WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray surprised the WWE Universe when he showed up at WrestleMania 40 to play the role of Guest Referee for the Pride versus Final Testament Philadelphia Street Fight match.
Bully Ray recently spoke with Eric Bischoff on his Wise Choices series. Bully mentioned that he got the call for his appearance only two days before the show.
“It basically was as last minute as just about The Undertaker was,” Bully said. “It wasn’t like the last-minute day of the show, it was just a couple of days beforehand where I got a call and they said, ‘Hey, we have an idea. What do you think?’ I mean, special guest referee, a surprise at WrestleMania XL.” [H/T WrestlingNews.co]
The WWE Hall of Famer also mentioned that this appearance was the most fun he had in a WrestleMania event.
“This was the most fun I’ve ever had at WrestleMania. Every single WrestleMania I had performed in beforehand was extremely stressful with the TLC matches, the follow-up matches, even some of the lesser to an extent matches, the Four Corners matches. Me and D-Von always put a lot of pressure on ourselves. We expected a certain level of performance from ourselves, plus our opponents, but this time, this was so last minute and so carefree to just go out there as a referee and you’re a referee in a hardcore match. There’s no rules so all I have to do is basically sit back, enjoy the chaos, and every once in a while drop down to my knees for the two count and then the three count.”
Bully Ray managed to relive all his biggest hits
The WWE Hall of Famer also mentioned that he enjoyed interacting with everyone in the Philadelphia Street Fight. He also felt very grateful to WWE for the call.
“One of the things I had the most fun with was interacting with the six gentlemen and the two ladies involved in the match and taking the stuff that has worked for me throughout my entire career, my hits, like the what’s up headbutt and get the tables. I was able to lend my hits to them and they were able to use them and pull them off. I thought it made the match that much more fun. So when you can come together like that, work together, have fun together, obviously the crowd had a great time. If that’s the last time I ever got to walk down the ramp at WrestleMania, I’m good with that because I got to do it in Philadelphia, in the city where I started, where me and D-Von started, in front of 72,000 people in a very fun, stress free match. I’m very grateful to WWE for the call.”
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