There’s been no confirmation yet on if The Dudley Boyz’ farewell on RAW was part of a storyline or not. Bubba Ray Dudley made this tweet after RAW, sticking to the idea that they are done:
Our work here is done. THANK YOU to @WWE @WWEUniverse and "the boys". Was our pleasure to see all of you again. See ya down the road. #RAW ?
— Bully Ray (@bullyray5150) August 23, 2016
There’s been a lot of speculation that the farewell on RAW was to set up a new storyline and the interference by The Shining Stars, then Gallows & Anderson, added to that speculation. We also know that Bubba and D-Von both signed one-year contract extensions recently.
On a related note, The Dudleyz were praised by the Barclays Center crowd as they made their way to the back last night. WWE posted this off-air video with what took place during the commercial break:
See what happened as The #DudleyBoys left the #RAW ring, perhaps for the last time. @BubbaRayDudley @TestifyDVon https://t.co/LCcdtJZvjO
— WWE (@WWE) August 23, 2016