Add as a preferred source on Google Road Dogg has finally opened up about his WWE departure, which happened in March when he left his position on the company’s creative team. He had been serving as co-lead writer for SmackDown since February 2025.
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, the former D-Generation X member said he still loves pro wrestling and wants to keep working in the business, but only somewhere he feels truly needed.
“I still love wrestling, and I want to do wrestling. I want to do it for somebody that wants it and needs it.”
“And I feel like WWE didn’t want it or need it anymore. You know what I mean? They were firing on all cylinders and making money and setting records and breaking them. It was complacent. I felt like I wasn’t earning it. I was getting a check, but I felt like I wasn’t earning it. And I wasn’t having any fun either.”
“It got to be so much work that it stopped being fun. I told myself a long time ago—I actually stayed longer than I wanted to just out of fear of unemployment and fear of, ‘Oh God, what do I do now?’ I didn’t do well with my money. I’m a drug addict and recovering alcoholic. I didn’t manage my money well. So, that fear of the unknown kept me there for a long time.”
Before those comments, James had already said WWE’s pace had become too fast for him and that he wanted to spend more time with his family.