D-Von Dudley tells the story behind the origins of “D-Von! Get the tables!”
WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley was a recent guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. When asked about the “get the tables” catchphrase, D-Von revealed that it actually happened due to him making a mistake in a match.
“Because it was my mess up,” D-Von Dudley admitted. “It happened, and I don’t know why Bubba always is like, every time I tell a story, he’s like, really? I’m like, yes, I remember. We were somewhere at Raw and I had forgotten in the match to get the table. And he goes, ‘D-Von, get the table.’ I was like, oh sh*t, and I ran outside and got the table.
“I had a little bit of those moments where I would forget certain things, I had so many things going on in my mind, not to mention just a match. But just everything in WWE, and he would say it again. ‘D-Von, go get the tables.’ Alright, I got it.
“So then the next few times he was saying it over and over again, I was getting mad. And I was like, ‘Okay, the first couple of times I get it, but now you’re overdoing it. I’m not a kid, I’m not a baby, I can remember things, so don’t tell me to get the tables.’
“So we got in the back, and he goes, ‘Why’d you get so mad?’ I said, ‘Because I understood get the tables when we talked about it in the back at what part of the match I should do it in. So stop telling me to get the tables.’ He was like, ‘Alright, fine. Just know that I’m telling you not to get on you, but I’m telling you to just so you don’t forget.’ I was like, ‘I don’t forget, I’m fine! Stop!’ And he basically said, Okay. And then the next night, what happened? I forgot.
“I go, okay, okay, I got it. Then some nights after that, Bubba started listening, and I guess it was picking up on the cameras that he was saying, ‘D-Von, get the table.’ And he goes, ‘D-Von, I think we got something here.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ He goes, ‘I’m going to try something out, and I want to see if it works.’
“And we did something to where we did the What’s up spot. Then all of a sudden he went, ‘D-Von, get the tables! Then it was like, people would pop the crowd. He was like, ‘I think we got something.’ I was like, ‘I think you’re right.’ And it started from there. It was all because of a mistake that I forgot to get the tables.”
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