D-Ray 3000
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| Ring name(s) | D-Ray 3000 Viko Batomanga |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in |
| Billed weight | 180 lb |
| Born | August 9, 1982 |
| Resides | Detroit, Michigan |
| Trained by | Sika Anoa'i Doug Chevalier Tommy Johnson |
| Debut | September 9, 2000 |
D-Ray 3000 is a former NWA-TNA Superstar. He gained fame on the independent circuit, most notably for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He uses the name "D-Ray 3000" due to his likeness to Andre 3000 of the rap group Outkast.
[edit] Career
The 5-foot-11, 180-pound D-Ray 3000 has worked all over the U.S. and in Canada. He initially trained to be a wrestler under Windsor, Ontario's "Canadian Destroyer" Doug Chevalier, and PrimeTime Tommy Johnson when he was just 16, before heading to Pensacola, Florida were he trained under Sika, one of the Wild Samoans.
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
D-Ray sent a tape to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2003, and was signed after wrestling a tryout match. Upon entering TNA, D-Ray was paired with Shark Boy to form a tag team, periodically filming humorous vignettes outside the iMPACT! Zone. D-Ray's contract with TNA was for a year and after his contract was up in the summer of 2005.He went up to the WWE to wrestle Simon Dean but the match was cut at the last minute. He returned to TNA in October 2006 for TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view in Detroit, Michigan for the "Kevin Nash Open Invitational X Division Gauntlet Battle Royal", reuniting briefly with Shark Boy. In 2007 D-Ray 3000 has changed his look and his in ring assault and has been wrestling all over the U.S and Canada.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
D-Ray appeared on the March 30, 2007 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown! as "Ethiopian Heavyweight Champion" Viko Batomango in a squash against Montel Vontavious Porter.
