In a recent appearance on the “NotSam Wrestling” podcast, Bully Ray detailed the sequence of events leading up to his participation in WrestleMania 40 earlier this year, where he served as the special guest referee.
Ray officiated the Philadelphia Street Fight between The Pride and The Final Testament on the second night of WrestleMania XL.
Ray said, “Me and Triple H had a brief texting conversation. ‘Here’s the idea. Love it. Done.’ And it happened 48 hours before WrestleMania. I talk about on Busted Open so often about how in the wrestling business it can happen that quickly, and that happened that quickly. It was the brief — I still have the text, I saved it, it was so brief. It happened on Thursday evening at like 10. That was it; that’s how quickly it happened. There’s no like big story, it’s not, ‘Oh, we cultivated this idea and we came up with this a year ago, and then we did this and put into motion… Idea. Love it. Done.’”
Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford defeated Karrion Kross, Akam, and Rezar to win the Philadelphia Street Fight.
