Ray Odyssey

Ray Samalonis (January 31, 1968) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Surfer" Ray Odyssey, who competes primarily in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions. Odyssey has had successful stints in Mid-South Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, International World Class Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance during the late 1980s and throughout 1990s and he also made a brief television appearance in the World Wrestling Federation as a preliminary wrestler in 1991.

In addition to wrestling as a singles competitor, Odyssey also formed several successful tag teams with partners such as Vic Steamboat, Chris Evans and most notably with The Inferno Kid as the Beach Bullies and Surf and Turf with Jimmy Deo.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Can-Am Wrestling
 * Can-Am Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)


 * Century Wrestling Alliance
 * CWA Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 * CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vic Steamboat


 * International World Class Championship Wrestling
 * IWCCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


 * National Wrestling Alliance
 * NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Inferno Kid


 * NWA Northeast Wrestling
 * NWA Northeast Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


 * Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
 * PCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Deo


 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him # 170 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992


 * World Wrestling Association
 * WWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)