Bubba talks about what led to the Dudley Boyz returning to WWE, what it’s like working there now compared to their last run,
Bubba Ray Dudley on how the Dudleys’ return happened:
“The very first person I spoke to was Road Dogg. He was the one who reached out, saying, ‘Hey Bubba, would you be interested in coming to the Royal Rumble? I told him yes. I always had a great working relationship with him in the ring and a good working relationship outside of the ring. Me and D-Von won our first WWE tag team championship from the New Age Outlaws. He got in touch with me. That’s how it all started.
It was pretty funny because I think a lot of people within WWE were shocked by the reaction. I think they all thought, ‘Oh, it’s Philly, so he’ll get a nice little reaction.’ I didn’t think they were expecting anything like that.”
The current locker room versus the ‘Attitude Era’ locker room:
“It has been great and the locker room has been great — but the locker room was great back in the day, too. The only difference now, really, is the guys are much younger than me and D-Von. They’ve come up different ways in the business.
Back in the Attitude Era, you had guys that came up more the old school way, who were able to go out there and do what they wanted to get themselves over. This is as opposed to now where, creatively, WWE has much more of a presence and wants their wrestlers to do their job a certain way. As far as the way the locker room operates and the chemistry within the locker room, it’s phenomenal. It has been nothing but positive.”
Bubba comments on his favorite table spot:
“The most memorable table bump for me was Mae Young. I powerbombed this 80-year-old woman off the top of the Raw set through tables. Then I also remember the one we did in Madison Square Garden where we turned on the Right to Censor and the whole Garden went crazy for that. There have been a lot of good ones.”
Bubba comments on his girlfriend, Velvet Sky, possibly making her way to WWE:
“It’s no secret that me and Velvet Sky are together. If you go on Twitter, I think the entire Twitter-verse would like to see that. She is probably the most over female wrestler out there that has never been in WWE. She looks phenomenal. I think the fans and the WWE Universe would love to see her in a WWE ring. Who knows? Maybe it will happen one day.”
