champion Samoa Joe , while Bully eventually was granted a match at Lockdown for Jeff Hardy 's TNA World Heavyweight Championship . At Lockdown on March 10, 2013, Bully Ray turned heel by defeating Hardy for

3302-450: A one night appearance at Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant in the Rumble match , eliminating The Miz and R-Truth before being eliminated by Bray Wyatt . On the August 24 episode of Raw , Bubba Ray and D-Von made their surprise return as the Dudley Boyz, where they reestablished themselves as fan favorites by attacking The New Day , giving a Dudley Death Drop to Xavier Woods through

3429-428: A producer while Bully Ray would continue his in-ring career and sign with Ring of Honor . On January 22, 2018, on Raw 25 Years , The Dudley Boyz made a one night appearance by interrupting a tag team match between Heath Slater and Rhyno and Titus Worldwide ( Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil), giving a Whassup? and a Dudley Death Drop to Slater through a table. On April 6, 2018 , The Dudley Boyz were inducted into

3556-545: A protege with Deacon Batista . At Judgment Day in 2002, Bubba Ray was in the corner of Raw's Trish Stratus , who was defending the WWE Women's Championship against Keibler; D-Von and Batista were in Stacy's corner as asked by Mr. McMahon . After Stratus retained her title, Bubba Ray and D-Von stood in the ring and shook hands before an altercation broke out between the three men where D-Von and Batista ended up driving Bubba through

3683-595: A replacement in the returning Brother Runt, but were still defeated in the match by the Nastys and Hart. However, after the match Neal made the save for Team 3D and helped them put Sags through a table. On May 16 at Sacrifice Ray turned heel by attacking Jesse Neal and costing him and Shannon Moore their match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, after feeling he had been disrespected by Neal. The following month at Slammiversary VIII Neal defeated Ray in

3810-485: A rivalry with The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James ), with the two teams meeting at TNA's June pay-per-view Slammiversary in a match which no one can be counted out or disqualified ; Ray and Devon claimed victory in the match. After their brief absence, Ray and Devon made a return to TNA in October 2006 and went back on the tag title hunt. They first fought with The Naturals ( Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas), who defeated Team 3D in their signature tables match. At

3937-697: A serious eye injury which required an operation. Team 3D won the resulting tag match against Makabe and Yano to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, thus making them 22-time tag-team champions. On January 4, 2010, at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome Team 3D lost the IWGP Tag Team Title to No Limit ( Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro ) in a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions ( Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson ). Starting in late 2013, Bully Ray and Devon have been something of

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4064-538: A singles match after a distraction from the debuting Tommy Dreamer. The following month at Victory Road Ray and Devon faced Jesse Neal in a three-way match. During the match the members of Team 3D attacked each other, before Neal accidentally speared Devon and was then pinned by Ray. On the following episode of Impact! Devon joined fellow ECW alumni Mick Foley , Tommy Dreamer, Raven , Stevie Richards , Rhino , Pat Kenney and Al Snow and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam in attacking Brother Ray, Abyss and

4191-539: A six-man tag. Bully Ray managed to defeat Sting in a No Holds Barred match, after knocking him down with a hammer which meant Sting could never challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship again. After Slammiversary, Sting announced the return of the Main Event Mafia to war with Aces and Eights. On the June 13 edition of Impact Wrestling , Mr. Anderson won a battle royal which also included fellow members Devon, D.O.C., Knux, Wes Brisco, and Garett Bischoff for

4318-537: A spot in the 2013 Bound for Glory Series after D.O.C. was forcibly thrown out by Anderson after refusing to voluntarily eliminate himself as the other members had done. On the July 11 edition of Impact Wrestling , D.O.C. lost his bid to become the Vice-President of Aces and Eights as Knux gave his deciding vote to Mr. Anderson, to D.O.C.'s disgust. On July 12, 2013, D.O.C. parted ways with TNA after his contract expired (it

4445-533: A steel cage match at Open Fight Night on the January 31 Impact Wrestling . Just after Jeff Hardy defeated Christopher Daniels in the main event, Taz distracted Hardy as a masked member of Aces & Eights attacked Hardy from behind, injuring Hardy's left leg. That same night, it was revealed that Angle's friends, Wes Brisco and Garett Bischoff, were also members of Aces & Eights. Angle defeated Anderson in their cage match while Brisco watched from ringside; after

4572-510: A table. As 2002 went along, Bubba Ray teamed with Spike on Raw to form a new version of the Dudley Boyz. Bubba and D-Von reunited following the Survivor Series , when D-Von helped Bubba Ray, Spike and Jeff Hardy win their match against 3 Minute Warning and Rico . From then on, he was back on Raw (as he was part of a package deal that sent The Big Show to SmackDown! ). After the Dudley Boyz were back together they immersed themselves in

4699-672: A table. At Final Resolution in December, Team 3D along with Styles and Joe lost to the Main Event Mafia in an eight-man tag team match. After Against All Odds 2009 Team 3D began a feud with Beer Money, Inc. ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) over the TNA World Tag Team Championship . They faced each other in an Off the wagon challenge match (where if 3D lost then the person who lost is kayfabe fired). Beer Money lost by countout. On April 19, 2009, at Lockdown , IWGP Tag Team Champions Team 3D defeated Beer Money, Inc. to win

4826-533: A table. On the August 27 episode of SmackDown , the Dudley Boyz wrestled their first match back in WWE, defeating The Ascension . At both Night of Champions and Live from Madison Square Garden , the Dudley Boyz challenged The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship , but won both matches by disqualification, which allowed The New Day to retain their titles. At Hell in a Cell , the Dudley Boyz challenged for

4953-555: Is considered the "little brother" due to easily being the smallest of the three, he's actually the oldest in real life. Their final appearance of 2004 as members of the WWE roster was on the November 4 episode of SmackDown! where they were taken out by the Big Show . After a lengthy hiatus, Bubba, D-Von and Spike made their final appearance at a WWE sanctioned event as part of the original One Night Stand in June 2005. In July 2005, WWE opted not to continue contract renewal negotiations with

5080-451: The 3Live Kru ( Ron Killings , Konnan , and B.G. James ) from Planet Jarrett and Team Canada . Team 3D's first rivalry in TNA was against America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris and James Storm ) (AMW), which included a mock funeral for the careers of Team 3D. At TNA's December pay-per-view Turning Point in 2005, Team 3D defeated AMW in a Tables match. At Final Resolution on January 15, 2006, Team 3D fought AMW again, but this time for

5207-502: The Hardcore Hall of Fame , making them the first to be inducted into the WWE, TNA, and Hardcore Halls of Fame They are famously known for their pioneering use of tables in their matches, usually beginning with Bubba Ray asking D-Von to "get the tables" in the middle of a match. On May 21, 2007, Bubba Ray and D-Von opened the Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment at

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5334-555: The NWA World Tag Team Championship , which AMW held. They won the match, however, due to Team Canada's interference the referee awarded the match to AMW. On the April 13 episode of Impact! , Spike Dudley, now referred to as "Brother Runt", debuted in TNA, helping Team 3D beat Team Canada. At TNA's April pay-per-view Lockdown , Team 3D defeated Team Canada in a Six Sides of Steel Anthem match . Ray and Devon then started

5461-560: The Raw tag team division over the next sixteen months. During this time, alternating between siding with and feuding with Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff . They continued competing in the tag team division until all three Dudleys were drafted/traded over to SmackDown! in March 2004, Bubba Ray and D-Von aligned with Paul Heyman and feuded with The Undertaker . They were also billed from New York City instead of Dudleyville. In June of that year, they won

5588-417: The TNA Hall of Fame . On the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , an unnamed man delivered an envelope to TNA General Manager Hulk Hogan containing a photograph of aces and eights playing cards (known as the " dead man's hand ") and a note reading "see you next week", saying "we're not cowards... we've got something for you Hogan, wait and see!" Aces & Eights returned (in greater numbers) to TNA on

5715-558: The TNA Television Championship . During the late summer of 2012, both Devon's and Ray's contracts with TNA were set to expire. While Ray agreed to a new two-year extension with the promotion, Devon parted ways with TNA. However, Devon returned on October 14, 2012, at Bound for Glory , being revealed as a member (later identified as the Sergent at Arms) of the heel faction Aces & Eights after their victory against Sting and

5842-479: The Turning Point pay-per-view on November 11. On the November 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights chose Magnus as their next victim; Devon used a baseball bat and D.O.C. a ball-peen hammer to injure Magnus' knees. Later that night, Kurt Angle teamed with Garett Bischoff to defeat Devon and an unnamed member, despite D.O.C. attempting to interfere in the match. As a reward for his loyalty, D.O.C.

5969-638: The WWC World Tag Team Championship at Lockout 2008, but lost the match by disqualification. The following year , Team 3D were booked to face Makabe and Yano, at that time the IWGP Tag Team Champions , and the team of Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a three-way match for the Tag Team title, later with a hardcore rules stipulation added. However, days before the event, the team of Kojima and Tenzan withdrew due to Tenzan sustaining

6096-573: The WWE Hall of Fame by Edge and Christian. At that point D-Von had retired from wrestling while Bubba Ray was still active. Team 3D reunited on the 1000th episode of Impact in a winning effort against The Desi Hit Squad. After the match, they put Rohit Raju through a table. Aces %26 Eights Aces & Eights were a villainous stable in the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, later Impact Wrestling), initially consisting of

6223-620: The British Invasion, and The Main Event Mafia's Scott Steiner and Booker T in a Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match . With both the IWGP and TNA Tag tiles on the line, they captured the IWGP titles, which the British Invasion had beaten them for, only for the Brits to take them out and win what at the time were Booker and Steiner's TNA tag championships moments later. During the following weeks Team 3D once again turned heel and aligned themselves with Rhino in

6350-573: The Dudley Boyz and Dreamer fended off a post-match assault and threw Wyatt into a table. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs , The ECW Originals were defeated by The Wyatt Family in an elimination tables match. The next night on Raw , the Dudley Boyz, Dreamer and Rhyno were defeated again by The Wyatt Family in an 8-man tag team Extreme Rules Match. On the February 8 episode of Raw , the Dudley Boyz turned heel when they attacked The Usos after an 8-man tag team tables match that also involving The New Day and Mark Henry . That same week on SmackDown ,

6477-615: The Dudley Boyz attacked them, turning face once again in the process. As they set up Primo for a 3D through a table, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacked both Bubba Ray and D-Von, sending D-Von through the table with a Magic Killer. Team 3D competed at Insane Championship Wrestling 's (ICW) Fear and Loathing IX event on November 20, 2016 in an unsuccessful challenge for Polo Promotions' ( Mark Coffey and Jackie Polo) ICW Tag Team Championships and at House of Glory on December 17, 2016. Devon retired shortly after, making this his final match. Devon returned to WWE shortly afterwards as

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6604-420: The Dudley Boyz proclaimed that their signature tables didn't win all those Tag Team Championships for them, but rather they did it themselves, and thus, with the help of several stage-hands and staff members, they took all the tables they had out of the arena, going "table-free" for the first time in their careers. In the following weeks, the Dudley Boyz and The Usos began a feud, setting up a tag team match between

6731-438: The Dudley Boyz. In addition, there was a mass of wrestlers (including Spike) that were released by WWE for budgetary reasons. In August 2005, Bubba and D'Von were issued with legal notices instructing them not to use the (WWE trademarked ) name "Dudley". This led to a degree of acrimony between the former Dudleys and their erstwhile employers, as they had used the names since 1996, several years before all ECW intellectual property

6858-632: The Dudleys a tag team match, and they put her through a table. During the storyline, they became the first tag team to ever hold the WCW, ECW, and WWF Tag Team Championships. Later, The Dudleys beat the Hardy Boyz in a cage match at Survivor Series in 2001 to unify the WWF and WCW Tag Team Championships. As 2002 began, Spike feuded with his big brothers again, winning the WWF Tag Team Title from them with partner Tazz . Following WrestleMania X8 in March 2002,

6985-455: The Dudleys won their second ECW Tag Team Championship from Kronus in a handicap match due to Saturn being injured. The Dudley Boyz began their next rivalry with The Gangstas ( New Jack and Mustafa ), which began after the Dudleys defeated the Gangstas to retain the tag titles at Orgy of Violence on June 28. The Dudleys, however, lost the tag titles to the Gangstas in a steel cage weapons match at Heat Wave on July 19, 1997. In less than

7112-774: The ECW alumni and seemingly buried the hatchet with his brother. On August 8 at Hardcore Justice Team 3D, accompanied by Joel Gertner, defeated Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney, billed as Kahoneys, in a South Philadelphia Street Fight. After the match Ray and Devon were assaulted by the Gangstas. On the following episode of Impact! , the ECW alumni, known collectively as EV 2.0, were assaulted by A.J. Styles, Kazarian , Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair 's Fourtune stable, who thought they didn't deserve to be in TNA. This marked Team 3D's final appearance on their old TNA contracts, which expired shortly thereafter. The two then entered negotiations over new contracts. Team 3D returned to TNA television two months later on

7239-481: The January 17 Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights crashed Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan 's wedding and attacked Ray, Hulk Hogan, and two of Ray's groomsmen, Tommy Dreamer and Brother Runt , after Ray's best man, Taz , revealed himself as the newest member. During the beatdown, Knux and D.O.C. taunted Brooke and forced her to watch. Sting tried to make the save, but was also beaten down. Aces & Eights then ran off, leaving Brooke to tend to her father and fiancé. On

7366-462: The January 24 Championship Thursday edition of Impact Wrestling , Taz explained why he joined Aces & Eights and implied that his contract with TNA makes him effectively immune to retaliation by TNA Management; Taz also mentioned working for a "higher power" within Aces & Eights. Later that night, Bully Ray swore revenge upon Aces & Eights, singling out Devon and Taz as his main targets. Kurt Angle called out Mr. Anderson and challenged him to

7493-564: The July 12, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling , attacking both Sting and Hogan, with Hogan billed as having sustained a pelvic fracture (providing a kayfabe explanation for his absence from television while recovering from surgery to alleviate back pain ). Over the next several weeks, the stable continued to attack both faces and heels , they were initially introduced as a Vigilante Gang Aces & Eights made its first appearance on pay-per-view at Hardcore Justice on August 12, 2012, attacking D'Angelo Dinero backstage (providing

7620-605: The Main Event Mafia from late 2008 by becoming number 1 contenders to face Booker T and Scott Steiner for the TNA Tag Team Championships. After a failed attempt at the titles, they started a long feud with The British Invasion and other members of World Elite. Team 3D was attacked by World Elite on multiple occasions, until Beer Money Inc. intervened, leading to a loose partnership between the two teams. On October 18, 2009, at Bound for Glory , Team 3D captured their 23rd tag team championship when they defeated Beer Money,

7747-399: The November 26 episode of SmackDown , the Dudley Boyz faced The Wyatt Family again, beating Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman by disqualification after Harper attacked Bubba Ray and threw him through his own table. The following week on Raw , they had a no-contest six man tag team match against Harper, Rowan and Strowman when the Dudley Boyz teamed with the returning Tommy Dreamer . However,

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7874-536: The October 7 live edition of Impact! , promising a major announcement at Bound for Glory . At the pay-per-view Team 3D announced their retirement, but asked for one final match against the TNA World Tag Team Champions, the Motor City Machine Guns. Their new multi–year contracts with TNA were confirmed shortly thereafter. At Turning Point the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Team 3D to retain

8001-569: The SmackDown! brand's WWE Tag Team Championship , making them the first team to hold both sets of tag team titles in WWE history. By July, the Dudleys were helping Spike win matches by interfering in his favor, which Spike seemed to dislike at first, only to reveal his hand as the "boss" of the outfit after they helped him take the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Rey Mysterio . This was a very ironically fitting role, as while Spike

8128-517: The Steel Cage match between Bully Ray and Jeff Hardy. Devon tossed a hammer to Bully Ray, who used it on Jeff Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, turning heel in the process. Bully Ray announced after the match that he used Hulk and Brooke to become champion and revealed himself to be the President of Aces & Eights. On the April 11 episode of Impact Wrestling , Ray successfully defended

8255-551: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a Full Metal Mayhem against Hardy. On the May 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , Brown was defeated by Kurt Angle in an "I Quit" match after swearing on his colors that he would beat Angle, resulting in Bully Ray demoting him to prospect (on July 17, Brown was released from TNA, thus permanently removing him from Aces & Eights). On the May 16 episode of Impact Wrestling , Mr. Anderson told Kurt Angle that

8382-445: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship to AJ Styles. On the October 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , Mr. Anderson returned and cost Bully Ray his rematch with Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the November 14 edition of Impact Wrestling , Mr. Anderson challenged Bully Ray to a No Disqualification match with the stipulation that if Ray lost, Aces & Eights would disband but if Anderson lost, he would leave TNA. It

8509-483: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship using a hammer provided by Devon, then revealed that he was the President of the Aces & Eights and had manipulated the Hogans all along. They then reunited as a tag team on numerous occasions during that time, including a tag team themed edition of TNA's One Night Only PPV series, as well as house shows, and TV tapings. The team was forced to disband again on August 22, 2013, when Devon

8636-516: The TNA World Tag Team Championship. During Team 3D's retirement ceremony on the following episode of Impact! , Ray turned heel by attacking Devon, reigniting the feud between the two. The following week Ray claimed that Devon had gotten weak, since Sabin had managed to kick out of a 3D at Turning Point, calling him the Marty Jannetty and himself the Shawn Michaels of the team. Following this

8763-496: The TNA World Tag Team Championships in a match where both titles were on the line. This made Team 3D World Tag Team Champions for the 22nd time. On June 21, 2009, at Slammiversary , Beer Money, Inc. defeated Team 3D to become three-time TNA World Tag Team Champions after outside interference from The British Invasion of Brutus Magnus , Doug Williams and Rob Terry . Soon after, 3D then reignited their feud with

8890-476: The VP, whose face was never shown on camera. The show ended as the other members of Aces & Eights attacked Angle from behind. The March 7 episode of Impact Wrestling had Brisco coming out to the ring to insult Angle, who responded by attacking Brisco. As TNA officials attempted to separate Brisco and Angle, Angle pointed at one of the officials, D'Lo Brown , who then kicked Angle in the groin and revealed himself as

9017-471: The Vice-President of Aces & Eights. Devon then faced Sting in the first match in a Best-of-Three series to determine which team would get the advantage at Lockdown; Devon pinned Sting after a fan blinded Sting by throwing beer in his face. In the second match of the series, Samoa Joe and Magnus defeated D.O.C. and Bischoff, and in the last match of the series, Mr. Anderson pinned James Storm after Aces & Eights distracted Storm, thus giving Aces & Eights

9144-414: The WWF was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" (WWE) and the roster was divided into two brands, Raw and SmackDown! . The Dudley Boyz were separated for a short time when Bubba Ray was drafted to Raw and D-Von to SmackDown!. Bubba became a fan favorite again by reuniting with Spike Dudley while D-Von, who was still a villain, went on to become the corrupt preacher character "Reverend D-Von" and gained

9271-524: The WWF, the Dudley Boyz's claim to fame was bringing the use of tables as weapons into the wrestling mainstream, often using their signature double-team move, the 3D , to put their opponents through one of these tables. They were initially villains and were known for Bubba Ray's penchant for driving women (including Terri , Trish Stratus , Tori , B.B., Lita , Torrie Wilson , Jazz , Stacy Keibler , Molly Holly and Mae Young ) through tables however they became fan favorites in mid-2000 when they engaged in

9398-628: The X-Cel Fitness Gym in Kissimmee, Florida . Longtime pro wrestling journalist Fin Martin of Power Slam , in contemplating the greatest tag team of all time, wrote: "If one were to base his decision on longevity, title wins and success in a variety of companies, The Dudley Boyz would get the nod". The teaming of Mark LoMonaco and Devon Hughes was born from ECW's Dudley family , a team of comedic fan favorites that consisted of many illegitimate children of

9525-624: The X-Division Title, his association with Team 3D being quietly phased out for a time, though it would soon return. As this went on, 3D, meanwhile, became part of several loose collectives of self-identified "bad guys" and "scumbags", aligning them at some point or another with almost every important villain on the TNA roster, including but not limited to Booker T and Kurt Angle . They began a feud with Christian Cage , Rhino and A.J. Styles , attacking them on several occasions. Their feud ended at Hard Justice with Cage and Rhino defeating them in

9652-522: The advantage at Lockdown. The show ended with Brown leading Aces & Eights into the ring for a brawl with Team TNA. At the Lockdown pay-per-view, Brisco won his match against Angle with help from Brown. Later in the night, Aces & Eights lost the Lethal Lockdown match after Eric Young landed an elbow drop from the top of the steel cage for the pin. Later in the night, Aces & Eights interfered in

9779-490: The beginning of 2007, Team 3D became the number one contenders to The Latin American Xchange 's (LAX) NWA World Tag Team Championship and faced them at TNA's January pay-per-view Final Resolution . During the match, however, Runt was scripted to appear drunk, wearing a Santa Claus outfit, and interfere, causing Team 3D to get disqualified. They continued their rivalry with LAX at TNA's March pay-per-view Destination X in

9906-408: The beginning of 2010, Team 3D's angle with Rhino and Neal was discontinued and they reverted to being faces, while starting a feud with The Nasty Boys ( Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags ), who were a part of the new wave of wrestlers brought in by Hogan and Bischoff. At Against All Odds The Nasty Boys defeated Team 3D in a tag team match, when Jimmy Hart made his return to the company and interfered in

10033-411: The broadcast they were awarded the new championship by authority figure Jim Cornette . Before the new championship was unveiled, Team 3D successfully defended their champion status at TNA's May pay-per-view Sacrifice in a standard tag team match involving three teams known as a 3-Way Dance , which also including the teams of Tomko ( Travis Tomko ) and Scott Steiner ( Scott Rechsteiner ) and LAX. After

10160-405: The brothers being unable to compete due to the weight restriction. The week before Destination X, a stipulation was added to the match between 3D and Shark Boy and Curry Man: if Ray and Devon did not each weigh in at under 275 pounds, they would be fired from TNA. Both Ray and Devon made weight, and as such never had to weigh in under 275 ever again. Shortly afterward, Devine returned to competing for

10287-421: The challenger. On Impact Wrestling: No Surrender , it was announced that Bellator MMA had pulled Ortiz from TNA programming due to his upcoming PPV fight with Rampage Jackson . On the same show, Bully emerged victorious over Anderson in a Last Man Standing match with the help of the other group members, and took the kutte from Anderson after a post-match beating, effectively removing him as Vice President and

10414-561: The departure of The Sandman, the Dudley Boyz took advantage of Sabu's ban from competing in the US, and D-Von defeated Rob Van Dam in singles competition for their sixth World Tag Team Championship. With a brewing feud between the Dudleys and the Impact Players , ( Justin Credible and Lance Storm ), Buh Buh Ray and D-Von still had their hands full with the new team of Spike Dudley and Balls Mahoney. It

10541-485: The distraction to execute a big boot to the face followed by the pin on Sting, who was then beaten down by Aces & Eights. On the February 28 Impact Wrestling , Sting expanded the Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown to 5-on-5: Devon, D.O.C., Anderson, Knux and Bischoff would face "Team TNA", consisting of Sting, Samoa Joe, Magnus, James Storm and Eric Young ; as Sting distracted Aces & Eights, Young snuck into

10668-532: The evening (for the episode to be aired on August 22) The Main Event Mafia (who recruited AJ Styles to be Angle's replacement) defeated Aces & Eights after Styles pinned Devon following a Styles Clash. This forced Devon to leave TNA, thus also removing him from Aces & Eights. On the same show, Bully Ray also revealed that he had been involved romantically with Brooke Tessmacher , now named just Brooke. Brooke then also officially joined Aces & Eights. Following weeks of dissension, and after Hulk Hogan enforced

10795-599: The event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . However, on the June 23, 2020 episode of Impact! , D'Lo Brown teased the return of the faction by standing up from a chair to reveal an Aces & Eights kutte draped over the back. On the June 16, 2022 episode of Impact! , Aces & Eights (represented by Garett Bischoff and Wes Brisco and managed by D'Lo Brown ) made their return as fan favorites, losing to Honor No More 's Kenny King and Vincent . Feud (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling ,

10922-593: The executive director of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) stripped Team 3D of the NWA World Tag Team Championship due to the permanent discontinuation of the relationship between the NWA and TNA Wrestling. TNA continued to recognize Team 3D as their World Tag Team Champions and were then designated as the very first official TNA World Tag Team Champions , and the new TNA World Tag Team Championship belts were unveiled on their "TNA Today" webcast on May 16, 2007. On

11049-554: The family, becoming villains in the process. They became the most successful members of the Dudley family as they dominated the tag team division of ECW. They won their first World Tag Team Championship from The Eliminators ( John Kronus and Perry Saturn ) at Hostile City Showdown on March 15, 1997. This win resulted in a rivalry with the Eliminators, who won the title back at ECW's first pay-per-view event Barely Legal . On June 20,

11176-465: The feud may be, it is usually common practice for a feud to continue on for weeks, usually building toward a match in a supercard. Due to the complexity of modern wrestling storylines, some feuds lack the traditional ‘face vs. heel’ narrative. Many feuds take place between two faces, while some involve characters that don’t fit either traditional role, often called tweeners . Feuds between two heels are rare, but may take place, especially if one or more of

11303-544: The feud. On October 24, 1998, the Dudleys defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu to win their fourth ECW Tag Team Championship. At November to Remember , however, they lost the titles to Masato Tanaka and Balls Mahoney in Louisiana . Dudley Boyz regained the titles from Tanaka and Mahoney on the November 13 episode of Hardcore TV . They lost the titles to RVD and Sabu, a month later at the ECW/FMW Supershow II in Japan. With

11430-458: The first at SummerSlam in 2000. The second was at WrestleMania X-Seven in April 2001, in which Spike Dudley (who had joined the WWF in early-2001) interfered to aid the Dudleys. In mid-2001, the Dudley Boyz became villains again in a storyline where they'd act more aggressive towards Spike Dudley, mainly due to his growing relationship with Molly Holly. They would also soon join The Alliance ,

11557-685: The following week, AJ Styles would be patched in to Aces & Eights. On the May 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Styles did accept the leather vest and attacked Kurt with a hammer, however he also attacked the other members of Aces & Eights. At the Slammiversary pay-per-view, Devon defeated Joseph Park by count out (due to a pre-match attack by Devon and Knux) to retain the TNA Television Championship, only to lose it to Abyss , Park's brother. Bischoff, Anderson, and Brisco would also fall in defeat to Samoa Joe, Magnus, and Jeff Hardy in

11684-540: The greatest tag teams of all time. During their time as members of Aces & Eights, Ray was TNA World Heavyweight Champion on two occasions, while Devon was Television Champion . On June 15, 2014, at Slammiversary XII , Team 3D (as a team) were selected as that year's induction into the TNA Hall of Fame . WWE recognizes them as the most decorated tag team in company history, with 18 world tag team championship reigns, while TNA recognizes them as 23-time world tag team champions. In 2018 . In 2024, they will be inducted into

11811-771: The masked members. On the December 27 episode of Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights offered membership to Mr. Anderson . Anderson accepted that offer on the January 3, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling . Later that night, Devon and a masked Aces & Eights member were defeated by Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe in a tag team cage match. Afterwards, several Aces & Eights members attacked Angle and Joe. Sting made his return and helped them fight off Aces & Eights with his baseball bat. Angle unmasked Devon's tag team partner, revealing him as Knox (renamed "Knux" in March 2013). On January 13, 2013, at Genesis , Aces & Eights went two for three: Mr. Anderson defeated Samoa Joe and Devon defeated Joseph Park, before D.O.C. lost to Sting. On

11938-408: The match and retained the titles. The Dudleys began a rivalry with Rob Van Dam and Sabu in the summer of 1998. At Wrestlepalooza , they lost to Van Dam and Sabu. Eventually, the Dudleys turned on Spike, who then became involved in the rivalry. At Heat Wave , however, Buh Buh and D-Von, along with Big Dick Dudley, lost to Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman and Spike in a six-man tag Street Fight , ending

12065-464: The match on the Nasty Boys' behalf. Team 3D avenged their loss on the February 25 episode of Impact! , when Jesse Neal helped them defeat the Nasty Boys in a tables match. On the March 15 episode of Impact! Team 3D and Neal were scheduled to face the Nasty Boys and Hart in a six-man tag team match, but before the match the Nasty Boys attacked Neal backstage and put him through a table. Team 3D found Neal

12192-406: The match, Steiner's brother , Rick Steiner ( Robert Rechsteiner ), came out and attacked Team 3D which set up a match between the two teams at Slammiversary for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Scott, however, could not compete due to a legitimate injury; instead Road Warrior Animal took his place, but Team 3D retained the championship. On the June 21 episode of Impact! , Cornette scheduled

12319-468: The match, a masked member of Aces & Eights confronted Angle, then revealed himself as Bischoff. Brisco feigned surprise, then suddenly attacked Angle along with Bischoff; Brisco then took his suit jacket off and let his hair down as he revealed his own Aces & Eights vest. Magnus made his return and fought Devon, but D.O.C. and Knux interfered; Magnus threw his attackers over the top rope and forced them to retreat. Hulk Hogan reinstated Bully Ray and made

12446-598: The members of the Dudley family chased for the World Tag Team Championship at that time. Little Spike Dudley also debuted in 1996 and teamed with Buh Buh Ray against The Full Blooded Italians . Initially, D-Von was hostile toward his family, saying that "true Dudleys" were not comedians. In February 1997, however, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von united at Crossing the Line Again and kicked all of the remaining Dudleys except for Big Dick Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley out of

12573-520: The mythical traveling salesman "Big Daddy" Dudley. LoMonaco's Buh Buh Ray Dudley at the time was a fat, stuttering hillbilly who entertained the fans by dancing and wrestled with several of his "half-brothers", including Matt Hyson's Little Spike Dudley , for the ECW World Tag Team Championship several times. Hughes, as D-Von Dudley (the only black member of the family), debuted in ECW in April 1996 at Massacre on Queens Boulevard . All

12700-573: The next tag match against The Main Event Mafia. Later in the night, following an Aces & Eights defeat to the Main Event Mafia in which Samoa Joe forced Wes Brisco to submit, Bully Ray came to the ring and told Brisco that he was out of Aces and Eights, but Brisco refused to hand his kutte over to Ray. Ray then hit Brisco with a clothesline and piledriver, after which Knux and Bischoff, after some hesitation, eventually took Brisco's kutte off and gave it to Ray. At Bound for Glory , despite interference from Dixie Carter and Aces & Eights, Bully Ray lost

12827-647: The number 1 contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship, they defeated The Lucha Dragons to advance to the semi-finals, where they lost to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft , the Dudley Boyz were drafted to Raw . At SummerSlam , they would lose to Sami Zayn and Neville. On the August 22 episode of Raw , the day after SummerSlam, the Dudley Boyz departed from WWE. During their farewell segment, they were confronted by The Shining Stars . After receiving insults from The Shining Stars,

12954-463: The on-screen feud between Bully and Carter in TNA into a crossover storyline involving talent associated with both promotions. On July 13, 2014, Team 3D defeated Kevin Steen and Jason Axe to win the 2CW Tag Team Championship. On November 15, 2014, at HOH VII, Team 3D defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions Killer Elite Squad ( Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer ). On January 25, 2015, Bubba Ray made

13081-665: The promotion folded in October 2009. Team 3D also appeared in the Pro Wrestling Alliance June show, defeating Booker T and Dawg in the main event. Team 3D has also participated in two of the January 4 Dome Show PPV events for New Japan Pro-Wrestling . In 2008 , they won a hardcore match against Togi Makabe and Toru Yano . They also performed in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council , where Armando Estrada served as their manager. Team 3D wrestled Thunder and Lightning for

13208-402: The rest of the TNA locker room. The following week, Ray declined Devon's offer to join the ECW alumni, before TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand , as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company. However, on the July 29 episode of Impact! Ray turned face and decided to join

13335-525: The result of the friction that is created between faces (the heroic figures) and heels (the malevolent, "evil" participants). Common causes of feuds are a purported slight or insult, although they can be based on many other things, including conflicting moral codes or simple professional one-upmanship such as the pursuit of a championship . Some of the more popular feuds with audiences involve pitting former allies, particularly tag team partners, against each other. Depending on how popular and entertaining

13462-400: The ring and attacked Aces & Eights from behind, then Team TNA fought Aces & Eights and forced them to retreat. At the end of the night, Kurt Angle chanced upon Mr. Anderson and beat him down, then Angle invaded the Aces & Eights clubhouse, attacking Devon and the masked Vice-President. Angle smashed a bottle over the VP's head before unmasking him; a shocked Angle then angrily berated

13589-447: The ring for the save; as Bischoff and Brisco retreated through the crowd, Angle challenged Brisco to a steel cage match at Lockdown. In the main event, Devon, D.O.C. and Anderson faced Sting, Bully Ray and Hogan in a six-man tag match, but Hogan was a no-show. As Sting & Bully prepared to finish off Anderson, Aces & Eights dragged Brooke Hogan and her father to the ring, forcing Bully Ray to rush to their aid; D.O.C. took advantage of

13716-435: The rule that Bully Ray must challenge one of the members of the group for the next title defense on the September 12 special episode of Impact Wrestling: No Surrender , on the September 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , Mr. Anderson intentionally missed handing the hammer to Bully Ray to get out of Scorpion Deathlock by Sting , thus losing the no-disqualification match. Anderson confronted Bully Ray and revealed he would be

13843-468: The stable, one of whom was subsequently unmasked and revealed as Devon , a member of the TNA roster and the former tag team partner of Bully Ray. Devon was the first member of Aces & Eights to be formally identified by TNA. On the October 18, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling , Devon, speaking for the gang (his vest identified him as "Sergeant-at-Arms"), threatened the TNA roster, who responded by attacking Aces & Eights. Sting challenged Devon to

13970-558: The supposedly terrible quality of the Guns' match. Team 3D continued on this path of attack and verbal putdown, directing it towards the Guns' fellow TNA X Division wrestlers. This led to a match against the Guns at Genesis , which Shelley and Sabin won. They later stole Jay Lethal 's belt and kidnapped X-Division wrestler Johnny Devine , who subsequently turned on his fellow X Division wrestlers. While still referred to by most as Johnny, Ray and Devon called Devine "Brother Devine" and treated him as

14097-580: The time) for their loss. At Hard Justice and Bound for Glory , Team 3D lost to the Steiner Brothers, the latter defeat coming in a two out of three tables match after Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley , The Motor City Machine Guns , interfered on the Steiners' behalf. On the October 18 Impact! , Team 3D assaulted the Machine Guns in the middle of their match, whipping them with studded belts and simultaneously powerbombing them through two tables while Ray derided

14224-401: The title again but were defeated by The New Day. At Survivor Series , the Dudley Boyz teamed with Goldust , Neville and Titus O'Neil to defeat Stardust , The Ascension, The Miz and Bo Dallas in a 5-on-5 traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match . The following night on Raw, the Dudley Boyz suffered a defeat against Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper of The Wyatt Family . On

14351-417: The titles to the WWF, only to lose the titles to Tommy Dreamer and the returning Raven in another impromptu match later that night. In August 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von joined the WWF . They requested a $ 1 raise above the WWF's offer to stay in ECW, but their request was denied because ECW owner Paul Heyman was working a deal with Vince McMahon to supply talent to the WWF. Upon entering the WWF, Buh Buh Ray

14478-515: The two entered into a feud that spanned several events and shows, after which both men established their characters in singles storylines. Ray renamed himself Bully Ray, and as a member of Immortal even challenged for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and came second in the Bound for Glory Series , whereas Devon later entered a feud with D'Angelo Dinero regarding the allegiance of Devon's twin sons and later went on to win

14605-449: The two hit Dreamer with a 3D, then fended off an attempted save by the Sandman . Team 3D were also scheduled to officially team together against Dreamer and Abyss, then against Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian ), on June 6 and 7, 2014 at House of Hardcore 4 and 5 respectively. However, Bully Ray was pulled out of both events by TNA President Dixie Carter, turning

14732-474: The two teams on the WrestleMania 32 kickoff show, where the Dudley Boyz lost to The Usos. The following night on Raw , the Dudley Boyz defeated The Usos in a tables match, breaking their vow to never again use tables and officially ending the feud. Afterward the duo were interrupted by the debuting Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady , who proceeded to insult them and ignite a new feud. In a tournament to determine

14859-441: The wrestlers in the feud are particularly popular with fans. One of the longest feuds of all time was the feud between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat , estimated by Flair to comprise more than 2,000 matches, though he admits that most of those matches were " confined to those in the arena ". Traditionally, most promoters wanted to " protect the business " by having wrestlers act in character in public, and thus further convince

14986-413: Was acquired by WWE as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. Both believed Paul Heyman had granted them the rights to the name. On September 21, 2005, Bubba and D-Von (now under the names Brother Ray and Brother Devon, respectively) signed multi-year contracts with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), as Team 3D. Team 3D made their first appearance on the October 1 episode of TNA Impact! , helping save

15113-518: Was announced that the match would take place the following week at Impact Wrestling: Turning Point . The same day Anderson came out and gave Garett Bischoff a piledriver on the stage. At Impact Wrestling: Turning Point , Anderson defeated Ray in a No Disqualification match. Due to the stipulations of the match, the stable disbanded. The following week, a funeral segment for the group was shown. D'Lo Brown and Mr. Anderson were scheduled to represent Aces and Eights at TNA: There's No Place Like Home but

15240-670: Was at Heat Wave in 1999 that Spike and Mahoney beat the Dudleys for the gold. The Dudleys, however, powerbombed both men through flaming tables—the first time such a thing had been seen on PPV. In late-1999, the Dudley Boyz signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They made their final appearance with ECW at the Last Show at the Madhouse on August 26, 1999, winning their eighth ECW World Tag Team Championship from Spike and Mahoney in an impromptu match and threatening to take

15367-491: Was explained on-screen that he turned in his kutte over losing the VP bid to Anderson). On July 18 at Impact Wrestling: Destination X , Bully Ray lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Chris Sabin following interference from both Aces & Eights and the Main Event Mafia. On the August 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kurt Angle announced that the Main Event Mafia and Aces & Eights would face off in

15494-423: Was first named “Bah Bah Ray Dudley,” then was renamed "Bubba Ray Dudley," and returned to stuttering during his promos - a character trait he had initially used early in his ECW tenure. D-Von would then slap Bubba on the head to help him get his words out. After several weeks, most of the gimmick was dropped. They also dropped their classic tie-dye attire and began wearing camouflage -like ring attire. While part of

15621-456: Was introduced as D.O.C. (Director of Chaos), a prospect of Aces & Eights. Later that night, D.O.C. teamed with Devon to wrestle Sting and Angle. Sting and Angle won by disqualification when Devon used Sting's baseball bat . D.O.C. then drove Sting through a table, to prove his worth to the group. Sting was then attacked by several members and beaten with a ball-peen hammer by D.O.C. D.O.C. defeated Joseph Park, and Devon lost to Kurt Angle at

15748-604: Was pinned by AJ Styles (who was filling in for Kurt Angle due to legit DUI charges and rehab from alcohol and drug use) in a 5-on-5 match between Aces & Eights and the reformed Main Event Mafia , in which the loser of the fall would leave TNA. Hours later, Devon's departure from TNA was confirmed as legitimate. On June 15, 2014, at TNA Slammiversary XII , Devon returned to TNA and reunited with Team 3D two days later when he helped Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer in their attack against TNA President Dixie Carter's entourage; Devon and Bully Ray giving Dixie's nephew Ethan Carter III

15875-442: Was promoted from a prospect to a patched in member. On the November 22 episode of Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights attacks Eric Young as their next victim after Young won the 2012 Impact Turkey Bowl against Jessie Godderz and Robbie E in a triple threat turkey suit match; Devon used a baseball bat on the back of Eric's left leg. ODB was hand-cuffed to the ringpost and forced to watch DOC injuring Eric's right ankle with

16002-519: Was the final contracted date for each member of Team 3D. In July 2015, Bubba Ray made a one-off appearance for TNA as an authority figure. Aside from TNA, Team 3D has also participated in many All Japan Pro Wrestling and Hustle 's shows after their WWE release. Team 3D held an unbeaten streak in All Japan, where they won All Japan's World's Strongest Tag Determination League in 2005 . Team 3D has also won HUSTLE's tag title in 2006, which they held until

16129-431: Was why he joined Aces & Eights. After Devon announced that he and Bully were no longer brothers, Bully called Devon a "coward" and challenged him to a match on the "Open Fight Night" episode of Impact , on November 1. That match ended in a brawl between the TNA roster and Aces & Eights, during which Joseph Park unmasked a member, revealing him as Drew Hankinson . On the November 8 Impact Wrestling , Hankinson

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