Reacting to WWE's Most Racist Moments
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Check out D-Von's channel here @D-VonDudley
Two former WWE wrestlers, Maven and D-Von Dudley, react to WWE's most racist moments and reveal what race relations were really like backstage in WWE.
Thank you to D-Von for doing this video! Check out his channel here www.youtube.com/@D-VonDudley/
Dx Black face
Love the vids maven
Maven you have some of the best content
I didn't even know he had a channel! Thank you for that!
those D-Von racist stories were crazy
Booker T is an absolute gentleman. I worked for him and Sharmell at a comic con taking the money for then and they tipped me £100. I said that we weren't meant to take tips, and Sharmell said that "we're hard working people and you've worked hard today. You've earned it and take it". Lovely people
Omfg you got meet them
@@alexkrycek3359why does it matter?
I’ve only met Booker, but I can confirm that he’s a stand up man.
Booker T is a class act, so much respect for that legend
this is an amazing experience. i never truly realized how much of a good human Booker was until Bray Wyatt had passed. the way he broke down and spoke of Bray made me respect this man more than almost anybody in the industry. class act.
You can tell by the way Maven talked to D-Von that he really really respects him
💯
Devon help train him
I respect you... Dudley man...
_drops mic_
Maven is half black or some kind of mixed by himself
@@planescapedI actually laughed out loud at that thank you 😂
I ran into Devon at a Walgreens in Merritt Island, FL on Christmas Day 2012. He was super nice, I had both of my young sons at the time that were huge wrestling fans. He talked with them for 20 minutes and took photos with them. Again it was Christmas and he was running in to grab one item but still took time away from his family to talk with my sons. Amazing down to earth guy.
That's a wonderful story and so nice to hear in sure it made your and your kids day an even more special xmas
@ thank you, it was an amazing experience for my boys. What made it better was we live in TN but chose to spend Christmas in Florida with family. They talked about meeting him the whole ride home.
dvon one of the nicest wrestlers i've met; very positive & chill guy
Lol Merritt Island never gets celebs lol, nice find
Yeah D-von is the nice one of the Dudleys. Bubba aint that nice of a person in real life. he's kind of a dick.
ive seen some of Bubbas interactions at conventions and he was a dick to people.
D-Von and Maven need a podcast together. I could hear these 2 talk everyday.
Right? 2 well spoken guys who know the ins and outs of the business good or bad.
OH MY BROTHA, TESTIFY!!!! 👌🏾
Helluva start to your channel my brother! Your voice (like Taker, Stevie, Nash, and Rene’s) is much needed.
Hey guys, lets support theses legends at any cost
@@MavenKHuffman We just trying to get to your level! 👊🏾
DEAFEAT RACISM WITH YOUR OWN RACISM TESTIFY
@@D-VonDudley "TAAAAABLES!!! GET THE D-VON!!!"
That Booker T promo cracks me up every time. He knew he messed up the second he said it and his and Sherri’s reactions are priceless
And that's the reason why Vince did his racist comment sketch. He did it to get the last laugh with Booker T. Vince closed the "Book" on T's mistake.
Yeah. It cuts to a bug eyed Booker "tell me he did not just say that"
Unlike Bookers brother, he didn't move a damn muscle
Meanwhile Stevie Ray completely No sells it and keeps character.
@@jugglerj0eThat happened in WCW...Vince was just a racist, no way you can justify that
Absolutely scandalous that Booker T lost to Triple H
maybe, but lots of people lost to him at that time, black or otherwise.
Booker T should've won that match at WM 19
Triple H is nothing but a egomaniac
Booker T won every single match against Triple H up to Wrestlemania for the build up. There's even a match where Him and Scott Stiner beat Evolution in a 2 vs 4. The general rule of thumb: Whoever wins the build up matches loses the PPV match. Triple H can't lose every single match against booker T man. The mistake they made was, if they were gonna have the Heel go over at wrestlemania, then Booker should have lost all the build up matches.
The main reason he's not in the Top 30 Wrestlers of All Time for me
These two are both so extremely likable and have great chemistry, it's the golden age of pro wrestling podcats.
Fun fact: I waited on Maven in Charlottesville, VA 20 years ago, while working for a Ruby Tuesday. He was friendly, humble, and left a nice tip.
"why is your white brother ordering you to get the table!?" LMAOOOO
"You see we both have graduated from well respected universities where I majored in philosophy and you majored in um... gym!" - Nowinski
That was so funny
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Testify
That racist promo or not, I'm a white man, we ALL wanted Booker to win that Mania. They dropped the ball on him hard there
@Zykløn_Terrøryou seem fun at parties
@Zykløn_Terrørspeak for yourself
Even my grandma wanted booker to win.....long story
If he'd gone over at Mania it would have been a just comeuppance and the way that promo was seen would be completely different.
To do and say all that then have the longest "knockout" from a pedigree in history... It didn't age well.
@Zykløn_Terrør He should have won it. It might have lead to him being an even bigger star than he was.
I’m a white Canadian and that basically turned me off the company completely. Booker was one of my favourite wrestlers.
And a lot of these aren't on Peacock, so that tells you how much their trying to scrub away and make us forget but UA-cam never forgets
also why it's good to make friends with an oldschool tape trader.... someone who has this stuff AS IT AIRED, instead of chopped up with "copyright safe" music and whatnot.
UA-cam has been trying though.....
@@PsychoticFruitfly I remember Diesel saying right into the camera “I’m the shyt, I’m telling ya!” Before his match with Taker at WM 12…in many releases since then, it’s been muted lol
@bryanmack4054 as someone who saw it live on ppv, i can confirm.
I haven’t bothered to check, but then where did do they get the clips from ?
D-Von seems like a genuinely good dude. Great video Mave
To this day, one of the biggest memories people have of WrestleMania 19 is Booker losing to Triple H after being hit with a Pedigree and it taking like 20 seconds for H to make the pin. Insanity.
HHH did that to make him took weak. It was brutal
@@ImNotNormAll There is always WrestleMania 12 to watch HHH get squashed by the Ultimate Warrior. The Ultimate Warrior getting up immediately after no-selling the Pedigree was the best part of the match.
That was one of the hardest matches (storylines) to watch and I had followed Booker T since Harlem Heat as a kid. Booker had finally got his deserved push in WCW and like all of us excited for the Invasion what we get... a bunch of crap..Kurts funny cowboy hat and then Booker T getting buried ..just like Sting too!
Mark Henry doesn't remind you of a silver back? I don't think it's racist at all
@@Aaron-g4s
1) You're not the arbiter of what's racist, get off your low horse.
2) This comment is about the Booker T racism story not about the Mark Henry incident.
D-Von sweating like he's 5 minutes away from contract negotiations with Vince!
😂😂
More like Triple H 😅
HEY MAN, we alphas run HOT.
I'm guessing the stage light they have on them is way too hot. Maven is dripping as well
"we alphas" 😭 @@JohnStonebraker
I can't believe someone made "Devon get the table!" A racist thing.... 😂
yea i feel like thats was not that serious
@@brickzbdb6507yeah it was just an character thinknfir Chrus Nowentzki and his Tag Partner
Master class on black fragility
@TherealBH
Bullshit! 😂 I as a black man find hardly any of these "racist" things as actually racist, but what I have found is a LOT and I mean a LOT of white people try to tell me something is/was racist. I hate to be the guy who brings politics into a convo, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention they were of a certain hair color and whatnot 😂😂
@@TherealBHwhite people have been wanting to "order" black people around for 400years as slaves....so it's not hard to see the connection.
What you are doing is victim shaming, you need to be quite, until you go though oppression your self thata when you will understand black folk
I agree with Devon. Im a black woman from GA. It’s disrespectful and my parents grew up during segregation. Maven, love your accent and using race as a crutch is a cowardly act. This was a great conversation.
"Hulk Hogan we comin' for you -----"
Sensational Sherri's face.
Split second character break followed immediately by intense smiling
WCW moment lol
Stevie Ray kept a perfectly straight face the whole time 🤣
Still my favorite 😂😂
@@michaelshelton5488 I know, Booker panicking, Sherrie laughing, and Stevie Ray just not reacting at all was the funniest part of the whole thing.
Durag Vince was a different breed 😂
Durag Vince was some damn good television lol
I’ll never forget how HBK looked up and down at Vince when he saw him face to face. 😂
@@denny720lmfao it was. I didn’t even realize it was “Racist” understood it as more over as a Malibu’s Most Wanted type of entertainment lol.
Durag Vince was as if not more insane as 2003 Vince, and that's saying something 😂
Now that's Halrious he was the ECW Hardcore champion at the time, sporting the long sleeve hoodie, and fire durag 😂😂
Love seeing D-Von active online like this. Seems like a great dude.
I can't be the only person shocked when D was naming higher ups, and said it WASN'T Michael Hayes 😂
Definitely was Pat Patterson
I don't think so, because he seemed to imply that it was sometime alive. @ramonreece
@@varenoftatooine2393
He also said that, “God got him before I could!”
@@ramonreece100% was Pat Patterson
''god got him....before i did...'' pretty sure it is pat patterson
The fact that Mark Henry didn’t kill the guy who brought him that sandwich with shit in it amazes me. Who tf thinks that to be funny?
Didn't Mark say on Taker's podcast he was going to kill DX? I'm thinking Sean or Shawn.
@delefaleyimu5573 it's very well known that xpac did it
I wonder did that really happen? There is a famous story about Orton shitting on a Diva's bag & that apparently isn't true, so would the sandwich be true then?
Also shitting on a sandwich seems like a lot of work. Throwing it away seems to be easier & way less messy than preparing it, so I have my doubts that anybody ever did that.
Also pissed off Mark Henry would be a problem to everybody.
@delefaleyimu5573 he said he was gonna kill Shawn Michaels and got sent to Canada for it lol
he never found out who did it, he ate it out his lunch box
The problem with the Booker and Triple H storyline at the end, is that Booker lost. So the racist guy won in the end.
I think at the time that was a poor rash decision by HHH to give their match some heat because on that WM19 card I’d argue 4-5 more matches had more steam behind them. Doesn’t make what he did right but yeah. Hogan/McMahon, Austin/Rock, Angle/Lesnar, Jericho/HBK
@ Well Booker thinks differently. He mentioned in an interview that this loss completely derailed his career. He said of course he gained back all of the momentum later in his career, but this really bothered him. He said even today, this still ticks him off. And I don’t blame him.
HHH wasn't explicitly racist during that rivalry though. He may have said 'people like you don't get to be champion' but that doesn't neccesarily mean black people.
Thanks for the clarification!! No shit sherlock!!
True I'm all for an edgy storyline as long as the payoff is there but there was no payoff there
The best part about Booker's slip. Mean Gene doesn't even acknowledge it, ans Sherri spends the rest of the time comforting Book.
Mean gene is a pro but he was probably in just as much shock and didn't know what to say or handle it. 😂
Stevie Ray too!
@@RobRotz-t6g Nah, Gene had been in the business for nearly 30 years at that point. I'm sure he'd heard hundreds of promo botches before at that point and knew to just keep the segment rolling.
@@freeflare6338He did interview the iron sheik and David Schultz countless times.
@@RobRotz-t6gHe just kept going because he knew they would edit it out. If it was live, there was nothing he could do about it anyway, so why make a big deal?
Who doesn’t love D Von? The Dudley Boys in ECW, WWE, TNA were incredible. There is no way they’re the legendary team they are without them both. Such a well spoken man. Glad he’s helping the next generation hone their craft.
That Vince/Cena is the personification of this topic.
it's not 'racist' any more than a black guy adopting white culture.
I wonder if Cena sucked him
I say Vince is not Cena lol
Yes Very Very True
I dont even care, I thought it was fun and added to the point that Vince was a POS, and he was set to die on screen at this time in my opinion. He wasn't going for anything more than the story and pushing entertainment. I was entertained.
I think the Triple H Booker promo would have been okay if Booker won in the end. The real shitty message was the fact Booker lost anyways
Right. Even if he was champion for a month like they did Randy. They was going to find a way to make Triple H champion again, anyway. So it was definitely bold that they let HHH win. Because him winning was their way of saying that Triple H was absolutely right about everything that he said in his promos. Which sent out the wrong message.
@ i was upset by it and Triple H is my favorite wrestler ever and even I wanted him to lose that one
We can’t peak and choose. We either have a storyline with racism or not .
@@christianpage1558I’m black I love triple h as a wrestler but yea I wouldn’t mind the promo if Booker would’ve won the match
Always was the case. Wrestling always reflects rel life so having racism in your story is okay but having the message end as "the white racist is right he is better" was always the problem
I love how everyone knows HHH/Booker went for a racist angle except Bruce Prichard.
Pritchard is such a spineless sycophant, Vince could stab him in the chest, while maintaining eye contact, and Bruce would thank him.
Yeah I've noticed that too. Bruce had me fooled for a minute
It definitely was. But, the wrestling fan in me acknowledges that HHH cut the greatest burial promo of all time 😂
What Bruce being a brown nose! Never!!!
Pritchard is a prick. Sorry but he is.
This was a fantastic dialogue about race in the WWF/WWE. A refreshing much needed exchange quite frankly.
Very real by Devon saying he doesn't even like it when black people use it.
I m a black man and dislike the word for every reason d von said it s a racial slur that no one should use at all
@@michaelbull4344 as a non-american, this makes so much more sense than it being okay to say but only when black people say it. Because in other countries, it's a hard concept to wrap our head around. There's taboo words all over the world. But outside the west, we dont have taboo words that certain people are exempt from.
Either everyone can say it or no one can. That's people saying the n-word isnt as much of a big deal outside the west (asia, for example). Because we hear in music and movies and think well they say it so that means it's not taboo.
When I was younger my black friends and i (white dude) would say it back and forth to each other. One day I thought about it, that I put my friends in a bad situation saying it even if we were joking around and they were ok with. So, I just stopped. I appologized to them about saying it one day when I was older and explained why I stopped it. 1. its wrong on my part regardless if I get a pass. 2. i put my friend in a bad position. 3. I didn't want to influence someone else thinking it was ok to say it. 4. I didn't need to say it in the first place to joke around with my friend.
You sound pathetic @@Uriahh05
And that's how it should be honestly.Not this bullshit "Even if you quote it and you're black it's like you just murdered someone".
Vince: I'll be damn, I thought I was in Texas. IM IN AFGHANISTAN
Sabu: 😐
It's kinda more this when sabu was feeling deep inside.
Sabu: 😡👿
"Well I'll be damned ,I thought i was in Texas, Hell i'm not in Texas....I'm in AFGHANISTAN!!!"-Vince McMahon
Sabu? More like Shabu from Philippines
@@PerkN0witzkii As if Vince or HHH will schedule any live WWE events in Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, or any other major city in Afghanistan anytime in the near future.
I came looking for this comment😂😂and here it is.
I rode in a elevator with Devon at the 2023 Wrestlecade and I was sooo star struck. I said something "thank you for everything Devon" and was soooo excited!
Was he nice?
That’s so cute lol 🥰
I wouldn't care about seeing most celebrities but ANY 90s era wrestler I probably wouldn't be able to speak. It was a special time in life for me.
We both got lost taking the bridge over the road to go back to the hotel. Somehow we ended up in the parking garage and just cussed me like a dog. He was just being funny. That was a good con.
Great vid. Maven you’re putting out some of the best wrestling content out there.
Side note: Took my 11 yo son to see D-Von at an autograph show in 2024 and he was the nicest guy with him.
Glad you had him on the show.
As a black guy who grew up watching this back in the 90s/00s, I was in high school with “Durag Vince” was doing this🤣🤣🤣🤣
The west of Scotland here is terrible, anti catholic anti Irish 🇮🇪 abuse. But the prodestant hatred is dying out. All the orange halls and masonic lodges are finished. and the prodestant culture has the same thoughts as NF BNP kkk etc bud.
Every black dude I know loved Durag Vince.
RIP the Great Shad Gaspard.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
What a father this man was. The true definition of what a hero and a role model should be. Truly a loss
The fact Booker T lost that feud to HHH is still mind boggling 😮
@@kiracodinson because Triple H is a egomaniac.
That was a Joke and BS
To build Evolution
Triple H didn’t make it in WCW. So had to beat everyone who did make it there.
Hogan
Nash
Booker T.
Scott Steiner
Goldberg
Flair
Sting
@Jim222001 Well he is a mid carder and hit the jackpot when he married Steph.
Race is no a joke asked Rosa Parks, MLK, Harriet Tubman and many others who died to help us.
Rosa Parks had a car, she didn’t even need the bus goddammit 😂
I love Chris just instantly pulling his protective face mask down as soon as D-von goes for the throat. I never noticed that before
D-Von and Stevie Richards honestly should be doing commentary or working behind the scenes for the WWE.
D-Von is amazing as an interviewer, and surprised he was not doing something like a podcast or media related role for the company. Stevie is like a mentor/ teacher in giving out knowledge.
D-Von did have a job. I think he made a joke about it in his HOF speech. I don’t exactly know what he did.
D-Von has been a producer for years and Stevie has no interest.
He just said Triple H is his boss. I’m guessing he fors
Always a treat to see D-von in these videos with you. Rough topic, awful knowing that there were so many shitty things happening in the business like this. The way you both address this topic with honesty, humility and humor is respectable. Testify!!!
I love that so many of the former wrestlers have made UA-cam channels. This is a win all the way around as the wrestlers get to secure a stream of income from their fans and we get information and insights we would never have received otherwise.
We get to see behind the scenes of the business we grew up watching every Monday, Thursday, and Friday night.
Thank you Maven and D-Von for this video. I appreciate the commentary on each situation. Keep up the good work fellas!
I just figured no one hated Maven based on his race because no one was entirely sure what he was.
He is Puerto Rican, or Egyptian.
Don’t listen to Daniel . He a regular black/white guy lol
@@DanielGutierrez-zu9fv He did his DNA recently, he's got Italian and Nigerian in there.
He looks asian
@@DanielGutierrez-zu9fvpeople say the same about me 🤨
0:22 powerful Start 🔥🔥
Exactly. John cena whole character is crazy asf.
Specially watching in the gen Z era
@ 12:17 “I think god got him before I did”…… its definitely Pat Patterson
12:07
I think so too thought of him right away.
I always notice when Booker says the N word in that promo, he puts his head in his hands, as if within that split second, it's like 'Oh fuck'
That's exactly what that motion meant.
Book said in an interview that he thought his career was over.
He was hyped up, and he slipped and let that out, he knew he messed up, but i don't feel it really effected him in anyway........unless Triple H was using that incident as justification for his actions with him but that seems like a stretch.
Everyone who has ever watched the video has noticed that, too.
You could see in that moment what a nice lady Sherri was, reassuring Booker T.
Captain Obvious
I do think the Booker T vs Triple H storyline would be looked at far differently.. if Booker overcame all that and beat Triple H. It's the fact Booker T lost..and at Wrestlemania, after all of that, which makes it that much worse.
Booker could’ve at least been slated to get his win back within a Year like they did with Cody. But clearly WWE didn’t truly want that to happen anyways or they would have kept Booker Strong enough to be a Legit candidate for World Title the previous year.
why do i feel like D-von is talking about Pat Patterson,
Because you're correct
Because he is. Lol
That was my thought
Great call, I assumed Benoit at first.
Well, he said that person's career was "never the same again." I don't think that describes Patterson. That guy was protected to the top level.
"If I was standing there, where Booker was, I would say something. But the truth is knowing that this man signs the front of my checks, I probably wouldn't have." Maven said it best, and therein lies the problem...
The amount of men and women who probably had to swallow their pride just because they felt as though they needed to commit to the outlandish ideas of Vince McMahon just to protect their own careers is insane. Regardless of this empire that he's built, and the memories he's given us, let's separate the art from the artist and acknowledge the fact that Vince NEEDS to pay for the atrocities he's gotten away with on television and behind closed doors, karma will come to collect.
As always, great video Maven, you and D-Von have some great chemistry together. Hopefully we get some more videos with you two in the future!
You're talking from a perspective of pride. You have to understand when it's real and when it's entertainment. If Vince was really racist he wouldn't have thrown out the wrestler who said MLK did nothing. For entertainment and engagement, I need to make you feel something. ANYTHING IN ORDER FOR YOU TO REACT. I need to make you feel uncomfortable. But these guys are eating at the dame table after every show. Keep that in mind.
Michael Hayes tells a story where WCW really wanted to have Stevie & Booker come out in chains as prisoners while being managed by Col. Robert Parker
I thought for sure that Hayes was the racist higher up that D-Von was talking about. We all know he flat out called Mark Henry the N word
@@zachary_attackeryi was wondering about that. I thought maybe it was Arn Anderson as well. I don't know if he was a racist but Ole Anderson sure was.
Michael Hayes is racist he told Mark Henry that he was more of an N word then him
@@zachary_attackeryyeah Michael Hayes is a nut
The disrespect put on Martin Luther King's name is astonishing.
I mean this is a guy whose only dream was the same dream that most Americans have that this country could actually be a United States of America for all people regardless of gender race or religion.
Glad booker stood up and said something.
i want to know who said it
Without him The U.S would never be the integrated Melting pot it is today so much respect
@DarrenReddix-u7f that could be a fair guess I could see him saying well what did mlk do for me?
He allowed you to be friends with all of your black friends due to his sacrifice as well as those made by Rosa Parks and Malcolm X all were important icons in bridging the diversity in our nation.
@@TheArsenalMan125 agreed
Then why are at war with transgender and gays
I remember Will Smith pissed off a lot of hip-hop artists by saying he got so much success without swearing, mocking people or using the n word in his music.
Because his music was dogshit and not what brought his success at all
@@KaitouKaiju I can tell you're under 40 because otherwise you would remember when he was only known as a rapper.
@@KaitouKaijunah it was because will bashed others for using swearing in their music when he should’ve just left it at “all respect to others for whatever they write about but I’m proud of myself for being successful without swearing or being violent”.
_"🎵You saw my blinker bitch!🎵"_ - Will Smith
But why that s the truth will s music was positive no racial slurs rap is so ass backwards lol if you dropping the n word cursing or glorifying crime you qualify as a real rap artist yet being positive in rap is bad so backwards ass backwards
Class act for Devon not to name names but man I wish he would. People deserve to be called out for that crap
Apparently "God got him". Whoever it was.
Hard for him though isn't it. He'd probably instantly get sued and it would be he's said he said I suppose.
I can’t believe Vince said “my nigga” I’m dying 😂 When he said racist I was not expecting that off top
Booker T’s reaction said it all 😂
If the N word is so racist maybe Blacks need to stop using it in every sentence.
Ffs who are the racists really.
I don’t know, it’s certainly awkward and uncomfortable, but part of me sees it as an intentional lame attempt at being hip, or acting like you’re with it while being so ignorant to what it actually is and its purpose in culture. Kind of like the old guy from American Idol way back when, who wrote a cringey song about sagging pants in hip hop culture, it was called pants on the ground I think. I don’t think it was meant to be outright racist, more just a bit where Vince‘s character is a totally clueless and lame old fogey.
@Phillyboi215 If it's so racist and offensive to use the N word, why t f do Black folk use it?
For me, it shows who the racists really are.
The same people who are so easily offended and hypocrites.
That Booker T slip and cover by Sherry is fantastic.
I know it's bad, but it's so fucking funny.
It's clearly an accident, unlike most of the WWE instances.
One of the greatest moments in Black History! 😂😂
It wasn't bad
@@shogunn2517 what going back to Africa? Yeppers it would be
6:24 thats probably the most logical explanation i have heard. Respect D-von
Technically most black artists don’t care if you say it while singing their song
@FanBoy4K Can't say most. That's an over-generalization. I also don't think D-von's explanation was a great one. I can see his point, but he is also an "old-head" in the black community that more than likely just doesn't feel comfortable with the word. The younger generation than him changed the rules. The counter-argument will always be that black people have reclaimed the power that word has from white people that would say it with malice. It's a real phenomenon with lots of different oppressed groups of people in thay they take the racial/homophobic slurs used against them and repurpose them in their favor. The ideology is the same as when a bully would call you "fat" or "ugly," in that if you just lean into the insult, the power those words have against you in a demeaning sense are nullified. It still isn't an excuse or invitation for the bully to still use those words without repercussions. So yeah, rap those words in your car alone all you want...but try it in public and the consequences are yours to handle should they arise.
@@MediaIncorporatedonly identity grifters do, rappers care about money
Growing up in Atlanta during the 80's, I remember seeing the transition in WCW. Doom was portrayed as the scariest tag team ever, basically for being big and black. They dominated against everyone, until they were finally unmasked, and those big scary black guys had faces. One of which, became the first black World Heavyweight Champion. The man is such a legend, there is only one thing to say about him.
Damn.
OH Sh!t!! D-Von is in the building! OH MY BROTHA!! TESTIFY!!!!
YES!!!! Needed abother maven video. Love your content so much man. You've made me develop a huge appreciation for everything you have done in the business and in life
I appreciate that 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@MavenKHuffman I appreciate your appreciation of my comment! 😂 So awesome to get a reply from you man, I'm star struck yet at ease as if I'm talking to another fella like myself. You are relative and down to earth yet made it in a business we all fantasize about being in.. just keep being you brother we love you so much!
Bruh! One reason I hate using the word despite being blk. D-Von gets it
That’s what I always thought. Either it’s always wrong or you are hypocrite.
Fr. I can Understand in the company of people from the same demographic but even then I don’t use it. That’s not changing tho
@@kevinjohnson1669 we control our own actions.
I love using the word and I’m black
@@jasontodd1896i’m biracial (white and black) and i really think that word should’ve been extinct a LONG time ago. honestly i believe NOBODY regardless of race should say it. it’s a word that will ALWAYS cause division no matter what
No such thing as reverse racism, racism is racism.
I think they mean they are being racist by trying too hard not to be
@@jeyrm It’s a stupid buzzword used by some to refer to racism towards white people.
Ironically it’s arguably racist
@jimileewatt3062 oh yeah
Agreed with that, its stupid
@@jeyrmso democrats in a nutshell
Reverse racism is what my black community does.. always complain about racism but are the most racist
Hey Maven, guys here!
Will never get old lol. One day he will acknowledge it lol
@@TSkillz407He did on another video lol
@ awesome. Must have missed it
Hey gaven, muys here
Worst people on UA-cam ^^^^
The thing that sucks with the Booker part is that it felt like it was done because he was going to win at Wrestlemania X9 but didn't. Them mentioning his past and then not giving him the redemption arc was a terrible decision
Wow, just went for that clip right off the bat, we’re in for good show
Somebody let Maven and D-Von know the Vince N-Word thing happened on a PPV. That’s why they got away with it
Yeah Survivor Series 05 to be exact
Ooo
I never knew that!
What N Word ?? There are thousands and thousands if not millions of N Words. Mind-raped fools buying into censorship is UnAmerican....
I second that. That was at Survivor Series in 2005. I went to that PPV at the Joe.
I appreciate these videos... Maven definitely doesn't make easy to make videos at times. He just goes right for it and holds nothing back, and I love that.
This was great to watch. Enjoyed D-Vons perspective
just when I thought this channel couldnt get better
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I like that D von said u shouldn't use the N word in front of white people. I was taught that by an OG. I use to say it all the time in front of anybody. And would be pissed of a white person would say it.
Agree
As a black woman, I don't use it, period. Something offensive used to demean us, I don't understand how we'd embrace it around each other, and think our ancestors would appreciate that.
I'm Black and I don't use it at all despite growing up around people who always used it. Black people picked up that habit throughout centuries of being called that word so I understand it but I wish a lot would stop. White folks on the other hand shouldn't say it because they're the ones who made it a slur to begin with.
Shocked yall didnt discuss Kerwin White or Legacy’s promo against Mark Henry, Kofi, and MVP
And triple h mocking Indian accents out and about on the street
Or the Jinder Mahal Shinsuke promo
If they covered everything racist in he WWF/WWE history, this would be a three hour video.
@@High_Tide_Imbibe an that would only be part 1
@ exactly, these are honestly the most well known racist moments and seems to focus more on a black perspective of racism
D von they way he explains it and talks about is 100 percent correct 👍
What a perfect way and beautiful way to explain this topic
Their name was CRIME TIME what else would they do besides stealing his wallet? Give him a massage? 😂
I thought they were the black version of Latino Heat Eddie and Chavo's lie,cheat and steal gimmick
The fact that was their name to begin with is also problematic.
@@halfeatengamer3400 That whole era was filled with blatant racism. They made Guerrero's gimmick the Mexican who lies, cheats, and steals.
@@halfeatengamer3400 how? It's not saying that all black people steal. But those two did. And they were fucking awesome.
@@halfeatengamer3400 but if it was a white guy im sure it would be okay.
Why is that? I think the answer you’re looking for is found within crime stats and trends
Who else looking for the racist higher up Devon talkin bout?
Pat Patterson
@@UnlicensedboxingI thought the same thing
@@Unlicensedboxing Pat Patterson was the biggest creep in wrestling, he makes Vince look like a decent guy. Not surprised in the least if it was him
How do people know it was Pat? I've heard a lot of things about him but never about him being racist.
@ I don’t know for certain, however; I’m going off what D-Von said, “God dealt with him before I did”, Pat’s the only higher-up (like that) which has since passed away.
The face d von made watching Vince say that in the segment says it all
I'm 33 years old, and I've honestly never thought about the part of D-Von getting the tables being racist. I'm either naive or very happy with myself for not noticing how it could have been taken that way.
D von getting the tables was racist? Someone's really reaching what next if a black wrestler loses is it cause of racism
@@chrisfreimiller4878 that's what i'm saying, i never saw that as being racist either
@ethanwalker2153 it's crazy how far they'll reach to try to make something about race
As Maven said, comedy can be used to address racism in a way that points it out and makes us laugh. I'd love to know what Devon and Maven think about Mel Brooks movie Blazing Saddles since it made fun of everyone when it came out.
I love the movie! Laugh through the whole damn thing!
Mel Brooks has made fun of, and insulted everybody on Earth, but he's made fun of himself the most.
Agreed, comedy helps address and take the power away from racism. In a way, it makes everyone feel more comfortable in their own skin.
Gabriel Iglesias has perfected this.
In all his shows, he just pokes a stick at every single ethnicity equally before talking about food for 20 minutes.
6:59 Booker has actually talked about it. He got way into it. He was getting heated in the moment and his "Houston" side came out.
We were all kids watching this treatment now we’re all adults and people try to ignore that we witnessed this as kids lmao
Maaaaaaan
I wonder what D-Von's opinion is when the Dudley Brothers wrestled with Taijiri and Funaki. In the middle of the match, Bubba Ray went on to the second rope and was about to jump on Funaki. Taijiri walked towards Bubba Ray to distract, but Bubba Ray gave Taijiri a Buddhist praying gesture and mocked him with mimicking of Asian expression. While HHH's promo against Booker T attracted shock and bit of outrageousness, Bubba Ray's gestures and mimick attracted laughter from the audience, which showed two opposite responses - racist promo against a Black wrestler is shocking and offensive, while racist mockery against an Asian wrestler is "funny." Like Booker T lost to HHH despite HHH's racist promo, Taijiri and Funaki lost to the Duddley Brothers despite Bubba Ray's racist mockery.
Booker calling Hogan an N was hilarious. I wonder what Hulk's facial expression was like when he heard that🤣🤣🤣
I remember hearing he thought it was funny
Hogan said he laughed about it & told Booker “Brother, I’m a good one.”
Hogan was probably like "don't worry brotha, I use that word all the time."
Hogan was like “that word works for me brother”
Hogan was I am going to get ni🙂🙂🙂r
Maven straight up said HHH is racist when he said he felt like those comments were made from a real place using the character as an excuse. I honestly think one day Maven is not going to be able to hold back anymore and it's just going to shoot on Hunter.
And so he should.
Honestly though, I think HHH is racist.
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Hey Maven, jabroni here. You missed a key segment- the infamous Bubba Ray rant in Ohio (ECW). That one ticked all the boxes.
Other Dudley there he couldn’t do it
Show the clip and link to it or zip it
This is not a video about ECW
@@hectorg5809 They showed a WCW clip. Besides, guess who owns ECW and WCW?
Y’all could’ve cut the air on for the interview 🤣 all jokes but we needed this interview 🤞🏻
I admire the fact that D-Von is consistent with his aversion of people saying the "N" Word.
Right.
Although, I think he missed that the promo with Vince calling Cena that actually spoke to the very thing he was talking about. You can’t be completely mad at folks that think it’s “cool” to use if they are doing it the same fashion as those that are a part of the hip hop community.
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"Get shock tv some other way"
Really sums it up. The low hanging fruit has been plucked so many times it's becoming not worth it.
LOL at 5:38, Booker has his face in his palms knowing he just messed up, but look at Sherri's face light up as if he just nailed the promo perfectly 😆😆😆
I think she appreciated the authenticity, regardless.
Comedy and entertainment has been used for a very long time to humourise racism, to trivialise it, to normalise it. Over here in the UK, we had a comedian called Roy Chubby Brown, absolute slug of a man.
This is such a great creative segment mave love it . . Still have my fingers crossed to create an amazing interview with you brother 🙏💪🏽
Just finished watching y’all on D-Von’s channel 🔥
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Man yall shooting this in a storage unit? Yall both sweating your balls off lol
A wrestling school building. Same thing
As a non native english speaker and a certified white-boy, I always looked at the "n-word debacle" with a lot of confusion and I thank D-Von for expressing his opinion about it, because it makes a lot of sense to me. Growing up, to me it was a random word that the characters called each other in GTA:SA, I was only aware of what it meant, and that it was offensive, years later.
So, to me, watching from outside, I respected it, but it was extremely confusing when I heard someone say "rappers can use it, but not white people, cause it is different", and when I saw Kendrick Lamar scolding a white fan that went on stage to sing his own lyrics. I feel like (and, I am just stating my outsider opinion, I am aware that I should not have any saying in this at all) we should not have a double standard, since double standards are, imo, a core principal of racism.
I seriously hope this is not a controversial opinion, I hate talking about this subject, but I was really happy that D-Von basically said what I always thought.
0:24 This was during Survivor Series 2005, on PPV…not the USA Network.
Exactly
Why do I remember that being on regular TV lol
@@MFBloosh I was in the arena when I heard it. Me and the 2 dudes I was siting with were slack jawed when we heard it.
how much does standards and practices of a network and related advertising affect the content of a PPV? id imagine they'd still have some say on what to allow since the product is directly tied to their television content.
No this was Raw in 2007. I know because I was watching when this happened
Durag Vince was so racist, that it actually became funny
The pastel pink suit and durag combo was fire
What so racist about wearing durag 😂
@zachsabbath9 It seems to me that you're the one incapable of critical thinking. It's no more 'racist' than black guys mocking white culture. Some of us have a sense of humour.
@zachsabbath9People thought about that sort of comedy different back then. The lines were very blurry in terms of acceptable jokes. Whether it be vinces stupidity or intentionally being malicious, you dont know what he wanted
@zachsabbath9 cringe keep crying
If I'm not mistaken the Booker T thing with HHH was why Sting didn't jump after his time warner contract expired.
the treatment of the former WCW guys in WWE as a whole is why he didn't want to go
You are mistaken, it was what The Rock said to Booker T. Is why Sting didn’t join
One of the greatest conversation between two Black men.
Hey D-Von, Tables here.
Hey here, D-Von tables
@saintlouis1087 D-Von hey, Tables here.
Hey tables, D-von here
Hey tables, here D-Von
Hey here, D-von tables
The angle of trying to break up the Dudley Boyz was really clever. It's a common tactic in union-busting to try and create racial tension where there doesn't need to be any.
Good point I've seen that happen
Hey here ,Maven Guys
Good video guys I love how you guys open up about how you feel without trying to create hate keep up the good work❤
Let me ask a coworker to bring me back a sandwich and they put 💩 in it as a joke. I’m acting out Mark Henry’s 36 mafia theme.
A prank stops being funny when someone's health is at risk. Not to mention, you just don't mess with someone's food. That's one of the biggest no-no's when it comes to pranks, because now whatever you did to them is going to be inside their body.
I wonder did that really happen? There is a famous story about Orton shitting on a Diva's bag & that apparently isn't true, so would the sandwich be true then?
Also shitting on a sandwich seems like a lot of work. Throwing it away seems to be easier & less messy than preparing it, so I have my doubts that anybody ever did that.
Also pissed off Mark Henry would be a problem to everybody.
@@vanderful2397 Mark could have folded the entire locker room by himself, definitely seems like a terrible idea
I don't believe it because nobody died over it. This is Mark Henry we're talking about. He don't play around...