Road Dogg was not fired by WWE over his support for Chelsea Green backstage, even though former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman recently claimed that he was.
Fightful Select reported that at least six sources with knowledge of the situation denied he was fired and said the decision to leave was Dogg’s own. Dogg is still under contract with WWE through a Legends deal.
Coachman made the claim on Coach & Bro with Vince Russo while responding to a fan’s message about WWE’s booking of Green.
“I mean, a guy got fired,” Coachman said. “He got fired over his support for Chelsea Green.”
Coachman wondered how Dogg feels about Green’s recent success, as he said Dogg was behind her long before WWE was, and that was on display in the second season of WWE: Unreal on Netflix.
Road Dogg became co-lead writer of SmackDown in February 2025 and stepped down from his position in early March after he personally told WWE of his decision. On Busted Open Radio, Dogg said he felt like he didn’t have a purpose in that job because he wasn’t part of the decisions.
“I was making a dollar, but I wasn’t making any decisions,” Dogg said.