He didn't want that, he wanted the Dudleys. 'There was a contract given to us after the second run and Bubba didn't want to sign it. He wanted to do the Bully Ray character and Vince said no. So while it seems the Dudley Boyz were at odds about what they were and where they could still go at that point in their careers, things really hit a point of no return when they were offered new contracts by WWE in 2016. There was still some stuff left on the table that I felt we had to come back to WWE in order for me to finish out my career the way I wanted to.' What meant to me coming back to WWE was helping the young talent out, being able to pass that torch and go back to a place that I felt, back in 2005, that we didn't leave the right way. So to have another title that says you're the tag team champion at that point didn't really mean anything. A title doesn't mean anything at this point and stage of the game when you've won 24 already. Like they were messing up the legacy that we chose. In my opinion and my opinion only, in terms of between the both of us, I didn't feel that way, like he felt. 'I'm not coming back to WWE to relive the Attitude Era. And I even said that to him – 'It's gone, it's not coming back.'' And I get it to a certain degree but you have to understand, the Attitude Era was gone. Bubba decided during that 2016 run that the Dudley Boys were not being treated fair in terms of the position we were in. I never wanted to be a producer backstage for WWE.I enjoy it now but it took me some years to actually embrace it and like it. 'Just for the record, I never wanted to stop wrestling. Appearing on The Cut Pro Wrestling Podcast, D-Von Dudley (real name Devon Hughes) explained the details of the iconic Dudley Boyz's split and why even though there isn't personal animosity between them as people, they no longer work with one another and won't be in the future.

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