D-Von Dudley says he experienced racism in WWE from “certain top officials”

WWE Hall of Famers The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) were interviewed in a video published to Maven Huffman’s YouTube channel. At one point, Bubba asked if D-Von experienced racism when their tag team was formed…

“No, I didn’t experience it when we were together, because when we got together, we were in ECW — and in ECW, I did not experience it. I experienced it in WWE, you know. I experienced it with certain top officials, who I don’t really want to name.

When a person comes up to you and tells you that they don’t like you because of the color of your skin, and you’re sitting there going, ‘Wow, really? We’re in 1999, 2000, and you’re still coming to me and saying crap like this?’ There were certain people in that organization at that time who felt that I should not have said anything — people who had the power to basically bury me if need be — just because I might have stood up for what I felt was right.”