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.[3]. Hyson envoie une vidéo à la Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) qui l'engage[3]. In WWE, he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion, a one-time Tag Team Champion with Tazz, a one-time European Champion and an eight-time Hardcore Champion. Le 15 août 2007, Runt a été libéré par TNA après plusieurs mois d'inactivité. Il rejoint ensuite la World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF puis WWE à partir de 2002) en 2001 où il devient champion hardcore de la WWF/WWE à huit reprises. in a six-man tag team match, where he and Team 3D were defeated by The Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart. In 2004, Hyson was drafted to the SmackDown! Matthew Jonathon Hyson (né le 13 août 1970 à Providence) est un catcheur américain connu sous le nom de Spike Dudley. Il revient à la TNA comme Brother Runt le 15 mars 2010 à Impact! After his storyline brothers, D-Von and Bubba Ray turned on him, he was involved in a scripted rivalry with them for several months. Spike fece il suo debutto nel marzo 2001, aiutando i Dudley Boyz a vincere i World Tag Team Championship. Ricordato per essere stato parte della stable dei Dudley Boyz, in WWE ha vinto otto volte l'Hardcore Championship, una volta l'European Championship, una volta il Cruiserweight Championship e una volta il WWF Tag Team Championship (con Tazz). On January 17, 2013 Hyson made an appearance on TNA Impact Wrestling as one of Bully Ray's groomsmen during his wedding to Brooke Hogan. At the event Hyson, once again using the ring name Brother Runt, was defeated by Rhino in a three-way match, which also included Al Snow. Did the wedding end without a hitch? At Hard Justice, Runt lost to Abyss. La sua gimmick aveva molti richiami alla droga, come le iniziali del suo nome (LSD) e la sua "finisher" chiamata "Acid Drop". He quickly began training to be a wrestler as well, and spent the next three years wrestling for independent California promotions. Hyson ensuite célébré avec Brother Devon et Brother Ray et fut identifié comme Brother Runt. Dudley was injured after a missed spot during a 10-man tag match on Raw in September 2003. Spike lutte alors seul face à des catcheurs bien plus musclé que lui[6]. Hyson part alors s'y entraîner et y travaille d'abord comme arbitre et manager avant de devenir catcheur[4]. Il y remporte à deux reprises le championnat du monde par équipe de la ECW avec Balls Mahoney. In TNA Hyson inizia a lottare col nome Brother Runt entrando nel Team 3D (nuovo nome per indicare i Dudley Boyz), avendo faida contro Abyss e la James Gang. Although Dudley inadvertently saved Lita from being taken out by Rhyno, Dudley later took a hard chair shot to the head from Lita (who was later taken out by Bubba Ray and D-Von) and was then taken out by Jeff Hardy when he performed a Swanton Bomb off a 20-foot ladder and landed on 2 parallel tables with Rhyno on one and Dudley on the other with Jeff mostly landing on Dudley's table.[15]. Hyson works as a financial planner with MassMutual. del 13 aprile e salvando Brother Devon (l'ex D-Von Dudley) dall'attacco del Team Canada. Dudley also mended fences with his brother, Bubba, and the pair teamed up to take on The Un-Americans in late 2002. Successivamente è tornato in TNA nel Team 3D contro i Nasty Boys e Jimmy Hart e per il PPV One Night Only ovvero Hardcore Justice facendo coppia con Jeff Hardy battendo il Team 3D (diventati Aces & 8s) sconfiggendoli in un Tag Team Tables match. Shut Your Mouth, WWE Raw 2, WWE WrestleMania 21 and WWE SmackDown! Teaming with multiple people, including Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman, New Jack, and Nova, he defeated them to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship with his partner Balls Mahoney on two occasions in 1999. Dudley was released from his WWE contract on July 5, 2005 along with seven other wrestlers in what was thought to have been a cost-cutting measure by the company. Born In May 1993, Hyson entered All Pro Wrestling's "Boot Camp" in Hayward, California to train as a referee and manager. Hyson divenne famoso come "Little" Spike Dudley, membro della famiglia Dudley della ECW. Hyson stayed with ECW until it folded in 2001. During the documentary Beyond the Mat, a heavily bleeding Hyson delivers the line "I shall, I do" (Henry IV of England's response to a request by Sir John Falstaff in the Shakespearean play Henry IV, Part 1) when questioned regarding his favourite quote from Shakespeare. Dudley was injured after a missed spot during a 10-man tag match on Raw in September 2003. La Résistance threw Dudley to the outside but Dudley missed the table that he was supposed to crash through. Spike won Neoseeker's forum award for 'Worst Wrestler' in 2006. October 26, 2020 Monday Night RAW results, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, International Championship Wrestling alumni, United Wrestling Federation current roster, Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling alumni, corner-running three-quarters facelock bulldog, World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment, https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Spike_Dudley?oldid=1695411. Hyson lotterà anche ad Hardcore Homecoming, evento organizzato da Shane Douglas in onore della ECW. Nel 2004 passerà nel roster di SmackDown! The Dudley family was a large family and were almost in every ECW match as the family had become so popular.