[38] Team 3D found Neal a replacement in the returning Brother Runt, but were still defeated in the match by the Nastys and Hart. Bubba is typically the one with a more controversial reputation, while D-Von’s professionalism landed him a top backstage role as a producer in WWE. Team 3D was attacked by World Elite on multiple occasions, until Beer Money Inc. intervened, leading to a loose partnership between the two teams. Everyone remembers this match! Stacy Keibler became the Dudleys' manager during this time— dubbed the "Duchess of Dudleyville" by ECW manager Paul Heyman—but she later cost the Dudleys a tag team match, and they put her through a table. On January 4, 2010, at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome Team 3D lost the IWGP Tag Team Title to No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) in a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson). The backstage environment was tense in WWE back in the 2000's and earlier. The team was also joined by various Dudley family members, notably Spike Dudley. While still referred to by most as Johnny, Ray and Devon called Devine "Brother Devine" and treated him as a member of Team 3D, though he did not share the half brother backstory.

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[11] After Mustafa and Saturn parted ways with ECW, New Jack and Kronus teamed up to form The Gangstanators and beat the Dudleys for the tag title at As Good as it Gets on September 20. At Hard Justice and Bound for Glory, Team 3D lost to the Steiner Brothers,[10] the latter defeat coming in a two out of three tables match after Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, The Motor City Machine Guns, interfered on the Steiners' behalf. At Final Resolution in December, Team 3D along with Styles and Joe lost to the Main Event Mafia in an eight-man tag team match.
On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft, the Dudley Boyz were drafted to Raw. [76], On the August 24 episode of Raw, Bubba Ray and D-Von made their surprise return as the Dudley Boyz, where they reestablished themselves as fan favorites by attacking The New Day, giving a Dudley Death Drop to Xavier Woods through a table. Unfortunately for the Dudleys, they walked in with the belts and Edge & Christian left with them. [78] At both Night of Champions and Live from Madison Square Garden, the Dudley Boyz challenged The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but won both matches by disqualification, which allowed The New Day to retain their titles. Ray spent the next few months becoming close to Hulk and Brooke Hogan while feuding with Devon and the Aces & Eights. [50] Their new multi–year contracts with TNA were confirmed shortly thereafter. Hours later, Devon's departure from TNA was confirmed as legitimate. The conclusion of the fight came as Jeff Hardy battled Christian high above the ring on a table balanced between two ladders, as both men threw punches on the shaky platform. After several weeks, most of the gimmick was dropped. 1:33.
The story hurt ROH’s reputation, especially with their attendance numbers already trending down.

A future interview saw D-Von admitting he told Woods to leave the company. RELATED: 5 Reasons Bubba Dudley Was Better Solo (& 5 Why He's Better With D-Von).