D-Von Dudley has high praise for Roman Reigns.
At WrestleMania XL, the historic reign of Roman Reigns came to an end for the time being, as Cody Rhodes defeated the 'Tribal Chief' to win the Undisputed WWE Championship. During his reign on top of WWE, Reigns held the Universal Championship for over 1,300 days and the WWE Championship for over 700 days. The titles were merged in June 2023.
While speaking to Screen Rant for a new interview, D-Von Dudley said that he holds Reigns in the same rank as Steve Austin, The Rock, and Hulk Hogan. Dudley also stated that he was very happy to see that Cody Rhodes turned out to be the guy that dethroned Reigns.
“I rank him in the same rank as Stone Cold Steve Austin, as The Rock, as Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino. He carried the company when others couldn’t and he did it for a long period of time. Listen, at one point in time back in the 80s, you had people like Hogan, Bruno, Flair — they would have the tiles for almost three, four, or five years. Then, that type of thing went away, you wouldn’t have that, you were a champion for maybe six months and that was it. But Roman was able to captivate that and make it just like we did back in the day where we were counting how many days would Roman still be champion, who would be tough enough to knock off him off that pedestal. We had to make sure that the right person came along and was able to do that. We saw matches with him and other WWE stars that were legendary, yet we needed that one guy and that one guy was Cody Rhodes. I was very happy to see that. Again, I think Roman carrying the company, especially what he did during the roughest times, during the pandemic and leading up to WrestleMania 40, I think it’s great."
Dudley went on to also praise The Usos, Solo Sikoa, and Sami Zayn for their work in The Bloodline's story.
"Storyline wise, the things that he did with The Bloodline, tremendous. I can’t put over enough how proud I am of The Usos and him and Sikoa. It was a great ride. Even Sami Zayn when he was part of that. It was a great ride, it was a great watch to see those guys do their magic and I’m very proud of every one of those participants that participated in that.”
Elsewhere in a seperate interview, Dudley said that he'd like to get a crack at being a part of the Triple H era in WWE. Learn more here.
Check out the lineup for the May 17 edition of WWE SmackDown by clicking here.
If you use any of the quotes above, please credit and link to the original source with a h/t and link back to Fightful for the transcription.
