D-Von Dudley Reveals He Had Three Meetings With AEW’s Tony Khan, Says Every Meeting Was A ‘Bust’

Dudley claims that Khan was persistent about him getting in the ring.

From 2020 to 2022, TNT (Terrell Hughes & Terrence Hughes) worked dates for All Elite Wrestling on their old Dark shows. Terrell and Terrence are the sons of WWE and TNA Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley.

There was a point when D-Von attempted to make his way into AEW to help his sons, and he shared that during an interview with VideoGamer. He said he wanted to be an agent in the company. He added that the only reason his representation reached out was because he was looking for something post-WWE.

Dudley said he told AEW President Tony Khan that he was not looking to wrestle, but claims Khan kept pushing the idea and would not take no for an answer. D-Von said he and Khan had three meetings, and all were a ‘bust.’

“I was looking to become a producer. I wasn’t looking to become a wrestler. And the only reason why my agent even contacted them was because of the fact that I left WWE and I wanted to still do the agent role. But my sons were there at the time and I was gonna try to do anything I could to help my sons out. I expressed to Tony (Khan) that I didn’t wanna wrestle. He kept trying to push it. He would have loved me to go out there and do a couple of things, maybe be a manager and maybe even do a six-man tag match. And I told him, I said, ‘If I do a six-man, let me know right now. I’ll be on apron and the boys are gonna do all the work.’

I told him I don’t wanna wrestle anymore. And he wasn’t taking no for an answer. He couldn’t get that through his head. He was like stringing me along and even though I kept telling him I don’t wanna wrestle, I was literally, when we had those meetings, really fresh off a back surgery. I really couldn’t do it like that back then. It takes time for your body to heal and to be able to do what you got to do after back surgery.

 So I basically kept emphasizing that I wanted to be a producer. I did not wanna wrestle. I wanted to work behind the scenes and he kept asking me if I wanted to wrestle and get back in the ring. And I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re not getting what I’m saying. I don’t want to wrestle. I just wanna be a producer. I wanna help my sons out. I wanna help get them where they are.’ Like what Billy Gunn was doing for his sons, you know? I’ve done everything in my career. I don’t need that. He just wasn’t taking no for an answer. I’ve had three meetings with him and all three were a bust!”

Dudley stepped back into the ring for what was his final match at TNA Bound For Glory. He reunited with Bully Ray, and they faced The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) in a Tables match. D-Von and Bully handed their wrestling boots to The Hardys post-match.