The Dudley Boyz are WWE Hall Of Famers and had one of the most illustrious careers as a tag team. However, it seems D-Von did not want to be part of a tag team in the beginning.
D-Von Dudley spoke to The New Day: Feel The Power, where he talked about the formation of the Dudley Boyz. He revealed that he initially wanted to pursue a singles career and not as a tag team. On the other hand, Bubba Ray Dudley wanted to be part of a tag team.
“It’s weird when you’re a tag team wrestler for so long, but when I first came into this business, I’m like Bubba. Bubba always wanted to be in a tag team, I didn’t. I always wanted to be a singles [competitor]. So even when I got to ECW and I was going to be part of the Dudley Clan, I thought that eventually, I would still be able to be D-Von Dudley by himself and, you know, work with the other guys.”
“But they wound up putting me and Bubba together. So, at that point, I just kept on going, and going, and going until the opportunity came and they asked me to do Reverend D-Von. At first, we were like ‘No’, because there it is. We felt that we were on the high, you know, why mess it up? But at the same token, I always said, ‘Whatever the new gimmick is going to be, you have to make sure it works because that’s the only way you’re going to get satisfaction with your career is if you could have done it as a singles.’”
D-Von was allowed to have a singles push as Reverend D-Von. While he was enjoying his time as a singles star, WWE wanted the Dudley Boyz back together. He did not want that and felt like he was “shafted.” However, after seeing how profile the Dudley Boyz were, he agreed to get back together.
“When I got the phone call that Bubba and I were going to get back together, I told Bubba on the phone, ‘I didn’t want it.’ I didn’t want it because I wanted to be singles [competitor]. I wanted to give this a shot. I felt like I got shafted, but I look at it this way, with everything that happened and however it went down, you know, we went on to create more history, Bubba and I. That will be the one thing in my career that I could’ve done better. But it is what it is and I moved on from it.”
h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
