1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,000 You are locked in. Listen what we have here folks, 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,360 to the only show that matters, the. 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,200 Queen of the crop. Duke loves wrestling. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,040 And there is no one that does it better than your. 5 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:15,640 House. I have come here to chew bubble 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,600 gum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubble. 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,000 Brothers and sisters, welcome back. 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,080 Welcome back to another wonderful edition of the Devon 9 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,040 and the Duke Podcast. This is a limited edition 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,520 podcast hosted by your main man. Duke loves wrestling and of 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:45,480 course the Hall of Famer, the man that delivers the TV ratings 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,000 because he's one of the greatest of all time. 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,280 Brother Devon Dudley. How you doing there Devon? 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,120 Good man, how you doing? I am doing great. 15 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,080 Listen. Congratulations my brother. 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:01,440 You're on NXT this past week, and despite the fact that NXT 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,160 was preempted so it appeared on a Wednesday instead of its 18 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:10,640 normal day of Tuesday, it was going head to head with AEW 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,200 Dynamite, which was on its regular day and time. 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,360 Despite all that, you managed to crush them and the television 21 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,000 ratings, you managed to crush them and social media score the 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,440 whole 9 yards there. Devon Dudley, the great 23 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,400 equalizer delivering the ratings. 24 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,200 How does that feel bro? Well, I don't want to say it was 25 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,800 a complete effort on my part. I think it was a complete effort 26 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,920 on everybody's part in NXT. The whole talent, the whole 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,880 roster did an excellent job and really put it. 28 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,400 I was, I was scared and a little nervous just because remember, 29 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,440 this is the ECW Arena. It's do or die and you have to 30 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,920 make sure that you come correct, especially when you start 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:59,720 talking about hardcore matches. And the opening match really, 32 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,400 really did a great job. But it was a women's match, not 33 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,440 to sound sexist, but it was a women's match. 34 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,080 They did a hardcore and really stepped up to the plate. 35 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,280 So I congratulated both women and thought they did an 36 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,200 excellent job and they really got the ECW crowd going. 37 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,800 And again, that's hard, especially when it's women in 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,640 the ECW arena. I hate to say it, but you have 39 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:20,800 to know the history to understand. 40 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,680 Understand where I'm coming from when I say that. 41 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,080 Absolutely. I mean, there was definitely 42 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:35,280 respect and appreciation shown to both Jada Parker and Lola 43 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Vice. They they put on an excellent 44 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,960 match there. They were beating the hell out 45 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,440 of each other. There was a brick in the match, 46 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,480 the whole 9 yards there. But the crowd, yeah, they 47 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,960 weren't chanting, you know, sexist, overtly sexual things at 48 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,120 the ladies, like the heyday of ECW where it was, you know, show 49 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,800 your, you know, what's and all kinds of, you know, slut chants 50 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,760 and all that crap. None of that was going on. 51 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:02,040 So it's definitely a modernized crowd who respected the two 52 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,120 competitors in there, those two ladies there. 53 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,600 But you're absolutely right. They set the tone for the entire 54 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,520 night, and it was just an excellent from top to bottom. 55 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,240 Excellent episode of NXT, excellent throwback to ECW. 56 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,000 You were a major surprise, man. Now you know I got a bone to 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,480 pick with you hit Devon, because you didn't even tell us last 58 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:21,840 week that you were going to be on the show. 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,520 What's up with that? Well, again, that's the 60 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,040 surprise. I wasn't going to tell you. 61 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,800 And that that was because, you know, things get out. 62 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,880 You know, it's not like back in the 80s and 90s when there was 63 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,840 no Internet. There was no spoilers or 64 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,040 anything like that. You had the dirt sheets, but by 65 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,520 the time the dirt sheets got a hold of it, the match already 66 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,800 happened. So it wasn't something that, you 67 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,440 know, we actually that we actually, you know, could ruin 68 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,040 anymore. And we don't have that luxury of 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,520 doing stuff like that anymore. So the bottom line with that is 70 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,640 being able to not let the people know that something's going to 71 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,240 happen. You want to make it a surprise. 72 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,640 I thought it was great. And that's why we try to keep it 73 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,360 hush hush because it spoils it. It's not like back in the day 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,800 with wrestling when you didn't know. 75 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,160 Like, for instance, I'll give you a prime example, Hulk Hogan 76 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,680 coming back from the AWA to help out Bob Backlin against the wild 77 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,000 Samoans, Alpha and Seeker, of course, which is Roman Reigns's 78 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,200 dad and uncle. You know, when Bob Backlin went 79 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,000 in the back to get Hogan, we had no idea what was going to 80 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,800 happen. You know, he comes out and the 81 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,360 whole arena exploded and that really started Hulkamania and 82 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,920 Hulk Hogan's return back to the WWE. 83 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,320 Now, think about it. If there were dirt sheets that 84 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,680 had the Internet and things like that and knew that Hogan was 85 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,440 going to be there, it would not have been a surprise. 86 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,240 We would have already have known it, especially back then when 87 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,560 they filmed four and five weeks of TV in one night. 88 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,440 Well said. Well said. 89 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,280 You're absolutely right. The surprise factor still 90 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:59,840 matters in pro wrestling, and fans respond to it in a positive 91 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:01,520 way. And certainly that's exactly 92 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,200 what happened in this case. NXT crushing AEW and the TB 93 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,320 ratings on social media, the buzz, the whole 9 yards. 94 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaking of the dirt sheets, you were a pretty popular topic of 95 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,600 discussion by some of these these humanoid bastards, as I 96 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,120 like to call these Jelly backs, according to Corey Brennan over 97 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,440 at Fight For which, you know, it's a, it's a tabloid, it's a 98 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,680 gossip rag. They charge people and half the 99 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,000 time they're saying things are just completely not true. 100 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,000 And this Corey Brennan individual in particular, he has 101 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,840 a habit of just completely making stuff up, lying about 102 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,760 stuff. He's been caught, he's been 103 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,520 called out and he continues to do it. 104 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,360 So in this case, he states Fightful Select has learned that 105 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,800 the reason Devon Dudley remained out of the ring on Wednesday's 106 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,560 NXT is that he is not medically cleared for physicality. 107 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,800 NXT notes available now on Fight For Select for subscribers. 108 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,400 So of course, they got to get their plug in. 109 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,280 They got to hustle people out of their money. 110 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,960 This Corey Brennan person first and foremost, or anyone from 111 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,960 Fight For. Did they reach out and speak to 112 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,200 you directly, Deema? No, they didn't. 113 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:17,400 And you know, that's one of the things that really, really get 114 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,480 to my nerves about the dirt sheets because they're not doing 115 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,240 it because they think they got an accurate story. 116 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,000 They're doing it so people can click on to the websites and the 117 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,080 money and all that list. You guys can go fuck yourselves. 118 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,400 OK, As far as I'm concerned, each and every one of you pieces 119 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,560 of shit. Number one, it wasn't the fact 120 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,160 that I didn't get cleared because of my health. 121 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,760 OK, that's one. No one can just walk into AWWE 122 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,520 ring and get and and just wrestle anymore. 123 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,760 You have to go through the the protocols every time. 124 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,240 My son's going to be extras in WWE. 125 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,560 They have to get blood work and all of that done. 126 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,640 Well, that wasn't done. And understand one thing. 127 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,040 The stroke that I had and the back surgery I had was four to 128 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,760 five years ago. I got cleared three or four. 129 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,880 I got cleared about 3 or 4 years ago from the back surgery and 130 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,760 the stroke. The stroke is no longer an 131 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:10,720 issue. That's one. 132 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,960 Number two, am I lingering with the fact that I'm still feeling 133 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,320 a little pain here and there with the back surgery? 134 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,800 Absolutely. Tell me one person that had back 135 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,920 surgery that doesn't have a lingering effect of the back 136 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,200 surgery. So again, you guys go fuck 137 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,080 yourselves and everything that you, all the misinformation that 138 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,360 you've given out to the public. No, my health is not in jeopardy 139 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,960 and no, it wasn't because I couldn't wrestle or anything 140 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,440 like that. It was the fact that again, I 141 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,640 did not go to medical to get cleared. 142 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,560 And by the time I got to the arena, it was too late. 143 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,880 So that was the reason why it didn't happen. 144 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,680 There are certain people that don't get cleared because of 145 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,160 medical reasons, but that wasn't the case for me. 146 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,000 It was, again, I'll say it again, it was because I did not 147 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,400 do the proper screening or take the proper test to go in there 148 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,000 to do what I had to do, to be able to do the physicality and 149 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,560 the ball was dropped. So I'm not saying it was WWE's 150 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,520 fault, and I'm not saying it was my fault, but again, it 151 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,160 happened. Get over it. 152 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,440 Stop trending over stupid bullshit. 153 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,120 And I'm tired. Every time I turn around you 154 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,680 guys are just dragging my name in the dirt for no reason. 155 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,160 Every opportunity you get, you like to fuck with me. 156 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,080 Well, again, go fuck yourselves. Well, it's about me and Bubba 157 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,480 not being together anymore, or we hate each other, or it's my 158 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,280 health. Go fuck yourself. 159 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,840 You hear that straight from the source, folks, and you don't 160 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,240 have to go to the dirt sheets and let them lie to you for, 161 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,720 for, you know, 999-1299, whatever they're charging people 162 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,760 and robbing them on. There was no medical issue that 163 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,000 prevented Devon Dudley for being physical in the ring. 164 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,360 You just heard it from him. He just explained to you exactly 165 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,120 what happened. No one would know that better 166 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:01,920 than him. And if there's anyone who would 167 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,280 know that better than him, then they can speak up. 168 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:06,320 Put your name on it and let's hear from you. 169 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,840 You know, but these dirt sheets just spinning their own tails 170 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,800 and, you know, essentially hustling people out of their 171 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,240 money and lying to them, It it literally ruins the experience. 172 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,960 There's no integrity in this this wrestling media because you 173 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,320 have a bunch of bozos who are so poor at their job and they don't 174 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,480 realize you're affecting real lives and saying this, the way 175 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,040 that this Corey Brennan at Fightful has phrased this and 176 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,240 the way that Fightful has ran with this, this could cost 177 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,200 Yvonne future bookies. You know what I mean? 178 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,960 What, what if Devon wanted to to mix it up somewhere else and do 179 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,160 something and, and, and is OK to do that? 180 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,960 You, you saying he's not medically cleared in the WWE. 181 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,360 Now you're, you're hurting his brand. 182 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,800 And I'm just going to tell you folks right now, people get sued 183 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,240 for less than that. So you better start being a lot 184 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,920 more careful, especially when you speak on this Hall of Fame 185 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:02,480 right here, because we're not going to tolerate it. 186 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,040 Simple as that. Speaking of Bubba, you and and 187 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,440 Bubba were together again. Not only in NXT, but you also 188 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:15,000 were together this past weekend at a major convention, right? 189 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,080 Yes, we were the big event in Long Island, New York. 190 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:28,600 We had a great time. The fans were fantastic and they 191 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,480 came in droves. And you know, we made a lot of 192 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,760 money. I had a lot to say that, and we 193 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,000 really enjoyed ourselves. It was great to see the fans in 194 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,680 Long Island. You know, I'm from New York, I'm 195 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:44,080 from Brooklyn, NY, born and raised, but I also spent time in 196 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:49,080 Long Island. I actually grew up about 20 197 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:53,200 minutes away from where we had the event, and it was great to 198 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,040 see some friends and some people that I had, you know, 199 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,920 encountered over the years that I hadn't seen in years. 200 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,480 They came to say hello because they knew me and Bubba were 201 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,680 going to be there. And Bubba actually lived 5 202 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:10,600 minutes away from the building. And also the ECW training 203 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,040 facility was 10 minutes away from the building. 204 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,760 Me and Bubba were reminiscing about that because that's where 205 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,680 me and Bubba met. You know, I mean, of course, 206 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:21,000 we're brothers from different mothers, but you know, we 207 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,640 basically met at the ECW Arena. So we were talking about that 208 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,200 and it was great to see, you know, again, people from the 209 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,200 past from yesterday and then the great fans of today. 210 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,720 I love Tommy from Big Event who helped promote the show. 211 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,320 He's been nothing but great to me. 212 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:42,520 And any time that, you know, I want to be on the show or he had 213 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,840 a show, he would always invite me. 214 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,720 So pick up to our big event and doing everything with class. 215 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,080 That show went off without a hitch. 216 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,440 Everybody made money, everybody was happy. 217 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,600 The fans appreciate everything that we had did and I'm very 218 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,160 happy to say that, you know, next year I'll be doing Big 219 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,040 event again. Congratulations and of course 220 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,520 shout out to Big Event in the organizers there. 221 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,280 You knocked it out of the park and it's another example, the 222 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,720 Big Event River City Wrestling Con. 223 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,440 There were certain conventions that just get it right and it 224 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,240 starts with being professional and doing good business. 225 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:21,920 A lot of you other folks out there who are running 226 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,240 conventions or thinking about starting a convention, you 227 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,480 should be taking a look at the Big Event and, and taking a look 228 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,200 at their business model and, and listening to these, you know, 229 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,320 legends like Devon Dudley, who were explaining to you why they 230 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,680 had such a great time. And he's already saying he's 231 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:39,280 going to be back. So that tells you everything you 232 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,520 need to know about how well this was. 233 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:47,200 In fact, if you go on to Instagram at Testify Devon, 234 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:53,800 you'll see video of the line not just for for for Devon, but the 235 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,600 whole place was packed. And that's just a prime example 236 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,680 of great promotion. That's a prime example of 237 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:05,880 delivering on quality service, not only for the fans, but also 238 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,200 for the superstars, the legends, the wrestlers. 239 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:13,040 When everybody's feeling good, then there's nothing to do but 240 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,920 make money and make memories. So keep that in mind. 241 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,920 All of you convention folks out there. 242 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,600 There's a right way to do it. Unfortunately, so many of you do 243 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,520 it the wrong way. And that's where you know, you, 244 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,200 you create a bad rap for everybody, you know. 245 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:28,760 So that's, that's pretty interesting. 246 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,720 It's pretty interesting. So you got something else going 247 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,200 on, brother. And, and I guess we're going to 248 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:38,440 break an exclusive here. A little birdie told me that you 249 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,880 have some things going on with your YouTube channel, what 250 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,520 you're going to be revealing very, very soon. 251 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,400 So I'm going to put you on the spot now. 252 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,200 What's going on with Devon Dudley on YouTube? 253 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,040 Well, I'm actually on my way there now to the wrestling 254 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,120 school. We're going to film a few 255 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,920 episodes there and one of my good friends in the business, 256 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,240 Maven from Tough Enough, WWE, Tough Enough will be there also 257 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,000 to join me. We're going to be shooting a few 258 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,080 episodes. I've done work with him on his 259 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,680 YouTube show. So he wanted to come and help me 260 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:15,840 with mine and to get it started. I've never ever done had a 261 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,880 YouTube channel and I've always wanted to do 1. 262 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,280 So I was at the convention and the people that are doing it 263 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,880 basically came to me and asked me would I like to do it. 264 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,040 I said well, hell yeah. I just never had the right 265 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,680 producers or people to come in to me to help me to want to do 266 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,560 it. And so they are willing to fly 267 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,400 down anywhere or fly me anywhere to go. 268 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,960 Do you know the different episodes and things like that? 269 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,440 So I was very happy to hear that and I took advantage of it. 270 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,200 So we're going to start shooting it today. 271 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,960 I will announce when the first episode will be launched and 272 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,000 we'll definitely go from there. So it should be really good. 273 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,840 I'm really excited about it. So this is some type of reality 274 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,200 TV series basically, right? I would say yes, because my kids 275 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,680 are going to be involved with it as well. 276 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,600 We're going to do different skits to have them involved and 277 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:10,320 you know, around the house. Maybe me being dad showing that 278 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:15,520 side of me that people don't really see with people in the 279 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,360 limelight, you know, their life outside or whatever profession 280 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,720 they're, they're involved in. So it'll be in a way that be in 281 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,640 a different light to see me do what I do when the cameras 282 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,200 aren't rolling, but only this time they will be rolling. 283 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,080 Well, listen, shout out to the wonderful listeners here at 284 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,880 Devon and the Duke. You keep saying that you love 285 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,040 hearing about the family man Devon Dudley and and how 286 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,920 interesting that is to to see that that gentle side of this, 287 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,360 this big hulking legend here. Well, you're going to get a lot 288 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,840 more of it on the on the YouTube channel in the not too distant 289 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,560 future. And shout out to Maven. 290 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,440 I mean, this guy has just been everywhere. 291 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,000 He's on Piers Morgan. He was on Vlad TV, which he's 292 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,640 been getting, you know, high regard for his interviews on 293 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,720 Vlad Most recently. Maven is cooking man. 294 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,000 In fact, I'm going to put a challenge out there because I 295 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,040 reached out to Vlad and I put a bug in his ear. 296 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,920 So, you know, Devon, let's let's lean on Maven about this as 297 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,680 well. I believe it would be wonderful 298 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:20,240 for Devon Dudley to do an interview on Vlad TV. 299 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:26,320 It's one of the top YouTube interview shows around and a lot 300 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,000 of other wrestlers have been on there and have done pretty well. 301 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Maven the most recent. And Maven actually puts you way 302 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,080 over during his interview on Vlad. 303 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,680 So, so what's up? You know, Vlad, reach out to 304 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,000 Devon. Let's get this going. 305 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,800 You got to get Devon on your show as well. 306 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,040 I think that would be a match made in heaven. 307 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,040 And Devon can open up even more about his upcoming YouTube 308 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,960 series during that. So I'm I'm putting the gauntlet 309 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:50,160 out there. I'm putting the challenge out 310 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,120 there. What do you think about that, 311 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,320 Devon? I'm going to do it. 312 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,440 You know I can't have Maven have one up on me. 313 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,960 Listen, there was a meme going around and I'm going to tease 314 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,359 baby a little bit and I mean disrespectfully, brother. 315 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,079 So, you know, don't come looking for me now. 316 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:09,599 Maybe come on now, I know you still got that drop kick. 317 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:12,720 Don't come looking for me, but there was a meme going around 318 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:17,000 that every time Maven does an interview, he talks as if he was 319 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,079 he was Ric Flair the Rock and everybody rolled up into one. 320 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:26,319 So, So let's let's get the truth from somebody who was there the 321 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:30,960 whole damn time. Now maven, where would you rank 322 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,360 him, especially during his career at the WW? 323 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,320 We know that he got a lot of TV time. 324 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:41,880 We know that he was utilized as somebody to market WW ES foray 325 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,920 into reality TV and it was effective. 326 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,400 It worked out. That's why you had Tough enough 327 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,360 last as long as it did. And then Total Divas eventually 328 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:52,840 spun off and things. So this is, you know, the miss 329 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,760 and misses. All this stuff comes from Tough 330 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:59,600 Enough originally, but from your perspective, Devon is, is Maven 331 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:04,120 this big super duper superstar or, or you know, was he just 332 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,400 more like a regular guy? What's what's the real story 333 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,640 here? I don't think Maven got his just 334 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,080 do. There were certain people in the 335 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,960 art in the office that didn't like Maven just due to the fact 336 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,440 that he came off a tough enough. And, you know, there were a lot 337 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,280 of people who were agents at the time that didn't really care for 338 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,240 him. And, you know, when you have 339 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:30,840 agents that don't care for you, that can be bad because they're 340 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,840 the ones that's going to influence the office, whether to 341 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,960 to use you or not to use you. And there were times when Maven 342 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:43,880 was hot. You know, Maven was able to get 343 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,680 the crowd where he needed to be, especially when he turned heel 344 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,200 and got the people that hate him. 345 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,640 It was really, really good and it got snatched from underneath 346 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,440 him. He never got the opportunity to 347 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,160 finish. And you hear stories like that 348 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:02,000 all the time in pro wrestling, especially in WWE, where there 349 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,240 might be somebody in the office who's at higher up who may not 350 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,160 like you because you said hello to them on a wrong day. 351 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:15,520 And that's usually the case. Maven was a tremendous athlete. 352 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,040 He was a school teacher before he came into professional 353 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,880 wrestling. And then, you know, turn pro 354 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,640 wrestler, you get an excellent job on a television show. 355 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,960 Tough Enough, which we all saw, which was the first Tough Enough 356 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,640 winner to be crowned, him and Lydia. 357 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,680 And you know, it was it was a great thing for me. 358 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,960 So it really skyrocketed his career because remember, being 359 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,520 on WWTV is special, but being on MTV is even more special. 360 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,880 And the ratings for MTV went through the roof. 361 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:53,320 So Maven was very light and plus Maven was extremely easy on the 362 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,720 eyes, you know, very good looking guy, nice body. 363 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,480 He basically carried himself very well on TV. 364 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,120 The girls loved him and that was a big plus. 365 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:10,240 So when he left the WWE and went to do, I forgot the MTV reality 366 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,360 show. I think it was not. 367 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:13,960 I think it might have been The Real World. 368 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:18,400 I'm not sure the name of the show that he was on, but it was 369 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,080 a reality show that did extremely well. 370 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,080 And I remember going into clubs and things like that with him 371 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:29,040 and these girls who never, you know, with a in a million years 372 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,680 watched wrestling or guys that never watched wrestling, but 373 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,880 they watched MTV and they all knew him, you know. 374 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,400 So he had the popularity because of WWE, but extremely because of 375 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,320 MTV. The Surreal Life, that's what it 376 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,360 was called. And, you know, he basically, he 377 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,320 really got a really huge fan base because of that. 378 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,160 So, but in terms of wrestling, he was a tremendous athlete. 379 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,280 Maven could go, you know, when given the opportunity, he was 380 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,080 very eager to learn. He was hungry. 381 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,880 And you know when he got in the ring and you asked him to do 382 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,120 something, he was able to do it. High praise, high praise for 383 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:07,760 Maven. And you're absolutely right, 384 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,720 this guy had that Southern charm going on and you know, to be 385 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:18,240 good looking, great shape, great communicator, which of course, 386 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,240 you know, working in education, certainly you have to be a great 387 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:22,960 communicator in order to do that. 388 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,720 All of those things were the perfect storm for this guy. 389 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,920 You're absolutely right. And he got over, there's no 390 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,040 question about it, not just in wrestling, but outside. 391 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,760 So, you know, definitely shout out to him. 392 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,640 I wonder if you take a maven, all those intangibles, exactly 393 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:43,320 who he is, same exact person, and you drop him into today's 394 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,440 WWE, how far do you think that guy would go? 395 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,560 Given the right opportunity and the chance, I think very far, I 396 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,440 think the Sky's the limit. And you know what also helped 397 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,800 Maven? I don't know if people remember, 398 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,040 but his mother, God rest her soul, phenomenal woman. 399 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,480 I loved her to death. She was a phenomenal woman. 400 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,520 She had cancer. And while Maven was going 401 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:14,360 through the show, you know, the WWE captured that on film where 402 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,400 she was going through chemo and trying to fight the battle of 403 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,640 cancer. It was unfortunate she lost her 404 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,040 battle, but, you know, and it devastated Maven. 405 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,880 But one of the things that Maven, you know, had always said 406 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:31,200 to me that he was going to make his mother proud and that he was 407 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,320 going to make it. And that's what drove Maven to 408 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,800 do what he was doing, you know, in the WWE. 409 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,000 And so, you know, that was what that was. 410 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,520 That was one of the biggest stories. 411 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,760 And tough enough out of all the stories there were, that was one 412 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,200 that really stood out to me. And not only because he's my 413 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,280 best friend, but just the story was so compelling. 414 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,200 And it was so it made you, it drew you in. 415 00:22:56,120 --> 00:23:00,680 And it was something that people really, really could relate to 416 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,560 because everybody in their family, unfortunately, has to 417 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,640 deal with losing someone to cancer. 418 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:11,240 You know, it's a nasty disease. And, you know, hopefully one day 419 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,040 we can find the cure. But it's just one of those 420 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,520 things where that really resonated with a lot of people. 421 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,000 And I think that's also what got the people behind Maven during 422 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,560 that time. Well said. 423 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:24,600 Well said. Wow. 424 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,080 Yeah, That's that's a great point. 425 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:30,280 You just reminded me of that, that that journey with his mom. 426 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,800 Yeah. That that allowed people to see 427 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,240 a different side and, and, and get a glimpse of who the man is 428 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,440 behind the persona. And, and that certainly helped 429 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,800 build that fan base. That's good call. 430 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,720 Good call. And again, shout out to Maven. 431 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:47,520 That's a guy that I'm glad he's getting a second act, so to 432 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,000 speak. I'm glad that he's back in 433 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,080 spotlight because he has a lot to offer. 434 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,320 Love it listening to him talk again, guys, just a great 435 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,880 communicator. So he's in my opinion, he's a 436 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,280 great ambassador for pro wrestling as well because he's 437 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,960 so good at expressing whatever he has to say and telling 438 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,440 stories and things like that. And he's never crapping on the 439 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,040 business either. It's always something that you 440 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,560 can walk away with the newfound respect for what you've you guys 441 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,040 and ladies put out there. So you know, shout out for sure. 442 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,040 You know, it's, it's interesting, Devon, because 443 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:28,440 there's two ways to go. You can be the salty, grizzled 444 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,880 veteran that gives the young folks a hard time and takes 445 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,640 advantage of them and makes their experience miserable. 446 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,720 And certainly we have countless examples of those sort of things 447 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,160 happening throughout the history of pro wrestling. 448 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:49,280 But when it comes to Devon Dudley, all we ever hear is how 449 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:58,360 respectful and dare I say, gentle and relatable you always 450 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,560 are with everyone, especially people who are pretty, you know, 451 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,440 new in the business and just breaking in. 452 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,840 It's It's not a surprise that you ended up becoming a trainer 453 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,680 and an excellent trainer and teacher and what have you in 454 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,280 your own right. But even before then, where you 455 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,960 were still at the height of your career and being active, and you 456 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,880 could have been a jerk if you wanted to be, why were you so 457 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,440 accommodating and respectful of people who didn't have as much 458 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,440 experience when other folks were smacking them around and giving 459 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,280 them a hard time? How come you didn't do the the 460 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,840 grizzled veteran thing and instead you did the humanity 461 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,240 thing? Because I didn't like it. 462 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,040 I thought it was wrong. And remember, I wasn't a second 463 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:45,240 generation wrestler. My mom was not in my corner at 464 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:50,200 all when it came to wrestling. Just for the simple fact that I 465 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,640 had a four year scholarship to Florida and them to play 466 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:58,680 football and I turned it down, you know, I just didn't feel 467 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,960 that football was my passion. Although I love the contact, I 468 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,400 love hitting. I just did not feel that 469 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,040 football was my passion. So when I decided to pass up 470 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:14,080 that scholarship, you know, again, how do I say this? 471 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,880 And my mother's a reverend, my father's a reverend, they're 472 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,880 both preachers. So when I pass up that 473 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,520 scholarship, I was like Satan in my mother's eyes. 474 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,920 She boy, she called me every name but my name. 475 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,120 And at first she thought it was a joke when I told her, yeah, 476 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,360 I'm not going to wrestle. I'm not going to play football 477 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:36,560 anymore, I'm going to do pro wrestling, she laughed at 1st. 478 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,880 And when the scouts called and they were ready for me to go and 479 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,480 visit the school, and I told them no, she was irate. 480 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,040 She thought it was a joke. And I had to leave the house and 481 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,200 everything. It was bad, man. 482 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,760 And so I had to learn this business on my own. 483 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,080 I had people like Tommy Dreamer and Paul Heyman to help me along 484 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,200 the way. But I made mistakes and I fell, 485 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,640 and luckily I was able to get back up. 486 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:11,000 But I knew that it was going to be hard for me to make it. 487 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,320 And, you know, I didn't think I would make it to this level. 488 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,200 I never dreamed in a million years that I would get this far 489 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,560 in the business. I never saw it coming. 490 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:27,040 I also never saw me, you know, being in the same category as a 491 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,040 legendary tag team, the Road Warriors. 492 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,440 You know, I never thought that me and Bubba would reach that 493 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,560 height. I mean, that's huge. 494 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,880 And to be able to accomplish that and to be, you know, known 495 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,400 as the most decorated tag team in the history of the business, 496 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,720 I just never thought that I would ever reach that. 497 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,880 It was just something that I was very proud of. 498 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,760 Once I did accomplish it and or on my way to doing it and 499 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,240 knowing that I didn't have to help along the way from being a 500 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:03,520 second generation wrestler, I always knew that if I had the 501 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,200 opportunity to help somebody or to guide them, that I would. 502 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,040 And I'm not going to be like the veterans who are salty and 503 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:15,760 bitter because the career is over and they have nothing to 504 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,480 offer in that sense anymore. Being in the ring, there's a lot 505 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,600 more you can offer other than being in the spotlight and still 506 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,200 being number one. You know, I felt gratification 507 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:33,600 when, you know, I was a producer backstage and, you know, I felt 508 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,480 like I was given one of the hardest jobs. 509 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,440 And I say that because of who they put me to produce their 510 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,640 matches all the time, which was The New Day and the Usos, you 511 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,880 know, we wrestled both tag teams and help elevate them to get 512 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,320 them to another level. But for me to be a producer for 513 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,440 them, it was challenging for me because these guys were already 514 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,200 smart to the business. So to have me come in and to try 515 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,880 to tell them what to do, at first I thought they were like, 516 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,280 man, get out of here. We know what we're doing. 517 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,920 Besides, we wrestled your ass. You know, I didn't know if they 518 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,400 would take to me like that, but they did. 519 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:12,160 And you know, every time I see the new day, you know, they're 520 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:13,880 always give me, you know, that that welcome. 521 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,360 Every time I see the Usos, they're always telling me thank 522 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,280 you, you know, because I was there to really help them to get 523 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,200 to that next level. Because at one point in time, 524 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,680 you know, Jay and Jimmy were a little frustrated because it 525 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,000 just seemed like at the time during the Vince regime that 526 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,720 yes, they were good, but not at that level where they are now. 527 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,040 I thought they could have gotten that level a long time ago, but 528 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,400 it didn't seem like the office was ready for them. 529 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,440 Maybe they weren't. Maybe if given the opportunity 530 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:48,680 back then, they would not have been able to strike the way they 531 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,920 are now. And it's one of those things 532 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:56,600 where now they're like really benefited from what they are 533 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,160 doing now. And not to mention, you know, 534 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,120 sometimes you got to fall from grace in order to, you know, 535 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,560 succeed to where God wants to put you. 536 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,400 And I firmly believe that. I think Shaq said it best. 537 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,280 Shaq said you have to fail in order to be successful. 538 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,680 You just can't be successful right off the bat. 539 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,760 You have to fail at things. So then you learn how to be 540 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,400 successful, and I think the Usos did that. 541 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,760 And This is why they're in the position that they're in right 542 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,280 now, and This is why the New Day is in a position that they're in 543 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,240 right now. So I was very happy to be a part 544 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,600 of that and to be able to help them to get to that level, not 545 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,760 only in the ring, but outside the ring as a producer. 546 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,000 I mean, the proof is in the pudding. 547 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,840 You know, after you and, and, and Bubba had those series of 548 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:50,080 matches, those feuds with both teams, every single one of those 549 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,960 guys went on to be far more successful, including as singles 550 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,520 wrestlers. So there's no question about it. 551 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:03,400 They needed that, that passing of the torch, that stamp of 552 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:08,600 approval in the ring from you guys, from the Dudley Boys, and 553 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,440 that extra bit of guidance from a mentor like Devon Dudley. 554 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,480 I mean, it's that's, that's awesome. 555 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,800 Awesome. I want, I want you to also 556 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,120 remember it's not just Devon, it was Bubba too. 557 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,640 You know, I, you know, I know sometimes he likes to say and 558 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,560 talk a bunch of shit about me. I'm busted open. 559 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:26,880 But you know, it's brotherly love. 560 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,480 I don't take it personal, but Bubba was very instrumental in 561 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,840 in helping in that way as well. As far as I'm concerned, when it 562 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,800 comes to the knowledge of the business, I don't think there's 563 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:41,280 nobody better than Bubba. I think Bubba is truly the Pat 564 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:46,080 Patterson of this era. And you know, he can come up 565 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:49,480 with finishes and promos and things like that off the top of 566 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,720 his head without even thinking. He's just that good. 567 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,880 I learned a lot from Bubba, you know, because I learned 568 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,960 backwards. I learned how to wrestle first 569 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:03,840 and then learn the psychology and everything else about the 570 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,200 business after where Bubba learned the psychology and 571 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,400 everything else 1st and then the in ring ability. 572 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,520 So, you know, it was, it was different and we both, that's 573 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:19,040 why I think we gelled so well because we both played off each 574 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,720 other when I was weak and he was strong and when I was strong and 575 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,440 he was weak and we were able to counter that. 576 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,560 I mean, that's that's high praise. 577 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,680 That's high praise, no question. You hear the way the fans react 578 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,440 anytime you folks are together, anytime you're doing anything on 579 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,160 TV, at live events, the merchandise coming out. 580 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:43,360 The Dudley Boys as a brand is as strong in 2024 as it's ever 581 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,880 been. And that is a testament to the 582 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,880 hard work that you both have put in and the confidence that 583 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:54,560 you've earned from Paul Heyman, from Vince McMahon, from Triple 584 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:59,520 H, from Nick Khan, you know, from the company in general. 585 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,480 So, you know, kudos to you guys collectively. 586 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,280 And Bub, I'm going to tell you right now on that Busted open 587 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,320 radio, you have a you you have a habit of putting yourself over 588 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,560 and kind of, you know, taking your foot off the gas a little 589 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,000 bit when it comes to, to my man here, Devon. 590 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,280 Bubba, I'm just going to tell you right now, brother, come on 591 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,960 now. You heard the way he just put 592 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,120 you over. Devon ain't going to say this 593 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,320 because he he, he's a, he's too respectful to say this. 594 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,920 But I'm going to say it, Bubba. You can put your brother over a 595 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:28,920 little bit stronger than that, OK? 596 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,600 And I'll leave it at that, OK? I'm gonna defend you. 597 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,880 You know, I'm gonna defend you, brother. 598 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:37,120 You know, I'm gonna do it. You know, the smallest guy in 599 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,840 the room here against these giants. 600 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,120 I'm gonna defend you. I don't give a damn. 601 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,480 You know, it is what it is. But it's love. 602 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,320 It's love for sure. So I. 603 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,720 OK, now, Devon, you got to give it to a straight now because 604 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,960 you've been doing a lot of traveling. 605 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:53,800 You, you, you made your East Coast tour over the past two 606 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,800 weeks. So what was the best thing that 607 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,520 you ate that reminded you of the old days or what have you? 608 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,880 What did you, what was the thing that you couldn't wait to get 609 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,040 another one of those? And you haven't had it in a 610 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:11,040 while And and it was great. What do you mean within the 611 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,080 past? Two weeks you were in, you were 612 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,600 in Rhode Island, you were in Philly. 613 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,800 You, you were back in New York. You were all over the place. 614 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,159 So did you, did you get a pizza? Did you get a sandwich? 615 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,679 What was it? What made you think of home when 616 00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:27,560 you were on your tour here? No, you know, I got to say I did 617 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,880 not indulge in anything, unfortunately. 618 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:35,040 I, I should have went to Gino's in Philadelphia, but I didn't, 619 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,960 you know, because I had been doing the DDP yoga and dieting 620 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,520 the way I was. I was scared to eat. 621 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,760 I'm really scared to eat anything that I used to eat. 622 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,360 Just simply fact that I don't want to gain any weight. 623 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,960 So it's one of those things where, you know, I, I basically 624 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,880 try to watch what I eat at all times, but then there's times 625 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:03,280 when I don't care because I'm not an active full time wrestler 626 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,680 anymore. So I just don't care. 627 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,320 But I, I may indulge that one time. 628 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,520 No, I take that back. I did. 629 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,480 There was a place that we went to before the show and after the 630 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:18,400 show. It was called Chickies. 631 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:26,160 It was in Philadelphia, right by the stadium, and they had some 632 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,160 wings that were out of sight. It was probably one of the best 633 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,560 wings I've ever had. Wings. 634 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,400 OK now Now how did you get your wings? 635 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,360 BBQ. OK. 636 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,240 Bone in right? Bone in, not the boneless. 637 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:42,200 You get the bone in. OK, now here we go. 638 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,840 Are are you are you drums or are you flats? 639 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,320 Which which Which is your favorite? 640 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:50,640 I love drums. Wow, wow. 641 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,840 I guess you and I would never argue because I'm a flats guy 642 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,840 all the way, man. I got to have my flats. 643 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,280 I prefer it so you could have all the drums. 644 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,280 That's that's straight there. I just feel, I just feel the 645 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,680 drums a lot easier to eat, you know, you got to eat in between 646 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,480 the flats. Got it, got it. 647 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,280 You want to get right to it, Just get it done. 648 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,600 I got you. I got you. 649 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,200 Now you, you said you should have went to Gino's. 650 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,240 So what's going on here, Devon? Because you know that this is a 651 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,640 big divide. We got Gino's, we got Pats. 652 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,160 You know, when it comes to a Philly cheesesteak, you're a 653 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,600 Gino's guy, huh? Well, I've never been to Pat's. 654 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,720 I've heard of Pat's, but I've never been, so I don't even know 655 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,320 if Pat's was there during my ECW run. 656 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,280 It might have been, I just didn't know about it. 657 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,360 So Gino's was always the place for you. 658 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,960 Gino's was always the place that everybody went, believe it or 659 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,640 not. I don't think I'm wrong. 660 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:48,080 I, I could be, I'm sure some people might dispute what I'm 661 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:49,760 saying, but I don't think I'm wrong. 662 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,560 That's amazing. Again, I'm not putting that. 663 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,080 I'm not putting Pats down. I don't. 664 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,880 I'm not saying Pats is not good. I just never had Pats and I 665 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,720 really never heard anybody really talk about it like they 666 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,840 do Chino's. Interesting, interesting. 667 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,160 Now you would go with the cheese whiz or would you get the real 668 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:07,800 cheese? What? 669 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,840 What are we doing here on the on the on the cheese steak? 670 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,160 I get the real cheese. There it is. 671 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:13,080 See. See. 672 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:14,440 Same way. See. 673 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,560 Listen, in Boston, we call it a steak and cheese sub, all right? 674 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,440 There's no cheese steak. It's a it's a steak and cheese 675 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,040 sub. That's what we call it. 676 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,640 And we use real cheese. We don't use this whatever the 677 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,840 hell that cheese whiz stuff is. All right, this is a big divide 678 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,040 that we have with Philly. I know you're a New York guy 679 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:34,800 technically, so you could be the referee here, but I maintained a 680 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:39,040 steak and cheese sub in Boston. I'll put that up against any 681 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,120 Philly cheese steak any day of the week. 682 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:45,240 What do you think about that? I think you should do it, but 683 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:48,120 you know, there is one place. There is one place I wanted to 684 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:53,240 go, but somebody tapped out on me and then wasn't able to make 685 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:55,440 it. I wanted to go to Kowloon's 686 00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:00,960 restaurant and wasn't able to make it because a certain person 687 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:05,720 stood me up. We had all these plans, Cigar 688 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:07,720 Bar, Kowloon's, and we never did it. 689 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:14,440 Folks, this man, now this man knows that outside of this 690 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,120 wrestling podcasting world, you know, I'm in the political realm 691 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,560 and I won't get too deep into it. 692 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,200 But you know what I mean by that's who those of you who know 693 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,560 and unfortunately, you know, election weekend, Yeah, I 694 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,280 couldn't do it. And I was, I was so heartbroken 695 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:30,880 because I wanted to hang with my brother. 696 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,800 And you're right. We should have went to Kowloons. 697 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,760 We probably would have gotten into trouble because, you know, 698 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,360 you start drinking the Mai Tais. At least me, I start drinking 699 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,480 the Mai Tais, man, I might get, you know who. 700 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,640 Who knows what's going to happen? 701 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,120 I'll be doing karaoke after that. 702 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:47,520 Well my lady got me into Crown, apple and Cranberry so I'm into 703 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,280 that now. Oh boy. 704 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,960 OK, OK, so a little bit of sweet, little bit of tart, and 705 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,160 definitely strong, huh? Bro, it's good. 706 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,760 Now do we do it with ice or you just take it neat like that? 707 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,960 No, I don't know. We do some ice, do some ice, add 708 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,240 a little, add a little, add a little chill to it, you know? 709 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,960 Wow, Crown, apple and cranberry. I'm going to have to try that 710 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:09,560 next. I'm. 711 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,600 Telling you it's the drink she's got, she's got me drinking it. 712 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,800 That sounds delicious. You know, one of the things that 713 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,200 and and this is the pandemic was so terrible to everybody. 714 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,600 Everything was was shut down for for such a long period of time. 715 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:27,280 But the good part is people picked up new skills. 716 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,240 So I started making my own drinks and things like that. 717 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,680 You know what I mean? And, and one of the things that 718 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:37,360 I figured out, if you go and get an Italian ice, you can go to 719 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,640 the restaurant, you can go to the grocery store and pick up 720 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,400 Italian ice. You throw that in a blender and 721 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,040 then you put your rum or your vodka or your whatever, your 722 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,280 gin, you blend that sucker up. That's a hell of a drink right 723 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,080 there, brother, you know what I mean? 724 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,040 You got yourself a nice frozen drink right there. 725 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,840 Well, next time, next time we're together, we definitely have to 726 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,880 do it. But I'm very disappointed about 727 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,400 that cigar bar. I'm more I'm more disappointed 728 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,360 about the cigar bar than I am Caloons. 729 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:05,840 Well, listen, you didn't have any of this. 730 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:11,240 The the the new special edition Devon Dudley cigars through the 731 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:14,160 notorious cigar company there. We're still waiting on that that 732 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,280 batch to come in. Man, Well, it's actually, it's 733 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,000 actually there at Fairway Cigar in Melbourne. 734 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:24,080 I haven't gone and pick it up yet because I've been away. 735 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,280 So they called me and told me that it came in. 736 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,080 So I'm actually going to go pick it up. 737 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:31,280 I love it. I love it. 738 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,280 Listen folks, you got to get yourself some of these new 739 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,120 edition Devon Dudley cigars through the Torah Cigar Company 740 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,480 Fairway. They know how to how to hook it 741 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:42,640 up. So you can definitely reach out 742 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,800 to those folks there. But if you or anyone in your 743 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:50,040 family likes to indulge in a fine cigar, Devon Dudley has his 744 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,000 own special batch here. So let's get right to it, you 745 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,600 know what I'm saying? That's that's good stuff. 746 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,160 That's good stuff. Listen, Devon, we just had a 747 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:01,600 special birthday celebration for one of our loyal listeners and 748 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,200 she's a huge fan of yours throughout your entire career. 749 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:10,600 A young lady by the name of Cortana Rice, AKA the Silver 750 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,400 Fox. She is a school teacher, a 751 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,440 mother or grandmother. Most importantly, she is a 752 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:22,080 wonderful and cherished fan of pro wrestling. 753 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:25,520 So what do you have to say to Silver Fox Cortana Rice? 754 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,560 Well, happy birthday. Thank you so much for your love 755 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,800 and support for over the years. And I hope to continue to to 756 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,760 entertain you the way that I have and to be able to show you 757 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,240 that the Dudley Boys will and always will be the greatest tag 758 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:43,920 team in the history of this business or none. 759 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:48,120 No one has ever come close to defeating the records that we 760 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,240 have. Now let me put something on 761 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,200 record too, and I hope Xavier and Kofi hear this. 762 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,960 The New Day supposedly broke our record in WWE by winning 10 763 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,960 titles. Here's the deal with the tag 764 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,000 team titles. It's tag team titles, so it's 765 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,520 two guys. If Bubba and I got hurt, we 766 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,960 still had to wrestle or we had the 450 titles. 767 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,760 If we couldn't, I'm a little upset. 768 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,160 I told it. Me and Xavier had this talk one 769 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,280 time and you know, of course it's friendly. 770 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,720 This is nothing, you know, malicious or anything like that. 771 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,560 So The Dirty Riders can take this and run it with it however 772 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:23,760 the hell you want to run with it. 773 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,320 We we always laugh about this because I bring this up to them. 774 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:32,600 I'm like when Biggie got hurt, if it was Biggie and Xavier, if 775 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,760 Biggie got hurt, then Kofi came in and did it. 776 00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:39,080 If if Xavier got hurt, you know, then Biggie would come in. 777 00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:42,520 So they always had that third person to come in and be able to 778 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,200 substitute and defend the titles. 779 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:48,160 We didn't bring Spike in when we could have, but we never brought 780 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:55,080 Spike in if one of us got hurt. So therefore winning 10 tag team 781 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,000 titles? No, unless you can go the whole 782 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:05,400 run with just you and Kofi or Biggie and Xavier or Biggie and 783 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:09,560 Kofi without having a substitute come in, then you could say you 784 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,920 broke the Dudley's record. But until then, no. 785 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,560 We have this discussion all the time and they always try to 786 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:20,040 prove me wrong, especially Kofi. Kofi's like Sir, excuse me Sir. 787 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,200 I'm like no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 788 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:28,840 We are the greatest 24 time world acting champions. 789 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,840 You hear that? Kofi Kingston? 790 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,440 You know, my, my fellow, my fellow Masshole, You know he's a 791 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,520 Boston guy just like I am. Kofi, your chest ain't big 792 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,200 enough to be talking to Devon like that. 793 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,520 Now come on, Woods. Oh, no. 794 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,080 Game Guy. Oh, hold on. 795 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,160 And not to mention, not to mention I would love to go on a 796 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:51,760 record and say that Kofi has never beat me in PlayStation 797 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:57,040 UFC. Wow, this is breaking news now. 798 00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:00,000 I can hear Kofi. I can hear Kofi now, Sir. 799 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,120 Sir. Whoa, Sir. 800 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:07,480 Excuse me, Sir. You gonna get a call after this 801 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,600 football? Oh, I probably will, yeah. 802 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:15,840 Shout out to Kofi. I love the I love those guys to 803 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,000 death. I love New Day again. 804 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,800 I love the Usos. Those are my boys. 805 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,400 They always will be. And I'm glad we had not only 806 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,520 that history in the ring, like I said earlier, but just to be the 807 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:30,040 just to be their producers and then be able to be a part of so 808 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:34,360 many of their legendary tag matches that got them where they 809 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,560 are today. One of the greatest things I 810 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:43,200 loved about producing their their match was the the whole 811 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:48,280 rap battle that they did on I believe it was Smackdown with 812 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,560 they had what's the rapper with Wale there. 813 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,280 It was something I didn't know half the stuff they were going 814 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,600 to say. And it was it was great. 815 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:01,040 It caught us all off guard. And you know, and Vince gave 816 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,320 them right. You know, Vince was like, hey, 817 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,080 you know, go out there and do what you got to do. 818 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,800 So they were like diva. They were like, Dee, listen, 819 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,240 we're going to tell you right now we don't know half the shit 820 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,400 we're going to say. So I was like, listen, Vince 821 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,360 gave you full blunt. You guys go out there and have 822 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:14,960 fun. And that's exactly what they 823 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,320 did. So I was very happy to be a part 824 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:18,600 of that. And they helped produce that. 825 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,560 I I never knew that you were the producer of that segment. 826 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,560 That's one of the the greatest segments of all time. 827 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,400 It's something people still talk about to this day. 828 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,160 I mean, they put they put on a lot of the replays and all. 829 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,080 I mean, it's really, it was really, really good stuff 830 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,200 between them and you know, and one of the greatest, I think one 831 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:40,360 of the other things I love doing was the 24/7 title with Tazawa 832 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:45,920 Truth and Reggie. Vince gave me, you know, friend 833 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,080 of producers meeting and I said, Vince, can we do this this He 834 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:53,080 goes, Devon, I'm going to say this, this is your baby. 835 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,160 You do whatever you want. I said, you're giving me 836 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,640 permission to do whatever I want to make this correct. 837 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:02,840 He goes, have fun with it. And I remember Michael Hayes 838 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:06,800 goes, damn, Devon, Vince just gave you the, the, the go to go 839 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:07,840 ahead and do whatever you wanted. 840 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:11,080 And he did. He we get a home run every 841 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:12,840 single time. It was great. 842 00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:16,000 I was happy and loved the fact that I was able to have that 843 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:21,480 24/7 and it, it, you know, produced good ratings the way it 844 00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,560 did. I mean, of course it died down a 845 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,080 little bit. I had the stroke and then I 846 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,560 stepped down. I would, you know, I was, I was 847 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:31,080 recovering. I'm not saying that it went down 848 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:36,400 because I wasn't producing. But again, I do know that a lot 849 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,800 of times truth was like when you coming back, when you coming 850 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,000 back, I was like, I don't know the truth. 851 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:42,840 You know, I mean this, this really got me. 852 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,040 And he was like, well, stop faking and come on back. 853 00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,520 But we had a really good time doing that. 854 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:55,200 You know, I really bonded with those guys, Tazawa, Reggie and 855 00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,440 Truth. I mean, we had some memorable 856 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:02,000 moments with the 24/7, especially the thing in the 857 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:06,760 hotel with Drake and his wife and Tazawa and Truth. 858 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:11,360 It was, it was some funny stuff. So wait a second, this is this 859 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,560 is interesting here because again, breaking news, we never 860 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,600 knew that you were the lead producer for that 24/7 title, 861 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:20,120 especially during that time period. 862 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,480 I'm going to, I'm going to say something to you, Devon, that I 863 00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:28,960 don't even know. If you realize WWE generates 864 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:34,000 roughly at least $50 million from YouTube alone. 865 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,880 And you know, that's a line item in the budget that started off 866 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,440 as nothing and has grown to something very significant. 867 00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:46,880 I mean, $50 million is basically the budget for raw for the year. 868 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,440 You know, it cost about $1,000,000 to put on each 869 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,200 episode. So, you know, between 50 and $52 870 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,960 million you can you can fund raw for a whole year. 871 00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,800 So the fact that on YouTube they're able to generate that 872 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,120 kind of money, it's a big deal. And it's helped the company a 873 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:08,840 lot that 24/7, that whole storyline and all those segments 874 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,640 and what have you were consistently some of the highest 875 00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:16,920 rated stuff on the YouTube channel, on Facebook, on 876 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:21,400 Twitter, no question about it. It was generating the company so 877 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,640 much money and it was getting over more than a lot of other 878 00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,400 things that are happening on the TV show. 879 00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:31,640 The fact that you had a hand and such a big hand in that, bro, I 880 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:32,880 got to give you your flowers, man. 881 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,080 That's, that is a big deal, man. Congratulations on that. 882 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:43,120 I mean, you know, again, Tazawa Truth, Drake, his wife, you 883 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:47,520 know, Reggie, listen, we all when you have that many people 884 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,000 with so many ideas, you have to be able to click. 885 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,360 You have to be able to respect one another to be able to, you 886 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,640 know, want to use those ideas. And that's exactly what we did. 887 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,200 You know, we had a mutual respect for each other and we 888 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,680 didn't go, no, that's not going to work or no, that sucks. 889 00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:07,720 You know, we took an account of everything that everybody was 890 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,160 saying and we made it work. We would actually go to the 891 00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,640 playground and see where Reggie can jump off and flip off of 892 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,720 things. And, you know, we would create 893 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,720 different scenarios. I, I had probably one of the 894 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:22,720 best times as a as a producer doing that segment because it 895 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:26,080 was all mine. In other words, you know, Vince 896 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,720 gave me full blanch to just go ahead and do whatever I wanted 897 00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:30,520 to do. I didn't have to clear anything 898 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,320 with him. He just said go have fun. 899 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:36,320 And that's exactly what we did. Did you realize that it was 900 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:40,920 getting over as much as it was? I think after about the third, I 901 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:46,880 think after the hotel incident, I think that's when I realized 902 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,880 we had something because that was funny. 903 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:54,320 And the way Truth and Tazawa and Drake played it off it was it 904 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,120 was really, it was really a good time. 905 00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:01,920 I think that's when I knew. That is amazing man. 906 00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:03,520 Why you're blowing my mind with this? 907 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,680 Because again, that was some of the best stuff going. 908 00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:11,280 And unfortunately, when they they basically put it to rest, 909 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:16,760 that left a big hole that really did not get filled until this 910 00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:20,160 Bloodline storyline started up. And that took years. 911 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:27,080 So your impact on the business, on the WWE in particular, is a 912 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,320 hell of a lot more than even we realized. 913 00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:32,240 My goodness, bro, that that's a that's a big deal. 914 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,160 So I'm going to put a bug in the ears there. 915 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,240 We need to have something like this come back. 916 00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:41,000 I mean, if Devon Dudley can combine with these wonderful 917 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,400 performers and come up with that type of material. 918 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:49,640 Hello, Triple H what's up? You saw what he did with Trick 919 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,520 Williams, You know, just the music video alone and how that 920 00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,720 went viral. We we need to get this this 921 00:50:54,720 --> 00:50:57,000 party going again, man, because that's just great stuff. 922 00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:59,720 That is, that is great stuff. I can tell you what, you're 923 00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:04,200 going to see a lot more of the Dudleys, you know, back home 924 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,720 where they belong in WWE, but you know, NXT and things like 925 00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:10,120 that. So I'm sure what you saw last 926 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:13,720 week will not be the only time. There'll be many more to come 927 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:21,200 and I'll make sure that my medical is taken care of so that 928 00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,800 way I can compete a little bit or do certain things so the ball 929 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:29,160 won't be dropped and all your dirty riders again can go to 930 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,040 hell. Devon, if anyone wants to keep 931 00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,760 up with you, especially now that we know that you have this 932 00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:37,720 YouTube series that's going to be dropping soon and so many 933 00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:40,200 other great things. You got these live events where 934 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:44,560 you know, you got lines out the door to come meet up with you 935 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,040 and, and, and of course Bubble when you're together and what 936 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:48,960 have you. What's the best way everyone can 937 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:51,960 just keep track of where Devon Dudley is going to be next? 938 00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,200 Well, all my information I like to put on is on Twitter, which 939 00:51:55,200 --> 00:52:00,240 is testified Devon, but mostly Instagram testified Devon and I. 940 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,480 I do have a Facebook, but that's private. 941 00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:05,280 Only close family and friends are on there. 942 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:10,600 But as far as finding out any information or where I'm going 943 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:14,840 to be and how all of that is, I am definitely on Instagram and 944 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,160 Twitter. So you can follow me there and 945 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:18,600 you'll get all the information you need. 946 00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,880 Of course, folks, Duke loves wrestling. 947 00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:23,640 On Facebook. On Twitter, Duke loves 948 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:26,560 wrestling@gmail.com. Let me know what you think of 949 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,480 the episodes, you got any questions, the whole 9 yards. 950 00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:35,120 But, you know, we're winding down 2024 and 2025 is going to 951 00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:39,720 be the biggest year ever, not just for this show, but for the 952 00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:42,720 Dudley boys, not just the Dudley boys, but for Devon Dudley in 953 00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:44,560 particular. So you definitely got to 954 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:48,160 continue to listen to what we have going on here so you can 955 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:51,960 stay in the loop, stay in the know on what's coming next. 956 00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,440 All right, Devon, it's that time of the week now. 957 00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:58,880 My brother, what is the Devon Dudley Word of the week to take 958 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:00,960 us out? Well, not somewhat. 959 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,520 A couple of sentences or a paragraph. 960 00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:06,440 They're mad because they can't figure out how you're still 961 00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:10,960 being blessed after they lied and built a whole team against 962 00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:12,880 you. But know that God's got your 963 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,680 back and he will fight your battles and you will come out 964 00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:18,560 victorious in the end. 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