Rene Dupree recently claimed that Spike Dudley complained to The Undertaker after Batista made some demeaning comments regarding WWE SmackDown in a media interview.
The Undertaker and Batista had a conversation
It was in the mid-2000s, Batista made out-of-character remarks about how SmackDown was the ‘B’ show compared to RAW. ‘The Deadman’, who was a SmackDown roster member at the time, was informed about the derogatory comments by Dudley. Speaking on his Cafe de Rene podcast, Dupree recalled how ‘The Deadman’ had a conversation with Batista before a WWE event about his interview:
‘I remember Batista’¦ because he went to SmackDown, right? Batista did a f***ing interview with a major, major, major magazine saying SmackDown is the ’˜B’ show. That’s where Spike f***ing stirred the pot and went right to ’˜Taker. I remember that, and then I remember ’˜Taker and Batista sitting up in the stands talking it out,” said Dupree.
Reflecting on The Undertaker’s relationships with other talents, Dupree noted that Dudley often used to give the WWE icon information about their co-workers:
‘He had his a**-kissers,” Dupree continued. “Guys would stooge off like Spike Dudley. Spike Dudley was a little s*** disturber. He’d always go like, ’˜Hey, ’˜Taker, this guy said this or this guy said that.’’
The Undertaker was rightfully inducted into the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
