• “Take that money and shove it up your a$$” – 23x Champion To Tony Khan
During his appearance on the Dukes Loves Rasslin podcast, 23-time tag team champion D-Von Dudley unloaded on AEW President Tony Khan, saying he was repeatedly disrespected during meetings and kept waiting for hours without explanation when he was invited to discuss a possible producer role in All Elite Wrestling.
According to D-Von, he was never actually given a chance to produce a match – contradicting online reports that he had “fallen asleep while producing”:
“That’s a lie. Nobody ever asked me to produce anything. I was sitting there from 11 in the morning until three in the morning waiting to meet Tony Khan. Would you have done that to Ric Flair? No. But you did it to me.
I don’t give a damn how much money a person has. Don’t lie on me. Especially when I did nothing to you to make you lie. You can kiss my a$$ and take that money and shove it up your a$$.”
He also took aim at QT Marshall, calling him a “kiss-a$$” and daring him to confront him in person.
“QT Marshall can kiss my a$$. I don’t care if AEW blackballs me. I’m happy with WWE, I’m happy with my Legends deal. Don’t lie on me.”
D-Von said his frustration came from being treated as an afterthought despite being invited by AEW management.
“You don’t treat people that way. If you don’t want me there, fine. But don’t waste my time and then spread stories that aren’t true.”
• Eric Bischoff Exposes Vince McMahon’s Hypocrisy
Eric Bischoff shared an interesting story on his 83 Weeks podcast about Vince McMahon’s behind-the-scenes tactics during the Monday Night War.
According to Bischoff, McMahon went as far as to write letters to Ted Turner – and even to U.S. Senators – complaining about WCW’s use of blood during broadcasts.
“Vince was trying to get Turner executives and even politicians to put pressure on us,” Bischoff recalled. “He claimed we were setting a bad example because of blading.”
Ironically, not long after WCW banned blood to comply with the complaints, WWF started using blood on television again.
“That’s Vince,” Bischoff said. “He’d play the PR game, make us look like villains, and then turn around and do the same thing himself. It was classic manipulation.”
Bischoff called it a turning point in the rivalry, when he realized how far McMahon would go to protect his image while sabotaging WCW behind the scenes.
