Report: Brian ‘Road Dogg’ James no longer with WWE
WWE’s creative team has reportedly had a big departure.
BodySlam+ reported today that Brian “Road Dogg” James has departed WWE. He had been the co-lead writer of SmackDown, working alongside John Swikata on the brand. PWInsider notes that the word going around is that James “made the decision to leave his position” with the company.
This was James’ second stint on WWE creative after a previous run that also included him being the head writer of SmackDown. James departed that role in 2019 and stayed with WWE in a behind-the-scenes capacity until being released in 2022. He was later brought back after Paul “Triple H” Levesque ascended to power within the company.
During his first stint working as SmackDown’s head writer, James was often a target of criticism from fans. AJ Styles defended James by saying that, when Vince McMahon was with the company, James’ ideas were so picked apart that they were not actually his ideas anymore.
James is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2019 as part of the Attitude Era faction D-Generation X.
WWE creative looks to be going through some changes at the moment with Alexandra Williams announcing this week that she is now a lead writer for Raw. Williams joined WWE in 2020 and had the job title of Senior Writer/Producer until recently being elevated to Vice President/Lead Writer.
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