On the split with D-Von: “I definitely thought we needed a change for a long time due to a lack of teams out there for us to work with. It was just time for us to go our separate ways. But I really like it. It’s going to give me a chance to do exactly what I want to do and not have to worry about the team. I can just let the legacy of the team rest on our accomplishments and be the rock ‘n’ roll star/pro wrestler I’ve always wanted to be.”
On Paul Heyman: “He never let me compromise myself. He always let me be who I thought Bubba Ray Dudley should be. Even when most people would say I went too far, he would say to go even further.
“I speak with a certain disdain in my voice. I speak hard because I’m from New York. And because I’m not one of those who memorizes lines, I speak a lot more from the heart than a lot of other wrestlers do. That’s the way Heyman designed us to be.”
On a WWE Return: “We made a lot of money, learned a lot of stuff and are very appreciative of everything we got in WWE. But if we go back, what tag teams are we going to work with? They could have thrown together some guys, but it would never have been like with those we worked with, like the Hardys, Edge and Christian, the Acolytes and Too Cool. One thing Devon and I are big on is never taking a step backward.”
