Back in ECW, D-Von cut promos that made him sound like a preacher saying things like, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Dudley, thou shalt honor thy Big Daddy Dudley, thou shall not screw with the Dudleyz!"
"Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not fuck with the Dudleys!" Is his default one later on, he'd just throw it in at the end of their promos.
It's been said that when Heyman was head of SmackDown's creative that he wasn't looking out for the ECW guys. He was more interested in the younger, newer and "better" talent.
@@Curtisisback1 no, jindrak spot got took over by batista, but actually atp I don't know if it is true, since batista interviewed by ccv clarified that he was always meant to be a part of evolution and jindrak wasn't, but in the ig reel jindrak said it was not true... so believe what you want, who cares
I don't think that's quite it. Bruce and Vince just have similar tastes. The Undertaker likely wouldn't have worked so well without either Bruce or Vince's production. Bruce is also adamant that the Red Rooster (an equally ridiculous gimmick) would have worked if Terry Taylor's heart had been in it. Vince wouldn't be so defensive about that.
Because by 2004 he stopped tanning, his body became all doughy AND he was going bald. He actually looked bigger here in this video than at any other point in his career. It's obvious he was on the juice.
@@quentinkaasa47In which his friend Kevin Steen also helps run with Generico and two orphans followed in their footsteps and they were Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
Yeah, and better yet - Bruce Prichard was the one behind his segments. He even admitted Heyman was the catalyst on leading him sooner to the reunion of The Dudleyz, since Paul didn't really know how to display a southern reverend portrayal unlike Prichard.
As a Smackdown-only teen (cuz I didn't have cable to watch Raw back then), I absolutely loved Reverend D-Von. He could have had a major push as WWE Champion had his run continued, however, the Dudley Boyz reunion was much needed.
How could you not love D Von, he's just one of those wrestlers than no one seems to dislike. The fact that his first match involed him, Batista and Triple H and he was the winner, who would of ever thought that. His reunion with Bubba at Survivor Series 2002 was something else
Great gimmick! A short term goal of mine is to get a rev dvon doin a dance as a gif to use when I get donations. He was the only tag guy that got a gimmick at this time
Could never understand why people called it a failed gimmick. I loved it, sure, it fizzled out, and wasn't ideal for where Batista wanted to go, but both were great at it.
Since you recently covered The Power Plant, I think Buddy Lee Parker would be a fun ROH. It'd give some insight perhaps as to why he focused on conditioning and little else.
That was some really good music for a gimmick that was actually quite solid. It just sucks that tbe fans really just wanted D-Von in Dudley or Team 3D form. If not, he would've had a solid singles' run.
Nice mate. Been looking forward to this one. I don’t make requests anymore since you covered Chris Melendez a few years back, but I’d love to see you cover Jimmy Havoc in AEW. Most overhyped wrestler ever. If you don’t count his AEW Dark matches he’s in RoH territory.
We need the complete WWF run of Jerry Lynn...I understand that he wrestled like 95% of the run on B and C shows, but it will surely be a banger, plus he had like 27 matches
I-I-I-I do remember back when he had tr-tr-tr-tr-trouble speaking his own na-na-na-na-name everytime he says, "My name is Buh-buh-buh-buh... Buh-buh-buh, (pause) My name is Buh Buh Ray Dudley".
Bubba's "singles" run on RAW lasted around 32 or 33 matches from WWE Draft to Survivor Series 2002 when he and D-Von got back together. I say "singles" in quotation marks because he mostly teamed with Spike Dudley and Jeff Hardy on RAW. I know ROTH says "30 matches or less" but exceptions can be made sometimes.
I'd never seen the second half of that promo where Farooq proudly declared he enjoyed cranking his hog. That was probably the highlight of the whole gimmick.
Guy beat The Undertaker & Triple H on the same night (clean) and almost won Kingiest Of The Ringiest, he's earned my respect, adoration and plenty of donations.
If Devon was a main event talent with this gimmick, it would have been good. Like how Bully Ray was the top star heel in TNA. I love the dominate theme song though, very catchy. I remember it on Anthology
Here's the thing, a lack of a midcard title on Smackdown in 02 threw off a lot of the perception of midcarders, IMO. A guy like Dvon wasn't going to instantly be a main eventer, so he's languishing in a midcard with no "landing pad" of a US title. Eddie, Benoit, Edge and Angle all dipped into the tag ranks in fall of 02, and when DVon did as well, it felt like his singles run was a failure. Similar things with Ron Simmons, even John Cena. Without a midcard title, some guys were just too far away from something tangible to feud about.
There's a reason WWE has had midcard titles after the brief experiment from 02 to 03. Too many c tier guys can't just will themselves up a notch without the crutch of a midcard title. This video was littered with em...Mark Henry, 02 Orton, 02 Cena, Valbowski.
@@theslimjames because they are too lazy to come up with storylines so “put them in a title match” is easy to do. That’s why fans are calling for a women’s mid card title because wwe cannot come up with more than 1 women’s storyline at a time. It allows for laziness. The more titles there are the more the top title is diminished
Everything you're saying is correct, midcard storylines hit the toilet after the brand split, often just becoming "you beat me, I beat you" with no real stakes. But you also need a midcard title so that the bottom half of your roster has something to theoretically fight for in the back of the fans' minds.
They're barely noticeable on the Cena match (M13), but D-Von wearing his 3D boots towards the end of the Reverend character (when on his prior twelve matches he was using white shoes) was a veiled hint that the three Dudleys were going to reunite sooner or later...
Either I missed out on a lot of D-von’s early ECW run or this was the most in shape he had ever been. He was moving fast and hitting drop kicks during this run!
Best tag teams.. LOD, Bush Wackers, Road Dogg Billy Gun, Hardy boys, egde christina lol. Head bangers, Apn, the gangsters, rock&sock, xpack123kid&kane.bros in destruction. Yall add some.....
In ECW Heyman wanted a black Dudley Boy and was introduced to D-Von (A-Train at the time). Saturn worked him out and said he could go and Heyman hired him. Then Heyman asked if he’d seen Pulp Fiction. And had him create his character after Samuel L. Jackson’s in the movie. And that’s how his character was born. In WWE D-Von asked to use the Reverend D-Von character. Vince loves the idea. Too bad it didn’t really go anywhere.
I watched back then and remember being impressed by batista but just wishing for the Dudley Reunion sucks i sorta didnt appreciate the run for what it was I didnt realize he crossed paths with so many main eventers and didnt really get much out of it other than beating Hunter
I don't think people understand how great of a run this was, nah I'm lying because if it was, he wouldn't have began teaming with Bubba again after Survivor Series '02. WWE realized they made a serious mistake splitting up The Dudley Boys at the 2002 WWE Draft.
Whether it *was* his "name" at that time, just a typo, or an intentional joke, I just 😂 in the last match: D-Von vs Bautista, where Bautista's name is written as "BAPtista" which, if it wasn't how he was presented during the "religious run," was an asbolute missed golden opportunity.
I don't see why this gimmick gets hate. Thumbs up if you like it, comment if you don't!
Dude, Thank you for this video. I truly appreciate this spotlight on a gimmick I wanted to see more of but couldn't.
Honestly it's seriously a underrated run solid work from D-von
Eyes of Righteousness alone gives him a place on Ring Of the Hawk.
Newlegacyinc helped his character out lowkey years later
I liked it!
Back in ECW, D-Von cut promos that made him sound like a preacher saying things like, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Dudley, thou shalt honor thy Big Daddy Dudley, thou shall not screw with the Dudleyz!"
"Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not fuck with the Dudleys!" Is his default one later on, he'd just throw it in at the end of their promos.
He also cursed while doing it too.😂
He told someone to shut the f*ck up.😂
Yes, but still it was foolish to make him do this small time character
@@duelistemissary7680 Awesome impression with the F-bomb.
Laughed my ass off as a teen when I realized he was collecting real money from the Crowd
Honestly I can see why Bruce Pritchard would write Reverend D-von better than Heyman.....It's literally just Bruce's "Brother Love" gimmick xD
"I love you!"
It's been said that when Heyman was head of SmackDown's creative that he wasn't looking out for the ECW guys. He was more interested in the younger, newer and "better" talent.
Reverend D-Von them music is still 🔥🔥 very underrated theme
Bro, I STILL want that sheet music to this day!
I always used it for my create a character in the video game lol
More wrestling themes need a black choir.
Oh my brother, TESTIFY!
🎵Please call my name!🎵
HE'S DOMINATE!
Testify
TESTICLES
This gimmick gave us the soundbite of d-von saying masterbation lol
"...What!"
6:00 i forgot how ripped and in good shape Ron Simmons was in 2002, he was 44 years old, damn!
Its bcuz he Ma----bated😂
Randy Orton is the same age right now! 😮
@@quentinkaasa47 and looks older than ron did then.....that shit kinda crazy xD
Weird to see Batista, Orton, and HHH interact pre-evolution.
Not to mention that Evolution formed later that year too.
And the strangest thing is that Mark Jindrak was originally member of Evolution instead of Orton.
@@Curtisisback1 no, jindrak spot got took over by batista, but actually atp I don't know if it is true, since batista interviewed by ccv clarified that he was always meant to be a part of evolution and jindrak wasn't, but in the ig reel jindrak said it was not true... so believe what you want, who cares
@@iago6000 I'm sorry, just put the wrong person)
@@iago6000no orton took Jindrak spot in Evolution and that's was Mark's big break but orton played politics
Being Jamaican and hearing the dutty wine instrumental in a wrestling vid is making me laugh
😂😂😂😂😂 that got me off guard
Fam i am laughing so hard… i was like “hol on.. but wait”🤣🤣🤣
Same yah mi g
Fr 😂
Was just about to make this comment I'm glad you got there before me 🤣🇯🇲
Owen Harts blackhart solo run from December 97-November 98?
1:13 Let's be honest with ourselves: Bruce Prichard thought it was a good idea because Vince thought it was a good idea and Bruce is a yes-man lol
I don't think that's quite it. Bruce and Vince just have similar tastes. The Undertaker likely wouldn't have worked so well without either Bruce or Vince's production. Bruce is also adamant that the Red Rooster (an equally ridiculous gimmick) would have worked if Terry Taylor's heart had been in it. Vince wouldn't be so defensive about that.
Oh for sure.
Vince is a satanists so of course he loves these gimmicks to embarrass God
People forget how JACKED Val Venis was.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Because by 2004 he stopped tanning, his body became all doughy AND he was going bald. He actually looked bigger here in this video than at any other point in his career. It's obvious he was on the juice.
@@quentinkaasa47apple or orange?
We know he was always jacked its just that nobody cares about him...
@@bjmills87 What about Grape? Or Juvi?
I think Rev D-Von could've been a good combo with Right To Censor as a cult heel stable, both gimmicks were underutilized.
Even so RTC got tag team title
RTC not really. It was meant to last three weeks and they ended up with months and months of stories and a couple title runs.
The timing as off. RTC ended about a year before the Rev. gimmick started.
@@noctes100 I know but I see certain characters or storylines and can't help but think how they could've made a bigger impact!
We'll never know the conclusion of the D-Von Building Fund...
He funded the orphanage that El Generico works for.
@@quentinkaasa47In which his friend Kevin Steen also helps run with Generico and two orphans followed in their footsteps and they were Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
4:31 “This referee”? Come on Marky it’s the power of TEDDY LONG! HOLLA HOLLA!
John Cena did actually beat Reverend D-Von once, but it was on Velocity. I think this was mentioned on WWE's 5 Things.
This. Cena beat him twice
I don't know if it's truth or not but I hear the Reverend gimmick was his D-Von's idea.
Yeah, and better yet - Bruce Prichard was the one behind his segments. He even admitted Heyman was the catalyst on leading him sooner to the reunion of The Dudleyz, since Paul didn't really know how to display a southern reverend portrayal unlike Prichard.
I think his dad was a pastor.
Day 2 until Ricky Ortiz gets covered on Ring of the Hawk.
Wow Heyman couldn't work his magic with this character? Such a rare flop indeed.
Likely an intentional burial so that it would be planted in Vince's head that Bubba & D-Von needed to be reunited sooner.
His music was GREAT
This run is actually alot better than I remember. Its better than what Bubba was doing over at Raw.
Exactly. Bubba was still in his Dudley persona, no change of character. I always felt like they should’ve gave D’Von a European title run
jimmy wang yang will definitely make the hawk talk🦅
As a Smackdown-only teen (cuz I didn't have cable to watch Raw back then), I absolutely loved Reverend D-Von. He could have had a major push as WWE Champion had his run continued, however, the Dudley Boyz reunion was much needed.
How could you not love D Von, he's just one of those wrestlers than no one seems to dislike. The fact that his first match involed him, Batista and Triple H and he was the winner, who would of ever thought that. His reunion with Bubba at Survivor Series 2002 was something else
Rene Dupree singles run. Unsure if it's less than 30 matches though
11:51 HOLY MARK HENRY HITTING A JUMPING SUPER KICK IS INSANE
Enjoyed the gimmick but GOD DAMN the theme was absolute, and I've never said this in this context in my life, fire
Good to know Farooq launches the hand shuttle. He’s a good guy. He hooked us up with tickets once when I was a kid, when he started in FL
I loved this time for dvon his theme is great and i liked his promo style! ❤
Great gimmick! A short term goal of mine is to get a rev dvon doin a dance as a gif to use when I get donations. He was the only tag guy that got a gimmick at this time
Awesome video. Even better background music. Dutty wine while watching Reverend D-Von 🔥🔥🔥
Mexicool tag team wwe run - Officially nominated for a ring of the hawk video
Hi Hawk. Thanks for being more active than Ultimate Warrior on the way to the ring
Could never understand why people called it a failed gimmick. I loved it, sure, it fizzled out, and wasn't ideal for where Batista wanted to go, but both were great at it.
I can't believe I went this long without seeing that promo exchange between D'Von and Farooq 😂😂
Testify my brotha
That damn theme is so good it ends up in my Spotify top 100 every year!
It looks so weird seeing Triple H come out on the Smackdown fist set.
Since you recently covered The Power Plant, I think Buddy Lee Parker would be a fun ROH. It'd give some insight perhaps as to why he focused on conditioning and little else.
I like how he was booked with and againt all of "Evolution" before it formed and helped make Batista and Orton get over in a small way
He should get an A Just for that theme song
And that masturbation promo
I agree the Batista vs D-Von angle should have happed at a ppv or at the very least the pre-show to one.
That was some really good music for a gimmick that was actually quite solid. It just sucks that tbe fans really just wanted D-Von in Dudley or Team 3D form. If not, he would've had a solid singles' run.
Paul Heyman not understanding anything about the South is pretty much spot on
Nobody ever questioned the Dudley’s being brothers only in wrestling 😂😂
Whatchu mean? Spike and DVon are totally spitting images 😂
Nice mate. Been looking forward to this one. I don’t make requests anymore since you covered Chris Melendez a few years back, but I’d love to see you cover Jimmy Havoc in AEW. Most overhyped wrestler ever. If you don’t count his AEW Dark matches he’s in RoH territory.
That mark henry jumping thru the middle ropes on his feet was badass 🎉
Dawg is that a dancehall song @ 1:55😭😂😂😂
Dutty Wine - Tony Matterhorn
@@ScottFree-GB yea I know the song im Jamaican lol I was just surprised bout the sing being on this video
@@FlyGuyLaFlareMarky has been using it for a while lol
Big up from Guyana 🇬🇾
We need the complete WWF run of Jerry Lynn...I understand that he wrestled like 95% of the run on B and C shows, but it will surely be a banger, plus he had like 27 matches
Remember when bubba used to st-st-st-st-stutter? 😁
I-I-I DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU REMEMBER!
I-I-I-I do remember back when he had tr-tr-tr-tr-trouble speaking his own na-na-na-na-name everytime he says, "My name is Buh-buh-buh-buh... Buh-buh-buh,
(pause)
My name is Buh Buh Ray Dudley".
He actually used stutter gimmick twice. One in ECW and other time in WWE. Both times it was for a short time after debut.
Good Ol' Baptista.
Bubba's "singles" run on RAW lasted around 32 or 33 matches from WWE Draft to Survivor Series 2002 when he and D-Von got back together. I say "singles" in quotation marks because he mostly teamed with Spike Dudley and Jeff Hardy on RAW. I know ROTH says "30 matches or less" but exceptions can be made sometimes.
Either The Briscoes in TNA/Impact or Murdoch & Slater as The Hardliner Collection Agency in WCW in Ring of the Hawk pls.
Shuv it squaddddddd! Finally see D'vons finisher on Cena nearly three quarters of the way through.
I'd never seen the second half of that promo where Farooq proudly declared he enjoyed cranking his hog. That was probably the highlight of the whole gimmick.
Dvon w the crucifix taunt on the top rope was lit
I found the gimmick to be funny 😅😅😅
Guy beat The Undertaker & Triple H on the same night (clean) and almost won Kingiest Of The Ringiest, he's earned my respect, adoration and plenty of donations.
If Devon was a main event talent with this gimmick, it would have been good. Like how Bully Ray was the top star heel in TNA.
I love the dominate theme song though, very catchy. I remember it on Anthology
Can we just talk about how lit whatever chris jericho is wearing in that interference
Here's the thing, a lack of a midcard title on Smackdown in 02 threw off a lot of the perception of midcarders, IMO. A guy like Dvon wasn't going to instantly be a main eventer, so he's languishing in a midcard with no "landing pad" of a US title. Eddie, Benoit, Edge and Angle all dipped into the tag ranks in fall of 02, and when DVon did as well, it felt like his singles run was a failure. Similar things with Ron Simmons, even John Cena. Without a midcard title, some guys were just too far away from something tangible to feud about.
He didn’t need a title just a storyline or feud with someone.
There's a reason WWE has had midcard titles after the brief experiment from 02 to 03. Too many c tier guys can't just will themselves up a notch without the crutch of a midcard title. This video was littered with em...Mark Henry, 02 Orton, 02 Cena, Valbowski.
@@theslimjames because they are too lazy to come up with storylines so “put them in a title match” is easy to do. That’s why fans are calling for a women’s mid card title because wwe cannot come up with more than 1 women’s storyline at a time. It allows for laziness. The more titles there are the more the top title is diminished
@@theslimjames why wasn’t dvon put in a storyline with rikishi or farooq ever since there Monday night wars ended Vince got lazier and lazier
Everything you're saying is correct, midcard storylines hit the toilet after the brand split, often just becoming "you beat me, I beat you" with no real stakes. But you also need a midcard title so that the bottom half of your roster has something to theoretically fight for in the back of the fans' minds.
Dvon is a better person irl, Bubba is known as an asshole when fans go up to him
7:01 That was a lovely finisher Chife kiss
They're barely noticeable on the Cena match (M13), but D-Von wearing his 3D boots towards the end of the Reverend character (when on his prior twelve matches he was using white shoes) was a veiled hint that the three Dudleys were going to reunite sooner or later...
Either I missed out on a lot of D-von’s early ECW run or this was the most in shape he had ever been. He was moving fast and hitting drop kicks during this run!
Your commentary is comedy gold
11:49 wtf !?
I didnt knew henry could do that
Damn
D-Von quoting Alan Partridge is something I thought I’d never see.
Farooq's got our back guys!!
Barista w/ D-von AGAINST HHH. Strange!
5:50 I almost choked on my water😂😂
The strong referee in the Dvon VS Rikishi match, who stops Batista, is actually Teddy Long 😂
11:11 D-von looks like he was trying to do Prince Nana's dance xD
“Bruce Prichard liked the idea too” of course he did. He’ll agree with anything Vince wants.
😭😭😭 those last 2 promos crazy
Dvon had a great character that got a young Batista over. It was a perfect run to me.
Randy & Batista wrestled so much better back then
Nah his entrance music 😂😂
The future InTheClutch/Internet City collab is gonna go sooooo hard!
Best tag teams..
LOD, Bush Wackers, Road Dogg Billy Gun, Hardy boys, egde christina lol. Head bangers, Apn, the gangsters, rock&sock, xpack123kid&kane.bros in destruction. Yall add some.....
Kung Funaki for Ring of the Hawk
(He’s even got a Wrestlemania moment!)
Mexicools for Ring of the Hawk
D-Von building fund still dominates
14:50 The Manimal Baptista
In ECW Heyman wanted a black Dudley Boy and was introduced to D-Von (A-Train at the time). Saturn worked him out and said he could go and Heyman hired him. Then Heyman asked if he’d seen Pulp Fiction. And had him create his character after Samuel L. Jackson’s in the movie. And that’s how his character was born. In WWE D-Von asked to use the Reverend D-Von character. Vince loves the idea. Too bad it didn’t really go anywhere.
Hawk do luther reigns run is good
Long live the HAWK!!!
Shuv it Squad 4 life
Young randy had a crazy moveset
He nailed the gimmick, great character by D-Von!
Also, wasn't Venis just "The Big Valbowski" in 02?
Wasn’t in these matches 😂
I watched back then and remember being impressed by batista but just wishing for the Dudley Reunion sucks i sorta didnt appreciate the run for what it was
I didnt realize he crossed paths with so many main eventers and didnt really get much out of it other than beating Hunter
"aw you don't massuhbait no mo? well i do!" lol
I don't think people understand how great of a run this was, nah I'm lying because if it was, he wouldn't have began teaming with Bubba again after Survivor Series '02. WWE realized they made a serious mistake splitting up The Dudley Boys at the 2002 WWE Draft.
It’s crazy in watching this now and I realize wwe really did drop the ball on rev dvon they could of did much much much more
The run I want to see is The Mean Street Posse from WWF 1999 to 2001
I admit it. I sinned to Trish 😭
This gimmick was hilarious. Plus it gave us Batista.
Whether it *was* his "name" at that time, just a typo, or an intentional joke, I just 😂 in the last match: D-Von vs Bautista, where Bautista's name is written as "BAPtista" which, if it wasn't how he was presented during the "religious run," was an asbolute missed golden opportunity.
Match 6 - EVOLUTION EXPLODES!!
I wonder if they stopped with the collection box because of the implication that D-Von was stealing money from the fans.