Thoughts on Bully Ray's WrestleMania Appearance?

At WrestleMania this year we saw Bubba Ray Dudley return to WWE to be the special guest referee for The Pride beating The Final Testament. It was a nice return to Philadelphia for an ECW legend, one that hasn't been seen on WWE TV for years. They had to have more of an ECW presence than just seeing some of the other originals during Paul Heyman's WWE Hall of Fame induction. I thought bringing Bubba out in front of the crowd was cool although it would have been nice to see Brother Devon too.

Nowadays, Bubba still occasionally wrestles as Bully Ray in TNA. He's also a host on the Sirius XM pro wrestling show Busted Open. On Busted Open Bubba said this was the first time he was able to really take in and enjoy the WrestleMania experience.

"People are going to say, 'Oh, that sounds crazy, you've been involved in so many great ones and had so many memorable matches,' but the level of stress that came with those matches, you're not able to take it all in. You're so inside your own head because you expect perfection from yourself, and it's a lot of pressure as we all know. It's really not fun because it's so stressful. Last night, I went out there and instantly I saw the whole stadium, I was able to take it in. I was able to sit back and smell the roses for the first time."

What did you think of the appearance? Bubba has a complex relationship with fans but I've always been a fan of he and Devon. They needed some kind of ECW pop and Bubba Ray was a great way to do that.

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