Enigma 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2003 RAW Magazine April 2003 Something You Didn't Know About...D-Von Dudley by Mike Fazioli It's a given that in order to survive a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, you have to be tougher than tough and braver than brave. So there is no way D-Von Dudley--one of the innovators of the TLC match--is scared when he scales the oversized ladders, right? Right. D-Von isn't scared of heights. He's terrified of them. "Who'd have thought, right?" D-Von laughed when he revealed his phobia. "I'm still afraid of heights. Actually, I'm petrified. I was always afraid of heights as a kid, and every time me and Bubba do the 'Wassup!' spot, I'm petrified. I don't stand up real tall on that corner buckle--I kind of lean in towards the ring. Seven-and-a-half years of doing this, and I'm still petrified." The diving "Wassup!" headbutt off the top turnbuckle is one thing, but the verticality involved in the TLC matches is quite different. In the now-legendary TLC match at SummerSlam 2000, pitting the Dudleys against the Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian, D-Von faces his worst fears when he and Jeff Hardy plummeted from the metal loop holding the tag-team title belts 20 feet over the ring. "I was up there dangling and practically messing my pants," D-Von recalled. "But when I finally dropped and I was able to move my legs, I was so happy and relieved. That was a blessing in disguise. If you asked me then if I would ever go up there and do that again, I'd have said no, but the next year at WrestleMania I ended up doing it again, with Edge. I do what I have to do to get through those matches." D-Von says he doesn't know what the root if his acrophobia is--he says he never suffered a bad fall or any other height-related trauma as a child--but he's been afraid of heights as long as he can remember. "When I get up to a certain height, it scares me," he says. "I have no problems with flying, but I don't look out the window. I'd rather have an aisle seat. Like I said, who'd have thought?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted April 3, 2003 If D-Von is afraid of heights, I guess Buh Buh Ray is afraid of widths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bruiser Chong Report post Posted April 3, 2003 I could have sworn they acknowledged D-Von's fear of heights on WWF TV once upon a time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted April 3, 2003 Yeah...During a Hype...They said Dvon has a tremendous fear of heights...but is willing to fight for the title... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted April 3, 2003 I knew this already. When MTV had a year end Sunday Night Heat, and they were talking with E&C, The Dudleyz & The Hardyz, Bubba acknowledged it...while they were showing D-Von hanging from the title. Then they talked about how terrified D-Von was. I still have it on tape actually. They made little video packages. The did a woman video package with Ricky Martins "She Bangs" playing, and a year end wrap up video with "Larger than Life" by the Backstreet Boys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Polish_Rifle Report post Posted April 4, 2003 I heard this on the Heat Year in Review too. Usually, that section in the magazine tells you something new like how Shannon Moore got a broken rib when he was 13 after Matt Hardy bodyslamed him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
