Rumor Killer On Why Road Dogg Exited WWE

A new report shoots down a rumor that has been floating around about why Road Dogg exited WWE earlier this year. As reported back in March, Brian “Road Dogg” James exited the company, where he had been serving as the co-lead writer of WWE Smackdown.

Former WWE personality Jonathan Coachman claimed on his podcast with Vince Russo that Road Dogg was fired over his support of Chelsea Green. However, it was reported at the time of his exit that he had voluntarily exited the company. If there was any doubt, Fightful Select says that no less than six sources denied Coachman’s story and all restated that James voluntarily quit WWE.

Coachman has a history of making incredibly dubious claims. He had previously claimed his own sources as stating that Britt Baker was heading to WWE, Vince McMahon was being backed by Saudi buyers to repurchase WWE, and claimed that he posted an inaccurate story about Chris Jericho as a “social project.”

Road Dogg said in April that the WWE schedule had gotten to the point where “it was just moving too fast for me” and that he chose to step away to spend more time with his children and grandchildren.