D-Von Dudley Buries the Hatchet With Dixie Carter at Hulk Hogan’s Funeral

D-Von Dudley spent several years working in TNA Wrestling, with Dixie Carter in charge. There was some bitterness from Dudley’s side over his TNA exit at the time and now it seems he buried the hatchet with Carter at Hulk Hogan’s funeral.

While speaking on Duke Loves Rasslin, D-Von Dudley revealed how he buried the hatchet with Dixie Carter during Hulk Hogan’s funeral. He explained that while the service was a great send-off for Hogan, it was also bittersweet because it took such a sad occasion for him to reconnect with people he hadn’t seen in years.

The last time he had seen Dixie was when he left TNA after being pinned in the loser-leaves-town match with Aces and Eights. Since then, their only contact had been brief texts or comments on social media, mostly about family, so meeting again at the funeral felt like a reunion.

“I thought the send-off was great for Hulk. And it’s always sad that there are times like that which bring you to either meeting someone or reconnecting with people again. But it’s just sad that it took that to do it. Uh, and that’s what me and Dixie were talking about, because I hadn’t seen Dixie in years. I think since I left and walked out of TNA’s doors, right after I got pinned in the loser-leaves-town match with Aces and Eights and the TNA guys. I hadn’t seen Dixie since then.

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So, we had said little things to each other here and there in texts and comments on posts about the kids and stuff. Other than that, we really hadn’t seen each other in a while, so it was kind of like a reunion.”

Dudley stated that any hard feelings he once carried toward TNA were washed away in that moment. His frustrations were never with the new regime but with the old management, and it had taken him a long time to let go of those feelings.

Talking with Dixie Carter gave him the closure he needed, and he felt grateful to be on good terms with her again. D-Von stressed that he always valued Dixie and the support she gave both him and Bubba during a time when they struggled to reach an agreement with WWE.

Looking back, he admitted that Dixie probably never knew how deeply hurt he was by the company. After his feud with Bubba in TNA and their loss to the Motor City Machine Guns, his role in the company went downhill, which left him feeling frustrated and disappointed.

“And, you know, the… what’s the word I’m looking for?… the hard feelings that I might have had for the company during that time were all washed away, you know.

And again, I say it wasn’t the new regime of TNA; it was the old regime that I had problems letting go of my feelings with. And I was just happy that I was able to let that go and be good with Dixie again, because I really enjoyed Dixie. I really enjoyed her company and what she did for Bubba and myself during the time when we couldn’t come to an agreement with the contract with WWE.

I was just very happy that we buried—or that I buried, I should say—everything. I don’t think Dixie really knew how I felt, you know, because I was very hurt by the company and what they were doing with me at the time, before the Aces and Eights and before the television run with the TV title. You know, it was after me and Bubba did our little feud in TNA, where the Motor City Machine Guns beat us and we were supposed to get into retirement. Then of course, I started a feud with Bubba. That was when things went sour for me in TNA, and I felt a certain way about why it went that way.”

At Hogan’s funeral, he put all of that behind him. He and Dixie Carter laughed, joked and agreed that it shouldn’t take tragic moments to bring people together, especially since they had shared far more good times than bad.

For D-Von, the experience was about forgiveness and closure. Though it was sad that it happened on such a day, he was thankful for the chance to reconcile, noting that Hogan’s send-off just reminds us all that life moves forward and it’s important to let go of old grudges.

“So, I was able to finally let go when I saw Dixie, and we talked, we laughed, we joked, and we said, you know, it shouldn’t take things like this to bring us together. We had more good times than we ever did bad times. And again, I can’t express enough how happy I am that me and Dixie got to talk. And it was sad that it was on that day, but we got to talk and we let things go. We move on. And that was the whole thing I was saying about the Hogan thing. We’ve got to move on.”

Hulk Hogan’s funeral drew several big names from various industries who came to pay their respects to the Hulkster. For D-Von Dudley, the moment was about more than wrestling since it was about forgiving, finding closure and remembering what really matters in life. Therefore, we’re glad he finally got to bury the hatchet with Dixie Carter after so many years.

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