WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray (Bubba Ray Dudley) appeared on an episode of Busted Open Radio, where he talked about a number of topics including the dynamic of the OG Bloodline.
Ray said, “It brings me back to the ending of the movie The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Everybody looking out of the side of their eye to see who’s gonna screw who first, who’s gonna put that first knife in the back, who’s gonna shoot first, and that’s what keeps it so interesting.”
On the dynamic of the new Bloodline:
“Bloodline 2.0 vignette really stood out to me. Those guys looked like bad mother truckers [on SmackDown]. Bronson Reed looked like he fit right in with them. He [Solo Sikoa] looked like one hell of a heavy, sitting there in the background, and I loved that Tama Tonga had his head bowed down. Each one of them had their own look and persona despite being a part of the group.”
On CM Punk’s previous issues in WWE and AEW:
“There were times in WWE where Punk, perception-wise, was the problem. There were times in AEW where perception-wise, and maybe even reality-wise, where Punk was the problem, but now that I see him in WWE for this past year and how well everything is going personally for him, backstage, professionally for him in the ring… what really was the problem in AEW?”
On viewing Punk as more of a “rebel” than a “punk”:
“One of the lessons I had to learn within the WWE about picking my battles and which hill to die on because much like Punk — I don’t know if ‘punk’ is the right word to describe Punk. When I think of the word ‘punk’ I think of the word ‘b****,’ I think ‘rebel’ is more of a word; a rebellious attitude — and I understood what that was like and I had to learn how to pick my battles.”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
