Road Dogg on why he left WWE: ‘I wasn’t having any fun’
Road Dogg shares more on why he left WWE.
In an interview with Busted Open Radio, Brian ‘Road Dogg’ James explained that he wasn’t having any fun anymore, and stayed longer than he wanted to.
“I wasn’t having any fun. It got to be so much work, that it stopped being fun,” he explained (h/t Fightful). “I actually stayed longer than I wanted to just out of fear of unemployment. I didn’t do well with my money. I’m a drug addict and recovering alcoholic. I didn’t manage my money well. That fear of the unknown kept me for a long time. I was about to go into a meeting, and my wife told me on the phone, “I lived with you in a tent.’ I said, ‘I’m coming home right now.’ If you lived with me in a tent, I don’t need to pay the mortgage.”
Road Dogg had been in non-wrestling roles in WWE dating back to 2011
It was reported back in March that James had left the WWE, where he had been a key part of the company’s creative team as the co-lead writer of WWE SmackDown. He had several backstage roles in the company dating back to 2011. He remains under contract to WWE through his Legends deal.
During a virtual signing, James said that he felt the company was “moving too fast” for him, and admitted that it’s a young man’s game.
Bryan Rose is an editor from California that has been covering professional wrestling for well over a decade. He officially joined F4WOnline as an editor in 2017.