Road Dogg Reveals He Made Peace With CM Punk Backstage Following WWE Return

– During the latest edition of his Oh You Didn’t Know podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Brian “Road Dogg” James revealed an interaction he shared with CM Punk backstage following Punk’s WWE return last month. According to Road Dogg, it was a very humbling moment, as he and Punk embraced, making peace despite Road Dogg’s past negative comments regarding Punk. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Road Dogg on his interaction with CM Punk backstage after his WWE return: “He and I, first time I saw him, and he was sitting at a catering table, and he and I met eyes, and he stood up, and we shook hands, and we kind of didn’t say anything for a minute, and then he literally, and I feel safe sharing this because I shared it with him face-to-face the following day, how impactful it was, he literally like shrugged his shoulders and went like, ‘Aw, come on!’ and pulled me in and hugged me. I’ll tell you the truth, it immediately made me feel like an a-hole, like I’m a piece of crap. It humbled me in myself, if that makes sense… It humbled me in a way where I thought, ‘I have talked negatively about you, and I’ve thought negatively about you, and then you embraced me. And wow.'”

On how the moment felt good but humbling due to his previous behavior: “It all drained out of me when he shrugged like, ‘Aw, come on.’ It harkens me back to ‘brothers don’t shake hands, brothers gotta hug,’ and he pulled me in, and we hugged, dude. I don’t know man; it made me feel good for him to do that, by the way. It made me feel really good. But it made me immediately feel like, ashamed of my behavior.”

On making pace with CM Punk: “I’m at peace now with me and him. My side of the street is clean now; I can sleep at night. But I believe his is too. What made me feel weird, is I believe his was already. Like, he wasn’t as inside his head about me. I get that, because I am neurotic. Anyway, it was all positive, all positive. Super positive. Even in our working relationship, there was huge strides made, and again, I’ll repeat, he has proven already that the needle will move in many ways.”