D-Von Dudley

Devon Hughes (born August 1, 1972) is an American professional wrestler.

He is best known for his time in WWE, where he most recently worked backstage as a producer.

Hughes was trained by Johnny Rodz and began wrestling in 1991, competing in independent promotions in the Northeast.

His character was based on Jules Winnfield, the Bible-quoting hitman portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.

Dudley feuded with the other members of Dudley Brothers (his kayfabe half-brothers), claiming that their comedic antics were not the way true Dudleys should act, and faced Buh Buh Ray Dudley on numerous occasions, defeating him at Ultimate Jeopardy, but losing to him at November to Remember.

Dudley eliminated Chubby Dudley and Dances with Dudley before joining forces with Buh Buh Ray, Big Dick Dudley, Sign Guy Dudley, and Joel Gertner.

Known collectively as Dudley Boyz, D-Von and Buh Buh Ray dominated the ECW tag team division, winning the ECW World Tag Team Championship a record eight times and defeating teams such as The Eliminators and The Gangstas.

D-Von, Buh Buh Ray, and Gertner all achieved a degree of infamy for their vitriolic interviews, which antagonized audiences to a point of near riot.

Hughes wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1999 and for the WWF/E from 1999 to 2005 and from 2015 to 2016 as D-Von Dudley and Reverend D-Von.

In March 1996, Hughes debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling, wrestling on a house show as "A-Train".

On April 13, 1996, at Massacre on Queens Boulevard, Hughes reappeared as "D-Von Dudley" (sometimes spelled "Devon").

In mid-1999, Bubba Ray and D-Von left ECW following a pay dispute and debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in September.

Throughout 2000 and 2001, the Dudley Boyz engaged in a three-way feud for the WWF Tag Team Championship with the Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian.

The feud incorporated the first triangle ladder match at WrestleMania 2000, and two Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches, the first at SummerSlam in August 2000 and the second at WrestleMania X-Seven.

While they were initially villains and were known for driving women through tables, the Dudley Boyz became fan favorites in early 2000.

In early 2001, they were joined by Spike Dudley.

At Survivor Series, the Dudley Boyz won the WWF Tag Team Championship, which they unified with the WCW Tag Team Championship during The Invasion, a storyline where the wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) invaded the WWF.

Following WrestleMania X8 the company divided the roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown! in March 2002.

The Dudley Boyz were separated when D-Von was drafted to SmackDown!

and Bubba Ray ended up on Raw.

D-Von became a villainous reverend character initially serving as Mr. McMahon's "spiritual advisor", and later alongside his protégé Deacon Batista.

Though the gimmick was a launching platform for Batista's career, it didn't last long and D-Von was betrayed by Batista.

He did pick up one of his most memorable individual victories of his WWE career when he pinned Triple H on May 9, 2002, on SmackDown! after Chris Jericho hit Triple H with D-Von's collection box.

He eventually was reunited with Bubba Ray and Spike on November 17, 2002, at Survivor Series when he helped Bubba, Spike and Jeff Hardy defeat 3-Minute Warning and Rico in a tables match.

The Dudley Boyz then became a stable in the Raw tag team division over the next sixteen months, feuding with teams such as 3-Minute Warning, La Résistance, and various combinations of The Un-Americans.

They held the World Tag Team Championship several more times before being traded (along with Booker T) to SmackDown! on March 22, 2004, in exchange for Triple H.

On May 27, 2004, the Dudley Boyz kidnapped Paul Bearer, the manager of Paul Heyman's enemy The Undertaker.

On June 27, 2004, at The Great American Bash, The Undertaker defeated the Dudley Boyz in a handicap match.

They also won the WWE Tag Team Championship one more time but were upset by the high-flying team of Paul London and Billy Kidman.

In July 2004, the Dudley Boyz reunited with Spike.

For the remainder of the year, they assisted Spike in his matches for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

He performed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 to 2014 as Brother Devon and Devon.

Characterized by their unorthodox ring attire, hard-hitting style and usage of tables in their matches, The Dudley Boyz are one of the most successful tag teams in the history of professional wrestling, recognized by TNA as 23-time world tag team champions, and were the first tag team inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.

They are considered one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era.

Including his two TNA Television Championship reigns, Hughes has held 25 major championships between ECW, WWE, TNA and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

In early 2005, the Dudley Boyz were removed from WWE television and sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling while the WWE creative team attempted to devise a storyline for them.

The Dudley Boyz returned to WWE television in June 2005 in order to promote ECW One Night Stand, an ECW reunion show.

In the weeks preceding ECW One Night Stand they, along with several other ECW alumni, vied with former WCW President Eric Bischoff and his "anti-hardcore crusaders".

At ECW One Night Stand on June 12, the Dudley Boyz defeated Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in the main event.

Both Dudleys were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.