| Bay Ragni | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Bay Ragni Chubby Dudley E.Z. Ryder Hell Rider |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
| Born | Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania |
| Billed from | Dudleyville |
| Trained by | Larry Winters |
| Debut | 1991 |
| Retired | 2003 |
Bay Ragni is an American professional wrestler and former promoter, also known by his ring name Chubby Dudley.
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Ragni trained in Philadelphia under the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance's Larry Winters and Jimmy Jannetty. He debuted in Eastern Championship Wrestling, the forerunner to Extreme Championship Wrestling, in the early 1990s as E.Z. Ryder, a biker character. He went on to form a tag team known as The Hell Riders with partner H.D. Ryder. The duo could be seen regularly on early ECW TV broadcasts, usually going against The Super Destroyers.
Ragni left ECW in 1993 and briefly toured the Mid-Atlantic independent scene before landing in the Delaware-based East Coast Wrestling Association. During his stint, he wrestled against Cheetah Master and Boogie Woogie Brown before once again hitting the independent circuit.
Ragni returned to Eastern Championship Wrestling, which had been renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994. In early 1995 he began appearing as Chubby Dudley, an obese, slobbish member of the Dudley family. Ragni rarely wrestled, but would accompany his storyline half-brothers to ringside, normally while holding a cake, Crunchberries or other snack. If the other members of the Dudley family were incapacitated, Ragni would flee from ringside. He remained in ECW for two years before he was driven out by D-Von Dudley, who had declared war on his half-brothers for not being serious enough, and took a dim view of the comedic antics of Dudleys such as Chubby and Dances With Dudley.
Ragni began promoting in 1994, opening Liberty All-Star Wrestling (LAW) along with "Lucky" Larry Reed and Frank "Super Cody" Cody. LAW was based in Chester Heights, with a training academy, Liberty All-Star Wrestling Academy, in Lansdowne. Ragni acted as the commissioner of the promotion, occasionally refereed, and wrestled matches. The promotion closed in May 2002. Following the closure of LAW, Ragni began working backstage with the American Wrestling Federation in New Jersey.
Ragni is married to Jess, with three children.