BJ Ray comments on his confrontation with Bubba Ray Dudley on the debut episode of WWE LFG.
BJ Ray is a prospect on Bubba Ray Dudley's team for the first season of WWE LFG. However, during the series' inaugural episode, Ray and Dudley got into an altercation after Ray demonstrated his promo skills. Now, Ray is opening up about his relationship with Dudley and another WWE LFG coach, Undertaker.
During a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, Ray gave his perspective on the altercation, saying that he was raised always to give a man his respect unless they give you a reason not to, and in that moment, the former TNA World Champion did just that in his eyes. Ray also spoke about what it was like for him to see footage of Undertaker giving him props.
"It's really cool to see Undertaker come out and be like, 'This kid has a lot of potential,' but at the same time, it's like, 'Taker and Bubba gave me a hard time up there. I'm just like, 'Hey, this is it? This is the personality. This is what you guys are getting.' Dance with the girl that you took to the prom, and that's the girl I've danced with the whole time, ever since I've been here in NXT at the Performance Center. So I wasn't going to switch it up for them. I wasn't going to put my tail between my legs like you guys heard and saw. So it's really cool to see them recognize that. I mean, obviously, Undertaker is a legend in the game. So it means a lot coming from a guy like that."
When asked if he's worried about pushing it too far with these hard-nosed legends, Ray said he's not too concerned because he's just being himself, and that's all he can do.
"I respect 'Taker because 'Taker's always show me respect. A lot of people, like Bubba, thinks he's this deity, or he's holding on to this God syndrome, like, 'Oh, you gotta earn my respect.' That's just not the way I was raised. My dad taught me, 'When you meet a man, you automatically give him your respect, unless he gives you a reason not to.' Bubba gave me the perfect opportunity to retract my respect from that legend. So I'm not really worried about it. I'm just going to be me. I'm going to do me the whole time, and I'm just going to let it fly because, at the end of the day, this is what that business is about, and if you start beating around the bush and walking on eggshells, you're really going to get nowhere in this business."
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