Jimmy Del Ray David Ferrier ( November 30 , 1962 - December 6 , 2014 ) was an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , " Gigolo " Jimmy Del Ray . Del Ray is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation as one half of the Heavenly Bodies with his tag team partner , Tom Prichard . Professional wrestling career . Richland was trained by The Mighty Yankee and debuted in 1985 as " Jimmy Del Ray " . In the late 1980s , Del Ray joined Florida Championship Wrestling as " Jumo Kenya " . He later changed his ring name to " Jimmy Backlund " and formed a tag team with Brett Sawyer known as " The Playboys " . The Playboys were awarded the vacant FCW Tag Team Championship on July 1 , 1989 . They held the titles until August 22 , when they were defeated by the Nasty Boys . Del Ray later joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling , where he replaced Stan Lane as one half of The Heavenly Bodies with Tom Prichard . The Heavenly Bodies were managed by James E . Cornette , and won the SMW Tag Team Championship on three occasions . Cornette put the " Gigolo " moniker on his name as a play off his physique . While Del Ray was an agile and able wrestler at the time , he had a slightly pudgy midsection that shook , or " jiggled " when he did a taunting dance . Along with Cornette , the Heavenly Bodies debuted in the World Wrestling Federation in 1993 . They made their first televised appearance on the August 9 , 1993 episode of " Monday Night Raw " , defeating Bobby Who and Mike Bucci . They made two more appearances on " Raw " that year ; they were defeated by World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers in a title match on August 30 , and were victorious over Mark Thomas and Scott Taylor on August 4 . At SummerSlam 1993 on August 30 , the Heavenly Bodies faced the Steiner Brothers with the World Tag Team Championship on the line , but were defeated . At the 1993 Survivor Series on November 24 in the Boston Garden , the Heavenly Bodies faced The Rock ' n ' Roll Express for the SMW Tag Team Championship . Though the Rock ' N Roll Express appeared to have the match won , the Heavenly Bodies defeated them after Del Ray struck Robert Gibson with Cornette ' s tennis racket while the referee was distracted , enabling Prichard to pin Gibson and win the titles . At WrestleMania X on March 20 , 1994 in Madison Square Garden , the Heavenly Bodies defeated The Bushwhackers in a dark match . They returned to WWF television on the April 25 episode of " Raw " , defeating John Paul and Jason Headings . They made sporadic appearances on " Raw " over the next year , with their final appearance being a loss to The Smoking Gunns on the March 20 , 1995 episode of " Raw " . At the 1994 Survivor Series on November 23 , the Heavenly Bodies took part in a ten - man survivor match , teaming with Bam Bam Bigelow , Tatanka , and King Kong Bundy as Ted DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Team . The Million Dollar Team defeated their opponents , Guts and Glory ( Lex Luger , Mabel , Adam Bomb , and the Smoking Gunns ) , although both Prichard and Del Ray were eliminated from the match . The Heavenly Bodies made several appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling in December 1995 as members of Raven ' s Nest . At ECW December To Dismember : Ultimate Jeopardy on December 9 , the Heavenly Bodies faced Raven ' s enemies , the Public Enemy , in a tag team bout . The match had stipulations applying to the losers - if the Public Enemy lost , they would face one another later that night , while if the Heavenly Bodies lost , the Eliminators ( members of Raven ' s Nest ) would be forced to leave ECW , while their manager , Jason , would have his head shaved . Moreover , if the Heavenly Bodies were defeated , then Raven ' s valet , Beulah McGillicutty , would be forced to spend a week with Tommy Dreamer , while Raven ' s Nest member Stevie Richards would be locked in a steel cage for five minutes with the winners of the Ultimate Jeopardy match later that night . The Heavenly Bodies lost their match , leading to the enforcement of the aforementioned stipulations . Later that evening , Raven , Richards , the Eliminators , and the Heavenly Bodies faced Dreamer , the Pitbulls , and the Public Enemy in an ultimate jeopardy match . The match was won by Dreamer , who pinned Richards . Richards was subsequently locked in the cage with Dreamer ' s team , but Raven and his Nest attacked Dreamer ' s team before Richards could sustain any real damage . Raven ' s Nest then attacked Dreamer ' s team until The Sandman drove them away . Del Ray later joined World Championship Wrestling as Jimmy Graffiti . He took part in the three ring battle royal at the 1996 World War 3 event on November 24 . Del Ray remained in WCW until sustaining a knee injury that forced to retire in 1997 . After retiring , he worked as an instructor in Steve Keirn ' s Floridian professional wrestling school for several years , training wrestlers such as Buck Quartermain and Steve Madison , and managed a tag team known as the New Heavenly Bodies . Del Ray has since retired from training wrestlers and now operates a hard wood flooring company in Tampa , Florida . Death . Ferrier died on December 6 , 2014 at the age of 52 from injuries sustained from a truck accident earlier that day .