World Tag Team Champions (1996-1999)
"Thou shalt not steal!" "Thou shalt not kill!" And thou shalt not fuck with the Dudleys!
At Massacre on Queens Boulevard on April 13, 1996, D-Von Dudley officially made his debut, angrily proclaiming that the Dudley's comedic antics were not the way "true Dudleys" should conduct themselves. At Heatwave on July 13, 1996, D-Von attacked Dances with Dudley, Chubby Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley with a chair and delivered a low blow to Buh Buh Ray before being driven off by Hack Meyers.[6][7]
Dances With Dudley and Chubby Dudley left ECW in mid-1996. Later that September at When Worlds Collide II, Little Spike Dudley debuted in ECW. The "runt" of the Dudley Brothers, Spike began teaming with Buh Buh Ray Dudley, facing tag teams such as the Eliminators and the Bad Crew. The duo also faced D-Von Dudley in a number of bouts.[8] At November to Remember on November 16, 1996, Buh Buh Ray defeated D-Von in a singles match.
At Crossing the Line Again on February 1, 1997, Buh Buh Ray turned heel by joining forces with D-Von. The duo began teaming together as the Dudley Boyz, along with Big Dick Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley, forming a dominant heel stable.[2] Between March 1997 and August 1999, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von held the ECW World Tag Team Championship on a record eight occasions. The Dudleys feuded with rivals such as the Eliminators, New Jack, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman, Balls Mahoney, and Little Spike Dudley, the sole remaining face Dudley.[9]
On the April 11, 1998 episode of ECW Hardcore TV, The Bushwhackers made an appearance as the "Bush-Dudleys". Cousins Luke Dudley and Butch Dudley who were supposed to fight The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer only to be ambushed by Buh Buh Ray and D-Von.
At It Ain't Seinfeld on May 14, 1998, Buh Buh Ray Dudley's taunting resulted in a member of the audience attempted to rush the ring before being intercepted by security guards. On the June 3, 1998 episode of ECW Hardcore TV, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von delivered their Dudley Death Drop finishing maneuver to Beulah McGillicutty, supposedly breaking her neck.
Big Dick left ECW in early 1999. The stable finally dissolved in August 1999 at the Last Show at the Madhouse, where Buh Buh Ray and D-Von left ECW to join the World Wrestling Federation as The Dudley Boyz. In October 1999 at Re-enter the Sandman, Sign Guy Dudley renamed himself "Lou E. Dangerously", leaving Spike as the sole remaining Dudley in ECW until the promotion folded in April 2001, when he too joined the WWF, reuniting with Buh Buh Ray and D-Von.
