Road Dogg Discusses Why He Departed WWE
For the first time since his departure, former member of the WWE creative team, Road Dogg, talks about the reasons behind his sudden exit from the company.
Road Dogg (Brian James) worked with WWE in a creative role from 2014 onwards when he returned to the company.
He was part of the legendary tag team The New Age Outlaws during the company’s Attitude Era, along with Billy Gunn. The tag team was later absorbed into the D-Generation X faction led by Triple H at the time.
James’ latest role in creative was co-head writer of SmackDown, and his sudden departure shocked fans and left a void in the blue brand and WWE as a whole.
At a recent virtual signing, James opened up about his reasons for leaving WWE.
Road Dogg Shares His Reasons For WWE Exit
For the first time since his exit, Road Dogg has stated some of the reasons behind his decision.
In the virtual signing, he says that it was all going too fast for him, and he felt the need to spend more time with his grandchildren after hearing about how much time his brothers spend with theirs.
It was moving too fast… It was just moving too fast for me. We talked about my brothers and their grandkids and I didn’t get to spend a whole lot of time with mine so, I’m gonna do more of that now.
When asked about his thoughts on WWE: Unreal, the Netflix docuseries, and if he believes in exposing the wrestling business as much as the series does. Road Dogg says that as an old timer, he definitely feels that it’s being exposed too much for his liking.
As an old timer, I think we always feel that way (that it’s exposing the business too much)… The idea behind it, in my opinion, is it’s an on-ramp or an exit ramp into the actual episodic television show, and I don’t know if there’s a metric that can tell you whether that works or not.
Billy Gunn, Road Dogg’s former tag team partner and current producer and talent in AEW, who was also part of the signing, was asked how much of AEW’s produced show actually makes it to television.
Both James and Gunn said they don’t know the answer to that. James also denied the idea of working with AEW as a producer in the future when asked.
James: “I don’t know the answer to that. I’m sorry. (Laughs)
Gunn: “I don’t know the answer to that either.”
James: “No,” (when asked if he could know the answer sometime in the future)
Gunn: “No.”