WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley discussed various topics on his YouTube channel, including the payout for The Dudley Boyz during the first TLC match at SummerSlam 2000.
Dudley said, “Never once did we complain, except for that one SummerSlam, the first TLC match, we felt like we deserved more because of what we put our bodies through, everything that we went through, the blood, sweat, and tears. We just deserved more. We did go to JR, at the time, he was head of talent relations, and complained to him. We let him know that we were unhappy.”
On Jim Ross getting a higher payout approved:
“Sure enough, he said, ‘Well, I’ll get back to you. Let me go talk to Vince.’ He talked to Vince, came back, and sure enough, he said, ‘Okay, you guys got approved for this amount.’ We were like, ‘Oh, damn, we should do this more often.’ But it actually worked. It really did. So I will say this, keeping your mouth shut when you know that you are in the right is probably never a good thing to do in the wrestling business, but this is why we were the way we were, because of the fact that there was some regrets.”
You can check out Dudley’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
