Jim Ross responds to D-Von Dudley’s allegations: “I am not a racist, I have never been a racist”
In October of 2025, WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley stated that he experienced racism in WWE from “certain top officials” and later mentioned Jim Ross as a specific name. In December, JR publicly denied D-Von’s claims of racism.
In a new video published to his YouTube channel, D-Von provided further details on his racism allegations against JR. During his podcast, JR issued the following response…
“How many times do I gotta address it to satisfy everybody? I am not a racist. I have never been a racist. Ask some of the African American athletes that I’ve been around and worked with in my 50-year career. They’ll say the same thing.
I don’t remember the first cross word I had with D-Von. The boisterous one was Bubba but not in a bad way. He just had no problem expressing himself, and Bubba had a lot of ideas. He was a throwback — a main event guy that wanted to be involved in booking his angle, and I loved that. If more guys would do that — and today, they just wait for someone to tell ’em what they’re gonna do tonight — that’s the wrong approach in my opinion.
I’d have no problem reconnecting with D-Von. I’ve never gotten mad at him… I was bewildered about how this could happen, because, like I said, I don’t remember any negative exchanges with him. And what I was allegedly said would damn sure be negative.”