D-Von Dudley Reveals Campervan Guy In WWE 24/7 Title Skit Genuinely Believed Reggie Stole The Ice Cream Van
The guy in the background wasn't meant to be involved
Aug 26, 2021
D-Von Dudley has revealed the guy who appeared in the background of this week's 24/7 Championship skit on WWE Monday Night Raw was not supposed to be involved, and genuinely believed Reggie had stolen the ice cream truck.
An off-site shoot involving Akira Tozawa and R-Truth chasing Reggie for the 24/7 Title on Raw this week saw the reigning champion eventually get away by driving away in an ice-cream van, having initially distracted the pursuing duo with ice cream.
Towards the end of the skit, a man can be seen in the background leaving a nearby campervan and chasing after the ice cream van.
Dudley, who works for WWE as a producer and took a lead on this off-site shoot for the promotion on Monday, has now revealed both the guy and the campervan weren't meant to be involved in the skit, and the man genuinely thought Reggie has pinched the van.
Upon explaining the situation to the fella, D-Von and his team re-filmed the segment, only for WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to choose the first take.
Speaking on the Table Talk Podcast, D-Von said: "This week, we did it outside on location and there was a camper there on the side. You can't really tell the person to leave. As we're doing it, Reggie jumps off the ice cream truck, does his flips, jumps into the truck and as he starts to leave, the guy comes out of the camper. He's got suspenders on and his belly is out. He's barefoot, has no teeth, it's phenomenal.
"He comes out screaming, 'What the hell are you doing? You can't do that! You can't steal the ice cream truck! That's illegal!' He's running after the truck. You can't write this. Tozawa and Truth continued their verbiage and what they were saying. We never said cut, we continued to roll until they were done. Once they were done, everyone fell out laughing. Everyone said, 'We have to put it on the show.' I said, 'I don't think that's going to happen.'
"We did another re-take and had to tell the guy what was going on and that it was part of WWE. The guy was like, 'WWE, you mean that pro wrestling stuff?' We asked him to stay out of the way, there are restaurants and he goes, 'Can you buy me lunch?' I felt like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, 'Jules, if you give that nimrod money, I will beat him on sight.'
"We did a retake and someone said, 'Let's show Vince.' We showed Vince and he said, 'I love it. Do that one.' We put that one in there."
The skit can be viewed in the video player below.
H/T Fightful