WWE pulled D-Von Dudley from ECW tribute show

[Chris]

WWE pulled D-Von Dudley from making a scheduled appearance at an ECW tribute event over the weekend.

Dudley was supposed to appear at Battleground Championship Wrestling's "A Tribute to the Extreme" show at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Saturday night, but he was pulled from the show with Battleground Championship Wrestling saying it received a legal letter from WWE. Dudley was also removed from the Icons of Wrestling convention that was being held in conjunction with the show.

"The promotion's side is that they received a legal letter from WWE this past Thursday upset about BCW promoting a 'Tribute to the Extreme' at the show, playing off the ECW intellectual property, which is obviously now owned by WWE," PWInsider wrote. "D-Von was then pulled from the show, despite, according to the promotion, personally reaching out to WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque to get the edict reversed, which was not successful."

Dudley works for WWE as an NXT coach and producer. He was supposed to appear during a match between Bully Ray and Matt Cardona at A Tribute to the Extreme.

Icons of Wrestling wrote about the situation last Friday:

Here we go: Due to circumstances beyond my control D-Von will no longer be at Icons & Battleground. D-von is beyond devastated by this and I want everyone to know that this turn of events had absolutely NOTHING to due with D-von. Currently I'm hesitant to put the reasoning in writing but I will have zero hesitation telling the entire wrestling world why this happened inside the ring. To those who made this decision you will not deter us. You will not stop us. You may think you have control but rest assured you do not. All Dudley boy presales will be refunded first thing Monday Morning. The Dudleys platinum VIP will be replaced by 3 guests of your choosing. One final message to those responsible, I'll see you in the ring and we shall let the people be the judge & jury.

The Dudley Boyz (D-Von & Bubba Ray) were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

WWE pulled D-Von Dudley from ECW tribute show

Dudley was pulled from an indie show and convention appearance.

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[Cwalker]

Forgot D-Von still worked for WWE.

And still doing ECW Tribute shows smh

 

[Chris]

Forgot D-Von still worked for WWE.

And still doing ECW Tribute shows smh

I saw a tweet a couple weeks ago about this very show mentioning how ECW was only alive for like 10 years but the tribute shows have been going strong for 20+ lol

 

[Cwalker]

I saw a tweet a couple weeks ago about this very show mentioning how ECW was only alive for like 10 years but the tribute shows have been going strong for 20+ lol

That’s exactly what it is lol. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a company that was the 3rd best in its field get shown this much love lol

 

[BSE]

What’s wrong with liking something and being passionate about it

 

[Lady Redfield]

I forgot he worked for them, too. Well, shit.

 

[Wiseman]

Lame, going to start talking WWE, WWBuzzkill

 

[Bad News Booty]

Lame, going to start talking WWE, WWBuzzkill

It’s still not as lame as this promotions doing tributes to ECW and dragging out the same corpses everyone does…


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[Wiseman]

It’s still not as lame as this promotions doing tributes to ECW and dragging out the same corpses everyone does…


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It's the wrestling biz, that stuff has been happening for decades now. Small feds were still signing Abdullah when the guy couldn't get in the freaking ring.

 

[Bad News Booty]

It's the wrestling biz, that stuff has been happening for decades now. Small feds were still signing Abdullah when the guy couldn't get in the freaking ring.

Also lame


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[Wiseman]

Sure, but washed-up wrestlers need to make their money some how.

 

[Bad News Booty]

Sure, but washed-up wrestlers need to make their money some how.

They do it at signings and cons now it’s big biz


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[Deezy]

Bet everyone at that ECW show has a shitty podcast no one listens too, and tell the same damn stories we've heard on shoot videos 15 years ago.

 

[Wiseman]

They do it at signings and cons now it’s big biz


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But that's what this was. It has a few names outside of the ECW realm of things. OC was there, I would say the biggest current name.

 

[Bad News Booty]

But that's what this was. It has a few names outside of the ECW realm of things. OC was there, I would say the biggest current name.

Then I retract my statement
Nevermind


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