"Outlaw" Clay Bishop
The Outlaw, The Enforcer, The Last Damn Line.
"You don't get a nickname like Outlaw 'cause you play by the rules."
He doesn't cut promos. He carves warnings. Clay Bishop wasn't built in a promo class or a performance center. He wasn't scouted, groomed, or handed anything. He's what happens when gravel roads lead to ring ropes, when the only way out is through someone else's spine.
If Smoky Mountain Wrestling had a beating heart, it would sound like Clay Bishop's boots hitting the ramp.
🧠 ROLE
- Main Event Brawler, top SMW babyface, locker room enforcer
- Spiritual successor to Stan Hansen, Dick Murdoch, and a little bit of Terry Funk.
- Mentor to the young blood. Nightmare to outsiders.
He's not just a wrestler. He's a weather system in a cowboy hat. Think southern-fried grit forged in the fires of Funk, Murdoch, and Hansen. Think barbed wire wrapped around a code of honor. He's not the loudest, he's not the flashiest -- hell, he ain't even the prettiest. But he stays. And when the bell rings, you stay down.
🩸 ALIGNMENT
- Face -- but not the polished, smile-for-the-camera kind.
- Rough, blunt, blood-soaked fan favorite.
- The people's outlaw.
Jimmy Del Ray is what happens when sleaze learns chain wrestling. He's loud. Lewd. He has a mustache you can feel from the upper deck. He smells like musky cologne and expensive regret. But behind the sunglasses and suggestive dancing? A ridiculously gifted wrestler who knows exactly what he's doing. He wants you to think he's an idiot. That's how he wins.
📍 HOMETOWN
- Born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Currently resides in Mudlick, Kentucky
💔 PERSONAL SIDE/HEADCANONS
- Flirts with literally everyone. Men. Women. Fans. Refs. The hot dog guy. Once hit on Clay Bishop mid-match. Clay nearly broke character. Del Ray winked, "Bet you work as rough as you look."
- Wears absurdly expensive cologne to cover up the scent of Tiger Balm and spray tan. It does not work. He smells like a nightclub in a sauna.
- Once blew a kiss during a moonsault and pinned a guy while twerking. It wasn't planned. The crowd lost their minds. Tom didn't speak to him for two days.
- Once tried to film a "Heavenly Bodies Workout Video." The tape was 70% pelvic thrusts, 20% cardio, 10% him licking the camera lens. It was banned from SMW TV but has a cult following online.
- Wears mesh underwear to "feel the air." Everyone regrets knowing this. Everyone somehow still talks about it. Alexandra once walked into the locker room and just said, "No. Jimmy... no." He blew her a kiss.
In a world of brooding tough guys and stoic workhorses, Jimmy Del Ray reminds us that wrestling is supposed to be fun. Because he's more than a sleaze; he's a storyteller. A performance piece in sequins. A comic tragedy with a moonsault that snaps necks and hearts.
Jimmy Del Ray is wrestling's unbuttoned shirt -- ridiculous, revealing, and more heartfelt than anyone dares to admit.