It honestly did seem like maybe the worst time to come up in wrestling. At least in the old days, you could kinda sorta justify the hazing with the guys legitimately wanting to protect the business. In the 2000's, it was just a bunch of mid-card guys using it as an excuse to be assholes.
Well the mid 00 guys are guys who got into wrestling after the late 90s boom. That boom captured suburban middle class teens from stable homes. These are wrestlers who go back to the hotel room and play video games and go on social media after the show, not do cocaine and rage at the strip club all night with the boys. They’re a different and softer breed than the wrestlers from the 90s and before. The previous generation were guys with real actual trauma more like Vietnam vets.
He tells it like it is. Thats whats great about the podcast cause he doesn’t give a F. Unfortunately WWE has stopped sending him his royalties because they petty. But royalties these days are coffee money anyways so he doesn’t care. He is successful
I still remember hearing about Buh Buh being stiff with smaller guys, until he had a match against Too Cool and Rikishi. Somehow, he felt like being a professional that night.
Imagine being the Undertaker and you offer a new kid a beverage, to be told be doesn't drink. Then round the corner and see him doing shots with Jamie Noble haha
If taker offers you a beer, you drink it. Even if you don’t drink. I remember in the navy when my friend was there and his CO offered him a smoke, he was like yeah, he doesn’t smoke. Lol. But yeah.
Ran into Bubba at the Orlando Airport and I was nothing but respectful and just said I was a big fan and thanked him for all the memories and he was nothing but rude and then proceeded to berate the staff at security because the lines weren't moving fast enough. I rode the same train back to the main building with him and I've never been so disappointed
The best part is Paul is so calm and casual as he's absolutely destroying Bubba Ray Dudley with his insults lol. I always liked Paul but now I respect him even more than I already did
They are all egotistical emotionally shallow jerks....it's a fact that you almost HAVE to be to a degree in that business, then to make it to THAT level. Almost every wrestler, big time or local guy, will tell you the same thing lol.
Thank you! I don’t care what gimmick he has, Bubba Ray is NOT a world champion or main event material. If he’s on top of any card, that promotion is in trouble.
@@bubediscuss two pint sized wimps like London, and Kendricks calling anybody a douche is like the pot calling the kettle black. All these two turd burglars can do is call people names, but if ever confronted, they would shit their pants. ?London and Kendricks are not tough enough to be prison bitches.
These years are flying by. It seemed just like yesterday I was in 8th grade watching Kendrick and London on SD. Paul London has grey hair, and I'm starting to get some too. We're getting old
Batista hated Bubba as well because during a 2003 tag match between Batista and Orton and the Dudleys Bubba injured Randy's foot but claimed landing on the foot had hurt his back.
Bubba's best gimmick that WWE failed to capitalize on especially during that "ERA" where it was a mainstream problem was Bubba's Bully Ray gimmick. We could a had Bully Ray Vs. John Cena, that promo-off would had been great.
@Greg Bailey he was a bouncer back when he was in bodybuilding. I don't know that he would beat up mma fighters. but he could probably hold his own in a fight.
My uncles that took me to a house show in 2002 when I was 9 had done work on the local arenas that WWE always came to and had been backstage around people a lot. Plus they knew Kane to some degree. We were at this house show and sitting up by the curtain. Rod McMahon came out to talk to them and I didn't even know who he was. They told me it was Vince's brother but it didn't really seem like a big deal at the time. He wasn't someone I'd saw on TV. I remember him telling them though about how Bubba and Brock were the two people he didn't like being around.
Yeah, Rod was not involved in the business at all. You got the rare visit. I'm guessing Florida, North Carolina, or some metro area in the Northeast? NY? Bahstin?
100% Bubba Ray hates his own body and is jealous of his co-workers' physiques. In an ECW promo, Lance Storm once said guys who wear T-shirts to wrestle are trying to hide the fact that they're not true athletes. I think he got heat for it because he never mentioned it again.
And Holy shit! I JUST noticed this was Rene Dupree that does the podcast, I remember when him and Suzuki made me cry when they won the tag titles lol. Good days man and definitely under appreciated talent.
I watch many many wrestling interviews and podcasts and nobody has anything good to say about Bubba Dudley.. that's when you definitely know something is true when multiple people say it.
@@joshx022 Yes that was a odd couple to start with I really always liked her. He doesn't seem all that bad on his radio show maybe he is chilled out a little.
Went to an ECW house show with my best friend who was a cop at the time. The show was supposed to start, I think at 8pm. Of course the show is running late because it's ECW and it is freezing cold outside. My friend sees one of his colleagues who is working security for the building and he lets my friend and I into the building. The building was rectangular shaped and the show (the ring and the fan seating) was on one end of the building. We were at the other end of the building just talking to the security guard, probably at least 70 yards from where the show was located. Out of nowhere Bubba Ray starts yelling at us, threatening to kick our asses if we don't leave. The security guard, who is in uniform, says they are with me and Bubba says he doesn't give a shit and he wants us gone and that it's 'his show' (or something to that affect, I couldn't quite make out what he said). My friend is a former D-1 wrestler and coaches BJJ to many MMA stars. It would have been funny to have seen Bubba get choked out before the show.
@@datacipher It was none of his business. We weren't anywhere near where the ring and seats where and we weren't bothering anybody nor where we watching them setting up the show because you couldn't see them. He was just being a dickhead trying to bully us to no avail.
Paul London is cool dude. There was a WWE promo deal at universal city walk in L.A. and a lot of talent was there. My son has Autism and was trying to get autographs ( he was about 10 years old) security was tight and being assholes. Paul and Brian Kendrick noticed my son and walked past security, signed his stuff and were incredibly kind to him. Class act.
I'll never forget how savagely and carelessly Bubba threw Rob Conway through a table during one match. It almost looked like he was aiming not for the center of the table but the floor beneath it. I couldn't believe Conway shook that off. I thought the dude was DONE.
I was just a school boy the last time I saw Rene Dupree on TV. Happy that you still doing fine, man. And from stories I found out from wrestling pods, Bubba is a true asshole. Love Paul's works in WWE and the indies. Dude really good. 😤
Still remember the first TNA match I saw Paul work. He hit a shooting star clothesline, to the outside (from the apron)! I still remember it, and it was probably the only time the move has been used! Thought it was terrific.
Thats because Bubba Ray injured both of them in a live event, Bubba went stiff on Batista who tore his tricep and Randy broke his foot when Bubba landed on his foot doing a double flapjack move. Instead of showing concern, Bubba yelled at Randy for injuring his back because he landed on Randy's foot which Batista despised Bubba for. So yeah Batista and Orton had the right to talk negative of him.
Brooke Tessmacher and Traci Brooks have mirror image initials. And I do not consider it at all coincidental that they were once astonishingly sultry Brunettes working for the same Company roundabout the same time!🤔😘🎤💃🇨🇦🤼♀️B.W.
JB: Just something I noticed. And there is a "Bizarro" element to it sometimes. Such as when John Cena and Chris Jericho feuded in WWE. Mirror Image Initials and diametrically opposite philosophies which made them great adversaries!🤔😂😮🎤🤼♂️B.W.
I always thought Rene Dupree should have been bigger than he was I’ll never forget being 6 years old and watching him going against my 2nd favorite wrestler rvd good match
Darn, I always thought Bubba Dudley was great in the ring. I didn't know there were so many bad stories about him being a jerk backstage. What a shame.
he was a sick fuck as his gimmick what do you expect. i always felt like the real man behind the character was an asshole so thats why he's so entertaining.
@@coltonwilkie241 Maybe so, but I don't feel the same watching his old wrestling matches today compared to when I watched them back in 1997. I almost feel guilty watching the man on TV now.
I met Paul along with Biohazard when they were doing a show at Splash Town in San Antonio, TX back in the early 00's. Was bullshitting with them in line for a couple of the water slides. Pretty cool dudes.
This is such an insult to James... James doesn't shill his crooked finance company or put his stupid face in all the video title pictures or weigh 700 pounds or beat his wife or say stupid things like "lot to unpack here". James doesn't even include his last name because he's not trying to push himself or make himself famous, he wants all the attention to be where it should be: the wrestlers!
Way back when.. 2003 I was a young boy in the industry.... jobbing put to teams in dark matches... so we're in Worcester mass. Backlash ppv .. wwe. My tag partner John and I were in the ring brought in to help rehearse spots.. set up the ring too. Hunter was respectful and pretty decent. Jericho and booker were very helpful. Then we got in the ring with Mark the self mark and Dvon . Devon is a light worker. Gives just enough to keep the ball rolling and to look realistic. So we bumped around for him like a pin ball machine.. Mark the self Mark Dudley entered the ring.. Proceed to smack us both around all the way back to Dudley ville. Uttering such gems as "ya both are tomato cans...scrubs..little pricks " I mean dude... wtf can you do in that position?? Your job guys... We fight back but get the cold shoulder for doing so...backstage.. So yeah unfortunately.. Its not am isolated incident with the Duds ...
Bully ray was a great character as the leader of the aces and eights! Great heal and it is a shame WWE didn't see him or Devon as singles wrestlers. I thought they were entertaining, but it is a shame if they were not decent human beings which is more important, but don't discredit their talent either
Damn Paul going in on him Paul is a good wrestler too him and Brian Kendrick were an awesome tag team they were like when u par rocket fuel and nos together
The most miserable make everybody. Feel as bad as they do. In my life I came across so many guys like bubba. That just wanna get a reaction out of you. With there shit talking just wanna start some shit cuz there not happy with themselves. Or they point there finger at you with some shit that isn’t true about you. My advice to anyone that’s going through it. Stay strong by not responding an don’t make it a big deal. You’re just giving em energy. By responding or defending yourself to there shit talking. You’re already winning by staying silent. Ohh by the way love you’re podcast by the way René. You had one of the best physiques in wwe. They should’ve made you a world champion. You deserved it😃
@@nadirsanchez1675 dude have you seen his physique back in 04. Plus he has been wrestling his whole life. Majority of the guy Guys in wwe. Have no background an are instantly champions. It’s seems kinda unfair. But that’s wwe for you there known for killing good talent
Really cool video! Always had major respect for Paul London the guy has all the tools to be a big money star! seems to be a genuinely good guy…. which probably hurt him since Pro Wrestling is a lot like High school
Right? Just order a coke and appreciate that one of the most respected people in the business wants it know your name and go outa his way to make your feel welcomed. No wonder that rubbed people the wrong way, even if unintended, especially since he went to bars and clearly isn't someone who never drinks.
It would only even remotely be excusable if Paul was a recovering alcoholic or something. Doesn't seem to be the case going by what he said. A legend offers you a drink, you take it. I'm just a fan who isn't even in the business and I know as much. I don't blame Bubba at all.
Americans don't drink it's basically why they left Europe because we are all constantly drunk north to south east to west whisky to wine vodka 2 cerveza lol but Americans like to pretend to be healthy lol keyword pretend. if a European guy refuses a drink in that situation there probably an alcoholic or a small child there is no other reason a recovering alcoholic is someone who has realised they do need drink somebody who lives in denial of alcohol is silly everything in moderation Irish moderation not evangelical lunatic moderation.
I never liked Ray, he acts likes he's some great wrestling legend and he's nothing. The only thing he's achieved was landing Velvet Sky and I still don't understand that.
@@jamesjones-ez9ug they were over, I give them that but let's face the facts. Devon carried the team, Bubba did nothing but say get the tables. My honest opinion is they were always at the right place at the right time, Tna needed them because of who and where they had been. Ecw really didn't have to many tag teams or team that stayed together that long, they did good in WWF/E during the Attitude era because everything was hard-core this and that and ECW was still fresh in people's mind. But title wins really doesn't make you the greatest, I don't feel Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. Ric wrestled the same match for 40 years, Bret Hart or HBK or even William Regel could out wrestle him and put on a better show. Goldberg and Warrior are two of the biggest names in the business but let's faces the facts neither could out wrestle a wrestler.
@@timothycrawford3476 That always annoyed me. Like how come the black guy always gotta go get the tables?.. But maybe that's why Devon was always in better shape, cause Bubba lazy af.
Bubba knew the locker room and in ring politics and he learned a lot form his friend Paul E Dangerously. Bubba learned a lot from Dreamer too, all them guys hung out behind the scenes of ECW. All the inside info of WCW and WWF filtered around ECW it had to of because the talent would jump around a lot back then.
Mid 00's WWE sounds like it was a complete nightmare. I remember at the time thinking the product was turning bad and something wasn't right any more. Turns out all that toxic backstage stuff was just making its way into the product on screen in roundabout ways. I guess it finally spilled over when it came to the likes of CM Punk who reacted to all this shit explosively. The likes of the Pipe Bomb must have been music to these guys ears.
Rene Dupree and Paul London do not and I repeat, DO NOT GIVE A F*** about CM Chumps hot air promo...they don't give a damn about what he has to whine about because he came up in the locker room from 2006 onwards when the backstage stuff wasn't as bad to the point he was walking around in the WWECW locker room calling himself the locker room leader and tried to act like one to Rene who literally brushed him right off....CM Punk would have been a jobber in the Attitude and early Ruthless Agression era because they would have hazed the living s*** out of him
The crazy thing is that Bubba Ray has a diehard fan base due to Busted Open. I'm not cancel culture or anything and look at the prism that many people are product of their time (if you committed a crime regardless of era you should be held accountable) but he hasn't learnt anything and I mean anything. This argument of this generation is soft is B.S. when it comes to him. He's been a terrible person then and still is now. I shouldn't be stunned that he is a personality who "speaks his mind" so many people listen to him. It's just disturbing.
Busted open with Lagreca and Bully is everything that is wrong with wrestling, Dave yells and screams at his callers and lectures everyone about being toxic. Bully shits on everything that involves tables or a pile driver but says he keeps it honest. The best is Lagreca suspending Tommy Dreamer for standing up for Ric Flair when he Is the biggest Ric Flair mark. I like Tommy and Mark Henry, but to much old carnie bs otherwise.
This WWE tour was 6/3/2004-6/6/2004 ( 2 days in Italy & 2 days in Germany ) tour with hazing.. After 6/3 WWE Show, Rene Dupree, Paul London & Rico goe to the Beach for a walk.
That year with smackdown ppvs was pure fire. London and Kendrick would burn it up as a tag team and then Cena would carry JBL and Khali. Best PPVs that WWE have done wrestling wise.
Being a young wrestler sharing locker rooms w/ Bubba, Bob Holly & Bradshaw must been a nightmare
Benoit *
Bob Holly really laid into Kevin Nash that time 😂 really laid down the law. 😂 jk he didnt.
Only if you're a punk. Either you stand up for yourself or you become a punk .
@@bigdaddytrips6197 keep your golden shovel tf away from me trips.
@@bigdaddytrips6197 no one tell him what the wors punk means
All the guys that lived through the mid 00s WWE are like vietnam vets, you can see the trauma in their eyes.
The Attitude Era, man. It was like the Wild West back then.
It honestly did seem like maybe the worst time to come up in wrestling. At least in the old days, you could kinda sorta justify the hazing with the guys legitimately wanting to protect the business. In the 2000's, it was just a bunch of mid-card guys using it as an excuse to be assholes.
That's true 😂 people say wrestling today should be meaner but the guys today are a lot healthier and happier!
Well the mid 00 guys are guys who got into wrestling after the late 90s boom. That boom captured suburban middle class teens from stable homes. These are wrestlers who go back to the hotel room and play video games and go on social media after the show, not do cocaine and rage at the strip club all night with the boys.
They’re a different and softer breed than the wrestlers from the 90s and before. The previous generation were guys with real actual trauma more like Vietnam vets.
@@emmanuelgarcia619 In the mid 00s nobody had social media to go to after the show. It sounds like you’re talking just to talk
Lmao Paul London is the best guest so far. Guy did not hold back on Bubba.
He seems like the best interview so far, I agree 👍.
All the guest have been great. But Paul London literally needs his own podcast. His charisma and humor is unmatched. How Does WWE Screw that up?!?
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂defo best interview!!!
Blubbah
Bubba was part of one of the greatest tag teams in pro wrestling . Paul London who
I like how Rene reinforces these stories. He doesn’t sugar coat it like other wrestler podcasts
He tells it like it is. Thats whats great about the podcast cause he doesn’t give a F. Unfortunately WWE has stopped sending him his royalties because they petty. But royalties these days are coffee money anyways so he doesn’t care. He is successful
Paul looks like a wizard about to give me a sidequest
Ha, ha, ha!
RuneScape OGs understand that comment and struggle
damn 😭
Passenger: Sir, just let me be on my way!
Paul London: You...shall...not...PASS!!!!🤣
The genius along with macho man
New Jack said it best, Bubba tried to act like a tough guy but he couldn't fight. He saw Bubba doing the windmill.
😂😂😂
😂 I remember that
Bubba was straight Philly trash
Could new Jack fight though? With out a shank or kitchen utensils?
@@jeepernj99 ask Nasty Boy Brian Knobbs if New Jack CAN'T fight without a weapon.
I never get tired of the Blubber Ray stories
Blubber Ray 😂
@@gator9339What’s so funny?
@@gator9339 LMFAOOO
The hilarious thought of a naked Rico running into the water as Paul and Rene are having a serious conversation "Hey boys!"
“YOU ARE SO, GOOD TO ME!!!”
This is the most genuine and underrated wrestling podcast I've seen. Shout-out to you guys!
I still remember hearing about Buh Buh being stiff with smaller guys, until he had a match against Too Cool and Rikishi. Somehow, he felt like being a professional that night.
Rikishi is cool but he also seems like he could clock you if you cross him.
@@MrDp115 rikishi is chill af
That's because Rikishi would put you in the hospital if you took liberties with him, lmao.
@@Spermwhales93 Bingo. Somehow, Samoans can make you humble.
@@waygookinway1805 And Tongans. I mean, Haku...
No matter how much Bubba may know about the business, everyone remembers if your a jerk, nobody forgets
Just like JBL
I have to agree with Paul. The only thing Barney Ray knew was “Get The Tables!”
Imagine being the Undertaker and you offer a new kid a beverage, to be told be doesn't drink. Then round the corner and see him doing shots with Jamie Noble haha
If taker offers you a beer, you drink it. Even if you don’t drink. I remember in the navy when my friend was there and his CO offered him a smoke, he was like yeah, he doesn’t smoke. Lol. But yeah.
@@TheFailedmessiah Yeah that’s the NAVY not theatre wrestling
@@JayL8899 ah i see you don’t know how wrestling used to work.
You can be the most sober mf. If undertaker hands you a beer, you accept it with a smile on your face and try to dump it later lol
@@JayL8899 same principle, ass clown
Ran into Bubba at the Orlando Airport and I was nothing but respectful and just said I was a big fan and thanked him for all the memories and he was nothing but rude and then proceeded to berate the staff at security because the lines weren't moving fast enough. I rode the same train back to the main building with him and I've never been so disappointed
Erik I'm not a bit surprised. I never liked that guy
@@rashaunwilliams7834 wasn't like I was being a douchey fan either all up in his face and asking for pics and autographs so he had no excuse lol
@@THEYREHEREhorrorclub it's ok erik I completely understand I thought bubba ray was a douche even before youtube Or google.
@The World Is Trash no he was by himself all smug and being a dick on his way back to nyc lol
They say never meet your heroes. You will always be disappointed
"jobber the hutt"
fucking
howling
😂
Bubba the hutt
The best part is Paul is so calm and casual as he's absolutely destroying Bubba Ray Dudley with his insults lol. I always liked Paul but now I respect him even more than I already did
"Than like Rico come running across our view naked" - Paul London
Damn, wrestling locker rooms are like High School.
They are all egotistical emotionally shallow jerks....it's a fact that you almost HAVE to be to a degree in that business, then to make it to THAT level. Almost every wrestler, big time or local guy, will tell you the same thing lol.
"HIS FAT" got Scott Steiner vibes instantly. 🤣
I’ll make him bleed
Yo Paul London didn't shy away from telling the truth, I love dudes like that who don't hold back.
I stopped taking TNA seriously the moment they put their world heavyweight championship belt on Bubba Ray. LMFAO
It took you that long?
@@mattharper1242 haha for real though
Thank you! I don’t care what gimmick he has, Bubba Ray is NOT a world champion or main event material. If he’s on top of any card, that promotion is in trouble.
I thought Bubba increased the ratings pal🤣
When R truth lost to Double J i was OUT way the the fuck ouy
Every time he says 'Fat fuck' 🤣🤣🤣🤣
6:27 lmao
Paul London shoots are amazing. Wasn’t it him who called Deuce (from Deuce and Domino) “Douche”!? Haha
Haha him and everyone else on the planet.
Yeah him and Kendrick called them Douche and Domino hahaha legends. Those two should have been in the new Bill and Ted actually, same vibe.
@@bubediscuss two pint sized wimps like London, and Kendricks calling anybody a douche is like the pot calling the kettle black. All these two turd burglars can do is call people names, but if ever confronted, they would shit their pants. ?London and Kendricks are not tough enough to be prison bitches.
That’s not really clever
@@TL2354 not that clever. But just funny in general.
I’m not a drinker either but if the undertaker asks me to drink I’m having one
These years are flying by. It seemed just like yesterday I was in 8th grade watching Kendrick and London on SD. Paul London has grey hair, and I'm starting to get some too. We're getting old
Same- They were a really good high flying team, just needed more mic and promo work.
It was the same situation for Haas and Benjamin back in the day.
How do you think I feel as a teen watching Austin rock DX nWo.. lol
Wonder if René has home footage locker room shenanigans that he could share with us in his time OVW/WWE.
Love this interview. Its good to hear interviews from stars that are not marks for themselves💯💯💯
Dude is the greatest. No nonsense, no BS just spits truths and has since day 1.
Batista hated Bubba as well because during a 2003 tag match between Batista and Orton and the Dudleys Bubba injured Randy's foot but claimed landing on the foot had hurt his back.
I think Roman Reigns hates him too because Bubba said that his Best Friend Dean Ambrose owes an apology to the fans for going to rehab for alcoholism.
@@forgottenmma3694 Who gives a F what Roman Reigns thinks or has to say about anything... Lmao
@@kennedywilliams2280 well a lot of people backstage seems to care what Roman thinks and why shouldn't they he's a badass. And your just a dumbass
@@kennedywilliams2280 Regardless of what you think, he was right, and Roman wasn’t the only one in the wrestling landscape with that opinion
Bubba's best gimmick that WWE failed to capitalize on especially during that "ERA" where it was a mainstream problem was Bubba's Bully Ray gimmick. We could a had Bully Ray Vs. John Cena, that promo-off would had been great.
I bet Bubba wouldn't try anything like that with the likes of Brock Lesnar or John Cena.
Change Cena for Van Dam
@Greg Bailey ...?
@@dary0097 ..?
Or haku
@Greg Bailey he was a bouncer back when he was in bodybuilding. I don't know that he would beat up mma fighters. but he could probably hold his own in a fight.
If Paul London was a just little bigger I could imagine him in a role similar to Seth Rollins. This guys face is pure money.
My uncles that took me to a house show in 2002 when I was 9 had done work on the local arenas that WWE always came to and had been backstage around people a lot. Plus they knew Kane to some degree. We were at this house show and sitting up by the curtain. Rod McMahon came out to talk to them and I didn't even know who he was. They told me it was Vince's brother but it didn't really seem like a big deal at the time. He wasn't someone I'd saw on TV. I remember him telling them though about how Bubba and Brock were the two people he didn't like being around.
I believe u
Bro you should tell the story on Colt Cabana new podcast “Wrestling Anonymous”
Damn. That’s like sighting a unicorn with Rod McMahon.
Yeah, Rod was not involved in the business at all. You got the rare visit. I'm guessing Florida, North Carolina, or some metro area in the Northeast? NY? Bahstin?
@@theecharmingbilly Knoxville TN lol
Bubba Ray was so so nice to my mother and I during a tour in '03. next year he told us "why don't you both Fuck off" 😔Really sucked.
What? Why die he was that?
Oh hell no I would lost my shit if he told that to my mom
100% Bubba Ray hates his own body and is jealous of his co-workers' physiques. In an ECW promo, Lance Storm once said guys who wear T-shirts to wrestle are trying to hide the fact that they're not true athletes. I think he got heat for it because he never mentioned it again.
And Holy shit! I JUST noticed this was Rene Dupree that does the podcast, I remember when him and Suzuki made me cry when they won the tag titles lol. Good days man and definitely under appreciated talent.
The name of the channel and his name at the top of the video didn't spoil it for you, eh?
I answered that question before you asked. Trying being an asshole somewhere else.
@@MoviePalaceOfBlood maybe if Rene ran his own podcast and turned a light on it'd be easier to tell
You cried when they won the tag team titles? Good grief.
@@theecharmingbilly lol yeah man I hated those guys as a kindergartner 😂😂
Paul London kinda reminds me and sounds like the actor Christian Bale.
That’s what I was thinking👍
Waaaahhh now that i hear it, i can't unhear it.
Sounds like Bale? What? He’s Welsh 😂
@@user-dq6se6er8j your on about Gareth Bale 🤦♂️😂😂😂
@@emonkazemphotography6129 Christian Bale is also welsh
I watch many many wrestling interviews and podcasts and nobody has anything good to say about Bubba Dudley.. that's when you definitely know something is true when multiple people say it.
Aka when Indy darlings say it. Stop believing people and enjoy what you like you brainlet smark
Velvet sky finally escaped him I heard. Ha
@@joshx022 Yes that was a odd couple to start with I really always liked her. He doesn't seem all that bad on his radio show maybe he is chilled out a little.
@@AlBundyPolkHigh. we can hope. The negative seems to supercede the good at times.
@@joshx022 Very True. It is funny over the years I've heard many wrestlers say the only guy I really ever hated was a bubba Ray.😂😂😂
Went to an ECW house show with my best friend who was a cop at the time. The show was supposed to start, I think at 8pm. Of course the show is running late because it's ECW and it is freezing cold outside. My friend sees one of his colleagues who is working security for the building and he lets my friend and I into the building.
The building was rectangular shaped and the show (the ring and the fan seating) was on one end of the building. We were at the other end of the building just talking to the security guard, probably at least 70 yards from where the show was located.
Out of nowhere Bubba Ray starts yelling at us, threatening to kick our asses if we don't leave. The security guard, who is in uniform, says they are with me and Bubba says he doesn't give a shit and he wants us gone and that it's 'his show' (or something to that affect, I couldn't quite make out what he said). My friend is a former D-1 wrestler and coaches BJJ to many MMA stars. It would have been funny to have seen Bubba get choked out before the show.
To be fair the dudleys were old school heel were they kept kayfabe all the time
To be fair, Bubba had every right to do that and the guard (and your friend) should know better.
@@datacipher It was none of his business. We weren't anywhere near where the ring and seats where and we weren't bothering anybody nor where we watching them setting up the show because you couldn't see them. He was just being a dickhead trying to bully us to no avail.
So what happened tho? Bubba yelled at yall until yal left?
Thats still a cool ass story tho!
Can't say Bubba was a one trick pony. Dude caused riots in ECW. He was never allowed to be a true heel in WWE.
Paul London is cool dude. There was a WWE promo deal at universal city walk in L.A. and a lot of talent was there. My son has Autism and was trying to get autographs ( he was about 10 years old) security was tight and being assholes. Paul and Brian Kendrick noticed my son and walked past security, signed his stuff and were incredibly kind to him. Class act.
That's cool man I love hearing stories like that where the people the kids look up to are actually humble dudes
I'll never forget how savagely and carelessly Bubba threw Rob Conway through a table during one match. It almost looked like he was aiming not for the center of the table but the floor beneath it. I couldn't believe Conway shook that off. I thought the dude was DONE.
Conway was a beast. Another OVW guy Johnny Ace saw fit to screw over.
Wasn't that match at Unforgiven 2003?
This is only place that feels like everybody is telling the truth.
I was just a school boy the last time I saw Rene Dupree on TV. Happy that you still doing fine, man.
And from stories I found out from wrestling pods, Bubba is a true asshole.
Love Paul's works in WWE and the indies. Dude really good. 😤
"If he's not telling d-von to get the tables, who gives a fuck" Paul London is absolutely hilarious XD
Dig the raw honesty of this interview... Very cool.
"Did you ever see him shower?" My Lawd bruh 😭
I loved the tag team of Paul London & Brian Kendrick. Lol Rene was staring so intensely at the camera the whole time 😂😂
Kinda sounds like barney rubble when he was doing his Bubba impression 😆
Undertaker has always been the TRUTH
Undertaker is a Legend
Frl put some respect on his name
Still remember the first TNA match I saw Paul work. He hit a shooting star clothesline, to the outside (from the apron)! I still remember it, and it was probably the only time the move has been used! Thought it was terrific.
I like Bubba Ray but that impersonation London did was epic lol
Undertaker is a solid guy for that, mad respect.
His Undertaker impression was spot on lol!
Lol seems like Bubba tried to boss around guys younger than him like Batista and Orton didn't have nice things to say about him either
Thats because Bubba Ray injured both of them in a live event, Bubba went stiff on Batista who tore his tricep and Randy broke his foot when Bubba landed on his foot doing a double flapjack move. Instead of showing concern, Bubba yelled at Randy for injuring his back because he landed on Randy's foot which Batista despised Bubba for. So yeah Batista and Orton had the right to talk negative of him.
I always liked Paul London super underrated and love Rene Dupree.
The best thing Bubba ever did was get the TNA belt on Chris Sabin for 5 seconds
And get to makeout with Brooke Tessmacher!
Brooke Tessmacher and Traci Brooks have mirror image initials. And I do not consider it at all coincidental that they were once astonishingly sultry Brunettes working for the same Company roundabout the same time!🤔😘🎤💃🇨🇦🤼♀️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 what a bizarre thing to comment
JB: Just something I noticed. And there is a "Bizarro" element to it sometimes. Such as when John Cena and Chris Jericho feuded in WWE. Mirror Image Initials and diametrically opposite philosophies which made them great adversaries!🤔😂😮🎤🤼♂️B.W.
Sabin really deserved more and better, career-wise.
I've never heard a good story about buh bah Dudley tho everyone seems to like d von lol
good to see James get more recognition, his channel is great.
I always thought Rene Dupree should have been bigger than he was I’ll never forget being 6 years old and watching him going against my 2nd favorite wrestler rvd good match
"If he's not telling D'Von to get the tables, then like who gives a f*ck?" 😂😂
Darn, I always thought Bubba Dudley was great in the ring. I didn't know there were so many bad stories about him being a jerk backstage. What a shame.
he was a sick fuck as his gimmick what do you expect. i always felt like the real man behind the character was an asshole so thats why he's so entertaining.
Well Chris Benoit was great in the ring but he's also a murderer. You can separate the worker from the person. It's not hard.
honestly, couldnt care less, Dudley boyz are still my favourite staple in wrestling.
@@coltonwilkie241 Maybe so, but I don't feel the same watching his old wrestling matches today compared to when I watched them back in 1997. I almost feel guilty watching the man on TV now.
Great story on Bubba..would love an interview with Rico
London was awesome to watch thanks for the hard work
Paul and Brian were one of the best tag teams ever, so ahead of their time
Dudley Boyz for life 3D oh testify Wassup
cmon now, we all know bubba was the eric cartman of pro wrestling. give em a break
I met Paul along with Biohazard when they were doing a show at Splash Town in San Antonio, TX back in the early 00's. Was bullshitting with them in line for a couple of the water slides. Pretty cool dudes.
What a fun, weird and oddly-specific situation to meet the man😅
Renee and Paul
Seem like cool guys
I love this unfiltered podcast man! René looks surprised as Paul is telling stories that he was there for though 🤣
Rene has his own Conrad Thompson it looks like hey hey....lmao 🤣
This is such an insult to James... James doesn't shill his crooked finance company or put his stupid face in all the video title pictures or weigh 700 pounds or beat his wife or say stupid things like "lot to unpack here". James doesn't even include his last name because he's not trying to push himself or make himself famous, he wants all the attention to be where it should be: the wrestlers!
Did I hear him call him Blubber Dudley 😄😁
Paul London is great. The salt and pepper look looks good on him! Keep keeping it real, brotha!
Way back when.. 2003 I was a young boy in the industry.... jobbing put to teams in dark matches... so we're in Worcester mass. Backlash ppv .. wwe.
My tag partner John and I were in the ring brought in to help rehearse spots.. set up the ring too.
Hunter was respectful and pretty decent.
Jericho and booker were very helpful.
Then we got in the ring with Mark the self mark and Dvon .
Devon is a light worker. Gives just enough to keep the ball rolling and to look realistic. So we bumped around for him like a pin ball machine..
Mark the self Mark Dudley entered the ring..
Proceed to smack us both around all the way back to Dudley ville.
Uttering such gems as "ya both are tomato cans...scrubs..little pricks "
I mean dude... wtf can you do in that position?? Your job guys...
We fight back but get the cold shoulder for doing so...backstage..
So yeah unfortunately..
Its not am isolated incident with the Duds ...
sometimes hearing stories like that it makes me think people who volunteer to job for these nuts are foolish
It sucks to find out that the funny table man I loved as a kid is a complete asshole. But it also isn't that surprising, I guess.
I like his Undertaker impression lol
Bully ray was a great character as the leader of the aces and eights! Great heal and it is a shame WWE didn't see him or Devon as singles wrestlers. I thought they were entertaining, but it is a shame if they were not decent human beings which is more important, but don't discredit their talent either
Makes sense why Velvet Sky broke up with him now. 😂
I was thinking they were still together so that’s good to hear lol
It still blows my mind that she even got with him in the first place. That dude is gross af. Idk how any chick would wana be with him.
@@jessiepalermo7234 You'd be surprised what kind of guys these hos go for nowadays
Jamie was pretty memorable character
HAHAHAHAHAHA got me fucked up 😂 jabba the hut ass tongue lmao 🤣 i gotta see the full episode for this asap!
Damn Paul going in on him Paul is a good wrestler too him and Brian Kendrick were an awesome tag team they were like when u par rocket fuel and nos together
Naked Rico swimming into shark infested waters at 2am "Hey Boys"
This business is full of people like Bubba 😡
and bitches like London
I bet Paul audition for Superman for “Superman Returns”
Rene Dupree,Paul London, mark jindrak sylvain grenier were some of the wwe wrestlers who I only saw in the smackdown Vs raw 2006 game that's it 😅
Bruh they were all over Smackdown back when it was good with Angle and Guerrero on top.
The most miserable make everybody. Feel as bad as they do. In my life I came across so many guys like bubba. That just wanna get a reaction out of you. With there shit talking just wanna start some shit cuz there not happy with themselves. Or they point there finger at you with some shit that isn’t true about you. My advice to anyone that’s going through it.
Stay strong by not responding an don’t make it a big deal. You’re just giving em energy. By responding or defending yourself to there shit talking. You’re already winning by staying silent. Ohh by the way love you’re podcast by the way René. You had one of the best physiques in wwe. They should’ve made you a world champion. You deserved it😃
It took me 32 years to figure that out about people like Bubba. I used to fight with everyone of them. As it turns out, they aren’t worth the time.
I would’ve punched his lights out even if it meant my job.
@@nadirsanchez1675 world champion in wrestling means USA Japan Mexico and Britain
@@nadirsanchez1675 bro anyone can be champion, cm punk was. and cm punk is the worst jobber ever
@@nadirsanchez1675 dude have you seen his physique back in 04. Plus he has been wrestling his whole life. Majority of the guy
Guys in wwe. Have no background an are instantly champions. It’s seems kinda unfair. But that’s wwe for you there known for killing good talent
Really cool video! Always had major respect for Paul London the guy has all the tools to be a big money star! seems to be a genuinely good guy…. which probably hurt him since Pro Wrestling is a lot like High school
I mean, how do you refuse a drink from Taker, tho? Not old school at all
Andre: "What are you having?"..."oh, no thanks, boss..." What would have happened?
Right? Just order a coke and appreciate that one of the most respected people in the business wants it know your name and go outa his way to make your feel welcomed. No wonder that rubbed people the wrong way, even if unintended, especially since he went to bars and clearly isn't someone who never drinks.
this london guy strikes me as a know it all with soft skin. couldnt even tolerate him speaking in this interview, but maybe i'm terrible who knows
It would only even remotely be excusable if Paul was a recovering alcoholic or something. Doesn't seem to be the case going by what he said. A legend offers you a drink, you take it. I'm just a fan who isn't even in the business and I know as much. I don't blame Bubba at all.
Americans don't drink it's basically why they left Europe because we are all constantly drunk north to south east to west whisky to wine vodka 2 cerveza lol but Americans like to pretend to be healthy lol keyword pretend. if a European guy refuses a drink in that situation there probably an alcoholic or a small child there is no other reason a recovering alcoholic is someone who has realised they do need drink somebody who lives in denial of alcohol is silly everything in moderation Irish moderation not evangelical lunatic moderation.
Paul London with the 🫖
I never liked Ray, he acts likes he's some great wrestling legend and he's nothing. The only thing he's achieved was landing Velvet Sky and I still don't understand that.
To be fair the Dudley boys are a top 10 tag team of all time
@@jamesjones-ez9ug top 5 at most icl
@@jamesjones-ez9ug they were over, I give them that but let's face the facts. Devon carried the team, Bubba did nothing but say get the tables. My honest opinion is they were always at the right place at the right time, Tna needed them because of who and where they had been. Ecw really didn't have to many tag teams or team that stayed together that long, they did good in WWF/E during the Attitude era because everything was hard-core this and that and ECW was still fresh in people's mind. But title wins really doesn't make you the greatest, I don't feel Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. Ric wrestled the same match for 40 years, Bret Hart or HBK or even William Regel could out wrestle him and put on a better show. Goldberg and Warrior are two of the biggest names in the business but let's faces the facts neither could out wrestle a wrestler.
Believe it or not, some pretty women purposely marry unattractive men cause they know ugly dudes have less options & are less likely to cheat.
@@timothycrawford3476 That always annoyed me. Like how come the black guy always gotta go get the tables?.. But maybe that's why Devon was always in better shape, cause Bubba lazy af.
he doesnt age like rtruth
He's just 42 tho, it's kinda weird thinking about how young he is considering he's been wrestling for so long
R-truth probably drank from the same fountain of youth as Christopher Daniels
Thank you Paul. Without you my group The Upper Klass Klownz wouldnt exist. Flowers
Bubba knew the locker room and in ring politics and he learned a lot form his friend Paul E Dangerously.
Bubba learned a lot from Dreamer too, all them guys hung out behind the scenes of ECW.
All the inside info of WCW and WWF filtered around ECW it had to of because the talent would jump around a lot back then.
Mid 00's WWE sounds like it was a complete nightmare. I remember at the time thinking the product was turning bad and something wasn't right any more. Turns out all that toxic backstage stuff was just making its way into the product on screen in roundabout ways. I guess it finally spilled over when it came to the likes of CM Punk who reacted to all this shit explosively. The likes of the Pipe Bomb must have been music to these guys ears.
Rene Dupree and Paul London do not and I repeat, DO NOT GIVE A F*** about CM Chumps hot air promo...they don't give a damn about what he has to whine about because he came up in the locker room from 2006 onwards when the backstage stuff wasn't as bad to the point he was walking around in the WWECW locker room calling himself the locker room leader and tried to act like one to Rene who literally brushed him right off....CM Punk would have been a jobber in the Attitude and early Ruthless Agression era because they would have hazed the living s*** out of him
@@codesm96 alright
Big fat guys are always the biggest bullies.
Bubba caught lightning in a bottle with the table nonsense. Take away the tables and there’s nothing to the Dudleys.
Paul London's a real one for this
The crazy thing is that Bubba Ray has a diehard fan base due to Busted Open. I'm not cancel culture or anything and look at the prism that many people are product of their time (if you committed a crime regardless of era you should be held accountable) but he hasn't learnt anything and I mean anything. This argument of this generation is soft is B.S. when it comes to him. He's been a terrible person then and still is now. I shouldn't be stunned that he is a personality who "speaks his mind" so many people listen to him. It's just disturbing.
Busted open with Lagreca and Bully is everything that is wrong with wrestling, Dave yells and screams at his callers and lectures everyone about being toxic. Bully shits on everything that involves tables or a pile driver but says he keeps it honest. The best is Lagreca suspending Tommy Dreamer for standing up for Ric Flair when he Is the biggest Ric Flair mark. I like Tommy and Mark Henry, but to much old carnie bs otherwise.
@@chrisclifford2865 Mark Henry?
i’ve never seen Bubba spelled “Buh Buh” lmao
old ecw spelling.
its spelled like that in wwf no mercy on n64 and some of the early smackdown playstation1 games
Lmao
It was because of his stuttering gimmick in ECW.
This WWE tour was 6/3/2004-6/6/2004 ( 2 days in Italy & 2 days in Germany ) tour with hazing.. After 6/3 WWE Show, Rene Dupree, Paul London & Rico goe to the Beach for a walk.
That year with smackdown ppvs was pure fire.
London and Kendrick would burn it up as a tag team and then Cena would carry JBL and Khali.
Best PPVs that WWE have done wrestling wise.
Bubba Rey Mysterio