D-Von Dudley: HHH Wouldn’t Have Laid Down For Me If ‘Reverend’ Gimmick Didn’t Work

D-Von Dudley made a name for himself by being part of a top-tag team. He has also played different roles as a professional wrestler. Recently the wrestling veteran opened up about his run as a singles star.

Dudley has been part of the wrestling business since 1991. He signed with WWE in 1999. He joined forces with Bubba Ray Dudley to form the Dudley Boyz. The two turned out to be one of the best tag teams in the history of the business. The duo had captured the tag team championships in several promotions. In the Stamford-based promotion alone the two held onto the tag titles a total of nine times.

In 2002, the WWE Hall of Famer went solo and portrayed the gimmick Reverend D-Von. During a recent interview with Good Karma Wrestling, D-Von Dudley opened up about the character. He was extremely happy

“The singles run that I had in WWE, I thought it was great with the Reverend D-Von gimmick, I thought it went fantastic. But there were certain powers to be within the company that basically stopped it. I’ve always said this, if you can get Vince at the right time and change his mind, it will be changed. I don’t care how powerful that man thinks he is, I have seen it personally. He’ll be dead set on something, someone comes in and changes his mind and it was over, and I felt like that’s what happened with me,” D-Von Dudley [H/T Good Karma Wrestling]