matthew "matt" hyson (born august 13, 1970 in providence, rhode island) is a semi-retired american professional wrestler. he was best known for wrestling with extreme championship wrestling (ecw) and world wrestling entertainment (wwe) under the ring name, spike dudley. he also wrestled for total nonstop action wrestling under the ring name, brother runt. he was known for being a member of the tag team, "the dudley boyz".