Spike Dudley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Spike Dudley

American professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1970

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Profession: teacher, professional wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Spike Dudley

  • Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley.
  • Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing as Spike Dudley in 1990s with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW); the Spike Dudley character being a member of The Dudley Brothers.
  • As part of a storyline, fellow members Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley betrayed the faction to form a separate Dudley Boyz tag-team; resulting in Hyson and members being involved in a subsequent feud with the duo.
  • The Dudley Boyz would eventually leave ECW for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999.
  • Meanwhile, Hyson remained in ECW, and during his time held two reigns as ECW World Tag Team Champion alongside Balls Mahoney.
  • The promotion fell into bankruptcy in 2001, which led Hyson to join the WWF, where he reconciled with Ray and D-Von.
  • Hyson would work with his kayfabe brothers on-and-off, as well as capturing the WWF Tag Team Championship with Tazz.
  • Hyson also held the European Championship once and Hardcore Championship eight times in 2002.
  • He would go on to team with Ray and D-Von following this, and would then have a singles career in the promotion from 2004 to 2005, notably holding the Cruiserweight Championship.In 2005, Hyson was released from his WWE contract.
  • After a brief stint on the independent circuit and becoming a trainer at The Lock-Up Wrestling School, Hyson would join Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) changing his ring name to Brother Runt due to WWE retaining the Dudley trademark.
  • He once again teamed with Ray and Devon who had joined the promotion a few months prior to him; as well as feuding with Abyss and Raven.
  • Following his release from TNA in the summer of 2007, Hyson continued to work as a trainer, and would continue to compete on the independent circuit simply as Matt Hyson until 2010 where he stopped training and performing on a full-time basis.
  • He has not wrestled a match since 2015, and in an interview Bubba Ray revealed that Hyson is "basically now retired".

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