page_title: Bubba Ray Dudley
section_title: Aces & Eights (2012–2013)
hierarchical_section_title: Bubba Ray Dudley / Professional wrestling career / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005 – 2014, 2015) / Aces & Eights (2012–2013)
caption_attribution_description: Bully Ray &amp; D Von
context_page_description: Mark LoMonaco is an American professional wrestler and radio talk show host. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Bubba Ray Dudley, as well as his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring names Brother Ray and Bully Ray.
  Debuting in 1991, LoMonaco came to prominence in 1995 when he joined ECW as a member of The Dudley Brothers, eventually forming a tag team with Devon "D-Von Dudley" Hughes. As "Buh Buh" and "D-Von" - The Dudley Boyz - they became eight-time ECW World Tag Team Champions. In 1999, both men moved to the World Wrestling Federation, where they won eight World Tag Team Championships before leaving in 2005. Later that year, they joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where they won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, then the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice. After the team dissolved in 2010, LoMonaco struck out as a single wrestler; adopting the ring name "Bully Ray", he held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice.
context_section_description: In August, Ray came together with the rest of the TNA locker room to battle the villainous Aces & Eights stable, who had been attacking random TNA wrestlers during the past months, in the process making a gradual face turn. In September, Ray, unlike his longtime tag team partner Devon, signed a two-year contract extension with TNA. On the September 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ray finished his Bound for Glory Series group stage with a win over Rob Van Dam, thus finishing third and advancing to the semifinals of the tournament. On September 9 at No Surrender, Ray defeated James Storm in his semifinal match, following interference from Bobby Roode, before losing to Jeff Hardy in the finals of the 2012 Bound for Glory Series, despite Hardy being attacked by the Aces & Eights before the match. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Ray was granted another opportunity to become the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was again defeated by Hardy. On the September 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ray defeated World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries in a non-title match, after hitting him with a steel chain. On the October 4 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ray defeated both Aries and his number one contender Jeff Hardy in a three-way match, after which Hulk Hogan agreed to let him become Sting's partner for the match against the Aces & Eights stable at Bound for Glory. On October 14 at Bound for Glory, Ray and Sting were defeated by the Aces & Eights, who in the process earned full access to TNA. Afterwards, the returning Devon was revealed as one of the members of the Aces & Eights. On November 1, Ray and Devon faced off in the main event of Impact Wrestling, however, the match ended in a brawl between the Aces & Eights and the TNA locker room.
  Over the next few weeks, tension would be teased between Ray and Hulk Hogan after Austin Aries revealed a secret relationship between Ray and the General Manager's daughter Brooke. On December 9 at Final Resolution, Ray was defeated by Austin Aries in a singles match, following a distraction from both Brooke and Hulk Hogan and a low blow from Aries. On the January 3, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling, Hogan suspended both Ray and Brooke after seeing them kissing in the parking garage two weeks before. The following week, Ray proposed to Brooke after saving her from the Aces & Eights, which she accepted. The ceremony took place the next week on Impact Wrestling, where Ray's groomsman Tazz interrupted and revealed himself a member of Aces & Eights, leading to the group attacking Ray, Hulk Hogan, and the rest of the groomsmen. On the January 31 episode of Impact Wrestling, Hogan reinstated Ray and pitted him and Sting against Aces & Eights (Devon and DOC) in a Tables match the following week, where Ray won the match by putting Devon through a table.
  On the February 21 episode of Impact Wrestling, Hogan named Ray the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Ray received his shot in a steel cage match on March 10 at Lockdown, where he defeated Jeff Hardy, following interference from Aces & Eights, to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. Afterwards, Ray revealed himself as the President of Aces & Eights, turning heel again in the process, and reuniting with Devon. Ray made his first televised title defense on the April 11 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating Jeff Hardy in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain his title. On June 2 at Slammiversary XI, Ray successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a No Holds Barred Match after an interference by Aces & Eights, with the added stipulation, that Sting would never get another World title opportunity again. Following Slammiversary, Ray and Aces & Eights would continue feuding with Sting and his New Main Event Mafia (Kurt Angle, Magnus, Samoa Joe, and Rampage Jackson). On July 18, during the Destination X episode of Impact Wrestling, Ray lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Chris Sabin, ending his reign at 130 days. Ray received his rematch i
caption: Bully Ray and Devon reunited again in the stable Aces & Eights
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