Jim Ross Responds To D-Von Dudley's Racism Allegations: "I Have Never Been A Racist"

Jim Ross has issued another rebuttal to D-Von Dudley, saying on Grilling JR that he is not and has never been a racist.

After being asked if he would be open to reconnecting with D-Von Dudley, Ross said:

"No problem, Conrad. I'm happy to do it. I'm just not going to put it on tape and make a TV show out of it. How many times have I got to address it to satisfy everybody? I'm not a racist. I've never been a racist. Ask some of the African American athletes that I've been around and worked with in my 50-year career, they'll say the same thing.

"Like I said before when you and I first talked about this, I don't remember the first cross word I had with D-Von. The boisterous one was Bubba, but not in a bad way, he just had no problem expressing himself and Bubba had a lot of ideas. He was a throwback, a main event guy that wanted to be involved in booking his angle, and I love that.

"I'd have no problem reconnecting with D-Von... I never got mad at him, I was bewildered about how this could happen because, like I said, I don't remember any negative exchanges with him and what I allegedly said would damn sure be negative.

"I am interested in reconnecting with D-Von, because I like D-Von. When I hired the Dudleys, nobody in my world thought they would become as big as they did because a lot of the decision-makers and the big shots didn't watch ECW. I did."

D-Von Dudley alleged on his YouTube channel in October 2025 that a WWE higher-up told him at some point around the turn of the millennium that they didn't like him because of the colour of his skin. It was insinuated that the WWE higher-up was Jim Ross, and D-Von confirmed that was the case in a later video.

Jim Ross then addressed the allegations in December, stating that he was shocked by the allegations and denied ever saying what D-Von has accused him of.

This prompted another video about the allegations from D-Von Dudley, during which Dudley outlined how the former WWE Executive Vice President of Talent Relations was allegedly racist towards him at the grand opening of WWF New York when Ross was intoxicated. Dudley then referred to another alleged incident when he was backstage at a WWE show in Indianapolis while seated with Paul Heyman, Bubba Ray Dudley, Spike Dudley, and Tommy Dreamer.

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